Israel ISRAEL 2025 - Yuval Raphael - New Day Will Rise

[ESC United Mod Team]

 

[Grinch]

In 2 hours

 

[njdevils94]

Very sad to hear about Tali Eshkoli.

 

[GRE]

This song will fight with the Georgian one for the most cringe lyrics.

It gave me a "Gagarina" feeling.

Everything about this entry is predictable, even the video.

 

[ag89]

I think they are trying to repeat the recipe from the last year. Now I guess we will have another massive campaign that will attract televotes. That's it.

 

[theCONWEL]

If Hurricane couldn't win last year then surely this dry cracker of a song can't do it this year

 

[ayzelto]

Once again a good voice wasted with a cheap song and lyrics. 3 points when the poll is up.

 

[mauve]

Much ado about nothing. Very mediocre.

 

[SpiritofKeiino]

Not good at all. Heard it all before, and done better by others.

 

[Iker]

LOL at me watching the MV on YT and seeing people en masse typing NQ in live chat.

 

[Judas]

Well better than last year for sure. But it doesn't stand out too much. Very much in the middle. for now.

 

[nudiecrudi]

Very mediocre song. For obvious reasons will get some good televote songs and a 12 from RoW.
Just a 2 because vocals are good

 

[StephenMuckle]

It's flying up the betting odds at the minute. I actually read something a few days ago where an Israeli journalist said they heard the song and was slightly disappointed by it. That must explain why they drifted a bit before today

 

[John1]

Well, this entry is pretty average, but I have to say that the French part and the Hebrew one are amazing. And at least, it comes across as more sincere & genuine than their last year's entry.

 

[Sammy]

I like it a lot more than hurricane. I love the underlying beat, the changes of languages and she's got a very nice timbre in her voice, that she even could show more. The lyrics are quite basic, but overall it's a beautiful message of hope that is universal. Well, we had these kind of songs also in the past, but this one has a nice balance between dramatic and simplicity. Definitely in my top 10.

 

[Kitakaze]

Why does the piano riff sound just like this?

Passacaglia - George Frideric Handel / Alexander Motovilov (reimagined)

Alexander Motovilov performs his version of George Frideric Handel's Passacaglia.Sheet Music: https://www.alexandermotovilov.com/"Passacaglia" on Spotify: ht...

youtu.be

 

[aef]

The first half/ the first 2 minutes are quite good, then I feel like they had no more ideas how to move on with the song, it gets repetitive and messy….

Anyway I’m not willing to rank and give them points. I will just leave them unranked. I can’t deal with this pure victim role of . There are enough victims in but there are on both sides…

 

[gigi_copp3]

Hurricane was a wayy better song, this doesn't say anything to me. Top 5 because they will get top 5 for sure, but overall a boring song.

 

[EscGeek]

I like it. It's a continuation of last year which i liked as well.
Plus she has more rasp in her voice than Eden. Very nice job

 

[Mainshow]

I'm not going to lie... I initially hesitated for a few minutes to post my opinion but I strongly and wholeheartedly believe that it's a brilliant ESC entry.
I had to give it a . Musically, I think it could end up in my Top 3 or Top 5 (depending on what France/Cyprus are about to serve us).

When it comes to the arrangement, I think it's absolutely phenomenal. We've got some calm piano riffs, beautiful strings and those bells - everything sounds more powerful and divine with bells (it's just my preference).

Yuval's voice is phenomenal as well. I think I even prefer it to Eden's. Eden might have been more powerful but Yuval's timbre makes up for it... and when she's getting Louder it partly sounds a bit raspy.

The part in Hebrew was very impactful. I wish it was longer.... I loved the outro as well.
It's the perfect mix of cheesy, emotions and drama, imo, + the rich and well-thought arrangement, the French verse and the Hebre Middle 8 round everything up to make it a very competitive and strong ESC entry.

It's not "vocally on your nose like Eden" but the overall song is more up my alley - and it will totally outshine some of the loud, fun, cheeky entries in the Grand Final.

Do I want to see Israel win? - No, because of politics, safety, the overall situation.

But it's a very strong entry.
Probably my favourite Israeli entry since 2013 (still unhappy it flopped).

 

[Sammy]

Why does the piano riff sound just like this?

Passacaglia - George Frideric Handel / Alexander Motovilov (reimagined)

Alexander Motovilov performs his version of George Frideric Handel's Passacaglia.Sheet Music: https://www.alexandermotovilov.com/"Passacaglia" on Spotify: ht...

youtu.be

Because Händel used a very simple and common melody for his variations.