Eurovision Song Contest 2007 | ||||
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Country | Israel | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: Kdam Eurovision 2007 | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 7 January 2007 Song: 27 February 2007 | |||
Selected artist(s) | Teapacks | |||
Selected song | "Push the Button" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | Kobi Oz | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (24th) | |||
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Push the Button" written by Kobi Oz. The song was performed by the band Teapacks, which was internally selected by the Israeli broadcaster Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) in January 2007 to compete at the 2007 contest in Helsinki, Finland. The song Teapacks would perform at Eurovision was selected through the national final Kdam Eurovision 2007 which took place on 27 February 2007 that featured four songs. "Push the Button" emerged as the winning song after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from an eleven-member jury panel, an online vote and a public vote.
Israel competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2007. Performing during the show in position 2, "Push the Button" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Israel placed twenty-fourth out of the 28 participating countries in the semi-final with 17 points.