Netta Barzilai could lose the ESC title

According to Israeli media reports, the composer of the CES winning song "Toy" faces accusations of plagiarism. The Universal Music Group accuses them of copying the song White Stripes "Seven Nation Army".

Israeli media reported Tuesday night that a letter had been received by Doron Medalie and Stav Beger two weeks ago. There are similarities in the rhythm, not in the melody or the lyrics. More specifically, the conflict obviously revolves around a particular reef, as explained by the experts of the Baden-Württemberg Pop Academy on request of dpa.

Israeli singer Netta Barzilai had the Eurovision song contest in Portugal in May with her song "Toy" Israel would also be the regular host of the 2019 competition.

Ofer Menahem, the director of the barzilais , confirmed receipt of the letter. "There was no legal claim (there was only one letter) for a preliminary clarification on this issue," Israeli media said. Doron Medalie will fly to Los Angeles Wednesday to find a solution to the conflict, writes the news site "ynet".

Israeli media have written that if at least some parts of "Toy" were copied, this could be the direction of Eurovision. Endanger Song 2019 Contest in Israel. The winning song must be original. Otherwise, Netta Barzilai could be disqualified retroactively, wrote "Haaretz".

The newspaper had already written in March in a text on "Toy", the song recalls "Seven Nation Army."

The European Broadcasting Union as the organizer of the Eurovision Song Contest have not commented on the subject at first.

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