Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Country	Israel
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selected artist(s)	Eden
Selected song	"Yom Huledet (Happy Birthday)"
Finals performance
Final result	5th, 93 points
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest

For the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, Israel was represented by Eden with the song "Yom huledut (Happy birthday)".

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

Despite winning the 1998 Contest, the song selection was held internally. An IBA committee voted on four potential entries, with the song "Yom huledut (Happy birthday)" performed by Eden receiving the most points and thus represented Israel at the 1999 contest on home soil.^[1]

Sarid Hadad, who would later represent Israel in 2002, came joint third in the internal jury voting.

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Eden	"Yom huledut (Happy birthday)"	64	1
2	Sarit Hadad	"Vocalum ya salaam"	24	3
3	Sharon Lavi & Shachar Ankori	"Zeh korov"	40	2
4	Efrat Roten	"Tefila l'eleph haba"	24	3

At Eurovision

Israel received 93 points and finished in 5th place.

Points awarded to Israel

Points awarded to Israel
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Cyprus France Poland	Croatia Portugal Spain	Germany	Malta
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Estonia Netherlands	Belgium Sweden Turkey	Bosnia and Herzegovina Denmark Norway	Austria Iceland Slovenia

Points awarded by Israel

12 points	Germany
10 points	Iceland
8 points	Sweden
7 points	Croatia
6 points	Netherlands
5 points	Belgium
4 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Lithuania
2 points	Denmark
1 point	Estonia

References

^ "National Final: Israel 1999". eschistory.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] "National Final: Israel 1999". eschistory.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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Artists	Eden Alene Alphabeta Yardena Arazi Shlomo Artzi Mira Awad ~~Galit Bell~~ Michael Ben David Boaz Eddie Butler Chocolate, Menta, Mastik Izhar Cohen Dafna Dana International Datner Duo Datz David D'Or Eden Mei Finegold Moti Giladi Gili and Galit Eden Golan Nadav Guedj Habibi Sarit Hadad Ofra Haza Ilanit Imri Izabo Noa Kirel Kushnir Shiri Maimon Kobi Marimi Moran Mazor Milk and Honey Lior Narkis Liora Netta Noa PingPong Poogy Rita Lehakat Shiru Harel Skaat Tal Sondak Hovi Star Teapacks Avi Toledano Sarai Tzuriel
Songs	"A-Ba-Ni-Bi" "Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim" "Amen" "At Va'Ani" "Ben Adam" "Derekh Hamelekh" "Ding Dong" "Diva" "Ein Davar" "Emor Shalom" "Ey Sham" ~~"Feker Libi"~~ "The Fire in Your Eyes" "Golden Boy" "Halayla" "Hallelujah" "Happy Birthday" "Hasheket Shenish'ar" "Hi" "Home" "Hora" "Hurricane" "I Feel Alive" "I.M" "Kan" "Leha'amin" "Light a Candle" "Made of Stars" "Milim" "Natati La Khayay" "Olé, Olé" "Push the Button" "Rak Bishvilo" "Same Heart" "Sameach" "Set Me Free" ~~"Shalom Olam"~~ "Shara Barkhovot" "Shir Habatlanim" "Shiru" "There Must Be Another Way" "Time" "Together We Are One" "Toy" "Unicorn" "Words for Love" "Yavo Yom" "Ze Rak Sport"
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Countries	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia France Germany Iceland Ireland Israel Lithuania Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Aistė Rui Bandeira Vanessa Chinitor Dino and Béatrice Doris Dragović Eden Trine Jepsen and Michael Teschl Lydia Marlain Marlayne The Mullans Nayah Charlotte Nilsson Tuba Önal and Grup Mistik Precious Evelin Samuel and Camille Selma Bobbie Singer Sürpriz Darja Švajger Mietek Szcześniak Times Three Van Eijk
Songs	"All Out of Luck" "Believe 'n Peace" "Como tudo começou" "Diamond of Night" "Dön Artık" "For a Thousand Years" "Happy Birthday" "Je veux donner ma voix" "Journey to Jerusalem – Kudüs'e Seyahat" "Like the Wind" "Living My Life Without You" "Marija Magdalena" "No quiero escuchar" "One Good Reason" "Przytul mnie mocno" "Putnici" "Reflection" "Say It Again" "Strazdas" "Take Me to Your Heaven" "Tha'nai erotas" "This Time I Mean It" "When You Need Me"