Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. The Israeli broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan) internally selected Noa Kirel to represent the country with the song "Unicorn", which was written by Kirel along with Doron Medalie, May Sfadia, and Yinon Yahel. Kirel was announced as the Israeli representative on 10 August 2022, while the song, "Unicorn", was presented to the public on 8 March 2023. Israel was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 2023. Performing during the show in position 9, "Unicorn" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Israel placed third out of the 15 participating countries in the semi-final with 127 points. In the final, Israel performed in position 23 and placed third out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 362 points. Background Prior to the 2023 contest, Israel has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-four times since its first entry in . Israel has won the contest on four occasions: in with the song "" performed by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, in with the song "Hallelujah" performed by Milk and Honey, in with the song "" performed by Dana International and in with the song "Toy" performed by Netta Barzilai. Since the introduction of semi-finals to the format of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004, Israel has, to this point, managed to qualify to the final eleven times, including three top ten results in with Shiri Maimon and "" placing fourth, in with Boaz and "The Fire In Your Eyes" placing ninth, and in with Nadav Guedj and "Golden Boy" placing ninth, in addition to the victory in 2018. In , Michael Ben David with the song "I.M" failed to qualify for the final.