Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025
| Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | ||||
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| Participating broadcaster | Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan) | |||
| Country |  Israel | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: HaKokhav HaBa | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: TBD 2025 | |||
| Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Israel will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, which will be held in Basel, Switzerland. The Israeli participating broadcaster, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan), is selecting its representative through the show HaKokhav HaBa (Rising Star), in collaboration with commercial broadcaster Keshet and Tedy Productions.
Background
[edit]Prior to the 2025 contest, the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) until 2017, and the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan) since 2018, had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Israel forty-six times since the IBA's first entry in 1973.[1] They had won the contest on four occasions: in 1978 with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, in 1979 with the song "Hallelujah" by Milk and Honey, in 1998 with the song "Diva" by Dana International, and in 2018 with the song "Toy" by Netta. Since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, they had, to this point, managed to qualify to the final 12 times, achieving, besides its 2018 victory, five top ten results: in 2005 with "Hasheket Shenish'ar" by Shiri Maimon placing fourth, in 2008 with "The Fire in Your Eyes" by Boaz placing ninth, in 2015 with "Golden Boy" by Nadav Guedj placing ninth, in 2023 with "Unicorn" by Noa Kirel placing third, and in 2024 with "Hurricane" by Eden Golan placing fifth.[1]
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, Kan organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Kan confirmed its intention to participate in the 2025 contest on 31 May 2024,[2] announcing on 23 July that its representative would continue to be selected through the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa (Rising Star).[3]
Before Eurovision
[edit]HaKokhav HaBa
[edit]Kan is selecting its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 through the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa, produced by Tedy Productions and Keshet Media Group, and broadcast on Keshet 12 as well as online via mako.co.il. The shows are taking place at the Neve Ilan Communications Center in Neve Ilan, and are hosted by Assi Azar and Rotem Sela. The judging panel for the competition is composed of Assaf Amdursky, Keren Peles, Shiri Maimon (who represented Israel in 2005), Ran Danker, Itay Levi and Eden Hason.[4] Preliminary casting rounds began in late July 2024 and ended in early October, after which the qualifiers proceeded to the auditions in Neve Ilan, which began filming on 10 October.[4][5]
Auditions
[edit]Candidates are required to get a score of at least 70% of the votes from the judges and the studio audience in order to advance.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury votes | Score | Result | |||||
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| 1 | Nati Livian | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" | 
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93% | Advanced |
| 2 | Claire | "Love on the Brain" |
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96% | Advanced |
| 3 | Renana Boaziza | "Nigmar" | 
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82% | Advanced |
| 4 | Tali Kuper | "Lose Control" |
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66% | Eliminated |
| 5 | Ido Malka | "Psikhopat" |
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94% | Advanced |
| 6 | Daniel Weiss | "Ani Gitara" |
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97% | Advanced |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury votes | Score | Result | |||||
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| A. A. | E. H. | K. P. | I. L. | R. D. | S. M. | |||||
| 1 | Perfilove Mongoza | "Drivers License" |
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92% | Advanced |
| 2 | Ilay Katz | "Aba" |
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86% | Advanced |
| 3 | Nelly Mira Rubin | "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" |
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62% | Eliminated |
| 4 | Hili Goren | "Im Mechar Ani Met" |
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89% | Advanced |
| 5 | Ronen Binder | "Careless Whisper" |
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78% | Advanced |
| 6 | Alma Maimon de Razon | "October Sky" |
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94% | Advanced |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury votes | Score | Result | |||||
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| A. A. | E. H. | K. P. | I. L. | R. D. | S. M. | |||||
| 1 | Aviad Klein | "When We Were Young" |
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96% | Advanced |
| 2 | Amit Sade | "Scars to Your Beautiful" |
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96% | Advanced |
| 3 | Mika Veltman | "Lose Control" |
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52% | Eliminated |
| 4 | Tamir Vaknin | "Ir Namel" |
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81% | Advanced |
| 5 | Red Band and Moran Aharoni | "Human" |
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82% | Advanced |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury votes | Score | Result | |||||
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| A. A. | E. H. | K. P. | I. L. | R. D. | S. M. | |||||
| 1 | Dolev Mendelbaum | "Jealous" |
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85% | Advanced |
| 2 | Ester Guedj | "Voilà" |
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86% | Advanced |
| 3 | Nir Abdu | "Nishba" |
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80% | Advanced |
| 4 | Liel Yeshaya | "Tel Aviv BaLaila" |
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42% | Eliminated |
| 5 | Yuval Refael | "Anyone" |
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98% | Advanced |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Maimon was absent during this performance, so Ness & Stila voted in her place.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Israel". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 2023-08-09.
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- ^ a b Zaikaner, Avi (2024-10-10). "הכוכב הבא לאירוויזיון 2025 תחל את שידוריה בחודש נובמבר - אירוויזיון 2025" [The Next Star for Eurovision 2025 will begin broadcasting in November]. EuroMix (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-11-11.
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- ^ Zaikaner, Avi (2024-11-10). "הכוכב הבא לאירוויזיון: נתי ליויאן, קלר, רננה בואזיזה, עידו מלכה ודניאל וייס ממשיכים לשלב הבא - אירוויזיון 2025" [The Next Star for Eurovision: Nati Livian, Keller, Renane Bouaziza, Ido Malka and Daniel Weiss continue to the next stage]. EuroMix (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-11-11.
- ^ Zaikaner, Avi (2024-11-17). "הכוכב הבא לאירוויזיון: פרפילאב, עלאי, הילי, רונן ועלמה ממשיכים לשלב הבא - אירוויזיון 2025" [The Next Star for Eurovision: Perfilove, Ilay, Hili, Ronen and Alma continue to the next stage]. EuroMix (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-11-17.
- ^ Zaikaner, Avi (2024-11-17). "הכוכב הבא: רד בנד עם מורן אהרוני, תמיר וקנין, עמית שדה ואביעד קליין ממשיכים לשלב הבא - אירוויזיון 2025" [The Next Star: Red Band with Moran Aharoni, Tamir Vaknin, Amit Sadeh and Aviad Klein continue to the next stage]. EuroMix (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-11-18.
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