Ella-Lee Lahav, mononymously known as Ella-Lee, is an Israeli singer and runner up of the seventh season of HaKokhav HaBa singing competition. In June 2020, on her 17th birthday, she release her debut single "Zot Ani", the single was ranking high on the Apple UK playlist and topped the Media Forest airplay chart. The song drew controversy online due its similarities to Mamamoo's song "Hip".
Early life
Lahav was born and raised in Shoham. Towards an appearance in television singing competition she changed her name from Ella Lahav to Ella-Lee Lahav, adding Lee to her name, after consultation with a numerologist.
Career
2019–2020: ''HaKokhav HaBa''
In 2019, she auditioned for the seventh season of the Israeli singing competition The Next Star to the Eurovision, Israel's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, with "You Don't Own Me" by Saygrace. After receiving 96% of the votes, she advanced to the second stage of the competition in which she sang "Into You" by Ariana Grande. In January 2020, she performed "Hey Mama" by David Guetta and won a duel with Nicki Goldstein. After that, she performed a duet with Orr Amrami Brockman to "Señorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello and got many praises from the judges and audience. In semi-final she performed "Only Girl " and "Royals". The last song Lahav performed in the competition was "Roar" by Katy Perry. After receiving 182 points from the judges and audience, Lahav won the second place, losing to Eden Alene.
2020–present: Debut single and other projects
On March 2020, she appeared with fellow runner up of HaKokhav HaBa Orr Amrami Brockman in an advertising to Israeli telecommunications companyBezeq, along with the presenter of the company commercials, Israeli singer Gidi Gov. In April she performed with Amrami Brockman in Israel Independence national ceremony, held in Mount Herzl. On 2 June 2020, her 17th birthday, she released her debut single "Zot Ani", produced by Johnny Goldstein. The song was the first Israeli K-pop song on the Israeli mainstream, and drew controversy online due to its similarities to Mamamoo's song "Hip". Just days after its release, the single became hit by reaching the top of Media Forest's airplay chart and ranking high on the Apple Music UK playlist Glitch.
