Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
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Eurovision Song Contest 1999 | ||||
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National selection | ||||
Selection process | Internal selection | |||
Selection date(s) | 17 January 1999 | |||
Selected entrant | Eden | |||
Selected song | "Yom Huledet (Happy Birthday)" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 5th, 93 points | |||
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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For the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, Israel was represented by Eden with the song "Yom Huledet (Happy Birthday)".
Before Eurovision[]
Internal selection[]
900 songs were submitted by the public, which were subsequently evaluated by a special committee that shortlisted four songs. On 17 January 1999, IBA announced that Eden were selected as the Israeli representatives for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Yom Huledet".[1][2]
Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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1 | Eden | "Yom Huledet" | 64 | 1 |
2 | Sarit Hadad | "Welcome Ya Salam" | 24 | 4 |
3 | Sharon Lavie and Shachar Ankri | "Ze Karov" | 40 | 2 |
4 | Efrat Roten | "Tfila La'elef Haba" | 30 | 3 |
At Eurovision[]
Israel performed 19th on the night of the contest, following Austria and preceding Malta. At the close of voting it had received 93 points and finished in 5th place.[3]
Voting[]
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References[]
- ^ "National Final: Israel 1999". eschistory.
- ^ "Israel 1999". Archived from the original on 2006-04-05.
- ^ "Final of Jerusalem 1999". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1999". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
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