Israel: Eden Golan to Eurovision 2024!

The Grand Final of HaKochav HaBa – Eurovision 2024 Edition was completed a few minutes ago, with Eden Golan ending up as the winner of the talent show, and the country’s representative in Eurovision 2024!

Hosts of the night were once again Assi Azar and Rotem Sela, while the jury consisted of Shiri Maimon, Itay Levy, Assaf Amdorsky, Ran Dankar and Keren Pels with Eden Hasson being a new addition.

Four artists were in the race to represent Israel in the coming Eurovision Song Contest:

• Or Cohen
• Eden Golan
• Dor Shimon
• Mika Moshe

In the first round, the two battles, were between Mika Moshe and Or Cohen, and Dor Shimon and Eden Golan. 

• Mika Moshe 64% VS Or Cohen 83%
• Dor Shimon 64% VS Eden Golan 79%

After the first round of voting, Or Cohen and Eden Golan, qualified for the final voting round in the superfinal. Dor Shimon and Mika Moshe were claiming the last ticket for the superfinal. Sadly Dor Shimon did not manage to get that ticket.

After the last three artists performed again, the jury and the public voted, and after the votes were combined, the winner was Eden Golan, who will fly the Israeli flag in Malmö!

Or Cohen ended up second, and Mika Moshe third:

The results of the jury:

The results of the public:

Below you can see Eden Golan’s performances during the show:

The broadcaster, KAN, has sent out an invitation to a diverse range of Israeli creators to submit songs for the winner of “HaKokhav Haba” to perform at Eurovision 2024. A crucial requirement for this year’s submissions is that the songs must include Hebrew lyrics.

At least 30 creators will propose their songs for the winner of “HaKokhav Haba,” and the participants have the option to submit up to two songs each by February 11. All creators must hold Israeli citizenship, and foreign creators are not allowed to participate. The submitted songs will be presented anonymously to a seven-member selection committee.

The committee will evaluate the songs based on professional criteria such as the quality and originality of lyrics and melody, the suitability of the song for the artist, its appropriateness for the Eurovision competition, the likelihood of the song’s success in Eurovision, its suitability for representing the broadcaster as a public radio and television entity, the overall impression the song leaves, and other relevant criteria.

If the committee does not find a suitable song, it has the option to issue a call to the general public for additional song submissions or choose a song that has been published after September 1, or select a song from other submissions made for Israel’s participation in Eurovision between 2021 and 2023.

The winning song will undergo processing, recording, and clip production for the song’s unveiling, scheduled for a special broadcast in late February or early March.

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Israeli participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in Malmö!