Aden Golan at the final of "The Next Eurovision Star" in Keshet 12, performs a cover version of the song "I don't want to miss a thing" by Aerosmith, February 6, 2024/ Keshet 12
After the corporation's announcement about the selection of the song for Eurovision 2024 to be sung by our representative Aden Golan - Israel jumps in the betting charts to third place, for the first time in several weeks.
In first place is still Ukraine and in second place - Italy.
Iceland, which is considered a vocal opponent of Israel in Eurovision, has already deteriorated to sixth place in the betting charts.
In fourth place in the betting tables is Great Britain and in fifth place is Sweden, which is hosting Eurovision this year.
Eden Golan/photo processing, Shay Franco, public relations
A few days ago, the band Gåte, which won the Norwegian pre-Eurovision and considered boycotting the contest because of Israel's participation in the shadow of the war in Gaza, folded - and made it clear that it would participate in the contest.
The band will compete in Eurovision with the song "Ulveham" ("wolf skin"), based on a medieval Scandinavian ballad.
Initially, the members of the band, who were asked about Israel's participation in the competition, said that they would take the time to think about the issue.
Today they already clarified otherwise.
"Yes, we said we needed some time to understand that we really won, we needed it to internalize and take a breath. But now we are ready to say that we chose to participate," said the band's singer, Gunhild Sundli.
However, they emphasized that they intend to use the platform to express their opinion on the war and call for a ceasefire, saying that they oppose Israel's participation in the competition, which they called "problematic".
"We have considered thoroughly and for a long time how to use our voices around this crisis that the world is experiencing," said the band's guitarist.
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In Ireland, Finland and Iceland, there were also calls to expel Israel from the competition and boycott it if it participates, but so far, after the European Broadcasting Union made it clear that Israel will participate in the event, no competitor has carried out their threats on the subject.
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