New Day Will Rise

"New Day Will Rise" is a song by Israeli singer Yuval Raphael. It was written by Keren Peles and produced by Tomer Biran [he], and released on 9 March 2025. The song will represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.^[1][2]

"New Day Will Rise"
Single by Yuval Raphael
Released	9 March 2025
Genre	Pop
Length	2:59
Songwriter(s)	Keren Peles
Producer(s)	Tomer Biran [he]
Music video
"New Day Will Rise" on YouTube
Eurovision Song Contest 2025 entry
Country	Israel
Artist(s)	Yuval Raphael
Languages	English French Hebrew
Composer(s)	Keren Peles
Lyricist(s)	Keren Peles
Entry chronology
◄ "Hurricane" (2024)

Eurovision Song Contest

Main article: Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

HaKokhav HaBa, songwriting process

Israel's broadcaster for the Eurovision Song Contest, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan), utilized the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa to select its singer for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. At the end of the competition, Yuval Raphael emerged victorious on 22 January 2025, winning the right to represent Israel in the contest. The songwriting process for the broadcaster's entry had started three weeks earlier, with an internal committee headed by Barak Itzkovitch [he] (director of Kan's music stations) listening to 54 submissions.^[3]

The selection took place in two rounds. In the first round, the 54 submissions were listened to and a voting round was held among the committee members and the three best songs were chosen. Afterwards, Raphael recorded new versions of the songs in her own voice. The committee members gathered again and listened to the three songs, this time in Raphael's voice, and another voting round was held. The song "New Day Will Rise", written by Keren Peles and produced by Tomer Biran [he], was unanimously chosen by all committee members.^[4] Its lyrics were then sent for approval to the European Broadcasting Union, which is in charge of the Eurovision Song Contest. On 17 February, it was announced that the song had been approved.^[5] Its music video was filmed on 25–26 February and released on March 9.^[6] Following the release, it was pointed out that the Hebrew pronunciation of the biblical verse in the song (Song of Songs 8, verse 7) was incorrect. A corrected edit of the song was released on March 11.^[7]

Charts

Chart performance for "New Day Will Rise"

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Israel Domestic Airplay (Media Forest)[8]	1