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| Eurovision Song Contest 1995 | ||||
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| Country |  Israel | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Kdam Eurovision 1995 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 9 March 1995 | |||
| Selected entrant | Liora | |||
| Selected song | "Amen" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 8th, 81 points | |||
| Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Israel entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Amen" by Liora after she won the Israeli national final.
This Israeli broadcaster, IBA, held a national final to select the Israeli entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, held in Dublin, Ireland. The contest was held at the IBA TV Studios in Jerusalem, hosted by Aki Avni and Michaela Berko. 13 songs competed, with the winner being decided through the votes of 7 regional juries. The spokesperson for Haifa's jury, Ofer Nachshon, would later go on to present Israel's votes at Eurovision between 2009 and 2017.
The winner was Liora (Liora Fadlon Simon) with the song "Amen", composed by Hamutal Ben-Ze'ev. [1]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Eli Luzon | "Mal'ahi hakatan" | 46 | 4 |
| 2 | Tali Koren | "Kmo Brigitte" | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Limor Azaria-Tvito | "Kesef" | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Lea Lupatin and Ofer Levi | "Ha'aretz hamuvtachat" | 53 | 3 |
| 5 | Si Heiman | "Batelevizya halaila" | 45 | 5 |
| 6 | Dana International | "Laila tov Eropa" | 67 | 2 |
| 7 | Haya Samir | "El hage'ula" | 31 | 6 |
| 8 | Ya'akov Nave | "Nashkini na" | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | Yulia | "Tfila" | 20 | 8 |
| 10 | Bnot Ya'akov | "Ahavat David" | 27 | 7 |
| 11 | Liora | "Amen" | 82 | 1 |
| 12 | Shalva Berti | "Halevai alecha ve'alai" | 13 | 9 |
| 13 | Avi Eylot | "Rachok mehabayit" | 7 | 10 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | |||||||||
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| Draw | Song | Hod HaSharon | Shlomi | Tel Aviv | Haifa | Ariel | Jerusalem | Palmachim | Total |
| 1 | "Mal'ahi hakatan" | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 46 |
| 2 | "Kmo Brigitte" | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 3 | "Kesef" | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| 4 | "Ha'aretz hamuvtachat" | 7 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 53 |
| 5 | "Batelevizya halaila" | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 45 |
| 6 | "Laila tov Eropa" | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 67 |
| 7 | "El hage'ula" | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 31 |
| 8 | "Nashkini na" | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| 9 | "Tfila" | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | "Ahavat David" | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 27 |
| 11 | "Amen" | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 82 |
| 12 | "Halevai alecha ve'alai" | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |||
| 13 | "Rachok mehabayit" | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||||
Liora performed 21st on the night of the final, following Slovenia and preceding Malta. She received 81 points, placing 8th in a field of 23. [2]
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