Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Israel was represented by the artist Izhar Cohen, with the song "Olé, Olé", at the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 4 May in Gothenburg, Sweden. "Olé, Olé" was the winner of the Israeli national final, held on 28 March. This was the second time Cohen was in the Eurovision Song Contest, the previous time Cohen was in the ESC was in 1978 with Alphabeta with the song A-Ba-Ni-Bi (I love you).
| Eurovision Song Contest 1985 | ||||
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| Country |  Israel | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Kdam Eurovision 1985 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 28 March 1985 | |||
| Selected entrant | Izhar Cohen | |||
| Selected song | "Olé, Olé" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 5th, 93 points | |||
| Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Kdam Eurovision 1985
The final was held at the Binyaney Ha'uma in Jerusalem, hosted by Dalia Mazor and Nathan Datner. 14 songs took part and the winner was chosen by the votes of 7 regional juries.[1]
| Final – 28 March 1985 | ||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song (English translation) | Points | Place |
| 1 | Lea Lupatin | "Shir amelim" (Workers' song) | 30 | 5 |
| 2 | Arba Lev Adom | "Hu yavoh" (He will come) | 30 | 5 |
| 3 | Arik Sinai | "Mila ve od mila" (A word and another word) | 52 | 4 |
| 4 | Corinne Alal | "Be'chol yom" (Each day) | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Yardena Arazi | "Od nagi'a" (We will get there) | 61 | 3 |
| 6 | Shalva Berti | "Ha'tfila" (The prayer) | 11 | 11 |
| 7 | Dalit Kahana | "Hazor" (Come back) | 17 | 9 |
| 8 | Shimi Tavori | "Tnu li rak musica" (Just give me music) | 16 | 10 |
| 9 | Casino | "Yad be'yad" (Hand in hand) | 5 | 13 |
| 10 | Yigal Bashan & Uzi Hitman | "Kmo tzoani" (Like a gypsy) | 65 | 2 |
| 11 | Moni Arnon & Shimshon Levi | "Shuv ani levad" (I'm alone again) | 2 | 14 |
| 12 | Izhar Cohen | "Olé, olé" (Going up and up) | 69 | 1 |
| 13 | Kesem | "Tov" (Good) | 20 | 8 |
| 14 | Doron Mazar | "Hilulah" (The party) | 21 | 7 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | |||||||||
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| Draw | Song | Be'er Tuvia |
Haifa | Kiryat Malakhi |
Jerusalem | Kfar Masaryk |
Tel Aviv | Netanya | Total |
| 1 | "Shir amelim" | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 30 |
| 2 | "Hu yavoh" | 8 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 30 | ||
| 3 | "Mila ve od mila" | 7 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 52 |
| 4 | "Be'chol yom" | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| 5 | "Od nagi'a" | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 61 |
| 6 | "Ha'tfila" | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 7 | "Hazor" | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | |||
| 8 | "Tnu li rak musica" | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | |
| 9 | "Yad be'yad" | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| 10 | "Kmo tzoani" | 10 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 65 |
| 11 | "Shuv ani levad" | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 12 | "Olé olé" | 6 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 69 |
| 13 | "Tov" | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 20 | |
| 14 | "Hilulah" | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 22 | |
Spokespersons
- Be'er Tuvia - Dani Lewinstein
- Haifa - Amos Carmeli
- Kiryat Malakhi - Gaby Yinon
- Jerusalem - Menachem Perry
- Kfar Masaryk - Moti Eden
- Tel-Aviv - Rafi Ginat
- Netanya -Benny Uri
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Cohen performed 11th in the running order, following Germany and preceding Italy. At the close of voting, "Olé, Olé" had received 93 points, placing Israel 5th of the 19. The Israeli jury awarded its 12 points to Norway.[2]
Points awarded by Israel
| 12 points |  Norway |
| 10 points |  Austria |
| 8 points |  Ireland |
| 7 points |  Germany |
| 6 points |  Sweden |
| 5 points |  Luxembourg |
| 4 points |  Italy |
| 3 points |  France |
| 2 points |  United Kingdom |
| 1 point |  Finland |
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
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