Sixteen artists have been announced to date as performing as part of Israel Calling 2023 next week.
Sixteen of the thirty-seven artists competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 have been announced to date as participating in Israel Calling 2023. Israel Calling will return for its fifth edition this April. The event will mark 50 years since Israel first participated in Eurovision and 75 years since the State of Israel was established.
The participants in the event confirmed to date are:
- Albania โ Albina & Familija Kelmendi
- Azerbaijan โ TuralTuranX
- Croatia โ Let 3
- Czechia โ Vesna
- Denmark โ Reiley
- Estonia โ Alika
- Georgia โ Iru
- Ireland โ Wild Youth
- Latvia โ Sudden Lights
- Lithuania โ Monika Linkyte
- Malta โ The Busker
- Moldova โ Pasha Parfeni
- Poland โ Blanka
- San Marino โ Piqued Jacks
- Slovenia โ Joker Out
- Spain โ Blanca Paloma
In addition, it has been announced that Katrina who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 will be performing. The event is set to be hosted by Sigal Shachmon and Dafna Dekel, Sigal and Dafna co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with Dafna previously representing Israel at Eurovision 1992.
Ahead of the main show, on April 2, several of delegations and artists competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will arrive to Israel and will stay in the country for three days. During their visit, the artists will taken on a tour of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv will partake in planting trees in the KKL Eurovision Forest located within the European Forest, as part of the global fight against the climate crisis.
Israel Calling was initiated by the Israeli producer Tali Eshkoli. It is aย collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture and Sports, and the Jewish National Fund (KKL โ Keren Kayemet LeYisrael).
Six Eurovision pre-party events are being held in the build-up to the 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. The dates of the other events are as follows:
- Polish Eurovision Party โ April 1
- PrePartyES 2023 โ April 7-8
- Eurovision in Concert โ April 15
- London Eurovision Party โ April 16
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