Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 information
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country
Israel
National selection
Selection process
Artist: Internal selection (via Kochav Nolad) Song: Kdam Eurovision 2008
Selection date(s)
Artist: 14 November 2007 Song: 26 January 2008
Selected entrant
Boaz Ma'uda
Selected song
"The Fire in Your Eyes"
Selected songwriter(s)
Dana International
Shay Kerem
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Qualified (5th, 104 points)
Final result
9th, 124 points
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "The Fire in Your Eyes" written by Dana International and Shay Kerem. The song was performed by Boaz Ma'uda, who was internally selected by the Israeli broadcaster Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) in collaboration with the commercial broadcaster Keshet in November 2007 to compete at the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia, The song Ma'uda would perform at Eurovision was selected through the national final Kdam Eurovision 2008 which took place on 15 March 2010 that featured five songs. "Ke'ilu Kan" emerged as the winning song after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from two regional juries, two thematical jury groups, a jury panel and a public vote. The song title was later translated from Hebrew to English for the Eurovision Song Contest and was titled "The Fire in Your Eyes".
Israel was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. Performing during the show in position 2, "The Fire in Your Eyes" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Israel placed fifth out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 104 points. In the final, Israel performed in position 7 and placed ninth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 124 points.
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