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Israel: Withdrawal of Michael Ben David from this year’s contest?

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Ynet, one of Israel’s leading news and general content sites, reports that Michael Ben David, Israel’s representative at Eurovision 2022, is considering withdrawing from the competition. According to Ynet, the Israeli representative is dissatisfied with the behavior and internal policy of the team, with which he is working in view of participating in the contest:

Michael comes wholeheartedly to the competition, but if he understands that there are decisions that deprive him of the right to represent Israel with dignity, he will not go.

KAN, the Israeli Broadcasting Company, has stated that the singer continues to work on his song and the official video clip.

We remind you that Michael Ben David won the final of the Israeli version of X Factor with the song I.M. In case he decides not to withdraw from the competition, the song will be revamped.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqu3-CHeOWM

Michael Ben David will appear in the first half of the second semifinal, which will take place on May 12.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Israel’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Israel: “I.M” by Michael Ben David to undergo revamp

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It was announced today that the song of this year’s israeli representative Michael Ben David, “I.M”, will be revamped.

Michael Ben David won the X Factor Israel and was therefore selected as Israel’s representative at Eurovision 2022 with the song I.M just last week. Today, it was announced that the version with which he won the X Factor will not be the final one.

Micheal said in an interview that I.M as it is now was produced within a very limited period time-wise and that his team, now that they have three months ahead of them, will do everything they can to improve the song.

We do not know the details of the upcoming changes at this time.

We remind you that Israel will compete in the first half of the second semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest in May.

https://youtu.be/nqu3-CHeOWM

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Israel: Selection of songs for Saturday’s Grand Final to be held tonight!

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Two days separate us from the selection of the Israeli representative in Eurovision 2022. X Factor Israel is being completed slowly, with the four finalists having been announced a few days ago.

Inbal Bibi, Michael Ben David, Eli Huli and Sapir Saban will fight to represent Israel on the 66th Eurovision Song Contest this May in Turin.

All of them will perform two songs today, which will be judged by the preferences of the Israeli people and two juries.

The songs

We will listen to eight songs in tonight’s selection of songs for Saturday’s Grand Final. Each artist will perform two songs, with the audience and jury choosing one of the two songs by each finalist.

These songs are:

Format

130 songs were submitted to the committee which has now selected the above eight songs, which will be performed by the final four artists that will compete for the ticket to Italy.

In the first phase, one of the two songs of each finalist will be selected through the voting of the audience and the jury.

The song that will be chosen will be the one with which each participant will claim the representation of Israel for Eurovision 2022. Then, the audience and the jury will jointly choose the artist who will represent the country.

The X Factor final will take place on February 5th.

You can watch tonight’s selection of the songs on Channel 11, by clicking HERE. Tonight’s show starts at 20:15 CET and is expected to last one and a half hour.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Israel’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Israel: The announcement of the songs for the national final on January 30!

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This year, Israel will choose both its representative and the song that will represent it at Eurovision 2022, through the TV Show “The X Factor Israel”.

The final of the competition will take place on February 5 with four finalists. Each of the four will perform two new songs that will be released on January 30 in a special broadcast. There will also be a semi-final round, to select one of the two songs for each artist on February 3rd.

The song that will be selected will be the one with which each participant will claim the representation of Israel for Eurovision 2022. Four songs and four artists will compete in the X Factor Grand Final. Then, the audience and the jury will jointly choose the artist and the song who will represent the country in Turin.

We remind you that the popular talent show will be presented by Liron Weizman. According to domestic media, X Factor Israel judges will include Netta Barzilai, Aviv Geffen, Margalit Tzan’ani, Ran Danker and Miri Mesika.

Israel was represented by Eden Alene in Eurovision 2021 with the song Set Me Free, finishing 17th in the grand final on May 22nd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y-blG5ptwo

Source: 13tv Israel

 

Israel: 130 songs were submitted for Turin 2022!

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About 130 songs will take part in the process of choosing Israel’s participation in Eurovision 2022, which will be selected through the X Factor format.

As it has been known for months, X Factor will be the successor to Rising Star as the format of choice for the artist who will represent Israel in Eurovision 2022 in Turin next May.

Exclusive information from Euromix states that only 130 songs were submitted to the committee that will select the eight songs, which will be performed by the final four that will compete for the ticket to Italy. This is the smallest number from 2018 onwards. 220 songs participated in last year’s selection, 250 in the 2020 one and 200 in that of 2019.

IPBC officials believe that the number of songs is explained by the strict requirements they have set, as well as the ignorance of the creators about the contestants who will perform their songs.

This was the reason why they invited the creators during the semifinals, in order to get to know the artists. Nevertheless, their response was small, as only ten of them watched the semifinals that have already been filmed.

The format

The song submission process was completed this morning, one month after its official opening on September 19th. The 130 songs submitted will be examined by a panel of 11 people.

This committee will assign two songs to each of the four finalists of the X Factor grand final. In the first phase, one of the two songs of each finalist will be selected through the voting of the audience and the jury.

The song that will be selected will be the one with which each participant will claim the representation of Israel for Eurovision 2022. Four songs and four artists will compete in the X Factor Grand Final. Then, the audience and the jury will jointly choose the artist and the song who will represent the country in Turin.

We remind you that the popular talent show will be presented by Liron Weizman. According to domestic media, X Factor Israel judges will include Netta Barzilai, Aviv Geffen, Margalit Tzan’ani, Ran Danker and Miri Mesika.

Israel was represented by Eden Alene in Eurovision 2021 with the song Set Me Free, finishing 17th in the grand final on May 22nd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y-blG5ptwo

Source: Euromix