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Netta Barzilai to sing ‘Toy’ at 2018 Eurovision

Third time’s the charm for Doron Medley, who’s marking three years of songs being chosen for global song contest

By Jessica Steinberg

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11 March 2018, 9:43 pm

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Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center

It’s official. Israel’s candidate for Eurovision 2018, Netta Barzilai, will sing “Toy,” written by Doron Medley and Stav Beger, at the contest on May 12.

It’s the third year that a song by Medley has been chosen to represent Israel. He wrote “Golden Boy” for Nadav Guedj, the 2016 Eurovision contestant from Israel, and “Made of Stars” for 2017’s Hovi Star.

The song is in English.

The 25-year-old Barzilai, who usually performs in clubs and at weddings, sang the Eurovision-winning “A-Ba-Ni-Bi” sung by Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta in 1978 at HaKochav Haba L’Eurovision, Israel’s Eurovision song contest, in which she was pitted against 19 other contestants.

Barzilai’s jury included pop duo Static & Ben-El Tavori, Asaf Amdursky, Keren Peles and Harel Skaat, the 2010 Israeli Eurovision participant.