Israel in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Israel participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which took place on 25 November 2018, in Minsk, Belarus. The Israeli broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. This is Israel's third appearance at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Country Israel
National selection
Selection process
  • Artist: National final
  • Song: Internal selection
Selection date(s)
  • Artist: 6 September 2018
  • Song: 8 October 2018
Selected entrantNoam Dadon
Selected song"Children Like These"
Selected songwriter(s)Eden Hason
Finals performance
Final result14th, 81 points
Israel in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2016 • 2018

Background
Main article: Israel in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2018 contest, Israel had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twice since its debut in 2012,[1] represented by the group Kids.il, who performed the song "Let the Music Win",[2] which finished in eighth place achieving a score of sixty-eight points.[3] They briefly returned in 2016 with Shir & Tim singing "Follow My Heart" before withdrawing again in 2017. Israel has previously shown interest to take part in the 2004 and 2008 contests, although no reasons were ever published to detail the change of interest.[4]

The EBU published the final list of participating countries on 2 August 2018, in which Israel appeared within the participating list for the contest which takes place on 25 November 2018, in Minsk, Belarus.[5]

Before Junior Eurovision

National final

On 6 September 2018, a televised national final was held at the Russel Theatre in Ramat Gan. Six candidates were presented, out of which Noam Dadon was selected by a jury panel consisting of Yardena Arazi, Lior Narkis and Hanan Ben Ari.

Draw Artist Song (Original artists)
1 Lian Biran "La Vita è Bella" (Nicola Piovani)
2 Adar Kagan "Od Me'at" (Ehud Banai)
3 Michaela Sher "Vienna" (Billy Joel)
4 Romi Netz "נעים עכשיו" (Elai Botner & The Outside Kids)
5 Roni Meduel "Arms" (Christina Perri)
6 Noam Dadon "Me'kha'ke" (Rita)

Song selection

After Dadon's win, KAN launched an open call for the song, which a jury internally selected the song "Children Like These (Yelaad’im Kaeele)" for him. The song was written and composed by Eden Hason.

Artist and song information
Noam Dadon
Background information
Born (2005-10-09) 9 October 2005
OriginJerusalem
GenresEthno
Occupation(s)Singer
InstrumentsVocals

Noam Dadon (Hebrew: נועם דדון‎; born 20 June 2005) is an Israeli singer. He represented Israel at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. His song for the contest, "Children Like These" was released 8 October 2018.

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Israel was drawn to perform fourteenth on 25 November 2018, following Georgia and preceding France.

Voting

The results of the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be determined by national juries and an online audience vote. Every country will have a national jury that will consist of three music industry professionals and two kids aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. This jury will be asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The first phase of the online voting will start on 23 November 2018 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances will be shown on junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters will also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant’s rehearsal. This first round of voting will stop on Sunday, 25 November, at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and will start right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers can vote for a minimum of three countries and a maximum of five. They can also vote for their own country’s song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song receives 20% of the votes, thus it will receive 20% of the available points. The public vote will count for 50% of the final result, while the other 50% will come from the professional juries.

Points awarded to Israel
Jury
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
  • Israel received 47 points from Online voting.

Points awarded by Israel
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