Israel in the Eurovision Song Festival 9

Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Festival 9 with the song "Anthem" written by Sahar Israel Hagai and Nitzan Kikov. The song was performed by Chen Aharoni. The Israeli entry for the ninth contest in Gdańsk, Poland was selected through the national final Shlum 9, organised by Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA). An initial 6 entries competed in the national final which consisted of two shows: one final and a super-final. Entries were selected to advance in the competition based on the votes of a four-member judging panel as well as the votes from the public. Four entries qualified to compete in the super-final of Shlum 9. In the final, "Anthem" performed by Chen Aharoni was selected as the winner based on a public vote and a jury-vote.
==Shlum==
===Final===
;Table key
Draw	Artist 	Song 	N. Slor	C. Zel	R. Rabin	B. Pablo	Public	Total	Result
01 	Chen Aharoni	"Anthem" 	20% 	31% 	23% 	18% 	154% 	246% 	1
02 	Dennis Lloyd	"Nevermind" 	18% 	22% 	20% 	21% 	58% 	139% 	4
03 	Daniel Yafe 	"Mi yikhebk esi" 	17% 	16% 	19% 	17% 	71% 	140% 	3
04 	Roby Fayer 	"Long distance romance"	12% 	4% 	11% 	10% 	16% 	53% 	6
05 	NAAMA 	"Walk of freedom" 	19% 	20% 	18% 	19% 	79% 	155% 	2
06 	Shira 	"Surprised" 	14% 	7% 	9% 	15% 	22% 	67% 	5
===Super-Final===
;Table key
Draw	Artist 	Song 	N. Slor	C. Zel	R. Rabin	B. Pablo	Public	Total	Result
01 	Dennis Lloyd	"Nevermind" 	22% 	11% 	9% 	15% 	68% 	125% 	4
02 	NAAMA 	"Walk of freedom"	21% 	24% 	23% 	25% 	45% 	138% 	3
03 	Daniel Yafe 	"Mi yikhebk esi"i	26% 	29% 	35% 	30% 	122% 	242% 	2
04 	Chen Aharoni	"Anthem" 	31% 	36% 	33% 	30% 	165% 	295% 	1