Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 vote for their own entry. In the second round, Israel gave its twelve points (as it did in 1976) to Brotherhood of Man with "Save Your Kisses for Me." Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 For the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, Israel entered "Diva", performed by Dana International. In the contest, it received 172 points and finished in first place. "Diva" was one of fourteen Eurovision songs selected by fans to participate in the "Congratulations" 50th anniversary show in 2005. It was both the only entry from the '90s and the only Israeli entry to appear in the main
France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 by public televoting On the night of the final Ferry performed 17th in the running order, following Monaco and preceding Yugoslavia. France had rarely taken the Eurovision route of uptempo, bouncy and lyrically unchallenging pop songs, but had done so with "Un, deux, trois". Prior to the contest most observers noted that the 1976 contest was the easiest for many years to predict, with "Un, deux, trois" and the United Kingdom's "Save Your Kisses for Me" as the only possible winners. The predictions proved accurate as the two quickly surged well ahead of the field in the voting, and after