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The final of the ESC 2025 in Basel is in full swing. Particular attention was paid to the Israeli contribution by Yuval Raphael. After protests and disruptions had already occurred in advance, the question arose: Will the artist have to experience built at the ESC out of political protest?
Although Yuval Raphael had previously explained to being prepared for boos, it remained calm at the ESC 2025 final. Raphael started as the fourth – and presented her trilingual ballad “New Day Will Rise” without incidents. Olli Schulz and Jan Böhmermann, who comment on the ESC for the Austrian radio station FM4, also addressed this. Schulz said that they had gone out of the commentator cabin to hear the reaction better because of this, but could not make up any boos.
ESC 2025: Disturbance in Israel’s dress rehearsal
During the dress rehearsal, it looked different: As the “FAZ” reported, her appearance on the third rehearsal was disturbed by trill pipes. According to the newspaper, Raphael remained calm and professional. Swiss television SRG, which organized the competition this year, said that the interferers were quickly identified and removed from the hall. “The security personnel quickly identified the persons in question and accompanied them from the hall,” it said in an official statement.
Yuval Raphael had already commented on political tensions in the run -up to the event. Due to the Gaza War and the associated criticism of the Israeli government, she expected protests. Already last year it became clear that the organizers were only able to react limited to pro-Palestine protests.
Update: Like the ESC portal “ESC compact “ Referring to an official statement by Edi Estermann, Head of Communications of the ESC 2025, reports that after the performance of Yuval Raphael, there is a security -relevant incident. Accordingly, a man and a woman tried to overcome the barrier to the stage after the Israeli appearance. One of the two threw with red color and hit a member of the crew. The team member remained unharmed; The two people were removed from the hall and handed over to the police.