Israel has confirmed its participation at Eurovision 2027.
For another year, The national broadcaster Kan will collaborate with the commercial channel Keshet12 to select its artist for Eurovision 2027.
The selection will be made through “Hakohav Haba La’Eurovision”. The new season will air on Sunday, November 15th, 2026.
This will mark the 10th year of both channels collaborating for selecting the artist for Eurovision!
The program will feature around 3 shows per week, kicking off with studio auditions (before the jury panel and audience). The early stage shows will be pre-recorded, while later stages might be broadcast live.
The final will be held as a live show, with involvement of the public in online voting. The final will be held around January or February 2027.
The song for Eurovision 2027 will be selected internally.
The shows will be hosted by the beloved duo: Assi Azar and Rotem Sela. The first of them was of the co-hosts of Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv.
This edition will feature 2 main changes compared to the former edition.
First of all, the jury panel will see one lineup change: Eden Hasson is stepping back from the jury panel (due to personal projects), while Osher Cohen will take his place.
Second of all, the jury panel won’t vote with the well-known blue and red marks, but instead will vote for each performance in the range of 4-12 points, resembling more of the Eurovision scale.
Each performer will be required to score at least 70 points (jury and public combined) to lift the curtain and proceed to the next stage.
Israel has selected an artist for Eurovision via the music reality show “Hakohav Haba” during the years 2015-2020, and 2024-2026
Among the chosen artists, we can find:
- Nadav Guedj (Eurovision 2015) – 9th place in the final
- Hovi Star (Eurovision 2016) – 14th place in the final
- Imri Ziv (Eurovision 2017) – 23rd place in the final
- Netta Barzilai (Eurovision 2018) – winner
- Kobi Marimi (Eurovision 2019) – 23rd place in the final
- Eden Alene (selected in 2020, and therefore was internally selected for Eurovision 2021) – 17th place in the final (2021)
- Eden Golan (Eurovision 2024) – 5th place in the final
- Yuval Raphael (Eurovision 2025) – 2nd place in the final
- Noam Bettan (Eurovision 2026) – 2nd place in the final
The Israeli song will be selected internally by a professional committee.
The process will continue to follow the procedures introduced for Eurovision 2026, with the aim of ensuring equal opportunities. To prevent early identification of creators, the songs will be submitted to the professional committee without the creator’s voice, with the possibility of using AI technology to record the vocals in demo versions. The committee, which will be composed of professionals from “Kan” and a representative from Keshet, will filter approximately 40 songs in the first stage, from which the winning song will be selected.
Noam Bettan represented Israel in Eurovision 2026.
He performed “Michelle” and ended in the 2nd place
Eurovision 2027 will be held in Burgas, Bulgaria on May 11th, 13th, 15th, 2027
