eurovision 2002
Sarit Hadad
Sarit Hadad represented Israel at Eurovision 2002 in Tallinn with “Light a Candle”, finishing 12th of 24.
- who
- Israeli singer, songwriter, entertainer and performer
- born
- 20 September 1978, Afula, Israel
- contest
- 2002
- best result
- 12th, 2002
- music
- Mizrahi music
- plays
- piano, darbuka
- active
- since 1994
- sang for
- Israel
Biography
Sarit Hadad is an Israeli singer, among the most popular in the country, whom the Israeli television channel 24 honoured in 2009 for the 2000s as a whole. “Light a Candle” finished twelfth in Tallinn in 2002.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Sarit Hadad”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2002 Tallinn
“Light a Candle”
12th of 24 Finished 12th of 24, with 37 points.
- Sung in
- Hebrew, English
- Written by
- Yoav Ginai, Svika Pick
- Running order
- 10th of 24
- Age on the night
- 23
- Won that year
- Latvia: Marie N, “I Wanna”
The story of Eurovision 2002: A winner that was nearly not allowed to enter
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