Israel’s Kan public broadcaster announces that it has selected the song that Noam Bettan will sing at this year’s Eurovision — which will be revealed next month.
The committee tapped by Kan to pick this year’s song narrowed around 200 submissions down to four finalists. Bettan recorded the four songs and the committee of experts crowned a winner, Kan says.
The song will be released by Kan on March 5. It contains lyrics in Hebrew, French and English (Bettan was born in Israel to French immigrant parents and often sings in the language).
It was written by Nadav Aharoni, Tslil Klifi and Yuval Raphael — a survivor of the Nova festival massacre who represented Israel at last year’s Eurovision.
Unlike the past two years, when Israel sent a ballad to the song contest, this year’s entry will be in “a slightly different style,” says Kan.
Kan says the song will now be sent to the European Broadcasting Union for final approval. The Eurovision is scheduled for May in Vienna, Austria.
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