Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974

Eurovision Song Contest 1974
Country	Israel
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selected entrant	Kaveret as 'Poogy'
Selected song	"Natati La Khayay"
Finals performance
Final result	7th, 11 points
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
1974 • 1975►

Israel took part at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, represented by Poogy with the song "Natati La Khayay". This entry became the second Israeli entry at Eurovision.

The band was selected by Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) in an internal selection following the success of their album Poogy Tales, to represent the country at the contest, which took place on 6 April in Brighton, United Kingdom.

At Eurovision

Poogy performed 6th on the night of the contest at The Dome in Brighton, following Greece's Marinella and preceding the Yugoslavia's Korni Grupa. According to the laws of the contest, only six people are allowed to perform on the stage during the performance, and therefore Yoni Rechter, the keyboardist of the band, had to be the conductor of the orchestra. The voting system tried between 1971 and 1973 was abandoned, and for 1974 returned to the previous system of ten jury members in each country awarding one vote each.

At the close of the voting the song had received of 11 points, placing Israel 7th (with Ireland) out of a field of 17 competing countries.^[1] The Israeli spokesperson revealing the result of the Israeli vote in the final was Yitzhak Shim'oni.

Points awarded to Israel

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
		Italy	Netherlands  Portugal  United Kingdom	Ireland  Sweden

Points awarded by Israel

2 points	Finland  Luxembourg  Sweden
1 point	Ireland  Italy  Monaco  Netherlands

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1974

References

1. ESC History - Israel 1974