| Year: | 1993 |
| Country: | Israel |
| Preselection: | Kdam Eurovision 1993 |
| Preselection Date: | 1 April 1993 |
| Entrant: | Lehakat Shiru |
| Song: | Shiru |
| Final Result: | 24th, 4 points |
| Next: | 1995 |
Israel entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "Shiru" by Lehakat Shiru after they won the Israeli national final, Kdam Eurovision.
This Israeli broadcaster, IBA, held a national final to select the Israeli entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, held in Millstreet, Ireland. The contest was held at the IBA TV Studios in Jerusalem, hosted by co-Israeli representative Nathan Dattner. 12 songs competed, with the winner being decided through the votes of 7 regional juries.
The winner was Lehakat Shiru with the song "Shiru", composed by Shaike Paikov and Yoram Tahar-Lev.[1]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lehakat Shiru | "Shiru" | 67 | 1 | |
| 2 | Dorit Reuveni | "Bayit biktze hakeshet" | 36 | 6 | |
| 3 | Linet | "Aniana" | 7 | 10 | |
| 4 | Svika Pick | "Artik kartiv" | 34 | 7 | |
| 5 | Doron Mazar | "Re'ach vatzeva" | 62 | 2 | |
| 6 | Shimi Tavori | "Chai et ma sheyesh" | 26 | 8 | |
| 7 | Etti Kari | "Yashar letoch enay" | 22 | 9 | |
| 8 | Adam | "Ad" | 56 | 3 | |
| 9 | Effi Ben-Israel and Nathan Nattanzon | "Marconi" | 3 | 11 | |
| 10 | David D'Or | "Parpar" | 53 | 4 | |
| 11 | Moshik Dar | "Moral" | 37 | 5 | |
| 12 | Reuven Lavi | "Ha'olam kol kach madlik" | 1 | 12 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | Jerusalem | Karmiel | Or Akiva | Haifa | Nazareth Illit | Beit Shemesh | Tel Aviv | Total | |
| 1 | "Shiru" | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 67 | |
| 2 | "Bayit biktze hakeshet" | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 36 | |
| 3 | "Aniana" | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |||||
| 4 | "Artik kartiv" | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 34 | |
| 5 | "Re'ach vatzeva" | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 62 | |
| 6 | "Chai et ma sheyesh" | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | |
| 7 | "Yashar letoch enay" | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22 | |
| 8 | "Ad" | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 56 | |
| 9 | "Marconi" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 10 | "Parpar" | 12 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 53 | |
| 11 | "Moral" | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 37 | |
| 12 | "Ha'olam kol kach madlik" | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Song: |  "Shiru" |
| Year: | 1993 |
| Country: | Israel |
| As: | The Shiru Group |
| With: | Varda Zamir |
| Languages: | Hebrew, English |
| Composer: | Shaike Paikov |
| Lyricist: | Yoram Tahar-Lev |
| Conductor: | Amir Frolich |
| Place: | 24th |
| Points: | 4 |
| Prev: | Ze Rak Sport |
| Prev Link: | Ze Rak Sport |
| Next: | Amen |
| Next Link: | Amen (Liora song) |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
"Shiru" (Hebrew: שירו; "Sing") was performed in Hebrew and English by The Shiru Group on the night of the contest, one of two bilingual songs, along with the Croatian entry.
The song is about the power of song itself. The protagonist recalls how they were "given their songs" by the people they grew up with. They say song is "all we have" and they sing to "break walls" and "open hearts". The bridge of the song is performed in English, marking the second occasion, after its 1992 entry, on which the Israeli contest entry had featured any language apart from Hebrew.
Lehakat Shiru performed 24th on the night of the final, preceding Norway. On stage, the members dressed in traditional Israeli dress, wearing red ribbons in solidarity with people living with HIV/AIDS.[2] Bracha, Haim, Nadler and Proiter were in the center of the stage, while Sharon was on piano and Zamir was backing singer. At the end of the song, they all joined in a row at the front of the stage.
They received 4 points, placing 24th in a field of 25, Israel's worst ever finish in the grand final, and therefore were relegated from participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994.[3]