Israel: HaKokhav HaBa
2025
Artist selection
Israel selected Yuval Raphael as their artist for Eurovision 2025 in the talent show HaKokhav HaBa (The Next Star / הכוכב הבא).
The song for Yuval Raphael "New Day Will Rise" was internally selected by a professional committee.
Elimination rounds
Final
First round
| artist | cover song | RUNNING |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel WeissEliminated | Let It Be | 1 |
| Red Band & Moran Aharoni | Hey Shketa (היי שקטה) | 2 |
| Valerie Hamaty | When You're Sad (כשאת עצובה) | 3 |
| Yuval Raphael | Dancing Queen | 4 |
| Voting | Public voting Judges |
Superfinal
points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | Artist | Cover Song | Total | Judges | Public | running |
| 1 | Yuval Raphael | Writings on the Wall | 157 | 70 | 87 | 2 |
| 2 | Valerie Hamaty | Imagine | 111 | 56 | 55 | 3 |
| 3 | Red Band & Moran Aharoni | Purple Rain | 92 | 54 | 38 | 1 |
| Voting | 50% public voting 50% judges |
HaKokhav HaBa – Final
| Date | 22 January 2025, 20:30 - 22:45 CET |
| Location | Neve Ilan Communications Center |
| City | Neve Ilan |
| Hosts | Asi Azar Rotem Sela |
| Judges | Shiri Maymon Keren Peles Ran Danker Itay Levi Assaf Amdursky Eden Hasson |
