Israel in EuroMusic Song Contest 3

Israel participated in the third edition of the EuroMusic Song Contest. The Israeli broadcaster, KAN, was responsible for their act.

Selection process
For their second participation the Israeli broadcaster decided to select their submission internally. For this edition, like the two previous onces, the EBU decided that the countries have to perform a song in their own national language. Because of this, Israel had to send a song in the Hebrew language.

They announced to send a song in the Hebrew language. Later on, they selected "Diva" as act for the third edition in Nicosia.

At EuroMusic Song Contest
Israel was drawn to perform first preceding Greece.

During the voting it was clear that Israel received a lot of points from the other voting nations. When Luxembourg, the last voting nation, awarded their points, everything was still possible for both the UK and Israel. However, they gave more points to the British entry.

They finished second with 140 points. Seven points awarded their maximum of 12 points to the Israeli act, a record.

Voting
The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent. This jury was asked to judge each contestant 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 could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Israel and awarded by Israel in the final.