Israel was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "", composed by Kobi Oshrat, with lyrics by Hamutal Ben-Ze'ev, and performed by Izhar Cohen. The Israeli participating broadcaster, the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), selected its entry for the contest through 1985. Cohen had previously represented , winning the contest with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" along with Alphabeta.
Before Eurovision
Kdam Eurovision 1985 The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) held the 1985 final on 28 March 1985 at the in Jerusalem, hosted by Dalia Mazor and Nathan Datner. 14 songs took part and the winner was chosen by the votes of 7 regional juries.
+ Final – 28 March 1985 Artist Song Points Place 1Lea Lupatin"Shir amelim"305 2Arba Lev Adom"Hu yavoh" 305 3Arik Sinai"Mila ve od mila"524 4Corinne Allal"Be'chol yom"612 5Yardena Arazi"Od nagi'a"613 6Shalva Berti"Ha'tfila"1111 7Dalit Kahana"Hazor"179 8Shimi Tavori"Tnu li rak musica"1610 9Casino"Yad be'yad"513 10Yigal Bashan and Uzi Hitman"Kmo tzoani"652 11Moni Arnon and Shimshon Levi"Shuv ani levad"214 12Izhar Cohen"Olé, Olé"691 13Kesem"Tov"208 14Doron Mazar"Hilulah"217 + Detailed Regional Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "Shir amelim" 1 6 8 3 5 2 5 30 2"Hu yavoh" 8 3 6 10 3 30 3 "Mila ve od mila" 7 10 2 7 6 812 52 4 "Be'chol yom" 6 6 5 "Od nagi'a"12 7 10 10 7 7 8 61 6 "Ha'tfila" 3 1 1 2 4 11 7 "Hazor" 5 5 3 4 17 8 "Tnu li rak musica" 2 4 6 1 1 2 16 9"Yad be'yad" 5 5 10 "Kmo tzoani" 1012 7 8 8 10 10 65 11 "Shuv ani levad" 2 2 12 "Olé, Olé" 6 8 12 12 12 12 7 69 13 "Tov" 4 5 5 1 4 1 20 14 "Hilulah" 2 4 4 3 3 6 22 Spokespersons Be'er TuviaDani Lewinstein Haifa Kiryat Malakhi Jerusalem Kfar MasarykMoti Eden Tel Aviv NetanyaBenny Uri
At Eurovision On the night of the final Cohen performed 11th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting, "Olé, Olé" had received 93 points, placing Israel 5th of the 19 entries. The Israeli jury awarded its 12 points to .
Voting
+ Points awarded to Israel Score Country 12 points 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 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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