 Dana International, the Israeli winner in 1998 was chosen in an internal selection contest and not at Kdam.Netta Barzilai won the HaKokhav HaBa 2017-2018 season and was selected to represent Israel in Eurovision, and reached the 1st place.In the 1960s, particularly with 1963 Eurovision Song Contest, Israeli singers were able to represent other European countries rather their home country, as this was before there were television broadcasts in Israel.