Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Israel was represented by the artist Izhar Cohen, with the song "Olé, Olé", at the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 4 May in Gothenburg, Sweden. "Olé, Olé" was the winner of the Israeli national final, held on 28 March. This was the second time Cohen was in the Eurovision Song Contest, the previous time Cohen was in the ESC was in 1978 with Alphabeta with the song A-Ba-Ni-Bi (I love you).

Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Country Israel
National selection
Selection processKdam Eurovision 1985
Selection date(s)28 March 1985
Selected entrantIzhar Cohen
Selected song"Olé, Olé"
Finals performance
Final result5th, 93 points
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Kdam Eurovision 1985

The final was held at the Binyaney Ha'uma in Jerusalem, hosted by Dalia Mazor and Nathan Datner. 14 songs took part and the winner was chosen by the votes of 7 regional juries.[1]

Final – 28 March 1985
Draw Artist Song (English translation) Points Place
1 Lea Lupatin "Shir amelim" (Workers' song) 30 5
2 Arba Lev Adom "Hu yavoh" (He will come) 30 5
3 Arik Sinai "Mila ve od mila" (A word and another word) 52 4
4 Corinne Alal "Be'chol yom" (Each day) 6 12
5 Yardena Arazi "Od nagi'a" (We will get there) 61 3
6 Shalva Berti "Ha'tfila" (The prayer) 11 11
7 Dalit Kahana "Hazor" (Come back) 17 9
8 Shimi Tavori "Tnu li rak musica" (Just give me music) 16 10
9 Casino "Yad be'yad" (Hand in hand) 5 13
10 Yigal Bashan & Uzi Hitman "Kmo tzoani" (Like a gypsy) 65 2
11 Moni Arnon & Shimshon Levi "Shuv ani levad" (I'm alone again) 2 14
12 Izhar Cohen "Olé, olé" (Going up and up) 69 1
13 Kesem "Tov" (Good) 20 8
14 Doron Mazar "Hilulah" (The party) 21 7

Spokespersons

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Cohen performed 11th in the running order, following Germany and preceding Italy. At the close of voting, "Olé, Olé" had received 93 points, placing Israel 5th of the 19. The Israeli jury awarded its 12 points to Norway.[2]

Points awarded by Israel

12 points Norway
10 points Austria
8 points Ireland
7 points Germany
6 points Sweden
5 points Luxembourg
4 points Italy
3 points France
2 points United Kingdom
1 point Finland
Points awarded to Israel
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References

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