 The band was selected by Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) in an internal selection following the success of their album "Poogy Tales", to represent the country at the contest, which took place on 6 April in Brighton, United Kingdom.Poogy performed 6th on the night of the contest at The Dome in Brighton, following Greece's Marinella and preceding the Yugoslavia's Korni Grupa.According to the laws of the contest, only six people are allowed to perform on the stage during the performance, and therefore Yoni Rechter, the keyboardist of the band, had to be the conductor of the orchestra.