Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country	Israel
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	2 March 2005
Selected entrant	Shiri Maimon
Selected song	"HaSheket SheNish'ar"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	7th, 158 points
Final result	4th, 154 points
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Israel was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by Shiri Maimon and the song "Hasheket Shenish'ar" (The Silence That Remained).

Kdam Eurovision 2005

For the first time since 2001, a full-scale Israeli selection process was held on 2 March. Unlike previous years, IBA invited only established artists to participate. Among the better-known participants were Shiri Maimon (runner-up of the popular Pop Idol based show, Kokhav Nolad in 2003) as well as Svika Pick, composer and producer of the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest winner Diva. Shiri Maimon's song "Hasheket Shenish'ar" (The Silence That Remained) won the event to become Israel's entry in Kiev. The song was written by Pini Aaronbayev and Eyal Shachar and composed by Pini Aaronbayev.

Result of the national final

№	Song	Singer	Points	Place
1	"Be'ahava gdola"	Samir Shukri & Efrat Cohen	26	9th
2	"Peace and love"	Zehava Ben	48	5th
3	"Targish oti"	Michal Amdursky	39	8th
4	"Yesh li et halayla"	Momi Levi	23	10th
5	"Hamon"	Merav Siman-Tov	10	13th
6	"Ode-le-ya"	Gaya	15	11th
7	"Hasheket Shenish'ar"	Shiri Maimon	116	1st
8	"Jerusalem"	Rinat Gabay	62	4th
9	"Don’t worry baby"	Yossi Azulai	70	2nd
10	"Zman"	Mira Awad	5	14th
11	"Esperansa"	The Elayev Family	45	6th
12	"Hello, hello"	Sharona & Daniela Pick	15	11th
13	"Or yare'ach"	Svika Pick & Company	66	3rd
14	"Kmo chalom"	Rinat Bar	40	7th

At Eurovision

At Eurovision, the song was presented in English and Hebrew. The spokesperson who revealed Israel's votes for other countries was journalist Dana Herman.^[1]

Points awarded by Israel

Semi-final 12 points  Romania 10 points  Moldova 8 points  Hungary 7 points  Norway 6 points  Latvia 5 points  Netherlands 4 points  Iceland 3 points   Switzerland 2 points  Belarus 1 point  Slovenia

Final 12 points  Romania 10 points  Malta 8 points  Hungary 7 points  Greece 6 points  Latvia 5 points  France 4 points  Moldova 3 points  Denmark 2 points   Switzerland 1 point  Norway

Points awarded to Israel

Points awarded to Israel (Semi-Final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Andorra  Belarus  Monaco	Netherlands	France  Romania  Russia	Albania  Ireland	Malta  Portugal  Turkey  United Kingdom
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Hungary  Moldova  Ukraine	Bulgaria  Denmark  Poland  Spain	Belgium  Cyprus  Germany  Serbia and Montenegro   Switzerland	Lithuania	Finland  Macedonia

Points awarded to Israel (Final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Monaco	France	Andorra  Belarus  Hungary  Malta  Russia	Netherlands  Romania  Ukraine  United Kingdom	Belgium  Ireland  Moldova  Spain
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Denmark  Finland  Germany  Norway  Portugal		Albania  Lithuania  Turkey	Latvia	Austria  Estonia  Sweden   Switzerland

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2005

References

1. Philips, Roel (2005-05-17). "The 39 spokespersons!". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-04-28.