Ofek Jerassi, Author at EuroMix

Tonight at 20:00: Greece Selects Its Entry For Eurovision 2025!

January 30, 2025February 26, 2025 by Ofek Jerassi Comment Closed

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Watch live: Tonight at 20:00, the Greek national selection "Ethnikos Telikos 2025" will take place, where Greece's representative and song for Eurovision 2025 will be chosen. Here's the link to watch the broadcast. The much-anticipated first open national selection in Greece in 22 years will be held tonight 20:00 CET (21:00 Greek time) at the Christmas Theater in Athens. The event will be broadcast by Greece's national broadcaster. The winner will be determined through a combination of public votes (50%), international jury votes (25%), and local jury votes (25%). The chosen artist and song will represent Greece at Eurovision 2025, set to take place in Basel, Switzerland. Hosting the show are Helena Paparizou and Sakis Rouvas, two iconic figures in Greek Eurovision history. Twelve artists will compete tonight for the honor of representing Greece, including Evangelia, who has previously attempted to represent both Greece and Cyprus, and Xannova Xan, a former Junior Eurovision contestant. To watch "Ethnikos Telikos" please follow this link and...

Euromix’s Choice: Who Should Represent Greece at Eurovision 2025?

January 30, 2025February 10, 2025 by Ofek Jerassi Comment Closed

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Members of the Euromix editorial team convened to vote for the competing songs in Ethnikos Telikos 2025. Who should represent Greece at Eurovision according to the editorial team? The Greek Eurovision national selection, "Ethnikos Telikos 2025", is set to take place tonight at 20:00, featuring 12 contestants. The winner of this local competition will represent Greece at Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland. In anticipation of this event, Euromix editorial team members gathered to listen to the participating songs and select their favorites from the Greek national selection. Editorial Picks: Who Should Represent Greece? Avi Zaikaner: First Place - Konstantinos and Kostas - "Paradeisos" Greece returns to the national selection format after many years, and it seems the overall quality is somewhat disappointing. I chose the male duet, Konstantinos & Kostas that brings a classic Balkan ballad to the stage—well-crafted, emotional, and incorporating refined Balkan-oriental elements. It is also performed in Greek. In my opinion, this is one of the songs that can...

Messages of Peace? Achinoam Nini and Mira Awad to Perform at Sanremo Festival

January 29, 2025 by Ofek Jerassi Comment Closed

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Achinoam Nini, an Israeli Jew, and Mira Awad, an Arab-Israeli, who represented Israel at Eurovision 2009, are set to appear on the stage of the prestigious San Remo Festival! The duo's Eurovision 2009 entry, "There Must Be Another Way," is considered one of the most politically charged and protest-oriented songs Israel has ever sent to the Eurovision Song Contest. The song represented Israel at the 2009 Eurovision held in Moscow and was performed by Israeli singers Achinoam Nini and Mira Awad. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Israeli representatives will perform together again, this time as guests on the opening night of the San Remo Festival on Tuesday, February 11th. They will perform John Lennon's "Imagine" on stage to promote peace, against the backdrop of the fragile ceasefire currently in place. The collaboration between Achinoam Nini and Mira Awad began in 2002 when they performed The Beatles' "We Can Work It Out". Nini, known in Italy...

Serbia: Listen to the Pesma Za Evroviziju 2025 Songs!

January 27, 2025March 1, 2025 by Ofek Jerassi Comment Closed

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Serbian national broadcaster, RTS, unveiled the 30 songs in the Serbian Eurovision national selection, "Pesma Za Evroviziju 2025", whose winner will represent Serbia at Eurovision 2025 to be held in Basel, Switzerland. The Serbian national broadcaster, RTS, revealed this afternoon the 30 songs expected to participate in the Serbian Eurovision national selection "Pesma Za Evroviziju 2025" for Eurovision 2025. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Semi-Finals Running Order: First Semi-Final - Tuesday, February 25th Bojana x David – Šesto čulo Igor Simić – Ne mogu Vampiri – Tebi treba neko kao ja Nataša Kojić – Up and Down Tropico – AI Jelena Aleen – Kameleon Filarri – Meet and Greet Kruz Roudi – Sve i odmah Milan Nikolić feat. Caka - Storia del amor Ana & The Changes – Brinem Iskaz – Trendseter Harem Girls – Aladin Biber – Da mi se vratiš Mila – Gaia Anton – U grad Click on the song title to listen! Second Semi-Final - Thursday, February 27th Ivana Štrbac – La La La Jett Vega – Rolerkoster Princ – Mila Maršali - Po policama sećanja Dušan Kurtić – Boginja Tanja Banjanin – Ja sam bolja Tam – Durum durum GIFTS & ROSES – Do kraja vremena Lensy - Hvala ti SEDLAR – Oči boje zemlje ...

Euromix’s Choice: Who Should Represent Luxembourg at Eurovision 2025?

January 25, 2025February 6, 2025 by Ofek Jerassi Comment Closed

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Members of the Euromix editorial team convened to vote for the competing songs in Luxembourg Song Contest. Who should represent Luxembourg at Eurovision according to the editorial team? The Luxembourgish Eurovision national selection, "Luxembourg Song Contest", is set to take place tonight at 20:00, featuring 7 contestants. The winner of this local competition will represent Luxembourg at Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland. In anticipation of this event, Euromix editorial team members gathered to listen to the participating songs and select their favorites from the Luxembourgish national selection. Editorial Picks: Who Should Represent Luxembourg? Avi Zaikaner: First Place - Laura Thorn - "La Poupée Monte Le Son" Laura Thorn's song is a delightful track that feels like a homage to Luxembourg's 1965 Eurovision winner, "Poupée de cire, poupée de son", but on speed. The combination of classic pop, childhood sounds, and the French language makes the song unique and enchanting. It will certainly stand out on the Eurovision stage. Will this song indeed...

Israel: Yuval Raphael Makes Headlines Across the World!

January 23, 2025February 26, 2025 by Ofek Jerassi Comment Closed

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Yuval Raphael was chosen to represent Israel at Eurovision 2025, and this morning many newspapers worldwide opened with the news, mostly in a positive and enthusiastic tone. From which countries did reactions to Yuval's selection come? And which unexpected country covered Yuval positively? Yuval Raphael was selected to represent Israel at Eurovision 2025, to be held in Basel on May 13, 15, and 17, hoping to bring Israel its fifth victory in the competition. Yuval won first place in the television program "HaKochav HaBa for Eurovision 2025" after performing the songs "Dancing Queen" (originally by ABBA) and "Writing's On The Wall" (originally by Sam Smith). This morning, many newspapers worldwide opened with news regarding Yuval's selection to represent Israel at Eurovision, detailing her heroic story from the October 7 terror attack. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Many leading newspapers around the world covered Yuval Raphael's selection as Israel's representative for Eurovision 2025. The reactions...

Ukraine: “Vidbir 2025” Songs Revealed for Listening!

January 23, 2025February 26, 2025 by Ofek Jerassi Comment Closed

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Ukrainian national broadcaster, Suspilne, has today revealed the songs for the Ukrainian Eurovision selection "Vidbir 2025", which will choose the Ukrainian representative for Eurovision 2025! The Ukrainian national broadcaster, Suspilne, unveiled the ten songs competing in Ukraine's Eurovision national selection, "Vidbir 2025", scheduled for February 8, 2025. Currently, Ukraine ranks third in the betting odds, and curiosity about the competing songs is high. Listen to the songs! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); List of Contestants in "Vidbir 2025" National Final Future Culture — "Waste My Time" KHAYAT — "HONOR" KRYLATA — "STAY TRUE" MOLODI — "My Sea" Ziferblat — "Bird of Pray" Abyei — "Dim" DK Energetik — "Sil" Masha Kondratenko — "No Time to Cry" Vlad Sherif - "Wind of Change" FIЇNKA - "Kultura" Among the pre-selection contestants are several familiar names Ziferblat - Competed in last year's Ukrainian Eurovision pre-selection, finishing second with their song "Place I Call Home". KHAYAT - Participated in the 2020 Ukrainian Eurovision pre-selection...

Tonight at 20:30: Israel Chooses its Representative For Eurovision 2025!

January 22, 2025 by Ofek Jerassi Comment Closed

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Tonight, the finale of "HaKochav HaBa" will take place, at the end of which the Israeli representative for Eurovision 2025 will be chosen. The broadcast will begin at 20:30 CET, hosted by Assi Azar and Rotem Sela. Tonight, Israel's representative for Eurovision 2025, to be held in Basel on May 13, 15, and 17, will be chosen during the finale of HaKokhav HaBa for Eurovision 2025, which will be broadcast on Keshet 12 at 20:30 CET. Four contestants have reached the competition's finale: Yuval Raphaeli, Valerie Hamaty, Daniel Weiss, and Moran Aharoni and Red Band, and one of them will represent Israel at Eurovision! The four finalists who advanced to the grand finale will perform a well-known song, from which three contestants will progress to the last stage. In the final stage, these three contestants will perform an additional song, aiming to impress and convince the judges and audience of their ability to represent Israel at Eurovision. Following the performances, the judges and audience will...

Moldova: Moldova Withdraws from Eurovision 2025!

January 22, 2025January 22, 2025 by Ofek Jerassi Comment Closed

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Moldovan national broadcaster announces a last-minute withdrawal from the Eurovision contest, despite having already set a date for the local Eurovision pre-selection final, conducted auditions, and published a list of songs. In a dramatic announcement during a press conference convened today by the Moldovan national broadcaster, TRM, Corneliu Durnescu, the director of the Moldovan national broadcaster, and Daniela Crudu, the head of the Moldovan delegation, declared that Moldova will not participate in Eurovision 2025. According to them, the decision was made "following a detailed analysis of the current situation, as well as economic, administrative, and artistic challenges." Despite withdrawing from the competition, the national broadcaster will air both semi-finals and the grand final to be held in Basel, allowing viewers to watch the contest under optimal conditions. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Durnescu elaborates and explains, "The decision was not easy, but necessary in the current context. This year's pre-selection highlighted certain challenges, including a decline in public interest and the overall...

Euromix’s Choice: Who Should Represent Israel at Eurovision 2025?

January 22, 2025January 22, 2025 by Ofek Jerassi Comment Closed

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Members of the Euromix editorial team convened to vote for the competing artists in HaKochav HaBa 2025. Who should represent Israel at Eurovision according to the editorial team? The Israeli Eurovision national selection, "HaKochav HaBa 2025", is set to take place tonight at 20:30 (CET), featuring 4 contestants. The winner of this local competition will represent Israel at Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland. In anticipation of this event, Euromix editorial team members gathered and voted to their favorites to win the national selection and represent Israel in Basel. Editorial Picks: Who Should Represent Israel? Avi Zaikaner: First Place - Yuval Raphael Yuval Raphael is my representative for Eurovision. Throughout the season, the young singer has proven excellent vocal abilities alongside an incredible ability to move people and deliver the song in the best way. Behind Yuval is a painful and difficult story, which can make important advocacy for Israel. In these difficult days of war alongside a ceasefire, Yuval is the only...