Netta Barzilai wins Israel’s Next Star 2018 and heads to Lisbon

Israel’s Next Star Netta Barzilai will represent her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Tonight, four acts competed in the final show of Israel’s Next Star 2018 for the right to represent their country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. Among the four contestants: Netta Barzilai, Chen Aharoni, Riki Ben Ari and Jonathan Mergui – Netta became the overall winner and will therefore sing for Israel in Lisbon.

As of now, the song which Netta will sing for Eurovision is not known. At a later date,  an internal selection committee will decide on a song, with the national broadcaster officially announcing the entry.

To recollect Israel’s performance during Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine, watch Imri’s “I feel Alive”:

Source: IPBC
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