Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Hurricane” got the EBU approval and they will participate in Eurovision 2024!
Eurovision organizers on Thursday approved Israel’s revised song entry for this year’s contest after it disqualified an earlier version, securing the country’s spot in the competition amid a wave of boycott calls.
According to the Kan public broadcaster, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which runs the contest, informed it on Thursday afternoon that the new version of its song, titled “Hurricane,” was granted final approval by the EBU’s oversight panel, capping weeks of uncertainty about Israel’s participation.
The song is performed by Russian-Israeli singer, Eden Golan, who was selected via a TV talent show after performing a cover of Aerosmith’s Don’t Want to Miss a Thing in the finale. The performance was dedicated to the remaining hostages taken by Hamas during the 7 October raids, and she performed the song surrounded on stage by empty chairs.
The song has yet to be released but KAN confirmed the original name of the entry last month.
The country had threatened to pull out of the competition if “October Rain” was not given the green light, with the Israel Broadcasting Authority saying it has no intention of replacing the song.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will be held in May in Malmo, Sweden.
“Hurricane,” which will be performed at the Eurovision by singer Eden Golan, was written by Keren Peles, Avi Ohayon and Stav Beger, and will be revealed in full during a live broadcast on Kan on Sunday evening.
Israel’s original submission to the Eurovision, titled “October Rain,” was disqualified by the EBU for having political messaging, said Kan. The song had included lyrics reading “writers of the history/stand with me”; “I’m still wet from the October rain/October rain”; and a final section in Hebrew translated to: “There is no air left to breathe/No place, no me from day to day/They were all good kids, every one of them” — believed to be a reference to those murdered by Hamas on October 7.
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