The EBU will discuss a call from Iceland’s public broadcaster to ban Israel from Eurovision in its upcoming meeting of the ...

There are plenty of wins Israel could use right now, Eurovision is not one of them. In the lead-up to Eurovision, an undue amount of attention was showered on Israel and singer Yuval Raphael.

Just minutes before Yuval Raphael went onstage to represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest final last weekend, the country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, posted an appeal to his 1. ...

Israel has competed in Eurovision for more than 50 years and won four times. But last year’s event in Sweden drew large demonstrations calling for Israel to be kicked out of the contest over its ...

Yuval Raphael finished in second place in the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel on Saturday night and was elated on the morning after her stunning victory. “I can’t explain to you the level of my ...

Singer Yuval Raphael, representing Israel with the song New Day Will Rise, parades during the flag ceremony prior to the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest, St Jakobshalle arena, Basel ...

Israel’s entry into the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest is slated to take the stage on for Thursday’s (May 15) second semi-final round amid tensions around the country’s participation in the ...

The nail-biting end to 2025’s Eurovision Song Contest has sparked furious debate about the extent of Israel’s public televote performance, which saw Yuval Raphael, the miraculous survivor of a ...

Yuval Raphael from Israel performs the song "New Day Will Rise" during dress rehearsal for the Grand Final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, on May 16.

Yuval Raphael, Israel’s Eurovision 2025 representative and survivor of the Hamas Oct. 7 attack on the Nova festival, speaks to the media in Tel Aviv, March 9, 2025. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg) ...

Eurovision's finals are set, with Israel, Lithuania, Greece, Armenia and Denmark among the countries that made it through Thursday's semi-finals. Eurovision Sets Finalists for 2025 Competition ...

Martin Meissner. Yuval Raphael from Israel performs the song "New Day Will Rise" during the dress rehearsal for the second semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland ...