Country Israel Selection date(s) 3 March 1981 Selected song "Halayla" | Selection process Kdam Eurovision 1981 Selected entrant Hakol Over Habibi Final result 7th, 56 points | |
Israel returned at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 At the contest, this year held in Dublin, Ireland, after withdrawing from the 1980 contest because of National Day of Remembrance.
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Their entry was Hakol Over Habibi with the song "Halayla" (Tonight) after he won the Israeli national final, Kdam Eurovision 1981. At Eurovision, the song came seventh, having received 56 points.
Kdam Eurovision
The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) was decided to hold instead of Israel Song Festival, a competition designed to select a song for the contest. final to select their entry was held on 3 March in Jerusalem, and was hosted by Daniel Pe'er. The votes of nine regional juries across Israel decided the winner. Each place had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 point(s) for their top twelve songs.
The winning entry was "Halayla", performed by Hakol Over Habibi and composed by Shuki Levy, with lyrics written by Shlomit Aharon, Yuval Dor.
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Hakol Over Habibi as "Habibi" performed 5th in the running order, following Luxembourg and preceding Denmark. Shlomit Aharon, the soloist of the band took the contest as she during a progressive pregnancy. At the close of voting "Halayla" had received 56 points, placing Israel seventh of the 20 entries. The Israeli spokesperson revealing the result of the Israeli vote in the final was Dan Kaner.
Voting
Votes of the Israeli jury: