Israel will select its Eurovision 2025 artist via “The Rising Star For Eurovision 2025” (“Hakohav Haba La’Eurovision 2025″).
While the artist selection is in progress, with 9 artists remaining in the race at the moment, the song will be selected internally by a professional committee.
In yesterday’s episode (7th of January 2025), it was revealed that the final will take place on Wednesday, January 22nd 2025.
4 artists will qualify for the final, where the results will be determined in 2 rounds, based on the jury and public votes.
At the moment, 9 artists remain in the race to represent Israel in Eurovision 2025:
- Moran Aharoni ft. Red Band
- Yuval Refael
- Valery Hamaty
- Daniel Wais
- Yuval Gold
- Ido Malca
- Dolev Mandelbaum
- Amit Sade
- Nati Livian
Israel’s Song Selection For Eurovision 2025
- The submission window opened on December 30th and will close on the 2nd of February 2025.
- The song will be selected by a professional committee. The decision will be made around the end of February 2025.
- The professional committee will consist of 7 members
- The selection will include 2 phases. Between 3 and 5 songs will qualify for the second phase, wher the jury will vote again.
- The song premiere will take place at the beginning of March 2025, in a special show in Kan
- Kan and Keshet 12 have approached around 120 known composers and songwriters, inviting them to submit a song..
- Each songwriter/composer can submit up to 3 different songs.
- For each submission, all writers must hold Israeli citizenship, with an exception of one.
- The winner of “The Rising Star For Euorvision 2025″ will also be allowed to submit a song.
- There are no language restrictions, but each song must include at least 2 lines in Hebrew
Eurovision 2025 will be held in Basel, Switzerland on the 13th, 15th and 17th of May 2025
