After placing second in Eurovision 2025, Yuval Rafael said: 'I'm so sorry, I don't know how to react to this situation, it feels like we won life itself.' In an interview with Kan, she added: 'I will be grateful for this situation and for our people every day of my life, to everyone who voted and gave us this feeling of victory. I've never felt such a winner before. Today I felt pride, all I wanted was to bring honor and pride to our country, to give a moment of comfort. We won't have real victory until our hostages are home, amen, amen, amen.'