Yuval Raphael will represent Israel

Yuval Raphael will represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland. She was chosen through the national selection Hakokhav Haba. The song Yuval will sing will be written especially for her and presented later.

These are the participants in the first round:

  • Red Band & Moran Aharoni
  • Valerie Hamaty
  • Yuval Raphael
  • Daniel Weiss

Daniel Weiss was eleminated after this round by the televoters.

In the second round, these were the results:

  1. Yuval Raphael, 157 pts
  2. Valerie Hamaty, 111 pts
  3. Red Band & Moran Aharoni, 92 pts

 

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