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