Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim

Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim (Hebrew script: אהבה היא שיר לשניים, listed phonetically as Ah-haa-vah Hee Shir Lish-naa-yim in the official Eurovision website, English translation: "Love Is A Song For Two") was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977, performed in Hebrew by Ilanit.

"Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim"
Eurovision Song Contest 1977 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Hanna Drezner-Tzakh
As
Ilanit
Language
Composer(s)
Eldad Shrim
Lyricist(s)
Edna Peleg
Finals performance
Final result
11th
Final points
49
Entry chronology
◄ "Emor Shalom" (1976)   
"A-Ba-Ni-Bi" (1978) ►

The song is a love ballad, with Ilanit singing to her lover that "your song is my song" and explaining that their love is a true partnership.

The song was performed eleventh on the night (following Greece's Pascalis, Marianna, Robert & Bessy with "Mathima Solfège" and preceding Switzerland's Pepe Lienhard Band with "Swiss Lady"). At the close of voting, it had received 49 points, placing 11th in a field of 18.

It was succeeded as Israeli representative at the 1978 Contest by Izhar Cohen & The Alphabeta with "A-Ba-Ni-Bi".


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