Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Israel was represented by the artist Izhar Cohen, with the song "Olé, Olé", at the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 4 May in Gothenburg, Sweden. "Olé, Olé" was the winner of the Israeli national final, held on 28 March. This was the second time Cohen was with in Eurovision Song Contest last time Cohen was with in ESC was in 1978 with Alphabeta with the song A-Ba-Ni-Bi (I love you).

Final

The final was held at the Binyaney Ha'uma in Jerusalem, hosted by Dalia Mazor and Nathan Datner. 14 songs took part and the winner was chosen by the votes of 7 regional juries.^[1]


Draw	Artist	Song	Votes	Place
1	Lea Lupatin	"Shir amelim" (Workers' song)	30	5
2	Arba Lev Adom	"Hu yavoh" (He will come)	30	5
3	Arik Sinai	"Mila ve od mila" (A word and another word)	52	4
4	Corinne Alal	"Be'chol yom" (Each day)	6	12
5	Yardena Arazi	"Od nagi'a" (We will get there)	61	3
6	Shalva Berti	"Ha'tfila" (The prayer)	11	11
7	Dalit Kahana	"Hazor" (Come back)	17	9
8	Shimi Tavori	"Tnu li rak musica" (Just give me music)	16	10
9	Casino	"Yad be'yad" (Hand in hand)	5	13
10	Yigal Bashan & Uzi Chitman	"Kmo tzoani" (Like a gypsy)	65	2
11	Moni Arnon & Shimshon Levi	"Shuv ani levad" (I'm alone again)	2	14
5	Izhar Cohen	"Olé, olé" (Going up and up)	69	1
13	Kesem	"Tov" (Good)	20	8
14	Doron Mazar	"Hilulah" (The party)	21	7

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Cohen performed 11th in the running order, following Germany and preceding Italy. At the close of voting, "Olé, Olé" had received 93 points, placing Israel 5th of the 19. The Israeli jury awarded its 12 points to France.^[2]

References

Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 ~~1980~~ 1981 1982 1983 ~~1984~~ 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 ~~1994~~ 1995 ~~1996 to 1997~~ 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

1970s	Ilanit Kaveret Shlomo Artzi Chocolate, Menta, Mastik Ilanit Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta Gali Atari & Milk and Honey

1980s	~~1980~~ Hakol Over Habibi Avi Toledano Ofra Haza ~~1984~~ Izhar Cohen Moti Giladi & Sarai Tzuriel Lazy Bums Yardena Arazi Gili & Galit

1990s	Rita Duo Datz Dafna Dekel Sarah'le Sharon & The Shiru Group ~~1994~~ Liora ~~Galit Bell~~ ~~1997~~ Dana International Eden

2000s	PingPong Tal Sondak Sarit Hadad Lior Narkis David D'Or Shiri Maimon Eddie Butler Teapacks Bo'az Ma'uda Noa & Mira Awad

2010s	Harel Skaat Dana International Izabo Moran Mazor Mei Finegold Nadav Guedj

Songs

1970s	"Ey Sham" "Natati La Khayay" "At Ve'Ani" "Emor Shalom" "Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim" "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" "Hallelujah"

1980s	~~1980~~ "Halayla" "Hora" "Khay" ~~1984~~ "Olé, Olé" "Yavo Yom" "Shir Habatlanim" "Ben Adam" "Derekh Hamelekh"

1990s	"Shara Barkhovot" "Kan" "Ze Rak Sport" "Shiru" ~~1994~~ "Amen" ~~"Shalom Olam"~~ ~~1997~~ "Diva" "Yom Huledet (Happy Birthday)"

2000s	"Sameach" "En Davar" "Nadlik Beyakhad Ner (Light A Candle)" "Milim La'Ahava" "Leha'amin" "HaSheket SheNish'ar" "Together We Are One" "Push the Button" "The Fire In Your Eyes" "There Must Be Another Way"

2010s	"Milim" "Ding Dong" "Time" "Rak Bishvilo" "Same Heart" "Golden Boy"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Israel did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1985

Countries

Final (by final results)	Norway (winner) Germany Sweden United Kingdom Israel Ireland Italy Austria Finland France Denmark Switzerland Luxembourg Spain Turkey Cyprus Greece Portugal Belgium