Israel in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Country  Israel
National selection
Selection process
  • Artist: National final
  • Song: Internal selection
Selection date(s)
  • Artist: 6 September 2016
  • Song: 8 October 2018
Selected entrant Noam Dadon
Selected song "Children Like These"
Selected songwriter(s) Eden Hason
Israel in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2016 • 2018

Israel will participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which will take place on 25 November 2018, in Minsk, Belarus. The Israeli broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. This is Israel's third appearance at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

Background

Prior to the 2018 contest, Israel had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest once since its debut in 2012,[1] represented by the group Kids.il, who performed the song "Let the Music Win",[2] which finished in eighth place achieving a score of sixty-eight points.[3] Israel has previously shown interest to take part in the 2004 and 2008 contests, although no reasons were ever published to detail the change of interest.[4]

Before Junior Eurovision

The EBU published the final list of participating countries on 2 August 2018, in which Israel appeared within the participating list for the contest which takes place on 25 November 2018, in Minsk, Belarus.[5] On 6 September 2018, Noam Dadon was selected to represent Israel.[6]

Artist and song information

Noam Dadon
Born (2005-06-20) 20 June 2005
Origin Jerusalem, Israel
Genres Pop
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocals

Noam Dadon (Hebrew: נועם דדון‎; born 20 June 2005) is an Israel singer. He will represent Israel at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. His song for the contest will be released in early October.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Granger, Anthony (10 July 2012). "Israel Junior Eurovision debut". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Escudero, Victor M. (13 October 2012). "Israel debuts in Junior Eurovision with Kids.il". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Scoreboard". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Granger, Anthony (21 August 2016). "Israel may participate in Junior Eurovision 2016". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Surprise! Ukraine joins as 20th country for Minsk 2018". junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 2 August 2018.
  6. ↑ Herbert, Emily (6 September 2018). "Israel: Noam Dadon to Junior Eurovision 2018". Retrieved 6 September 2018.
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