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Austrian Opera, Finnish Lust Through to Eurovision Final

Sixteen countries competed on Thursday night at Basel's St Jakobshalle arena for the last 10 places in the Eurovision 2025 final scheduled for Saturday.
The semi-final followed audience votes and bookmakers' predictions favored Austria, Israel, and Finland, amid protests over Israel's participation linked to the Gaza war.
Austria's JJ performed the operatic 'Wasted Love', Israel's Yuval Raphael sang 'New Day Will Rise' as a massacre survivor, and Finland's Erika Vikman closed with the leather-clad act 'Ich Komme'.
Approximately 6,500 fans watched live while six protesters disrupted Raphael's rehearsal with whistles and oversized Palestinian flags before being ejected by Swiss organizers.
Austria, Israel, Finland, and seven other countries advanced to the final, which will be broadcast on May 17 with an audience potentially reaching 160 to 200 million viewers.

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Austrian opera, Finnish lust through to Eurovision final

Austria's operatic JJ, Israel's competitor Yuval Raphael and Finland's leather-clad lust queen made it through to the Eurovision Song Contest final after wowing TV viewers with their performances on Thursday.

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Israel qualifies for Eurovision final amid protests

Israel's Yuval Raphael makes it to the final, alongside acts from Austria and Malta.

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Jerusalem Post

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Israel’s Yuval Raphael qualifies for Eurovision final

Raphael sang “New Day Will Rise,” a song by Keren Peles that references the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel.

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Arutz Sheva

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Yuval Raphael advances to Eurovision grand final

Israel’s Eurovision representative qualifies for the final, which will take place on Saturday night in Switzerland. Boos heard at the start of her semi-final performance, but they did not affect her singing.

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The Jewish Chronicle

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Eurovision 2025 results: Israel's Yuval Raphael qualifies for Grand Final in Basel

The Nova survivor proceeds to Saturday’s grand final after a moving performance of her song ‘New Day Will Rise’

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Sweden's Main Competitor for the Final

KAJ's main competitor, JJ from Austria, advances to the Eurovision final. So does Finland's Erika Vikman with "Ich komme". In addition, Israel is allowed to continue in the competition – despite major protests against the country's participation.

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