Made of Stars

"Made of Stars"
Single by Hovi Star
Released 30 March 2016
Format Digital download
Recorded 2016
Genre Symphonic pop
Length 3:01
Label Universal Music Group
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Hovi Star singles chronology
"Something That I Want"
(2014)
"Made of Stars"
(2016)
Israel "Made of Stars"
Eurovision Song Contest 2016 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
7th
Semi-final points
147
Final result
14th
Final points
135
Appearance chronology
◄ "Golden Boy" (2015)   

"Made of Stars" is a song performed by Israeli singer Hovi Star. The song represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, and was written and produced by Doron Medalie. The song was released as a digital download on 30 March 2016 through Universal Music Group.

Eurovision Song Contest

The Israeli entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was selected through the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa L'Eirovizion ("The Next Star for Eurovision"). The competition consisted of fifteen shows, which commenced on 5 December 2015 and concluded on 3 March 2016. The final took place on 3 March 2016 at the G.G. Studios in Neve Ilan, Jerusalem. The four performers were matched with a potential Eurovision Song Contest song chosen from over 100 submissions by a professional committee with members from IBA, Keshet and the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation. The winner was selected in two rounds. In the first round the four performers competed in duels and each performed a cover song. The two duel winners advanced to the second round based on a public vote as well as votes from each member of the judging panel who had the option of boosting the performer's score by 3%. Hovi performed "Stay with Me" during the first round he advanced to the second round were he performed his Eurovision song, he won with 68% of the public vote.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Made of Stars" was first released onto Star's YouTube channel on 13 March 2016 at a total length of three minutes and fourteen seconds.[1]

Track listing

Digital download
No. Title Length
1. "Made of Stars"   3:01

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Israel (Media Forest)[2] 5
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[3] 93

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Worldwide 30 March 2016 Digital download Universal Music Group

See also

References

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