Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
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| Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2022 | ||||
| Country |  Israel | |||
| Selection process | The X Factor Israel | |||
| Selection date | 5 February 2022 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "I.M" | |||
| Artist | Michael Ben David | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (13th) | |||
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Israel was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy with the song "I.M", written by Chen Aharoni, Lidor Saadia, and Asi Tal, and performed by Michael Ben David. The Israeli participating broadcaster, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan), collaborated with the commercial broadcaster Reshet to use the fourth season of the reality singing competition The X Factor Israel to select its entry. The competition concluded with a final on 5 February 2022, which featured four finalists with potential Eurovision songs that were selected for them through a song selection round in January and February 2022. The winner was selected following the combination of the votes from a public vote and two jury groups.
Israel was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2022. Performing during the show in position 2, "I.M" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Israel placed 13th out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final, with 61 points.[1]
Prior to the 2022 contest, Israel has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-three times since its first entry in 1973.[2] Israel has won the contest on four occasions: in 1978 with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" performed by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, in 1979 with the song "Hallelujah" performed by Milk and Honey, in 1998 with the song "Diva" performed by Dana International and in 2018 with the song "Toy" performed by Netta Barzilai. Since the introduction of semi-finals to the format of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004, Israel has, to this point, managed to qualify to the final eleven times, including three top ten results in 2005 with Shiri Maimon and "Hasheket Shenish'ar" placing fourth, in 2008 with Boaz and "The Fire In Your Eyes" placing ninth, and in 2015 with Nadav Guedj and "Golden Boy" placing ninth, in addition to the victory in 2018. Israel has participated in the final for six consecutive years between 2015 and 2021, which included their 2021 entry "Set Me Free" performed by Eden Alene.
The Israeli national broadcaster, Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan), has been in charge of the nation's participation in the contest since 2018. Kan confirmed its participation in the 2022 contest on 21 February 2021.[3] Between 2015 and 2020, the Israeli entry was selected through the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa L'Eirovizion ("The Next Star for Eurovision") in collaboration with Keshet and Tedy Productions, while in 2021, Kan conducted an internal selection to select the artist that would represent Israel and a national final to select the song for the artist. On 6 April 2021, Kan confirmed that it would cooperate with television channel Reshet 13 to select the Israeli entry for 2022 through the reality singing competition The X Factor Israel.[4][5]
