Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989
Israel was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, held in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Israeli broadcaster IBA continued to use a national final to select their entry.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1989 | ||||
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| Country |  Israel | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Kdam Eurovision 1989 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 30 March 1989 | |||
| Selected entrant | Gili & Galit | |||
| Selected song | "Derekh Hamelekh" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 12th, 50 points | |||
| Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Kdam Eurovision 1989
The final was hosted by Moshe Beker and Shira Gera. 12 songs competed in the final held on 30 March 1989, where regional televoting chose the winner. Members of the public were phoned at random and were asked for their favourite song. These results were converted into votes for 6 regions of Israel.[1]
The winner was Gili Netanel & Galit Burg-Michael with the song "Derekh Hamelekh".
| Final – 27 March 1991 | ||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
| 1 | Nissim Garameh | "Holef lo im hazman" | 31 | 5 |
| 2 | Vardina Cohen | "Shvil ha'zahav" | 12 | 9 |
| 3 | Osnat Zano | "Hagvul hu hashamayim" | 12 | 9 |
| 4 | Anat Atzmon | "Bachalom" | 34 | 4 |
| 5 | Milk & Honey | "Ani ma'amin" | 26 | 8 |
| 6 | Mango | "Yedidai" | 30 | 6 |
| 7 | Avi Dor & Shem Zmani | "Mebit mehatzad" | 27 | 7 |
| 8 | Avi Toledano | "Dayenu" | 60 | 2 |
| 9 | Romi Halachmi | "Eich ze koreh" | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Aliza Aviv & Revi'iyat Aviv | "Shalom al aretz" | 4 | 11 |
| 11 | Gili & Galit | "Derekh Hamelekh" | 68 | 1 |
| 12 | Ofira & Ravit Yosefi | "Lismoach ve lirkod" | 41 | 3 |
| Detailed Regional Televoting Results | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Jerusalem | HaSharon | Haifa and Northern District |
Southern District |
Shfela | Tel-Aviv and Gush Dan |
Total |
| 1 | "Holef lo im hazman" | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 31 |
| 2 | "Shvil ha'zahav" | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 3 | "Hagvul hu hashamayim" | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 4 | "Bachalom" | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 34 |
| 5 | "Ani ma'amin" | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | "Yedidai" | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 30 | |
| 7 | "Mebit mehatzad" | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | |
| 8 | "Dayenu" | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 60 |
| 9 | "Eich ze koreh" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 10 | "Shalom al aretz" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 11 | "Derekh Hamelekh" | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 68 |
| 12 | "Lismoach ve lirkod" | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 41 |
At Eurovision
Netanel and Burg-Michael performed 2nd on the night of the contest, following Italy and preceding Ireland. At the close of the voting it had received 50 points, placing 12th in a field of 22.
Points awarded by Israel
| 12 points | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia |
| 10 points |  Finland |
| 8 points |  Austria |
| 7 points |  United Kingdom |
| 6 points |  Sweden |
| 5 points |  France |
| 4 points |  Switzerland |
| 3 points | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Cyprus |
| 2 points |  Norway |
| 1 point |  Denmark |
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
References
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