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Izhar Cohen (born 1951 in Giv'ataim, Israel) is an Israeli singer and actor. Representing Israel, he won the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest with the group Alphabeta performing "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" with music by Nurit Hirsch and words by Ehud Manor. The title of the song is the Hebrew word "ani" (first person singular pronoun) expressed in the popular children's code "B-language". Cohen later represented Israel again (this time with an unnamed group of backing singers) at the 1985 contest performing "Ole ole" (music - Kobi Oshrat, words - Hamutal Ben-Ze'ev) where he finished 5th. Cohen was an actor in the Haifa Theater....

Izhar was born in 1958 in Jerusalem. As a child he dreamt of becoming a pilot, but, at the age of 11 he discovered music, and decided to become a musician. He constantly listened to the charts, bought pop magazines and started playing guitar. With money he had from his "Bar-Mitzvah" Izhar bought an electric guitar and an amplifier, and started his first band , The Red Dogs, in his native town Nof Yam. As a son of a Israeli civil servant Izhar spent most of his childhood in foreign countries, such as France, Cambodia and Greece, but the most...