Juval Rafael will perform in the second semifinals of Eurovision on May 15 with the new day song will rise.
Israel’s representative at the Eurovision-2025 Juval Rafael will enter the stage in the basel not only in a song, but also in a deep personal history of safety.
Together with him, the people were coming to Switzerland, which on October 7, 2023 survived the Hamas attack during the Nova Festival -there the singer himself. The names of the members of the delegation are not disclosed for security reasons, but one of them admits to journalists:
“I am glad to be with Juval and represent Israel. I wish his good fortune, and I knew it would be a kapana -excited”
On that terrible day, Rafael and his friends tried to escape from the festival, but the militants surrounded the territory. The only safety was a road home, where they had to hide under the bodies of the dead for about eight hours.
“I can’t explain how heavy the body is when it’s dead. I could feel the heat from the explosions, I felt my body crushed under the weight of the dead. I repeated to myself:” Don’t breathe. Don’t move. Stay dead, “Juval recalled.
The artist realizes that his performance in the competition will cause a reaction – including the negatives – from the audience and the participants. But despite this, he did not refuse to participate.
“I know that some people don’t want to see me there. But that’s why I have to go. I want to stand at this stage, wrap the Israeli flag, and listen to the world. I want to be strong in its face and the faces of 100%crying,” the singer said from the crowd, “the singer said.
Earlier it was reported that Ukraine had decided on who announced the results of voting at the Eurovision-2025 international competition.
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