Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Participating broadcaster	Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA)
Country	Israel
National selection
Selection process	Artist: Internal selection Song: Kdam Eurovision 2009
Selection date(s)	Artist: 11 January 2009 Song: 2 March 2009
Selected artist(s)	Noa and Mira Awad
Selected song	"There Must Be Another Way"
Selected songwriter(s)	Achinoam Nini Mira Awad Gil Dor
Placement
Semi-final result	Qualified (7th, 75 points)
Final result	16th, 53 points
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Israel was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "There Must Be Another Way", written by Noa, Mira Awad, and Gil Dor, and performed by Noa and Mira Awad. The Israeli participating broadcaster, the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA), selected its entry through the national final Kdam Eurovision 2009, after having previously selected the performers internally in January 2009. The national final took place on 2 March 2009 and featured four songs. "Einaiych (There Must Be Another Way)" emerged as the winning song after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from two regional juries, a jury panel and a public vote.

Israel was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2009. Performing during the show in position 10, "There Must Be Another Way" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 16 May. It was later revealed that Israel placed seventh out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 75 points. In the final, Israel performed in position 2 and placed sixteenth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 53 points.