Israel: Everything That Happened in the Fourteenth Episode of HaKokhav Haba!

On Tuesday night, December 11, the fourteenth episode of HaKokhav Haba (special edition), the talent show that will determine the artist who will represent Israel at Eurovision 2025, was broadcast. The show continues with raised expectations and even more contestants vying for a ticket to Basel.

Six auditions were broadcast during the programme, with five more contestants making it through the first audition stage and moving on to the next stage with the support of the judges and the studio audience. And from the fourteen audition episodes, a total of 67 contestants made it through to the next stage – one of them will be the Israeli representative for the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Basel, Switzerland in May.

The presenters, Assi Azar and Rotem Sela, once again guided the audience, while the jury, consisting of Shiri Maimon, Itay Levy, Assaf Amdorsky, Eden Hasson, Ran Dankar and Keren Peles, continued to evaluate with rigour and impartiality.

From the next episode, the program moves on to the next phase, one step closer to the winner, as the fourteenth episode marked the end of the auditions.

Contestants and Their Performances:

David Abbo (80%)

David, a-28-year-old from Tel Aviv, sang ” Nights and Curses ” (originally by Omar Adam ) in the audition. He has a deep, sweeping and rich voice and obvious stage experience. He managed to convince both the audience and the judges except for Ran, who voted against and so David went through to the next stage with 80%.

Achinoam Moyal (82%)

Achinoam, a 16-year-old girl from Jerusalem, performed “Hey Tom” (originally by Diana Golby). Despite her young age, her voice has a lot of depth, colour and drama. Assaf voted negatively, commenting on the contrast between her age and the depth of her voice as being out of place, and so Achinoam went through to the next stage with 82%.

Liel Eldadi (74%)

Lial, a 29-year-old from Jerusalem, appeared on stage with the song ” Words I would only say to you ” (originally by Yam Rafaeli). Through her soft voice she showed impressive vocal range, although she struggled a bit in stage presence. Assaf and Shiri voted against her effort, but she managed to pass with 74%.

Daniel Malhi (78%)

Daniel, a 35-year-old, is originally from Tel Aviv. His voice was quite interesting and managed to move and touch the audience. He made it to the next round with 78%, as he was outvoted by Itay.

Avichai Ohana (91%)

Avihai, a 21-year-old, chose to sing in the audition the song “כתבתי מילים” (originally by Par Tessi ). He impressed with his skills and managed to move the judges, who all voted in his favour. As a result, he went through to the next stage with 91%.

HaKokhav Haba continues and now moves on to the next phase of the competition. Through HaKokhav HaBa, Israel managed to qualify for the final of our beloved contest every year from 2015 to 2020, and in 2018 Netta was also the winner of Eurovision with the song “Toy“.

Last year’s HaKokhav Haba winner and by extension the country’s representative at Eurovision 2024 was Eden Golan. Eden Golan with her song “Hurricane”, finished in fifth place in the final ranking.

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Source: euromix.il