Eden Alene wins the Israeli national final and will represent this country in Rotterdam

Tonight Israeli have chosen Eden Alene as its representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Hakokhva Haba L’Eurovizion 2020 contest, competing against three finalists.

The four finalists have competed in the first round in two duels:

• Eden Alene  (66%) /  Orr Amrami-Brockman (73%)

• Ella Lee Lahav (75%) / Gaya Shaki (61%)

After the first voting round, Eden Alene, Ella Lee Lahav y Orr Amrami-Brockman advanced to the second round with  Eden qualifying with the public voting. In the second round, the public and jury choose Eden Alene as the winner and Israeli representative in Rotterdam, followed by Ella Lee Lahav and Orr Amrami-Brockman.

• Eden Alene: 260 points (110 jury/ 150 public)
• Ella Lee Lahav: 182 points (92 jury / 90 public)
• Orr Amrami-Brockman: 158 points (110 jury / 48 public)

Ethiopian origin, Eden Alene, 19 years old, is the youngest representative of Israel in Eurovision after the participation of  Nadav Guedj (Israel 2015).

Now, the Israeli song will be chosen on March 3th in the show HaShir HaBa L’Eurovizion . The first time that KAN selects the song because last year was the broadcaster Keshet, producer of Hakokhav Haba, who did it.

Source: Keshet