Yuval Raphael will represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2025 with the song New Day Will Rise. The singer was chosen through HaKokhav HaBa, the talent show she won earlier this year. Now, the internally selected song has been released. The lyrics are predominantly in English, but also include verses in French and […]
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Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) is once again surrounded by controversy in 2025. The Spanish broadcaster RTVE may consider submitting a request for the country’s exclusion. According to PĂşblico.es, RTVE president JosĂ© Pablo LĂłpez responded to MP Francisco Sierra (Sumar) stating that it is essential for the RTVE Board of Directors to […]
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Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2025 remains controversial. Now, Slovenia’s public broadcaster is demanding the exclusion of the country. A resolution from the RTVSLO council proposed a resolution that was accepted, stating that the management should immediately begin a request for Israel’s non-participation in ESC 2025 to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). […]
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Israel is at serious risk of being excluded from the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) starting in 2026. The government of the country has approved the move to privatize the public broadcaster KAN. A bill approved by the Ministerial Committee last Sunday proposes privatizing the company and cutting its funding from the state budget. The responsibility […]
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Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) is under threat. According to the EuroMix website, next Sunday the Israeli Cabinet will vote on a bill that would lead to the privatization of the public broadcaster KAN – which could prevent it from participating in the contest. Shlomo Karhi, Minister of Communications, and Tali Gottlieb, […]
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Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC)Â 2024 sparked much controversy. There were numerous calls for a boycott, and during the event, some artists made a point of showing their support for Palestine in the ongoing conflict between the two countries. The organizers rigorously enforced the rules to keep politics at bay. Bambie Thug, representing […]
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The detailed results of Italy’s televote in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2024 have been officially revealed – including the percentages of votes for each song. As a Big 5 country, Italy only voted in the final and the second semi-final. In both cases, the public chose to award 12 points to Israel and the […]
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Carola was a special guest at the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2024 and was not pleased with what she saw from the audience. The boos directed at Eden Golan for representing Israel were clearly audible in the Malmö Arena, due to the general disagreement regarding the country’s participation because of the conflict in Gaza. In addition […]
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Shortly after the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2024, the full results, including those of the semi-finals, were revealed. In the first semi-final, Croatia (Baby Lasagna, Rim Tim Dagi Tim) took the victory with 177 points… just four more than Ukraine, which placed second with the song Teresa & Maria by alyona alyona […]
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The vice-president of the Spanish government is against Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2024. Yolanda DĂaz criticizes the actions of Israel in the Gaza conflict, which many consider to be a completely disproportionate response to Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023. In a post on social media X cited by the EFE […]
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