For the first time since 2001, a full-scale Israeli selection process was held on 2 March. Unlike previous years, IBA invited only established artists to participate. Among the better-known participants were Shiri Maimon (runner-up of the popular Pop Idol based show, Kokhav Nolad in 2003) as well as Svika Pick, composer and producer of the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest winner Diva. Shiri Maimon's song "Hasheket Shenish'ar" (The Silence That Remained) won the event to become Israel's entry in Kiev. The song was written by Pini Aaronbayev and Eyal Shachar and composed by Pini Aaronbayev.

At Eurovision, the song was presented in English and Hebrew. The spokesperson who revealed Israel's votes for other countries was journalist Dana Herman.

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