Israel: Eden Alene releases a revamp of her Eurovision 2021 entry "Set Me Free"

Israel: Eden Alene releases a revamp of her Eurovision 2021 entry
Friday, 26 March 2021

  • The Israeli Eurovision 2021 hopeful, Eden Alene, has released a revamp of her Eurovision 2021 entry "Set Me Free". 

    The Israeli broadcaster after last year's cancellation of the contest due to the covid-19 pandemic decide to give Eden a second chance to complete her Eurovision journey in 2021. In order to find the appropriate entry for Eden , KAN decided to hold the  song selection 'HaShir HaBa L'Eurovizion' (Our song for Eurovision) in which the song "Set Me Free" was selected by the audience among a total of three candidate songs.  

    Following the song selection the broadcaster with Eden Alene decided to revamp the Israeli entry, the final version of which was released along with music video which was filmed the past weekend. Meanwhile Eden filmed yesterday her live on tape performance of her Eurovision entry. 

    Eden is set to perform in the second half of the first semi-final on May 18th.

     

    A FEW WORDS FOR EDEN ALENE

    Alene was born in Jerusalem to parents who immigrated from Ethiopia. In October 2017, she participated in the third season of Israeli reality show The X Factor Israel. At the first audition, she sang "Stone Cold" by Demi Lovato. In January 2018 she won the season finale.

    In 2018 she released her firsr single entitled "Better" while in 2019 followed two more singles, the cover single"Save Your Kisses for Me" and secondly"When It Comes to You"

    Last year the Eden won the HaKokhav HaBa L’Eurovizion talent show , the format chosen to determine the Israeli Eurovision 2020 hopeful. In a song national final the song "Feker Libi" was selected as Eden's entry for Rotterdam. Unfortunately the cancellation of the contest interrupted Eden's Eurovision journey .

     

    Israel in Eurovision 

    Israel has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 42 times since making its debut in 1973. Israel’s first appearance at the contest in 1973 was successful, with Ilanit finishing fourth. Israel has achieved 4  victories, in 1978 and 1979, with first two wins for Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, with the song “A-Ba-Ni-Bi” and Gali Atari and Milk and Honey, with “Hallelujah” .

    Its third victory came in 1998, with Dana International and “Diva”  and its fourth in ESC 2018 with Netta’s song Toy. The country’s best results apart from  its victories  were the second-place finishes for Avi Toledano in 1982 and Ofra Haza in 1983. Former winner Izhar Cohen returned to place fifth in 1985. Duo Datz finished third in 1991, before Israel achieved . Eden then finished fifth in 1999. Israel has hosted the contest three times, in 1979 and 1999, both in Jerusalem and in 2019 in Tel Aviv. 

    After the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, Israel has failed to reach the final six times. In 2014, the country failed to qualify for the fourth consecutive year, when Mei Feingold finished 14th (out of 15) in the second semi final, despite being one of the favorites to qualify. In 2015, Israel reached the final for the first time in five years, with Nadav Guedj finishing ninth. The only Israeli entrant to achieve a better result in the 21st century before their 2018 win was Shiri Maimon in 2005, who gave the country its tenth top five result in the contest, finishing fourth. In 2019 Kobi Marimi winner of the Rising Star, rerpesented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest on home soil  with his entry Home.

     

    News Source: Eurovision.tv