On 13 November 2003, IBA announced that David D'Or was selected by a special committee as the Israeli representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Among artists considered by the selection committee, Hamsa, Ninet Tayeb, Zehava Ben and Ron Shoval were highly considered before D'Or was ultimately selected. Among the members of the committee were Avraham Natan, Liel Kolet (singer), Lior Narkis (2003 Israeli Eurovision entrant) and Gali Atari (Eurovision Song Contest 1979 winner).