Prior to the 2018 Contest , Israel had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty times since its first entry in 1973 . Israel has won the contest on three occasions : in 1978 with the song " A-Ba-Ni-Bi " performed by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta , in 1979 with the song " Hallelujah " performed by Milk and Honey and in 1998 with the song " Diva " performed by Dana International . Since the introduction of semi-finals to the format of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004 , Israel has , to this point , managed to qualify to the final seven times , including three top ten results in 2005 with Shiri Maimon and " Hasheket Shenish ' ar " placing fourth , in 2008 with Boaz and " The Fire In Your Eyes " placing ninth , and in 2015 with Nadav Guedj and " Golden Boy " placing ninth . Israel had failed to qualify to the final for four consecutive years between 2011 and 2014 prior to their qualification in 2015 . In 2017 , Imri Ziv represented Israel in Kyiv , Ukraine with the song " I Feel Alive " . It ended 23rd out of 26 entries in the final
I Feel Alive
I Feel Alive
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018