Earlier today, we informed you about the surprise announcement by the Israeli broadcaster, KAN, which essentially announced the intention to negotiate with the EBU, the lyrics of the two songs “October Rain” and “Dance Forever”.
KAN’s statement
The Israel Broadcasting Corporation has been working in recent weeks to take the necessary steps to allow Israel to participate in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
Despite disagreeing with the position of the EBU, which sought to disqualify the two songs submitted by Israel to the Contest on the grounds that they “carry a political character”, KAN adopted the advice of the country’s president, Yitzhak Herzog, who turned to the our Board of Directors and asked to make the necessary adjustments, which would allow Israel to compete on the Eurovision stage.
The President of the country emphasized that precisely at a time when our haters seek to push and boycott the State of Israel from every platform – Israel must raise its voice and hold head high and raise its flag in every world forum, especially this year.
KAN contacted the creators of the two selected songs, “October Rain” which was chosen in first place and the song “Dance Forever” which came in second place, and asked to readjust the lyrics, whilst preserving full artistic freedom. Based on the new lyrics – KAN will choose the song that will be sent to the Eurovision supervising committee, so that they will approve Israel’s participation in the Contest.
On Sunday, March 10, at 9:30 p.m., KAN 11 will broadcast a special broadcast in which the song that will be sent to Eurovision will be revealed and will be performed by Eden Golan.
KAN
Latest update
The developments seem to be rapid as according to the information a new song has already been submitted for approval by the EBU.
According to the website euromix.co.il, the selection committee of the Israeli song for Eurovision, which consists of representatives of the Broadcasting Corporation and Keshet 12, met and chose to submit the song “Hurricane” for approval by the EBU. The committee, in fact, is confident that the new lyrics are fine and the song will receive EBU approval, allowing Israel to compete in the second semi-final on May 9 in Malmö, Sweden.
“Hurricane” is based on the melody of “October Rain” and the new lyrics are about a young woman coming out of a personal crisis. The song was written by Stav Bager, Avi Ohayon and “HaKokhav Haba” judge Keren Peles.
[Source: euromix.co.il / Instagram: eranswis]
The ball is now in the hands of the EBU who will make the decision to approve or reject Israel. We follow the developments and you will be informed about all the latest!
Israel at Eurovision…
- Total entries: 45
- Participations in finals : 38
- First participation : 1973
- Last entry (so far): 2023
- Highest position: 1st ( 1978 , 1979 , 1998 , 2018 )
- Worst Place : 24th in Semi Final ( 2007 )
Stay tuned and don’t forget to follow us on Facebook , Instagram , TikTok , Twitter andYouTube to be the first to learn all the news from Israel!
Well, well, and the story goes on …