Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Country Israel
National selection
Selection processKdam Eurovision 1981
Selection date(s)3 March 1981
Selected entrantHabibi
Selected song"Halayla"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result7th, 56 points
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1979 1981 1982►

Israel returned at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 held in Dublin, Ireland, after withdrawing from the 1980 contest because of National Day of Remembrance.

Their entry was Hakol Over Habibi with the song "Halayla" after they won the Israeli national final, Kdam Eurovision 1981. At Eurovision, the song came seventh, having received 56 points.

Before Eurovision

Kdam Eurovision 1981

The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) decided to replace the Israel Song Festival with a new competition designed to select a song for the contest.

The final was held on 3 March 1981 in Jerusalem, and was hosted by Daniel Pe'er. The votes of nine regional juries across Israel decided the winner.[1] Each place had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) for their top twelve songs.

The winning entry was "Halayla", performed by Hakol Over Habibi and composed by Shuki Levy, with lyrics written by Shlomit Aharon and Yuval Dor.

Final – 3 March 1981
Draw Artist Song Points Place
1 Eitan Masuri "Etmol" (אתמול) 35 7
2 Milk and Honey "Serenada" (סרנדה) 61 4
3 Mike Burstyn "Sviv kol ha'olam" (סביב כל העולם) 57 6
4 Sexta "Cinderella" (סינדרלה) 75 2
5 Miri Aloni "Piyus" (פיוס) 11 10
6 Irit Bulka "Mona Lisa" (מונה ליזה) 31 8
7 Gary Eckstein "Aya ve Dan" (איה ודן) 4 12
8 Hedva Amrani "Bo elai" (בוא אליי) 24 9
9 Shlomo Gronich & Dafna Armoni "Kaleidoscope" (קליידוסקופ) 6 10
10 Avi Toledano "Karnaval" (קרנבל) 69 3
11 Hakol Over Habibi "Halayla" (הלילה) 91 1
12 Yigal Bashan "Ten li" (תן לי) 58 5
Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw Song
Tel Aviv
Karmiel
Kfar Saba
Haifa
Tzora
Herzliya
Ashdod
Lakhish
Jerusalem
Total score
1 "Etmol" 8 2 4 8 2 5 6 35
2 "Serenada" 10 6 6 7 8 7 7 3 7 61
3 "Sviv kol ha'olam" 4 5 5 12 10 5 4 10 2 57
4 "Cinderella" 12 7 8 5 5 12 12 2 12 75
5 "Piyus" 2 3 1 5 11
6 "Mona Lisa" 3 4 3 3 4 3 2 5 4 31
7 "Aya ve Dan" 1 1 1 1 4
8 "Bo elai" 2 3 1 1 4 3 4 6 24
9 "Kaleidoscope" 1 2 2 1 6
10 "Karnaval" 5 12 10 6 7 6 8 7 8 69
11 "Halayla" 7 8 12 10 12 10 10 12 10 91
12 "Ten li" 6 10 7 4 6 8 6 8 3 58

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Hakol Over Habibi, performing as Habibi, performed 5th in the running order, following Luxembourg and preceding Denmark. Shlomit Aharon, the band's soloist, was in about 6–7 months pregnant at the contest. At the close of voting "Halayla" had received 56 points, placing Israel seventh of the 20 entries.[2] The Israeli spokesperson revealing the result of the Israeli vote in the final was Dan Kaner.

Voting

References

  1. ESC National Finals database 1981
  2. "Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Results of the Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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