 Pamberi pa2013 Contest, Israel yakanga yatora chikamu muEurovision Song Contest makumi matatu neshanu kubva pakatanga kupinda muna 1973. Israeri yakakunda makwikwi katatu: muna 1978 nerwiyo A-Ba-Ni-Bi rwakaitwa naIzhar Cohen neAlphabeta, muna 1979nenziyo inonzi Hallelujah inoridzwa naMilk and Honey uye muna 1998 nenziyo inonzi Diva inoridzwa naDana International. Kubvira pakatangwa semi-finals kuEurovision Song Contest muna 2004, Israel yakwanisa kusvika kumagumo kashanu, kusanganisira zviitiko zviviri zviri pamusoro gumi muna 2005 naShiri Maimon na Hasheket Shenishar vachiisa chechina, uye muna 2008 naBhoazi na Moto Mumaziso Ako vachiisa chechipfumbamwe. Muna 2011 na2012, Israel yakatadza kukwanisa kuenda kumagumo zvakateedzana, izvo zvaisanganisira yavo 2012 yekupinda Nguva yakaitwa naIzabo. 