Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Israel is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. The Israeli broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan) intends to select its representative through the show HaKokhav HaBa (Rising Star). Following the outbreak of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, filming for HaKokhav HaBa was postponed indefinitely.

Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Country Israel
National selection
Selection processArtist: HaKokhav HaBa (TBC)
Song: TBA
Selection date(s)TBA, 2024
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Background
Main article: Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2024 contest, Israel has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-five times since its first entry in 1973.[1] Israel has won the contest on four occasions: in 1978 with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" performed by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, in 1979 with the song "Hallelujah" performed by Milk and Honey, in 1998 with the song "Diva" performed by Dana International and in 2018 with the song "Toy" performed by Netta Barzilai. Since the introduction of semi-finals to the format of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004, Israel has, to this point, managed to qualify to the final twelve times, achieving, besides their 2018 victory, four top ten results: in 2005 with Shiri Maimon and "Hasheket Shenish'ar" placing fourth, in 2008 with Boaz and "The Fire In Your Eyes" placing ninth, in 2015 with Nadav Guedj and "Golden Boy" placing ninth, and in 2023 with Noa Kirel and "Unicorn" placing third.[1]

The Israeli national broadcaster, Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan), has been in charge of the nation's participation in the contest since 2018. On 5 June 2023, Kan confirmed Israel's participation in the 2024 contest, announcing that the Israeli entrant would return to be selected through the reality singing competition Rising Star, which had been used between 2015 and 2020.[2]

Before Eurovision

HaKokhav HaBa

As was the case between 2015 and 2020, the singer who will perform the Israeli entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will be selected through the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa, produced by Tedy Productions and Keshet Media Group, and broadcast on Keshet 12 as well as online via mako.co.il. The shows will be hosted again by Assi Azar and Rotem Sela and feature a judging panel composed of Assaf Amdursky, Keren Peles, Shiri Maimon (2005 Israeli Eurovision entrant), Ran Danker, Itay Levi and Eden Hason.[3][4]

Preliminary casting rounds started in late July 2023[3][4] and ended on 10 September 2023 at Pavillion 2 of Expo Tel Aviv (Eurovision 2019 venue), where candidates were judged based on an a cappella performance of two songs of their choice.[5][6] Qualifiers from this phase would proceed to the auditions proper, which were originally set to be filmed from late September or early October 2023 and begin airing in November 2023.[3][4][7] Segments from the opening of the casting round on 10 September are also planned to be included in the broadcast of the show.[5][6]

Following the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war on 7 October 2023, filming for the competition was postponed indefinitely by order of the Home Front Command.[7][8] As of 20 October 2023, filming has yet to commence; Israeli Eurovision fansite EuroMix reported that Kan is expected to revert to an internal selection should filming for HaKokhav HaBa not go ahead "in the coming weeks".[9]

References
  1. "Israel". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. Holdiness, Timothy (5 June 2023). "'The Next Star' to select for Israel in 2024". ESCXTRA. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  3. Stephenson, James (25 July 2023). "Israel: 'The Next Star' Announces Hosts and Judging Panel". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  4. Cohen, Yehonatan (25 July 2023). "Israel: Auditions for the Rising Star have began!". ESCUnited. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  5. Brown, Alistair (30 August 2023). "Israel: 'The Next Star' Auditions Announced". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  6. Cohen, Yehonatan (1 September 2023). "Israel: Last Day of Preliminary Auditions to be held on September 10th". ESCUnited. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  7. King, Dave (10 October 2023). "'Rising Star' Postponed Indefinitely In Israel". ESCBubble. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  8. Mishali, Gil (9 October 2023). "בצל המלחמה: צילומי 'הכוכב הבא' יידחו" [In the shadow of the war: the filming of "The Next Star" will be postponed]. Mako (in Hebrew). Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  9. Zeikner, Avi (20 October 2023). "ישראל: נבחנת האפשרות להתחיל בצילומי 'הכוכב הבא' בשבועות הקרובים - אירוויזיון 2024" [Israel: The possibility of starting filming of "The Next Star" in the coming weeks is being considered]. EuroMix (in Hebrew). Retrieved 20 October 2023.
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