Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003

Israel was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 by Lior Narkis with the song "Milim shel ahava" ("Words for Love"), with lyrics in Hebrew, English, Greek, French and Spanish.

Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Country Israel
National selection
Selection processArtist: Internal Selection
Song: National final
Selection date(s)Artist: 16 November 2002
Song: 23 January 2003
Selected entrantLior Narkis
Selected song"Words for Love"
Finals performance
Final result19th, 17 points
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Artist selection

On 16 November 2002, IBA announced that Lior Narkis was selected as the Israeli representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003.

National final

The final took place on 23 January 2003 at the Ha’Oman 17 Nightclub in Jerusalem, hosted by Eden Harel. All songs were performed by Lior Narkis and the winning song was determined by a combination of the votes from an expert jury (40%) and televoting (60%).[1][2]

Final – 23 January 2003
Draw Song Songwriter(s) Percentage Place
1 "God Bless the Universe" Uzi Chitmann, Yossi Gispan 13% 2
2 "Lo Rotze Lihyot Kokachav" Ilan Shahaf 3% 4
3 "Choopy Choopy" Yoni Ro'eh, Yossi Gispan 9% 3
4 "Milim shel ahava" Yoni Ro'eh, Yossi Gispan 75% 1

At Eurovision

Israel performed 13th at the 2003 Contest, following Spain and preceding Netherlands. After the voting concluded, Israel scored 17 points, placing 19th.[3]

Points awarded by Israel[4]
Points awarded to Israel[4]
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

References
  1. "ISRAEL NATIONAL FINAL 2003".
  2. "Israel".
  3. "Final of Riga 2003". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  4. "Results of the Final of Riga 2003". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
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