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Yuval Raphael
Israeli singer (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yuval Raphael (Hebrew: יובל רפאל; born 5 November 2000[1]) is an Israeli singer. Having won the eleventh season of the singing competition HaKokhav HaBa, she is set to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "New Day Will Rise".[2]
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Biography
Raphael is the niece of businesswoman Ronit Raphael[3] and comes from Ra'anana, Israel. She grew up in Pedaya and spent three years of her childhood in Geneva, Switzerland.[4][5][2][6] As a child, she listened to rock bands such as Led Zeppelin and the Scorpions, and singers such as Beyoncé and Celine Dion.[7] She began singing professionally in 2023.[8]
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.[8][9][10] In a speech before the United Nations Human Rights Council, she described what she witnessed during the attack.[11][12]
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Music career
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".[13] She dedicated her performance of the former to those killed by the Nova attack. She ranked first and was chosen to represent Israel at Eurovision,[13] succeeding Eden Golan, whose appearance on the previous edition had attracted controversy as a result of her country's involvement in the Gaza war.[8] At the time of her announcement, she was living in Ra'anana.[14]
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Discography
Singles
References
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