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| Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1986 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) | |||
| Country |  Israel | |||
| Selection process | Kdam Eurovision 1986 | |||
| Selection date | 27 March 1986 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Yavo Yom" | |||
| Artist | Moti Giladi andSarai Tzuriel | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 19th, 7 points | |||
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Israel was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Yavo Yom", composed by Yoram Zadok, with lyrics byMoti Giladi, and performed by Moti Giladi andSarai Tzuriel. The Israeli participating broadcaster, theIsrael Broadcasting Authority (IBA), selected its entry for the contest throughKdam Eurovision 1986.
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TheIsrael Broadcasting Authority (IBA) held theKdam Eurovision 1986 final on 27 March at theJerusalem Centre for the Performing Arts inJerusalem, hosted byDaniel Pe'er andRivka Michaeli. The votes of seven regional juries across Israel decided the winner.
The winning entry was "Yavo Yom" performed by Moti Giladi and Sarai Tzuriel and composed by Yoram Zadok, with lyrics written by Giladi.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Yehuda Tamir | "Na'ara"(נערה) | 43 | 4 |
| 2 | Shlishiyat Adama | "La ve'li"(לה ולי) | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | Miri Aloni | "Kmo ha'emuna"(כמו האמונה) | 26 | 8 |
| 4 | Moti Giladi andSarai Tzuriel | "Yavo Yom"(יבוא יום) | 66 | 1 |
| 5 | Boaz Sharabi | "Halevai"(הלוואי) | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Doron Mazar | "Nagni li balalaika"(נגני לי בללייקה) | 56 | 2 |
| 7 | Rita | "Shvil ha'bricha"(שביל הבריחה) | 43 | 4 |
| 8 | Shula Chen | "Gitara"(גיטרה) | 17 | 10 |
| 9 | Arba Lev Adom | "Yesh"(יש) | 24 | 9 |
| 10 | Isolir Band | "Kafe o te"(קפה או תה) | 40 | 6 |
| 11 | Svika Pick | "Layla layla"(לילה לילה) | 27 | 7 |
| 12 | Haim Moshe | "Le'chaim"(לחיים) | 46 | 3 |
| Draw | Song | Tel Aviv | Eilat | Jerusalem | Golan Heights | Haifa | Herzliya | Or Akiva | Total |
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| 1 | "Na'ara" | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 43 |
| 2 | "La ve'li" | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | ||
| 3 | "Kmo ha'emuna" | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 26 | |
| 4 | "Yavo Yom" | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 66 |
| 5 | "Halevai" | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 6 | "Nagni li balalaika" | 7 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 56 |
| 7 | "Shvil ha'bricha" | 4 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 43 |
| 8 | "Gitara" | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 9 | "Yesh" | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| 10 | "Kafe o te" | 8 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 40 |
| 11 | "Layla layla" | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 27 | |
| 12 | "Le'chaim" | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 46 |
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Moti Giladi and Sarai Tzuriel performed eleventh on the night of the contest, followingSwitzerland and precedingIreland. At the close of the voting it had received 7 points, placing 19th in a field of 20 competing countries.[1] Up to that point, it was the worst-ranking song Israel had sent to the Contest, and it would remain so until 1993.[citation needed]
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