The third show of Rising Star 2017 was aired this evening. So far, a total of fourteen acts have advanced to the next stage of the selection.

A participant had to get at least 70% positive votes during the performance in order to qualify. Each of the four judges had 10% while the rest of the votes came from the audience in the TV studios during the filming, all voting yes or no for a specific act.

Tonight’s five qualifiers are:

  • Yosef Gal (91%)
  • Helen (90%)
  • Yonit Zaidenberg (85%)
  • Yona Shabin (79%)
  • Julietta (72%)

They join the nine acts who qualified during shows 1 and 2:

  • Beatbox Element
  • Diana Golbi
  • Hallelujah (Halli) Lewis
  • Imri Ziv
  • Judy Layne
  • Lee Sabach
  • Osher Biton
  • Sapir Nahon
  • Ta-La-Te

Julietta previously participated in Kdam Eurovision 2013 with the song Fantasia. Back then, she failed to qualify to the final:

No additional show will be aired this week. Hence, show 4 of Rising Star 2017 will be aired next week, on Monday, 16 January.

Stay tuned to ESCToday for more news regarding Rising Star and Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017!


Gil is 23 years old, grew up in Israel and lives in Sweden. He began following the Eurovision Song Contest at the age of five, when the contest was held in Jerusalem in 1999. Gil joined the ESCToday team in March 2008, shortly after co-hosting the Israeli national selection that year.