The auditions’ stage of HaKokhav Haba, the Israeli artist’s selection format for Eurovision 2024, was concluded the past Wednesday following ten episodes. A total of thirty-five artists made it to the next stage, but only fourteen of them advanced to the main part of the show and will therefore compete for the Israeli representation in Malmö.
The procedure under which the fourteen artists were selected
During this evaluation process, all the contestants went on stage one by one and performed in front of the six judges.
- Contestants who received a “blue yes” from all six judges automatically reserved their place in the show.
- Contestants who received four or five “blue yeses” continued to the next stage where the judges discussed about which contestants deserved to stay on the show.
- Contestants who received less than three “blue yeses” were eliminated from the show.
As a reminder HaKokhav Haba’s jury panel consists of Eden Hasson, Shiri Maimon, Itay Levy, Assaf Amdorsky, Ran Dankar, and Keren Pels.
The fourteen artists that passed to the next stage
- Leanne Byrne
- Eden Golan
- Arik Sinai
- Yehuda Sadoo
- Shay Tamino
- Ido Bartel
- Or Cohen
- Jonathan Biton
- Mika Moshe
- Dor Shimoni
- Mika Curtis
- Gal Kafri
- Moria Angel
- Oral Ravid
What’s next for HaKokhav HaBa?
Starting this Wednesday we will have to say goodbye to one contestant in each episode. As the episodes go by, we will approach to the finals, which will take place in a month and then we will know the next Israeli representative in Eurovision.
Through the HaKokhav HaBa format, Israel has managed to qualify to the Grand Final every year from 2015 to 2020 and even won the contest in 2018 with Netta and her song “Toy“.
In 2023, Israel was represented in Liverpool by Noa Kirel and her song “Unicorn“, ending up in the third place of the scoreboard.
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