Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | ||||
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National selection | ||||
Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: Kdam Eurovision 2014 | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 11 January 2014 Song: 5 March 2014 | |||
Selected entrant | Mei Finegold | |||
Selected song | "Same Heart" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | Rami Talmid | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (14th) | |||
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Israel participated in 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 (IBA) 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.