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 storms and changes - the song is revealed: the Israeli song "Hurricane" performed by Aden Golan, who will represent Israel at Eurovision 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, will be revealed this evening on a festive broadcast at Khan 11. The song was written by Avi Ohion, Keren Pels and Stav Begar.
This morning the song was leaked online by a pro-Palestinian account.
Last week, the EBU, the European Broadcasting Union, informed the Israel Broadcasting Corporation that the song "Hurricane" is approved and that Israel will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden.
The decision was made by the Eurovision supervising committee, after discussing the lyrics of the song and after listening to its performance.
The original name of the song is actually "October Rain" (the rain of October - Saturday) and it included words that alluded to the disaster and war that broke out on October 7. A little more than two weeks ago we published in Vala! Tarbut that a senior member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) clarified In a conversation with an Israeli source that if there is no change in the lyrics of the song "October Rain" - the song will be definitively disqualified. The European Broadcasting Union told the same Israeli source that the decision whether to change the lyrics is up to the corporation, and made it clear that if it decides not to change - Israel will not participate in Eurovision. European Broadcasting demanded that the song be disqualified on the grounds that the song contains political lyrics.
At first, the corporation stubbornly refused to change the lyrics. Later, they relented and agreed, the name of the song was changed from "October Rain" to "Hurricane" and a significant part of the lyrics were changed. A source in the corporation explained the The U-turn in a conversation with Walla! at the beginning of the week in that the corporation realized that the EBU's disqualification was final, and in light of their feeling that the committee overseeing the competition, which has representatives from countries such as Iceland and Sweden, "are doing everything so that Israel does not participate."
The person in the corporation said more to Walla!
Culture because the folding was done with the feeling that "if there are countries that do not want Israel to participate - Israel must make an effort to participate".
The source at the corporation also said that there was a fear "that this event would snowball into more cancellations of the State of Israel's participation in other events and it had to be put to an end to prevent peripheral damage in the world of sports and art."
An Israeli source familiar with the Eurovision rules and aware of the details, told Walla!
Tarbut at the beginning of last week referring to the words of the source in the corporation: "The corporation continues to convey a message and a line 'Devakai'. It climbed a very high tree. When it realized that the EBU is firm in its opinion - it looked for a reason to back down from its announcement that it does not intend to change the words. This is not a question of favor at all or against Israel. This is something very matter-of-fact, professional and dry. The EBU was 'in favor of Israel' because according to its criteria a corporation here met all the criteria for participation. The EBU is supposedly 'against Israel' only because a corporation here did not meet its criteria, according to It is forbidden to send a song with political messages. There is no where or where. All the criteria are the same for all countries in both cases. By the way, it is true that there are countries that are in favor of ousting us. As soon as you send a song with a political message - you give these countries a good reason to attack us in the institutions of the European Broadcasting Union."
More in Walla!
What led to the change in the corporation's position?
The story behind the scenes surrounding the Eurovision song
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Aden Golan reacted on Thursday with great excitement when she learned that the song was officially and finally approved.
In the videos she uploaded to the web, taken moments after she received the message, she said: "Malmo, are you ready?".
In the second video, she added: "Guys, I'm so excited, now I've been informed that the EBU has approved our song and this year we will participate in Eurovision. I have no doubt that they made the right choice by letting us participate this year. This year it is more important than ever that we stand on this stage and represent Our country with respect. I intend to do everything to represent our country with pride and to give my all to reach a maximum result. Now we are entering a period of rehearsals and of course you are a very big part of this whole process, and I want to wish us luck and I love you very much." .
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