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Hallelujah (Hebrew script: הללויה) was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 performed in Hebrew by Gali Atari and Milk & Honey for Israel.The group was formed for the purpose of performing in the contest when the song’s original performers the band Hakol Over Habibi declined the opportunity to sing it.This was the fourth occasion on which the host country had won the Contest (Switzerland Spain and Luxembourg had achieved the feat before this) and there would be two more such occasions to date (Ireland winning once in Millstreet and once more in Dublin).