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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 477

Eurovision Song Contest

Yuval Raphael is crowned the winner of 'Hakochav Haba' on January 23, 2025, and will represent Israel at the 2025 Eurovision. (Ortal Dahan Ziv)
Yuval Raphael, survivor of Nova massacre, to represent Israel at 2025 Eurovision
By Amy Spiro
25-year-old singer says music has been ‘one of the strongest ingredients in my healing process’; she hid for eight hours under a pile of dead bodies in a roadside bomb shelter
Yuval Raphael is crowned the winner of 'Hakochav Haba' on January 23, 2025, and will represent Israel at the 2025 Eurovision. (Ortal Dahan Ziv)
January 23, 2025, 1:33 am
Yuval Raphael, survivor of Nova massacre, to represent Israel at 2025 Eurovision
25-year-old singer says music has been ‘one of the strongest ingredients in my healing process’; she hid for eight hours under a pile of dead bodies in a roadside bomb shelter
By Amy Spiro
Singer Valerie Hamaty performs at the ACUM Awards ceremony for Hebrew Song near Tel Aviv, Sept. 7, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 4, 2025, 3:02 am
Meet Valerie Hamaty, the Christian Arab leading the race to sing for Israel at Eurovision
She duetted with the son of an Oct. 7 victim, sang lyrics from the Shema, has performed at Memorial Day events. ‘The sane majority has shown her nothing but love,’ says her father
By Deborah Danan
Eden Golan of Israel enters the arena during the flag parade before the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
December 21, 2024, 7:37 am
Not only Eurovision would get the ax under government efforts to end public broadcasting
As Communications Minister Karhi resurrects his plan to shut down Kan, industry experts warn it will end participation in the annual songfest and slash original Hebrew content
By Amy Spiro
The broadcast studio of Kan, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, in Jerusalem, January 31, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 18, 2024, 4:06 pm
European Broadcasting Union warns privatizing Kan could undermine Israel’s democracy
Union also says the move, planned by Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi, could hamper Israel’s participation in Eurovision and broadcasts of soccer World Cup
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
Eden Golan, Israel's Eurovision participant, as she arrived home in Israel on May 12, 2024. (Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 29, 2024, 6:55 pm
Eden Golan’s managers deploy AI to help writers produce hit songs
Session 42, the studio that brought Israel’s contestant to the 2024 Eurovision, is offering an innovative option for performing artists
By Jessica Steinberg
Eden Golan in disguise while in Malmo, Sweden, for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, in a picture published to social media on July 11, 2024. (Instagram/Eden Golan, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 11, 2024, 4:32 pm
Eden Golan reveals she had to wear disguise in Malmo during Eurovision
Israel’s Eurovision representative says she ‘thought it was funny, but didn’t realize how scary and dangerous it really was,’ as anti-Israel sentiment marred song contest
By ToI Staff
Israeli dog trainer Roni Sagi and her border collie Rhythm perform on America's Got Talent, as seen in this screenshot from their audition video, posted by the show on YouTube. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 14, 2024, 10:49 am
Israeli trainer and her dancing dog wow US TV talent show
Roni Sagi and border collie Rhythm win standing ovation for two-minute routine on America’s Got Talent; dog ‘dances better than human dancers we’ve had on,’ says judge Simon Cowell
By ToI Staff
Lebanese-American singer Carine Bassili, May 2024. (courtesy)
May 28, 2024, 12:32 am
Banned from Lebanon for Israel ties, artist sings Arabic cover of Eden Golan’s ‘Hurricane’
Carine Bassili, devout Christian living in US, hopes her music will build bridges between her people and Israelis: ‘You cannot have peace before having healing and reconciliation’
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Israeli singer Eden Golan at a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on May 18, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 19, 2024, 9:45 am
Eden Golan sings ‘October Rain,’ her disqualified Eurovision song, at hostage rally
Singer tells crowd that in her first performance onstage since contest, she wanted to use original version rejected by song contest producers, seen as referencing October 7
By ToI Staff
Eden Golan (center) and the Israeli delegation in the green room after her performance at the second Eurovision semifinal in Malmo, Sweden, on May 9, 2024. (Courtesy Kan)
May 19, 2024, 8:19 am
Criticized by other Eurovision teams, Israel claims it was the abused delegation
Public broadcaster releases statement saying team ‘faced immense pressure and an unprecedented display of hatred, notably from other delegations and artists’
By ToI Staff
Eden Golan of Israel enters the arena during the flag parade before the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
May 12, 2024, 5:05 pm
When an Israeli showed inspirational courage in the singing of a pop song
Facing intense hostility at Eurovision, Eden Golan’s every instinct might have been to turn and run. Instead she soared, and set an example many Israelis may have to emulate in the months ahead
By David Horovitz
Eden Golan, Israel's participant in the Eurovision, arrives home at Ben Gurion Airport on May 12, 2024, following the contest. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 12, 2024, 2:16 pm
Israel gets top public vote from 14 countries in Eurovision – plus ‘rest of the world’
Voters in Australia, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK give their highest points to Eden Golan
By Amy Spiro
People watch the final results of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2024 at a bar in Tel Aviv on May 12, 2024. (Sharon Aronowicz/AFPTV/AFP)
May 12, 2024, 8:49 am
Israeli fans pan Eurovision juries’ ‘political’ snub, say it denied them victory
In Tel Aviv, song contest enthusiasts laud huge support from televote; contestant Eden Golan says ‘very moving’ to see how public voted
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Eden Golan of Israel enters the arena during the flag parade before the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
May 12, 2024, 3:49 am
Israel finishes 5th as Switzerland wins Eurovision in Malmo; Eden Golan: ‘So proud’
Israel’s entry receives second-highest public vote after months of activists calling for it to be barred; Irish and Portuguese acts make small pro-Palestinian gestures on screen
By Amy Spiro
A man wearing a keffiyeh looks out of a window as anti-Israel protesters demonstrate in Malmo, Sweden, on May 11, 2024 (Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
May 11, 2024, 9:51 pm
Thousands outside Eurovision final in Malmo protest Israel’s participation
Greta Thunberg escorted away; police say 6,000-8,000 take part in demonstration; Israel’s Eden Golan, repeatedly booed at rehearsals, among favorites
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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