Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry through the national selection Kdam Eurovision, organised by the Channel 1 (owned by IBA).
| Eurovision Song Contest 2011 | ||||
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Kdam Eurovision | |||
| Selection date(s) | 8 March 2011 | |||
| Selected entrant | Dana International | |||
| Selected song | "Ding Dong" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (15th, 38 points) | |||
| Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Kdam Eurovision 2011
In November 2010, Israeli broadcaster IBA revealed some of its plans for the 2011 national selection, which returned to Channel 1, after being out of their hands last year.[1] On 28 December 2010, IBA announced that Kdam Eurovision 2011 will involve several artists competing in order to represent Israel in the 2011 contest.
Competing entries
Artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster from 28 December 2010.[2][3] IBA also made a list of potential artists that would be invited to compete, with those matching the conditions being able to submit two to three songs for the competition.[4] From all songs submitted to IBA, a special committee selected ten songs for the competition, which were announced on 8 February 2011.[5]
Final
The final took place on 8 March 2011 at the Culture Hall in Rishon LeZion, hosted by Shiri Maimon and Aki Avni. Ten songs competed and the winner was determined by a combination of the votes from public televoting (48%), three thematical jury groups (12%) and an expert jury (40%).[6]
| Final – 8 March 2011 | |||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song (English translation) | Songwriter(s) | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
| 1 | Adi Cohen | "Rak Al Ahava" (Just on love) | Doron Gal (m & l) | 123 | 96 | 219 | 3 |
| 2 | KNOB | "Ohev Et Ze" (I'm loving it) | Meital Patash-Cohen (m), Niv Cohen (l) | 32 | 48 | 80 | 8 |
| 3 | Chen Aharoni | "Or" (Light) | Nizan Kaykov (m), Sahar Hagai (l) | 82 | 72 | 142 | 4 |
| 4 | Idit Halevi | "It's My Time" | Giora Linenberg (m), Idit Halevi (l) | 91 | 144 | 235 | 2 |
| 5 | Hatikva 6 | "Hakol Sababa" (Everything is good) | Omri Glikman (m & l) | 81 | 24 | 105 | 7 |
| 6 | Niki Goldstein | "Amri Itach" (I'll take off with you) | Amit Zach (m & l), Einat Hollander (l) | 53 | 84 | 137 | 5 |
| 7 | Sivan Bahnem | "Kach Oti" (Take me) | Sivan (m & l), Chen Metzger-Eder (m) | 29 | 36 | 65 | 10 |
| 8 | Michael & Shimrit Greylsummer | "Tu du du" | Michael Greylsummer (m & l) | 59 | 72 | 131 | 6 |
| 9 | Dana International | "Ding Dong" | Dana International (m & l) | 150 | 120 | 270 | 1 |
| 10 | Carmel Ekman | "Nosa'at el ga'agu'ay" (Driving to my longings) | Ben Rayvitz (m & l), Carmel Eckmann (m & l) | 54 | 54 | 66 | 9 |
| Detailed Jury Votes | ||||||
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| Draw | Song | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Jury | Total |
| 1 | "Rak Al Ahava" | 8 | 7 | 8 | 100 | 123 |
| 2 | "Ohev Et Ze" | 1 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 32 |
| 3 | "Or" | 2 | 3 | 7 | 70 | 82 |
| 4 | "It's My Time" | 5 | 4 | 2 | 80 | 91 |
| 5 | "Hakol Sababa" | 6 | 10 | 5 | 60 | 81 |
| 6 | "Amri Itach" | 7 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 53 |
| 7 | "Kach Oti" | 4 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 29 |
| 8 | "Tu du du" | 3 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 59 |
| 9 | "Ding Dong" | 12 | 6 | 12 | 120 | 150 |
| 10 | "Nosa'at El Ga'agu'ay" | 10 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 54 |
At Eurovision
Israel competed on the 12th place of the second semi-final on 12 May and came 15th with 38 points which means it didn't qualify to the finals, and the first time in 4 years that Israel entry doesn't make the finals. Israel was directly picked to perform in the second semi-final to avoid a withdrawal due to the first semi-final taking place on the Israeli Memorial Day.[7]
Split results
- In the Semi-final 2 Israel came 15th with 38 points: the public awarded Israel 11th place with 51 points and the jury awarded 16th place with 36 points.
Points awarded by Israel
Semi-final 2
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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
References
- Barak, Itamar (2 November 2010). "Israel: IBA reveals plans for 2011". ESCToday. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
- Melman, Moshe (28 December 2010). "ISRAEL - IBA announce plans and date for national final". Oikotimes.com. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- Laufer, Gil (28 December 2010). "Israel: National final on March 8th". EscToday.com. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- Laufer, Gil (17 January 2011). "Israel: More details revealed". EscToday.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- Laufer, Gil (8 February 2011). "Israel: List of participants in Kdam 2011 revealed". EscToday.com. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- "ISRAELI NATIONAL FINAL 2011".
- Barak, Itamar (21 September 2010). "Israel to participate in 2nd semifinal of 2011". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2010.