Israel’s entry for Eurovision 2015, “Golden Boy” by Nadav Guedj, will be released on March 12th at 20:00 CET, it has been confirmed. The singer won the right to represent Israel by emerging triumphant in the country’s search for “The Next Star”, HaKokhav HaBa. Nadav, who is 16, will sing for the Middle Eastern country in the second semi-final on …
Israel: Nadav to sing “Golden Boy”
Israel’s song title has been confirmed by IBA as “Golden Boy”. Nadav Guedj, the winner of HaKokhav HaBa (“The Next Star”), a competition to find the next Israeli singing sensation, will perform the song on May 21st in the second semi-final. It is currently unknown when “Golden Boy” will be released. The entry was chosen by a panel of experts …
Nadav Guedj to Vienna for Israel
HaKokhav HaBa (“The Next Star”) is over and we have a winner. The competition, which started 9 December 2014, came to a close and sixteen year old Nadav Guedi finished first. That means he is going to represent Israel at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria. Broadcaster IBA tried a different approach after years of bad results. …
TONIGHT: Israel picks The Next Star
Tonight sees another exciting event in the Eurovision calendar! It will be Israel’s turn to step into the spotlight as the final of HaKokhav HaBa decides the Middle Eastern state’s representative in 2015. Four finalists remain and all of them are desperate to grab the Israeli golden ticket to Vienna, but only one can win. Sari Nachmias, Avia Shoshani, Nadav …
Israel to decide artist on 17 February
Israeli national broadcaster IBA has confirmed that the winner of HaKokhav HaBa (The Next Star) will be the Middle Eastern state’s representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. The final of the singing competition is set to take place on 17th February in Jerusalem and four acts currently remain in the competition. The last four artists left who will be …
Israel: 16 Finalists announced for
Israel is down to 16 Finalists in the ‘The Next Star” selection show and one of them is going to represent their country at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria this May. After a rather elaborate selection process, a panel of judges decided on the 16 candidates and the list can be found below. Shoshani – Watch Video Asif …
Israel: 45 artists still in with a chance!
45 artists now remain in Israel’s race to find a singer. The casting stage of their national selection HaKokhav HaBa (The Next Star) is now over and we are left with the lucky artists who achieved an approval rating of 70% or greater from the jury – including former entrant Harel Skaat – and audience. The next stage of the …
Israel: Harel Skaat to be a judge on Israeli selection
Israel are looking towards their last finalist to help them with their 2015 selection. Harel Skaat, who represented the East Mediterranean country in 2010 and finished 14th, will be a judge on HaKokhav HaBa, a singing competition which will select Israel’s artist for Vienna heavily modelled on elements of The Voice and The X Factor. Skaat will be joined as …
Israel changes selection format
Today several Israeli media reported about a change of format in the Israeli preselection. Previously the radio station 88 FM was appointed by the IBA to select an artist internally – after shortlisting Marina Maximilian, Ester Rada and Asaf Avidan and approaching them, all three declined the offer. As a result of that, a new selection method was chosen. The …
Big names for Israel in 2015?
Despite the relaunch of the IBA in the upcoming year, Israel is willing to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. However, financial problems might still be an obstacle to entering the competition in May. Yona Wiesenthal, the Director General of the IBA, pointed out that negotiations with the EBU regarding the reduction of the participation fee are still ongoing. Even …