Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest oddsmakers predict Israel will win televoting again this year

The Eurovision World website presented the oddsmakers who predict the televoting results separately from the overall results, and according to them, Israel has a 26% chance of topping the televoting.

People cheer as they watch the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest finals being screened at a community center in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 17, 2025.
Noam Bettan, winner of the reality show "The Next Star" poses for a picture after winning the final in Neve Ilan, near Jerusalem, January 21, 2026.

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Noam Bettan will represent Israel at Eurovision 2026.

Israel announces title of 2026 Eurovision song contest entry: 'Michelle'

Nemo representing Switzerland celebrates after winning during the Grand Final of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, in Malmo, Sweden, May 12, 2024.

Swiss Eurovision winner's trophy shattered while returning to EBU in protest of Israel


Past Israeli Eurovision winner sends encouraging message to Eden Golan ahead of performance

Eurovision winner Gali Atari, from 1979's Milk and Honey, reminds Golan to remember

 Israeli singer and Eurovision Song Contest 1979 winner, Gali Atari

Israel's Eurovision contestant Eden Golan hopes to 'unite by music'

Golan, 20, is competing with the song "Hurricane" which initially went under the name "October Rain."

 Eden Golan, Israel's representative at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Malmo, Sweden, May 6, 2024.

Record alert for terrorism in Sweden ahead of Eurovision

During the coming week, approximately one hundred thousand additional visitors are expected to arrive in preparation for the first semi-final on Tuesday.

 Police guard outside Malmo Arena ahead of Eurovision in Malmo, Sweden. April 26, 2024.

Not 'just another Eurovision': A positive, energetic, emotional Eden Golan speaks from Malmo

She and her entourage arrived in Malmo last week. Advised by Israeli security not to leave their hotel rooms except when absolutely necessary.

 Eden Golan in rehearsals for Eurovision in Malmo, Sweden.

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 Israeli soldiers look up at pictures of victims of the Holocaust at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial centre, ahead of the Holocaust Remembrance Day starting this evening, at the Hall of Names, in Jerusalem April 27, 2022.

Swedish Police approve Quran burning event in Malmo ahead of Eurovision

Despite the approval, concerns persist regarding the divisive nature of such demonstrations and their impact on community cohesion.

Pedestrians walk past the flags for the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, May 1, 2024.

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Anti-Israel activists have been calling for months to bar Israel from the contest and have unsuccessfully lobbied other countries’ participants to boycott the competition.

 DEMONSTRATORS IN Malmo, Sweden, protest Israel’s participation in the Eurovision, earlier this month.

The competition begins: Eden Golan lands in Malmo for 2024 Eurovision Song Contest

Golan will be accompanied by heavy security in Malmo due to the anti-Israel and antisemitic atmosphere in the city, which has only increased since Israel’s war against Hamas broke out.

 EDEN GOLAN performs in the final of the ‘The Next Star for Eurovision,’ in February. ‘One thing is for sure; my kids will be up until 1 a.m. to watch, even if hopes for a top ranking are not high,’ says the writer.

'Fear of riots': Anti-Israel tensions rise in Malmo ahead of Eurovision

Four Jews living in Malmo, Sweden, reflect on the rise in antisemitic and anti-Israel tensions in the city, which have spiked since October 7, ahead of Eurovision.

 People hold a banner at a demonstration in connection with the municipal board's consideration of a citizens' proposal by the initiative 'No Eurovision in Malmo with Israel's participation' to stop Israel's participation in Eurovision, outside the City Hall in Malmo, Sweden, April 10, 2024.

Eden Golan to face a ‘hurricane’ of possible antisemitism in Malmo

The international song contest will be held this year in Malmo, Sweden, considered to be one of the most antisemitic cities in the world, making Israel's participation more complicated.

 EDEN GOLAN, Israel’s representative at the Eurovision Song Contest, speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, last month.