Eurovision Song Contest 2004 | ||||
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Country | Israel | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process |
Artist: Internal Selection Song: National Final |
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Selection date(s) |
Artist: November 2003 Song: 5 February 2004 |
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Selected entrant | David D'Or | |||
Selected song | "Leha'amin" | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (12th, 57 points) | |||
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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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")
In November 2003, the Israel Broadcasting Authority (the "IBA") chose D'Or to represent the country in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul. The song was co-written by D'Or and Ehud Manor.
The song was chosen on February 5, 2004, in voting during the program "Israel Selects a Song" held during a break in a televised Maccabi Tel Aviv Euroleague basketball game at which videos of four songs sung by D'Or were shown. The vote was by both a special IBA Eurovision Committee (including prior Israeli entrants Lior Narkis and Gali Atari), which accounted for 40% of the vote, and a televote by viewers, who accounted for the remaining 60% of the vote. "Leha'amin" won 60% of the jury's vote, and 66% of the viewers' televotes.
David D'Or performed his song in the semi-final receiving 57 points which was not enough to qualify for the finals.