{"id":147165,"date":"2018-06-27T10:36:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T10:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/prince-william-meets-israels-eurovision-winner-netta\/"},"modified":"2018-06-27T10:36:48","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T10:36:48","slug":"prince-william-meets-israels-eurovision-winner-netta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/prince-william-meets-israels-eurovision-winner-netta\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William meets Israel&#8217;s Eurovision winner Netta"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p06c6d3d.jpg\"\/>Media playback is unsupported on your device<figcaption>Media captionThe pair discussed mental health issues during a walkabout in Tel Aviv<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Israeli Eurovision winner Netta Barzilai says she is &quot;overwhelmed&quot; after the Duke Of Cambridge asked to meet her on his Middle East tour.<\/p>\n<p>Prince William joined Netta on a walkabout around Tel Aviv, where they discussed mental health and diversity.<\/p>\n<p>Netta won Eurovision in May with a song, called Toy, that encouraged people to celebrate their differences.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We talked about the way I changed how people feel here in Israel, and about self-esteem,&quot; the singer told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;And how positivity and setting a good example for people is really making a difference.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It was amazing,&quot; the 25-year-old continued. &quot;He&#039;s a really, really chill guy.&quot;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In pictures: Prince William&#039;s Middle East tour<\/li>\n<li>Israel wins Eurovision Song Contest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Netta added that she had presented the Prince with one of the &quot;looping machines&quot; she uses to create her songs.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I wanted to give him a taste of my world,&quot; she said. &quot;So I gave him this machine which allows him to loop his voice and to create music with no instruments.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The singer said she hoped it would be put to good use, and maybe even lead to a royal entry at next year&#039;s Eurovision.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I hope so!&quot; she laughed. &quot;Wouldn&#039;t it be amazing? What an amazing headline.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>                           Skip Youtube post  by Eurovision Song Contest                          Warning: Third party content may contain adverts             Report             <\/p>\n<p>End of Youtube post  by Eurovision Song Contest<\/p>\n<figure>                          <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Youtube post by Eurovision Song Contest: Netta - TOY - Israel - Official Music Video - Eurovision 2018\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/socialembed\/https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CziHrYYSyPc~\/news\/entertainment-arts-44617946\"\/>Image Copyright Eurovision Song Contest                         Eurovision Song Contest                                          <noindex><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/contact-us\/editorial\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Report<\/a><\/noindex>                 <\/figure>\n<p>Netta shot to fame after being selected to represent Israel at this year&#039;s Eurovision Song Contest.<\/p>\n<p>She hadn&#039;t expected to make it to the competition, telling one reporter: &quot;I was a struggling musician, hoping for a couple of gigs.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>After being chosen, the singer resolved to make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;When I won my election, I realised I can do something really nice,&quot; she said. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;If I&#039;d seen someone like me on primetime when I was a kid, I&#039;d have had an easier childhood. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;So I said, &#039;OK, I&#039;ll do something different. I&#039;m going to wear a short skirt and I&#039;ll do a really fun pop song with a really strong message.&#039;&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Her positive message - paired with some quirky, chicken-based dance moves - charmed fans across the world.<\/p>\n<p>She ended up winning Eurovision with 529 points, beating Cyprus into second place.<\/p>\n<figure>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p066sxw2.jpg\"\/>Media playback is unsupported on your device<figcaption>Media captionToy has racked up millions of views on YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since then she has been inundated with messages of thanks and support.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I get a lot of mail and a lot of messages about young girls and boys sticking their chins up and accepting their differences,&quot; she told the BBC. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;There is even a lesson in the curriculum about me!&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The star is currently touring Europe to celebrate her song contest victory while working on a follow-up single.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#039;m working really, really hard on my new music,&quot; she said. &quot;I think I&#039;m going to release something in the next couple of months.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether the new single would reinforce her message of empowerment, she said: &quot;I don&#039;t know. I don&#039;t like to limit myself. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;I don&#039;t need a strong message in a song in order to have a strong message in my performance. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;So my next song can be about apples and bananas and it would still be powerful and strong.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The Duke of Cambridge&#039;s five-day visit to Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan began on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eurovision Song Contest - BBC One<\/li>\n<li>BBC Music homepage<\/li>\n<li>BBC Music News LIVE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media playback is unsupported on your deviceMedia captionThe pair discussed mental health issues during a walkabout in Tel Aviv Israeli Eurovision winner Netta Barzilai says she is &quot;overwhelmed&quot; after the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}