Eurovision winner Netta keeps the show going

Eurovision's Netta keeps the show going

Location: Tel Aviv, Israel

After over 200 million people watched her win the contest

Date: 2018

Netta embarked on a whirlwind tour

and began building her career

(SOUNDBITE) (English) NETTA BARZILAI, ISRAELI SINGER SONGWRITER AND WINNER OF 2018 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST, SAYING:

“I was promoting my new single in January in Russia and in Spain and I was planning to go to six other countries. And then everything stopped. Like Eurovision opened everything, the world closed now, that's the kind of feeling."

Confined to her apartment

Courtesy: Netta Barzilai's YouTube

she found a new way to connect with her fans

by experimenting with a video podcast

called "Netta’s Office"

Courtesy: Netta Barzilai's TikTok

(SOUNDBITE) (English) NETTA BARZILAI, ISRAELI SINGER SONGWRITER AND WINNER OF 2018 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST, SAYING:

“And people have been giving me this enormous hug of me helping them through their anxieties, through their worries because this uncertainty can absolutely kill us."

Courtesy: S-Curve Records

Normally used to collaborating with teams of creatives

working alone has taken some adjustment

but she has found the experience empowering

Courtesy: S-Curve Records

(SOUNDBITE) (English) NETTA BARZILAI, ISRAELI SINGER SONGWRITER AND WINNER OF 2018 EUROVISION SONG CONTEST, SAYING:

“I found an amazing way to create. I've learned to depend on myself, suddenly entire crews and teams and beauty teams weren't there and I needed to do stuff by myself and it was empowering and liberating to have limitations.”