Yigal Ravid (Hebrew: יגאל רביד; born 13 August 1957) is an Israeli radio and television presenter, best known for hosting the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 in Jerusalem.
Yigal's began his professional journalism with the Galei Tzahal, a nationwide Israeli army radio network operated by the Israel Defense Forces.
Between 1983 and 1989 Ravid continued his journalism career as a newsreader working for Kol Yisrael, public domestic and international radio service, operated as a division of the Israel Broadcasting Authority.
[citation needed] Before returning as an editor and newsreader for Kol Yisrael in 1993, Yigal worked for Israel Radio International as a journalist while undergoing further educational studies in America.
After the Israeli victory that year, the contest was held in Jerusalem in 1999, which Ravid co-hosted along with Dafna Dekel and Sigal Shachmon.