KAN, the Israeli national broadcaster, has confirmed to ESCToday that Israel will participate at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest.

Thus Israel joins the list of the countries who have so far confirmed their participation at the 2020 Eurovision edition in the Netherlands.

KAN will be unveiling further details its plan of action for Eurovision 2020 and the mechanism it will use to select its Eurovision entry and hopeful for Rotterdam.

Israel in Eurovision

Israel debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest  in 1973 and has won the competition four times ( 1978, 1979, 1998, 2018). The country has hosted the event thrice: twice in Jerusalem ( 1979, 1999) and once in Tel Aviv (2019).

In 2019 Kobi Marimi defended the Israeli colours at the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv with his entry Home.

 

 


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 22 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.