Israel was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "", 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 1992.
Before 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.
The winner was Dafna Dekel with the song "", composed by Kobi Oshrat with lyrics by Ehud Manor.
+ 1992 – 28 March 1992 Artist Song Points Place 1Leah Lupatin"Hayu Li Chalomot"355 2Uri Fineman"Ha'or" 337 3Avi Dor"Tweedledidi Tweedledidam"2010 4Zehava Ben"Daf Chadash"312 5Ronen Bahunker"Yerushalem"593 6Anat Atzmon"Hatikva"602 7Dafna Dekel"Ze Rak Sport"611 8Itzik Ben-Ari"Nagni Harmonica"1511 9Yaron Chadad"Zodiak"219 10Irit Anavi"Hashed Hakatan Sheli"355 11Shalva Berti"Mayim"364 12Eddie Grimberg"Tel-Aviv Shota Le'chaim"288 + Detailed Regional Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" 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 – Unknown IDF – 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 and preceding . She received 85 points, placing 6th in a field of 23. 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 Score Country 12 points Yugoslavia 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Israel Score Country 12 points 10 points Yugoslavia 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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