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
Country Israel
National selection
Selection processKdam Eurovision 2006
Selection date(s)15 March 2006
Selected entrantEddie Butler
Selected song"Together We Are One"
Finals performance
Final result23rd, 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
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

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]
Points awarded to Israel (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. Together We Are One
  2. Eurovision Song Contest 2006
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