Alene was raised in Jerusalem’s Katamon neighborhood by a single mother who immigrated from Ethiopia, and later moved with her family to Kiryat Gat.“My poor mother, she had a hard time taking it in. She collapsed in my arms,” Alene, 19, said on the Hadshot Haboker (The Morning News) show.Following a particularly competitive final round, Alene defeated Orr Amrami-Brockman, Gaya Shaki and Ella Lee Lahav. Eurovision, the international singing competition where Israel has won four times, will be held in Rotterdam in May. Israel’s last win came in 2018, when Netta Barzilai won with the song “Toy.”Among the songs Alene performed were Rihanna’s “Where Have You Been?” and Beyoncé’s “Halo,” her show-stopping rendition of which drew an especially warm response from the audience. Alene was the winner of the third season of Israel’s X-Factor 2018 where she sang Demi Lovato’s “Stone Cold” and then received a recording contract.
Eden Alene, of Ethiopian descent, will represent Israel at Eurovision
The Eurovision 2020 will be held in Rotterdam in May
