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Singer Noa Kirel tells prez she’ll put chutzpah on Eurovision stage
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAmy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel
Days before she heads to Liverpool to compete at the Eurovision Song Contest, pop singer Noa Kirel tells President Isaac Herzog that she feels she is representing the entire nation.
“I really feel like I’m representing Israel in every way,” she tells the president and his wife, Michal. “It’s really an honor to represent the country. It feels very fun and fitting to me.”
Kirel says she plans to bring Israeli “chutzpah” to her performance — “but in a good way.”
Her ditty “Unicorn” talks about “being who we are, and accepting us how we are, loving ourselves, about being Jewish in front of the world. It’s a song that basically calls for diversity and acceptance,” Kirel says.
The president tells the singer that “the song is great, you’re great, I’m a huge fan… you’re the beautiful face of Israel.”
Kirel is slated to depart for the UK next week for rehearsals and activities ahead of her performance in the first Eurovision semifinal on May 9, where she will aim to get enough votes to advance to the grand final on May 13.
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