As Israel's representative, Yuval Raphael, continues to amaze audiences in Basel and on social media with her performance of "New Day Will Rise," we talked to people across Israel to gauge excitement for this year's contest, marking the second year Israel participates during the ongoing war.
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Ahead of the grand final, we asked Israelis about the country's chances to win, their messages for Raphael, and were surprised to encounter a "blast from the past" dating all the way back to Israel's first winning representative in the 1978 Eurovision, Izhar Cohen.
