ISRAEL in the Eurovision Song Contest – Participation history

Israel

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  • Emittente televisiva: IBA / KAN / Former members 1973–2017: Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA)
  • Processo di Selezione: Selezione Nazionale (1973–1977,  1990, 1998–2000, 2002–2004, 2007, 2012, 2014 (artista), 2015 (brano), 2017–2019 (brano)) | Selezione Interna (Israel Song Festival 1978–1979 | Kdam Eurovision 1981–1983, 1985–1989, 1991–1993, 1995, 2001, 2005–2006, 2008–2011, 2013, 2014 (brano) | HaKokhav HaBa 2015–2019)
  • Organizzazione concorso – Paese ospite: 3 (ESC Jerusalem 1979; ESC Jerusalem 1999; ESC Tel Aviv 2019)
  • Numero di partecipazioni: 42 (36 finali)
  • Lingue:  Inglese ()
  • Prima partecipazione: ESC Luxembourg 1973: Ilanit |Ey-sham
  • Miglior piazzamento: Top 5: FI:  | SF: 
  • Miglior piazzamento Top 10: FI: 
  • Peggior piazzamento (Bottom): FI: | SF: 24th: 2007
  • Average place: 10,10
  • Qualificazioni per la Finale: 10 su 16 (dal 2004)
  • Numero di vittorie: 4 (ESC Paris 1978: Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta | Abanibi; ESC Jerusalem 1979: Milk and Honey | Hallelujah; ESC Birmingham 1998: Dana International | Diva; ESC Lisbon 2018: Netta |TOY)
  • Nul points (Nil points): FI: | SF: 

Israel made its debut in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 as the first non-European country granted permission to participate in the event. The EBU allowed Israel to participate since the country’s broadcaster was already one of its members.

Israel showed strong interest in the competition from the very beginning and it paid off very soon; they won for the first time in Paris in 1978 with the song ‘A-Ba-Ni-Bi’ performed by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta. The Eurovision Song Contest travelled to Jerusalem in 1979 where Israel won the competition for the second time in a row. The voting climax that year was unforgettable: Spain was the last country to cast its votes and at that moment, Spain itself was in the lead, only 1 point ahead of Israel. The Spanish 10 points then caused Milk and Honey’s ‘Hallelujah’ to win, which gave Israel its second Eurovision victory. After the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest, ‘Hallelujah’ became another international hit.

Dana International made headlines around the world in 1998 when she became the first openly trans singer to win the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition returned to Jerusalem in 1999. Dana International returned to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011 but failed to qualify for the Grand Final. Israel has qualified for every Grand Final since 2015.

In 2018, Israel won the Eurovision Song Contest for the fourth time, with Netta receiving 529 points for her empowering anthem ‘TOY’.

Partecipazioni nel corso degli anni

Note: Edizione | # | Artista (i) | Canzone [Musica (m) / Texto (t)] | Lingua (Traduzione) | Punteggio | Posizione | Processo di Selezione

ANNO ARTISTA CANZONE
MUSICA (M); TESTO (T)		LINGUA POSIZIONE FINALE PUNTI FINALE POSIZIONE SEMI-FINALE PUNTI SEMI-FINALE PROCESSO DI SELEZIONE

NOTE:

  • Il brano Toy contiene frasi in Giapponese.
  • Nel 1996, l’Israele non è riuscito a qualificarsi per il concorso. Infatti, quell’anno, c’è stata una pre-qualificazione audio per tutti i paesi in gara (esclusa la Norvegia in quanto paese organizzatore). Sul sito ufficiale dell’Eurovision questa partecipazione non viene calcolata.
  • Se un paese vince l’edizione precedente, non deve competere nelle semifinali nell’edizione successiva. Inoltre, dal 2004 al 2007, i primi dieci paesi che non erano membri dei Big 4 non dovevano competere nelle semifinali nell’edizione successiva. Se, ad esempio, Germania e Francia si collocavano tra i primi dieci, i paesi che si erano piazzati all’11º e al 12º posto avanzavano alla serata finale dell’edizione successiva insieme al resto della top 10.

Israel’s average distribution of the given points (2010-2016)

# 2010 2010 SF2 2011 2011 SF2 2012 2012 SF1 2013 2013 SF2 2014 2014 SF2 2015 2015 SF2 2016 2016 * 2016 SF2 2016 SF2 * Total Partici-
pations		 Average
1 Australia X X X X X X X X X X 7 X 10 5 12 12 46 5 9,20
2 Russia 10 X 8 X 7 12 7 X 3 X 8 X 10 X X 65 9 7,22
3 Romania 8 8 6 7 6 8 10 8 12 5 X X X X X 78 11 7,09
4 Sweden X 12 12 12 X X 10 X 10 12 X X 68 10 6,80
5 Ukraine 2 2 7 8 X 10 X 5 X X X 12 8 10 7 71 11 6,45
6 Armenia 12 12 X X X X 8 6 X X 2 6 X X 46 8 5,75
7 Azerbaijan 7 5 4 X 8 X 12 12 X 3 2 X X 53 11 4,82
8 Denmark 4 7 10 10 8 X X X X X X 4 43 10 4,30
9 Bulgaria X X X X X X X X X 7 7 3 10 27 7 3,86
10 Slovenia X 1 3 6 X X X X 8 6 6 X X 30 9 3,33
11 Austria X X 1 X X X 12 10 X 3 X X 26 8 3,25
12 Cyprus 10 X 3 10 X X X X 5 X X 28 9 3,11
13 Belgium X X 2 X X X X 4 X 6 1 6 8 27 9 3,00
14 France 3 X X X X X X 8 12 X X 23 8 2,88
15 Czech Republic X X X X X X X X X X X 8 X X 8 3 2,67
16 Moldova X 4 5 6 1 X X X X X X X X X 16 6 2,67
17 Estonia X X 5 5 X X X X 3 X X X X X 13 5 2,60
18 North Macedonia X X X 3 X X X 2 X X X X 8 2 15 6 2,50
19 Spain 1 X X 10 X X 4 X 1 X 4 X X 20 8 2,50
20 Greece X X 2 3 2 6 2 6 X X X X X 21 9 2,33
21 Italy X X X 4 X X X 12 X X X 16 7 2,29
22 Georgia 5 6 2 X X X 7 X X 5 25 11 2,27
23 Belarus X X X X 3 X 1 7 X X X X 3 14 7 2,00
24 Ireland 6 3 7 X X 1 X X X 2 1 20 11 1,82
25 Poland X X X X X X X X 4 4 6 14 8 1,75
26 Montenegro X X X X X X X X 7 X X X X 7 4 1,75
27 Finland X X X X 2 4 1 3 X X X X X X 10 6 1,67
28 Latvia X X X X X X X 2 5 7 14 9 1,56
29 Malta X X X X X 2 X 10 X X 12 8 1,50
30 Lithuania X X X X X 4 1 4 5 14 11 1,27
31 Norway X X X X 6 5 1 X X 12 10 1,20
32 Hungary X X X 3 7 X X X X 10 9 1,11
33 Croatia X X X X X X X X X X X 3 X X 3 3 1,00
34 San Marino X X X X X X 4 X X X X X X 4 4 1,00
35 Switzerland X X X 1 X 5 X X X 1 7 9 0,78
36 Albania X X X 5 X X X X X X 5 7 0,71
37 Netherlands X 4 X X X X X X X X X 4 6 0,67
38 Germany X X X 5 X X X X X 5 8 0,63
39 Iceland X X 4 X X X X X X 4 8 0,50
40 Turkey X X 1 X X X X X X X X X X X 1 3 0,33
41 Serbia X X X X X X X 2 X 2 8 0,25
42 United Kingdom X 1 X X X X X X X 1 8 0,13

Israel’s average distribution of the received points (2010-2016)

# Country 2010 2010 SF2 2011 2011 SF2 2012 2012 SF1 2013 2013 SF2 2014 2014 SF2 2015 2015 SF2 2016 2016 * 2016 SF2 2016 SF2 * Total Partici-
pations		 Average
1 AU Australia X X X X X X X X X 2 7 10 10 6 X 35 10 3,50
2 PT Portugal X X X X X X 7 10 X X X X X 17 5 3,40
3 DE Germany X X 4 2 5 8 12 12 2 X 45 17 2,65
4 AZ Azerbaijan 7 X 6 X 7 8 3 6 X X X 30 12 2,50
5 PL Poland X X X X X X 4 10 7 8 X 29 13 2,23
6 IT Italy X 1 X 8 12 8 8 X 37 17 2,18
7 CY Cyprus 4 1 1 X X X 6 10 5 X X X 23 11 2,09
8 SE Sweden 8 5 X X X 4 10 X X X 19 11 1,73
9 GB United Kingdom 5 X X X 5 12 3 4 2 X 26 15 1,73
10 NL Netherlands 12 5 X X X 5 X 7 X X X 17 10 1,70
11 RS Serbia X X X X X X 6 X 7 7 X 20 12 1,67
12 CH Switzerland X 3 7 8 10 X 28 17 1,65
13 FI Finland X X 3 2 3 3 X 7 X X X 18 12 1,50
14 RO Romania 3 4 5 2 1 1 X X X X X X 13 9 1,44
15 MK North Macedonia X 7 X 5 X 5 6 X 23 16 1,44
16 MT Malta X X X 5 10 1 X X X 16 12 1,33
17 NO Norway 7 X X 4 8 3 5 1 X 21 16 1,31
18 FR France X 7 X 4 X X 3 X X X 14 11 1,27
19 IE Ireland X 8 4 7 2 X 21 17 1,24
20 IS Iceland X X 1 X 5 8 X X X 14 12 1,17
21 UA Ukraine 6 X X X X X 6 7 2 X 15 13 1,15
22 LT Lithuania X X X 4 6 6 X 16 15 1,07
23 GE Georgia 5 X X 5 1 X 3 6 1 X 16 15 1,07
24 AL Albania X X 3 X 5 X 3 4 X 15 15 1,00
25 HR Croatia X X X X X X X 7 X X X 7 7 1,00
26 BG Bulgaria 1 X 4 X X X X 5 2 X 13 13 1,00
27 BE Belgium X 2 X X X 2 10 X 14 15 0,93
28 BY Belarus X 6 X X 2 2 X 1 1 X 12 15 0,80
29 AT Austria X 7 X 2 X X X X 9 12 0,75
30 SI Slovenia 5 X X 5 2 4 X 11 16 0,69
31 AM Armenia 8 X X X 6 X X X X X 6 9 0,67
32 DK Denmark 3 X X X 2 5 X 10 15 0,67
33 SM San Marino X X X 2 6 X X X 8 12 0,67
34 ES Spain X X 2 3 X 1 X 1 X X X 7 11 0,64
35 ME Montenegro X X X X X 3 3 X X X 6 10 0,60
36 RU Russia X X 6 X X X X X X 6 10 0,60
37 LV Latvia X 1 X 1 3 2 2 X 9 17 0,53
38 GR Greece X X 6 X X X X 6 12 0,50
39 HU Hungary X X 5 X X X X X 5 11 0,45
40 CZ Czech Republic X X X X X X X X X 2 X X X 2 6 0,33