EUROVISION 2025 ISRAEL: HAKOKHAV HABA FINALISTS CHOSEN

Israel is choosing HaKokhav HaBa once again to select its entrant for Eurovision song contest 2025 in Basel. The shows started in October 2024. Apparently thousands of artists, unknown and known ones applied to take part while Eurovision 2019 host Assi Azar is hosting the selection with Rotem Sela. Among the judges an Eurovision veteran Shiri Maimon. The artists sing covers of their choice and only four will reach the final and the entry for Basel will then searched by an internal panel.

The artists have been eliminated one by one, or two at occasion until the four finalists were left for the final on January 22, 2025 to select the artist. The song for Basel will then we selected internally to the chosen artist and will be revealed later.

The finalists are Daniel Weiss, Red Band & Moran Aharoni, Yuval Raphael and Valery Hamati. Red Band is made of puppets with 20 years of experience already, Yuval is a Nova survivor and Valery Hamati seems to be the favorite to beat being, a Christian Arab and singing in both Arabic and Hebrew.

Check out the final results here

5. Dolev Meldelbaum eliminated January 18

6. Yuval Gold eliminated January 14

7. Ido Malka eliminated January 12

8. Amit Sade eliminated January 12

9. Nati Livian eliminated January 11

10. Udi Schneider eliminated January 7

11. Alma Maimon de Razon eliminated January 5

12. Natalie Zafar eliminated January 2

13. Ilay Avidani eliminated December 31

14. Itay Paz eliminated December 29

15. Aviad Klein eliminated December 28

16. Kler eliminated December 26

17. Perfylove Mongoza eliminated December 26

18. Ori Saban eliminated December 21

19. Shira Knop eliminated December 17

20. Hamsa eliminated December 15

21. Renana Boaziza eliminated December 14

Out of below mentioned audition episodes the judges picked 21 shortlisted ones for the non televised round marked with green

Episode 14 - December 11, 2024:

David Abbo

Achioam Moyal

Roy Cohen eliminated

Liel Eldadi

Daniel Malhi

Avichai Ohana

Episode 13 - December 10, 2024:

Ilay Avidani (13.)

Anna Timotei eliminated

Siel Zeituna

Yarden Azulay

Ohav Givati

Corinne Gamliel

Episode 12 - December 8, 2024:

Agam David Chai

Ben Ganon

Tanya Lauren eliminated

Ran Perertz

Ofir Levy

Roni Jorno

Episode 11 - December 7, 2024:

Hodaya Tarkin

Leshem Sharvit

Hadas Cohen

Nadav Cohen eliminated

Hill Meshayev

Ron Buchnik

Episode 10 - December 3, 2024:

Orel Dahari

Milly Dor eliminated

Harel Koresh

Avichai Malka

Lia Gerber

Benny Elbas withdraw

Episode 9 -December 1, 2024:

Eliad Peretz

Itay Paz (14.)

Odel Partush eliminated

Noa Danay

Shahaf Belash

Noam Levy

Episode 8 - November 30, 2024:

Noa Fineman

Ido Amdor

Shira Knop (19.)

Roel Berger

Natan Zarka eliminated

Hamsa (20.)

Episode 7 - November 26, 2024:

Debbi James

Udi Schneider

Roy Elbaz

Yasmin Shimoni eliminated

Natalie Zafar (12.)

Episode 6 - November 24, 2024:

Noam Chen

Niv Dagan

Noa Lastri

Mandi Horvitz eliminated

Ester Aweke

Yuval Gold

Episode 5 - November 23, 2024:

Elyakir Keren

Linoy Bismuth eliminated

Harel Cohen

Ori Saban (18.)

Ofir Harosh

Valeri Hamaty

Episode 4 - November 19, 2024:

Dolev Mendelbaum

Esther Guedj

Nir Abdu

Liel Yeshaya eliminated

Yuval Raphael

Episode 3 - November 17, 2024:

Aviad Klein (15.)

Amit Sade

Mika Veltman eliminated

Tamir Vaknin

Red Band and Moran Aharoni

Episode 2 - November 16, 2024:

Perfylove Mongoza (17.)

Ilay Katz

Nelly Mira Rubin eliminated

Hili Goren

Ronen Binder

Alma Maimon de Razon

Episode 1 - November 10, 2024:

Nati Livian

Kler (16.)

Renana Boaziza (21.)

Tali Kuper eliminated

Ido Malka

Daniel Weiss

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