Israel\u2019s Eurovision representative Noam Bettan took to the stage in Vienna for his first rehearsal with the song \u201cMichelle,\u201d unveiling the centerpiece of his staging: a massive prop dubbed \u201cthe Diamond\u201d by the Israeli delegation. He opens the performance from inside it alongside one of the dancers.<\/p>\n
The Israeli delegation described Sunday\u2019s rehearsal as \u201ca major success,\u201d also reporting enthusiastic reactions in the arena to Bettan\u2019s vocal performance.<\/p>\n
Bettan began the song from what the delegation called a \u201chuge and spectacular stage prop\u201d \u2014 the \u201cDiamond\u201d \u2014 said to be the largest prop in this year\u2019s Eurovision production, housing both the singer and a dancer.<\/p>\n
Incorporating internal mirrors, the Diamond creates a visual effect that multiplies the \u201cMichelle\u201d figures, echoing the music video\u2019s imagery of dozens of dancers. The main part of the number takes place on the main stage, with the Diamond remaining in the background, continuing to enhance the visual impact.<\/p>\n
Beyond the striking staging, Bettan demonstrated exceptional vocal ability already in the first rehearsal, drawing strong reactions from those present in the hall.<\/p>\n
The Israeli delegation\u2019s second rehearsal is scheduled for Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Bettan was drawn to perform \u201cMichelle\u201d in the second half of the first semi-final, set to take place in Vienna next Tuesday (May 12). Production has announced that Israel will perform as song number 10. Qualifiers from the first semi-final will advance to the grand final on May 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Eurovision representative Noam Bettan took to the stage in Vienna for his first rehearsal with the song…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-423377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}