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A mural in Girona promoting a boycott of the 2019 contest in Israel. Israel first competed in the contest in 1973, becoming the first country from outside of Europe to enter. Its participation in the contest over the years has been at times controversial, but it has remained a regular competitor in the contest and been crowned the winner on ...
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 will compete in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, despite calls for the country to be banned from participating due to its ongoing war on Gaza. Eden Golan is representing Israel with ...
[53] [54] [55] Israel's first win in 1978 proved controversial for Arab states broadcasting the contest which would typically cut to advertisements when Israel performed due to a lack of recognition of the country, and when it became apparent Israel would win, many of these broadcasters cut the feed before the end of the voting.
Scores of musicians, hundreds of journalists and thousands of music fans have gathered in Malmo, Sweden, where the Eurovision Song Contest is building towards Saturday's exuberant, glitter ...
Two Belgian ministers have called for Israel's exclusion from the Eurovision Song Contest while the Gaza war is ongoing as a punitive measure for the toll on Palestinian civilians. Controversy ...
There have been calls for fans and participants to boycott the music competition taking place in Malmo amid the ongoing conflict in the Gaza strip. Eurovision organisers say Israel exclusion would ...
In 1978, the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) held for the first time a proper national final to select its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. IBA had internally selected every entry between its debut in 1973 and 1977, but following public consternation regarding Ilanit being chosen to represent Israel a second time, the broadcaster decided to reformat the annual Israel Song Festival to ...