Kan confirmed its intention to participate in the 2025 contest on 31 May 2024,[2] announcing on 23 July that its representative would continue to be selected through the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa (Rising Star).

The judging panel for the competition was composed of Assaf Amdursky, Keren Peles, Shiri Maimon (who represented Israel in 2005), Ran Danker, Itay Levi [he] and Eden Hason.

Those candidates were: Kler, Yuval Raphael, Ori Saban, Ido Malka, Natalie Zafar, Renana Boaziza, Daniel Wais, Yuval Gold, Udi Schneider, Amit Sade, Alma Maimon de Razon, Dolev Mendelbaum, Valerie Hamaty, Hamsa, Nati Livian, Itay Paz, Perfylove Mongoza, Aviad Klein, Ilay Avidani, Shira Knopp, and Red Band and Moran Aharoni.

Afterwards, the scores were reset and an additional round took place, in which the judges individually awarded 12, 10, 8, and 7 points for the remaining four acts.

The final was held on 22 January 2025[40] and was divided into a first round, eliminating one finalist, and a superfinal among the remaining three artists, determining the winner.

[43] On 30 December 2024, Kan and Keshet opened a window for specially selected songwriters to submit their entries until 2 February 2025; submissions were required to include at least two lines of lyric in Hebrew.

[47][48] The selected song, titled "New Day Will Rise" and written by Keren Peles, is scheduled to be presented on 9 March during a special broadcast on Kan 11.

[49] Due to the continuing Gaza war, calls were made for the exclusion of Israel, albeit at a smaller scale than during the 2024 contest.