| Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | ||||
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| Country |  Israel | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: Kdam Eurovision 2009 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 11 January 2009 Song: 2 March 2009 | |||
| Selected entrant | Noa and Mira Awad | |||
| Selected song | "There Must Be Another Way" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (7th, 75 points) | |||
| Final result | 16th, 53 points | |||
| Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "There Must Be Another Way" written by Noa, Mira Awad and Gil Dor. The song was performed by Noa and Mira Awad, who were internally selected by the Israeli broadcaster Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) in January 2009 to compete at the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia. The song Noa and Awad would perform at Eurovision was selected through the national final Kdam Eurovision 2009 which took place on 2 March 2009 that featured four songs. "Einaiych (There Must Be Another Way)" emerged as the winning song after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from two regional juries, a jury panel and a public vote.
Israel was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2009. Performing during the show in position 10, "There Must Be Another Way" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 16 May. It was later revealed that Israel placed seventh out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 75 points. In the final, Israel performed in position 2 and placed sixteenth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 53 points.