 Complete the following phrase:  Prior to the 2020 Contest, Israel had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-two times since its first entry in 1973. Israel has won the contest on four occasions: in 1978 with the song A-Ba-Ni-Bi performed by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, in 1979 with the song Hallelujah performed by Milk and Honey, in 1998 with the song Diva performed by Dana International and in 2018 with the song Toy performed by Netta Barzilai. Since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, Israel has failed to reach the final six times. In , Shiri Maimon gave the country its tenth top five result, finishing fourth. Having failed to qualify for the final for four consecutive years 201114, Israel reached the final for the first time in five years, with Nadav Guedj finishing ninth in , and the country has participated in the final every year since. Israels fourth victory came when Netta won the contest in Lisbon, with the song Toy. 