You said you’ll never be as brave as Eden but honestly what you’re doing here (and in other videos) is beyond brave. Thanks for speaking your truth and expressing complexity. We all hope for quiet days and for our loved ones to come back home 💛
@@SoniaAzam7 She sings from the dead. In the beginning, her soul rises from her body. The light circle is the portal to haven, and the dancers are the angels let her in. Now listen to the lyrics
The whole performance was a very subtle homage to the young people who were brutally massacred at the Nova festival and elsewhere that October. They had to go subtle because of all the kerfuffle with the song and title, but it’s there. The music video actually looks like people at a music festival. The translation of that into dance and stagecraft (yes, glad they took out the punching, coz those kids couldn’t fight back) is absolutely astounding. When you say „toilet paper dress,“ that reminds me of the Nova Festival exhibit where they recounted how 30 people were trying to hide from attackers in a single portable loo… Thank you @shmichal1 for the clarification of the shroud…
I will vote to her from Bulgaria on Saturday too. Enough with Politics. Its a masterpiece. We are here for the music. Its not a politician competition. Enough!
You ARE as brave as her. Great reminder that music is the worlds common language. You're so right...her voice in the live performance was as good if not better than the recording. STUNNING!! Thanks for posting
Pretty sure Belarus had the chance to enter but they doubled down on their DQ and took it by not submitting an apolitical version before the deadline while Israel submitted all of its revisions before so it was allowrd
Actually, in the beginning Kan was like "Yeah, this is our version and we aren't changing it" and the president was like "Yeah, your going to change it, Israel should be in Eurovision" so they did haha
In loving memory of all those murdered in the October 7th massacre. In loving memory for the Nova’s victims 😢 we will dance again 💙🇮🇱💙🇮🇱🙏🏻🙏🏻 TY for the great reaction! ✌👍❤
She’s so strong if I was her I wouldn’t have made it to the end of the song honestly. also such a sweet person she really doesn’t deserve it but at the same time I feel like she is the best representative israel could have ever brought in such year. Just a perfect choice
She was probably the only singer of the night (except Armenia perhaps) that sounded better live than in the recording. You can’t deny the talent there tbh
Actually I heard it many-many times and there were little slips in live performance... But honestly she is amazing singer. A head above all others at least in this semi final.
This song was written about the October 7 massacre at the Nova Music Festival in Israel. Everything in the song has a meaning - the pose at the beginning symbolizes a broken body. The dancers are the angels who came to dance and were murdered. The dress you said looked like toilet paper is like bloody bandages. The sunrise in the back at the end of the song symbolizes the time when the people were slaughtered, it happened at 6 am with the sunrise. Thank you Love and Peace from Israel
I’m crying reading this. Thank you so much for sharing. I hope you can share this summary in other videos for everyone who wants to know the meaning behind the amazing choreography ❤
her live performance is incredible.... she is a brilliant singer. there are multiple lives of her in the Israeli competition for the eurovision spot, and omfg she is absolutely insane. definitely deserves her spot in the finals
The dress is not a toilet paper as you said ! The dress resembles the torn of bandages and the pain of the Israeli citizens feeling after the massacre of 7th October . 🎗️💔 By the way,the dressers changed her last outfit, from a white shiny dress to a dress with tears, to symbolize the complex and difficult situation in which Israel is, there are still 132 abductees in Gaza whose condition is not really known! The youngest is a one-year-old baby and his brother four-year-old ,young boy and their parents. (in separate locations in Gaza Strip. Eden Golan is a Queen 🏆 She nailed it! In the front of all the bunch of hypocrites!
- I'm glad they got rid of the punches too, more fitting to the melody now. - love the cat in the back, so fluffyyyyyy - I thought the dress looks like bandages, fitting since she is singing about surviving a catastrophy. - Israel deserved to get multiple chances because the song is not really political. If France wanted to write a song about November 2015 Paris attacks, it wouldn't be political, it would be about a tragedy in the country's history. 9/11 is not political, the Manchester Arena bombing is not political, 2004 Madrid train bombings is not political and neither is Oct 7. There wasn't even a mention of war, fighting, enemies or anything like that. Ukraine did much more political songs and even won. There is a difference.
I'm so happy with this performance I'm glad you aren't boycotting her that's a problem I've had with the community this year, you don't have to support Isreal but this isn't her fault she shouldn't be boycotted cause of it
Now I'm not going to say anything public about my stance on the war except for wishing a more peaceful conflict resolution because I'll just be accused of being one thing or the other when I'm not, but from a strictly objective point of view I like their (rewritten) song and live performance and think will do very well in the finals if we don't take politics into consideration. I find the fact that earlier a media representative asked a 20-year-old something inappropriate for the occasion rather distasteful and disrespectful. Like, don't ask her, ask the EBU and the Israeli broadcaster! She could've been pressured to do things she doesn't want to for all we know!
The dress is symbolic to our turn nation after the horrific massacre on October 7💔 It also resembles the fabric that is used to bury the dead😢 The tree is the symbol of life. WE WILL DANCE AGAIN!!🇮🇱🇮🇱
Israeli did not attack like Russia! It was attacked!..every time, Palestine terrorist attack Israel they get their butt kicked and then they play a victim! ...should've learned a lesson the first time and not attack again! Israel has a right to defend itself and protect their citizens and rightfully deserve participation in this contest! And she is amazing! Israel, Ukraine and Ireland are my favorite so far! ..oh and Croatia was great too.
and them they only killed 30000 people , near 20000 kids, babies and women thats real defense. Really? this kids should have learned their lessons right? hope you dont need to defend yourself against babies. Do you are this baby terrorist are very dangerous to you? You maybe nuts.....
Eurovision this year showed people true face. They say "Unite by music" but at the end they turned it to a political thing... What a shame. Eden is one of the bravest and talented singer in this fake competition. She stood tall and proud against all of those two faced bullies and showed them that they are nothing. I hope she'll win ❤
@@thornil2231 And you knowingly, are an idiot. They found 3 dead hostages today. Are you condemning Hamas for that? How about the constant rockets, missiles, and drone that are fired from all directions at Israel every day?
Thank you for making this video. A lucid voice in a sea of hatred towards an entire people instead of those in power who make these awful decisions. Regarding Belarus - the difference between Israel and Belarus's revisions is that Israel (after they agreed to revise at all) expressed willingness to enter with a non-political song, whereas Belarus did not make any attempt to do so at all.
Thanks for your vid. To Israelis & Jews, the group dance around the punching the air thing simulates the Nova party kids who were partying in nature when they were attacked, butchered, massacred, and kidnapped by Hamas. That's what the song is all about, that contrast. So the air punches and the sudden movements represent that violence. The orange-red light at the end, I'm pretty sure does not stand for hope but rather fire and sundown.
The choreograph of this is Avihai Hacham, he also did last year's choreo and worked on 2019 interval acts as well. In general he's the one to choreograph all the biggest shows in Israel
Dropping a quick note in appreciation of your intellectual honesty and refined taste in artstry ❤ Couldn't care less about the contest, the placements, and political controversies associated with it. No denial that this act is a feast to the eyes and the ears. Wow
@SHAWN Thank you for not listening to the vocal minority and standing up for what's right. Please keep staying awesome brother. Great review. Eden is beautiful with an incredible voice. The true meaning of this song is heartwrenching but well needed. Bravo all the way around. My people will NEVER go away
Thank you very much for the support Eden is wonderful Despite the insults Many love and believe in her art Great song, great voice And her performance Good luck in the final And thanks again for the support❤🤍💙🤍💙💙❤
@@DemonishWhite No, just copy and paste. I’m just getting more and more suspicious of the comments I read online. I recommend a podcast called Who Trolled Amber which gets into how people can pay for certain kinds of comments surrounding controversial topics.
@@willpalmer615да ты не подозрительный, ты сам - бот, поэтому и пишешь на эту тему. Почему боты пишут на разных языках, что Эден вела себя "высокомерно"? Потому что источник этого "мнения" один и тот же, и он находится в России.
The movements of the dancers with blows in the direction of the heart symbolize the beating of the heart when the murdered hid from Hamas the barbarians in the rules of the dance symbolizes the dancers who were happy and danced at the festival and where they met their death. And thx alot for your comments ❤
You’re amazing! And you saying ceasefire now and release the hostages !together! Means the world. Thank you for standing for humanity, peace, and for hope. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ You honestly just got a fan ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for this!! 💙 She is SO BRAVE!!! She has had non-stop hate trains & death threats from day one. The song is beautiful - the vocals are outstanding!!!! Congratulations to Eden for qualifying!!! Definitely in my top 5 this year!! 💙🤍🇮🇱
so happy finding an influencer who actually gives their honest opinion on the song and performance leaving politics out. so many "eurovision channels" just act like israel isnt even in the competition because of their political views.
Thanks for a great review. I really agree with you about the fists in the air - it was so ugly, now it's much nicer and blends in with the song itself. As for Eden - she is wonderful. If she was from any other country, she would receive much more appreciation. The amount of hate we received this year was so great that to see someone able to express an opinion in a respectful way and without painting us as monsters is touching. I don't know if you meant it or not, but the order in which you expressed your opinion about the situation is the only correct order that will lead to the end of the war - the return of all the abductees will lead to a ceasefire. We all just want peace, and thank you for being able to see that. Much appreciated, Ayla from Israel.
I lost a friend at Nova and it's nothing compared to what WE, the trance rave community, have lost that day! Thank you soo much! I ugly cried for 5-10 minutes after her performance! Baby promise you'll hold me again! I'm still lost in this hurricane 🌈❤️💗 About the choreo, Israel has a VERY strong dance school called Gaga and it's championed by Bat Sheva dance troupe and Ohad Naharin, check them out! Thank you!!!
About Belarus, they got disqualified not necause they falied to change the song after one attempt, but because they failed to change the song before the deadline for sumbitting came. If Israel would have missed the deadline before fixing the song they would have been disqualified as well
Hey Shawn, been following you for a while and happy to hear your complex view. Nonetheless, in all other videos re. Israel you continuously mention “irrespective to what I actually think of Israel” - which saddens as you contribute into politicizing ESC and taking a very simplistic stand. Good luck to Eden! 🇮🇱❤
The dress you mocked and called toilet paper is so much more than you thing. Its actually designed to look like shrouds people are wrapped in when berried. I found it very meaningful, emotional and beautiful. Its another way of telling the very sad story of Oct 7.
0:58 The Israeli broadcaster sent the lyrics to the EBU ahead of time exactly for that reason, they wanted to submit a song that would be in accordance with the EBU standards. The EBU didn't outright disqualify it because it wasn't an actual submission to begin with, the just advised KAN to tweak the lyrics and only when they gave them the thumb up did KAN submit the song. I don't a country should be faulted for consulting in advance. Belarus on the other hand submitted a song that was eventually disqualified (not at first though, as it was uploaded to the Eurovision RU-vid account). and then they submitted a second song which was also disqualified. If they had sent the lyrics for consultation before submitting it, they could probably avoid being kicked out but I think it was more important to them to make the political statement then to participate in the contest. Also, I believe another reason for ousting them is that their broadcaster was deemed to be controlled by the government, and their EBU membership was revoked for that reason
Regarding Belarus, as per the contest's rules they were given a chance to rewrite and resubmit their song - within the deadline. They failed to meet the deadline and therefore were disqualified. Israel was given the chance as well and they did in fact meet the deadline. Simple as that.
Thank you for this wonderful review. Much love and appreciation from Israel 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱💙💙💙💙 Eden is definitely a queen and a professional performer! The choreographer is Avihai Hacham, he created the choreography for Eurovision in the past as well, along with his many other dance projects, and he is insanley talented!!!
I think it is stunning vocals. Regarding the other parameters the jury would not give this very high. It is not very creative song and melody wise, It has its moments on stage but it is not that strong of a stage show. But vocals is very strong. It is competing with Nemo, France, Ukraine and Italy in vocals. I would put Nemo highest but she is probably after that maybe in the same place like Ukraine. France is also very good but in another kind of way.
Top 5 yes - definitely!!! 🎯👑 💙🪬🤍 A sad song for the in memory 🕯 300 slaughtered people of the Nova Rave Music Festival - sunrise 07.10.23 and there are More 30 + dancers who were kidnapped from the music party and they still Kidnapped there. No information if alive or dead. 🌪🎗😞
A very good comment. Indeed she did extremely solid especially under those circumstances and also her reaction to the environment was very professional. Nobody should have complained if she won. However, it would be also untrue to claim that it was far beyond all the others. There were quite some good contributions and even if the winning was maybe not my favorite you cannot say that it was undeserved.
Well, I think I understand why Israel got "multiple" chances to be part of the contest while Belarus did not. Belarus cooperated and is still supporting what Russia is doing concerning the war in Ukraine. It's not been officially said but I'm telling you; this is the reason. I'm sure you know that this contest is still political. By the way, many countries in the past had political messages (even stronger ones than the 1st version of this song) and still, they weren't asked to change the lyrics like Israel. Thank you for your reaction!
So great to see brave people who don't fall to cheap idiotic arguments. Was sp sad to see some youtubers not reacting to the song this year. Weak and scared of who? The comments? Come on. Have some integrity. So thank you for being different and brave. I am Israeli so I am not objective. But, we are not what people say we are and mostly people lie abothe situation and hold us to such a higher standard while lying and quoting Islamic government of Hamas about what's going in Gaza, and people don't visit Israel but think they have an idea when they don't. And you are right. We also were sitting yesterday waiting for some crazy person to run to the stage. And yes! The punches by the dancers were not great so changing it was good as well in our opinion. And how she performed, was amazing! She did it!
