Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli singer and actor”. Today it says “israeli singer who won the 1978 eurovision song contest”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli musical artist”. It now reads “Israeli musical artist Musical artist”.
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Izhar Cohen (born March 13, 1951 in Giv'atayim , 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 Hirsh 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 " Bet language ". Cohen later represented Israel again (this time with an unnamed group of backing singers) at the 1985 contest performing " Olé, Olé " (music - Kobi Oshrat , words - Hamutal Ben-Ze'ev ) where he finished 5th. He attempted to represent Israel again in 1987 and 1996 but did not win the national final. Cohen was an actor in the Haifa Theater.1
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Musical artist Izhar Cohen ( ; born March 13, 1951) is an Israeli singer who won the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest .
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Musical artist Izhar Cohen with his sister Vardina, during the 1987 Kdam Eurovision Izhar Cohen ( ; born March 13, 1951) is an Israeli singer who won the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest .
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Israeli musical artist For the Paralympic swimmer, see Yizhar Cohen (swimmer) .Musical artist Izhar Cohen with his sister Vardina, during the 1987 Kdam Eurovision Izhar Cohen ( Hebrew : יִזְהָר כֹּהֵן , [jizˈhaʁ ˈkohen] ; born March 13, 1951) is an Israeli singer who won the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli singer and actor”. Today it says “israeli singer who won the 1978 eurovision song contest”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli musical artist”. It now reads “Israeli musical artist Musical artist”. Read the current article and compare.
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israeli singer and actor
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israeli singer who won the 1978 eurovision song contest
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