Israel claims the Eurovision final amid protests

Israel took place on Saturday in the grand finale of Eurovision on Saturday after the participants of the rally tried to disrupt the country’s rehearsal.

24 -year -old Yuval Rafael performed on a new day during his preview on Thursday, when six people with whistles and “oversized” Palestinian flags prevented her act. According to the arena rules, all flags are allowed, but there are restrictions on size.

The Swiss SSR TV and Radio Company, which organizes the event, said the audience participants were quickly thrown out of the arena of St.

Israel’s participation in Eurovision has become a source of disputes as its military enhances its bombing and providing blockade of all food and other humanitarian supplies.

In recent weeks, broadcasters in Spain, Ireland and Slovenia have called for a discussion on Israel’s participation, and small protests took place on Basel streets, Switzerland, where the competition is taking place this year.

The incident did not violate Raphael’s performance during the rehearsal on Thursday, and its appearance in the semi -finals was held without additional demonstrations.

Speaking in front of BBC earlier this weekRafael said her team played in the rehearsal: “So I can practice when the background arises.”

The singer grabbed her hands together, and then blew his kiss into the sky when it was announced that she was moving to the finals.

Despite its constant tension, her song is currently one of the favorites to win, the bookmakers say.

10 acts that have succeeded in public voting on Thursday were:

• Armenia: Parg – Survivor
• Austria: JJ – wasted of love
• Denmark: Sisal – Hallucination
• Finland: Eric Wikman – uk Kemme
• Greece: Piano – asteromat
• Israel: Touwwal Raphael – a new day will rise
• Latvia: People’s daughter – happiness storm
• Lithuania: catharsis – your eyes
• Luxembourg: Laura Thorne – Doll rises sound (in the picture)
• Malta: Miriana Conte – Service

This means that six countries that were eliminated were Australia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Ireland, Montenegro and Serbia.

The elimination of Australia became the biggest shock. Their cute anthem with a cute cocktail, which was approaching interest, received a warm welcome on the eve of the competition, but at night the audience was an unnatural lactose.

Ireland also crashed, a year after the bombing tight got the country sixth.

Now the country has not received qualifications for eight of the last 10 attempts. The continuation of this unprofitable series will lead to numerous searches for the soul in the country, which is connected with Sweden for the most victories in Eurovision of all time and peoples: only seven.

The second semi -finals also gave the audience to his first chance to see the act of UK, remember Monday.

The girl performed with a bizarre production of her song, what the hell just happened? – Dancing around the dead chandelier in the inspired crazy outfits when they sang about the dirty night on the tiles.

With the lungs of three parts of harmony, they stopped to rest the cunning vocal speeches suffered by Olli Alexander and May Mueller in 2024 and 2023.

And while they were deprived of public voting. The UK automatically recognizes the final as one of the Great Five countries, which make a non -non -governmental financial contribution to Eurovision.

Currently, Swedish entry Kaj is the favorites to win the 2025 competition, with its sweaty anthem of the Bada Basten Sauna.

Austrian counter-tenator J. J. J. J. J. J. J. J. J. J. J. J. J. J. J. J. J. J. J. J. The second favorite was one of 10 acts voted after the show Thursday.

In an attractive performance, the 24-year-old guy was thrown on stage on a shaky sailing boat, which reflects the violent emotional waters of his lyrics.

Elsewhere in the competition were all traditional Eurovision attributes: Spandex, glitter, wind machines and at least 10 changes on stage.

Among the more new elements were the “sand tornado” during the France’s speech, and the Maltese contestant Miriano Conte jumped on a bright red sword for his anti-improvement hymn.

The Latvian People’s Group Tautumeitas has accepted a more ether approach with its close harmonious calls by the stormy Lami man, which literally translates as a “scandal to happiness.”

Dressed in gold bodies with branches and Vine details, they transported the audience into a fascinated forest for a song that emphasized the connection between humanity and nature.

The band was considered outstanding to the finals, but jumped over the songs from Ireland and the Czech Republic – precisely because they stood out.

Also made a mark of Finnish singer Eric Wikman, who finished the show on the cheers.

Her track Ich komme is a hymn, which is positively positive, who saw the singer rose above the audience, arises on a giant, firing golden microphone.

Like her, he took off on Saturday’s grand finale – where the song was forecast to the top -10.

The Saturday show will take place in St. Jakabbashla Basel from 20:00 BST / 21:00 Swiss time.

The ceremony will be broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Radio 2, with full broadcast on BBC News.