| Year: | 1989 |
| Country: | Israel |
| Preselection: | Kdam Eurovision 1989 |
| Preselection Date: | 30 March 1989 |
| Entrant: | Gili and Galit |
| Song: | Derekh Hamelekh |
| Final Result: | 12th, 50 points |
Israel was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, held in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Israeli broadcaster IBA continued to use a national final, Kdam Eurovision, to select their entry.
The final was hosted by Moshe Beker and Shira Gera. 12 songs competed in the final held on 30 March 1989, where regional televoting chose the winner. Members of the public were phoned at random and were asked for their favourite song. These results were converted into votes for 6 regions of Israel.[1]
The winner was Gili Netanel and Galit Burg-Michael with the song "Derekh Hamelekh".
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nissim Garameh | "Holef lo im hazman" | 31 | 5 | |
| 2 | Vardina Cohen | "Shvil ha'zahav" | 12 | 9 | |
| 3 | Osnat Zano | "Hagvul hu hashamayim" | 12 | 9 | |
| 4 | Anat Atzmon | "Bachalom" | 34 | 4 | |
| 5 | Milk and Honey | "Ani ma'amin" | 26 | 8 | |
| 6 | Mango | "Yedidai" | 30 | 6 | |
| 7 | Avi Dor and Shem Zmani | "Mebit mehatzad" | 27 | 7 | |
| 8 | Avi Toledano | "Dayenu" | 60 | 2 | |
| 9 | Romi Halachmi | "Eich ze koreh" | 3 | 12 | |
| 10 | Aliza Aviv and Revi'iyat Aviv | "Shalom al aretz" | 4 | 11 | |
| 11 | Gili and Galit | "Derekh hamelekh" | 68 | 1 | |
| 12 | Ofira and Ravit Yosefi | "Lismoach ve lirkod" | 41 | 3 |
| Detailed Regional Voting Results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Jerusalem | HaSharon | Haifa and Northern District | Southern District | Shfela | Tel Aviv and Gush Dan | Total | |
| 1 | "Holef lo im hazman" | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 31 | |
| 2 | "Shvil ha'zahav" | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 3 | "Hagvul hu hashamayim" | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |||
| 4 | "Bachalom" | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 34 | |
| 5 | "Ani ma'amin" | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 26 | |
| 6 | "Yedidai" | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 30 | ||
| 7 | "Mebit mehatzad" | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | ||
| 8 | "Dayenu" | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 60 | |
| 9 | "Eich ze koreh" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 10 | "Shalom al aretz" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| 11 | "Derekh hamelekh" | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 68 | |
| 12 | "Lismoach ve lirkod" | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 41 | |
Netanel and Burg-Michael performed 2nd on the night of the contest, following Italy and preceding Ireland. At the close of the voting it had received 50 points, placing 12th in a field of 22.[2]