Netta Barzilai

[3] As a child, Barzilai lived in Nigeria for six years, where her father, who is an engineer, worked on a project for Israeli company Solel Boneh.

[7] Prior to serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), she spent a Pre-Army Service Year (Shnat Sherut; Shin-Shin) volunteering in the paramilitary Nahal youth programs.

[9] In September 2017, Barzilai auditioned for season five of HaKokhav HaBa, Israel's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, with "Rude Boy" by Rihanna.

[10][11] In February 2018, she performed "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls, and although she lost a duel to Ricky Ben Ari, she proceeded to the next stage after being selected by the judges.

On 1 February 2019, Barzilai released her follow-up single "Bassa Sababa", alongside a music video filmed in Kyiv with Eddie Kabtner.

[26] Barzilai began appearing worldwide between Pride parades across Europe and TV programs in the United States.

The record was set on 19 October 2019, when she appeared at the Zhejiang Satellite TV Autumn Festival in China in front of approximately 500 million television viewers and tens of thousands in the audience.

[27] At Hanukkah 2019, Barzilai began performing in the show "Pop Up Music 2" alongside Omer Adam, Keren Peles, Moshe Peretz and more.

[29] In addition, Barzilai debuted a new project titled Netta's Office, a series of YouTube videos in which she remixes songs using her trademark looper.

[33] She served as a judge on the fourth season of The X Factor Israel, which determined the Israeli representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Barzilai (on the left) with fellow members of the Israeli Navy Band , 2013
Barzilai performing in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool as part of an interval act