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Israel at Eurovision

Israel first sang at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 and has entered 48 contests. It has won four times: in 1978, 1979, 1998 and 2018. The contest has been held there three times, most recently in Tel Aviv in 2019.

48
contests
4
wins
3
hosted
first song
1973
contests
48
wins
4 — 1978, 1979, 1998, 2018
second place
4 — 1982, 1983, 2025, 2026
in the final
15 of 22 tries since semi-finals began in 2004
sung in
Hebrew (40), English (22), French (3), Arabic (1)
hosted
Jerusalem 1979, Jerusalem 1999, Tel Aviv 2019
not in the line-up
1980, 1984, 1994, 1996, 1997

The four wins

Photos are stills from the contest’s own videos on YouTube. Each one opens that year’s story.

Every song

All 49 entries, newest first. The year opens the story of that contest; the name opens the artist.

Year Artist Song Result Points
2026 Vienna Noam Bettan “Michelle” French, Hebrew, English 2nd of 25 343
2025 Basel Yuval Raphael “New Day Will Rise” English, French, Hebrew 2nd of 26 357
2024 Malmö Eden Golan “Hurricane” English, Hebrew 5th of 26 375
2023 Liverpool Noa Kirel “Unicorn” English 3rd of 26 362
2022 Turin Michael Ben David “I.M” English Out in semi-final 2 (13th of 18) 61
2021 Rotterdam Eden Alene “Set Me Free” English 17th of 26 93
2020 Rotterdam Eden Alene “Feker Libi (ፍቅር ልቤ)” English, Amharic Contest cancelled —
2019 Tel Aviv Kobi Marimi “Home” English 23rd of 26 35
2018 Lisbon Netta “Toy” English winner! 529
2017 Kyiv Imri “I Feel Alive” English 23rd of 26 39
2016 Stockholm Hovi Star “Made of Stars” English 14th of 26 135
2015 Vienna Nadav Guedj “Golden Boy” English 9th of 27 97
2014 Copenhagen Mei Finegold “Same Heart” English, Hebrew Out in semi-final 2 (14th of 15) 19
2013 Malmö Moran Mazor “Rak Bishvilo (רק בשבילו)” Hebrew Out in semi-final 2 (14th of 17) 40
2012 Baku Izabo “Time” English, Hebrew Out in semi-final 1 (13th of 18) 33
2011 Düsseldorf Dana International “Ding Dong” Hebrew, English Out in semi-final 2 (15th of 19) 38
2010 Oslo Harel Skaat “Milim (מילים)” Hebrew 14th of 25 71
2009 Moscow Noa and Mira Awad “There Must Be Another Way” English, Hebrew, Arabic 16th of 25 53
2008 Belgrade Boaz “The Fire in Your Eyes” Hebrew 9th of 25 124
2007 Helsinki Teapacks “Push the Button” English, French, Hebrew Out in the semi-final (24th of 28) 17
2006 Athens Eddie Butler “Together We Are One” Hebrew, English 23rd of 24 4
2005 Kyiv Shiri Maimon “HaSheket SheNish'ar (השקט שנשאר)” Hebrew, English 4th of 24 154
2004 Istanbul David D'Or “Leha'amin (להאמין)” Hebrew, English Out in the semi-final (11th of 22) 57
2003 Riga Lior Narkis “Words for Love” Hebrew 19th of 26 17
2002 Tallinn Sarit Hadad “Light a Candle” Hebrew, English 12th of 24 37
2001 Copenhagen Tal Sondak “Ein Davar (אין דבר)” Hebrew 16th of 23 25
2000 Stockholm PingPong “Sameach (שמח)” Hebrew 22nd of 24 7
1999 Jerusalem Eden “Happy Birthday” English, Hebrew 5th of 23 93
1998 Birmingham Dana International “Diva (דיווה)” Hebrew winner! 172
1995 Dublin Liora “Amen (אמן)” Hebrew 8th of 23 81
1993 Millstreet Lehakat Shiru “Shiru (שירו)” Hebrew, English 24th of 25 4
1992 Malmö Dafna “Ze Rak Sport (זה רק ספורט)” Hebrew 6th of 23 85
1991 Rome Duo Datz “Kan (כאן)” Hebrew 3rd of 22 139
1990 Zagreb Rita “Shara Barkhovot (שרה ברחובות)” Hebrew 18th of 22 16
1989 Lausanne Gili and Galit “Derekh Hamelekh (דרך המלך)” Hebrew 12th of 22 50
1988 Dublin Yardena Arazi “Ben Adam (בן אדם)” Hebrew 7th of 21 85
1987 Brussels Datner and Kushnir “Shir Habatlanim (שיר הבטלנים)” Hebrew 8th of 22 73
1986 Bergen Moti Giladi and Sarai Tzuriel “Yavo Yom (יבוא יום)” Hebrew 19th of 20 7
1985 Gothenburg Izhar Cohen “Olé, Olé (עולה, עולה)” Hebrew 5th of 19 93
1983 Munich Ofra Haza “Chai (חי)” Hebrew 2nd of 20 136
1982 Harrogate Avi Toledano “Hora (הורה)” Hebrew 2nd of 18 100
1981 Dublin Habibi “Halayla (הלילה)” Hebrew 7th of 20 56
1979 Jerusalem Milk and Honey “Hallelujah (הללויה)” Hebrew winner! 125
1978 Paris Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta “A-Ba-Ni-Bi (א-ב-ני-בי)” Hebrew winner! 157
1977 London Ilanit “Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim (אהבה היא שיר לשניים)” Hebrew 11th of 18 49
1976 The Hague Chocolate, Menta, Mastik “Emor Shalom (אמור שלום)” Hebrew 6th of 18 77
1975 Stockholm Shlomo Artzi “At Ve'Ani (את ואני)” Hebrew 11th of 19 40
1974 Brighton Poogy “Natati La Khaiai (נתתי לה חיי)” Hebrew 7th of 17 11
1973 Luxembourg City Ilanit “Ey Sham (אי שם)” Hebrew 4th of 17 97

Points for a song that went out in a semi-final are its semi-final points. Before 2004 there were no semi-finals: every song sang on the one night.

Sent more than once

The four acts Israel has sent to more than one contest.

Hosting

The three contests held in Israel.

On air at home

The channels that carried the contest in Israel, year by year, and who commentated where our source names them. Newest first.

  1. 2026
    • Kan 11 Asaf Liberman and Akiva Novick
  2. 2025
    • Kan 11, Kan 88 (semi-finals) Asaf Liberman and Akiva Novick
    • Kan 11, Kan 88 (final) Asaf Liberman, Akiva Novick and Keren Peles
  3. 2024
    • Kan 11 (semi-finals) Asaf Liberman and Akiva Novick
    • Kan 11 (final) Asaf Liberman, Akiva Novick and Yoav Tzafir
    • Kan 88, Kan Tarbut, Kan Bet (final)
  4. 2023
    • Kan 11, Kan Educational, Kan 88 (semi‑finals) Asaf Liberman and Akiva Novick
    • Kan 11, Kan Tarbut, Kan B (final) Asaf Liberman, Akiva Novick and Doron Medalie
    • Kan 88 (final) Kobi Menora and Sharon Kantor
  5. 2022
    • Kan 11, Kan Tarbut Asaf Liberman and Akiva Novick
  6. 2021
    • Kan 11, Kan Educational, Kan Tarbut Asaf Liberman and Akiva Novick
  7. 2019
    • Kan 11, Kan 88 Sharon Taicher and Eran Zarachowicz
  8. 2018
    • Kan 11, Kan 88 (semi-final 1) Asaf Liberman and Shir Reuven
    • Kan 11, Kan 88 (semi-final 2) Itai Herman and Goel Pinto
    • Kan 11, Kan 88 (final) Erez Tal and Idit Hershkowitz
  9. 2017
    • Channel 1
    • IBA 88FM Kobi Menora, Dori Ben Ze'ev and Alon Amir
  10. 2016
    • Channel 1 Hebrew subtitles
    • Channel 33 (semi-final 2 and final) Arabic subtitles
    • IBA 88FM (semi-final 2 and final) Kobi Menora, Or Vaxman and Nancy Brandes
  11. 2015
    • Channel 1 Hebrew subtitles
    • Channel 33 Arabic subtitles
    • IBA 88FM Kobi Menora
    • IBA 88FM (semi-final 1) Yuval Caspin
    • IBA 88FM (semi-final 2) Tal Argaman
  12. 2014
    • Channel 1 Hebrew subtitles
    • Channel 33 Arabic subtitles
    • IBA 88FM Kobi Menora and Yuval Caspin
  13. 2013
    • Channel 1 Hebrew subtitles
    • Channel 33 Arabic subtitles
    • IBA 88FM Kobi Menora
    • IBA 88FM (semi-final 1) Ofer Nachshon
    • IBA 88FM (semi-final 2) Amit Kotler and Yuval Caspin
    • IBA 88FM (final) Ron Levinthal, Kobi Oshrat and Yhaloma Bat Porat
  14. 2010
    • Channel 1
  15. 2008
    • IBA
  16. 2000
    • Channel 1
  17. 1999
    • Channel 1
  18. 1998
    • Channel 1
  19. 1997
    • Channel 1
  20. 1996
    • Channel 1
  21. 1994
    • Channel 1
  22. 1993
    • Israeli Television
  23. 1992
    • Israeli Television
  24. 1991
    • Israeli Television, Reshet Gimel
  25. 1990
    • Israeli Television, Reshet Gimel
  26. 1989
    • Israeli Television, Reshet Gimel
  27. 1988
    • Israeli Television, Reshet Gimel
  28. 1987
    • Israeli Television
  29. 1986
    • Israeli Television, Reshet Gimel
  30. 1985
    • Israeli Television, Reshet Gimel
  31. 1983
    • Israeli Television, Reshet Bet
  32. 1982
    • Israeli Television, Reshet Bet
  33. 1981
    • Israeli Television
  34. 1980
    • Israeli Television
    • Reshet Bet, Reshet Gimel
  35. 1979
    • Israeli Television
    • Army Radio
  36. 1978
    • Israeli Television, Reshet Bet
  37. 1977
    • Israeli Television
  38. 1976
    • Israeli Television
  39. 1975
    • Israeli Television
  40. 1974
    • Israeli Television
  41. 1973
    • Israeli Television
  42. 1970
    • Israeli Television

In our contest stories

Lines about Israel from our story of each contest. Follow a link for the rest of that night.

  • 1973 Israel, and the security

    Israel entered for the first time.

  • 1973 Israel, and the security

    Israel's singer, Ilanit, was rumoured to have worn a bulletproof vest under her outfit.

  • 1974 Who would host

    One was Israel's, a year after its debut; the EBU doubted every country would accept a contest there, and it was a long way off and technically behind.

  • 1976

    Israel was taking part, and strict security came with it.

  • 1978 The winner

    Israel won for the first time, with "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta.

  • 1978 The daffodils

    According to John Kennedy O'Connor's official history of the contest, most of the Arab stations ended their transmission once it was clear during the voting that Israel was going to win.

  • 1979

    Israel had won, and the 1979 show was held in Jerusalem, in a 3,104-seat auditorium at the International Convention Centre.

  • 1979 Turkey withdraws

    Turkey had entered. Its song was chosen and it had a place in the running order, eleventh, between Israel and France.

  • 1998 Dana International

    Israel's singer was Dana International, the first openly transgender performer the contest had seen.

  • 1998 Dana International

    Her selection caused uproar among Orthodox Jews in Israel.

  • 1999

    Orthodox groups in Israel protested against staging it at all.

  • 1999

    There were doubts about the money, too, and talk of moving the show to Malta or the United Kingdom, which had finished just behind Israel.

  • 2018 The result

    The public's favourite was Israel.

  • 2018 The result

    It was Israel's fourth win.

  • 2019

    Israel's win in Lisbon brought the contest to Tel Aviv, and a year of argument with it.

  • 2019 Calls for a boycott

    Supporters of the movement to boycott Israel over its treatment of the Palestinians called on broadcasters to stay away.

Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. “Not in the line-up” means no song from Israel was in that year’s contest, whatever the reason. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.