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EUROVISION


The 2010 Eurovision contest was held in Oslo, Norway 25, 27 & 29 May
Israel was a Finalist with Harel Skaat's song MILIM - click here

Of the 25 finalists, Israel came 14th with 71 points

The winner was GERMANY  
2nd place: Turkey   3rd place:  Romania


Eurovision 2009 was held in Russia

Eurovision 2008 was held in Belgrade - the winner was Russia

The 2007 winner was Serbia

Israel participated in the semi-final in Helsinki on May 10, 2007
28 songs were performed, of which 10 went to the final on May 12.
Israel's song "Push the Button" did not make it into the final.
Read all about Israel viewers reaction and other great links
Israel's entries:
Israel's 2009 Eurovision entry: "There Must be Another Way"
Watch Israel's 2008 entry on YouTube - Boaz Mauda singing "Ke'ilu Kan"
2008 Eurovision blog on the Boaz Mauda entry
TeaPacks represented Israel in Helsinki in May 2007- read background
  Watch Israel's Teapack 2007 Eurovision entry "Push the Button"

Thanks to the Israel Hour chat list for the video link
 "Push the Button" song words
See the Artists: visit our Tea Packs page
Background: Doubts about the song's Eurovision chances

And more.....

Thanks to Gila Ansell Brauner, Elearning & Resource Division, The Jewish Agency for Israel
The 2007 contest was held in Helsinki Finland on May 10 & 12.
The 2006 contest was held in Athens Greece.

Israel's 2006 entry was Eddie Butler singing Ze Hazman

History:
The 2004 Eurovision Song Contest took place in Istanbul Turkey. Israel did not make the finals.
The Eurovision winner was Ruslana from the Ukraine with her song "Wild Dances"
(This is now a popular Israeli line dance)
Therefore the 2005 Song Contest was held in the winning city, Kiev.
Israel came fourth in 2005 with a very strong vote for Shiri Maimon's song
Hasheket Shenish'ar - The Silence That Remains
 

Eurovision websites
BBC Eurovision website
Dot eurovision website
Eurovision tv website
Esctoday - "Your Daily Eurovision Centre"
Eurosong.net
Eurosong.org.uk
Eurovision archive
Eurovision artists - Dutch website
Eurovision database - unofficial site
Eurovision links page
SBS Australia Eurovision page
Israel's entry - the song
Israel's pick for the 2005 Eurovision contest:
Read about 24-year old Shiri Maimon
Click for the transliterated song words of Israel's 2005 Eurovsion contender
Hasheket Shenish'ar - The Silence That Remains
Hear and buy Israel's Eurovision entries CD
See list of all of Israel's Eurovision entries in Hebrew
Israel's 2004 entry - "Lehaamin" - words and links
Singer David D'or's website
Special dance mix of "Lehaamin"
Israel's 2004 chances - opinion piece
Israel
Israel's entries and placings
Archival site - Kdam Eurovision up till 2002
European Countries
Eurovision Austria
Eurovision Denmark
Eurovision France
Eurovision Germany - site in German
Eurovision Greece - site in English and Greek
Eurovision Kazakhstan
Eurovision Iceland - site in English and Icelandic
Eurovision Malta
Eurovision Monaco
Eurovision Netherlands - site in English and Dutch
Eurovision Spain - site in Spanish
Eurovision Turkey - site in English and Turkish
 
 
Many thanks to Les Posen of Melbourne, Australia, for some of the links, and to the Rikud chat list for the discussion thread.
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