The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan) released Israel’s Eurovision 2025 entry, Yuval Raphael’s “New Day Will Rise,” today. Raphael was selected to represent Israel through HaKokhav Haba (Rising Star), while “New Day Will Rise” was internally selected by IPBC/Kan. “New Day Will Rise” is a power ballad written by Keren Peles, who co-wrote “Hurricane” for Eden Golan, Israel’s entry for …

The semi-final allocation draw is now over, and now we know in which semi-final that 31 semi-finalists will compete in. It was also decided that 15 countries will compete in the first semi-final and that 16 will compete in the second semi-final. Finally, it was also decided in which semi-final the pre-qualified countries will vote in. Let’s now go through …

Not long now, until we learn in which all the semi-final countries will be competing in. Of course, there are a few things that needs to be settled, so let’s clear up how the upcoming 2025 contest will be like, before we dive further into the pots. Things You Should Know To begin with, an unfortunate reminder of the big …

Tonight the final round of HaKokhav HaBa (The Rising Star) concluded in Israel, with Yuval Raphael being selected to represent the country at Eurovision 2025. The show featured four finalists, with only three qualifying for the superfinal. The winner was ultimately decided through a combination of public app voting and points awarded by the show’s judging panel. The results of …

Another year is slowly headed towards it’s final days, and that usually means that the entire cycle repeats. As Basel is steadily getting more and more ready for their upcoming duty of welcoming all of Europe, we need to know, who exactly will be welcomed to the Swiss city. We now have the list, and one of these countries will …

A few days ago, it was announced that the 2024 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Madrid, Spain. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Spain’s national public broadcaster, Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), are thrilled to reveal that the 22nd edition of the contest will take place in Spain later this year. This marks a historic moment, as RTVE will …

For the second year in a row, the semi-finals were purely decided by the televote – well, with the exception of San Marino – however, the final is still decided by both the jurors and the televote, which has been the case, since 2009 now. Once again this year, the EBU revealed the full list of all the jurors from …

The hectic days are indeed over us, the second semi-final has concluded and with that, we got another 10 finalists for this year’s contest, and since it was the conclusion of the second semi-final, we finally learned who became this year’s 26 finalists, let’s have a quick look into all of that. The remaining spots Let’s first have a quick …

Once again we asked you to predict who will qualify for the grand final during tonight’s semi-final, and a total of 1,875 votes were cast by 252 readers. And now it’s time to reveal the results! It should come at no surprise that Switzerland’s very own Nemo topped our poll tonight collecting a total of 195 votes from users – …

As the second semi-final rapidly approaches, it’s time for us to discover who YOU believe will advance to the grand final tomorrow. A total of 16 acts are slated to compete in the semi-final, vying for 10 coveted spots. Now, it’s your turn, the readers of ESC United, to share your predictions on which acts will qualify for the grand …