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The EBU ruled that the song was in violation of the rules, as its lyrics appeared to reference the 7 October attack on Israel by Hamas-led Palestinian militants. Israel eventually submitted a modified version of the song with a new title, "Hurricane", which was accepted by the EBU to compete.
The third victory came almost 20 years later in Birmingham in 1998, when Dana International took top honours with the song "Diva". It took a 20-year wait for Israel to record its fourth victory at the 2018 contest in Lisbon, with the song "Toy" by Netta, earning Israel its highest-ever score of 529 points.
Israel was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Hurricane", written by Avi Ohayon, Keren Peles, and Stav Beger, and performed by Eden Golan.The Israeli participating broadcaster, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan), selected Golan as its entrant through the show HaKokhav HaBa (Rising Star), in collaboration with commercial broadcaster Keshet and ...
Israel is competing, but was told to change the title of its song, originally called “October Rain” in apparent reference to Hamas’ Oct. 7 cross-border attack.
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.
The song that Alene performed at Eurovision was decided by a separate national final, HaShir HaBa L'Eurovizion ("The Next Song for Eurovision"), featuring a total of four songs. The four song titles and songwriting teams were announced on 27 February 2020. [4] [5] [6] The show was held on 3 March 2020 and hosted by Lucy Ayoub.
Israel unveiled its revised submission for the Eurovision song contest on Sunday, after organisers took issue with the original entry's reference to the Oct. 7 Hamas onslaught.
Kdam Eurovision 2006 was the national final format organised by IBA to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The competition took place on 15 March 2006 at the Nakdi TV Studios in Jerusalem, hosted by Yael Bar Zohar and Eden Harel and was broadcast on Channel 1, via radio on Reshet Gimmel as well as online via IBA's official Eurovision Song Contest website Eurovil. [4]