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
The song "Hurricane" performed by Aden Golan, who was chosen to represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest, was leaked to the web shortly before it was officially revealed tonight on Khan 11. The person who revealed the song is a pro-Palestinian account with anti-Israel messages.
The corporation is working to remove it from the networks.
Last week the crisis ended and it became known that Israel is on its way to Eurovision 2024. The EBU, the European Broadcasting Union informed the Israel Broadcasting Corporation here that the song "Hurricane" performed by Aden Golan has been approved and Israel will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden.
The decision was made by the supervising committee of the Eurovision Song Contest, after discussing the lyrics of the song, written by Keren Pels, Avi Ohion and Stav Begar, and after listening to its performance.
Tonight there will be a special broadcast on Khan 11 where the song will be revealed.
Aden Golan reacted with excitement in the videos she uploaded to the network that were taken moments after she received the message.
"Malmo, are you ready?" she said in one video, and in a 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 to let us participate this year This year it is more important than ever that we stand on this stage and represent our country with honor. I intend to do everything to represent our country with pride and 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, very much."
A little over two weeks ago we published in Vala!
Culture that a senior member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) clarified in a conversation with an Israeli official 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 words is up to the corporation, and made it clear that if it decides not to change - Israel will not participate in Eurovision.
The Broadcasting Union demanded that the song be disqualified on the grounds that the song contains political words.
At first, the corporation stubbornly refused to change the lyrics.
Later, they folded and agreed, the name of the song was changed from "October Rain" to "Hurricane" and also a significant part of the lyrics were changed.
An official in the corporation justified the turning of the horse in a conversation with Walla!
At the beginning of the week, 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."
It should be noted that, contrary to what the source in the corporation said, while there were public voices from Iceland against Israel's participation in the competition, we did not hear the position of the host Sweden.
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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The person in the corporation also said 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!
Tartab at the beginning of the week, referring to the words of the official in the corporation: "The corporation continues to convey a message and a line of 'Devakai.' 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 which it is forbidden To send a song with political messages. There is no where and no where. All the criteria are the same for all countries in both cases. By the way, it is true that there are countries 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."
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