A few hours before the official release, the Israeli entry has found its way up online and shortly to afterwards to message boards around the web.

As promised, the Israeli entry is an uptempo dance song featuring oriental touches. The reason for the early release is probably the time difference between Europe and Australia, as when the clock stroke twelve at 14:00 CET, the song was out in Australia. The same happened with the CD of Sweden’s Melodifestivalen 2017 two weeks ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeZFcGiEH0U

The official video will be released however in a bit more than 5 hours from now (20:00 CET) during the presentation on IBA Channel 1.


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.