ISRAEL |
"Hallelujah" - Milk & Honey
"Halleluyah to the world, halleluyah everyone will sing"
The Israeli Final was held at the Binyaney Ha'uma in Jerusalem on 27th January, hosted by Rivka Michaeli. The winning song was chosen by the votes of regional juries.
1 | Shiv'a kanim | Seven branches | Gitit Shoval | 30 | 7th= |
2 | Rikdi et ha' ketzev haze | Dance to this rhythm | Chaim Zadok | 44 | 5th= |
3 | Od lo avda tikvatenu | We haven't lost our hope | Shloshim Shana Ve Shir | 29 | 9th |
4 | Leolam be'ikvot ha'shemesh | Forever following the sun | Sherry | 44 | 5th= |
5 | Shir li, shiri li | Sing to me, sing to me | Irit Bolka & Vic Tavor | 25 | 10th |
6 | Hallelujah | Hallelujah | Milk & Honey | 63 | 1st |
7 | Hayom efshar lashir | Today we can sing | Maya Casabianca | 18 | 11th= |
8 | Noladti la' shalom | I was born to live in peace | Sexta | 46 | 4th |
9 | Im halayla | If tonight | Tzila Dagan | 18 | 11th= |
10 | Toda raba | Thank you very much | Riki Gal | 30 | 7th= |
11 | Ein li ish milvadi | I have nobody but myself | Tzvika Pick | 61 | 2nd |
12 | Shneynu yahdav | Both of us together | Hedva Amrani | 55 | 3rd |
Milk & Honey were Gali Atari, Shmuel Bilu, Reuven Gvirtz and Yehuda Tamir - they went on to win the 1979 ESC. Gali Atari previously came 3rd in the 1978 Israeli Final.