Israel has completed in second place at this yr’s Eurovision Track Contest.
Yuval Raphael of Israel impressed the judges and viewers on the contest, held in Basel, Switzerland, earning the top spot within the public televote however in the end falling behind Austria.
Though Israel landed 14th within the jury rankings among the many 26 finalists, the efficiency was well-received by viewers throughout Europe.
The nation acquired a full 12 factors from just one nationwide jury — Azerbaijan.
Raphael, 24, hailing from Ra’anana and a survivor of the October seventh Nova music competition assault, delivered a efficiency of her ballad “New Day Will Rise.”
Israel’s Eurovision entry Yuval Raphael delivers highly effective efficiency of her track ‘New Day Will Rise’ in the course of the Eurovision ultimate.
She ended her efficiency by declaring ‘Am Yisrael Chai’ which interprets as ‘The Folks of Israel Stay.’
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) May 17, 2025
At the least two protesters tried to hurry the stage, though they had been thwarted by safety.
Anti-Israel protester tried to storm the stage as Yuval Raphael sang her track on the Eurovision Track Contest
He then tried to make her lose focus by shouting “Free Palestine”
Yuval survived the Nova Music Competition Bloodbath by enjoying useless for hours underneath a pile of useless our bodies pic.twitter.com/bBGn2baOdM
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) May 17, 2025
Demonstrations happened exterior the venue as pro-Palestinian activists clashed with native police.
Professional-Palestine rioters are clashing with Swiss police exterior the St. Jakobshalle area in Basel, the place Eurovision is going down.
They’re making an attempt to succeed in and lynch Israel’s contestant, Yuval Raphael.
Everytime you see this flag , you see violence!
— Dr. Maalouf (@realMaalouf) May 17, 2025
In the meantime, Spanish tv broadcast a message earlier than the efficiency calling for “peace and justice in Palestine.”
Spanish Media. You’ve got a brief reminiscence. 2004 Madrid, Jihadist terrorists from Al-Qaeda blew up 10 buses killing 193 of your civilians and 2000 injured.
Spanish TV simply reduce to this whereas Israel had been on @Eurovision
Yuval Raphael was a survivor of a Jihadist bloodbath too, she… pic.twitter.com/Ec0SvHZ8Yf
— Kosher (@koshercockney) May 17, 2025
The eventual winner of the competition was a singer identified merely as JJ, an Austrian-Filipino singer with a soprano voice who identifies as queer.
Final yr’s winner was a non-binary singer from Switzerland by the identify of “Nemo” who broke the trophy on stage simply minutes after claiming victory.
Switzerland’s Non-Binary Nemo Wins Eurovision 2024 Contest – Then Breaks the Trophy on Stage
