Another weekend of The Next Star was televised over the past 2 evenings in Israel, as the country continues its long selection process, with this weekend being its seventeenth and eighteenth show.

Nine artists performed over the past 2 nights in Israel, each of whom performed individually to both the audience and jury panel.

The eight artists who received the highest percentage of the vote directly advanced to the next stage of the competition, with the act receiving the lowest percentage of the vote being eliminated from the selection.

This weekend’s qualifiers

This evening’s results were as follows:

• Jonathan Mergui (89%)
• Riki Ben Ari (88%)
• Chen Aharoni (86%)
• Eden Meiri (79%)
• Ravit Batashvili (79%)
• Howie Danao (75%)
• Netta Barzilai (70%)
• Adva Omer (63%)
• José Steinberg (62%)

Receiving the smallest percentage of the vote tonight was José Steinberg, meaning that Steinberg’s journey in the selection has come to an end.

Eight acts remain in the competition, each of whom continue their bid to represent Israel at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest.

The Next Star will continue next Sunday at the usual time of 20:00 CET (21:00 local time), airing on Keshet 12.