Israel's Eden Alene through to Eurovision final

Eden Alene, Israel’s representative in the 2021 Eurovision song contest was
thrilled to get through to Saturday’s final this week.

Despite calls on social media to boycott her, Alene secured a place in the last 26 at Tuesday’s first semi final with Set Me Free, featuring a ‘whistle note’, the highest note ever sung in Eurovision history.

Russia’s act, Manizha, also got through, with a song Russian Woman written by two Israeli musicians, Ori Avni and Ori Kaplan of Balkan Beat Box