Sad news from France: at the age of 84, Alain Barrière died of a cardiac arrest. Barrière took part in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Elle était si jolie”. He reached the 5th place. Another worldwide hit of Barrière was “Ma vie” in 1964. After a long career, he wrote his autobiography in 2006.
Eurovision 2025
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: Yuval Raphael, 157 pts Valerie Hamaty, 111 pts Red Band & Moran Aharoni, 92 pts Share