 Pamberi pa2010 Contest, Israel yakanga yatora chikamu muEurovision Song Contest makumi matatu nemaviri kubva pakatanga kupinda muna 1973. Israeri yakakunda makwikwi acho katatu: muna 1978nenziyo A-Ba-Ni-Bi yakaitwa naIzhar Cohen neAlphabeta, muna 1979 nenziyo Hallelujah yakaitwa naMukaka neUchi uye muna 1998 nenziyo Diva yakaitwa naDana International. Kubvira pakatangwa semi-finals kuEurovision Song Contest muna 2004, Israel yakabudirira kusvika kumagumo mana, kusanganisira zviitiko zviviri zvepamusoro gumi muna 2005 naShiri Maimon na Hasheket Shenishar vachiisa chechina, uye muna 2008 naBhoazi na Moto Mumaziso Ako vachiisa yechipfumbamwe. Israeri yakanga yakwanisa kusvika kumagumo kwemakore maviri akatevedzana muna 2008 na2009, iyo yaisanganisira kupinda kwavo muna 2009 Panofanira Kuva Imwe Nzira yakaitwa naNoa naMira Awad. 