EXCLUSIVE: BOAZ, SIRUSHO, JELENA AND THE PRESIDENT

esctoday.com
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Dec 9 2008
Netherlands

As reported yesteray, the three 2008 Eurovision Song Contest
representatives, Boaz Mauda from Israel, Sirusho from Armenia and
Jelena Tomasovic from Serbia will record their song for peace in
Israel. today, esctoday.com can exclusively reveal that the song
is written by the three artists with a special guess lyricist, it
is none other than Israeli President and Nobel Peace Prize winner,
Shimon Peres.

President Peres welcomed the singers at his official residence and
declared his hope that the trio would be the beginning of a new era of
cultural exchange. He has contributed his own lyrics to the song and
they will be recorded by the three artists, all of whom reached the
top 10 of the Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade earlier this year.

Tomorrow, the trio will be in Southern Israel to shoot their video,
with the Hotel Orchid in Eilat as the central location. They will be
joined by star Israeli dancer, Rona-Lee on set.

The song will feature on Boaz Mauda’s debut album due for release in
January. Boaz told esctoday.com: "with my two friends here, sirusho
and jelena, I truly beilve that we can make a change with our music
and art. The meeting with President Shimon Peres was very exciting,
he greeted us and granted us with best wishes. I hope we can make a
change with this song. It is an example of how the young people can
make the difference and influence others with their hopes and dreams".