Excerpt from the music video for "Hurricane" by Aden Golan, Israel's song for Eurovision 2024/here 11
It seems that there is no song that is more interesting to Eurovision fans than the Israeli song.
And in everything related to Eurovision 2024, the global interest is breaking far beyond the borders of the fans.
Already within 24 hours of its release, "Hurricane" written by Keren Pels and Avi Ohion, and adapted by Stav Begar, gained more than a million views when you count the YouTube pages of Kan and Eurovision together.
Not only we were looking forward to the song, but also a bunch of YouTubers who get tens of thousands of views on their reaction videos.
Let's start with an unaware Hayter who lives in Brazil, and probably gains his knowledge about the situation in Gaza from videos on TikTok.
At first I thought not to share the link to his video, which he opens with a "Ban Israel" sign and wants to storm all digital platforms with this stupid tag.
But later I realized that it was just too good a joke to pass up, so here it is.
After he finishes with the display of hatred towards Israel, he moves on to respond to the song itself.
It starts with disdain, "Why a ballad", but little by little Eden wins his heart: "Well", he says, "she sings really well. They spent a lot of money on this music video and the song is developing".
Later, he really admits that it's hard for him: "I'm sad because it's not a bad song. She looks great and knows how to sing."
Towards the end of the video, he gives an amazing revelation that war is bad, you can enjoy all this goodness and express your polite opinion on his page.
On the reaction video channel where an American and a Lithuanian react side by side, they really liked the song.
"He is really good, dramatic, very artistic," they said.
"He will finish high, unless people choose not to vote for him because of the situation, that's the question mark here."
YouTuber BJ from the Local Band Smokeout page couldn't hide his enthusiasm, when already after the first sentence of the song he said "I like it so far", and complimented the choreography in the clip.
He also said: "Her voice is fantastic. The song sounds like something Adele sang, it's really powerful."
At the end of the clip he seemed particularly excited and said: "It's amazing. It's probably one of my top 3 in this Eurovision, 10 out of 10. It could be a hit here in the United States."
We all know how the Spaniards treat Israel since the massacre.
We remember YouTuber Lavadom from the previous Eurovision, when in his review he was moved to tears by Noa Kirel's song.
At the beginning of his video this year, he clarifies: "I just want to talk about music, not anything else. If someone is waiting for something else, I'm only here to comment on music", an interesting concept that all Eurovision fans in the world should adopt.
This time, too, he seemed particularly excited: "I'm really in love with what I'm seeing now. Eden sings like an angel, that's a fact."
He later says: "This is a song that I will show to anyone who asks me for a song. If I want to cry, I'll put this song on. This song completes my top 5, maybe even top 3. You won't find anything like it this year."
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The Turks are not really known as big fans of Israel either, they don't participate in the Eurovision either, but there is still a fanbase there that wishes for their country's return to the competition.
Vulcan Dadza from Istanbul watched the clip and the word that kept repeating itself over and over and over again was "wow".
And here's what the EurovisionFun group from Greece said: "Such ballads are our favorite type. This is what has been missing so far at this year's Eurovision."
Spiros said: "It can either finish in the top 10, or not make it to the finals, but it will definitely get a good result."
Apostolis was a little disappointed, but optimistic: "I'm missing something ethnic Israeli in the song, it's fine, she has a good voice, but there's no way she won't make it to the finals."
Paschalis concluded: "It is very likely that Israel will advance because it is the only female ballad of this type in the second semi-final."
That way you too can help
Of course, not everything is rosy and there are quite a few people against us, you can see it in the comments to the videos and of course in the posts on social networks.
But you can help too!
All you have to do is go to the videos we have included here and many more videos that you can find on your own.
If the review is in favor of Israel, mark a like and you should also add a comment.
The video will gain popularity and the number of sympathetic comments will increase.
If it is a video of Israel haters that does not refer to music but to the political situation, mark that you did not like it.
You can also add a comment, it will increase exposure, but your positive comments will also get views.
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And how are we in gambling?
Those who expected to see Israel jump in gambling after the song was revealed were disappointed.
Before the participant-not-participant farce in Eurovision, Israel was swinging between the third and fourth places.
When the corporation made the world think that Israel was withdrawing from the competition, the gamblers stopped betting on us and rightly so, until we deteriorated to 15th place.
When Israel's participation was officially confirmed, we jumped to eighth place, and in the last few days we climbed another step to seventh place.
Why don't we go higher?
Because in the time that passed, more songs were published that are considered strong and candidates for victory, some rightly and some, how to say gently - less so.
On the other hand, the exposure of the song did not lower Israel's rating, which is a positive sign.
In the time that has passed since the unveiling of the poem, I have read a number of columns, quite boomerish if I may criticize the critics, in various media.
"lacks uniqueness", "there is nothing Israeli about it", "generic", and other such superlatives.
The song is really generic, but in the positive sense of the word.
If you listen to Eden's competitors, all you want is something generic and not an attempt to reinvent the wheel.
If you don't refer to politics, subject of course to a live performance, the place of "Hurricane" in the final should be guaranteed, and with the songs in front of Eden, the top 10 shouldn't be out of reach either.
If Aden Golan was able to shut up the Brazilian with whom I opened the column, she will probably be able to do it to hundreds of thousands of other haters.
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