Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 – The results
Well done Netta Barzilay, a great performance and a real winner. It was a tight contest at the end with runner-up, Cyprus, coming in with 436 points. Israel was placed third in the judges vote but Netta beat the odds and took the popular vote to finish with 529 points.
Twenty five year old, Israeli singer and Looping* artist, Netta Barzilai represented Israel in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest after winning season five of HaKokhav HaBa (Rising Star) on Israel TV. She sang her song, “Toy”, which was released on 11 March, 2018. The track was written by Doron Medalie and Stav Beger.
The finals – Saturday, May 12th, 2018
Twenty six countries fought for the coveted Eurovision crown. Countries competing, in order of appearance, were:
01. Ukraine
02. Spain
03. Slovenia
04. Lithuania
05. Austria
06. Estonia
07. Norway
08. Portugal — break position
09. United Kingdom
10. Serbia
11. Germany
12. Albania
13. France
14. Czech Republic
15. Denmark
16. Australia — break position
17. Finland
18. Bulgaria
19. Moldova
20. Sweden
21. Hungary
22. Israel
23. The Netherlands
24. Ireland
25. Cyprus
26. Italy
Lyrics to Netta’s song – “Toy”
[Intro]
Ree, ouch, hey, hm, la
Ree, ouch, hey, hm, la
Ree, ouch, hey, hm, la
Ree, ouch, hey, hm, la
Ree, ouch, hey, hm, la
Ree, ouch, hey, hm, la
[Verse 1]
Look at me, I’m a beautiful creature
I don’t care about your “modern time preachers”
Welcome boys, too much noise, I will teach ya
(Pam pam pa hoo, turram pam pa hoo)
Hey, I think you forgot how to play
My teddy bear’s running away
The Barbie got something to say, hey, hey, hey
Hey! My “Simon says” leave me alone
I’m taking my Pikachu home
You’re stupid just like your smartphone
[Pre-Chorus]
Wonder Woman don’t you ever forget
You’re divine and he’s about to regret
He’s a bucka-mhm-buckbuckbuck-mhm boy
Bucka-mhm-buckbuckbuck
I’m not your bucka-mhm-buck-mhm-buck-mhm
The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 is the 63rd edition of the annual European song contest. Last years winner, Portugal, are hosting the contest this year. The contest is being held in Lisbon and consists of two semi-final rounds; the first semi-final on 8th, the second semi-final on 10th May and the final on May 12th,2018.
Forty-three countries will participate in this year’s contest.
Israel has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 40 times since making its debut in 1973.
Israel achieved back to back victories in 1978 and 1979, with wins for Izhar Cohen with the song “A-Ba-Ni-Bi” and Gali Atari with “Hallelujah”. During Israel’s 70th Independence Day celebrations, the song “Hallelujah” was played in the finale, with Jewish communities around the globe, joining in to sing the song. Israel achieved its third victory in 1998, with Dana International and “Diva”. Israel has hosted the contest twice, in 1979 and 1999, both times in Jerusalem.
Since the Introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, Israel has failed to reach the final six times.
Well done Netta!!!
*Definition of “Looping”
Live looping is the recording and playback of a piece of music in real-time using either dedicated hardware devices, called loopers or phrase samplers, or software running on a computer with an audio interface.
