KAN, the Israeli national broadcaster, has set the date for the official song premiere of the 2025 Israeli Eurovision entry.

Yuval Raphael was crowned the winner of the Next Eurovision Star and will be defending the Israeli colours at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Basel.

KAN, the Israeli national broadcaster, will be premiering Yuval Raphael’s Eurovision entry for Basel on Sunday 9 March. KAN has received more than 50 songs in its quest to search for the 2025 Israeli Eurovision entry.

Israel at Eurovision

Israel debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 and has won the competition four times (1978, 1979, 1998, 2018) and has hosted the event thrice  (Jerusalem 1979, 1999 and Tel Aviv 201).

Source: KAN
Photo credit: Times of  Israel / (Ortal Dahan Ziv)


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