Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Participating broadcaster	Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan)
Country	Israel
National selection
Selection process	Artist: HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion ; Song: Internal Selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: 12 February 2019; Song: 10 March 2019
Selected artist(s)	Kobi Marimi
Selected song	"Home"
Selected songwriter(s)	Ohad Shragai; Inbar Weitzman;
Finals performance
Final result	23rd, 35 points
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest

Last updated October 04, 2024

Israel was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Home", written by Ohad Shragai and Inbar Weitzman, and performed by Kobi Marimi. The Israeli participating broadcaster, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan), organised in collaboration with the commercial broadcaster Keshet and Tedy Productions the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion ("The Next Star for Eurovision") to select its performer for the contest. In addition, IPBC/Kan was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the Expo Tel Aviv in Tel Aviv, after winning the previous edition with the song "Toy" performed by Netta.

Background

Prior to the 2019 contest, the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) until 2017, and the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan) in 2018, had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Israel forty-one times since IBA's first entry in 1973.^[1] They had 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, they have failed to reach the final six times. In 2005, " Hasheket Shenish'ar " performed by Shiri Maimon gave them their tenth top five result, finishing fourth. Having failed to qualify for the final for four consecutive years (2011–14), they reached the final for the first time in five years, with "Golden Boy" by Nadav Guedj finishing ninth in 2015, and the country has participated in the final every year, until Michael Ben David failed to qualify in 2022.

The Israeli entry for the 2019 contest was selected through the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion ("The Next Star for Eurovision"), which was organised by IPBC/Kan in collaboration with the commercial broadcaster Keshet and Tedy Productions. This was the fifth time that the Israeli entry was selected through a collaboration between these three companies.

Before Eurovision

HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion

The singer who would perform the Israeli entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was selected through the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion ("The Next Star for Eurovision"), the original version of the international format Rising Star produced by Tedy Productions and Keshet Media Group. HaKokhav HaBa has been used since 2015 to select the Israeli artist for Eurovision. The shows were hosted by Assi Azar and Rotem Sela and featured a judging panel composed of Asaf Amdursky, Keren Peles, Shiri Maimon (2005 Israeli Eurovision entrant), Harel Skaat (2010 Israeli Eurovision entrant) and Static & Ben-El Tavori.

The competition commenced on 24 November 2018 and concluded on 12 February 2019. All shows in the competition were broadcast on Keshet 12 as well as online via mako.co.il.

In addition, three programs were broadcast on Kan to determine the song that would represent Israel in 2019. Kan also held an additional show to select one singer to go through to the final of HaKokhav HaBa L’Eurovizion.^[2]

Shows

Auditions

The auditions were broadcast between 24 November 2018 and 1 January 2019. 59 of the 105 contestants advanced to the next phase following achieving at least 70% of the votes while 9 contestants who did not get enough votes to qualify were saved by the hosts.

Among the contestants were Danielle Mazuz, who previously took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 as a backing vocalist and dancer behind Netta, and Maya Bouskilla who was a candidate to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, 2011 and 2012.

On 2 January 2019 one of the originally advanced contestants, Elkana Marziano announced that he would withdraw from the competition.^[3]

Audition 1 –24 November 2018^[4]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Presenters' Vote		Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	R. Sela	A. Azar	Score	Result
1	Danielle Mazuz	"Happy"						—	—	90%	Advanced
2	Ofri Calfon	"Le'esof"						—	—	93%	Advanced
3	Yevgeny Morozov	"Shnei meshuga'im"						—	—	53%	Eliminated
4	Shachar Adawi	"Wikipedia"						—	—	89%	Advanced
5	Hila Leder	"Ex's & Oh's"						—	—	30%	Eliminated
6	Nadav Philips	"I Have Nothing"						—	—	82%	Advanced
7	Daniel Barzilai	"Osher ledaka"						—	—	88%	Advanced
8	Shalva Band	"Here Comes the Sun"						—	—	91%	Advanced

Audition 2 –27 November 2018^[5]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Presenters' Vote		Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	R. Sela	A. Azar	Score	Result
1	Avraham de Carvalho	"Issues"						—	—	89%	Advanced
2	Lior Chen	"She'eriot me'atzmi"						—	—	89%	Advanced
3	Shir Azulai	"Aba"						—	—	67%	Eliminated
4	Tai	"River"						—	—	92%	Advanced
5	Alex Kay	"Rolling in the Deep"						—	—	43%	Eliminated
6	Shefita	"You Oughta Know"								58%	Saved
7	Maya Bouskilla	"Listen"						—	—	82%	Advanced

Audition 3 –1 December 2018^[6]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Presenters' Vote		Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	R. Sela	A. Azar	Score	Result
1	Osher Biton	"Tel Aviv balaila"			—^{[lower-alpha 1]}			—	—	85%	Advanced
2	Liat Eliyahu	"She'tisaref ha'ahava"						—	—	88%	Advanced
3	Ruby Bedalov	"Don't Stop Me Now"						—	—	54%	Eliminated
4	Shachaf	"Born This Way"						—	—	76%	Advanced
5	Klara Sabag	"Mangina"						—	—	81%	Advanced
6	Judith Hasin	"River"						—	—	80%	Advanced
7	Elad Tavori	"Ve'at"			did not vote		did not vote	—	—	44%	Eliminated

Audition 4 –3 December 2018^[7]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Presenters' Vote		Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	R. Sela	A. Azar	Score	Result
1	Gal Binyamin	"Hakol over"						—	—	70%	Advanced
2	Barry Brown	"You Raise Me Up"						—	—	78%	Advanced

Audition 5 –4 December 2018^[7]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Presenters' Vote		Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	R. Sela	A. Azar	Score	Result
1	Naor Cohen	"Shemishehu yaatzor oti"						—	—	85%	Advanced
2	Naama Gali Cohen	"New Rules"						—	—	75%	Advanced
3	Shay Ben Aroya	"Ima im haiti"			did not vote	did not vote		—	—	46%	Eliminated
4	Romi Azar	"Creep"								55%	Saved
5	Limor Oved	"Ve'im preda"			—^{[lower-alpha 1]}			—	—	91%	Advanced
6	Enosh Tzuberi	"Silsulim"						—	—	30%	Eliminated
7	Julia Grinitz	"Creep"								59%	Saved

Audition 6 –8 December 2018^[8]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Presenters' Vote		Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	R. Sela	A. Azar	Score	Result
1	Asaf Maslati	"Ma ata rotze mimeni"						—	—	71%	Advanced
2	Eti Bitton	"Rak le'ima"						—	—	83%	Advanced
3	Asia and Alexandra	"Lost on You"						—	—	55%	Eliminated
4	Roy Sandler	"Yeladim ka'ale"						—	—	82%	Advanced
5	Aviv Matka	"Me and You"						—	—	35%	Eliminated
6	Sarah Moshaioff	"Ein li af echad"						—	—	90%	Advanced
7	Ohad Levi	"Tachzeri"						—	—	49%	Eliminated
8	Kobi Marimi	"Sweet Dreams"						—	—	92%	Advanced

Audition 7 –11 December 2018^[9]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Presenters' Vote		Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	R. Sela	A. Azar	Score	Result
1	Ido Dankner	"One Dance / No"						—	—	70%	Advanced
2	Amit Sade	"Addicted to You"						—	—	81%	Advanced
3	Tomer Raz	"Gvulot hegayon"						—	—	71%	Advanced
4	Maor Kdoshim	"Im ha'ita ro'eh"						—	—	54%	Eliminated
5	Gilad Tenzer	"Ein yoter tov mize"						—	—	75%	Advanced
6	Meshi and Mor Portal	"Ach sheli"			did not vote			—	—	39%	Eliminated
7	Elkana Marziano	"Holech li meyuash"						—	—	77%	Withdrew
8	Avivit Doron	"Mi yada she'kach yihye"			—^{[lower-alpha 1]}			—	—	43%	Eliminated

Audition 8 –13 December 2018^[10]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Presenters' Vote		Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	R. Sela	A. Azar	Score	Result
1	Niv Yanko	"Ha'ahava hazot shelanu"						—	—	91%	Advanced
2	Gavriel Cohen	"Ve'im preda"			—^{[lower-alpha 1]}			—	—	29%	Eliminated
3	Eden Vered Mery	"Seven Nation Army"						—	—	78%	Advanced
4	Eliya Gabai	"Ahava ka'zo"						—	—	93%	Advanced

Audition 9 –15 December 2018^[10]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Presenters' Vote		Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	R. Sela	A. Azar	Score	Result
1	Nave Madmon	"Stitches"						—	—	88%	Advanced
2	Yarden Yishai	"Albi ma'ak"						—	—	56%	Eliminated
3	Ayala Eligoola	"All I Ask"						—	—	83%	Advanced
4	Emanuel Shmuel	"Shelach beahava"						—	—	22%	Eliminated
5	Wanna Wanna	"Haverot shelach"						—	—	70%	Advanced
6	Tal Versano	"Malach sheli"								54%	Saved
7	Meni Gross	"Bamechonit"						—	—	66%	Eliminated
8	Ketreyah	"Mirrors"						—	—	95%	Advanced

Audition 10 –19 December 2018^[11]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Presenters' Vote		Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	R. Sela	A. Azar	Score	Result
1	Alik Manshirov	"Ein po makom"						—	—	76%	Advanced
2	Frida Uziel	"Vidui"								60%	Saved

Audition 11 –22 December 2018^[12]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Presenters' Vote		Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	R. Sela	A. Azar	Score	Result
1	Zohar Shechtman	"Shir shel yom chulin"								55%	Saved
2	Ilai Chapman	"Eich she'at yafa"						—	—	80%	Advanced
3	Osher Saba	"Ima im haiti"				did not vote		—	—	34%	Eliminated
4	Noe Sassover	"Dangerous Woman"			—^{[lower-alpha 1]}			—	—	86%	Advanced
5	Shon Bello	"Zman tov lishmoah"		—^{[lower-alpha 2]}				—	—	40%	Eliminated
6	Yagel Yadai	"Ein li otcha"						—	—	77%	Advanced
7	Elsie Doll	"Friends"						—	—	36%	Eliminated
8	Nitay Twito	"Rise Up"						—	—	92%	Advanced

Audition 12 –25 December 2018^[13]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Presenters' Vote		Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	R. Sela	A. Azar	Score	Result
1	Nethanel and Yarden Barzilai	"Tsevaim"			—^{[lower-alpha 1]}			—	—	70%	Advanced
2	Maayan Brinza	"Leilotai"				did not vote		—	—	46%	Eliminated
3	Shira Givony	"If I Were a Boy"						—	—	72%	Advanced
4	Or Ben Atar	"Achrei hakol mitgagea"						—	—	94%	Advanced
5	Meital Locke	"Haderech el hakfar"		—^{[lower-alpha 2]}				—	—	66%	Eliminated
6	Avi Ashur	"Eten lach"		—^{[lower-alpha 2]}				—	—	79%	Advanced
7	Sofia Makovkina	"Highway to Hell"						—	—	39%	Eliminated
8	Ihab Atila	"Eten lach shanim"			—^{[lower-alpha 1]}			—	—	85%	Advanced

Audition 13 –29 December 2018^[14]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Presenters' Vote		Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	R. Sela	A. Azar	Score	Result
1	Rotem Chen	"Osher ledaka"						—	—	80%	Advanced
2	Tchelet Perlmutter	"Soon We'll Be Found"						—	—	86%	Advanced
3	Dana Hertz	"Rise Up"						—	—	57%	Eliminated
4	Noa Klein	"Over the Rainbow"		—^{[lower-alpha 2]}				—	—	88%	Advanced
5	Los Caparos	"Nachon lehayom"						—	—	70%	Advanced
6	Daniela Lamash	"Make You Feel My Love"						—	—	44%	Eliminated
7	Ofek Adanek	"She'at zaza"	did not vote			did not vote				50%	Saved

Audition 14 –30 December 2018^[15]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Presenters' Vote		Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	R. Sela	A. Azar	Score	Result
1	Tali Rabinovich	"Dangerous Woman"			—^{[lower-alpha 1]}			—	—	81%	Advanced
2	Itai Goren	"Hey at"						—	—	24%	Eliminated
3	Yuval Shauli	"Warrior"								59%	Saved
4	Immanuel Spiker	"Part of Your World"						—	—	59%	Eliminated
5	Dili	"Hasholef meBagdad"						—	—	25%	Eliminated
6	Bar Cohen	"Kshe'halachta"						—	—	81%	Advanced

Audition 15 –31 December 2018^[16]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Presenters' Vote		Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	R. Sela	A. Azar	Score	Result
1	Avigal Reef Cohen	"Migdalor"						—	—	73%	Advanced
2	Ben Ganon	"Zer kisufim"						—	—	50%	Eliminated
3	Ariella Siman Tov	"Lo ohev oti yoter"			—^{[lower-alpha 1]}			—	—	82%	Advanced
4	Roy Pinhasov	"Al taslicheni l'et zikna"						—	—	68%	Eliminated
5	Yakir Rada	"Alfei sipurim"	did not vote		did not vote	did not vote	did not vote	—	—	29%	Eliminated
6	Osher Davidian	"Nizacht iti hakol"						—	—	88%	Advanced

Audition 16 –1 January 2019^[17]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Presenters' Vote		Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	R. Sela	A. Azar	Score	Result
1	Marie Ben Haim	"Yesh bi od koach"								67%	Saved
2	Mazal Kav	"Latch"						—	—	73%	Advanced
3	Michal Shavo	"Your Love (Keeps Me Alive)"						—	—	18%	Eliminated
4	Elisete Ritter	"Mas que Nada"						—	—	22%	Eliminated
5	Gadi Sulimanov	"Nagia rachok"			—^{[lower-alpha 1]}	did not vote		—	—	63%	Eliminated
6	Natalie Wamba Berry	"Crazy"		—^{[lower-alpha 2]}				—	—	83%	Advanced
7	Amir and Shahar Exol	"Katonti"		—^{[lower-alpha 2]}				—	—	66%	Eliminated
8	Ana Eliya Ben David	"Nigun haneshamot"			—^{[lower-alpha 1]}			—	—	45%	Eliminated
9	Zohar Garala	"Lomedet lalechet"						—	—	78%	Advanced

Shortlisting rounds

The shortlisting rounds were broadcast between 7 and 10 January 2019. 20 of the 67 contestants advanced to the next phase of the competition. The results were decided with the same method as in the auditions with the only difference that votes in this round were cast solely by the judges, therefore each judge could add 20% to the contestant's final score. Each shortlisting round consisted of two rounds: in the first round all contestants performed behind the wall. The contestants with a score of at least 60% advanced to the second round where the judges decided which contestants advance to the next phase of the competition.

Shortlisting Round 1 –7 January 2019^[18]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	Score	Result
1	Lior Chen	"Sipur machur"			did not vote			80%	Advanced
2	Maya Bouskilla	"Wrecking Ball"						100%	Advanced
3	Shefita	"Karma Police"						80%	Advanced
4	Tal Versano	"Osher ledaka"						20%	Eliminated
5	Tai	"High Hopes"						80%	Advanced
6	Nadav Philips	"Paparazzi"						60%	Eliminated
7	Ariella Siman Tov	"Chelek mimcha"						20%	Eliminated
8	Ayala Eligoola	"Shallow"						80%	Eliminated
9	Osher Biton	"Yam shel dmaot"						80%	Advanced

Shortlisting Round 2 –8 January 2019^[19]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	Score	Result
1	Klara Sabag	"Who You Are"						80%	Advanced
2	Daniel Barzilai	"I'm Not the Only One"						100%	Advanced
3	Frida Uziel	"Wicked Game"				did not vote		20%	Eliminated
4	Naor Cohen	"Etz yarok miplastik"						80%	Advanced
5	Naama Gali Cohen	"Crazy in Love"						60%	Advanced
6	Ido Dankner	"...Baby One More Time"						60%	Eliminated
7	Romi Azar	"Help!"						20%	Eliminated
8	Shalva Band	"Eich efshar shelo"						100%	Advanced

Shortlisting Round 3 –9 January 2019^[20]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	Score	Result
1	Gal Binyamin	"Absurd"						60%	Eliminated
2	Shachaf	"Fallin'"						80%	Advanced
3	Nethanel and Yarden Barzilai	"HaSheket SheNish'ar"				did not vote		20%	Eliminated
4	Liat Eliyahu	"Ve'im tavo'i elay / Haim sheli"						80%	Advanced
5	Kobi Marimi	"Jar of Hearts"						80%	Advanced
6	Julia Grinitz	"Freedom"						80%	Eliminated
7	Ofri Calfon	"Kol hamilim"						100%	Advanced
8	Asaf Maslati	"Ahava"						40%	Eliminated
9	Wanna Wanna	"Only Girl (In the World)"						100%	Advanced

Shortlisting Round 4 –10 January 2019^[21]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	Score	Result
1	Danielle Mazuz	"Ata chayav lamut alay"						80%	Advanced
2	Avraham de Carvalho	"Who You Are"						80%	Advanced
3	Amit Sade	"This Love"	did not vote					20%	Eliminated
4	Tchelet Perlmutter	"Gara mul hamayim"						60%	Eliminated
5	Ketreyah	"Price Tag"						60%	Advanced
6	Judith Hasin	"Lif'amim"						20%	Eliminated
7	Nitay Twito	"All of Me"						100%	Advanced
8	Ofek Adanek	"Stigma shel hagil"						40%	Eliminated
9	Nave Madmon	"Pillowtalk"						100%	Advanced

Eliminated contestants whose performances were not included in the shows
Alik Manshirov	Limor Oved	Roy Sandler
Avi Ashur	Los Caparos	Sarah Moshaioff
Avigal Reef Cohen	Marie Ben Haim	Shachar Adawi
Bar Cohen	Mazal Kav	Shira Givony
Barry Brown	Natalie Wamba Berry	Tali Rabinovich
Eden Vered Mery	Niv Yanko	Tomer Raz
Eliya Gabai	Noa Klein	Yagel Yadai
Eti Bitton	Noe Sassover	Yuval Shauli
Gilad Tenzer	Or Ben Atar	Zohar Garala
Ihab Atila	Osher Davidian	Zohar Shechtman
Ilai Chapman	Rotem Chen

Top 20 round

The Top 20 round was broadcast between 13 and 15 January 2019. The remaining 20 contestants were paired in 10 duels. From each duel, the contestant with the higher score advanced to the next phase of the competition. At the end of the duels, two contestants who did not win their duels were saved by the judges and the remaining contestants were eliminated.

Static and Ben-El Tavori did not attend the shows, therefore they did not vote. They were replaced by singer Itay Levi in the judging panel.

Top 20 Round –Show 1 –13 January 2019^[22]
Duel	Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Score	Result
Duel	Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	I. Levi	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Score	Result
I	1	Wanna Wanna	"I Trusted U"						68%	Eliminated
I	2	Maya Bouskilla	"If I Were a Boy"						81%	Advanced
II	3	Shachaf	"Déjà vu"						60%	Eliminated
II	4	Klara Sabag	"Rolling in the Deep"						76%	Advanced
III	5	Lior Chen	"Russian Roulette"						64%	Eliminated
III	6	Osher Biton	"Estader levad"						87%	Advanced

Top 20 Round –Show 2 –14 January 2019^[23]
Duel	Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Score	Result
Duel	Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	I. Levi	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Score	Result
I	1	Naama Gali Cohen	"Rockabye"						64%	Eliminated
I	2	Daniel Barzilai	"Ish shel laila"						80%	Advanced
II	3	Shefita	"Can't Stop the Feeling!"						41%	Saved
II	4	Tai	"Radioactive"						89%	Advanced
III	5	Kobi Marimi	"Mad World"						57%	Advanced
III	6	Liat Eliyahu	"Stone Cold"						51%	Eliminated

Top 20 Round –Show 3 –15 January 2019^[24]
Duel	Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Score	Result
Duel	Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	I. Levi	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Score	Result
I	1	Avraham de Carvalho	"Viva la Vida"						67%	Saved
I	2	Ketreyah	"Just the Way You Are"						83%	Advanced
II	3	Nitay Twito	"Sorry"						68%	Eliminated
II	4	Ofri Calfon	"Tocho ratzuf ahava"						90%	Advanced
III	5	Nave Madmon	"Never Forget You"						53%	Eliminated
III	6	Danielle Mazuz	"Earth Song"						54%	Advanced
IV	7	Shalva Band	"The Sound of Silence"						95%	Advanced
IV	8	Naor Cohen	"Shtaim balaila"						66%	Eliminated

Elimination shows

Heat 1

The first heat was broadcast on 19 January 2019. The remaining twelve contestants were paired in five thematical duels: the contestants of the first duel had to show their style, the second duel consisted of songs of divas, in the third duel four contestants were paired in two duets, the contestants in the fourth duel had to sing about a personal story and the fifth duel consisted of former Eurovision Song Contest entries. From each duel, the contestant with the higher score advanced to the next phase of the competition. At the end of the duels, five contestants who did not win their duels were saved by the judges and the remaining one contestant was eliminated.^[25]

Heat 1 –19 January 2019
Duel	Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Score	Result
Duel	Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	Score	Result
I	1	Ketreyah	"Wings"						85%	Advanced
I	2	Danielle Mazuz	"No Diggity"						69%	Saved
II	3	Shefita	"Bootylicious"						83%	Saved
II	4	Avraham de Carvalho	"When We Were Young"						88%	Advanced
III	5	Klara Sabag and Osher Biton	"Tafasta li makom"						71%	Eliminated Saved^{[lower-alpha 3]}
III	6	Ofri Calfon and Shalva Band	"Chalomot shel acherim"						94%	Advanced
IV	7	Tai	"Breathe Me"						72%	Saved
IV	8	Daniel Barzilai	"Hello"						79%	Advanced
V	9	Kobi Marimi	"Fuego"						80%	Saved
V	10	Maya Bouskilla	"Rise Like a Phoenix"						85%	Advanced

Heat 2

The second heat was broadcast on 20 and 21 January 2019. The remaining eleven contestants were paired in duels. From each duel, the contestant with the higher score advanced to the next phase of the competition while the contestant with the lowest score at that moment had to choose its opponent at the end of each duel. At the end of the duels, the contestant with the lowest score was eliminated.

Heat 2 –First Part –20 January 2019^[26]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	Score	Result
1	Daniel Barzilai	"Grenade"						73%	Advanced
2	Maya Bouskilla	"Warrior"						63%	Advanced
3	Shefita	"Broken"						69%	Advanced
4	Danielle Mazuz	"Toxic"						59%	Advanced
5	Avraham de Carvalho	"Back to Black"						88%	Advanced
6	Osher Biton	"Harbe mimech nishar"						47%	Eliminated
7	Shalva Band	"Hallelujah"			did not vote			76%	Advanced
8	Ofri Calfon	"Ahava ka'zo"						55%	Advanced

Heat 2 –Second Part –21 January 2019^[27]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	Score	Result
9	Kobi Marimi	"Circle of Life"			did not vote			70%	Advanced
10	Tai	"Love on the Brain"						64%	Advanced
11	Ketreyah	"Kshalev boche"						86%	Advanced

Duels of the first part
Duel	Artist	Score	Artist	Score
I	Daniel Barzilai	73%	Maya Bouskilla	63%
II	Maya Bouskilla	63%	Shefita	69%
III	Maya Bouskilla	63%	Danielle Mazuz	59%
IV	Danielle Mazuz	59%	Avraham de Carvalho	88%
V	Danielle Mazuz	59%	Osher Biton	47%
VI	Osher Biton	47%	Shalva Band	76%
VII	Osher Biton	47%	Ofri Calfon	55%

Duels of the second part
Duel	Artist	Score	Artist	Score
VIII	Osher Biton	47%	Kobi Marimi	70%
IX	Osher Biton	47%	Tai	64%
X	Osher Biton	47%	Ketreyah	86%

Heat 3

The third heat was broadcast on 26 January 2019. The remaining ten contestants were paired in four thematical duels: in the first duel four contestants were paired in two duets, the contestants in the second duel had to sing about a personal story, the third duel consisted of votes of the audience only and the contestants in the fourth duel had to sing in duet with one of the judges, Harel Skaat. From each duel, the contestant with the higher score advanced to the next phase of the competition. At the end of the duels, four contestants who did not win their duels were saved by the judges and the remaining one contestant was eliminated.^[28]

In the first and fourth duel, Harel Skaat was replaced by Gali Atari who, as part of Milk and Honey, won the Eurovision Song Contest 1979.

Heat 3 –26 January 2019
Duel	Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Score	Result
Duel	Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	Score	Result
I	1	Maya Bouskilla and Ketreyah	"Bang Bang"						94%	Advanced
I	2	Ofri Calfon and Daniel Barzilai	"Lifnei she'yigamer"						92%	Saved
II	3	Danielle Mazuz	"Make You Feel My Love"				did not vote		58%	Eliminated
II	4	Kobi Marimi	"This Is Me"						81%	Advanced
III	5	Shefita	"Material Girl"	—	—	—	—	—	37%	Saved
III	6	Tai	"Womanizer"	—	—	—	—	—	76%	Advanced
IV	7	Shalva Band and Harel Skaat	"Bechayai"						83%	Advanced
IV	8	Avraham de Carvalho and Harel Skaat	"Shallow"						75%	Saved

Heat 4

The fourth heat was broadcast on 27 and 28 January 2019. The remaining nine contestants performed behind the wall except for the first contestant. At the end of the performances, the contestant with the lowest score was eliminated.

Heat 4 –First Part –27 January 2019^[29]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	Score	Result
1	Kobi Marimi	"Diamonds"						48%	Eliminated
2	Ketreyah	"Stay"						95%	Advanced
3	Ofri Calfon	"Runnin' (Lose It All)"						71%	Advanced
4	Shefita	"Black Hole Sun"						54%	Advanced
5	Tai	"Never Tear Us Apart"						69%	Advanced
6	Daniel Barzilai	"Eifo hayit"						59%	Advanced
7	Maya Bouskilla	"I Will Always Love You"						77%	Advanced

Heat 4 –Second Part –28 January 2019^[30]
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	Score	Result
8	Shalva Band	"Ani ro'a bach mashehu tov"						91%	Advanced
9	Avraham de Carvalho	"Let It Go"				did not vote		56%	Advanced

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final was broadcast on 2 February 2019 and consisted of two rounds: four of the remaining eight contestants were paired in two duels in the first round. From each duel, the contestant with the higher score advanced to the second round. At the end of the first round, one of the remaining two contestants was saved by the judges and the other contestant was eliminated. The winners of the two duels were paired in a third duel in the second round. At the end of the duel, each judge allocated twelve points to their favourite and ten points to their runner-up. In addition to the votes of the judges, 40 points in proportion to the votes of the audience were also allocated to the two contestants. In the end, the contestant with the higher number of points advanced directly to the final and the other contestant advanced to the next phase of the competition.^[31]

In addition to the individual performances, the four contestants performed I Gotta Feeling prior to the first round.

On 5 February 2019 Shalva Band announced that they would withdraw from the competition.^[32]

Semi-final 1 –First Round –2 February 2019
Duel	Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Score	Result
Duel	Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	Score	Result
I	1	Ketreyah	"There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"						88%	Second Round
I	2	Tai	"Genius"						42%	Eliminated
II	3	Daniel Barzilai	"Kshe'acher"						30%	Saved
II	4	Shalva Band	"True Colors"						84%	Second Round

Semi-final 1 –Second Round
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury							Audience	Total	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static	B. El Tavori	Total	Audience	Total	Result
5	Shalva Band	"Pizmon LaYakinton"	10	10	10	12	12	12	66	21	87	Withdrew
6	Ketreyah	"HaSheket SheNish'ar"	12	12	12	10	10	10	66	19	85	Advanced

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final was broadcast on 3 February 2019 and consisted of two rounds: four of the remaining eight contestants were paired in two duels in the first round. From each duel, the contestant with the higher score advanced to the second round. At the end of the first round, one of the remaining two contestants was saved by the judges and the other contestant was eliminated. The winners of the two duels were paired in a third duel in the second round. At the end of the duel, each judge allocated twelve points to their favourite and ten points to their runner-up. In addition to the votes of the judges, 40 points in proportion to the votes of the audience were also allocated to the two contestants. In the end, the contestant with the higher number of points advanced directly to the final and the other contestant advanced to the next phase of the competition.^[33]

In addition to the individual performances, the four contestants performed Can't Stop the Feeling prior to the first round.

Semi-final 2 –First Round –3 February 2019
Duel	Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Score	Result
Duel	Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	Score	Result
I	1	Maya Bouskilla	"Love On Top / We Will Rock You"						85%	Second Round
I	2	Shefita	"Imagine"						72%	Saved
II	3	Avraham de Carvalho	"Writing's on the Wall"						82%	Second Round
II	4	Ofri Calfon	"Ya mama"						55%	Eliminated

Semi-final 2 –Second Round
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury							Audience	Total	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static	B. El Tavori	Total	Audience	Total	Result
5	Avraham de Carvalho	"Halo"	12	10	10	10	10	10	62	19	81	Advanced
6	Maya Bouskilla	"A Million Voices"	10	12	12	12	12	12	70	21	91	Finalist

Semi-final 3

The third semi-final was broadcast on 4 February 2019. The remaining four contestants who did not advance automatically to the final performed behind the wall except for the first contestant. At the end of the performances, the contestant with the highest score advanced to the final.^[34]

Semi-final 3 –4 February 2019
Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Score	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	Score	Result
1	Daniel Barzilai	"Use Somebody"						50%	Advanced
2	Ketreyah	"Rise Up"						91%	Finalist
3	Shefita	"Lioness"						65%	Advanced
4	Avraham de Carvalho	"Perfect"						89%	Advanced

Wildcard round

The wildcard round was broadcast on 7 February 2019. Two previously eliminated contestants were paired in a duel. At the end of the duel, each judge allocated twelve points to their favourite and ten points to their runner-up. In addition to the votes of the judges, 40 points in proportion to the votes of the audience were also allocated to the two contestants. In the end, the contestant with the higher number of points returned to the competition and the other contestant was eliminated.^[35]

Wildcard Round –7 February
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury							Audience	Total	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static	B. El Tavori	Total	Audience	Total	Result
1	Osher Biton	"Pri ganech"	10	10	12	10	12	12	66	19	85	Eliminated
2	Kobi Marimi	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"	12	12	10	12	10	10	66	21	87	Wildcard

Semi-final 4

The fourth semi-final was broadcast on 9 February 2019 and consisted of two rounds: the remaining four contestants were paired in two duels in the first round. From each duel, the contestant with the higher score advanced to the second round. At the end of the first round, one of the remaining two contestants was saved by the judges and the other contestant was eliminated. The remaining three contestants were paired in a third duel in the second round. At the end of the duel, each judge allocated twelve points to their favourite, ten points to their runner-up and eight points to their least favourite. In addition to the votes of the judges, 60 points in proportion to the votes of the audience were also allocated to the three contestants. In the end, the two contestants with the highest number of points advanced to the final and the third-placed contestant was eliminated.^[36]

Semi-final 4 –First Round –9 February 2019
Duel	Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Score	Result
Duel	Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	Score	Result
I	1	Shefita	"Crazy"						74%	Saved
I	2	Avraham de Carvalho	"Believe"						89%	Second Round
II	3	Daniel Barzilai	"Im ha'ita ro'eh"						58%	Eliminated
II	4	Kobi Marimi	"Russian Roulette"						78%	Second Round

Semi-final 4 –Second Round
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury							Audience	Total	Result
Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static	B. El Tavori	Total	Audience	Total	Result
5	Avraham de Carvalho	"Stay with Me"	10	8	8	8	8	10	52	18	70	Eliminated
6	Shefita	"Feeling Good"	12	10	12	10	10	8	62	20	82	Finalist
7	Kobi Marimi	"Hallelujah"	8	12	10	12	12	12	66	22	88	Finalist

Final

The final was held on 12 February 2019 and consisted of two rounds: the remaining four contestants were paired in two duels in the first round. From each duel, the contestant with the higher score advanced to the second round. In the first round, each judge could boost the contestants' score by three percent instead of the original eight. At the end of the first round, one of the remaining two contestants was saved by the viewers and the other contestant was eliminated.

The remaining three contestants were paired in a third duel in the second round. At the end of the duel, each judge allocated twelve points to their favourite, ten points to their runner-up and eight points to their least favourite. In addition to the votes of the judges, 270 points in proportion to the votes of the audience were also allocated to the three contestants. In the end, the contestant with the highest number of points won the competition.^[37]

Additionally, three thematical jury groups were asked to vote by the same method as the in-studio judges in the second round. The members of the three jury groups were:

Group 1: Judges of Kokhav Nolad – Gal Uchovsky, Margalit Tzan'ani, Tzedi Tzarfati
Group 2: Presenters of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation – Avia Malka, Dafna Lustig, Lucy Ayoub
Group 3: Composers of former Israeli Eurovision Song Contest entries – Kobi Oshrat, Stav Beger, Yoav Ginai

In addition to the individual performances, the four contestants performed a medley of Toy and High Hopes prior to the first round and the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, Netta performed Bassa Sababa as an interval act.

Final –First Round –12 February 2019
Duel	Draw	Artist	Song	Judges' Vote					Score	Result
Duel	Draw	Artist	Song	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static & B. El Tavori	Score	Result
I	1	Ketreyah	"Locked Out of Heaven"						68%	Second Round
I	2	Shefita	"My Way"						65%	Saved
II	3	Maya Bouskilla	"Euphoria"						54%	4th
II	4	Kobi Marimi	"Always"						79%	Second Round

Final –Second Round
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Viewers	Total	Place
1	Shefita	"Broken"	90	70	160	3
2	Kobi Marimi	"Let It Be"	102	113	215	1
3	Ketreyah	"Impossible"	78	87	165	2

Detailed Jury Votes
Artist	HaKokhav HaBa Judges						Jury Groups			Total
Artist	A. Amdursky	K. Peles	H. Skaat	S. Maimon	Static	B. El Tavori	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Total
Shefita	12	10	10	10	10	12	8	8	10	90
Kobi Marimi	8	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	102
Ketreyah	10	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	78

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 took place at the Expo Tel Aviv in Tel Aviv, Israel and consisted of two semi-finals on 14 and 16 May and a final on 18 May 2019. According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. As the host country, Israel automatically qualified to compete in the final. In addition to its participation in the final, Israel was required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals.

Israel was drawn to compete in the second half of the final, performing 14th, receiving a total of 35 points: 35 points from the televoting and 0 points from the juries. This made it the fourth time since 2015 that the host country ranked in the bottom five.

Voting

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member, as well as the nation's televoting results, were released shortly after the grand final.^[38]

Points awarded to Israel

Points awarded to Israel (Final)^[39]
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	France
10 points
8 points
7 points	Moldova
6 points
5 points	Cyprus
4 points	Georgia
3 points	Czech Republic Romania
2 points
1 point	San Marino

Points awarded by Israel

Points awarded by Israel (Semi-final 1)^[40]
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Australia	Greece
10 points	Estonia	Estonia
8 points	Cyprus	Australia
7 points	Georgia	Hungary
6 points	Czech Republic	Czech Republic
5 points	San Marino	Poland
4 points	Belarus	Cyprus
3 points	Iceland	Belgium
2 points	Poland	San Marino
1 point	Serbia	Belarus

Points awarded by Israel (Final)^[39]
Score	Televote	Jury
12 points	Russia	Netherlands
10 points	Norway	Italy
8 points	Italy	Estonia
7 points	Switzerland	Azerbaijan
6 points	Australia	Sweden
5 points	Spain	Australia
4 points	France	Malta
3 points	Azerbaijan	Switzerland
2 points	Netherlands	France
1 point	Denmark	Czech Republic

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Israeli jury:^[38]

Aviad Rosenbaum (jury chairperson) –head of music Kan
Doron Talmon [ he ] –singer, songwriter
Shlomit Aharon –professional singer, represented Israel in the 1981 contest as member of Hakol Over Habibi
Dikla Dori [ he ] (Dikla) –singer, songwriter, musician
Avi Ochayon [ he ] –songwriter and composer

Detailed voting results from Israel (Semi-final 1)^[40]
Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
Draw	Country	D. Talmon	S. Aharon	Dikla	A. Rosenbaum	A. Ochayon	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Cyprus	6	8	15	4	6	7	4	3	8
02	Montenegro	15	12	12	14	16	14		17
03	Finland	13	15	9	7	14	12		16
04	Poland	7	11	6	3	10	6	5	9	2
05	Slovenia	9	9	8	6	13	11		13
06	Czech Republic	4	2	11	9	5	5	6	5	6
07	Hungary	3	5	5	2	7	4	7	11
08	Belarus	10	6	7	11	9	10	1	7	4
09	Serbia	11	10	13	12	12	13		10	1
10	Belgium	8	7	4	10	8	8	3	14
11	Georgia	14	13	14	13	15	15		4	7
12	Australia	2	14	2	5	3	3	8	1	12
13	Iceland	17	16	16	17	11	16		8	3
14	Estonia	5	1	3	8	1	2	10	2	10
15	Portugal	16	17	17	15	17	17		12
16	Greece	1	3	1	1	2	1	12	15
17	San Marino	12	4	10	16	4	9	2	6	5

Detailed voting results from Israel (Final)^[39]
Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
Draw	Country	D. Talmon	S. Aharon	Dikla	A. Rosenbaum	A. Ochayon	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Malta	9	7	7	9	7	7	4	16
02	Albania	24	20	21	23	23	24		24
03	Czech Republic	6	9	11	7	12	10	1	15
04	Germany	20	15	13	24	8	18		22
05	Russia	12	17	3	10	13	12		1	12
06	Denmark	16	11	17	15	18	20		10	1
07	San Marino	25	16	22	25	19	23		20
08	North Macedonia	10	21	10	17	9	15		14
09	Sweden	4	12	18	13	1	5	6	13
10	Slovenia	18	23	15	16	25	21		19
11	Cyprus	15	14	8	12	11	14		12
12	Netherlands	2	2	2	2	3	1	12	9	2
13	Greece	13	18	9	11	14	16		25
14	Israel
15	Norway	22	8	12	14	17	17		2	10
16	United Kingdom	14	4	20	19	5	11		23
17	Iceland	21	25	25	22	20	25		17
18	Estonia	8	1	4	21	2	3	8	11
19	Belarus	23	3	23	18	15	13		18
20	Azerbaijan	1	6	16	3	16	4	7	8	3
21	France	5	10	19	6	10	9	2	7	4
22	Italy	3	5	1	1	6	2	10	3	8
23	Serbia	19	22	14	20	24	22		21
24	Switzerland	7	13	5	5	22	8	3	4	7
25	Australia	11	24	6	4	4	6	5	5	6
26	Spain	17	19	24	8	21	19		6	5

Notes and references

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Harel Skaat was not present during the audition, therefore he did not vote. The remaining four judges could boost each contestant's score by 10% instead of the original 8.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Keren Peles was not present during the audition, therefore she did not vote. The remaining four judges could boost each contestant's score by 10% instead of the original 8.
↑ At the end of the show, Klara Sabag was eliminated while Osher Biton was saved by the judges.

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Ireland participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018, which took place on 25 November 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. The Irish broadcaster TG4 is responsible for organising their entry for the contest through a national selection show entitled Junior Eurovision Éire. The national final took place on 11 November 2018, while the semifinals took place between 14 October and 4 November. This was Ireland's fourth appearance at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

Israel originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The Israeli broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation collaborated with the commercial broadcaster Keshet and Tedy Productions, which organisied the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion. The competition was won by Eden Alene, with a separate national final, HaShir HaBa L'Eurovizion, held to select her entry "Feker Libi". However, the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Slovenia originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Voda" written by Ana Soklič and Bojan Simončič. The song was performed by Ana Soklič. Slovenian broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija organised the national final EMA in order to select the Slovenian entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. 18 entries competed in the first stage of the national final, EMA FREŠ 2020, from which two entries qualified to compete in EMA 2020 following a two-month-long competition. Twelve entries competed in EMA 2020 where the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top two entries were selected by a three-member jury panel. In the second round, "Voda" performed by Ana Soklič was selected as the winner entirely by a public vote.

Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, having internally selected Eden Alene as their representative. She was due to compete in the 2020 contest with "Feker Libi" before the event's cancellation. Her entry for 2021, "Set Me Free", was chosen during the national selection competition HaShir Shelanu L'Eurovizion organised by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation.

Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy with the entry "I.M" performed by Michael Ben David. The Israeli broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan) collaborated with the commercial broadcaster Reshet in order to select the Israeli entry for the 2022 contest. The fourth season of the reality singing competition The X Factor Israel, which was organised by Reshet, was used to select the Israeli entry. The competition concluded with a final on 5 February 2022 that featured four finalists with potential Eurovision songs that were selected for them through a song selection round in January and February 2022. The winner was selected following the combination of the votes from a public vote and two jury groups.

Slovenia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, with the song "Disko", written and performed by group LPS. The Slovenian entry for the 2022 contest was selected via a two-stage national final organised by the Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO). The first stage EMA Freš began on 29 November 2021 with the purpose of selecting four newcomer artists to advance to the second stage EMA 2022. The national final featured twenty entries competing across two semi-finals on 5 and 12 February 2022, and the final on 19 February 2022, where a combination of jury and public voting decided the Slovenian representative in Turin among twelve entries.

The X Factor Israel is the Israeli version of the British television music competition The X Factor. The fourth season run between October 30, 2021, and February 5, 2022, on Reshet 13, airing in prime time.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">I.M (song)</span> 2022 song by Michael Ben David

"I.M" is a song by Israeli singer Michael Ben David. The song represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 after winning The X Factor Israel, Israel's national final. A revamped version of the song was released on 14 March 2022.

Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. The Israeli broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan) internally selected Noa Kirel to represent the country with the song "Unicorn", which was written by Kirel along with Doron Medalie, May Sfadia, and Yinon Yahel. Kirel was announced as the Israeli representative on 10 August 2022, while the song, "Unicorn", was presented to the public on 8 March 2023.

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[Skaat_absent-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Harel Skaat was not present during the audition, therefore he did not vote. The remaining four judges could boost each contestant's score by 10% instead of the original 8.

[Peles_absent-14] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Keren Peles was not present during the audition, therefore she did not vote. The remaining four judges could boost each contestant's score by 10% instead of the original 8.

[28] At the end of the show, Klara Sabag was eliminated while Osher Biton was saved by the judges.

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Israel Song Festival Kdam Eurovision HaKokhav HaBa The X Factor Israel
Participation	1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1981 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 ~~1996~~ 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	Eden Alene Alphabeta Yardena Arazi Shlomo Artzi Mira Awad ~~Galit Bell~~ Michael Ben David Boaz Eddie Butler Chocolate, Menta, Mastik Izhar Cohen Dafna Dana International Datner Duo Datz David D'Or Eden Mei Finegold Moti Giladi Gili and Galit Eden Golan Nadav Guedj Habibi Sarit Hadad Ofra Haza Ilanit Imri Izabo Noa Kirel Kushnir Shiri Maimon Kobi Marimi Moran Mazor Milk and Honey Lior Narkis Liora Netta Noa PingPong Poogy Rita Lehakat Shiru Harel Skaat Tal Sondak Hovi Star Teapacks Avi Toledano Sarai Tzuriel
Songs	" A-Ba-Ni-Bi " "Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim" "Amen" "At Va'Ani" "Ben Adam" "Derekh Hamelekh" "Ding Dong" "Diva" "Ein Davar" "Emor Shalom" " Ey Sham " ~~" Feker Libi "~~ "The Fire in Your Eyes" "Golden Boy" "Halayla" "Hallelujah" "Happy Birthday" "Hasheket Shenish'ar" "Hi" "Home" "Hora" "Hurricane" "I Feel Alive" "I.M" "Kan" "Leha'amin" "Light a Candle" "Made of Stars" " Milim " " Natati La Khayay " "Olé, Olé" "Push the Button" "Rak Bishvilo" "Same Heart" " Sameach " "Set Me Free" ~~"Shalom Olam"~~ "Shara Barkhovot" " Shir Habatlanim " "Shiru" "There Must Be Another Way" "Time" "Together We Are One" "Toy" "Unicorn" "Words for Love" "Yavo Yom" "Ze Rak Sport"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Israel did not compete