Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Their entry was selected through a combination of an internal selection to select the artist and a national final, Kdam Eurovision 2014, to select the song, organised by the Israeli broadcaster Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA). Mei Finegold represented Israel with the song "Same Heart", written by Rami Talmid. Despite being a favourite to win, the song failed to qualify from the second semi-final, placing 14th with a score of 19 points.

IBA confirmed Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 on 10 October 2013. On 4 December 2013, IBA announced that it would conduct an internal selection to select the artist that would represent Israel and a national final to select the song for the artist. A special committee consisting of music industry professionals selected the Israeli artist, while a televised show featuring three songs performed by the selected artist was staged to select the song.

On 11 January 2014, IBA announced that Mei Finegold was selected as the Israeli representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. The selection committee considered sixteen artists, of which Maya Bouskilla and Ella Doron were highly considered before Finegold was ultimately selected. The members of the committee were Bracha Ofir (retired judge), Izchak Sonnenschein (Head of Israeli Eurovision delegation), Udi Bezalel (delegation member), Moshe Morad (director of 88FM), Tali Katz (Channel 1 music editor), Tal Argaman (music editor at 88FM), Leon Kichler (former vice president of OGAE Israel), Liron Ben-Shimon (musician and producer) and Ofer Shafrir (show director).

The song that Mei Finegold represented Israel with in Copenhagen was selected through a three-song national final called Kdam Eurovision 2014. IBA opened the public song submission following the announcement of Finegold as the selected artist with the deadline on 28 January 2014. 78 songs were submitted by the public, which were subsequently evaluated by a committee that shortlisted ten songs. Ultimately two of the songs were selected from the public submissions and one song was provided by Finegold for the competition. Mei Finegold filmed videoclips for the three songs which were presented during a presentation show on 27 February 2014. Following the presentation, voting commenced for the three songs. The winning song "Same Heart" was selected solely by the SMS votes from the public and was revealed during a special televised broadcast on 5 March 2014.

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