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Israel start tonight with his search for the candidate and the song for the Eurovision song contest in Kiev. They use the same show as the past two years, but the term was shortened for 2017.

The shows start Monday night 2 January of The Next Star-L’Eirovizion HaKokhav HaBa, either ‘ the next Star for the Eurovision song contest ‘. It comes to the Israeli version of the international Rising Startalent show, which next year for the third consecutive time serving as heat. The past editions delivered the talent show months long television shows on, but now there is less on antenna due to lack of air time and because the tight selection schedule to denote a submission does not compromise. That writes newspaper Israel Hayom. Ten broadcasts

It comes to ten scheduled broadcasts. When the final will take place is not officially disclosed, neither or both HaKokhav HaBa L’Eirovizion artist as a song. In 2015 that was not the case, last year though: singer Hovi Star (photo) won the national final with Made of Stars, with which he also on the Eurovision stage in Stockholm ended-although in a modified package.

During the first phase of the competition the candidates first singing behind a wall. That will only open if the candidate in question gets enough votes.

Here is a small preview:

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A five-member jury will judge the songs, although the audience the majority of voting rights. One of the jury members is again Harel Skaat, who represented Israel in the Eurovision song contest 2010 in Oslo with Milim. You can follow live the tonight’s show via a live stream.

The renewed for round the country no harm, because the past two years was Israel each time in the final. Hovi Star clinched a fourteenth place in the final at the last ESF. Songfestival.be spoke to him still on Eurovision in Concert in Amsterdam: