KAN, the Israeli national broadcaster, has confirmed that Israel will compete at the forthcoming 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. Israel has already kicked off its preparations for ESC 2023….

Thus Israel joins the list of countries who have so far confirmed their participation at the upcoming Eurovision 2023 edition.

KAN has announced that the 2023 Israeli Eurovision representative will be determined via a special 9 member professional committee who will reflect a wide range of music styles. Once the artist is selected, the Israeli national broadcaster will kick off its search for the 2023 Israeli entry. More details will be unveiled in due time.

Israel at Eurovision

Israel debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 and has won the competition four times ( 1978, 1979, 1998, 2018). The country has hosted the event thrice: twice in Jerusalem ( 1979, 1999) and once in Tel Aviv (2019). The country has partaken 44 times in the competition.

Michael Ben David represented Israel at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest with his entry ‘I.M.‘.

Source: KAN/ ESCToday
Photo credit: EBU/ Corinne Cummings

 


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 22 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.