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 Eddie Butler, Osnat Zabag and Galit Burg, 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 | ||||
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National selection | ||||
Selection process | Kdam Eurovision 2006 | |||
Selection date(s) | 15 March 2006 | |||
Selected entrant | Eddie Butler | |||
Selected song | "Together We Are One" | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 23rd, 4 points | |||
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Kdam Eurovision 2006
The final took place on 15 March 2006 at the Nakdi TV Studios in Jerusalem, hosted by Yael Bar Zohar and Eden Harel. Eleven songs competed and the winner was determined by a combination of the votes of four regional juries in Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Haifa and Be'er Sheva (40%), four televoting regions (40%), SMS voting (10%) and the audience present at the TV studio (10%).
Final – 15 March 2006 | ||||||||
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Draw | Artist | Song (English translation) | Songwriter(s) | Jury | Televote | Audience | Total | Place |
1 | Shlomo Gronich, Lubna Salame & Michal Adler | "Ima Adama" (Mother Earth) | Oshrat Ley-Papir, Shlomo Gronich | 5 | 28 | 7 | 40 | 6 |
2 | Aviva & Maya Avidan | "Yalda Sheli" (My daughter) | Maya Avidan | 21 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 8 |
3 | Avi Peretz | "Bo'u Nirkod" (Let's dance) | Avi Peretz, Adi Leon | 4 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 11 |
4 | GameBoys | "Kama Ahava" (How much love) | Mayan Katz | 33 | 41 | 4 | 78 | 3 |
5 | Stalos & Oren Chen | "Chalomot Mizrachiyim" (Oriental dreams) | Yossi Gispan, Simon Buskilla | 5 | 16 | 8 | 29 | 9 |
6 | Guy Harari | "Tnu La'ahava" (Let love) | Guy Harari, Henry Bratter | 10 | 18 | 0 | 28 | 10 |
7 | Eddie Butler | "Ze Hazman" (It's time) | Orly Burg, Osnat Zabag, Eddie Butler | 43 | 46 | 10 | 99 | 1 |
8 | Tzipi Mash'hid | "Tzipor Stav" (Autumn bird) | Roy Aloni | 24 | 13 | 1 | 38 | 7 |
9 | Svika Pick | "Lifney She Nifradim" (Before the separation) | Mirit Shem Or, Svika Pick | 29 | 39 | 3 | 71 | 4 |
10 | Michael Kirkilan | "Nishbar" (Broken) | Gil Skope | 33 | 29 | 6 | 68 | 5 |
11 | Diamondz | "Ata Hakochav" (You are the star) | Liat Ravner, Eytan Elbaz | 25 | 43 | 12 | 80 | 2 |
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Spokespersons
- Tel-Aviv - Amit Dekel
- Jerusalem - Sharon Vexler
- Be'er Sheva - Asaf Raz
- Haifa - Yifat Amiel
- Televoting - Miri Eliakim
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, 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[2]
Semi final
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Final
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12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
See also
- Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
- Music in Israel
- 2006 in music