Rita did not win, but her song, "Shvil haBrichah" garnered much interest. That same year, Rita starred in an adaptation of "My Fair Lady" and released her self-titled debut album, "Rita", which went triple platinum, selling over 120,000 copies. In 1987, she released the English language album "Breaking Those Walls" under the name of Rita Farouz. That album contained several English versions of her Hebrew songs from the first album as well as original material. Despite going gold (20,000 copies) in Israel, that album was not an international success.