"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.

"Made of Stars"
Single by Hovi Star
Released30 March 2016
Recorded2016
GenreSymphonic pop
Length3:01
LabelUniversal Music Group
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Hovi Star singles chronology
"Something That I Want"
(2014)
"Made of Stars"
(2016)
"Silver Spoon"
(2019)
Music video
"Made of Stars" on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2016 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
English
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
7th
Semi-final points
147
Final result
14th
Final points
135
Entry chronology
◄ "Golden Boy" (2015)
"I Feel Alive" (2017) ►

Eurovision Song Contest

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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 where he performed his Eurovision song, he won with 68% of the public vote.

Music video

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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

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

Chart performance

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Weekly charts

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

Release history

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hovi Star - Made of Stars (Israel) 2016 Eurovision Song Contest - YouTube
  2. ^ "חובי סטאר – Made of Stars Media Forest". Israeli Airplay Chart. Media Forest. Archived from the original on 2016-05-30.
  3. ^ "Hovi Star – Made of Stars". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 20 May 2016.