Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Country	Israel
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

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).

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 several artists would participate in the Kdam in order to represent Israel in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. IBA opened the call for artists to submit their entries. The final aired on 8 March. It took place in the Culture Hall in Rishon LeZion.^[2]^[3]

During the next few days, IBA made a list of potential artists that would be offered to take part in the selection. Furthermore, artists who matched the conditions would be able to submit themselves too. The artists were asked to submit 2-3 songs to the committee, who chose 8-12 songs and singers in total to take part in the Kdam.^[4]

On 8 February, IBA announced the finalists of the 2011 Kdam:^[5]

**Final - 8 March 2011**
Draw	Artist	Song	English	Songwriters	Jury	Televote	Points	Place
1	Adi Cohen	"Rak al ahava" (רק על אהבה)	Just about love (just because of love)	Doron Gal (m & l)	123	96	219	3
2	KNOB	"Ohev et ze" (אוהב את זה)	I'm loving it	Meital Patash-Cohen (m), Niv Cohen (l)	32	48	80	8
3	Chen Aharoni	"Or" (אור)	Light (Or)	Nizan Kaykov (m), Sahar Hagai (l)	82	72	142	4
4	Idit Halevi	"It's My Time"	It's my time	Giora Linenberg (m), Idit Halevi (l)	91	144	235	2
5	Hatikva 6	"Hakol sababa" (הכל סבבה)	Everything id cool	Omri Glikman (m & l)	81	24	105	7
6	Niki Goldstein	"Amri itach" (אמריא איתך)	I'll fly with you (you make ne fly)	Amit Zach (m & l), Einat Hollander (l)	53	84	137	5
7	Sivan Bahnem	"Kach oti" (קח אותי)	Take me	Sivan (m & l), Chen Metzger-Eder (m)	29	36	65	10
8	Michael & Shimrit Greylsummer	"Tu du du" (טו דו דו)	Tu du du	Michael Greylsummer (m & l)	59	72	131	6
9	Dana International	"Ding Dong"	Ding dong	Dana International (m & l)	150	120	270	1
10	Carmel Ekman	"Nosa'at el ga'agu'ay" (נוסעת אל געגועיי)	Drive to my misses	Ben Rayvitz (m & l), Carmel Eckmann (m & l)	54	54	66	9

Scoreboard

	Voting results
		Voting 1	Voting 2	Voting 3	Total	Jury	Total	Televoting
Rak Al Ahava	219	8	7	8	23	100	123	96
Ohev Et Ze	80	1	1	10	12	20	32	48
Or	142	2	3	7	12	70	82	72
It's My Time	230	5	4	2	11	80	91	144
Hakol Sababa	105	6	10	5	21	60	81	24
Amri Itach	137	7	2	4	13	40	53	84
Kach Oti	65	4	12	3	19	10	29	36
Tu du du	131	3	5	1	9	50	59	72

Ding Dong	270	12	6	12	30	120	150	120
Nosa'at El Ga'agu'ay	66	10	8	6	24	30	54	12

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.^[6]

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

12 points	Sweden
10 points	Denmark
8 points	Ukraine
7 points	Romania
6 points	Slovenia
5 points	Estonia
4 points	Moldova
3 points	Macedonia
2 points	Belgium
1 point	Austria

Final

12 points	Sweden
10 points	Denmark
8 points	Russia
7 points	Ukraine
6 points	Romania
5 points	Estonia
4 points	Azerbaijan
3 points	Slovenia
2 points	Georgia
1 point	United Kingdom

Points awarded to Israel (Semi-Final 2)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
			France Macedonia	Belarus
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Netherlands Sweden	Romania		Belgium	Cyprus Italy

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. 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.
↑ 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.

External links

IBA's official Eurovision site

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[1] Barak, Itamar (2 November 2010). "Israel: IBA reveals plans for 2011". ESCToday. Retrieved 3 November 2010.

[2] Melman, Moshe (28 December 2010). "ISRAEL - IBA announce plans and date for national final". Oikotimes.com. Retrieved 28 December 2010.

[3] Laufer, Gil (28 December 2010). "Israel: National final on March 8th". EscToday.com. Retrieved 28 December 2010.

[4] Laufer, Gil (17 January 2011). "Israel: More details revealed". EscToday.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.

[5] Laufer, Gil (8 February 2011). "Israel: List of participants in Kdam 2011 revealed". EscToday.com. Retrieved 8 February 2011.

[6] 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.