Kdam 2013, the selection process which will determine the Israeli entry for the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest will comprise of three semi final shows of ten songs, whereby three songs from each semi final will progress to the final.
A second chance competition will then be held between the songs which finished in 4th and 5th position in each of the three semi finals. One song will progress from the second chance competition, therefore making the total number of finalists ten.
Candidates for Kdam 2013 title
The full list of 30 competing songs has been released and a draw is to be made to divide them up in to three semi finals. The full list is as follows:
Aderet - VictoryÂ
Adi Cezare - Pagia Ve ShavirÂ
Adir Getz - Ha’ikar She Ani SharÂ
Alon Jan - Live My LifeÂ
Bezalel Raviv - No WarÂ
Eric Forman - Livin One TimeÂ
Hadar Ozeri - Ten Ma AwalÂ
Haia Samir - Am I Happy Or Am I SadÂ
Hen Cohen - Halev MevakeshÂ
Hila Ben David - BeautifulÂ
Josh Peretz - My BabyÂ
Julietta – FantasiaÂ
Kathleen Reiter - Ad ElayÂ
Laila Malcos - BoÂ
Lihi Griner & DJ Omri Segal - Just Like MeÂ
Liran Notik - Give Me A SignÂ
Love Is One - Love Is OneÂ
Meital de Razon - Toda La NocheÂ
Michael Harpaz - Michtav Le ImaÂ
Moran Mazor - Rak BishviloÂ
Moran Mazuz - Give Me A SignÂ
Niki Goldstein - We Are OneÂ
Ortal Ofek - Tagid Li LamaÂ
Ran Sandler - Find A WayÂ
Sarit Avitan - Mon AmourÂ
Shani Zamir - ForeverÂ
The Ultras - Happy BirthdayÂ
Vladi Blayberg - New DayÂ
Yarden Tzur - Replace YouÂ
Yehuda Gavra - We’re Beautiful
The semi finals of Kdam 2013 will be held on 24th, 25th and 26th February respectively. The second chance contest will be held on 3rd March with the grand final held on 7th March. During the final a jury will have a 30% say in the overall vote whilst the other 70% of the vote will go to the televoting public.
Israel will participate in the second half of the Second Semi FInal of the Eurovision Song Contest on Thursday 16th May 2013.
