Yuval Raphael, the 2025 Israeli Eurovision hopeful, has premiered her Eurovision 2025 entry ‘ New Day Will Rise’.

Yuval Raphael will defend the Israeli colours at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with her entry ‘New Day Will Rise‘. The song is in English, Hebrew and French and has been composed and penned by Keren Peles.

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Keren Peles is no new name when it comes to the Eurovision Song Contest as she the songwriter behind Eden Golan’s Eurovision 2024 entry ‘Hurricane’.

The French lyics have been translated by Tamir Hitman whilst Tomer Brian has been responsible for the musical arrangement and production of Yuval’s 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: KAN/Shay Franco


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