Olé, Olé (song)
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Israel was represented by the artist Izhar Cohen, with the song "Olé, Olé", at the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 4 May in
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. "Olé, Olé" was the winner of the Israeli national final, held on 28 March. This was the second time Cohen was in the Eurovision Song Contest, the previous time Cohen was in the ESC was in 1978 with Alphabeta with the song A-Ba-Ni-Bi (I love you).


Before Eurovision


Kdam Eurovision 1985

The Kdam Eurovision 1985 final was held at the Binyaney Ha'uma in Jerusalem, hosted by Dalia Mazor and Nathan Datner. 14 songs took part and the winner was chosen by the votes of 7 regional juries.


Spokespersons

* Be'er TuviaDani Lewinstein * Haifa * Kiryat Malakhi * Jerusalem * Kfar MasarykMoti Eden * Tel-Aviv *
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At Eurovision

On the night of the final Cohen performed 11th in the running order, following Germany and preceding Italy. At the close of voting, "Olé, Olé" had received 93 points, placing Israel 5th of the 19 entries. The Israeli jury awarded its 12 points to Norway.ESC History - Israel 1985
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Voting


References

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