Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Israel in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country Israel
Selection processArtist: Internal selection
Song: Kdam Eurovision 2014
Selection dateArtist: 11 January 2014
Song: 5 March 2014
Competing entry
Song"Same Heart"
ArtistMei Finegold
SongwritersRami Talmid
Placement
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (14th)
Participation chronology
◄2013 2014 2015►

Israel was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Same Heart" written by Rami Talmid. The song was performed by Mei Finegold, who was internally selected by the Israeli broadcaster Israel Broadcasting Authority to compete at the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark. The song Finegold would perform at Eurovision was selected through the national final Kdam Eurovision 2014 that featured three songs submitted by the public and Finegold herself, which were presented to the public via the release of their official music videos during a show on 27 February 2014. "Same Heart" emerged as the winning song on 5 March 2014 after gaining 55% of the public vote.

Israel was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 8 May 2014. Performing during the show in position 2, "Same Heart" 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 fourteenth out of the 15 participating countries in the semi-final with 19 points.