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Eleni Foureira: Present at tonight’s Noa Kirel concert!

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A burning desire of Eurovision fans is set to come true tonight. Confirming the intense rumors of the last few days, Eleni Foureira and Noa Kirel will meet tonight for the first time on stage and on the occasion of the latter’s big concert in Tel Aviv.

A photo, which is circulating the social media today, depicts Eleni Foureira on stage at Yarakon Park:

Eleni Foureira-Noa Kirel

The connection between the two Eurovision artists is obvious. Eleni Foureira represented Cyprus in 2018, taking the 2nd place, while Noa Kirel represented Israel this year, finishing 3rd. These two women caused pandemonium with their sleek performances on the Eurovision stage, setting the bar even higher for all dance entries.

However, there has been a connection between Eleni and Noa for years. In 2017, Noa Kirel released her big hit “Tikitas“, which is the Hebrew cover of the song “Ti Koitas” by Eleni Foureira. Behind the two versions, as well as other songs of both artists, is the composer Doron Medalie.

Noa Kirel’s big concert will take place in Yarakon Park in Tel Aviv, which is expected to be packed in the evening with the presence of 65 thousand spectators. The tickets, in fact, were sold out in less than five hours from the time of their release. At the same time, Noa will give a second concert on 9/23, in which we do not expect Eleni Foureira, in view of an already planned concert of hers.

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Israel: Listen to “Deja Vu”, Noa Kirel’s second song for Eurovision 2023!

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Noa Kirel was able to give Israel its best placing since its victory back in 2018 with her impressive performance, however, the selection process went on for several months, until they found the song best suited for Noa.

As you were previously informed, the final decision was made between two songs. Of course “Unicorn” was the chosen one, and won third place in this year’s contest, but Noa Kirel’s second choice song was “Deja Vu”.

“Deja Vu” was compose by Jordi, Ron Beaton and Itay Shimoni with two versions being recorded, one in Hebrew and one in English. The one that is now released is the version in Hebrew, with the music video directed by Roman Buchatsky.

Listen to “Deja Vu” by Noa Kirel for Eurovision 2023, in the video below:

What do you think about Noa’s second song? Would it have better luck in the contest?

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Israel: Noa Kirel’s other potential song for Eurovision 2023!

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New information has been revealed regarding the other potential candidate song of the Israeli representative Noa Kirel, for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

The Israeli superstar had to choose between two songs to represent her country in the contest, choosing “Unicorn” where she impressed like no other contestant in the Second Rehearsal but also in the Semi-Final and Final nights, with her dancebreak, ending up in the third place.

Apart from Unicorn, it has been revealed that Noa’s other song is called “Deja Vu“, which was written by Jordi, Ron Beaton and Itay Shimoni. Also, two versions of the song were recorded, one in Hebrew and one in English.

The Hebrew version of “Deja Vu” was planned to be the singer’s next single, however, Noa is collaborating with Ron Beaton on a different single in honor of Pride Month. Deja Vu is expected to be released in July.

The music video for the song will be directed by Roman Buchatsky, who has previously directed the music videos of “Diamonds”, “Bell” and “Thought About That”. It was also revealed that Noa Kirel will perform at Yarkon Park in front of an audience of 30,000 people. The concert is scheduled for September 21st.

You can watch Noa’s apperance in the Grand Final here:

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Israel: This is what Unicorn’s first choreography for the contest would have looked like!

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This year’s representative of Israel, Noa Kirel, was the act that impressed more than any other, with her dancebreak, in the Second Rehearsals, the Semi-Final and the Grand Final.

While preparing for the competition, the Israeli superstar tried out several choreographies with her team to come up with the one they presented us in Liverpool. One of them was featuring the artist leaning on her dancers’ arms and legs during the song, making slow static movements so that she wouldn’t lose her balance.

You can watch the video below:

@noakirelamerica So much changed🦄 #foryou #eurovision2023 #noakirel ♬ צליל מקורי – noakirel_america

The choreography may have changed during the rehearsals, but Noa won the third place in the contest with 362 points, and despite the mistake that occurred in the Jury Rehearsals, she came second in the jury vote and fifth in the televote.

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Eurovision 2023: Second Rehearsal of Israel!

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Today is the fourth day of rehearsals, the day when the countries participating in the First Semi Final will take over the stage for their second rehearsal at M&S Bank Arena, in Liverpool!

Next up on stage for their second rehearsal is Israel and Noa Kirel with the song “Unicorn“.

Who is Noa Kirel?

Noa Kirel is an Israeli singer,dancer and actress,with various musical accolades. She was the winner of the MTV Europe Music Awards for the best Israeli act between 2017 and 2022 and is one of the most critically acclaimed performers in the Israeli pop scene. Some notable milestones in her 7-year career include becoming a judge in Israel’s Got Talent in 2018 (and becoming,thus,the youngest judge ever at the age of 17), signing a contract with American record company Atlantic Records and opening Miss Universe 2021 with her song “Bad Little Thing”.

The Rehearsal

Watching Noa Kirel on the big screen is a totally different experience from in the arena.

Sarah Louise Bennett/EBU

Noa starts her performance in a huge box lit with LEDs, with some nice rotating camerawork and lots of strobe lighting. She’s supported by five backing dancers, all in matching black and pink wet-look costumes, and the whole routine is pop-video polished from start to finish.

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‘I’ve got the power of a unicorn,’ sings Noa, and you’ll be delighted to hear we took the opportunity to research what specific powers unicorns have. It turns out their horns have healing properties, so we’ll be calling on Noa for all our backstage first aid needs.

The camerawork is amazing, and every one of her facial expressions is entirely fierce.

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Photos: Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU, Corinne Cumming / EBU

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Eurovision 2023: Israel’s First Rehearsal!

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May kicks off with the first country rehearsing today being Israel,represented by Noa Kirel and her song “Unicorn”.

Everything About Noa Kirel

Noa Kirel is an Israeli singer,dancer and actress,with various musical accolades.She was the winner of the MTV Europe Music Awards for the best Israeli act between 2017 and 2022 and is one of the most critically acclaimed performers in the Israeli pop scene.Some notable milestones in her 7-year career include becoming a judge in Israel’s Got Talent in 2018 (and becoming,thus,the youngest judge ever at the age of 17),signing a contract with American record company Atlantic Records and opening Miss Universe 2021 with her song “Bad Little Thing”.

The Rehearsal

Noa starts her performance in a huge box lit with LEDs, with some nice rotating camerawork and lots of strobe lighting. She’s supported by five backing dancers, all in matching black and pink wet-look costumes, and the whole routine is pop-video polished from start to finish.

‘I’ve got the power of a unicorn,’ sings Noa, and you’ll be delighted to hear we took the opportunity to research what specific powers unicorns have. It turns out their horns have healing properties, so we’ll be calling on Noa for all our backstage first aid needs.

DO YOU WANNA SEE ME DANCE? asks Noa. Yes, yes we do. And we can confirm that it’s well worth the wait. THAT’S how you kick off a Monday.

Here is an exclusive clip of Noa’s rehearsal:

https://www.tiktok.com/@eurovision/video/7228180653198658842

 

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Israel: Ilanit is announced as the Israeli spokesperson for Eurovision 2023!

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It was announced today that Ilanit will announce Israel’s jury score in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

She stated the following:

“I am thrilled to close the cycle of 50 years of Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest with “Ey sham”, with which I represented Israel for the first time in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973. I wish dear Noa good luck, I have no doubt that she will do well!”

Ilanit was the first Israeli representative in Eurovision 1973, where she managed to finish in fourth place with the song “Ey sham”. Ey sham, in fact, held for the next 20 years the record for the highest-placed debut for a country. Ilanit returned to Eurovision in 1977 with “Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim”, finishing eleventh. Finally, she returned for a third time in 1985 with “Balalaika”, but Israel withdrew from the contest that year.

Israel is the fifth country to announce its spokesperson. The other four are:

Greece: Fotis Sergoulopoulos
Cyprus: Loukas Hamatsos
Spain: Ruth Lorenzo
Switzerland: Chiara Dubey

Israel is competing in Eurovision 2023 with Noa Kirel and Unicorn in the 1st semi-final on May 9, 9th in the running order.

You can also watch the Eurovisionfun team’s reaction video to Israel’s participation below:

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Israel: Watch Noa Kirel’s first live performance of “Unicorn”!

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What if Noa Kirel said that she is not going to perform “Unicorn” before Eurovision? A few hours ago she performed a little part of her song in a concert.

Noa was part of a concert for the Israeli Independence Day, wearing clothes in the colours of the flag of Israel, confusing many fans online, thinking that these are her clothes for Eurovision.

After an explosive show and the cheerings of her fans, Noa performed a small part of her song acapella! You can listen to it in the video below:

Noa Kirel with their song “Unicorn” hopes to bring her country back to the Grand Final and get a top 5 finish! As of now, Israel is placed 8th in the odds for winning the contest and third for qualifying to the final.

Israel is competing in number 9 of the running order of the First Semi-Final of Eurovision 2023, in May 9, 2023.

You can watch the reaction of the editors of Eurovisionfun, reacting and commenting on the Israeli entry for Eurovision 2023 below:

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Israel: Israel Calling will return in 2024!

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The biggest Eurovision Pre-Party in Israel, Israel Calling will return once again in 2024.

The announcement was made during this year’s Preparty broadcasting.  Israel Calling 2024 will come back on April 11, 2024.

Israel Calling came to light thanks to the initiative of Israeli producer Tali Eshkoli.  The first Israel Calling took place in 2016 and has welcomed Eurovision fans every year since with the only exceptions being 2019 (when Israel was hosting) and 2020-2021 because of the Covid pandemic.

This year’s Israel Calling took place at Hangar 11, Tel Aviv.  More than twenty Eurovision 2023 artists joined the party.   Dafna Dekel (Israel 1992) and Sigal Shachmon (Eurovision 1999 co-host) were in charge of hosting Israel Calling 2023.  The venue of Israel Calling was used as the Euroclub for Eurovision 2019.

You can also watch Eurovisionfun reaction to Noa Kirel’s song who will represent the country in Liverpool

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Israel: Noa Kirel’s “Unicorn” Official Remix released!

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The official remix for Israel’s entry “Unicorn” has been released.

Music producers Sagi Kariv and Itay Galo were in charge of the official remix.  Sagi Kariv has previously worked on the soundtrack for the Tel Aviv Pride.  He also made the remix for the Israel Eurovision winner entry “Toy” in 2018.

Itay Galo has previously worked with Noa Kirel making the official remixes of some of her previous singles.

Noa Kirel will represent Israel in Liverpool with her song Unicorn.  She is set to perform during the second half of the first semifinal.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for more details about Israel’s preparations for Eurovision 2023!