Yuval Raphael

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Yuval Raphael

| image = Yuval Raphael at ESC2025 for Israel 12.jpg

| caption = Raphael in 2025

| native_name = יובל רפאל

| native_name_lang = he

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|11|05|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tel Aviv, Israel9 May 2025 " interview of Raz Shahnik with Yuval Rafael in the supplement of weekend Shiva Leilot of the Israeli journal Yediot Aharonoth

| origin = Ra'anana, Israel

| genre = Pop

| occupation = Singer

| instrument = Vocals

| years_active = 2024–present

}}

Yuval Raphael ({{langx|he|יובל רפאל}}; born 5 November 2000){{Cite Instagram |postid=DB_oIGQMXf- |user=yuvalraphael |title=24k magic🎂שום דבר לא מובן מאליו. תודה ענקית בואו נגשים חלומות השנה |date=5 November 2024 |language=he |trans-title=24k magic. Nothing is taken for granted. A huge thank you. Let's make dreams come true this year.}} is an Israeli singer. Having won the eleventh season of the singing competition HaKokhav HaBa, she represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "New Day Will Rise", finishing in second place.{{Cite web |date=22 January 2025 |title=Israel: Yuval Raphael selected for Eurovision 2025 |url=https://eurovisionworld.com/esc/israel-yuval-raphael-selected-for-eurovision-2025 |access-date=24 January 2025 |website=Eurovisionworld |language=en-gb |first=Sagi |last=Klein}}

Biography

Raphael is the niece of businesswoman {{Ill|Ronit Raphael|lt=Ronit Raphael|he|רונית_רפאל}}{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=David |date=22 January 2025 |title=Yuval Raphael to represent Israel at Eurovision 2025 |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2025/01/22/yuval-raphael-represent-israel-eurovision-2025/283049/ |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=Wiwibloggs|language=en-US}} and comes from Ra'anana, Israel. She was born in Tel Aviv and grew up in Pedaya. She spent three years of her childhood in Geneva, Switzerland.{{cite news|url=https://www.mako.co.il/tv-the-next-star/season11-articles/Article-ba7430e9449b391026.htm|work=Mako|publisher=Keshet Media Group|title=הכירו את יובל רפאל|language=he|date=13 December 2024|access-date=24 January 2025|first=Hila|last=Yehuda}}{{cite web|url=https://www.euromix.co.il/2024/12/11/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%91%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%91%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%91-%D7%94%D7%91%D7%90-%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%96/|title=יובל רפאל: "החלטתי לחשוף את הנפש שלי עד הסוף"|lang=he|work=Euromix|first=Tal|last=Dahan|date=11 December 2024|access-date=24 January 2025}}{{Cite web |title=יובל רפאל |url=https://forbes.co.il/rankings/2025under30/yuval-rafeal/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Forbes Israel |language=he-IL}} As a child, she listened to rock bands such as Led Zeppelin and the Scorpions, and singers such as Beyoncé and Céline Dion.{{Cite web |date=22 January 2025 |title=Yuval Raphael will represent Israel in Basel |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/yuval-raphael-represent-israel-basel |access-date=25 January 2025 |website=eurovision.tv |language=en}} After finishing high school, Yuval served as a checkpoint combat soldier in the Jerusalem area with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).{{cite web | title=Yuval Raphael | website=Eurovision Universe | date=2025-05-18 | url=https://www.eurovisionuniverse.com/encyclopedia/yuval-raphael/ | access-date=2025-05-30}} She began singing professionally in 2024.{{cite web | title=Yuval Raphael will represent Israel in Basel | website=Eurovision Song Contest | date=2025-01-22 | url=https://eurovision.tv/story/yuval-raphael-represent-israel-basel | access-date=2025-06-11}}

Raphael was attending the Nova Sukkot Gathering music festival in Re'im on 7 October 2023, when Hamas militants attacked the festival. She hid inside a Death Shelter near kibbutz Be'eri with 50 other people, while sustaining shrapnel injuries from grenades thrown into the shelter. Raphael was one of 11 survivors, having hid under dead bodies for eight hours.{{Cite web |date=23 January 2025 |title=Hamas attack survivor to represent Israel at Eurovision |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceve4ww7n90o |access-date=24 January 2025 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB|first=Annabel |last=Rackham}}{{Cite web |date=22 January 2025 |title=Nova survivor Yuval Raphael to represent Israel in 2025 Eurovision Song Contest |last=Perets |first=Shir|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-838827 |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en}}{{cite news|url=https://www.mako.co.il/news-israel/2023_q4/Article-701b648e0fe1b81027.htm|title="אמרתי לכולם לשחק פני מתים": שלוש בנות שיצאו בחיים מהמסיבה ברעים משחזרות|lang=he|work=N12|publisher=Keshet Media Group|date=11 October 2023|access-date=24 January 2025|first1=Ofer|last1=Hadad|first2=Amalya|last2=Duek}} In a speech before the United Nations Human Rights Council, she described what she witnessed during the attack.{{Cite web |date=22 January 2025 |title=Survivor of Nova Festival massacre to represent Israel at Eurovision |url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402729 |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=Israel National News |language=en}}{{Cite web |author=Eurovoix Team |date=22 January 2025 |title=🇮🇱 Israel: Yuval Raphael to Eurovision 2025 |url=https://eurovoix.com/2025/01/22/israel-yuval-raphael-to-eurovision-2025/ |access-date=24 January 2025 |website=Eurovoix |language=en-GB}}

Career

On 19 November 2024, Raphael's audition for the eleventh season of {{lang|he-Latn|HaKokhav HaBa}}, which served as the Israeli artist selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, aired, where she performed "Anyone" and advanced to the next round with a score of 98%. She eventually progressed to the final on 22 January 2025, where she performed "Dancing Queen" and "Writing's on the Wall". She dedicated her performance of the former to those killed by the Nova attack. She ranked first and was chosen to represent Israel at Eurovision,{{Cite web |date=22 January 2025 |title=יובל רפאל ניצחה בגמר "הכוכב הבא" - ותייצג את ישראל באירוויזיון - וואלה תרבות |url=https://e.walla.co.il/item/3721416 |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=Walla |language=he}} succeeding Eden Golan, whose appearance on the previous edition had attracted controversy as a result of her country's involvement in the Gaza war. At the time of her announcement, she was living in Ra'anana.{{Cite web |last=אונליין |first=שרון |date=23 January 2025 |title=מהמיגונית לבמת האירוויזיון: סיפורה של יובל רפאל מרעננה |url=https://sharonline.co.il/culture/יובל-רפאל-אירוויזיון-2025/ |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=Sharon Online |language=he}}

Discography

= Singles =

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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"\| ISR Dom. Air. {{cite web \|title=Media Forest {{ndash}} הגרף הישראלי השבועי {{ndash}} שבוע 11, 2025 \|trans-title=Media Forest {{ndash}} The Weekly Israeli Chart {{ndash}} Week 11, 2025 \|url=https://mediaforest-group.com/weekly_charts.html#!#menu2 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250317192237/https://mediaforest-group.com/weekly_charts.html%23!%23menu2 \|archive-date=2025-03-17 \|access-date=17 March 2025 \|publisher=Media Forest \|language=he}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"\| AUT {{cite web\|url=https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Yuval+Raphael&titel=New+Day+Will+Rise&cat=s\|title=Yuval Raphael – New Day Will Rise\|website=austriancharts.at\|language=de\|access-date=29 May 2025}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"\| LTU {{cite web\|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s21-4/\|title=2025 21-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)\|publisher=AGATA\|language=lt\|date=23 May 2025\|access-date=23 May 2025}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"\| SWE {{cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2025&dspp=21\|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 21, 2025\|publisher=Sverigetopplistan\|access-date=24 May 2025}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"\| SWI
scope="row"\| "New Day Will Rise" \| 2025 \| 1 \|\| 44 \|\| 37 \|\| 89 \|\| 18 \| {{Non-album single}}

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{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Yuval+Raphael&titel=New+Day+Will+Rise&cat=s|title=Yuval Raphael – New Day Will Rise|website=austriancharts.at|language=de|access-date=29 May 2025}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| LTU
{{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s21-4/|title=2025 21-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)|publisher=AGATA|language=lt|date=23 May 2025|access-date=23 May 2025}}

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{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2025&dspp=21|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 21, 2025|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=24 May 2025}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWI

scope="row"| "New Day Will Rise"

| 2025

| 1 || 44 || 37 || 89 || 18

| {{Non-album single}}