Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977

Eurovision Song Contest 1977
Country	Israel
National selection
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selected entrant	Ilanit
Selected song	"Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim"
Finals performance
Final result	11th, 49 points
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1976 • 1977 • 1978►

Israel took part at the Eurovision Song Contest 1977, Ilanit represented with the song "Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim". Ilanit, who had represented in 1973, was selected by Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) in Internal Selection to represent the country at the contest, held in London, the capital of United Kingdom. To the Internal Selection sent five songs were performed and recorded by Ilanit.

At Eurovision

Ilanit performed 10th on the night of the contest at Wembley Conference Centre in London, following Greece and preceding Switzerland. At the close of the voting the song had received 49 points (the highest being 10s from Switzerland), placing 11th in a field of 18. The Israeli jury awarded its 12 points to Ireland. Due to budgetary problems required to the Israel Broadcasting Authority it had to cancel the backing singers from Israel. therefore the Broadcasting Authority was held auditions for backing singers in England. The Israeli spokesperson revealing the result of the Israeli vote in the final was Yitzhak Shim'oni.

Voting

Points Awarded to Israel

12 puan	10 puan	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Switzerland		Ireland Monaco	Sweden
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Germany Netherlands		Austria Sweden	France	Belgium

Points Awarded by Israel

12 points	Ireland
10 points	France
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Finland
6 points	Belgium
5 points	Germany
4 points	Switzerland
3 points	Greece
2 points	Monaco
1 point	Netherlands

See also

• Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1977