Note: Entries scored out are when Israel did not compete. This feat would not be repeated again until Ireland's hat-trick of victories in the 1990s. The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was the 64th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. Israel originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. Israel was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 12 May 2020, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show. Both Hakol Over Habibi and Pick would get their moments at Eurovision eventually: the former would represent Israel on their return to the contest in 1981, and the latter, after competing in many Israeli selection shows, would go on to write the Dana International song "Diva" with Yoav Ginai, which won the 1998 contest. The song was performed by Nadav Guedj. "Hallelujah" was succeeded as winner by Ireland's Johnny Logan with "What's Another Year" and as the Israeli entry by Hakol Over Habibi with "Halayla" in 1981. Israel themselves awarded twelve points to Denmark's Tommy Seebach with "Disco Tango.". It was hosted by Rivka Michaeli.[1]. Note: Entries scored out are when Israel did not compete, Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest, "40th Anniversary of 'Hallelujah': The Song Which Almost Bankrupted Israel", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1979&oldid=990831108, Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 November 2020, at 19:12. The Israeli Broadcasting Authority (IBA) had the honor of organizing the 1979 contest following Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta's victory in Paris with "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" the year prior. The competition commenced on 20 November 2019. Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Golden Boy", written by Doron Madali. "Hallelujah" has lived on as a Eurovision standard in the years following its win. The Israeli broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC) collaborated with the commercial broadcaster Keshet and Tedy Productions, which organisied the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion ("The Next Star for Eurovision"). Israel originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The group (with Lupatin) also reunited to perform "Hallelujah" at the 1981 Songs of Europe anniversary concert in Norway, with Oshrat once again leading the orchestra. Levi did not vote due to his personal connection with the competitor. The slogan for Eurovision 2019 is Dare to Dream, and the total budget for the contest is estimated to €28.5 million.. The members of the four jury groups were: The song that Alene performed at Eurovision was decided by a national final, HaShir HaBa L'Eurovizion, featuring a total of four songs. It took place in Tel Aviv, Israel, following Netta's win at the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Toy". Maimon did not vote due to her personal connection with the competitor. The Israeli broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC) collaborated with the commercial broadcaster Keshet and Tedy Productions, which organisied the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion ("The Next Star for Eurovision"). All songs were performed by Eden Alene and the winning song was chosen by a combination of the votes from two in-studio jury groups (10%), a professional jury (50%) and televoting (40%). Izhar Cohen og Alphabeta vandt i Paris i 1978 med sangen "A-Ba-Ni-Bi". From each duel the contestant with the higher score advanced to the second round. It marked the third occasion a country won two years in a row, following Spain themselves (in 1968 and 1969) and Luxembourg (in 1972 and 1973; coincidentally, Anne-Marie David, who had scored the second of Luxembourg's back-to-back wins, represented France that year and finished third behind Spain and Israel). ), "Israel: Next Star for Eurovision 2020 kicks off with Orr Amrami-Brockman and Ella-Lee Lahav slaying scoreboard", איציק שמלי מסיים את דרכו ב"הכוכב הבא לאירוויזיון", "Israel: Eden Arlene unveils her potential Eurovision entries", https://www.kan.org.il/Item/?itemId=66904, "Which country performs in which Eurovision 2020 Semi-Final", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israel_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2020&oldid=964603462, Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Gal Jo Cohen, Eyal Yishay, Zlil Kalifi, Eran Kashi, This page was last edited on 26 June 2020, at 13:31. Israel was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 11 May 2017. The final was held on 3 March 2020. The logo is made of three triangles, creating a golden star. [4] Oshrat and manager Shlomo Zach decided to organize a new group mimicking Hakol Over Habibi's "three men and a woman" lineup to perform the song after it was approved to compete in the 1979 Song Festival, and thus, Milk and Honey was born. Continuing "Hallelujah"'s long history of narrow victories, Israel were neck-in-neck with Spain's Betty Missiego and "Su canción" for most of the voting. Prior to the 2020 Contest, Israel had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-two times since its first entry in 1973. 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. The auditions were broadcast between 20 November and 18 December 2019. Milk and Honey themselves, or at least the lineup that performed the song at Eurovision, were not to last: Gali Atari wished to pursue a solo career, and after scoring another international hit with "Goodbye New York," she left the group acrimoniously. At the end of the first round, one of the remaining two contestants was saved by the viewers and the other contestant was eliminated. Before the final jury voted, Spain were one ahead point of Israel, leading by 116 to 115. The singer who will perform the Israeli entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 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.