Eurovision 2023: Israel's Noa Kirel finishes third in Liverpool

Kirel, a former IDF soldier, has been a household name in Israel since the release of her first single in 2015 when she was just 15 years old.

She told the JC that her song Unicorn is about self-empowerment, adding that it signified "the freedom to be who you are, to dance how you want, to say what you feel."

Les fêtes dans les boites de nuit de #TelAviv se sont arrêtées le temps de la prestation d'#Israel à l'#Eurovision

Tout le pays est derrière Noa Kirel ! pic.twitter.com/AAK2JgjTUA

— Julien Bahloul (@julienbahloul) May 13, 2023

Social media footage posted from Israel showed clubbers in Tel Aviv supporting Kirel's performance by watching on large public screens.

Kirel wasn't the only Jewish competitor at this year's event in Liverpool. UK entrant Mae Muller, who has spoken proudly of her family's Jewish roots, came second to last with just 24 points for her performance of her track "I Wrote a Song."