Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim
"Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim" (Hebrew script: אהבה היא שיר לשניים; "Love is a song for two"), listed phonetically as "Ah-haa-vah Hee Shir Lish-naa-yim" in the official Eurovision website, was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977, performed in Hebrew by Ilanit.
 "Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim" | |
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1977 entry | |
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| Artist(s) | Hanna Drezner-Tzakh |
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| Composer(s) | Eldad Shrim |
| Lyricist(s) | Edna Peleg |
| Finals performance | |
| Final result | 11th |
| Final points | 49 |
| Entry chronology | |
| ◄ "Emor Shalom" (1976) | |
| "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" (1978) ► | |
The song is a love ballad, with Ilanit singing to her lover that his song is her song and explaining that their love is a true partnership.
The song was performed eleventh on the night, following Greece's Pascalis, Marianna, Robert & Bessy with "Mathima Solfège" and preceding Switzerland's Pepe Lienhard Band with "Swiss Lady". At the close of voting, it had received 49 points, placing 11th in a field of 18.
It was succeeded as Israeli representative at the 1978 contest by Izhar Cohen & The Alphabeta with "A-Ba-Ni-Bi".
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