Noam Bettan finishes second for Israel at Eurovision with 343 points

Israel’s Noam Bettan ended Eurovision 2026 as the contest’s runner-up after scoring 343 points with “Michelle” in the grand final held in Vienna on May 16. EurovisionWorld’s 2026 results page lists Bulgaria’s Dara as the winner with “Bangaranga” on 516 points, leaving Bettan in second place. (eurovisionworld.com) Israel had entered the final with momentum after winning Semi-final 1 earlier in the week. That sequence matters because it shows Israel was not a late surprise on the scoreboard. EurovisionWorld’s Semi-final 1 page says Bettan won that heat on May 12 with 269 points, made up of 163 from the public vote and 106 from juries, before returning for the grand final at Vienna’s Wiener Stadthalle. (eurovisionworld.com) The contest was hosted by Austria’s ORF in Vienna. ### How strong was Israel before the final even began? Semi-final 1 on May 12 put Israel at the top of its qualifying round. EurovisionWorld lists “Michelle” as the winning song of that semi-final, ahead of Poland and Finland, with Bettan finishing first on 269 points. (eurovisionworld.com) That result gave Israel one of the clearest form lines going into the final. EurovisionWorld’s country page for Israel describes Bettan’s entry as Israel’s 2026 song and records the final outcome as second place with 343 points. ### Where did Bettan finish in the final scoreboard? (eurovisionworld.com) The grand final on May 16 ended with Bulgaria in first and Israel in second. EurovisionWorld’s main 2026 results page says Dara won with 516 points for “Bangaranga,” while Israel’s country page records Bettan’s total at 343. The gap between first and second was 173 points. (eurovisionworld.com) That margin still left Bettan as the highest-placed non-winning act named in the available results pages tied to this story. ### What do the published results say about “Michelle” itself? EurovisionWorld’s Israel page identifies “Michelle” as Bettan’s Eurovision 2026 entry and publishes the song’s lyrics in multiple languages. (eurovisionworld.com) The page says Israel finished second at Eurovision 2026 and links the live grand final performance. A separate EurovisionWorld report published on March 5 said Bettan had been selected to represent Israel earlier in the year and that “Michelle” was chosen internally by a committee before its release. (eurovisionworld.com 1) (eurovisionworld.com 2) ### How did the United Kingdom fare by comparison? The United Kingdom finished near the bottom of the table. EurovisionWorld’s country page for the British entry says Look Mum No Computer placed 25th with “Eins, Zwei, Drei” and received one point. That result provides one of the clearest contrasts on the published 2026 country pages: Israel finished second with 343 points, while the British act ended 25th with one. (eurovisionworld.com) ### Where can readers check the official published score pages? EurovisionWorld’s 2026 results database includes separate pages for the grand final, Israel’s country result and Semi-final 1. (eurovisionworld.com) The official Eurovision site also published a winner’s item saying Dara won Vienna 2026 for Bulgaria. The next concrete marker in the published record is the contest archive itself: the grand final is listed as having taken place on May 16, 2026, at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, with the full voting and points tables available on the results pages. (eurovisionworld.com) (eurovisionworld.com) (eurovisionworld.com)