Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Participating broadcaster	Israeli Broadcasting Authority (IBA)
Country	Israel
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	17 January 1999
Selected artist(s)	Eden
Selected song	"Yom Huledet (Happy Birthday)"
Selected songwriter(s)	Moshe Datz; Gabriel Butler; Ya'akov Lamai; Jacky Oved;
Finals performance
Final result	5th, 93 points
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest

Israel was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Yom Huledet (Happy Birthday)", written by Moshe Datz, Gabriel Butlerm Ya'akov Lamai, and Jacky Oved, and performed by the group Eden. The Israeli participating broadcaster, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority (IBA), internally selected its entry for the contest. In addition, IBA was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the International Convention Centre in Jerusalem, after winning the previous edition with the song "Diva" by Dana International.

IBA announced its entry on 17 January 1999. Israel was drawn to compete nineteenth in the contest, held on 29 May 1999. At the end of the night, the nation placed 5th in the field of 23 entries, receiving 93 points.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

The Israeli Broadcasting Authority (IBA) received 900 songs from the public, which were subsequently evaluated by a special committee that shortlisted four songs. On 17 January 1999, IBA announced that Eden were selected as its representatives for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Yom Huledet".^[1]^[2]

Internal Selection – 17 January 1999
Artist	Song	Points	Place
Eden	"Yom Huledet"	64	1
Sharon Lavie and Shachar Ankri	"Ze Karov"	40	2
Efrat Roten	"Tfila La'elef Haba"	30	3
Sarit Hadad	"Welcome Ya Salam"	24	4

At Eurovision

Israel performed 19th on the night of the contest, following Austria and preceding Malta. At the close of voting it had received 93 points and finished in 5th place.^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Israel^[4]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points	Cyprus France Poland
8 points	Croatia Portugal Spain
7 points	Germany
6 points	Malta
5 points
4 points	Estonia Netherlands
3 points	Belgium Sweden Turkey
2 points	Bosnia and Herzegovina Denmark Norway
1 point	Austria Iceland Slovenia

Points awarded by Israel^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Germany
10 points	Iceland
8 points	Sweden
7 points	Croatia
6 points	Netherlands
5 points	Belgium
4 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Lithuania
2 points	Denmark
1 point	Estonia

References

^ "National Final: Israel 1999". eschistory.
^ "Israel 1999". Archived from the original on 2006-04-05.
^ "Final of Jerusalem 1999". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Jerusalem 1999". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.