Hirsh and Manor had initially intended for "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" (with a chorus in the Bet language, the Hebrew equivalent of Pig Latin) to compete in the IBA Children's Song Festival, but the duo realized that the song had potential for Eurovision success, leading them to submit it to the IBA's Eurovision selection committee and eventually win the pre-selection. Hirsh conducted the orchestra (as she had also done for Israel's debut in 1973), making her one of only three female conductors in the contest's history (alongside Sweden's Monica Dominique in 1973 and Switzerland's Anita Kerr in 1985), as well as choreographed the group's dance moves. The up-tempo disco number became the favorite to win during rehearsals in Paris, with Hirsh suddenly inundated by international contracts. The night of the contest, Israel performed eighteenth, following Luxembourg (who had similarly gone for a disco group, Baccara) and preceding Austria. Israel wound up becoming runaway winners, scoring eight points or higher from eleven of the nineteen countries that had the ability to vote for them and six sets of the maximum twelve points (awarded by runner-up Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Turkey). Only one country (Sweden) failed to award the Israeli entry any points at all. They finished thirty-two points clear of Belgium and ensured that the contest would be held in Israel for the first time the following year. It was succeeded both as winner and as the Israeli representative by Milk and Honey with "Hallelujah." Israel reciprocated the Netherlands' 12 points, awarding Harmony and "'t Is OK" their sole twelve points. (Incidentally, Israel would not award the Dutch entry twelve points again for another forty-one years. The next time would be for Duncan Laurence's "Arcade," the winning entry of the 2019 contest held in Israel. By an amazing coincidence, these points were presented by Izhar Cohen).