Jewish pride!!!
2025, at the St. Jakobshalle arena in Basel on May 17, 2025. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Israel’s Yuval Raphael finishes in 2nd place at the Eurovision 2025 grand final, and first in the televote, as Austria takes the overall win at the annual song contest.
Israel came 14th out of the 26 finalists in the jury vote, but wins the public vote. Israel received 12 jury points — the highest possible — from only one country, Azerbaijan.
The 24-year-old from Ra’anana, a survivor of the October 7 Nova music festival massacre, completed her performance of the emotional ballad, “New Day Will Rise,” in front of the crowd in Basel, Switzerland, with the cry: “Thank you, Europe, Am Yisrael Chai.”