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(Redirected from Ping pong (band)) Israeli pop band

PingPong
Origin	Be'er Sheva and Tel Aviv, Israel
Genres	Pop music, Techno
Years active	1999-2000
Labels	Hed Arzi Music

Members	Roy Arad Guy Assif Ahal Eden Yifat Giladi

PingPong (Hebrew: פינג פונג) is an Israeli pop quartet that represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000 with the song "Sameach" (Hebrew: שמח, lit. Happy).

The members of the band were: Guy Assif, Ahal Eden, Roy Arad and Yifat Giladi. The band released one album Between Moral and Fashion (2000, Hed Arzi) with songs like "Burger Ranch" (Israeli chain of fastfood restaurants), "I got a lover in Givati" and "Mr. Israel".

Their song "Sameach" (Hebrew for "Happy") was admitted to the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest. At the close of voting the song had received 7 points, placing 22nd in a field of 24. The song lyrics mentioned a friend from Damascus who dates an Israeli girl. The band was sanctioned by the Israel Broadcasting Authority after waving the flag of Syria during the rehearsal and the video-clip of the song. They refused to back down for the performance in the final and pulled the flag out live, Ehud Barak was negotiating at the time. They also visited a Syrian community center in Stockholm, where the Eurovision was held. The song was covered by the band Beer7, a punk band whose vocalist is Roy's younger sister.

The band was the favourite of the NME magazine for winning the contest, but failed.

In 2006, a documentary called 'Sipur Sameach" made by filmmaker Alon Weinstock was released on DVD, following the group's trip to Sweden.

References

External links

Burger Ranch YouTube

Awards and achievements
Preceded byEden with Happy Birthday	Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000	Succeeded byTal Sondak with En Davar

v t e Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
National selections: HaKokhav HaBa Israel Song Festival (former) Kdam Eurovision (former) The X Factor Israel (former)
Participation	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1981 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 ~~1996~~ 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Artists	Eden Alene Alphabeta Yardena Arazi Shlomo Artzi Mira Awad ~~Galit Bell~~ Michael Ben David Boaz Eddie Butler Chocolate, Menta, Mastik Izhar Cohen Dafna Dana International Datner Duo Datz David D'Or Eden Mei Finegold Moti Giladi Gili and Galit Eden Golan Nadav Guedj Habibi Sarit Hadad Ofra Haza Ilanit Imri Izabo Noa Kirel Kushnir Shiri Maimon Kobi Marimi Moran Mazor Milk and Honey Lior Narkis Liora Netta Noa PingPong Poogy Rita Lehakat Shiru Harel Skaat Tal Sondak Hovi Star Teapacks Avi Toledano Sarai Tzuriel
Songs	"A-Ba-Ni-Bi" "Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim" "Amen" "At Va'Ani" "Ben Adam" "Derekh Hamelekh" "Ding Dong" "Diva" "Ein Davar" "Emor Shalom" "Ey Sham" ~~"Feker Libi"~~ "The Fire in Your Eyes" "Golden Boy" "Halayla" "Hallelujah" "Happy Birthday" "Hasheket Shenish'ar" "Hi" "Home" "Hora" "Hurricane" "I Feel Alive" "I.M" "Kan" "Leha'amin" "Light a Candle" "Made of Stars" "Milim" "Natati La Khayay" "Olé, Olé" "Push the Button" "Rak Bishvilo" "Same Heart" "Sameach" "Set Me Free" ~~"Shalom Olam"~~ "Shara Barkhovot" "Shir Habatlanim" "Shiru" "There Must Be Another Way" "Time" "Together We Are One" "Toy" "Unicorn" "Words for Love" "Yavo Yom" "Ze Rak Sport"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Israel did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.

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