less successful, as former Eurovision winner Dana International in Düsseldorf, the band Izabo in Baku, Moran Mazor in Malmö and Mei Finegold in Copenhagen, all failed to qualify for the final. In 2015, Nadav Guedj brought Israel back to the final with "Golden Boy", the first Israeli entry without a Hebrew lyric. Prior to their fourth win, they also managed to qualify in 2016 with Hovi Star and "Made of Stars" (which finished 14th) and in 2017 with Imri Ziv and "I Feel Alive" (which finished 23rd, Israel's lowest placing in a Eurovision final since 2006). In 2019 as host country with Kobi Marimi and his song "Home", Israel was pre-qualified for the final, however, they eventually finished in 23rd place, making it the fourth time since 2015 that the host country ranked in the bottom five. In early 2020, it was announced that the 2020 season of HaKokhav HaBa would be the last time it would be used to select the Israeli entrant, with a separate national final to select the winning artist's Eurovision entry. Eden Alene, selected via HaKokhav HaBa in 2020 – with the entry "Feker Libi" chosen via a separate national final – was selected to represent Israel again in 2021 following the cancellation of the 2020 contest, and a new national final was held to select her entry for 2021, which was later revealed to be "Set Me Free". The song went on to finish in 17th place in the final, and notably includes a B6 whistle note, the highest note in the history of the contest. For the 2022 contest, the fourth season of The X Factor Israel was used to determine the 2022 entry, later revealed to be Michael Ben David with "I.M". The song failed to qualify for the final, marking the first time that Israel missed out on a final since 2014. For the 2023 contest, an internal selection was used to determine the entry, later revealed to be Noa Kirel with "Unicorn". Participation overview Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest Hostings Awards Marcel Bezençon Awards Winner by OGAE members Related involvement Conductors Heads of delegation Commentators and spokespersons Until 2018, Israel only had a television commentator once, in 1979. In most cases, they opted instead to simply broadcast the transmission without commentary and with Hebrew subtitles. Beginning in 2013 and lasting until 2017, they also aired the contest