Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Israel originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The Israeli broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC) collaborated with the commercial broadcaster Keshet and Tedy Productions, which organisied the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion ("The Next Star for Eurovision"). However, due to 2019-20 pandemic of Coronavirus, the contest was cancelled.

Eurovision Song Contest 2020
Country Israel
National selection
Selection processArtist: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion
Song: HaShir HaBa L'Eurovizion
Selection date(s)Artist: 4 February 2020
Song: 3 March 2020
Selected entrantEden Alene
Selected song"Feker Libi"
Selected songwriter(s)Doron Medalie
Idan Raichel
Finals performance
Semi-final resultCancelled
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2019 2020 2021►

Background

Prior to the 2020 Contest, Israel had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-two times since its first entry in 1973.[1] Israel has won the contest on four occasions: in 1978 with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" performed by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, in 1979 with the song "Hallelujah" performed by Milk and Honey, in 1998 with the song "Diva" performed by Dana International and in 2018 with the song "Toy" performed by Netta Barzilai. Since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, Israel has failed to reach the final six times. In 2005, Shiri Maimon gave the country its tenth top five result, finishing fourth. Having failed to qualify for the final for four consecutive years (2011–14), Israel reached the final for the first time in five years, with Nadav Guedj finishing ninth in 2015, and the country has participated in the final every year since. Israel's fourth victory came when Netta won the 2018 contest in Lisbon, with the song "Toy". The next year where the contest was held in Israel, Kobi Marimi represented the country on home soil with the song "Home", finishing twenty-third with 35 points in the final.

The Israeli entry for the 2020 Contest was selected through the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion ("The Next Star for Eurovision"), which was organised by Keshet and Tedy Productions. This will be the fifth time that the Israeli entry was selected through a collaboration with Keshet and Tedy Productions. An additional show also enabled the public to select the song that the Israeli representative will sing, which had previously been selected internally.

Before Eurovision

HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion

The singer who will perform the Israeli entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was selected through the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion ("The Next Star for Eurovision"), the original version of the international format Rising Star produced by Tedy Productions and Keshet Media Group. HaKokhav HaBa has been used since 2015 to select the Israeli artist for Eurovision. The shows were hosted by Assi Azar and Rotem Sela and featured a judging panel composed of Asaf Amdursky, Keren Peles, Shiri Maimon (2005 Israeli Eurovision entrant), Static & Ben-El Tavori and Itay Levi.

The competition commenced on 20 November 2019. All shows in the competition were broadcast on Keshet 12 as well as online via mako.co.il.

Auditions

The auditions were broadcast between 20 November and 18 December 2019. In total, 59 contestants qualified for the next phase of the competition following the withdrawal of Itzik Shamli, one of the previously qualified contestants.

Among the contestants were Ohad Shragai, A finalist of Kokhav Nolad season 8 and one of the composers behind "Home", the Israeli entry in 2019, Eden Alene, the winner of the X Factor Israel season 3, Moran Aharoni, a competitor of Kokhav Nolad season 4, Nicki Goldstein, a comedian who participated in the 2011 and 2013 Israeli national finals, Lihi Toledano, the daughter of the 1982 Israeli representative Avi Toledano, Daniel Ben-Haim, a competitor of Kokhav Nolad season 5, Or Eddie, a competitor of The Voice Israel season 1, Judah Gavra who participated in the 2013 Israeli and 2018 Sammarinese national finals and Liora Itzhak, an Indian origin singer.

Shefita who placed third in the 2019 Israeli national final performed as two different characters during the auditions and the shortlisting rounds and withdrew from the competition after her performances.

Draw Performer Song Judges' vote Score Result
Amdursky Static & Tavori Maimon Peles Levi
Audition 1 (20 November 2019)[2]
1 Ella-Lee Lahav "You Don't Own Me" 95% Advanced
2 Ilor Bar "Power" 67% Eliminated
3 Ohad Shragai "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" 88% Advanced
4 Noa Maman "Khayati" 60% Eliminated
5 Raviv Kaner "Angels" 93% Advanced
6 Danielle Ben Efraim "Neshima" 72% Advanced
7 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Ma ata rotse mimeni" 97% Advanced
Audition 2 (23 November 2019)
1 Eden Alene "Alive" 87% Advanced
2 Yanai Ben Hamo "Yesh en sof" 88% Advanced
3 Lee Eller "Sheva ba'erev" 63% Eliminated
4 Lali Kolishkin "Stay" 95% Advanced
5 Avihu Pinhasov Rhythm Club "Hilton Tel Aviv" / "Yamim yafim" 79% Advanced
6 Adam Lahav "Crazy in Love" 67% Eliminated
7 Loai Ali "Tslil meitar" 79% Advanced
Audition 3 (24 November 2019)
1 Ido Kolton "Rise Up" 72% Advanced
2 Ram Naim "Tafast li makom" 41% Eliminated
3 Dana Lapidot "All by Myself" 88% Advanced
Audition 4 (27 November 2019)
1 Gaya Shaki "Set Fire to the Rain" 87% Advanced
2 Gafna Rachel Pinto "Listen" 69% Eliminated
3 Yohai Tzarfati "Mitga'aga'at" 71% Advanced
4 Nathan Katorza "It Will Rain" 88% Advanced
5 Yuval Beider-Peretz "Hakol ad lekan" 67% Saved
6 Omer Eliyahu "Rak shelach" 83% Advanced
7 David Sodi "Halev sheli" 28% Eliminated
8 Galit Fahima "Oolai hapa'am" 49% Eliminated
9 Dorel Saadon "Someone You Loved" 95% Advanced
Audition 5 (30 November 2019)
1 Yahel Yaish "Soldi" 71% Advanced
2 Zohar Manor "Nana Banana" 88% Advanced
3 Moran Aharoni "Believer" 88% Advanced
4 Sagi Trabelsi "Lekh im ha'emet shelkha" 46% Eliminated
5 Racheli Tareka "Issues" 87% Advanced
6 Nicki Goldstein "Someone You Loved" 85% Advanced
7 Stefanie Dúnio "Whenever, Wherever" 65% Eliminated
8 Lihi Toledano "Af akhat" 91% Advanced
Audition 6 (1 December 2019)
1 Shira Gavrielov "Shallow" 91% Advanced
2 Dave Spektor "Caruso" 58% Saved
3 Itzik Shamli "Kama haser" 81% Withdrew[3]
Audition 7 (2 December 2019)
1 Daniel Ben Haim "Ve'im tavo'i elai" 81% Advanced
2 Kim Kate Rose "Addicted to You" 49% Eliminated
3 Or Eddie "Barcelona" 77% Advanced
Audition 8 (4 December 2019)
1 Yinon Hagag "Tagidi lo" 80% Advanced
2 Oneg Israel "Turning Tables" 80% Advanced
3 Barak Biton "Livchor nachon" [4] 46% Eliminated
4 Ofer Naveh "Laisse-moi t'aimer" 71% Advanced
5 Shira Tzafari "Karma Police" 58% Saved
6 Judah Gavra "Somebody to Love" 33% Eliminated
7 Galit Weizman "The Show Must Go On" 77% Advanced
Audition 9 (7 December 2019)
1 Eden Zohar Sivan "Who's Lovin' You" 92% Advanced
2 80 Vemashu "Big in Japan" 55% Eliminated
3 Nethanel Sherf "Ma ata rotse mimeni" 86% Advanced
4 Eilon Elkayam "Haim shlemim" 80% Advanced
5 Layla Suleiman "Beautiful" 80% Withdrew
6 Alan Butcher "Balaila" 84% Advanced
7 Lidor Sailo "Cry Me a River" 53% Eliminated
Audition 10 (8 December 2019)
1 HaTavlinim "Nim'as li mimekh" [5] 59% Saved
2 Noa Farag "Without You" [6] [7] 66% Eliminated
3 Eldad Cohen "Klum lo ta'im" 78% Advanced
Audition 11 (9 December 2019)
1 Gaella Brown "Ain't Nobody" 75% Advanced
2 Nave Mamo "Hello" 51% Eliminated
3 Liora Itzhak "Mala mala" 74% Advanced
Audition 12 (11 December 2019)
1 Chen Hadar "Jealous" 83% Advanced
2 Michael Tsidon "Khayati" 72% Advanced
3 Atara Oryah "Achshav o l'olam" 73% Advanced
4 Hila Vaknin "Rak otkha" 17% Eliminated
5 Dikla Malka "Stone Cold" 66% Saved
6 Wonder Years "It Must Be Love" 77% Advanced
7 Bar Furman "Something's Got a Hold on Me" 78% Advanced
Audition 13 (14 December 2019)
1 HaHertzelim "Soldi" 77% Advanced
2 Oren Ettinger "Crazy" 85% Advanced
3 Yuval Gez "Over the Rainbow" 69% Eliminated
4 Eden Shabi "Mima at mefahedet" 72% Advanced
5 Lital David "Jealous" 46% Saved
6 Zion Huri "Hurricane" 77% Advanced
7 Rotem Edri Tuchner "Djadja" [8] 47% Eliminated
Audition 14 (15 December 2019)
1 Yossi Asher "En li ahava" 51% Saved
2 Noy Halperin "Never Enough" 72% Advanced
3 Maya Eliyahu "Shkufim" 48% Eliminated
4 Ron Peretz "Roobama" 81% Advanced
Audition 15 (18 December 2019)
1 Lidor Ben Atia "Shetisaref ha'ahava" 70% Advanced
2 Linoy Akala[9] "Get Lucky" 41% Saved
3 Ben Tzur "Shmama" 56% Eliminated
4 Shir Argi "Yerushalayim shel zahav" 88% Advanced
5 Amit Sadan "You Should See Me in a Crown" 41% Eliminated
6 Shiran Avayou "It's My Life" 92% Advanced

Shortlisting rounds

Draw Performer Song Judges' vote Score Result
Amdursky Static & Tavori Maimon Peles Levi
Shortlisting round 1 (21 December 2019)
1 Ohad Shragai "Mono" 60% Saved
2 Lali Kolishkin "Addicted to You" 100% Advanced
3 Yahel Yaish "Perfect" 20% Eliminated
4 Gaya Shaki "Bad Romance" 80% Saved
5 Ella-Lee Lahav "Into You" 100% Advanced
6 Galit Weizman "Russian Roulette" 60% Eliminated
7 Atara Oryah Original Song 20% Eliminated
8 Eden Shabi "Aluf haolam" 40% Eliminated
9 Zion Huri "Proud" 20% Eliminated
10 Lidor Ben Atia "HaLev sheli" 80% Eliminated
11 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Nitzakht iti hakol" 100% Advanced
Shortlisting round 2 (25 December 2019)
1 Raviv Kaner "Sign of the Times" 100% Advanced
2 Moran Aharoni "Love Runs Out" 100% Advanced
3 Dikla Malka "Who's Lovin' You" 20% Eliminated
4 Michael Tsidon "Aramam" [10] [10] 80% Eliminated
5 Ofer Naveh "Yekariti" 60% Eliminated
6 HaTavlinim "Tango" 80% Saved
7 Lital David "Freedom" 0% Eliminated
8 Eilon Elkayam "Misheo oleh tamid iti" 0% Eliminated
9 Alan Butcher "Impossible" 0% Eliminated
10 Or Eddie "Ohevet oti amiti" 60% Saved
11 Avihu Pinhasov Rhythm Club "Avrom" 100% Advanced
Shortlisting round 3 (28 December 2019)
1 Dorel Saadon "Heaven" 100% Advanced
2 Eden Alene "Fallin'" 100% Advanced
3 Yuval Beider-Peretz "Veulai" 20% Eliminated
4 Omer Eliyahu "Shuvi lebeitech" 80% Saved
5 Sarah Hoffman "Womanizer" 80% Withdrew
6 Nicki Goldstein "Million Reasons" 60% Saved
7 Yohai Tzarfati "Shmama" 60% Eliminated
8 Bar Furman "Skyfall" 60% Eliminated
9 Dana Lapidot "Mangina" 100% Advanced
Shortlisting round 4 (29 December 2019)
1 Nathan Katorza "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" [10] [10] 100% Advanced
2 Linoy and Gil "You're the One That I Want" 100% Advanced
3 Yossi Asher "Besof mitraglim lehakol" [10] [10] 80% Eliminated
4 Ron Peretz "Af echad lo ba li" 0% Eliminated
5 Lihi Toledano "Melade" 60% Eliminated
6 Shiran Avayou "Poison" 60% Eliminated
7 Nethanel Sherf "Hello" 20% Eliminated
8 Eden Zohar Sivan "I Wish" 60% Saved
9 Loai Ali "Kehev shel lohamim" 80% Saved
10 Oneg Israel "Aieka" [10] [10] 60% Saved
Eliminated contestants whose performances were not included in the shows
Chen HadarIdo KoltonShira Tzafari
Daniel Ben HaimLiora ItzhakWonder Years
Danielle Ben EfraimNoy HalperinYanai Ben Hamo
Dave SpektorOren EttingerYinon Hagag
Eldad CohenRacheli TarekaZohar Manor
Gaella BrownShir Argi
HaHertzelimShira Gavrielov

Top 20 round

Duel Draw Artist Song Judges' vote Score Result
Amdursky Static & Tavori Maimon Peles Levi
Part 1 (4 January 2020)
I 1 Eden Alene "Power" 86% Advanced
2 HaTavlinim "Tel Aviv balayla" 70% Saved
II 3 Or Eddie "Kmo Cinderella" 50% Eliminated
4 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Kol yom kmo ness" 88% Advanced
III 5 Nathan Katorza "Uptown Funk" 70% Eliminated
6 Gaya Shaki "Crazy" 92% Advanced
IV 7 Ella-Lee Lahav "Hey Mama" 90% Advanced
8 Nicki Goldstein "Creep" 73% Saved
Part 2 (5 January 2020)
V 9 Avihu Pinhasov Rhythm Club "Zingara" / "Neshama kapara mami" 52% Saved
10 Linoy and Gil "Diamonds" 67% Advanced
VI 11 Ohad Shragai "Wake Me Up" 57% Saved
12 Eden Zohar Sivan "Doo Wop (That Thing)" 80% Advanced
VII 13 Dana Lapidot "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" 61% Eliminated
14 Moran Aharoni "River" 85% Advanced
VIII 15 Raviv Kaner "The Show Must Go On" 55% Saved
16 Dorel Saadon "All of Me" 88% Advanced
Part 3 (9 January 2020)
IX 17 Oneg Israel "Proud Mary" 47% Eliminated
18 Lali Kolishkin "Turning Tables" 88% Advanced
X 19 Loai Ali "Lindana Lindana" 60% Saved
20 Omer Eliyahu "Pri ganeh" 68% Advanced

Heat 1

Duel Draw Artist Song Judges' vote Score Result
Amdursky Static & Tavori Maimon Peles Levi
Part 1 (11 January 2020)
I 1 Eden Alene & Moran Aharoni "A Natural Woman" 92% Advanced
2 Dorel Saadon & Eden Zohar Sivan "Stand by Me" 75% Saved
II 3 HaTavlinim "Shnei meshugaim" 60% Eliminated
4 Ohad Shragai "Hey" 77% Advanced
III 5 Avihu Pinhasov Rhythm Club "Einaim sheli" 45% Saved
6 Loai Ali "Ratsiti ledaber itcha" 78% Advanced
IV 7 Linoy and Gil "Eretz ktana im safam" 35% Eliminated
8 Raviv Kaner "Aba" 67% Advanced
V 9 Ella-Lee Lahav & Orr Amrami-Brockman "Señorita" 95% Advanced
Part 2 (13 January 2020)
10 Gaya Shaki & Lali Kolishkin "Umbrella" 88% Saved
VI 11 Omer Eliyahu "BMW shora" / "Nimas mimeh" 50% Advanced
12 Nicki Goldstein "California Dreamin'" 45% Eliminated

Heat 2

Draw Artist Song Judges' vote Score Result
Amdursky Tavori[10] Maimon Peles Static[10]
Part 1 (16 January 2020)
1 Ella-Lee Lahav "I Kissed a Girl" 84% Advanced
2 Moran Aharoni "Always Remember Us This Way" 83% Advanced
3 Ohad Shragai "Ve'im preda" 68% Advanced
4 Lali Kolishkin "Wings" 89% Advanced
5 Eden Alene "Iloo yakholti" 86% Advanced
Part 2 (18 January 2020)
6 Eden Zohar Sivan "Sax" 84% Advanced
7 Raviv Kaner "Feeling Good" 90% Advanced
8 Gaya Shaki "Halomot shel aherim" 71% Advanced
9 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Ad mahar" 83% Advanced
10 Avihu Pinhasov Rhythm Club "Let's Dance" 43% Eliminated
11 Omer Eliyahu "Mima at mefahedet" 76% Advanced
12 Dorel Saadon "The Reason" 77% Advanced
13 Loai Ali "Livhor nakhon" 85% Advanced

Heat 3

Duel Draw Artist Song Judges' vote Score Result
Amdursky Static & Tavori Maimon Mesika Peles
Part 1 (19 January 2020)
I 1 Eden Zohar Sivan "Ain't No Other Man" 76% Saved
2 Gaya Shaki "Dance Monkey" 91% Advanced
II 3 Raviv Kaner "Galim" 74% Saved
4 Lali Kolishkin "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" 88% Advanced
III 5 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Human" 81% Advanced
6 Omer Eliyahu "Tokho ratzuf ahava" 48% Eliminated
IV 7 Ohad Shragai "Dangerous Woman" 61% Saved
8 Moran Aharoni "Stone Cold" 88% Advanced
V 9 Eden Alene "Locked Out of Heaven" 91% Advanced
Part 2 (20 January 2020)
10 Dorel Saadon "Titanium" 85% Saved
VI 11 Loai Ali "Iceland" 62% Saved
12 Ella-Lee Lahav "Toxic" 80% Advanced

Heat 4 – Idan Raichel special

In this round every contestant performed together with Idan Raichel who performed as an interval act during the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

Draw Artist Song Judges' vote Score Result
Amdursky Static & Tavori Skaat Mesika Maimon
Part 1 (23 January 2020) – Group 1
1 Eden Alene "Shoshanim atzuvot" 89% Advanced
2 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Ve'im tavo'i elay" 74% Advanced
3 Ohad Shragai "Mikol ha'ahavot" 56% Advanced
4 Loai Ali "She'eriot shel ha'chaim" 77% Advanced
5 Lali Kolishkin "Im hayita ro'eh" 78% Advanced
Part 2 (25 January 2020)
Group 2
6 Raviv Kaner "Mima'amakim" 86% Advanced
7 Eden Zohar Sivan "La eternidad que se perdió" 76% Saved
8 Moran Aharoni "Ahava kazo" 85% Advanced
9 Gaya Shaki "Ulai hapa'am" 80% Advanced
10 Ella-Lee Lahav "Mechake" 83% Advanced
Group 1
11 Dorel Saadon "Lifnei she'yigamer" 54% Eliminated

Heat 5

Duel Draw Artist Song Judges' vote Score Result
Amdursky Static & Tavori Maimon Peles Levi
Part 1 (26 January 2020)
I 1 Eden Alene "Fuego" 79% Saved
2 Raviv Kaner "Human" 85% Advanced
II 3 Ohad Shragai "Feel" 73% Saved
4 Lali Kolishkin "I Lived" 80% Advanced
III 5 Ella-Lee Lahav "Kill This Love" 59% Saved
6 Gaya Shaki "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" 83% Advanced
IV 7 Eden Zohar Sivan "Shape of You" 44% Eliminated
Part 2 (27 January 2020)
8 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Sha'ar HaRahamim" 61% Advanced
V 9 Loai Ali "Shnei meshuga'im" 61% Saved
10 Moran Aharoni "Take Me to Church" 65% Advanced

Quarter-final

Group Draw Artist Song Judges' vote Score Result
Amdursky Static & Tavori Maimon Peles Levi
I 1 Lali Kolishkin "Girl on Fire" 87% Advanced
2 Eden Alene "Yehefa" 78% Advanced
3 Loai Ali "Ya mama" 55% Eliminated
II 4 Moran Aharoni "Love On Top" 68% Advanced
5 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Aluf ha'Olam" 77% Advanced
6 Raviv Kaner "Always" 67% Saved
III 7 Ohad Shragai "Pe gadol" 69% Saved
8 Ella-Lee Lahav "Wild Enough" 83% Advanced
9 Gaya Shaki "idontwannabeyouanymore" 85% Advanced

Semi-final 1

First round
Duel Draw Artist Song Judges' vote Score Result
Amdursky Static & Tavori Maimon Peles Levi
I 1 Ella-Lee Lahav "Only Girl (In the World)" 91% Second round
2 Ohad Shragai "The Logical Song" 60% Eliminated
II 3 Lali Kolishkin "Mirrors" 80% Second round
4 Eden Alene "Hayi shketa" 64% Saved
Second round
Draw Artist Song Jury Viewers Total Result
5 Lali Kolishkin "Writing's on the Wall" 54 18 72 Eliminated
6 Ella-Lee Lahav "Royals" 64 20 84 Finalist
7 Eden Alene "Listen" 62 22 84 Finalist
Detailed votes of the jury
Artist Amdursky Tavori Static Maimon Peles Levi Total
Lali Kolishkin 12 8 8 10 8 8 54
Ella-Lee Lahav 10 12 10 8 12 12 64
Eden Alene 8 10 12 12 10 10 62

Semi-final 2

First round
Duel Draw Artist Song Judges' vote Score Result
Amdursky Static & Tavori Maimon Peles Levi
I 1 Raviv Kaner "Hallelujah" 80% Second round
2 Gaya Shaki "Wrecking Ball" 69% Saved
II 3 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Lech im ha'emet shelcha" 83% Second round
4 Moran Aharoni "Who You Are" 66% Eliminated
Second round
Draw Artist Song Jury Viewers Total Result
5 Raviv Kaner "Gibor shel ima" 56 20 76 Eliminated
6 Gaya Shaki "Love on the Brain" 60 18 78 Finalist
7 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Zachiti le'ehov" 64 22 86 Finalist
Detailed votes of the jury
Artist Amdursky Tavori Static Maimon Peles Levi Total
Raviv Kaner 8 8 10 10 12 8 56
Gaya Shaki 12 12 8 8 8 12 60
Orr Amrami-Brockman 10 10 12 12 10 10 64

Final

The final took place on 4 February 2020 and consisted of two rounds.

First Round

In the first round the four finalists were paired in two duels. From each duel the contestant with the higher score advanced to the second round. At the end of the first round, one of the remaining two contestants was saved by the viewers and the other contestant was eliminated.

First round
Duel Draw Artist Song Judges' vote Score Result
Amdursky Static & Tavori Maimon Peles Levi
I 1 Eden Alene "Where Have You Been" 66% Saved
2 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Aba" 73% Second round
II 3 Ella-Lee Lahav "Into You" 75% Second round
4 Gaya Shaki "My Immortal" 61% Eliminated
Save by the viewers
Artist Score Result
Eden Alene 62% Saved
Gaya Shaki 38% Eliminated
Second round

The remaining three contestants were paired in a third duel in the second round. At the end of the duel, each judge allocated twelve points to their favourite, ten points to their runner-up and eight points to their least favourite. In addition to the votes of the judges, 300 points in proportion to the votes of the audience were also allocated to the three contestants. In the end, the contestant with the highest number of points won the competition.

Additionally, four thematical jury groups were asked to vote by the same method. The members of the four jury groups were:

Second round
Draw Artist Song Jury Viewers Total Place
5 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Haim lhiot bah mehhoav" 98 60 158 3
6 Ella-Lee Lahav "Roar" 92 90 182 2
7 Eden Alene "Halo" 110 150 260 1
Detailed votes of the jury
Artist Judges Professional jury Total
Amdursky Static Tavori Maimon Peles Levi Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
Orr Amrami-Brockman 8 8 8 10 12 10 10 10 10 12 98
Ella-Lee Lahav 12 10 10 8 8 8 8 12 8 8 92
Eden Alene 10 12 12 12 10 12 12 8 12 10 110

HaShir HaBa L'Eurovizion

The song that Alene performed at Eurovision was decided by a national final, HaShir HaBa L'Eurovizion, featuring a total of four songs. The four song titles and songwriting teams were announced on 27 February 2020.[11][12][13]

Song Language Songwriter(s) Producer(s)
"Feker Libi" English, Amharic, Hebrew, Arabic, Imaginary Doron Medalie, Idan Raichel Idan Raichel, Yinon Yahel
"Rakata" English, Hebrew Gal Jo Cohen, Eyal Yishay, Zlil Kalifi, Eran Kashi Gal Jo Cohen, Eyal Yishay
"Roots" English Nathan Goshen, Stav Beger Stav Beger
"Savior in the Sound" Oren Emanuel, Talia Londoner, Ori Avni Oren Emanuel, Talia Londoner, Ori Avni

Final

The final was held on 3 March 2020. All songs were performed by Eden Alene and the winning song was chosen by a combination of the votes from two in-studio jury groups (10%), a professional jury (50%) and televoting (40%).

Draw Song Jury (60%) Televote
(40%)
Total Place
Group 1 Group 2 Professional
1 "Savior in the Sound" 8 6 68 12 94 4
2 "Roots" 10 10 116 69 205 2
3 "Rakata" 6 12 68 53 139 3
4 "Feker Libi" 12 8 108 154 282 1

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 28 January 2020, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Israel was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 12 May 2020, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.[14] However, due to 2019-20 pandemic of Coronavirus, the contest was cancelled.

References

  1. "Israel Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. "Israel: Next Star for Eurovision 2020 kicks off with Orr Amrami-Brockman and Ella-Lee Lahav slaying scoreboard". Wiwibloggs. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  3. איציק שמלי מסיים את דרכו ב"הכוכב הבא לאירוויזיון", mako
  4. Maimon did not vote due to her personal connection with the competitor.
  5. Maimon did not vote due to her personal connection with one of the members of the band.
  6. In this audition Peles and Tavori switched places. Therefore, Peles voted alongside Static and Tavori voted on his own.
  7. In this audition Peles and Tavori switched places. Therefore, Tavori voted on his own and Peles voted alongside Static.
  8. Levi did not vote due to his personal connection with the competitor.
  9. In the audition, Linoy Akala participated alone. Gil Shapira joined her only from the shortlisting round.
  10. Levi was not present during the performance, therefore Static & Tavori voted separately.
  11. Jiandani, Sanjay (Sergio) (27 February 2020). "Israel: Eden Arlene unveils her potential Eurovision entries". Esctoday.
  12. https://e.walla.co.il/item/3340747
  13. https://www.kan.org.il/Item/?itemId=66904
  14. Groot, Evert (28 January 2020). "Which country performs in which Eurovision 2020 Semi-Final". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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