Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Israel was represented by Teapacks in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Push the Button".

Teapacks at Helsinki

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country Israel
National selection
Selection processArtist: Internal Selection
Song: Kdam Eurovision 2007
Selection date(s)Artist: 7 January 2007
Song: 27 February 2007
Selected entrantTeapacks
Selected song"Push the Button"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (24th, 17 points)
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Artist selection

On 7 January 2007, IBA announced that Teapacks were selected by a special committee as the Israeli representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.[1] Among artists considered by the selection committee, Harel Skaat, Keren Peles, Ninet Tayeb, Maya Bouskilla were highly considered before Teapacks were ultimately selected. Among the members of the committee were Yoav Ginai (Head of Israeli Eurovision delegation), Kobi Oshrat (composer), Yardena Arazi (1976 and 1988 Israeli Eurovision entrant), Dafna Dekel (1992 Israeli Eurovision entrant), Daniel Salomon (singer), Haim Uliel (singer) and Mika Karni (singer).[2][3]

Kdam Eurovision 2007

The song that Teapacks represented Israel with in Helsinki was selected through a national final called Kdam Eurovision 2007. Four songs were selected for the competition and were presented during a radio programme on 22 February 2007 via Reshet Gimmel, Reshet Bet and 88FM.[4]

The final took place on 27 February 2007 in Kibbutz Dorot, hosted by Natali Atiya and Noa Barak and broadcast on Channel 1. All four competing songs were performed by Teapacks, and the winning song "Push the Button" was selected by a combination of the votes from four voting groups: an expert jury of IBA representatives, internet voting, telephone votes from the public and SMS votes from the public.

Final – 27 February 2007
DrawSong Jury Internet Televote SMSTotalPlace
Votes Points Percentage Points Percentage Points Percentage Points
1"Push the Button" 10 40 57% 20 57% 20 64% 201001
2"Salam salami" 0 0 15% 0 13% 0 16% 002
3"Twelve Points" 0 0 16% 0 10% 0 7% 002
4"Voulez vous" 1 0 12% 0 20% 0 13% 002

At Eurovision

Because Israel placed 23rd at the 2006 contest, Teapacks were forced to compete in the Eurovision semi-final. They came 24th with 17 points failing to qualify to the Grand Final. It is the worst place to date for Israel.

Points awarded by Israel

Points awarded to Israel
Points awarded to Israel (semi-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. Barak, Itamar (7 January 2007). "Teapacks to represent Israel". Esctoday.
  2. "Teapacks for Eurovision" (in Hebrew). 7 January 2007.
  3. "Israel 2007".
  4. Barak, Itamar (20 February 2007). "Teapacks songs on IBA radio this Thursday". Esctoday.
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