ISRAEL |
"A-ba-ni-bi" - Izhar Cohen & The Alphabeta
"When we were little children, we loved secretly, we were nice only to our aunts and uncles"
The Israeli Final was held on February 11th at the Jersualem Theatre, hosted by Rivka Michaeli. The winner was chosen by regional juries. At the end of the voting there was a tie for first place which Izhar Cohen won on a re-count of the actual number of votes the individual members of the juries had awarded him.
1 | Kmo pa'am | Like it used to be | Josie Katz | 23 | 9th |
2 | Shalosh balayla ba'ir | 3am in the city | Gidi Gov | 14 |
12th |
3 | Belev echad | In one heart | Chedva Amrani & Pilpel Lavan | 66 | 1st= |
4 | Bikashti | I asked | Nava Bruchin | 20 | 10th= |
5 | Akuma na | I will arise | Chani Elyakim, Motti Dichne, Dudu Zar & Dafna Armoni | 20 |
10th= |
6 | Mishehu | Somebody | Yehudit Ravitz | 36 | 6th |
7 | Ilani | Ilani | Aliza Aviv | 31 | 8th |
8 | Nesich ha'halomot | Prince of dreams | Gali Atari, Zvi Bums & Udi Spielman | 54 | 3rd |
9 | A-ba-ni-bi | I love you | Izhar Cohen & The Alphabeta | 66 | 1st= |
10 | Lama lo | Why not | Sherry | 49 | 4th |
11 | Yom chadash | A new day | Irit Dotan | 35 |
7th |
12 | Ten li koach | Give me strength | Ariel Zilber & Lahakat Brosh | 46 |
5th |
Izhar Cohen went on to win the ESC. Gidi Gov was a member of the group Poogy that represented Israel at ESC 1974.