 Pamberi paMakwikwi e2019, Israel yakanga yatora chikamu muEurovision Song Contest makumi mana nerimwe kubva pakapinda kwayo kwekutanga muna 1973. Israeri yakakunda makwikwi aya kanokwana kana: muna 1978 nerwiyo runonzi A-Ba-Ni-Bi rwaiimbwa naIzhar Cohen neAlphabeta, muna 1979nerwiyo Hallelujah rwakaitwa naMukaka neUchi, muna 1998 nerwiyo Diva rwakaitwa naDana International uye muna 2018 nerwiyo Toy rwakaitwa naNetta Barzilai. Kubvira pakatangwa semi-finals muna 2004, Israel yakatadza kusvika kumagumo kasere. Muna, Shiri Maimon akapa nyika yake yechigumi yepamusoro mashanu mhedzisiro, achipedza wechina. Zvavakakundikana kupinda mumakwikwi ekupedzisira kwemakore mana akateedzana 201114, Israeri yakasvika kumagumo kwenguva yekutanga mumakore mashanu, naNadav Guedj achipedza wechipfumbamwe muna, uye nyika yakapinda mumakwikwi ekupedzisira gore rega kubva ipapo. Kukunda kwechina kwaIsraeri kwakauya apo Netta akakunda makwikwi muLisbon, norwiyo runonzi Toy. 