Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Israel’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was "Together We Are One" by Eddie Butler,[1] who had previously represented Israel in the 1999 European Song Contest. The song was written by Orly Burg, Osnat Zabag, Eddie Butler, and was composed by Eddie Butler. It was given a new version with more English lyrics (and title) for performing at the Eurovision.

Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Country Israel
National selection
Selection processKdam Eurovision 2006
Selection date(s)15 March 2006
Selected entrantEddie Butler
Selected song"Together We Are One"
Finals performance
Final result23rd, 4 points
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Kdam Eurovision 2006

The Israeli entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was selected through Kdam Eurovision 2006, the national final format organised by IBA. The show took place on 15 March 2006 at the Nakdi Studios in Jerusalem, hosted by Yael Bar Zohar and Eden Harel and broadcast on Channel 1 as well as online via iba.org.il/eurovil.

Competing entries

IBA invited twelve artists to participate in the competition. The competing acts were announced on 15 December 2005.[2] Avi Greinik, Gabi Shushan, Uzi Fux & Cheri, Maya Bouskilla and Rama Messinger later withdrew from the national final and were replaced by Avi Peretz, Svika Pick and Tzipi Mash'hid.[3] The competing songs were presented during a radio programme on Reshet Gimmel on 5 March 2006.[4]

Artist Song (English translation) Composer(s)
Avi Peretz "Bo'u Nirkod" (Let's dance) Avi Peretz, Adi Leon
Aviva & Maya Avidan "Yalda Sheli" (My daughter) Maya Avidan
Diamondz "Ata Hakochav" (You are the star) Liat Ravner, Eytan Elbaz
Eddie Butler "Ze Hazman" (It's time) Orly Burg, Osnat Zabag, Eddie Butler
GameBoys "Kama Ahava" (How much love) Mayan Katz
Guy Harari "Tnu La'ahava" (Let love) Guy Harari, Henry Bratter
Michael Kirkilan "Nishbar" (Broken) Gil Skope
Shlomo Gronich, Lubna Salame & Michal Adler "Ima Adama" (Mother Earth) Oshrat Ley-Papir, Shlomo Gronich
Svika Pick "Lifney She Nifradim" (Before the separation) Mirit Shem-Or, Svika Pick
Stalos & Oren Chen "Chalomot Mizrachiyim" (Oriental dreams) Yossi Gispan, Simon Buskilla
Tzipi Mash'hid "Tzipor Stav" (Autumn bird) Roy Aloni

Final

The final took place on 15 March 2006. Eleven entries competed and the winner, "Ze Hazman" performed by Eddie Butler, was selected by a combination of the votes from ten voting groups: four regional juries, votes from the studio audience, telephone votes from the public divided into four regions and SMS votes from the public.

Final – 15 March 2006
Draw Artist Song Jury Audience Televote Total Place
1 Shlomo Gronich, Lubna Salame & Michal Adler "Ima Adama" 5 7 28 40 6
2 Aviva & Maya Avidan "Yalda Sheli" 21 2 7 30 8
3 Avi Peretz "Bo'u Nirkod" 4 5 10 19 11
4 GameBoys "Kama Ahava" 33 4 41 78 3
5 Stalos & Oren Chen "Chalomot Mizrachiyim" 5 8 16 29 9
6 Guy Harari "Tnu La'ahava" 10 0 18 28 10
7 Eddie Butler "Ze Hazman" 43 10 46 99 1
8 Tzipi Mash'hid "Tzipor Stav" 24 1 13 38 7
9 Svika Pick "Lifney She Nifradim" 29 3 39 71 4
10 Michael Kirkilan "Nishbar" 33 6 29 68 5
11 Diamondz "Ata Hakochav" 25 12 43 80 2

At Eurovision

Israel automatically qualified in the final due to Shiri Maimon's fourth place in 2005,He performed 3rd, following Moldova and preceding Latvia but ended with only four points in the final (all from France), Israel finished in second to last place, meaning that Israel would have to compete in the semi-final of 2007 contest.

Points awarded by Israel[5]
Points awarded to Israel (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. Together We Are One
  2. Barak, Itamar (15 December 2005). "Kdam-Eurovision participants announced". Esctoday.
  3. "Israel 2006".
  4. Barak, Itamar (2 March 2006). "Kdam songs on Israeli radio this Sunday". Esctoday.
  5. Eurovision Song Contest 2006
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