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!