Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country	Israel
National selection
Selection process	Artist: Internal Selection Song: Kdam Eurovision
Selection date(s)	14 November 2007
Selected entrant	Boaz Mauda
Selected song	"The Fire in Your Eyes"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (5th, 104 points)
Final result	9th, 124 points
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2007 • 2008 • 2009►

Boaz at Belgrade (2008)

Participant

On 14 February 2008, Israel's broadcaster decided to send Boaz Mauda to Belgrade.

Kdam Eurovision 2008

The following songs were sung by Boaz Mauda in two national finals on 25 and 26 February 2008

• "Ke'ilu Kan" (As if here) by Dana International and Shai Kerem
• "Masa Hayai" (The journey of my life) by Itay Pearl
• "Hine HaOr" (There's the light) by Ovadia Hamama
• "Bli Ahava" (Without love) by Henree
• "Parparim" (Butterflies) by Doron Gal

Although the song Parparim (Butterflies) was widely seen the song that would win, it was Ke'ilu Kan (later renamed "The Fire in Your Eyes") that was voted to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

At Eurovision

Points Awarded by Israel

Semi final

12 points	Russia
10 points	Armenia
8 points	Romania
7 points	Greece
6 points	Norway
5 points	Azerbaijan
4 points	Andorra
3 points	Ireland
2 points	Slovenia
1 point	Netherlands

Final

12 points	Russia
10 points	Ukraine
8 points	Armenia
7 points	Norway
6 points	Romania
5 points	Greece
4 points	Iceland
3 points	Azerbaijan
2 points	Georgia
1 point	Sweden

Points Awarded to Israel (Semi-Final 1)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Azerbaijan Finland Norway	Russia	Andorra Armenia Belgium	Netherlands Romania
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Bosnia and Herzegovina Greece Montenegro	Germany Poland Slovenia Spain		San Marino

Points Awarded to Israel (Final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	San Marino	Finland	Azerbaijan Serbia	Armenia France Moldova Romania Russia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro Poland Ukraine	Albania Belarus	Georgia Germany Hungary Lithuania Netherlands Norway Slovenia	Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus	Greece Switzerland

See also

• Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest