Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003


was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 by Lior Narkis with the song "Milim shel ahava", with lyrics in Hebrew, English, Greek, French and Spanish.

Before Eurovision

Artist selection

On 16 November 2002, IBA announced that Lior Narkis was selected as the Israeli representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003.

National final

The final took place on 23 January 2003 at the Ha’Oman 17 Nightclub in Jerusalem, hosted by Eden Harel. All songs were performed by Lior Narkis and the winning song was determined by a combination of the votes from an expert jury and televoting.

At Eurovision

performed 13th at the 2003 Contest, following Spain and preceding Netherlands. After the voting concluded, Israel scored 17 points, placing 19th.

Points awarded by Israel

12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point

12 points10 points8 points7 points6 points

5 points4 points3 points2 points1 point