The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and official website eurovision.tv have formally announced that 42 countries are set to participate in next years Eurovision Song Contest. After winning this year with Netta and her song 'Toy', Israel will be the host country for Eurovision 2019 - with the international song contest schedule for May 14th through to May 18th 2019 in Tel Aviv. In an official statement, executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest Jon Ola Sand - on be

He brought us "Milim" in 2010 for Israel, now the talented singer is back with his new single, "In My Life". Released six days ago on YouTube, and available through spotify, Itunes etc, this delightful new song will certainly get you feeling good in the dark winter months to come. This feel good song has amassed well over a hundred thousand views in the short time that it has been released. Harel just proves he is just as talented, and as popular as ever before. The song

In May Netta proved she was no man's "Toy", and convincingly won the Eurovision Song Contest, re-capturing that crown for Israel 20 years after Dana International last wore it. Now the amazing singer has revealed that she is following in the foot steps of Eleni Foureira (Cyprus), and Saara Aalto (Finland) by performing on tour in Europe. Is your city one of the places she will be visiting? Eurovision's new star will be taking to six cities in November to reprise her winning

As we get ever close to the the Minsk hosted Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 - more and more songs are being revealed. Last month it was revealed that 13-year-old Jerusalem born singer Noam Dadon would be representing Israel in Minsk as they return to the contest after withdrawing from last years contest hosted in Tbilisi. His song 'Yelaad'im Ka'ele' - which translates to 'Children Like These' in English - was released this afternoon alongside the official video which you

Back in 2015, Nadav Guedj represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna - getting Israel back in to the final after a run of non-qualifications. In his song he let us all know that he wanted to show us Tel Aviv - and with the help of this years runner-up for Cyprus, Eleni Foureira, it appears he may get his wish! Both are set to perform at live music night 'Pop Up Music' on Tuesday 4th December at a music event in Tel Aviv - the biggest of its kind in Israel dur

Earlier this month, the EBU and Israeli state broadcaster KAN confirmed that the host city for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest would be Tel Aviv - with the contest set to be hosted at the Tel Aviv Expo Convention Centre (The New Pavilion 2). Since this announcement, there have been concerns raised by Israeli media and EBU insiders that the size of the venue will restrict the number of public tickets that will be available - with concerns that only 4,000 tickets will be sold

Yesterday the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Israeli national broadcaster KAN made the announcement fans had been waiting on for months - the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest will be hosted in Tel Aviv with the shows falling on May 14th, 16th and 18th. The site for the competition was also announced as the Tel Aviv Convention Centre which has a capacity of 9,000. However this morning large newspaper 'Israel Hayom', which has the largest daily circulation of all print media

After weeks of speculation over whether the Eurovision Song Contest will be going to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem, this morning the EBU published a video on to YouTube confirming that Eurovision 2019 will be held in Tel Aviv! Executive supervisor for the Eurovision Song Contest Jon Ola Sand confirmed today that the contest will be hosted in Tel Aviv at the International Convention Centre. This is the first time that the contest will be held in this city. In addition to the host city

Following on from Noam Dadon's win at the national final yesterday, Israeli broadcaster KAN are now making a call for Junior Eurovision songs, one of which Noam will sing in Belarus this November. KAN have released a list of requirements that the songs must adhere to: They must be no longer than 3 minutes They must be in the Hebrew language They cannot have been released or performed before May 2018 The lyrics must not be of a political or racist nature and they must not incl

Today, the Israeli national final for Junior Eurovision 2018 took place at the Russel Theatre in Ramat Gan, a city in the Tel Aviv district. The show was only filmed, and it will not be broadcast until September 20th. A total of 6 participants took part in the national final, in which Noam Dadon was declared the winner by a 3-person jury. The members of the jury were: Hanan Ben Ari, an Israeli singer; Lior Narkis, Israeli representative in Eurovision 2003 and Yardena Arazi wh