Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

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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)
Finals performance
Final resultContest cancelled
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2019 2020 2021►

Israel originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The Israeli broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/KAN) collaborated with the commercial broadcaster Keshet and Tedy Productions, which organisied the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion ("The Next Star for Eurovision"). The competition was won by Eden Alene, with a separate national final, HaShir HaBa L'Eurovizion ("The Next Song for Eurovision"), held to select her entry "Feker Libi". However, the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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 following year, when the contest was held in Tel Aviv, 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 was 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.

Shows[]

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.

Audition 1 – 20 November 2019[2]
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
1 Ella-Lee Lahav "You Don't Own Me" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 96% Advanced
2 Ilor Bar "Power" No Yes Yes No Yes 67% Eliminated
3 Ohad Shragai "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 88% Advanced
4 Noa Maman "Khayati" No Yes No Yes Yes 60% Eliminated
5 Raviv Kaner "Angels" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 93% Advanced
6 Danielle Ben Efraim "Neshima" No Yes Yes No Yes 72% Advanced
7 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Ma ata rotse mimeni" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 97% Advanced
Audition 2 – 23 November 2019
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
1 Eden Alene "Alive" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 87% Advanced
2 Yanai Ben Hamo "Yesh en sof" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 88% Advanced
3 Lee Eller "Sheva ba'erev" No Yes Yes No Yes 63% Eliminated
4 Lali Kolishkin "Stay" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 95% Advanced
5 Avihu Pinhasov Rhythm Club "Hilton Tel Aviv" / "Yamim yafim" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 79% Advanced
6 Adam Lahav "Crazy in Love" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 67% Eliminated
7 Loai Ali "Tslil meitar" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 79% Advanced
Audition 3 – 24 November 2019
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
1 Ido Kolton "Rise Up" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 72% Advanced
2 Ram Naim "Tafast li makom" No No No No Yes 41% Eliminated
3 Dana Lapidot "All by Myself" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 88% Advanced
Audition 4 – 27 November 2019
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
1 Gaya Shaki "Set Fire to the Rain" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 87% Advanced
2 Gafna Rachel Pinto "Listen" Yes Yes No No Yes 69% Eliminated
3 Yohai Tzarfati "Mitga'aga'at" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 71% Advanced
4 Nathan Katorza "It Will Rain" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 88% Advanced
5 Yuval Beider-Peretz "Hakol ad lekan" Yes Yes No Yes No 67% Saved
6 Omer Eliyahu "Rak shelach" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 83% Advanced
7 David Sodi "Halev sheli" No No No No Yes 28% Eliminated
8 Galit Fahima "Oolai hapa'am" Yes Yes No No Yes 49% Eliminated
9 Dorel Saadon "Someone You Loved" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 95% Advanced
Audition 5 – 30 November 2019
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
1 Yahel Yaish "Soldi" No Yes Yes Yes No 71% Advanced
2 Zohar Manor "Nana Banana" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 88% Advanced
3 Moran Aharoni "Believer" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 88% Advanced
4 Sagi Trabelsi "Lekh im ha'emet shelkha" No No Yes No 46% Eliminated
5 Racheli Tareka "Issues" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 87% Advanced
6 Nicki Goldstein "Someone You Loved" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 85% Advanced
7 Stefanie Dúnio "Whenever, Wherever" No Yes Yes Yes No 65% Eliminated
8 Lihi Toledano "Af akhat" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 91% Advanced
Audition 6 – 1 December 2019
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
1 Shira Gavrielov "Shallow" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 91% Advanced
2 Dave Spektor "Caruso" No Yes Yes Yes 58% Saved
3 Itzik Shamli "Kama haser" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 81% Withdrew[3]
Audition 7 – 2 December 2019
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
1 Daniel Ben Haim "Ve'im tavo'i elai" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 81% Advanced
2 Kim Kate Rose "Addicted to You" No Yes Yes 49% Eliminated
3 Or Eddie "Barcelona" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 77% Advanced
Audition 8 – 4 December 2019
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
1 Yinon Hagag "Tagidi lo" Yes Yes Yes Yes No 80% Advanced
2 Oneg Israel "Turning Tables" Yes Yes Yes Yes No 80% Advanced
3 Barak Biton "Livchor nachon" No Yes [a] No No 46% Eliminated
4 Ofer Naveh "Laisse-moi t'aimer" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 71% Advanced
5 Shira Tzafari "Karma Police" No No Yes Yes Yes 58% Saved
6 Judah Gavra "Somebody to Love" No No No No 33% Eliminated
7 Galit Weizman "The Show Must Go On" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 77% Advanced
Audition 9 – 7 December 2019
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
1 Eden Zohar Sivan "Who's Lovin' You" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 92% Advanced
2 80 Vemashu "Big in Japan" Yes Yes Yes Yes No 55% Eliminated
3 Nethanel Sherf "Ma ata rotse mimeni" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 86% Advanced
4 Eilon Elkayam "Haim shlemim" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 80% Advanced
5 Layla Suleiman "Beautiful" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 80% Withdrew
6 Alan Butcher "Balaila" Yes Yes Yes Yes 84% Advanced
7 Lidor Sailo "Cry Me a River" No No No Yes No 53% Eliminated
Audition 10 – 8 December 2019
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
1 HaTavlinim "Nim'as li mimekh" No Yes [b] Yes Yes 59% Saved
2 Noa Farag "Without You" No No[c] Yes Yes[c] Yes 66% Eliminated
3 Eldad Cohen "Klum lo ta'im" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 78% Advanced
Audition 11 – 9 December 2019
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
1 Gaella Brown "Ain't Nobody" Yes Yes Yes 75% Advanced
2 Nave Mamo "Hello" No No No Yes No 51% Eliminated
3 Liora Itzhak "Mala mala" Yes Yes Yes Yes No 74% Advanced
Audition 12 – 11 December 2019
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
1 Chen Hadar "Jealous" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 83% Advanced
2 Michael Tsidon "Khayati" Yes Yes Yes Yes 72% Advanced
3 Atara Oryah "Achshav o l'olam" Yes Yes Yes Yes 73% Advanced
4 Hila Vaknin "Rak otkha" No No No No No 17% Eliminated
5 Dikla Malka "Stone Cold" No Yes Yes No Yes 66% Saved
6 Wonder Years "It Must Be Love" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 77% Advanced
7 Bar Furman "Something's Got a Hold on Me" No Yes Yes Yes No 78% Advanced
Audition 13 – 14 December 2019
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
1 HaHertzelim "Soldi" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 77% Advanced
2 Oren Ettinger "Crazy" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 85% Advanced
3 Yuval Gez "Over the Rainbow" Yes Yes Yes No Yes 69% Eliminated
4 Eden Shabi "Mima at mefahedet" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 72% Advanced
5 Lital David "Jealous" No No No Yes Yes 46% Saved
6 Zion Huri "Hurricane" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 77% Advanced
7 Rotem Edri Tuchner "Djadja" No Yes No No [d] 47% Eliminated
Audition 14 – 15 December 2019
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
1 Yossi Asher "En li ahava" Yes No Yes No Yes 51% Saved
2 Noy Halperin "Never Enough" No Yes Yes Yes No 72% Advanced
3 Maya Eliyahu "Shkufim" No No No Yes No 48% Eliminated
4 Ron Peretz "Roobama" Yes Yes No Yes Yes 81% Advanced
Audition 15 – 18 December 2019
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
1 Lidor Ben Atia "Shetisaref ha'ahava" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 70% Advanced
2 Linoy Akala[e] "Get Lucky" No No Yes 41% Saved
3 Ben Tzur "Shmama" No Yes No No Yes 56% Eliminated
4 Shir Argi "Yerushalayim shel zahav" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 88% Advanced
5 Amit Sadan "You Should See Me in a Crown" Yes No No No No 41% Eliminated
6 Shiran Avayou "It's My Life" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 92% Advanced
Shortlisting rounds[]
Shortlisting Round 1 – 21 December 2019
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
1 Ohad Shragai "Mono" No Yes Yes Yes No 60% Saved
2 Lali Kolishkin "Addicted to You" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 100% Advanced
3 Yahel Yaish "Perfect" Yes No No No 20% Eliminated
4 Gaya Shaki "Bad Romance" Yes Yes Yes Yes 80% Saved
5 Ella-Lee Lahav "Into You" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 100% Advanced
6 Galit Weizman "Russian Roulette" No No Yes Yes Yes 60% Eliminated
7 Atara Oryah Original song No Yes No No 20% Eliminated
8 Eden Shabi "Aluf haolam" No Yes Yes No No 40% Eliminated
9 Zion Huri "Proud" No No Yes No No 20% Eliminated
10 Lidor Ben Atia "HaLev sheli" Yes Yes Yes Yes 80% Eliminated
11 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Nitzakht iti hakol" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 100% Advanced
Shortlisting Round 2 – 25 December 2019
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
1 Raviv Kaner "Sign of the Times" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 100% Advanced
2 Moran Aharoni "Love Runs Out" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 100% Advanced
3 Dikla Malka "Who's Lovin' You" No Yes No No 20% Eliminated
4 Michael Tsidon "Aramam" Yes[f] Yes Yes Yes[f] 80% Eliminated
5 Ofer Naveh "Yekariti" Yes Yes Yes No 60% Eliminated
6 HaTavlinim "Tango" Yes No Yes Yes Yes 80% Saved
7 Lital David "Freedom" No No No 0% Eliminated
8 Eilon Elkayam "Misheo oleh tamid iti" No No No 0% Eliminated
9 Alan Butcher "Impossible" No No No 0% Eliminated
10 Or Eddie "Ohevet oti amiti" No Yes Yes Yes No 60% Saved
11 Avihu Pinhasov Rhythm Club "Avrom" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 100% Advanced
Shortlisting Round 3 – 28 December 2019
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
1 Dorel Saadon "Heaven" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 100% Advanced
2 Eden Alene "Fallin'" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 100% Advanced
3 Yuval Beider-Peretz "Veulai" No No Yes No 20% Eliminated
4 Omer Eliyahu "Shuvi lebeitech" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 80% Saved
5 Sarah Hoffman "Womanizer" Yes Yes Yes Yes 80% Withdrew
6 Nicki Goldstein "Million Reasons" No Yes Yes Yes No 60% Saved
7 Yohai Tzarfati "Shmama" Yes Yes Yes No 60% Eliminated
8 Bar Furman "Skyfall" No No Yes Yes Yes 60% Eliminated
9 Dana Lapidot "Mangina" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 100% Advanced
Shortlisting Round 4 – 29 December 2019
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
1 Nathan Katorza "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Yes Yes[f] Yes Yes Yes[f] 100% Advanced
2 Linoy and Gil "You're the One That I Want" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 100% Advanced
3 Yossi Asher "Besof mitraglim lehakol" Yes Yes[f] Yes Yes[f] 80% Eliminated
4 Ron Peretz "Af echad lo ba li" No No No No 0% Eliminated
5 Lihi Toledano "Melade" Yes Yes Yes No No 60% Eliminated
6 Shiran Avayou "Poison" Yes Yes Yes 60% Eliminated
7 Nethanel Sherf "Hello" No Yes No No 20% Eliminated
8 Eden Zohar Sivan "I Wish" No Yes Yes Yes 60% Saved
9 Loai Ali "Kehev shel lohamim" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 80% Saved
10 Oneg Israel "Aieka" Yes Yes[f] Yes No No[f] 60% Saved
Eliminated contestants whose performances were not included in the shows
Chen Hadar Ido Kolton Shira Tzafari Daniel Ben Haim
Liora Itzhak Wonder Years Danielle Ben Efraim Noy Halperin
Yanai Ben Hamo Dave Spektor Oren Ettinger Yinon Hagag
Eldad Cohen Racheli Tareka Zohar Manor Gaella Brown
Shir Argi HaHertzelim Shira Gavrielov
Top 20 round[]
Top 20 Round – Show 1 – 4 January 2020
Duel Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
I 1 Eden Alene "Power" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 86% Advanced
2 HaTavlinim "Tel Aviv balayla" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 70% Saved
II 3 Or Eddie "Kmo Cinderella" No Yes Yes No Yes 50% Eliminated
4 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Kol yom kmo ness" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 88% Advanced
III 5 Nathan Katorza "Uptown Funk" Yes Yes Yes No Yes 70% Eliminated
6 Gaya Shaki "Crazy" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 92% Advanced
IV 7 Ella-Lee Lahav "Hey Mama" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 90% Advanced
8 Nicki Goldstein "Creep" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 73% Saved
Top 20 Round – Show 2 – 5 January 2020
Duel Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
V 9 Avihu Pinhasov Rhythm Club "Zingara" / "Neshama kapara mami" No Yes Yes Yes No 52% Saved
10 Linoy and Gil "Diamonds" No No No Yes Yes 67% Advanced
VI 11 Ohad Shragai "Wake Me Up" No Yes Yes Yes No 57% Saved
12 Eden Zohar Sivan "Doo Wop (That Thing)" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 80% Advanced
VII 13 Dana Lapidot "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" No No Yes No Yes 61% Eliminated
14 Moran Aharoni "River" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 85% Advanced
VIII 15 Raviv Kaner "The Show Must Go On" No Yes No Yes No 55% Saved
16 Dorel Saadon "All of Me" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 88% Advanced
Top 20 Round – Show 3 – 9 January 2020
Duel Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
IX 17 Oneg Israel "Proud Mary" Yes Yes No No No 47% Eliminated
18 Lali Kolishkin "Turning Tables" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 88% Advanced
X 19 Loai Ali "Lindana Lindana" No No Yes Yes Yes 60% Saved
20 Omer Eliyahu "Pri ganeh" No No No Yes Yes 68% Advanced
Elimination shows[]
Heat 1[]
Heat 1 – Part 1 – 11 January 2020
Duel Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
I 1 Eden Alene and Moran Aharoni "A Natural Woman" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 92% Advanced
2 Dorel Saadon and Eden Zohar Sivan "Stand by Me" Yes Yes Yes Yes No 75% Saved
II 3 HaTavlinim "Shnei meshugaim" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 60% Eliminated
4 Ohad Shragai "Hey" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 77% Advanced
III 5 Avihu Pinhasov Rhythm Club "Einaim sheli" Yes Yes No Yes No 45% Saved
6 Loai Ali "Ratsiti ledaber itcha" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 78% Advanced
IV 7 Linoy and Gil "Eretz ktana im safam" No No Yes Yes 35% Eliminated
8 Raviv Kaner "Aba" No Yes Yes Yes No 67% Advanced
V 9 Ella-Lee Lahav and Orr Amrami-Brockman "Señorita" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 95% Advanced
Heat 1 – Part 2 – 13 January 2020
Duel Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
V 10 Gaya Shaki and Lali Kolishkin "Umbrella" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 88% Saved
VI 11 Omer Eliyahu "BMW shora" / "Nimas mimeh" No No No No Yes 50% Advanced
12 Nicki Goldstein "California Dreamin'" No Yes No No No 45% Eliminated
Heat 2[]
Heat 2 – Part 1 – 16 January 2020
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky B. El Tavori[f] S. Maimon K. Peles Static[f]
1 Ella-Lee Lahav "I Kissed a Girl" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 84% Advanced
2 Moran Aharoni "Always Remember Us This Way" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 83% Advanced
3 Ohad Shragai "Ve'im preda" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 68% Advanced
4 Lali Kolishkin "Wings" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 89% Advanced
5 Eden Alene "Iloo yakholti" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 86% Advanced
Heat 2 – Part 2 – 18 January 2020
Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky B. El Tavori[f] S. Maimon K. Peles Static[f]
6 Eden Zohar Sivan "Sax" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 84% Advanced
7 Raviv Kaner "Feeling Good" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 90% Advanced
8 Gaya Shaki "Halomot shel aherim" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 71% Advanced
9 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Ad mahar" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 83% Advanced
10 Avihu Pinhasov Rhythm Club "Let's Dance" Yes No No Yes Yes 43% Eliminated
11 Omer Eliyahu "Mima at mefahedet" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 76% Advanced
12 Dorel Saadon "The Reason" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 77% Advanced
13 Loai Ali "Livhor nakhon" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 85% Advanced
Heat 3[]
Heat 3 – Part 1 – 19 January 2020
Duel Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon M. Mesika[g] K. Peles
I 1 Eden Zohar Sivan "Ain't No Other Man" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 76% Saved
2 Gaya Shaki "Dance Monkey" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 91% Advanced
II 3 Raviv Kaner "Galim" Yes Yes No Yes Yes 74% Saved
4 Lali Kolishkin "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 88% Advanced
III 5 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Human" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 81% Advanced
6 Omer Eliyahu "Tokho ratzuf ahava" No Yes Yes No No 48% Eliminated
IV 7 Ohad Shragai "Dangerous Woman" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 61% Saved
8 Moran Aharoni "Stone Cold" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 88% Advanced
V 9 Eden Alene "Locked Out of Heaven" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 91% Advanced
Heat 3 – Part 2 – 20 January 2020
Duel Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon M. Mesika[g] K. Peles
V 10 Dorel Saadon "Titanium" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 85% Saved
VI 11 Loai Ali "Iceland" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 62% Saved
12 Ella-Lee Lahav "Toxic" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 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.

Heat 4 – Part 1 – 23 January 2020
Group Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon M. Mesika[g] K. Peles
1 1 Eden Alene "Shoshanim atzuvot" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 89% Advanced
2 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Ve'im tavo'i elay" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 74% Advanced
3 Ohad Shragai "Mikol ha'ahavot" No Yes Yes No Yes 56% Advanced
4 Loai Ali "She'eriot shel ha'chaim" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 77% Advanced
5 Lali Kolishkin "Im hayita ro'eh" Yes Yes No Yes Yes 78% Advanced
Heat 4 – Part 2 – 25 January 2020
Group Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon M. Mesika[g] K. Peles
2 6 Raviv Kaner "Mima'amakim" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 86% Advanced
7 Eden Zohar Sivan "La eternidad que se perdió" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 76% Saved
8 Moran Aharoni "Ahava kazo" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 85% Advanced
9 Gaya Shaki "Ulai hapa'am" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 80% Advanced
10 Ella-Lee Lahav "Mechake" Yes Yes Yes Yes No 83% Advanced
1 11 Dorel Saadon "Lifnei she'yigamer" Yes Yes No No No 54% Eliminated
Heat 5[]
Heat 5 – Part 1 – 26 January 2020
Duel Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
I 1 Eden Alene "Fuego" Yes Yes Yes Yes No 79% Saved
2 Raviv Kaner "Human" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 85% Advanced
II 3 Ohad Shragai "Feel" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 73% Saved
4 Lali Kolishkin "I Lived" Yes Yes Yes Yes No 80% Advanced
III 5 Ella-Lee Lahav "Kill This Love" No Yes Yes Yes No 59% Saved
6 Gaya Shaki "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 83% Advanced
IV 7 Eden Zohar Sivan "Shape of You" No No No Yes No 44% Eliminated
Heat 5 – Part 2 – 27 January 2020
Duel Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
IV 8 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Sha'ar HaRahamim" No No Yes No 61% Advanced
V 9 Loai Ali "Shnei meshuga'im" No Yes Yes No Yes 61% Saved
10 Moran Aharoni "Take Me to Church" No Yes Yes Yes No 65% Advanced
Quarter-final[]
Quarter-final – 30 January 2020
Group Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
I 1 Lali Kolishkin "Girl on Fire" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 87% Advanced
2 Eden Alene "Yehefa" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 78% Advanced
3 Loai Ali "Ya mama" Yes Yes No No Yes 55% Eliminated
II 4 Moran Aharoni "Love On Top" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 68% Advanced
5 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Aluf ha'Olam" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 77% Advanced
6 Raviv Kaner "Always" No Yes No Yes Yes 67% Saved
III 7 Ohad Shragai "Pe gadol" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 69% Saved
8 Ella-Lee Lahav "Wild Enough" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 83% Advanced
9 Gaya Shaki "idontwannabeyouanymore" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 85% Advanced
Semi-final 1[]
Semi-final 1 – First Round – 1 February 2020
Duel Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
I 1 Ella-Lee Lahav "Only Girl (In the World)" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 91% Second Round
2 Ohad Shragai "The Logical Song" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 60% Eliminated
II 3 Lali Kolishkin "Mirrors" Yes Yes Yes Yes No 80% Second Round
4 Eden Alene "Hayi shketa" No Yes No No Yes 64% Saved
Semi-final 1 – Second Round
Draw Artist Song Jury Audience Total Result
A. Amdursky B. El Tavori Static S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi Total
5 Lali Kolishkin "Writing's on the Wall" 12 8 8 10 8 8 54 18 72 Eliminated
6 Ella-Lee Lahav "Royals" 10 12 10 8 12 12 64 20 84 Finalist
7 Eden Alene "Listen" 8 10 12 12 10 10 62 22 84 Finalist
Semi-final 2[]
Semi-final 2 – First Round – 2 February 2020
Duel Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
I 1 Raviv Kaner "Hallelujah" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 80% Second Round
2 Gaya Shaki "Wrecking Ball" Yes Yes Yes No Yes 69% Saved
II 3 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Lech im ha'emet shelcha" Yes Yes Yes Yes No 83% Second round
4 Moran Aharoni "Who You Are" Yes Yes Yes Yes 66% Eliminated
Semi-final 2 – Second Round
Draw Artist Song Jury Audience Total Result
A. Amdursky B. El Tavori Static S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi Total
5 Raviv Kaner "Gibor shel ima" 8 8 10 10 12 8 56 20 76 Eliminated
6 Gaya Shaki "Love on the Brain" 12 12 8 8 8 12 60 18 78 Finalist
7 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Zachiti le'ehov" 10 10 12 12 10 10 64 22 86 Finalist
Final[]

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

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.

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:

Final – First Round – 4 February 2020
Duel Draw Artist Song Judges' Vote Score Result
A. Amdursky Static & B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. Levi
I 1 Eden Alene "Where Have You Been" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 66% Saved
2 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Aba" No Yes Yes Yes Yes 73% Second round
II 3 Ella-Lee Lahav "Into You" Yes Yes No Yes No 75% Second round
4 Gaya Shaki "My Immortal" Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 61% Eliminated
Save by the viewers
Artist Score Result
Eden Alene 62% Saved
Gaya Shaki 38% Eliminated
Final – Second Round
Draw Artist Song Jury Viewers Total Place
1 Orr Amrami-Brockman "Haim lhiot bah mehhoav" 98 60 158 3
2 Ella-Lee Lahav "Roar" 92 90 182 2
3 Eden Alene "Halo" 110 150 260 1
Detailed Jury Votes
Artist HaKokhav HaBa Judges Jury Groups Total
A. Amdursky Static B. El Tavori S. Maimon K. Peles I. 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 ("The Next Song for Eurovision"), featuring a total of four songs. The four song titles and songwriting teams were announced on 27 February 2020.[4][5][6]

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%).

HaShir HaBa L'Eurovizion – 3 March 2020
Draw Song Songwriter(s) Jury (60%) Televote
(40%)
Total Place
Group 1 Group 2 Professional
1 "Savior in the Sound" Oren Emanuel, Talia Londoner, Ori Avni 8 6 68 12 94 4
2 "Roots" Nathan Goshen, Stav Beger 10 10 116 69 205 2
3 "Rakata" (רקטה) Gal Jo Cohen, Eyal Yishay, Zlil Kalifi, Eran Kashi 6 12 68 53 139 3
4 "Feker Libi" (ፍቅር ልቤ) Doron Medalie, Idan Raichel 12 8 108 154 282 1

At Eurovision[]

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (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.[7] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the contest was cancelled.

Notes and references[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Maimon did not vote due to her personal connection with the competitor.
  2. ^ Maimon did not vote due to her personal connection with one of the members of the band.
  3. ^ a b In this audition Peles and Tavori switched places. Therefore, Peles voted alongside Static and Tavori voted on his own.
  4. ^ Levi did not vote due to his personal connection with the competitor.
  5. ^ In the audition, Linoy Akala participated alone. Gil Shapira joined her only from the shortlisting round.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Levi was not present during the performance, therefore Static and El Tavori voted separately.
  7. ^ a b c d Levi was not present during the heat; his position was filled by guest judge Miri Mesika.

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. ^ Jiandani, Sanjay (Sergio) (27 February 2020). "Israel: Eden Arlene unveils her potential Eurovision entries". Esctoday.
  5. ^ "גם דורון מדלי בפנים: נבחרו ארבעת השירים שמתוכם ייבחר שיר האירוויזיון - וואלה! תרבות". 13 February 2020.
  6. ^ "ב-3.3 בוחרים את השיר הישראלי לאירוויזיון ביישומון כאן".
  7. ^ 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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