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Tonight: first Semi-Final in Israel

26 February 2013 at 11:29 CET

Tonight, the first Semi-Final of the Israeli national selectiom, KDAM 2013 will take place where ten songs will compete for just three places in the Grand Final on the 7th of March. The song coming in fourth place will qualify for the Second Chance Round on the third of March to compete for a wildcard spot in the final.

You can watch the show on the official Eurovil website of Israeli broadcaster IBA from 20:00 CET. Make sure you follow Eurovision.tv for the results of tonight's show, as well as the second and third Semi-Finals being held tomorrow and on Thursday respectively.

You can listen to the songs participating in the first Semi-Final of KDAM 2013 below.

Laila - Bo

Adir Getz - Ha'ikar she'ani shar

Ortal Ofek - Tagid Li Lama

Adi Cesare - We Will Never Let You Fall

Shany Zamir - Forever

Ron Vanreich - Love Is One

Aderet - Victory

Kathleen Reiter - Ad Elay

Judah Gavra - We're Beautiful

Lihi Griner & Omri 69 Segal - Just Like Me

Participants list for the first semi-final

  1. Laila - Bo
  2. Adir Getz - Ha'ikar she'ani shar
  3. Ortal Ofek - Tagid li lama
  4. Adi Cesare - We Will Never Let You Fall
  5. Shany Zamir - Forever
  6. Ron Vanreich - Love Is One
  7. Aderet - Victory
  8. Kathleen Reiter - Ad elay
  9. Judah Gavra - We're Beautiful
  10. Lihi Griner & Omri 69 Segal - Just Like Me

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Some background information

This year broadcaster IBA is pulling out all of the stops when it comes to KDAM 2013, the Israeli national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. This year 30 songs will compete in three Semi-Finals on the 26th, 27th and 28th of February with 10 qualifying for the Grand Final on the 7th of March.

Israel will participate in the second Semi-Final of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Malmö, Sweden on the 16th of May.

Israel has had a long and relatively successful history at the Eurovision Song Contest, having won in 1978, 1979 and 1998. Now the country that brought us among others Dana International is back, and this time in style.