Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim
Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim (Hebrew script: אהבה היא שיר לשניים, listed phonetically as Ah-haa-vah Hee Shir Lish-naa-yim in the official Eurovision website, English translation: "Love Is A Song For Two") was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977, performed in Hebrew by Ilanit.
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1977 entry | |
| Country | |
| Artist(s) | Hanna Drezner-Tzakh |
| As | Ilanit |
| Language | |
| Composer(s) | Eldad Shrim |
| Lyricist(s) | Edna Peleg |
| Finals performance | |
| Final result | 11th |
| Final points | 49 |
| Entry chronology | |
| ◄ "Emor Shalom" (1976) | |
| "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" (1978) ► | |
The song is a love ballad, with Ilanit singing to her lover that "your song is my song" and explaining that their love is a true partnership.
The song was performed eleventh on the night (following Greece's Pascalis, Marianna, Robert & Bessy with "Mathima Solfège" and preceding Switzerland's Pepe Lienhard Band with "Swiss Lady"). At the close of voting, it had received 49 points, placing 11th in a field of 18.
It was succeeded as Israeli representative at the 1978 Contest by Izhar Cohen & The Alphabeta with "A-Ba-Ni-Bi".
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