Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Leha'amin" written by David D'Or, Ofer Meiri and Ehud Manor. The song was performed by David D'Or, who was internally selected by the Israeli broadcaster Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) to compete at the 2004 contest in Istanbul, Turkey. The song D'Or would perform at Eurovision was selected through the national final Kdam Eurovision 2004 that took place on 5 February 2004 and featured four songs. "Leha'amin" emerged as the winning song after gaining the most points following the combination of a jury vote, an audience vote and a public televote.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2004 | ||||
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| Country | Israel | |||
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| Selection process | Artist: Internal Selection Song: Kdam Eurovision 2004 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 13 November 2003 Song: 5 February 2004 | |||
| Selected entrant | David D'Or | |||
| Selected song | "Leha'amin" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (11th) | |||
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Israel competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2004. Performing during the show in position 5, "Leha'amin" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Israel placed eleventh out of the 22 participating countries in the semi-final with 57 points.