Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Participating broadcasterIsrael Broadcasting Authority (IBA)
Country Israel
National selection
Selection processKdam Eurovision 1985
Selection date(s)28 March 1985
Selected artist(s)Izhar Cohen
Selected song""Olé, Olé""
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result5th, 93 points
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1983 • 1985 • 1986►

Israel was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "Olé, Olé" (עולה, עולה), composed by Kobi Oshrat, with lyrics by Hamutal Ben-Ze'ev, and performed by Izhar Cohen. The Israeli participating broadcaster, the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), selected its entry for the contest through Kdam Eurovision 1985. Cohen had previously represented Israel in 1978, winning the contest with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" along Alphabeta.

Before Eurovision

Kdam Eurovision 1985

The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) held the Kdam Eurovision 1985 final on 28 March 1985 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 Points Place
1 Lea Lupatin "Shir amelim" 30 5
2 Arba Lev Adom "Hu yavoh" 30 5
3 Arik Sinai "Mila ve od mila" 52 4
4 Corinne Allal "Be'chol yom" 6 12
5 Yardena Arazi "Od nagi'a" 61 3
6 Shalva Berti "Ha'tfila" 11 11
7 Dalit Kahana "Hazor" 17 9
8 Shimi Tavori "Tnu li rak musica" 16 10
9 Casino "Yad be'yad" 5 13
10 Yigal Bashan and Uzi Hitman "Kmo tzoani" 65 2
11 Moni Arnon and Shimshon Levi "Shuv ani levad" 2 14
12 Izhar Cohen "Olé, Olé" 69 1
13 Kesem "Tov" 20 8
14 Doron Mazar "Hilulah" 21 7
Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw Song
Be'er Tuvia
Haifa
Kiryat Malakhi
Jerusalem
Kfar Masaryk
Tel Aviv
Netanya
 Total
1 "Shir amelim" 1 6 8 3 5 2 5 30
2 "Hu yavoh" 8 3 6 10 3 30
3 "Mila ve od mila" 7 10 2 7 6 8 12 52
4 "Be'chol yom" 6 6
5 "Od nagi'a" 12 7 10 10 7 7 8 61
6 "Ha'tfila" 3 1 1 2 4 11
7 "Hazor" 5 5 3 4 17
8 "Tnu li rak musica" 2 4 6 1 1 2 16
9 "Yad be'yad" 5 5
10 "Kmo tzoani" 10 12 7 8 8 10 10 65
11 "Shuv ani levad" 2 2
12 "Olé, Olé" 6 8 12 12 12 12 7 69
13 "Tov" 4 5 5 1 4 1 20
14 "Hilulah" 2 4 4 3 3 6 22

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 entries.[2] The Israeli jury awarded its 12 points to Norway.[3]

Voting

References

  1. ^ ESC National Finals database 1985
  2. ^ "Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  3. ^ "ESC History - Israel 1985". Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Results of the Final of Gothenburg 1985". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.