Eden Golan participated in the Anti-Defamation League’s special event in Washington with the song “October Rain” and received praise from all sides! And who was the famous singer she met backstage who also contributed to the show?
Eden Golan, who finished fifth in Malmö with the song “Hurricane“, has been filling her schedule with project after project since representing Israel at Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. After receiving the key to the city of Miami, she continued to Washington, where she took part in a special performance for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) with the original version of her song – “October Rain”. During the event, Scooter Braun received an award for his work for Israel since the October 7th massacre, but the compliments Eden Golan received for her performance came from all directions!
Star-Studded Praise and Recognition
Eden Golan garnered numerous compliments for her performance in Washington, starting with the event’s host, American-Jewish movie star Ben Stiller, who expressed appreciation for her advocacy and emphasized the journey she went through with the song: “The lyrics were rewritten and they even changed its name to ‘Hurricane’, Eden represented Israel despite being booed. And since then she has been performing ‘October Rain’ to many.”
Eden Golan’s song “October Rain”
about the October 7 attacks was rejected by Eurovision.
Tonight the Israeli star received a standing ovation at the Kennedy Center for her performance with the National Symphony Orchestra at the @ADL #ConcertAgainstHate pic.twitter.com/kUsh1iXUCp
— Jonathan Allen ✡️ (@jonathanallen44) November 19, 2024
The main compliments came during a backstage meeting between Eden Golan and Australian singer Sia, who greatly praised Eden for her performance. In addition to the compliments, Sia herself dedicated one of her biggest hits, “Titanium“, to the survivors of the Nova Festival, declaring: “We will dance again!”
Israel in Eurovision 2024
“Hurricane” is the name of the song performed by singer Eden Golan, who was chosen to represent Israel after winning the tenth season of “HaKochav Haba”. Israel advanced to the final after winning the second semi-final with 194 points, and in the grand final reached fifth place with 375 points. In the public vote, Israel came in second place, just 14 points behind the first place.
This is the second consecutive time that Israel has reached the top five, an achievement it had not attained since its streak of successes in 1998-1999.
Source: Mako
Eurovision 2024: This was Israel’s 46th participation in Eurovision. Israel joined the competition in 1973 and has won it four times over the years. Israel’s last victory was at Eurovision 2018 with the song “Toy” performed by singer Netta Barzilai.