The Israeli act this year, Netta Barzilai, has released a video to teach fans the dance routine of her song Toy.

Learn how to dance to TOY with Netta!

The novelty act has already gained a lot of media attention, as it went viral quite quickly after being released. Netta now hopes that fans will watch the video and dance along to her song with her in Lisbon in May.

Eurovision has long been associated with elaborate dance routines and daring moves, and Israel is hoping their fun song will be remembered for all the right reasons.

Bookies and fans hot favorite

Israel are currently first with the bookies, but that doesn’t necessarily mean anything at this stage of the competition, as we saw last year. Italy’s Francesco Gabbani was tipped to be a runaway winner for months leading up to the contest, yet only finished in 6th on the night of the contest.

What do you think of Netta’s chances? Will you be learning the chicken dance along with her?


Eleanor (or Ellie), is 26 years old, is from Exeter in the UK. She combines motherhood with studying linguistics. Ellie was first allowed to stay up and watch the Eurovision Song Contest aged 5 in 1999, but really fell in love with it after the Athens 2006 contest. Big key changes and dramatic stage shows are an absolute must! Ellie has also written an A* academic dissertation on the cultural history of Eurovision.