Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Artist selection
### Artist selection

On 11 January 2014, IBA announced that [Mei Finegold](/wiki/Mei_Finegold "Mei Finegold") was selected as the Israeli representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014\. A special committee consisting of music industry professionals considered sixteen artists, of which [Maya Bouskilla](/wiki/Maya_Bouskilla "Maya Bouskilla") and Ella Doron were highly considered before Finegold was ultimately selected. The members of the committee were Bracha Ofir (retired judge), Izchak Sonnenschein (Head of Israeli Eurovision delegation), Udi Bezalel (delegation member), Moshe Morad (director of 88FM), Tali Katz ([Channel 1](/wiki/Channel_1_%28Israel%29 "Channel 1 (Israel)") music editor), Tal Argaman (music editor at 88FM), Leon Kichler (former vice president of OGAE Israel), Liron Ben\-Shimon (musician and producer) and Ofer Shafrir (show director). It was also announced that a national final titled *Kdam Eurovision 2014* featuring three songs would take place to select her song.


Who are some notable members of the committee?