Category: Israel

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Israel at Eurovision 2026: National broadcaster “Kan” unveils major updates to song selection process. Songwriter Keren Peles will not be allowed to submit a song to the committee this year. Israel’s public broadcaster “Kan” continues its preparations for Eurovision 2026, which will be held in Vienna, Austria, publishing a series of significant updates to the mechanism for choosing the song that will represent Israel in the contest. At the same time, the broadcaster’s CEO, Golan Yochpaz, and attorney Ayala Mizrahi, Kan’s representative to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), are expected to attend the organization’s assembly in Geneva tomorrow, where the issue of Israel’s participation will be discussed. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Reform in Israel’s Eurovision Song Selection Process The broadcaster has recently adopted a series of recommendations formulated by Yoav Ginai – chair of ACUM (The Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel), creator, journalist, and the songwriter of “Diva,” which won Eurovision 1998 with Dana...

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); "HaKokhav HaBa" - Episode 11: Four contestants passed to the next round. The advancing contestants are Jenny Penkin, Anava Amoyal, Shira Ittah and Michael HarPaz. Tonight, the eleventh episode of the reality show “HaKokhav HaBa" aired, through which Israel’s representative for Eurovision 2026 will be chosen. So far, 50 contestants have secured their place in the competition, and during tonight’s episode, four additional contestants advanced to the next stage thanks to the votes of the judges and the studio audience – One of them might go on to represent Israel in Eurovision this coming May. The panel once again included Assaf Amdursky, Keren Peles, Shiri Maimon, Eden Hasson, and Itay Levi. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Jenny Penkin Jenny Penkin, 33 years old from Tel Aviv. She has been making music for nearly a decade, as she states. The music she focuses on is primarily R&B. In addition, she teaches vocal development. She claims she would fit well in Eurovision, describing herself as an enthusiastic Zionist and sufficiently colorful. During...

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); "HaKokhav HaBa" - Episode 10: Five contestants passed to the next round. The advancing contestants are Oriel Haviv, Lihi Butbul, Noam Cohen, Gon Halevi, and Nitay Avraham. Tonight, the tenth episode of the reality show “HaKokhav HaBa" aired, through which Israel’s representative for Eurovision 2026 will be chosen. So far, 45 contestants have secured their place in the competition, and during tonight’s episode, five additional contestants advanced to the next stage thanks to the votes of the judges and the studio audience – One of them might go on to represent Israel in Eurovision this coming May. The panel once again included Assaf Amdursky, Keren Peles, Shiri Maimon, Eden Hasson, and Itay Levi. Joining them this time were Yuval Raphael, who represented Israel at Eurovision 2025 with the song "New Day Will Rise". And Dana International, who won Eurovision 1998 with the song "Diva". (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Oriel Haviv Oriel Haviv, 26 years old from Rehovot. He sang for the first time at age 6 during his older brother's bar...

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Switzerland: SRG stated that it supports the Israeli participation in Eurovision 2026, and will speak for it in the coming discussion this Thursday. The discussion regarding the Israeli participation in Eurovision 2026 is expected to take place this Thursday in the General Assembly of the EBU in Geneva. The Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR, which already made it clear in July that it supports the Israeli participation, told again that: "The mission is ensuring the Israeli participation". (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Switzerland is well known as a neutral country that doesn't intervene in any political dispute, and is also the origin of the Eurovision Song Contest, which initially was made to heal the wounds of Europe after World War II, uniting by music. By supporting the Israeli participation in Eurovision 2026, Switzerland doesn't really break its neutral policy, it actually maintains it, since the will to expel Israel from the Eurovision Song Contest is...

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); "HaKokhav HaBa" - Episode 9: Five contestants passed to the next round. The advancing contestants are Daniella Lugassy, Yehuda Ifrah, Ben-Ad Korem, Noam Azut and Gali Givon. Tonight, the ninth episode of the reality show “HaKokhav HaBa" aired, through which Israel’s representative for Eurovision 2026 will be chosen. So far, 40 contestants have secured their place in the competition, and during tonight’s episode, five additional contestants advanced to the next stage thanks to the votes of the judges and the studio audience – One of them might go on to represent Israel in Eurovision this coming May. The panel once again included Assaf Amdursky, Keren Peles, Shiri Maimon, Eden Hasson, and Itay Levi. Joining them this time were Netta Barzilai, the winner of Eurovision 2018, and Izhar Cohen, who won Eurovision 1978, as guest judges. Each contestant was required to pass a threshold of 70% to continue, with each judge responsible for 12% of the total vote. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Daniella Lugassy Daniella Lugassy,...