Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992

Eurovision Song Contest 1992
Participating broadcaster	Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA)
Country	Israel
National selection
Selection process	Kdam Eurovision 1992
Selection date(s)	28 March 1992
Selected artist(s)	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
◄1991 • 1992 • 1993►

Israel was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "Ze Rak Sport" (זה רק ספורט), composed by Kobi Oshrat, with lyrics by Ehud Manor, and performed by Dafna Dekel. The Israeli participating broadcaster, the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), selected its entry for the contest through Kdam Eurovision 1992.[1]

Before Eurovision

Kdam Eurovision 1992

This Israeli broadcaster, the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, to be held in Malmö, Sweden. IBA held the national final on 28 March 1992 at its television 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.[1]

The winner was Dafna Dekel with the song "Ze Rak Sport", composed by Kobi Oshrat with lyrics by Ehud Manor.[2]

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 - Dan Ofry [he]
• Ramat Gan - Alon Ben David
• Kiryat Malakhi - Shlomi Eldar
• 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.[3] Israel was one of the two countries that didn't award points to the eventual winner Ireland, with the other one being France.

Voting

Points awarded to Israel[4] 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[4] 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

1. "ISRAELI NATIONAL FINAL 1992". natfinals.50webs.com. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
2. "Dafna Dekel". Eurovision Universe. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
3. "Final of Malmö 1992". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
4. "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