Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 explained

Year:2019
Country:Israel
Preselection:Artist: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion
Song: Internal Selection
Preselection Date:Artist: 12 February 2019
Song: 10 March 2019
Entrant:Kobi Marimi
Song:Home
Final Result:23rd, 35 points

Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the entry "Home" written by Ohad Shragai and Inbar Weitzman. 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"). On 12 February, Kobi Marimi won the competition and therefore performed the Israeli song in the Eurovision Song Contest.

As the host country, Israel automatically qualified to compete in the final.

Background

See main article: Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest. Prior to the 2019 contest, Israel had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-one 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, 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, and the country has participated in the final every year, until Michael Ben David failed to qualify in 2022. Israel's fourth victory came when Netta won the contest in Lisbon, with the song "Toy".

The Israeli entry for the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv was selected through the reality singing competition Hebrew: [[HaKokhav HaBa|HaKokhav HaBa L'Eirovizion]] ("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.

Before Eurovision

HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion

The singer who would perform the Israeli entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was selected through the reality singing competition Hebrew: 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. Hebrew: 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), Harel Skaat (2010 Israeli Eurovision entrant) and Static & Ben-El Tavori.

The competition commenced on 24 November 2018 and concluded on 12 February 2019. All shows in the competition were broadcast on Hebrew: [[Keshet 12]]|i=no as well as online via mako.co.il.

In addition, three programs were broadcast on Kan to determine the song that would represent Israel in 2019. Kan also held an additional show to select one singer to go through to the final of HaKokhav HaBa L’Eurovizion.[2]

Shows

Auditions

The auditions were broadcast between 24 November 2018 and 1 January 2019. 59 of the 105 contestants advanced to the next phase following achieving at least 70% of the votes while 9 contestants who did not get enough votes to qualify were saved by the hosts.

Among the contestants were Danielle Mazuz, who previously took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 as a backing vocalist and dancer behind Netta, and Maya Bouskilla who was a candidate to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, 2011 and 2012.

On 2 January 2019 one of the originally advanced contestants, Elkana Marziano announced that he would withdraw from the competition.[3]

+ Audition 31 December 2018[6]
DrawArtistSongJudges' VotePresenters' VoteScoreResult
1Osher Biton"Tel Aviv balaila"85%Advanced
2Liat Eliyahu"She'tisaref ha'ahava"88%Advanced
3Ruby Bedalov"Don't Stop Me Now"54%Eliminated
4Shachaf"Born This Way"76%Advanced
5Klara Sabag"Mangina"81%Advanced
6Judith Hasin"River"80%Advanced
7Elad Tavori"Ve'at"did not votedid not vote44%Eliminated
+ Audition 43 December 2018[7]
DrawArtistSongJudges' VotePresenters' VoteScoreResult
1Gal Binyamin"Hakol over"70%Advanced
2Barry Brown"You Raise Me Up"78%Advanced
+ Audition 813 December 2018[10]
DrawArtistSongJudges' VotePresenters' VoteScoreResult
1Niv Yanko"Ha'ahava hazot shelanu"91%Advanced
2Gavriel Cohen"Ve'im preda"29%Eliminated
3Eden Vered Mery"Seven Nation Army"78%Advanced
4Eliya Gabai"Ahava ka'zo"93%Advanced
+ Audition 1019 December 2018[11]
DrawArtistSongJudges' VotePresenters' VoteScoreResult
1Alik Manshirov"Ein po makom"76%Advanced
2Frida Uziel"Vidui"60%Saved
+ Audition 1225 December 2018[13]
DrawArtistSongJudges' VotePresenters' VoteScoreResult
1Nethanel and Yarden Barzilai"Tsevaim"70%Advanced
2Maayan Brinza"Leilotai"did not vote46%Eliminated
3Shira Givony"If I Were a Boy"72%Advanced
4Or Ben Atar"Achrei hakol mitgagea"94%Advanced
5Meital Locke"Haderech el hakfar"66%Eliminated
6Avi Ashur"Eten lach"79%Advanced
7Sofia Makovkina"Highway to Hell"39%Eliminated
8Ihab Atila"Eten lach shanim"85%Advanced
+ Audition 1531 December 2018[16]
DrawArtistSongJudges' VotePresenters' VoteScoreResult
1Avigal Reef Cohen"Migdalor"73%Advanced
2Ben Ganon"Zer kisufim"50%Eliminated
3Ariella Siman Tov"Lo ohev oti yoter"82%Advanced
4Roy Pinhasov"Al taslicheni l'et zikna"68%Eliminated
5Yakir Rada"Alfei sipurim"did not votedid not votedid not votedid not vote29%Eliminated
6Osher Davidian"Nizacht iti hakol"88%Advanced
Shortlisting rounds

The shortlisting rounds were broadcast between 7 and 10 January 2019. 20 of the 67 contestants advanced to the next phase of the competition. The results were decided with the same method as in the auditions with the only difference that votes in this round were cast solely by the judges, therefore each judge could add 20% to the contestant's final score. Each shortlisting round consisted of two rounds: in the first round all contestants performed behind the wall. The contestants with a score of at least 60% advanced to the second round where the judges decided which contestants advance to the next phase of the competition.

+ class="nowrap" Eliminated contestants whose performances were not included in the shows
Alik Manshirov Limor Oved Roy Sandler
Avi Ashur Los Caparos Sarah Moshaioff
Avigal Reef Cohen Marie Ben Haim Shachar Adawi
Bar Cohen Mazal Kav Shira Givony
Barry Brown Natalie Wamba Berry Tali Rabinovich
Eden Vered Mery Niv Yanko Tomer Raz
Eliya Gabai Noa Klein Yagel Yadai
Eti Bitton Noe Sassover Yuval Shauli
Gilad Tenzer Or Ben Atar Zohar Garala
Ihab Atila Osher Davidian Zohar Shechtman
Ilai Chapman Rotem Chen
Top 20 round

The Top 20 round was broadcast between 13 and 15 January 2019. The remaining 20 contestants were paired in 10 duels. From each duel, the contestant with the higher score advanced to the next phase of the competition. At the end of the duels, two contestants who did not win their duels were saved by the judges and the remaining contestants were eliminated.

Static and Ben-El Tavori did not attend the shows, therefore they did not vote. They were replaced by singer Itay Levi in the judging panel.

= Heat 1

=The first heat was broadcast on 19 January 2019. The remaining twelve contestants were paired in five thematical duels: the contestants of the first duel had to show their style, the second duel consisted of songs of divas, in the third duel four contestants were paired in two duets, the contestants in the fourth duel had to sing about a personal story and the fifth duel consisted of former Eurovision Song Contest entries. From each duel, the contestant with the higher score advanced to the next phase of the competition. At the end of the duels, five contestants who did not win their duels were saved by the judges and the remaining one contestant was eliminated.[25]

= Heat 2

=The second heat was broadcast on 20 and 21 January 2019. The remaining eleven contestants were paired in duels. From each duel, the contestant with the higher score advanced to the next phase of the competition while the contestant with the lowest score at that moment had to choose its opponent at the end of each duel. At the end of the duels, the contestant with the lowest score was eliminated.

+ Heat 2Second Part21 January 2019[27]
DrawArtistSongJudges' VoteScoreResult
9Kobi Marimi"Circle of Life"did not vote70%Advanced
10Tai"Love on the Brain"64%Advanced
11Ketreyah"Kshalev boche"86%Advanced
+ Duels of the first part
DuelArtistScoreArtistScore
IDaniel Barzilai73%Maya Bouskilla63%
IIMaya Bouskilla63%Shefita69%
IIIMaya Bouskilla63%Danielle Mazuz59%
IVDanielle Mazuz59%Avraham de Carvalho88%
VDanielle Mazuz59%Osher Biton47%
VIOsher Biton47%Shalva Band76%
VIIOsher Biton47%Ofri Calfon55%
+ Duels of the second part
DuelArtistScoreArtistScore
VIIIOsher Biton47%Kobi Marimi70%
IXOsher Biton47%Tai64%
XOsher Biton47%Ketreyah86%
= Heat 3

=The third heat was broadcast on 26 January 2019. The remaining ten contestants were paired in four thematical duels: in the first duel four contestants were paired in two duets, the contestants in the second duel had to sing about a personal story, the third duel consisted of votes of the audience only and the contestants in the fourth duel had to sing in duet with one of the judges, Harel Skaat. From each duel, the contestant with the higher score advanced to the next phase of the competition. At the end of the duels, four contestants who did not win their duels were saved by the judges and the remaining one contestant was eliminated.[28]

In the first and fourth duel, Harel Skaat was replaced by Gali Atari who, as part of Milk and Honey, won the Eurovision Song Contest 1979.

+ Heat 326 January 2019
DuelDrawArtistSongJudges' VoteScoreResult
I1Maya Bouskilla and Ketreyah"Bang Bang"94%Advanced
2Ofri Calfon and Daniel Barzilai"Lifnei she'yigamer"92%Saved
II3Danielle Mazuz"Make You Feel My Love"did not vote58%Eliminated
4Kobi Marimi"This Is Me"81%Advanced
III5Shefita"Material Girl"37%Saved
6Tai"Womanizer"76%Advanced
IV7Shalva Band and Harel Skaat"Bechayai"83%Advanced
8Avraham de Carvalho and Harel Skaat"Shallow"75%Saved
= Heat 4

=The fourth heat was broadcast on 27 and 28 January 2019. The remaining nine contestants performed behind the wall except for the first contestant. At the end of the performances, the contestant with the lowest score was eliminated.

+ Heat 4Second Part28 January 2019[30]
DrawArtistSongJudges' VoteScoreResult
8Shalva Band"Ani ro'a bach mashehu tov"91%Advanced
9Avraham de Carvalho"Let It Go"did not vote56%Advanced
= Semi-final 1

=The first semi-final was broadcast on 2 February 2019 and consisted of two rounds: four of the remaining eight contestants were paired in two duels in the first round. 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 judges and the other contestant was eliminated. The winners of the two duels were paired in a third duel in the second round.At the end of the duel, each judge allocated twelve points to their favourite and ten points to their runner-up. In addition to the votes of the judges, 40 points in proportion to the votes of the audience were also allocated to the two contestants. In the end, the contestant with the higher number of points advanced directly to the final and the other contestant advanced to the next phase of the competition.[31]

In addition to the individual performances, the four contestants performed I Gotta Feeling prior to the first round.

On 5 February 2019 Shalva Band announced that they would withdraw from the competition.[32]

+ Semi-final 1Second Round
DrawArtistSongJuryAudienceTotalResult
StaticTotal
5Shalva Band"Pizmon LaYakinton"101010121212662187Withdrew
6Ketreyah"HaSheket SheNish'ar"121212101010661985Advanced
= Semi-final 2

=The second semi-final was broadcast on 3 February 2019 and consisted of two rounds: four of the remaining eight contestants were paired in two duels in the first round. 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 judges and the other contestant was eliminated. The winners of the two duels were paired in a third duel in the second round.At the end of the duel, each judge allocated twelve points to their favourite and ten points to their runner-up. In addition to the votes of the judges, 40 points in proportion to the votes of the audience were also allocated to the two contestants. In the end, the contestant with the higher number of points advanced directly to the final and the other contestant advanced to the next phase of the competition.[33]

In addition to the individual performances, the four contestants performed Can't Stop the Feeling prior to the first round.

+ Semi-final 2Second Round
DrawArtistSongJuryAudienceTotalResult
StaticTotal
5Avraham de Carvalho"Halo"121010101010621981Advanced
6Maya Bouskilla"A Million Voices"101212121212702191Finalist
= Semi-final 3

=The third semi-final was broadcast on 4 February 2019. The remaining four contestants who did not advance automatically to the final performed behind the wall except for the first contestant. At the end of the performances, the contestant with the highest score advanced to the final.[34]

= Wildcard round

=The wildcard round was broadcast on 7 February 2019. Two previously eliminated contestants were paired in a duel. At the end of the duel, each judge allocated twelve points to their favourite and ten points to their runner-up. In addition to the votes of the judges, 40 points in proportion to the votes of the audience were also allocated to the two contestants. In the end, the contestant with the higher number of points returned to the competition and the other contestant was eliminated.[35]

+ Wildcard Round7 February
DrawArtistSongJuryAudienceTotalResult
StaticTotal
1Osher Biton"Pri ganech"101012101212661985Eliminated
2Kobi Marimi"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"121210121010662187Wildcard
= Semi-final 4

=The fourth semi-final was broadcast on 9 February 2019 and consisted of two rounds: the remaining four contestants were paired in two duels in the first round. 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 judges 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, 60 points in proportion to the votes of the audience were also allocated to the three contestants. In the end, the two contestants with the highest number of points advanced to the final and the third-placed contestant was eliminated.[36]

+ Semi-final 4Second Round
DrawArtistSongJuryAudienceTotalResult
StaticTotal
5Avraham de Carvalho"Stay with Me"10888810521870Eliminated
6Shefita"Feeling Good"12101210108622082Finalist
7Kobi Marimi"Hallelujah"81210121212662288Finalist
= Final

=The final was held on 12 February 2019 and consisted of two rounds: the remaining four contestants were paired in two duels in the first round. From each duel, the contestant with the higher score advanced to the second round. In the first round, each judge could boost the contestants' score by three percent instead of the original eight. 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, 270 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.[37]

Additionally, three thematical jury groups were asked to vote by the same method as the in-studio judges in the second round. The members of the three jury groups were:

In addition to the individual performances, the four contestants performed a medley of Toy and High Hopes prior to the first round and the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, Netta performed Bassa Sababa as an interval act.

+ FinalSecond Round
DrawArtistSongJuryViewersTotalPlace
1Shefita"Broken"90701603
2Kobi Marimi"Let It Be"1021132151
3Ketreyah"Impossible"78871652
+ Detailed Jury Votes
ArtistHaKokhav HaBa JudgesJury GroupsTotal
Static
Shefita121010101012881090
Kobi Marimi81212121210121212102
Ketreyah10888881010878

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 took place at the Expo Tel Aviv in Tel Aviv, Israel and consisted of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May and a final on 18 May 2019. 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) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. As the host country, Israel automatically qualified to compete in the final. In addition to its participation in the final, Israel was required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals.

Israel was drawn to compete in the second half of the final, performing 14th, receiving a total of 35 points: 35 points from the televoting and 0 points from the juries. This made it the fourth time since 2015 that the host country ranked in the bottom five.

Voting

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member, as well as the nation's televoting results, were released shortly after the grand final.[38]

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Israeli jury:[38]

+
DrawCountryJuryTelevote
DiklaRankPointsRankPoints
016 8 15 4 6 7 4 3 8
0215 12 12 14 16 14 17
0313 15 9 7 14 12 16
047 11 6 3 10 6 5 9 2
059 9 8 6 13 11 13
064 2 11 9 5 5 6 5 6
073 5 5 2 7 4 7 11
0810 6 7 11 9 10 1 7 4
0911 10 13 12 12 13 10 1
108 7 4 10 8 8 3 14
1114 13 14 13 15 15 4 7
122 14 2 5 3 3 8 1 12
1317 16 16 17 11 16 8 3
145 1 3 8 1 2 10 2 10
1516 17 17 15 17 17 12
161 3 1 1 2 1 12 15
1712 4 10 16 4 9 2 6 5
+
DrawCountryJuryTelevote
DiklaRankPointsRankPoints
019 7 7 9 7 7 4 16
0224 20 21 23 23 24 24
036 9 11 7 12 10 1 15
0420 15 13 24 8 18 22
0512 17 3 10 13 12 1 12
0616 11 17 15 18 20 10 1
0725 16 22 25 19 23 20
0810 21 10 17 9 15 14
094 12 18 13 1 5 6 13
1018 23 15 16 25 21 19
1115 14 8 12 11 14 12
122 2 2 2 3 1 12 9 2
1313 18 9 11 14 16 25
14
1522 8 12 14 17 17 2 10
1614 4 20 19 5 11 23
1721 25 25 22 20 25 17
188 1 4 21 2 3 8 11
1923 3 23 18 15 13 18
201 6 16 3 16 4 7 8 3
215 10 19 6 10 9 2 7 4
223 5 1 1 6 2 10 3 8
2319 22 14 20 24 22 21
247 13 5 5 22 8 3 4 7
2511 24 6 4 4 6 5 5 6
2617 19 24 8 21 19 6 5

Notes and references

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Israel Country Profile. EBU. 17 February 2015.
  2. Web site: Israel: Search for Eurovision 2019 Participant Begins on November 24. 18 November 2018 .
  3. Web site: Israel: Elkana Marziano Withdraws From HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 . 2 January 2019 . 2 January 2019 . eurovoix.com . en.
  4. Web site: Israel: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 – Show One Results . 25 November 2018 . 25 November 2018 . eurovoix.com . en.
  5. Web site: Israel: Four Singers Progress From HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 Show Two . 27 November 2018 . 27 November 2018 . eurovoix.com . en.
  6. Web site: Israel: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion Show Three Results . 2 December 2018 . 2 December 2018 . eurovoix.com . en.
  7. Web site: Israel: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion Show Four and Five Results . 5 December 2018 . 5 December 2018 . eurovoix.com . en.
  8. Web site: Israel: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 Show Six Results . 9 December 2018 . 9 December 2018 . eurovoix.com . en.
  9. Web site: Israel: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 Show Seven Results . 13 December 2018 . 13 December 2018 . eurovoix.com . en.
  10. Web site: Israel: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 Show Eight & Nine Results . 16 December 2018 . 16 December 2018 . eurovoix.com . en.
  11. Web site: Israel: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 Show Ten Results . 19 December 2018 . 19 December 2018 . eurovoix.com . en.
  12. Web site: Israel: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 Show Eleven Results . 23 December 2018 . 23 December 2018 . eurovoix.com . en.
  13. Web site: Israel: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 Show Twelve Results . 26 December 2018 . 26 December 2018 . eurovoix.com . en.
  14. Web site: Israel: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 Show Thirteen Results . 29 December 2018 . 29 December 2018 . eurovoix.com . en.
  15. Web site: Israel: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 Show Fourteen Results . 31 December 2018 . 31 December 2018 . eurovoix.com . en.
  16. Web site: Israel: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 Show Fifteen Results . 1 January 2019 . 1 January 2019 . eurovoix.com . en.
  17. Web site: Israel: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 Show Sixteen Results . 2 January 2019 . 2 January 2019 . eurovoix.com . en.
  18. Web site: Israel: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 Show Seventeen Results . 7 January 2019 . 7 January 2019 . eurovoix.com . en.
  19. Web site: Israel: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 Show Eighteen Results . 9 January 2019 . 9 January 2019 . eurovoix.com . en.
  20. Web site: Israel: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 Show Nineteen Results . 10 January 2019 . 10 January 2019 . eurovoix.com . en.
  21. Web site: Israel: 20 finalists make The Next Star for Eurovision 2019 live shows . 13 January 2019 . 13 January 2019 . wiwibloggs.com . en.
  22. Web site: Israel: Three Artists Qualify to Next Round of HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 . 13 January 2019 . 13 January 2019 . eurovoix.com . en.
  23. Web site: Israel: Three More Artists Qualify to Next Round of HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 . 15 January 2019 . 15 January 2019 . eurovoix.com . en.
  24. Web site: Israel: 12 artists left in The Next Star for Eurovision 2019 following the first duels round . 16 January 2019 . 16 January 2019 . wiwibloggs.com . en.
  25. Web site: Israel: Duel stage of The Next Star continues, favourites Kobi and Maya perform Fuego and Rise Like A Phoenix . 20 January 2019 . 20 January 2019 . wiwibloggs.com . en.
  26. Web site: Israel: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 Show Twenty-Five Results . 20 January 2019 . 20 January 2019 . eurovoix.com . en.
  27. Web site: Israel: Ten Acts Remain in HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 . 22 January 2019 . 22 January 2019 . eurovoix.com . en.
  28. Web site: Israel: Danielle Mazuz Knocked Out of HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 . 26 January 2019 . 26 January 2019 . eurovoix.com . en.
  29. Web site: Israel: Shalva Band Considering Withdrawing From HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 . 28 January 2019 . 28 January 2019 . eurovoix.com . en.
  30. Web site: Israel: Kobi Marimi Latest Elimination from HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 . 29 January 2019 . 29 January 2019 . eurovoix.com . en.
  31. Web site: Israel: Shalva Band Qualify for the Final of HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion . 2 February 2019 . 2 February 2019 . eurovoix.com . en.
  32. Web site: Israel: Shalva Band Withdraws From HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion . 5 February 2019 . 5 February 2019 . eurovoix.com . en.
  33. Web site: Israel: Maya Buskila Qualifies to the Final of HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion . 4 February 2019 . 4 February 2019 . eurovoix.com . en.
  34. Web site: Israel: Ketreyah Qualifies to the Final of HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion . 5 February 2019 . 5 February 2019 . eurovoix.com . en.
  35. Web site: Israel: Kobi Merimi Returns to HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion . 8 February 2019 . 8 February 2019 . eurovoix.com . en.
  36. Web site: Israel: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 Final Line-Up Determined . 9 February 2019 . 9 February 2019 . eurovoix.com . en.
  37. Web site: Kobi Marimi will represent Host Country Israel! . 12 February 2019 . 12 February 2019 . eurovision.tv . en.
  38. Web site: Exclusive: They are the judges who will vote in Eurovision 2019!. Groot. Evert. 30 April 2019. Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 30 April 2019. dmy-all.
  39. Web site: Results of the Grand Final of Tel Aviv 2019 . European Broadcasting Union . 2 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210402080818/https://eurovision.tv/event/tel-aviv-2019/grand-final/results/israel . 2 April 2021 . live.
  40. Web site: Results of the First Semi-Final of Tel Aviv 2019 . European Broadcasting Union . 2 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210402080817/https://eurovision.tv/event/tel-aviv-2019/first-semi-final/results/israel . 2 April 2021 . live.