The Israeli performers, who had number of problems in the first rehearsal, are greatful to the team of ETV who has worked hard on each detail of the show so that second rehearsal went very well.

Head of Delegation Izchak Sonnenschein admitted how much he appreciated the fact that ESC 2002 Executive Producer Juhan Paadam had personally gone to the second rehearsal of the Israeli team to make sure they were happy with their show.

Israel's singer Sarit Hadad played her Darbouka drum, and sang the famous national song “Havva Nakila”, which her compatriots joined in with in the press centre.