Israel's Netta Barzilai won the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon on Saturday, bringing Israel its fourth victory in the glitzy pageant, watched by over 200 million people around the world, and the right to host the event next year. She normally uses a voice looping machine during her live shows, but not in the Eurovision contest where her backing vocalists produced a similar effect. Cyprus and Israel had been the bookmakers' favourites going into the 63rd edition of the Eurovision contest, which was hosted in the Portuguese capital. Israel made its debut in the contest in 1971 and had previously won in 1978, 1979 and 1998. Lisbon hosted Eurovision for the first time this year after Portugal's Salvador Sobral won last year's contest in Ukraine.

Source: dna May 13, 2018 02:26 UTC