Israel in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Israel was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 which took place on 1 December 2012, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and thus, made its debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.^[1] The Israeli broadcaster Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest, and they chose the kids band Kids.il performing the song "Let The Music Win" to represent Israel in its first competition.^[2]

Israel in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country	Israel
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selection date	13 October 2012
Competing entry
Song	"Let the Music Win"
Artist	Kids.il
Songwriters	Ohad Hitman
Placement
Final result	8th, 68 points
Participation chronology
2012 • 2016►

Artist and song information

Kids.il

Kids.il is an Israeli music group consisting of six child singers. Their song entry, "Let The Music Win" was Israel's first entry in the whole competition. It is composed and written by Ohad Hitman. It was the sixth song in the night of the competition, following Russia and preceding Albania. ending in 8th place with 68 points in a field of 12 competing countries.^[3][4]

Group members are:

• Adel Korshov was born on (2001-11-20) 20 November 2001 (age 23).^[5]
• Adi Mesilati was born on (1998-07-31) 31 July 1998 (age 26).^[5]
• Bar Zemach was born on (2000-07-17) 17 July 2000 (age 25).^[6][7]
• Daniel Pruzansky was born on (1999-09-30) 30 September 1999 (age 25).^[5]
• Libi Panker was born on (1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 27).^[5]
• Tali Sorokin was born on (2002-02-12) 12 February 2002 (age 23).^[5]
• Adi Bity (Hebrew: עדי ביטי; born (2001-05-26) 26 May 2001 (age 24)^[5])

Let the Music Win

"Let the Music Win"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 entry
Country	Israel
Artist(s)	Kids.il
Languages	Hebrew, English, French, Russian
Composer(s)	Ohad Hitman
Lyricist(s)	Ohad Hitman
Finals performance
Final result	8th
Final points	68
Entry chronology
"Follow My Heart" (2016) ►

At Junior Eurovision

Kids.il performed sixth in the night of the competition, following Russia and preceding Albania. At the close of the voting it had received 68 points, placing 8th in a field of 12 competing countries.^[8]

Voting

Points awarded to Israel[9] Score Country 12 points[a] 10 points 8 points  Russia  Ukraine 7 points  Netherlands 6 points  Armenia 5 points  Azerbaijan  Belarus 4 points  Belgium  Kids Jury  Sweden 3 points  Georgia 2 points 1 point  Albania  Moldova

Points awarded by Israel[9] Score Country 12 points  Ukraine 10 points  Armenia 8 points  Georgia 7 points  Sweden 6 points  Belgium 5 points  Moldova 4 points  Russia 3 points  Albania 2 points  Netherlands 1 point  Belarus

Notes

1. All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.