KAN, the Israeli national broadcaster, has unveiled that Yuval Raphael will sing ‘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 will be in English, Hebrew and French and has been composed and penned by Keren Peles.

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.

Yuval Raphael’s Eurovision 2025 entry will be premiered on KAN 11 during a special show on Sunday 09 March.

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


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.