| Year: | 1986 |
| Country: | Israel |
| Preselection: | Kdam Eurovision 1986 |
| Preselection Date: | 27 March 1986 |
| Entrant: | Moti Giladi and Sarai Tzuriel |
| Song: | Yavo Yom |
| Final Result: | 19th, 7 points |
Israel was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway.
The Israeli national final to select their entry was held on 27 March at the Jerusalem Centre for the Performing Arts in Jerusalem, and was hosted by Daniel Pe'er and Rivka Michaeli. The votes of seven regional juries across Israel decided the winner.
The winning entry was "Yavo Yom" performed by Moti Giladi and Sarai Tzuriel and composed by Yoram Zadok, with lyrics written by Giladi.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yehuda Tamir | "Na'ara" (Hebrew: נערה) | 43 | 4 | |
| 2 | Shlishiyat Adama | "La ve'li" (Hebrew: לה ולי) | 17 | 10 | |
| 3 | "Kmo ha'emuna" (Hebrew: כמו האמונה) | 26 | 8 | ||
| 4 | Moti Giladi and Sarai Tzuriel | "Yavo Yom" (Hebrew: יבוא יום) | 66 | 1 | |
| 5 | "Halevai" (Hebrew: הלוואי) | 1 | 12 | ||
| 6 | Doron Mazar | "Nagni li balalaika" (Hebrew: נגני לי בללייקה) | 56 | 2 | |
| 7 | "Shvil ha'bricha" (Hebrew: שביל הבריחה) | 43 | 4 | ||
| 8 | Shula Chen | "Gitara" (Hebrew: גיטרה) | 17 | 10 | |
| 9 | Arba Lev Adom | "Yesh" (Hebrew: יש) | 24 | 9 | |
| 10 | Isolir Band | "Kafe o te" (Hebrew: קפה או תה) | 40 | 6 | |
| 11 | "Layla layla" (Hebrew: לילה לילה) | 27 | 7 | ||
| 12 | "Le'chaim" (Hebrew: לחיים) | 46 | 3 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Song | |||||||||
| 1 | "Na'ara" | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 43 | |
| 2 | "La ve'li" | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |||
| 3 | "Kmo ha'emuna" | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 26 | ||
| 4 | "Yavo Yom" | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 66 | |
| 5 | "Halevai" | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 6 | "Nagni li balalaika" | 7 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 56 | |
| 7 | "Shvil ha'bricha" | 4 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 43 | |
| 8 | "Gitara" | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||||
| 9 | "Yesh" | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 24 | |
| 10 | "Kafe o te" | 8 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 40 | |
| 11 | "Layla layla" | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 27 | ||
| 12 | "Le'chaim" | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 46 | |
Moti Giladi and Sarai Tzuriel performed eleventh on the night of the contest, following Switzerland and preceding Ireland. At the close of the voting it had received 7 points, placing 19th in a field of 20 competing countries.[1] Up to that point, it was the worst-ranking song Israel had sent to the Contest, and it would remain so until 1993.