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Israel's earliest selections were picked by the IBA. The first singer to represent the country was Ilanit, who finished 4th in 1973. In 1972, while Ilanit was in Germany recording as part of the duo Ilan and Ilanit with her partner Shlomo Tzach, the duo received an offer to represent Germany in that year's contest. Since Israel was eligible to ...
Imri Ziv (Hebrew: אימרי זיו; born 12 September 1991), known mononymously as Imri (stylised in all caps), is an Israeli singer and voice actor.After winning HaKokhav HaBa, he represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv with the song "I Feel Alive", finishing in 23rd place in the final.
Prior to the 2017 contest, Israel had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirty-nine times since its first entry in 1973. [1] Israel has won the contest on three occasions: in 1978 with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" performed by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, in 1979 with the song "Hallelujah" performed by Milk and Honey, and in 1998 with the song "Diva" performed by Dana International.
Israel has selected an October 7 survivor, who hid from Hamas in a bomb shelter for eight hours, to represent the country at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. Yuval Raphael, 24, was chosen to ...
Prior to the 2020 Contest, Israel had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-two times since its first entry in 1973. [1] Israel has won the contest on four occasions: in 1978 with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" performed by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, in 1979 with the song "Hallelujah" performed by Milk and Honey, in 1998 with the song "Diva" performed by Dana International and in 2018 ...
Raphael is the niece of businesswoman Ronit Raphael [3] and comes from Ra'anana, Israel. She spent three years of her childhood living in Geneva, Switzerland. [4] [5] [2] As a youngster, she listened to rock bands such as Led Zeppelin and Scorpions and singers such as Beyoncé and Celine Dion. [6] She began singing professionally in 2023. [7]
The singer, who uses the pronouns they/them, has previously hit out at Israel's representative, Eden Golan, competing in the contest, and been outspoken about their pro-Palestine views before ...
Eurovision Song Contest organisers are scrutinising the Israeli submission after lyrics leaked to the media appeared to refer to the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that triggered the Gaza war.