Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Israel was represented in the Eurovision by David D'Or who sang the bilingual English / Hebrew song "Leha'amin" (Hebrew script: להאמין; English translation: "To Believe"). The song was co-written by D'Or and Ehud Manor.[1]

Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Country Israel
National selection
Selection processArtist: Internal Selection
Song: Kdam Eurovision 2004
Selection date(s)Artist: 13 November 2003
Song: 5 February 2004
Selected entrantDavid D'Or
Selected song"Leha'amin"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (11th, 57 points)
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2003 • 2004 • 2005►

Before Eurovision

Artist selection

On 13 November 2003, IBA announced that David D'Or was selected as the Israeli representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.[2]

Kdam Eurovision 2004

The song that David D'Or represented Israel with in Istanbul was selected through a national final called Kdam Eurovision 2004. The four song titles were announced on 19 January 2004.[3] David D'Or filmed videoclips for the four songs which were presented during a presentation show on 5 February 2004, held during a break in a televised Maccabi Tel Aviv Euroleague basketball game, hosted by Meirav Miller.[4] The winning song, "Leha'amin", was determined by a combination of the votes from public televoting and SMS voting (60%) and an IBA jury which included prior Israeli entrants Lior Narkis and Gali Atari (40%). "Leha'amin" came first in both the televoting (66% of the votes) and jury vote (60% of the votes).[5][6]

Final – 29 February 2020
Draw Song (English translation) Songwriter(s) Jury
(40%)		 Public Vote (60%) Total Place
SMS Televote
1 "Freedom" David D'Or, Ofer Meiri 0% 25% 18% 12.9% 3
2 "Yamim Tovim" (Good days) David D'Or, Simon Buskilla 0% 17% 4% 6.3% 4
3 "Bo'u Mal'achim" (Come angels) David D'Or, Ehud Manor 40% 11% 12% 22.9% 2
4 "Leha'amin" (To believe) David D'Or, Ofer Meiri 60% 47% 66% 57.9% 1

At Eurovision
David D'Or at Istanbul (2004)

For the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, a semi-final round was introduced in order to accommodate the influx of nations that wanted to compete in the contest. Because Israel placed 19th at the 2003 contest, country was forced to compete in the first Eurovision semi-final, held on 12 May 2004. David D'Or performed 5th, following Latvia and preceding the Andorra his song in the semi-final receiving 57 points which was not enough to qualify for the final. Therefore, Israel will have to compete in the semi-final again in ESC 2005.

Points awarded by Israel[7]
Points awarded to Israel (semi-final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

References
  1. "Israeli lyricist Ehud Manor passes away at age 64". ESCtoday.com. April 12, 2005. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved May 6, 2009.
  2. Barak, Itamar (November 13, 2003). "David D'or to represent Israel in Eurovision 2004". Esctoday.
  3. Barak, Itamar (January 19, 2004). "Titles of Israeli songs revealed". Esctoday.
  4. "News". ESCtoday.com. May 5, 2004. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
  5. "Israeli entry chosen; David D'Or will sing Leha'amin in Istanbul for Israel". ESCtoday.com. February 5, 2005. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
  6. "ISRAELI NATIONAL FINAL 2004".
  7. Eurovision Song Contest 2004
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