Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with the song "Words for Love" written by Yoni Roeh and Yossi Gispan. The song was performed by Lior Narkis who was internally selected by the Israeli broadcaster Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) to compete at the 2003 contest in Riga, Latvia. The song Narkis would perform at Eurovision was selected through the national final Kdam Eurovision 2003 that took place on 23 January 2003 and featured four songs. "Milim La'Ahava" emerged as the winning song after gaining the most points following the combination of a jury vote and a public televote. The song was later retitled as "Words for Love".
Eurovision Song Contest 2003 | ||||
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Country | Israel | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: Kdam Eurovision 2003 | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 15 November 2002 Song: 23 January 2003 | |||
Selected entrant | Lior Narkis | |||
Selected song | "Words for Love" | |||
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Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 19th, 17 points | |||
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Israel competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 24 May 2003. Performing during the show in position 13, Israel placed nineteenth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 17 points.