ISRAEL – Despite LA LA LOVE been the favourite to win the song selection, Eden Alene will perform the song SET ME FREE in Rotterdam…
The song selection for Israel started in autumn 2020 when more than 200 songs were submitted to represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest. A professional committee chose just 9 songs from the submissions which were then uploaded to a digital platform for people to vote for their preference. Anyone could vote and they had the choice of selecting one or two of the songs as their favourites. Once voting was complete, the following 3 songs were the most popular and went straight to the online Final.
- La La Love
- Set Me Free
- Ue La La
Prior to the show, viewers were again able to vote for their favourite song via the KAN app. In the end, Set Me Free received the most votes and will therefore be the song Eden Alene will perform in May for Israel.
ABOUT EDEN ALENE
Eden Alene was born in Jerusalem and both her parents hail from Ethiopia. After studying ballet for 11 years, Eden started taking vocal training lessons and soon after she decided to pursue a career in music. While living in Jerusalem as a teenager, Eden joined a choir of young adults from all different backgrounds who came together to show the potential music has to bring people together.
LYRICS
Take a look what we’ve become, it’s been so long
Getting you out of my life I feel so strong
Set me free
Feel my beating heart in perfect harmony
Don’t let me down
Feeling like in prison
Looking for the reason
I don’t wanna say goodbye
Feels like no tomorrow
Everywhere that I go
Babe I’m gonna lose my mind
Just another story
Tell me not to worry
And everything will be just fine
Used to be your treasure
Now I’m gone forever
Think I’m going back in time
Set me free
Feel my beating heart in perfect harmony
Don’t let me down
Oh, oh, oh imma make it on my own
Oh, oh, oh chalas im hashiga’on
Oh, oh, oh I’ma make it on my own
Oh, oh, oh chalas im hashiga’on
Life has been so easy
Used to call us cheesy
It was paradise in my bed so lonely
You’re the one and only
Hello I know I paid the price
Clock is ticking tik-tak
Everything is chik-chak
And I don’t know what to do
People tell me honey
Yalla balaganim
One day dreams will become true
Set me free
Feel my beating heart in perfect harmony
Don’t let me down, oh
Set me free
Feel my beating heart in perfect harmony
Don’t let me down
Oh, oh, oh imma make it on my own
Oh, oh, oh chalas im hashiga’on
Oh, oh, oh I’ma make it on my own
Oh, oh, oh chalas im hashiga’on
I’m so awesome, come and get some
What are we living for? (Oh)
I’m your reason, spicy season
Like we did before
Come let me take you high and set the place on fire
Twenty twenty-one degrees
Feel my beating heart and
Set me free
Set me free
Feel my beating heart in perfect harmony
Don’t let me down
Set me free
Feel my beating heart in perfect harmony
Don’t let me down
Just set me free
