Organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), the contest will consist of two semi-finals on May 13 and 15, and a final on May 17.
Israel has high hopes for its entry, New Day Will Rise, which will be sung by Yuval Raphael.
As reported by Ami Spiro in The Times of Israel,
The 24-year-old Raphael from Ra’anana was unknown in Israel until she won the “Hakochav Haba” (Rising Star) reality TV contest earlier this year, awarding her the honor of representing Israel at the Eurovision.
The win marked an unthinkable milestone for a singer who a little over a year earlier had barely escaped the Hamas massacre at the Nova music festival near the Gaza border on October 7, 2023, hiding for hours under dead bodies inside a bomb shelter until she was finally rescued.
There’s little doubt that Raphael – who will bring her powerhouse vocals to the haunting ballad New Day Will Rise in Basel – won the Israeli public’s heart in part due to her unimaginable story of survival.
The song is doing well in preliminary voting. All Israel will be watching when she sings it in the semifinals on May 15, hoping to win one of 10 spots to advance to the final two days later.
How good is the song? You be the judge. The link is below.
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