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Rose "Osang" Fostanes (born January 2, 1967) is a Filipina singer living in Israel, [1] who on January 14, 2014, won the first season of The X Factor Israel [3] On April 10, 2014, she signed a record contract with Star Records to release her music material in the Philippines.
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's earliest selections were picked by the IBA. The first singer to represent the country was Ilanit, who finished 4th in 1973.
Prior to the 2018 contest, Israel had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty 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.
Belarus was expelled from Eurovision in 2021 over its government’s clampdown on dissent, and Russia was kicked out in 2022 after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Israel has won Eurovision four times, first in 1978 with Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta’s “A-Ba-Ni-Bi”, then again the following year with Milk and Honey singing “Hallelujah”.
Israel will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, which will be held in Basel, Switzerland.The Israeli participating broadcaster, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan), is selecting its representative through the show HaKokhav HaBa (Rising Star), in collaboration with commercial broadcaster Keshet and Tedy Productions, while the song will be internally selected.
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.
Eden Golan (Hebrew: עדן גולן; Russian: Эден Голан; [1] born 5 October 2003) is an Israeli [a] singer. Born in Israel, Golan moved with her family to Russia at age six; she began her career there by taking part in the Russian selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, and afterwards in the Russian television competition The Voice Kids.