Israel is moving one step closer to finding their representative for Malmö 2024, as the broadcaster of “The Next Star”, Keshet, announces more details regarding the preliminary audition. On September 10th, Keshet will hold the main and last open preliminary audition day at the Tel Aviv Expo Center. Applicants are required to be over the minimum age required to participate …
If it ain’t broke, then no need to fix it. Israel has decided to return to their former format when it comes to selecting their Eurovision entrant, which will be through the talent show “HaKokhav HaBa” which translates to “The Next Star“. Return of HaKokhav HaBa The talent show, is an Israeli produced show which made it’s debut back in …
Israel was among the first group of countries to internally select their 2020 artist following the cancellation of the contest. Eden Alene was selected to represent Israel after she won the selection show The Next Star for Eurovision, which allows the crowd to “up vote” a singer’s performance – those with the highest vote percentages will move on in the competition. …
[AdSense-B] After months and months of auditions, preparation, elimination shows, duels and performances, we finally have our name for Israel in 2018! Netta Barzilai has just been crowned as the winner of HaKokhav HaBa! The performer wowed audiences and the judges in The Next Star with her unique uses of sampling, beatbox and live looping of her voice, although it …
[AdSense-B] Israel continued their search for the next Eurovision star this week as two more shows of HaKokhav HaBa took place. The competition is now reaching its crucial final stages with the eight remaining acts becoming six after the latest shows. Once again the assembled panel of Asaf Amdursky, Keren Peles, Harel Ska’at and Static & Ben-El Tavori presided over …
[AdSense-B] Last night saw the next round of Israel’s HaKokhav HaBa take place, with another act eliminated from the selection and with just nine artists left in the competition. The ten remaining contestants were paired into duels based around themes; the first duel saw two each of the contestants team up as duos, the second duel saw two of the …
[AdSense-B] Another episode of the long-running 2017/18 season of HaKokhav HaBa has aired, and we now know the final ten participants for Israel’s selection! Tonight’s elimination round saw the remaining six acts who did not perform last week take to the stage once more in duels, with the three who did not immediately qualify placed into a second elimination round …
HaKokhav HaBa continued tonight with six of the remaining twelve participants once again paired up into duels, with the three successful participants making it through to the next round. The losing trio were then put into a second round to determine who would qualify, but a dramatic twist to proceedings certainly spiced up the selection! [AdSense-B] As ever, the four …
[AdSense-B] Fancy unwinding on a gloomy Sunday evening in January to another Eurovision show? Well fear not, as Israel have #YOU covered. Tonight, the Middle Eastern nation’s HaKokhav HaBa continues the search for the next Eurovision sensation, with twelve acts taking part in tonight’s first half of Heat 3. The acts left in the competition are; Rinat Bar Riki Ben …
Israel’s casting selection HaKokhav HaBa already has an impressive record in selecting Eurovision artists, with Israel making the final on the three instances that the competition was used. After tonight’s showing of the singing competition, four acts have advanced to the next round with some promising performances! The first heat of the competition saw pairs of the selected artists compete …
