Eden Golan on Facing the Mob at Eurovision
Eden Golan, representing Israel with the song “Hurricane,” performs onstage during the first rehearsal before the second semifinal of the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. (Jessica Gow via Getty Images)
The 20-year-old Israeli singer sits down for her first in-depth interview since performing amid death threats and jeers: “I turned it into my power.”
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I’d never watched or really cared about Eurovision, the campy, colorful, and at times ridiculous international song competition. Twenty-six musical acts from across Europe—plus other countries that are part of the European Broadcasting Union (like Australia, Armenia, Israel, and Morocco)—compete, but much like soccer, I counted it as something that ente…
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