Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992

Eurovision Song Contest 1992
Eurovision Song Contest 1992
Country	Israel
National selection
Selection process	Kdam Eurovision 1992
Selection date(s)	28 March 1992
Selected entrant	Dafna Dekel
Selected song	"Ze Rak Sport"
Selected songwriter(s)	Kobi Oshrat; Ehud Manor;
Finals performance
Final result	6th, 85 points
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest

Israel entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "Ze Rak Sport" by Dafna Dekel after she won the Israeli national final.

Before Eurovision[]

Kdam Eurovision 1992[]

This Israeli broadcaster, IBA, held a national final to select the Israeli entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, held in Malmö, Sweden. The contest was held at the IBA TV Studios in Jerusalem, hosted by Ronnie Yoval and Noam Aviram. 12 songs competed, with the winner being decided through the votes of 7 regional juries.

The winner was Dafna Dekel with the song "Ze Rak Sport", composed by Kobi Oshrat and Ehud Manor.

Kdam Eurovision 1992 – 28 March 1992
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Leah Lupatin	"Hayu Li Chalomot"	35	5
2	Uri Fineman	"Ha'or"	33	7
3	Avi Dor	"Tweedledidi Tweedledidam"	20	10
4	Zehava Ben	"Daf Chadash"	3	12
5	Ronen Bahunker	"Yerushalem"	59	3
6	Anat Atzmon	"Hatikva"	60	2
7	Dafna Dekel	"Ze Rak Sport"	61	1
8	Itzik Ben-Ari	"Nagni Harmonica"	15	11
9	Yaron Chadad	"Zodiak"	21	9
10	Irit Anavi	"Hashed Hakatan Sheli"	35	5
11	Shalva Berti	"Mayim"	36	4
12	Eddie Grimberg	"Tel-Aviv Shota Le'chaim"	28	8

Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Ma'ale Adumim	IDF	Ramat Gan	Kiryat Malakhi	Jerusalem	Kfar Ruppin	Tel Aviv	Total
1	"Hayu li chalomot"	2	5	7	6		12	3	35
2	"Ha'or	7	4	6	7	6	1	2	33
3	"Tweedledidi tweedledidam"	5	6				3	6	20
4	"Daf chadash"				1	2			3
5	"Yerushalem"	12	7	10	12	7	4	7	59
6	"Hatikva"	3	12	5	10	12	10	8	60
7	"Ze rak sport"	10	8	12	5	8	8	10	61
8	"Nagni harmonica"	4	1	2	4	4			15
9	"Zodiak"	1	3	4	2	5	2	4	21
10	"Hashed hakatan sheli"	6	10	1	3	3	7	5	35
11	"Mayim"	8		3	8	10	6	1	36
12	"Tel-Aviv shota le'chaim"		2	8		1	5	12	28

Spokespersons[]

Ma'ale Adumim -
IDF - [he]
Ramat Gan - Alon Ben David
Kiryat Malakhi - [he]
Jerusalem - Amir Chay
Kfar Ruppin - Amnon Peer
Tel-Aviv - Dani Lewinstein

At Eurovision[]

Dekel performed 3rd on the night of the final, following Belgium and preceding Turkey. She received 85 points, placing 6th in a field of 23.^[1] Israel was one of the few countries that didn't award points to the eventual winner Ireland.

Voting[]

Points awarded to Israel^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	Yugoslavia
10 points	Spain
8 points	France Luxembourg
7 points	Malta Portugal United Kingdom
6 points
5 points
4 points	Cyprus Germany Sweden Switzerland
3 points	Netherlands
2 points	Denmark Norway Turkey
1 point	Austria

Points awarded by Israel^[2]
Score	Country
12 points	France
10 points	Yugoslavia
8 points	Portugal
7 points	Greece
6 points	Denmark
5 points	Netherlands
4 points	Iceland
3 points	Cyprus
2 points	United Kingdom
1 point	Finland

References[]

^ "Final of Malmö 1992". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Malmö 1992". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

External links[]

Israeli National Final 1992

[1] "Final of Malmö 1992". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

[1992detailed-2] "Results of the Final of Malmö 1992". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

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