| Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1992 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) | |||
| Country |  Israel | |||
| Selection process | Kdam Eurovision 1992 | |||
| Selection date | 28 March 1992 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Ze Rak Sport" | |||
| Artist | Dafna Dekel | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 6th, 85 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Israel was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "Ze Rak Sport", composed byKobi Oshrat, with lyrics byEhud Manor, and performed byDafna Dekel. The Israeli participating broadcaster, theIsrael Broadcasting Authority (IBA), selected its entry for the contest throughKdam Eurovision 1992.
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This Israeli broadcaster, theIsrael Broadcasting Authority (IBA), held a national final to select its entry for theEurovision Song Contest 1992, to be held inMalmö, Sweden. IBA held the national final on 28 March 1992 at its television studios inJerusalem, hosted by Ronnie Yoval and Noam Aviram. 12 songs competed, with the winner being decided through the votes of 7 regional juries.
The winner wasDafna Dekel with the song "Ze Rak Sport", composed byKobi Oshrat with lyrics byEhud Manor.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Leah Lupatin | "Hayu Li Chalomot" | 35 | 5 |
| 2 | Uri Fineman | "Ha'or" | 33 | 7 |
| 3 | Avi Dor | "Tweedledidi Tweedledidam" | 20 | 10 |
| 4 | Zehava Ben | "Daf Chadash" | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Ronen Bahunker | "Yerushalem" | 59 | 3 |
| 6 | Anat Atzmon | "Hatikva" | 60 | 2 |
| 7 | Dafna Dekel | "Ze Rak Sport" | 61 | 1 |
| 8 | Itzik Ben-Ari | "Nagni Harmonica" | 15 | 11 |
| 9 | Yaron Chadad | "Zodiak" | 21 | 9 |
| 10 | Irit Anavi | "Hashed Hakatan Sheli" | 35 | 5 |
| 11 | Shalva Berti | "Mayim" | 36 | 4 |
| 12 | Eddie Grimberg | "Tel-Aviv Shota Le'chaim" | 28 | 8 |
| Draw | Song | Ma'ale Adumim | IDF | Ramat Gan | Kiryat Malakhi | Jerusalem | Kfar Ruppin | Tel Aviv | Total |
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| 1 | "Hayu li chalomot" | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 35 | |
| 2 | "Ha'or | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 33 |
| 3 | "Tweedledidi tweedledidam" | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 4 | "Daf chadash" | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 5 | "Yerushalem" | 12 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 59 |
| 6 | "Hatikva" | 3 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 60 |
| 7 | "Ze rak sport" | 10 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 61 |
| 8 | "Nagni harmonica" | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | ||
| 9 | "Zodiak" | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
| 10 | "Hashed hakatan sheli" | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 35 |
| 11 | "Mayim" | 8 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 36 | |
| 12 | "Tel-Aviv shota le'chaim" | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 28 | ||
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Dekel performed 3rd on the night of the final, followingBelgium and precedingTurkey. She received 85 points, placing 6th in a field of 23.[1] Israel was one of the two countries that didn't award points to the eventual winner Ireland, with the other one being France.[citation needed]
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