Alphabeta were a group of Israeli singers who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1978 with Izhar Cohen.
The singers were Reuven Erez, Lisa Gold-Rubin, Nehama Shutan, Esther Tzuberi, and Itzhak Okev. The winning song was A-Ba-Ni-Bi. Israel received five consecutive maximum 12 points during the voting, a Eurovision Song Contest record. The total score for the song was 157 points.
When it became clear that Israel was going to win the contest, Jordan stopped its live broadcast on the pretext of technical difficulties. The viewing public was shown a picture of daffodils. A day later Jordan presented the song from Belgium, which came in second, as the winning song. This victory entitled Israel to host the contest in Jerusalem in 1979.
The head of the Israeli delegation, Rivka Michaeli, said that Cohen's song was sent to the contest because the other entries in the Israeli national competition were so bad. Nevertheless, Izhar Cohen was said to be confident that he would win.
Alphabeta or Alpha Beta may refer to:
You've made a hole in my heart,
You've made a hole in my heart,
You've made a hole in my heart,
You've made a hole in my heart
And they can say what they want but it doesn't mean a thing,
Even if they went inside me and changed everything,
This hole is nothing that a doctor can cure,
It's not a disease no, that's for sure
I was looking for a way to get close to you,
But I got inside, I got inside,
Nothing in the world could pull be back again,
Now I'm inside, now I'm inside
You, you turn me upside down,
Whenever you're around,
You turn me upside down
You, you turn me upside down,
Whenever you're around,
You turn me upside down
You've made a hole in my heart,
You've made a hole in my heart,
You've made a hole in my heart,
You've made a hole in my heart
And the gap that you have made goes deep inside of me,
It's all used to invade girl, you've got my galaxy,
What this is you do to me it's not been done before,
I don't want to stop no, that's for sure
I was looking for a way to get close to you,
But I got inside, I got inside,
Nothing in the world could pull be back again,
Now I'm inside, now I'm inside
You, you turn me upside down,
Whenever you're around,
You turn me upside down
You, you turn me upside down,
Whenever you're around,
You turn me upside down
All I want to do is to do something with you,
All I want to do is to do something with you,
(All I want to do is to do something with you),
All I want to do is to do something with you,
(All I want to do is to do something with you),
All I want to do is to do something with you,
(All I want to do is to do something with you),
All I want to do is to do something with you,
(All I want to do is to do something with you),
All I want to do is to do something with you,
You, you turn me upside down,
Whenever you're around,
You turn me upside down
You, you turn me upside down,
Whenever you're around,