Israel entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "Ze Rak Sport" by Dafna Dekel after she won the Israeli national final.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1992 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Israel | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Kdam Eurovision 1992 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 28 March 1992 | |||
| Selected entrant | Dafna Dekel | |||
| Selected song | "Ze Rak Sport" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | ||||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 6th, 85 points | |||
| Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Kdam Eurovision 1992
This Israeli broadcaster, IBA, held a national final to select the Israeli entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, held in Malmö, Sweden. The contest was held at the IBA TV Studios in Jerusalem, hosted by Ronnie Yoval and Noam Aviram. 12 songs competed, with the winner being decided through the votes of 7 regional juries.
The winner was Dafna Dekel with the song "Ze Rak Sport", composed by Kobi Oshrat and Ehud Manor.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leah Lupatin | "Hayu Li Chalomot" | 35 | 5 |
| 2 | Uri Fineman | "Ha'or" | 33 | 7 |
| 3 | Avi Dor | "Tweedledidi Tweedledidam" | 20 | 10 |
| 4 | Zehava Ben | "Daf Chadash" | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Ronen Bahunker | "Yerushalem" | 59 | 3 |
| 6 | Anat Atzmon | "Hatikva" | 60 | 2 |
| 7 | Dafna Dekel | "Ze Rak Sport" | 61 | 1 |
| 8 | Itzik Ben-Ari | "Nagni Harmonica" | 15 | 11 |
| 9 | Yaron Chadad | "Zodiak" | 21 | 9 |
| 10 | Irit Anavi | "Hashed Hakatan Sheli" | 35 | 5 |
| 11 | Shalva Berti | "Mayim" | 36 | 4 |
| 12 | Eddie Grimberg | "Tel-Aviv Shota Le'chaim" | 28 | 8 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Ma'ale Adumim | IDF | Ramat Gan | Kiryat Malakhi | Jerusalem | Kfar Ruppin | Tel Aviv | Total |
| 1 | "Hayu li chalomot" | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 35 | |
| 2 | "Ha'or | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 33 |
| 3 | "Tweedledidi tweedledidam" | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | |||
| 4 | "Daf chadash" | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 5 | "Yerushalem" | 12 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 59 |
| 6 | "Hatikva" | 3 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 60 |
| 7 | "Ze rak sport" | 10 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 61 |
| 8 | "Nagni harmonica" | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | ||
| 9 | "Zodiak" | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
| 10 | "Hashed hakatan sheli" | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 35 |
| 11 | "Mayim" | 8 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 36 | |
| 12 | "Tel-Aviv shota le'chaim" | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 28 | ||
Spokespersons
- Ma'ale Adumim -
- IDF - Dan Ofry
- Ramat Gan - Alon Ben David
- Kiryat Malakhi - Shlomi Eldar
- Jerusalem - Amir Chay
- Kfar Ruppin - Amnon Peer
- Tel-Aviv - Dani Lewinstein
At Eurovision
Dekel performed 3rd on the night of the final, following Belgium and preceding Turkey. She received 85 points, placing 6th in a field of 23.[1] Israel was one of the two countries that didn't award points to the eventual winner Ireland, with the other one being France.
Voting
| Score | Country |
|---|---|
| 12 points |  France |
| 10 points |  Yugoslavia |
| 8 points |  Portugal |
| 7 points |  Greece |
| 6 points |  Denmark |
| 5 points |  Netherlands |
| 4 points |  Iceland |
| 3 points |  Cyprus |
| 2 points |  United Kingdom |
| 1 point |  Finland |