Sad news coming from Israel today.
The renowned Israeli producer Tali Eshkoli died at the age of 60.
Tali was well-known due to her long years of involvement in the Eurovision Song Contest. She was the owner and the CEO of “Tali Eshkoli Productions”
Over the years, she contributed to multiple Eurovision events, inside Israel and in different other countries:
- She has been the producer and initiator of the promo event “Israel Calling”.
- In 2019, she was one of the producers on Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv.
- In 2013, she organized the Israeli selection for Eurovision 2013: “Kdam Eurovision 2013″.
- She was part of the Israeli delegation for Eurovision over the years. covering different topics from PR to production.
- In 2024, she produced the “Luxembourg Song Contest 2024”.
- In 2023, she was one of the international jury in the Spanish selection “Benidorm Fest 2023”.
- Between 2016 and 2019, she was the Israeli spokesperson for the Israeli jury in “Melodifestivalen”.
- In 2019, she was one of the international jury in the Romanian selection.
- In 2021, she produced the 70th edition of “Miss Universe” in Israel
In addition, Tali was one of the pioneers of selecting the Israeli entry for Eurovision via “The Rising Star” (Hakochav Haba La’Eurovision) – A project that started at the end of 2014 and is still used as the selection process.
Tali has fought a long disease for years, but now it is her time to shine as a star in Heaven.
The ESCBEAT team feels sorry for the big loss to the extended Eurovision family.
We send our deepest condolences to her family and close friends.