| Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
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| Country |  Israel | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Artist: Internal selection Song: Kdam Eurovision 2010 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 25 December 2009 Song: 15 March 2010 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Harel Skaat | |||
| Selected song | "Milim" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (8th, 71 points) | |||
| Final result | 14th, 71 points | |||
| Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Milim" written by Tomer Hadadi and Noam Horev. The song was performed by Harel Skaat, who was internally selected by the Israeli broadcaster Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) in collaboration with the commercial broadcaster Reshet in December 2009 to compete at the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway. The song Skaat would perform at Eurovision was selected through the national final Kdam Eurovision 2010 which took place on 15 March 2010 that featured four songs. "Milim" emerged as the winning song after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from four thematical jury groups, a jury panel and a public vote.
Israel was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 27 May 2010. Performing during the show in position 3, "Milim" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 29 May. It was later revealed that Israel placed eighth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 71 points. In the final, Israel performed in position 24 and placed fourteenth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 71 points.