Ishtar (band)

Belgian folk band

Ishtar
Ishtar performing in Belgrade, May 2008
Ishtar performing in Belgrade, May 2008
Background information
OriginBelgium
GenresFolk
MembersSoetkin Baptist
Michel Vangheluwe
Ann Vandaele
Marleen Vandaele
Els Vandaele
Hans Vandaele
Lode Cartrysse
Frank Markey
Korneel Taeckens
Karel Vercruysse

Ishtar is a Belgian (Flemish) folk band who represented Belgium at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "O Julissi", sung in an imaginary language. They competed in the first semi-final on 20 May 2008.

O Julissi

"O Julissi" is a song by Ishtar. The band's site [1] claims that the song is in an imaginary language. There is, however, a certain similarity to Ukrainian; in particular, the first line is fully understandable (Ukrainian "Ой у лісі на ялині", meaning "Oh, in the forest on a spruce"). The folk song represented Belgium at the semi-finals of Eurovision Song Contest 2008 on 20 May 2008 in Belgrade, but did not proceed to the finals. The single was released 14 March 2008. The song entered the Belgian Ultratop at #7. In its second week, O Julissi topped the list.

Ishtar's song was elected after they won the final of Eurosong 2008. Ishtar, until then an unknown band, defeated better known artists, like pop singers Sandrine and Brahim. The other contestants in the final were rock group Paranoiacs and Nelson, who had written a modern ballad.

Band members

  • Soetkin Baptist
  • Michel Vangheluwe
  • Ann Vandaele
  • Marleen Vandaele
  • Els Vandaele
  • Hans Vandaele
  • Lode Cartrysse
  • Frank Markey
  • Korneel Taeckens
  • Karel Vercruysse

Media related to Ishtar (Belgian band) at Wikimedia Commons

  • Official website (in Dutch and French)
  • Incomplete list of songs
Preceded by
The KMG's
with "Love Power"
 Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest
2008 		Succeeded by
Patrick Ouchène
with "Copycat"
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ParticipationArtistsSongs
  • "1 Life"
  • "À la folie ou pas du tout"
  • "Als het weer lente is"
  • "L'Amour ça fait chanter la vie"
  • "Avanti la vie"
  • "Baby, Baby"
  • "Because of You"
  • "Before the Party's Over"
  • "City Lights"
  • "Copycat"
  • "Dis oui"
  • "Door de wind"
  • "Envie de vivre"
  • "Euro-Vision"
  • "Fleur de liberté"
  • "Geef het op"
  • "Gelukkig zijn"
  • "Goeiemorgen, morgen"
  • "Le Grand soir"
  • "Hey Nana"
  • "Hou toch van mij"
  • "Iemand als jij"
  • "Ik heb zorgen"
  • "J'aime la vie"
  • "Je t'adore"
  • "Jennifer Jennings"
  • "Judy et Cie"
  • "Laat me nu gaan"
  • "Laissez briller le soleil"
  • "Liefde is een kaartspel"
  • "Like the Wind"
  • "Love Kills"
  • "Love Power"
  • "Ma petite chatte"
  • "Macédomienne"
  • "A Matter of Time"
  • "Me and My Guitar"
  • "Messieurs les noyés de la Seine"
  • "A Million in One, Two, Three"
  • "Miss You"
  • "Mon amour pour toi"
  • "Mother"
  • "Nous, on veut des violons"
  • "O Julissi"
  • "Un peu de poivre, un peu de sel"
  • "Le Plus beau jour de ma vie"
  • "Près de ma rivière"
  • "Quand tu reviendras"
  • "Release Me"
  • "Rendez-vous"
  • "Rhythm Inside"
  • "Samson"
  • "Sanomi"
  • "September, gouden roos"
  • "Si tu aimes ma musique"
  • "Sister"
  • "Soldiers of Love"
  • "Straatdeuntje"
  • "Ton nom"
  • "Viens l'oublier"
  • "La Voix est libre"
  • "Waarom?"
  • "Wake Up"
  • "What's the Pressure"
  • "With Love Baby"
  • "Would You?"
  • "The Wrong Place"
  • Note: Entries scored out signify where Belgium did not compete
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Countries
Final
Semi-finals
Artists
Final
Semi-finals
Songs
Final
  • "All Night Long"
  • "Baila el Chiki Chiki"
  • "Believe"
  • "Day After Day"
  • "Deli"
  • "Disappear"
  • "Divine"
  • "Even If"
  • "The Fire in Your Eyes"
  • "For Life"
  • "Hero"
  • "Hold On Be Strong"
  • "Missä miehet ratsastaa"
  • "Oro"
  • "Pe-o margine de lume"
  • "Peace Will Come"
  • "Pokušaj"
  • "Qélé, Qélé"
  • "Romanca"
  • "Secret Combination"
  • "Senhora do mar (Negras águas)"
  • "Shady Lady"
  • "This Is My Life"
  • "Wolves of the Sea"
  • "Zemrën e lamë peng"
Semi-finals
  • "Candlelight"
  • "Casanova"
  • "A Century of Love"
  • "Complice"
  • "DJ, Take Me Away"
  • "Era stupendo"
  • "Femme Fatale"
  • "Hasta la vista"
  • "Have Some Fun"
  • "Irelande Douze Pointe"
  • "Let Me Love You"
  • "Leto svet"
  • "Nomads in the Night"
  • "O Julissi"
  • "Vodka"
  • "Vrag naj vzame"
  • "Your Heart Belongs to Me"
  • "Zauvijek volim te"
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International
  • VIAF
National
  • Norway
Artists
  • MusicBrainz


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