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Yuval Raphael

Yuval Raphael is an Israeli singer who won the eleventh season of HaKokhav HaBa and finished second for Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.

born 2000Second place at Eurovision 2025Winning HaKokhav HaBaSurviving the Nova festival attack

Born: 5 November 2000, Tel Aviv
Occupation: singer, pop singer

Yuval Raphael was born in 2000 in Tel Aviv

Yuval Raphael was born in Tel Aviv on 5 November 2000 to Liat and Zvika Raphael. She grew up in Pedaya and spent three years of her childhood in Geneva, Switzerland. In school she studied theater and Arabic.

After high school she served in the IDF Military Police Corps as a checkpoint combat soldier near Jerusalem. On 7 October 2023 she was at the Supernova festival when Hamas attacked it. She survived in a shelter near Be'eri, hiding under bodies after shrapnel wounds, and spoke about it at the UN Human Rights Council in March 2024.

In 2024 she joined HaKokhav HaBa, and on 22 January 2025 she won its final. She represented Israel at Eurovision 2025 in Basel with "New Day Will Rise", written by Keren Peles. Israel finished second with 357 points and won the televote with 297 points.

On 19 October 2025 she released her debut EP, 22:22. She co-wrote "Michelle", Israel's entry for Eurovision 2026, and released the single "Papa" in June 2026. She also performed at the opening of the 2026 Maccabiah Games.