Netta Barzilai, known by the mononym Netta, is an Israeli singer. She performs at clubs and weddings around Tel Aviv and is very talented at vocal mixing.
She won the fifth series of HaKokhav HaBa (The Next Star) on 13 February 2018, and as a result earned the right to represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, performing the song Toy. She was declared the winner, giving Israel its 4th win and its first since Dana International in 1998.
She is currently serving as a judge on the fourth season of The X Factor Israel, which determined Israel's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. I.M By Michael Ben David
Trivia[]
- Netta is the first female artist to represent Israel since Mei Finegold in 2014.
- Miss Japan 2021, Juri Watanabe, paid tribute to Netta during the national costume competition at Miss Universe 2021 which was held in Eilat, Israel.
- She mentored Michael Ben David to victory in the fourth season of X Factor Israel.
- Netta was the voice of Viva in the Hebrew dub of the Dreamworks film Trolls Band Together. She was one of three Eurovision representatives to have voiced the character in a foreign-language dub of the film, the others being Joanna Dragneva of Deep Zone and Stefania in the film's Bulgaran and Dutch dubs respectively.
- Netta has predicted every host city incorrectly ever since her victory.
- For 2019, she predicted Jerusalem. The actual host was Tel Aviv.
- For 2020/2021, she predicted Amsterdam. The actual host was Rotterdam.
- For 2022, she predicted Rome. The actual host was Turin.
- For 2023, she predicted Manchester. The actual host was Liverpool.
- For 2024, she predicted Stockholm. The actual host was Malmö.
- For 2025, she predicted Geneva. The actual host was Basel.
- For 2026, she predicted Innsbruck. The actual host is Vienna.