Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Israel participated at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, held in Oslo, Norway in May. The Israeli entry was performed by Harel Skaat, with the song decided by a televised national final, Kdam Eurovision, that was held in February 2010.[1]

Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Country Israel
National selection
Selection processArtist: Internal Selection
Song: Kdam Eurovision 2010
Selection date(s)Artist: 25 December 2009
Song: 15 March 2010
Selected entrantHarel Skaat
Selected song"Milim"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (8th, 71 points)
Final result14th, 71 points
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2009 • 2010 • 2011►

Before Eurovision

Artist selection

In December 2009 it was claimed by Israeli newspaper Maariv that IBA, the Israeli national broadcaster, had internally selected Harel Skaat to perform the Israeli entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, after an IBA meeting held on 23 December 2009.[2] On 25 December 2009, IBA confirmed that Skaat was selected as the Israeli representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.[1][3][4]

Kdam Eurovision 2010
Kdam Eurovision 2010

The song that Harel Skaat represented Israel with in Oslo was selected through a national final called Kdam Eurovision 2010, televised by Reshet, an operator of Channel 2 and featured a total of four songs. The four song titles and songwriting teams were announced on 22 February 2010, with the competing songs being released via IBA's official website on 7 March 2010.[5][6][7]

The final took place on 15 March 2010 at the Neve Ilan TV Studios in Jerusalem, hosted by Ofer Schechter.[8] All songs were performed by Harel Skaat and the winning song was determined by a combination of the votes from public televoting and SMS voting, and five jury groups made up of members of the Knesset (Israeli parliament), members from OGAE Israel, members of the Harel Skaat fan club, a three-member expert jury and a IBA jury.[1][7] "Milim", the winning song, received top marks from all five jury groups and the public vote.[9][10] The members of the expert jury were Moshe Datz, Svika Pick and Mira Awad.

Final – 15 March 2010
Draw Song (English translation) Music (m) / Lyrics (l) Jury Televote Total Place
1 "Le'an" (Away) Eyal Shahar (m & l), Sahar Hagay (l) 88 100 188 2
2 "Ela'yich" (Towards You) Ohad Chitman (m), Noam Horev (l) 72 80 152 3
3 "Le'hitkarev" (Closer) Nitzan Keikov (m), Sahar Hagay (l) 20 0 20 4
4 "Milim" (Words) Tomer Hadadi (m), Noam Horev (l) 120 120 240 1

At Eurovision

Israel competed in the second semi-final of the contest, on 27 May. Performing 3rd at the semifinals (after Armenia and before Denmark), they advanced to the Grand Finals of the contest and placed 14th among 25 Grand Finalists. Despite of this achievement, they swept all titles at Marcel Bezençon Awards this year.

Split results
  • In the Semi-final 2 Israel came 8th with 71 points: the public awarded Israel 12th place with 46 points and the jury awarded 4th place with 88 points.
  • In the Final Israel came 14th with 71 points: the public awarded Israel 19th place with 27 points and the jury awarded 5th place with 134 points.

Points awarded by Israel[11]
Points awarded to Israel (semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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. Hondal, Victor (25 December 2009). "It's official: Harel Skaat to Oslo". ESCToday. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
  2. Laufer, Gil (23 December 2009). "Har'el Ska'at Rumors go on Israel: Newspaper claims Harel Ska'at to Oslo". ESCToday. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
  3. "Harel Skaat will represent Israel at Eurovision 2010". IBAWorld. 25 December 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
  4. Webb, Glen (29 December 2009). "Israel: Harel Skaat to Oslo". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  5. Barak, Itamar (22 February 2010). "Israel: Songs names and writers revealed". ESCToday. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  6. Siim, Jarmo (22 February 2010). "Israel reveals final choices for Oslo". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  7. Barak, Itamar (7 March 2010). "Israel: Listen to the songs online". ESCToday. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
  8. Barak, Itamar (1 March 2010). "Israel: National final delayed for one day". ESCToday. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  9. Klier, Marcus (15 March 2010). "Harel Skaat to perform Milim in the Eurovision Song Contest". ESCToday. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  10. Webb, Glen (15 March 2010). "Israel: Harel Skaat to sing Milim in Oslo". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
  11. Eurovision Song Contest 2010
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