Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

The Israeli entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was selected through Kdam Eurovision 2011, the national final format organised by IBA.[1] The show took place on 8 March 2011 at the Culture Hall in Rishon LeZion, hosted by Shiri Maimon and Aki Avni and broadcast on Channel 1 as well as online via iba.org.il/eurovil.[2]

IBA opened a public submission period for artists and composers on 28 December 2010. In addition to the public submissions, IBA directly invited artists to submit songs for the competition.[3][4] Those matching the conditions were required to submit two to three songs, which were subsequently evaluated by a committee that selected ten artists and songs.[5] The competing acts and the song titles were announced on 8 February 2011, while the competing songs were presented during a press conference on 28 February 2011, held at the Shablul Jazz club in Tel Aviv and hosted by Shiri Maimon and Aki Avni.[6][7]

The final took place on 8 March 2011. Ten entries competed and the winner, "Ding Dong" performed by Dana International, was selected by a combination of the votes from five voting groups: three thematical jury groups (12%), an expert jury (40%) and votes from the public (48%).[8] The members of the expert jury were Amir Gilat, Yaakov Naveh, Izhar Cohen, Yoav Ginai, Noam Gil-Or, Rina Hachmon, Idit Ben Eliyahu, Gilad Segev, Tal Barnea, Yossi Gispan, David Krivoshei and Yuval Ganor.

• In the Semi-final 2 Israel came 15th with 38 points: the public awarded Israel 11th place with 51 points and the jury awarded 16th place with 36 points.