Israel was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by Shiri Maimon

Shiri Maimon

Shiri Maimon is an Israeli pop/R&B singer, TV show host and actress, who rose to fame as the runner-up in the TV show Kokhav Nolad. She represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005.-Early life:...

's and the song "Hasheket Shenish'ar

Hasheket Shenish'ar

"HaSheket SheNish'ar" was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in Hebrew and English by Shiri Maimon. The song was written by Eyal Shahar and Pini Aharonbayev and Ben Green....

" (The Silence That Remained).

Kdam Eurovision 2005

For the first time since 2001, a full-scale Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i selection process was held on 2 March. Unlike previous years, IBA

Israel Broadcasting Authority

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 invited only established artists to participate. Among the better-known participants were Shiri Maymon (runner-up of a popular Pop Idol

Pop Idol

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-style audition show in 2003) as well as Svika Pick

Svika Pick

Svika Pick is an Israeli pop singer and composer.-Biography:Henrik Zvi Pick was born in Wrocław, Poland. He studied music at the Conservatory of Ramat Gan and started to perform at the age of 15.Pick was married to Israeli songwriter Mirit Shem-Or...

, composer and producer of the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 winner Diva. Shiri Maymon's song "Hasheket Shenish'ar

Hasheket Shenish'ar

"HaSheket SheNish'ar" was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in Hebrew and English by Shiri Maimon. The song was written by Eyal Shahar and Pini Aharonbayev and Ben Green....

" (The Silence That Remained) won the event to become Israel's entry in Kiev. The song is written by Pini Aaronbayev and Eyal Shachar and composed by Pini Aaronbayev.

Result of the national final

№	Song	Singer	Points	Place
1	"Be'ahava gdola"	Samir Shukri & Efrat Cohen	26	9th
2	"Peace and love"	Zehava Ben	48	5th
3	"Targish oti"	Michal Amdurski	39	8th
4	"Yesh li et halayla"	Momi Levi	23	10th
5	"Hamon"	Merav Siman-Tov	10	13th
6	"Ode-le-ya"	Gaya	15	11th=
7	"Hasheket Shenish'ar Hasheket Shenish'ar "HaSheket SheNish'ar" was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in Hebrew and English by Shiri Maimon. The song was written by Eyal Shahar and Pini Aharonbayev and Ben Green.... "	Shiri Maymon	116	1st
8	"Jerusalem"	Rinat Gabay	62	4th
9	"Don’t worry baby"	Yossi Azulai	70	2nd
10	"Zman"	Mira Awad Mira Awad Mīrā ’Anwar ‘Awaḍ is an Israeli Arab singer, actress, and songwriter.‘Awaḍ lives in Tel Aviv, Israel. In 2009, she was chosen to represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest along with Jewish-Israeli singer Achinoam Nini, singing the song There Must Be Another Way. She was the first Arab to...	5	14th
11	"Esperansa"	The Elayev Family	45	6th
12	"Hello, hello"	Sharona & Daniela Pick	15	11th
13	"Or yare'ach"	Tzvika Pick & Company	66	3rd
14	"Kmo chalom"	Rinat Bar	40	7th

At Eurovision

At Eurovision, the song was presented in English and Hebrew. The spokesperson who revealed Israel's votes for other countries was journalist Dana Herman.