Israel

Israel first took part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 and has entered 48 contests. It has won 4 times, most recently in 2018 with TOY by Netta. Since the semi-finals were introduced in 2004 it has qualified for the Grand Final 13 times in 20 attempts, not counting years with an automatic place. It has hosted the contest 3 times: Jerusalem 1979, Jerusalem 1999 and Tel Aviv 2019. The countries that have given it most points in total are France (366) and Germany (285); it has itself given most points to Sweden (284).

Eurovision records: Countries with most wins · All Eurovision winners · Highest scores in Eurovision

Participations

Year	Song	Performed By	Semi Final Position	Grand Final Position
2026	Michelle	Noam Bettan	1. /15	2. /25
2025	New Day Will Rise	Yuval Raphael	1. /16	2. /26
2024	Hurricane	Eden Golan	1. /16	5. /26
2023	Unicorn	Noa Kirel	3. /15	3. /26
2022	I.M	Michael Ben David	13. /18	-
2021	Set Me Free	Eden Alene	5. /16	17. /26
2020	Feker libi	Eden Alene
2019	Home	Kobi Marimi	-	23. /26
2018	TOY	Netta	1. /19	1. /26
2017	I Feel Alive	IMRI	3. /18	23. /26
2016	Made Of Stars	Hovi Star	7. /18	14. /26
2015	Golden Boy	Nadav Guedj	3. /17	9. /27
2014	Same Heart	Mei Finegold	14. /15	-
2013	Rak Bishvilo	Moran Mazor	14. /17	-
2012	Time	Izabo	13. /18	-
2011	Ding Dong	Dana International	15. /19	-
2010	Milim	Harel Skaat	8. /17	14. /25
2009	There Must Be Another Way	Noa & Mira Awad	7. /18	16. /25
2008	The Fire In Your Eyes	Boaz	5. /19	9. /25
2007	Push The Button	Teapacks	24. /28	-
2006	Ze Hazman	Eddie Butler	-	23. /24
2005	Hasheket Shenish'ar	Shiri Maymon	7. /25	4. /24
2004	Le'ha'amin	David D'or	11. /22	-
2003	Words For Love	Lior Narkis	-	19. /26
2002	Light A Candle	Sarit Hadad	-	12. /24
2001	Ein Davar	Tal Sondak	-	16. /23
2000	Sa'me'akh	Ping Pong	-	22. /24
1999	Yom Huledeth	Eden	-	5. /23
1998	Diva	Dana International	-	1. /25
1995	Amen	Liora	-	8. /23
1993	Shiru	Lakahat Shiru	-	24. /25
1992	Ze Rak Sport	Dafna	-	6. /23
1991	Kan	Duo Datz	-	3. /22
1990	Shara Barechovot	Rita	-	18. /22
1989	Derech Ha'melech	Gili ve Galit	-	12. /22
1988	Ben Adam	Yardena Arazi	-	7. /21
1987	Shir Habatlanim	Datner and Kushnir	-	8. /22
1986	Yavoh Yom	Moti Galadi and Sarai Tzuriel	-	19. /20
1985	Olé Olé	Izhar Cohen	-	5. /19
1983	Hi	Ofra Haza	-	2. /20
1982	Hora	Avi Toledano	-	2. /18
1981	Halaylah	Habibi	-	7. /20
1979	Hallelujah	Milk and Honey	-	1. /19
1978	Abanibi	Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta	-	1. /20
1977	Ah-haa-vah Hee Shir Lish-naa-yim	Ilanit	-	11. /18
1976	Emor Shalom	Chocolate, Menta, Mastik	-	6. /18
1975	At Ve'ani	Shlomo Artzi	-	11. /19
1974	Natati La Khaiai	Poogy	-	7. /17
1973	Ey-sham	Ilanit	-	4. /17

Hosted events

Year	Country	Slogan	Venue	Number of participants
Tel Aviv 2019	Israel	Dare to Dream	Expo Tel Aviv (International Convention Center)	41
Jerusalem 1999	Israel		Usshishkin Hall of the International Convention Centre	23
Jerusalem 1979	Israel		Binyanei Ha'ouama Centre	19

Countries that vote for Israel

Country	Jury Points	Tel. Points	Total	Average
Austria	32	65	178	4.24
Belgium	60	75	258	4.78
Cyprus	38	75	188	4.37
Denmark	26	48	132	3.00
Finland	39	74	274	5.48
Germany	51	89	285	6.48
Luxembourg	1	37	122	5.30
Norway	48	60	234	4.42
Portugal	5	63	218	4.84
Spain	37	62	217	5.05
Sweden	33	60	204	3.92
Switzerland	31	76	253	4.96
The Netherlands	36	69	256	5.69
United Kingdom	36	63	240	5.45
Yugoslavia	0	0	61	4.36
Andorra	0	0	45	5.00
Armenia	39	42	115	5.48
Azerbaijan	42	118	210	9.55
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	34	1.89
Greece	21	66	139	3.02
Montenegro	0	28	53	3.12
Poland	56	30	133	4.59
Romania	17	41	121	4.03
Russia	23	14	87	3.95
San Marino	26	69	115	6.05
Slovenia	10	16	67	2.09
Albania	41	49	121	5.26
Belarus	8	26	83	4.15
Bulgaria	42	36	93	4.89
Croatia	75	32	121	3.78
France	61	123	366	8.71
Georgia	34	90	142	6.76
Hungary	7	18	51	3.40
Lithuania	65	31	112	3.61
Moldova	35	71	124	5.90
Serbia	52	48	113	5.65
Ukraine	50	35	112	5.09
Ireland	51	61	215	3.91
Italy	46	71	180	6.92
Monaco	0	0	50	4.55
Malta	40	76	193	4.83
Türkiye	0	0	63	2.03
North Macedonia	37	15	75	2.78
Estonia	13	32	65	2.10
Iceland	18	27	93	2.66
Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	6	2.00
Australia	44	63	116	7.73
Czech Republic	26	97	135	6.75
Latvia	11	59	80	2.67
Rest of the world	0	88	88	–
Slovakia	0	0	13	3.25

Countries that Israel votes for

Country	Jury Points	Tel. Points	Total	Average
Albania	5	1	15	0.71
Andorra	0	0	6	1.00
Armenia	12	45	154	7.00
Australia	69	51	127	9.77
Austria	51	40	150	3.66
Azerbaijan	19	20	104	4.73
Belarus	7	17	65	3.82
Belgium	60	25	139	2.84
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	6	0.30
Bulgaria	33	54	93	5.81
Croatia	14	26	67	2.39
Cyprus	18	27	125	3.05
Czech Republic	22	58	88	6.29
Denmark	16	17	162	3.77
Estonia	39	58	125	4.46
Finland	43	42	164	3.35
France	25	43	185	3.94
Georgia	8	29	73	4.29
Germany	25	16	116	2.37
Greece	36	33	191	3.98
Hungary	22	8	56	3.29
Iceland	0	4	67	2.03
Ireland	2	9	98	2.00
Italy	32	52	129	4.03
Latvia	19	4	65	2.83
Lithuania	29	13	57	1.84
Luxembourg	14	25	84	3.82
Malta	29	22	112	3.11
Moldova	14	52	104	4.95
Monaco	0	0	24	2.40
Montenegro	0	2	10	1.00
North Macedonia	9	7	21	0.91
Norway	27	38	168	3.00
Poland	34	26	66	2.75
Portugal	19	15	59	1.40
Romania	11	22	195	6.29
Russia	13	44	205	8.20
San Marino	4	13	21	1.75
Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	15	5.00
Serbia	1	17	30	1.43
Slovenia	7	0	48	1.78
Spain	7	13	136	2.83
Sweden	70	35	284	5.07
Switzerland	30	24	128	2.78
The Netherlands	13	15	152	3.45
Türkiye	0	0	42	1.27
Ukraine	60	88	244	8.71
United Kingdom	18	10	175	3.57
Yugoslavia	0	0	68	4.86