Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Eurovision Song Contest 2002
Country	Israel
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	Artist: November 2001; Song: 24 December 2001
Selected entrant	Sarit Hadad
Selected song	"Light a Candle"
Finals performance
Final result	12th, 37 points
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest

Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn. Sarit Hadad represented Israel with the song "Light a Candle".

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On November 2001, IBA announced Sarit Hadad as the Israeli entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. On December 2001, Hadad submitted four songs to IBA and a committee voted on the songs on 24 December 2001. The song "Light a Candle" received the most points and was selected as the song Sarit will perform at the 2002 contest.^[1]^[2]

Internal Selection – 24 December 2001
Draw	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	"Light a Candle"	Svika Pick, Yoav Ginai	150	1
2	"Mr. DJ Superman"	Svika Pick, Yoav Ginai	140	2
3	"Malcat HaDisco"	Svika Pick, Ehud Manor	90	3
4	"Yasu Yasu"	Sarit Hadad, David Zigman	90	3

At Eurovision

Israel scored 37 points (highest 10 from France), finishing 12th.

Points awarded to Israel
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	France
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Finland Germany Romania United Kingdom		Latvia	Belgium	Denmark Switzerland

Points awarded by Israel

12 points	Latvia
10 points	Malta
8 points	Romania
7 points	France
6 points	Spain
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points	Denmark
3 points	Sweden
2 points	Estonia
1 point	Russia

References

^ "National Final: Israel 2002".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Bakker, Sietse (January 7, 2002). "Lets Light a Candle Together". Esctoday.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] "National Final: Israel 2002".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] Bakker, Sietse (January 7, 2002). "Lets Light a Candle Together". Esctoday.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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