Netta Barzilai

Montana Tucker, Netta Barzilai to headline Maccabiah Games opening

The ceremony will combine music, sports, and Jewish unity, featuring thousands of athletes from dozens of countries marching into Teddy Stadium.

MONTANA TUCKER will perform and help lead the athletes’ parade during July’s Maccabiah Opening Ceremony at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem.
Noam Bettan, winner of the reality show "The Next Star" poses for a picture after winning the final in Neve Ilan, near Jerusalem, January 21, 2026.

Noam Bettan strolls through Israel's musical history in Eurovision trailer

YUVAL RAPHAEL performs on Saturday night to ecstatic fans in Tel Aviv.

A ‘next’ star no more: Yuval Raphael burns bright in headlining concert debut - review

 JAPANESE AMBASSADOR Arai Yusuke addresses his guests, while former president Reuven Rivlin, former prime minister Ehud Olmert and his wife, Aliza, and Chief of State Protocol Gil Haskel sit alongside.

Grapevine February 26, 2025: Diplomatic stand-ins


An all-nighter in Rishon at the Coca-Cola Wow Festival

J Balvin performs at the Rishon Lezion LivePark.

J BALVIN performs in Rishon Lezion

The Eurovision effect

We have plunged so quickly into our next national political predicament that we may not have taken time to reflect on our success in pulling off Eurovision.

A FAN watches the 2019 Eurovision song contest final on a big screen in the beach-side fan zone, in Tel Aviv on May 18.

Eurovision in Tel Aviv

Netta still shares the apartment with two other women. Her fame has not taken away her desire just to be a regular person.

The winner of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest, Netta Barzilai of Israel, performs during a dress rehearsal ahead of the first semi-final of 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, Israel May 13, 2019.

Reggie Watts enjoys being indefinable

The musician, comedian and ‘Late Late Show’ bandleader is heading to Tel Aviv for the first time ever next month.

Reggie Watts

Israeli NGOs use Eurovision song to support people with special needs

A Eurovision treat promoting acceptance and awareness.

People celebrate the winning of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 by Israel's Netta Barzilai with her song "Toy" , at Rabin square in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 13, 2018

Israel's third Eurovision: 20 years in the making

Two decades after Israel last hosted the Eurovision Song Contest, Tel Aviv is ready to hold the biggest cultural event in its history.

Eurovision rehearsal May 13, 2019

So what makes a good Eurovision song? Israel’s winding Eurovision road

There have been three more Israeli victories – Gali Atari and Milk and Honey in 1979, when the event was held in Jerusalem, Dana International in 1998, and Netta Barzilai last year.

Israel’s Eurovision entry Kobi Marimi.

Netta Barzilai, Eurovision winner, drops a new single

Eurovision winner sings "I do what I wanna do" on "Nana Banana"

Netta Barzilai struts down the runway in a Bananhot swimsuite at Israel Fashion Week

Don’t try to toy with her mind – she’ll outsmart you

“This time we wanted to do something different” said Federman as he introduced “reigning Eurovision champ” Netta Barzilai.

Netta Barzilai

Israeli celebrities turn up to the polls

Netta Barzilai, Bar Refaeli, Assi Azar and many more cast their votes.

Bar Refaeli and Assi Azar