Yuval Raphael

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Yuval Raphael
יובל רפאל
Raphael in 2025
Raphael in 2025
Background information
Born (2000-11-05) 5 November 2000 (age 24)
Tel Aviv, Israel[1]
OriginRa'anana, Israel
GenresPop
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
Years active2024–present

Yuval Raphael (Hebrew: יובל רפאל; born 5 November 2000)[2] is an Israeli singer. Having won the eleventh season of the singing competition HaKokhav HaBa, she represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "New Day Will Rise", finishing in second place.

Biography

Raphael is the niece of businesswoman

Céline Dion.[8] After finishing high school, Raphael served as a checkpoint combat soldier in the Jerusalem area with the Military Police Corps of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).[9] She began singing professionally in 2024.[10]

Raphael was attending the Nova Sukkot Gathering music festival in Re'im on 7 October 2023, when Hamas militants attacked the festival. She hid inside a Death Shelter near kibbutz Be'eri with 50 other people, while sustaining shrapnel injuries from grenades thrown into the shelter. Raphael was one of 11 survivors, having hid under dead bodies for eight hours.[11][12][13] In a speech before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), she described what she witnessed during the attack.[14][15]

Career

Raphael at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 final

On 19 November 2024, Raphael's audition for the eleventh season of

HaKokhav HaBa, which served as the Israeli artist selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, aired, where she performed "Anyone" and advanced to the next round with a score of 98%. She eventually progressed to the final on 22 January 2025, where she performed "Dancing Queen" and "Writing's on the Wall".[16] She dedicated her performance of the former to those killed by the Nova massacre. She ranked first and was chosen to represent Israel at Eurovision,[16] succeeding Eden Golan, whose appearance on the previous edition had attracted controversy as a result of her country's involvement in the Gaza war.[11] At the time of her announcement, she was living in Ra'anana.[17] In the contest she placed first in her semi-final with 203 points, and placed second overall in the final with 357 points, winning the public vote.[18]

Discography

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
ISR
Dom.
Air.
[19] 		AUT
[20] 		LTU
[21] 		SWE
[22] 		SWI
[20]
"New Day Will Rise" 2025 1 44 37 89 18 Non-album single

References

  1. Yediot Aharonoth
  2. ^ @yuvalraphael; (5 November 2024). "24k magic🎂שום דבר לא מובן מאליו. תודה ענקית בואו נגשים חלומות השנה" [24k magic. Nothing is taken for granted. A huge thank you. Let's make dreams come true this year.] (in Hebrew) – via Instagram.
  3. ^ Smith, David (22 January 2025). "Yuval Raphael to represent Israel at Eurovision 2025". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  4. ^ Yehuda, Hila (13 December 2024). "הכירו את יובל רפאל". Mako (in Hebrew). Keshet Media Group. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  5. ^ Dahan, Tal (11 December 2024). "יובל רפאל: "החלטתי לחשוף את הנפש שלי עד הסוף"". Euromix (in Hebrew). Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  6. ^ Klein, Sagi (22 January 2025). "Israel: Yuval Raphael selected for Eurovision 2025". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  7. ^ "יובל רפאל". Forbes Israel (in Hebrew). Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Yuval Raphael will represent Israel in Basel". eurovision.tv. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Yuval Raphael". Eurovision Universe. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Yuval Raphael will represent Israel in Basel". Eurovision Song Contest. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  11. ^ a b Rackham, Annabel (23 January 2025). "Hamas attack survivor to represent Israel at Eurovision". BBC News. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  12. ^ Perets, Shir (22 January 2025). "Nova survivor Yuval Raphael to represent Israel in 2025 Eurovision Song Contest". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  13. ^ Hadad, Ofer; Duek, Amalya (11 October 2023). ""אמרתי לכולם לשחק פני מתים": שלוש בנות שיצאו בחיים מהמסיבה ברעים משחזרות". N12 (in Hebrew). Keshet Media Group. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  14. ^ "Survivor of Nova Festival massacre to represent Israel at Eurovision". Israel National News. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  15. ^ Eurovoix Team (22 January 2025). "🇮🇱 Israel: Yuval Raphael to Eurovision 2025". Eurovoix. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  16. ^ a b "יובל רפאל ניצחה בגמר "הכוכב הבא" - ותייצג את ישראל באירוויזיון - וואלה תרבות". Walla (in Hebrew). 22 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  17. ^ אונליין, שרון (23 January 2025). "מהמיגונית לבמת האירוויזיון: סיפורה של יובל רפאל מרעננה". Sharon Online (in Hebrew). Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  18. ^ "Eurovision: Israel's result prompts questions over voting". www.bbc.com. 21 May 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  19. ^ "Media Forest – הגרף הישראלי השבועי – שבוע 11, 2025" [Media Forest – The Weekly Israeli Chart – Week 11, 2025] (in Hebrew). Media Forest. Archived from the original on 17 March 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  20. ^ a b "Yuval Raphael – New Day Will Rise". austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  21. ^ "2025 21-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 23 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  22. ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 21, 2025". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by HaKokhav HaBa winner
2025 		Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
2025 		Succeeded by
TBD
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