{"id":23229,"date":"2025-05-16T12:15:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T09:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=23229"},"modified":"2025-05-16T12:15:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T09:15:17","slug":"yuval-raphael-sets-viewership-record-passes-netta-barzilai-in-eurovision-semifinal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/yuval-raphael-sets-viewership-record-passes-netta-barzilai-in-eurovision-semifinal\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuval Raphael Sets Viewership Record, Passes Netta Barzilai in Eurovision Semifinal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a historic moment for Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest, Yuval Raphael not only advanced to the grand final but also shattered national viewership records, surpassing the milestone previously held by Netta Barzilai, who won the contest in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A New Peak for Eurovision in Israel<\/strong><br \/>\nRaphael\u2019s performance of \u201cNew Day Will Rise\u201d during Thursday night\u2019s semifinal in Basel, Switzerland, drew an astounding 26.7% national share on Israeli broadcaster Kan 11\u2014the highest ever for a Eurovision semifinal in Israel. For context, Barzilai\u2019s semifinal performance in 2018 drew a then-record 23.8%. Other recent competitors trailed slightly behind: Noa Kirel drew 23.7%, and Eden Golan posted 25.9% last year. The broadcast peaked during Raphael\u2019s performance, reaching 38.8% viewership\u2014a figure widely described by industry analysts as \u201cunprecedented.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"iw\" dir=\"rtl\">\u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05d7\u05d3\u05e9 \u05d9\u05d6\u05e8\u05d7   \u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05e6\u05d5\u05e2 \u05d4\u05de\u05dc\u05d0 \u05e9\u05dc \u05d9\u05d5\u05d1\u05dc \u05e8\u05e4\u05d0\u05dc \u05d1\u05d7\u05e6\u05d9 \u05d2\u05de\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d0\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05d5\u05d9\u05d6\u05d9\u05d5\u05df 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HwtBbA9vrZ\">pic.twitter.com\/HwtBbA9vrZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u05db\u05d0\u05df (@kann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kann\/status\/1923114074801340444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yuval Already Won\u2014Whatever Happens Next<\/strong><br \/>\nIsraeli singer-songwriter Keren Peles, who co-wrote Raphael\u2019s song, expressed her deep emotion following the win: \u201cI\u2019ve dreamed of this moment. Thank you for the incredible honor of writing the song that represents my country to the world. Yuval already won\u2014whatever happens next. The trophy is yours, my dear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Odds Rising Ahead of the Final<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter the first semifinal\u2014where Israel did not compete\u2014betting markets had dipped slightly, with Israel slipping from 4th to 5th place. However, following the overwhelming semifinal success, industry insiders now expect Raphael\u2019s odds to rise significantly ahead of the grand final on Saturday, May 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With \u201cNew Day Will Rise,\u201d Raphael sets all-time semifinal viewership high and heads to grand final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":23230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2241,65],"tags":[5719,5718,2932,2704,2931],"class_list":["post-23229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-israel-advocacy","category-world","tag-eden-golan","tag-eurovision-song-contest","tag-keren-peles","tag-netta-barzilai","tag-yuval-raphael"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yuval Raphael Sets Viewership Record, Passes Netta Barzilai in Eurovision Semifinal - 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