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Harel Moyal

Harel Moyal
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Background information
Born (1981-04-12) April 12, 1981 (age 36)
Gilo, Jerusalem
Origin Gedera, Israel
Genres Pop music
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, stage actor
Instruments Singing
Years active 2000–present
Labels BASE Records

Harel Moyal (Hebrew: הראל מויאל‎‎, born April 12, 1981) is a popular young Israeli pop singer-songwriter and stage actor who won the second season of the Israeli television series Kochav Nolad (Hebrew for A Star Is Born). He has released two albums.

Harel Moyal (stage name ) was born in Gilo, Jerusalem.When he was a year and a half old his family moved to Ma'ale Adumim in the suburbs of Jerusalem, where he grew up with his brother. As a child, Moyal listened a lot to his father who used to play the guitar and perform occasionally in the Andalusian Music Band (Spanish orchestra), and also compose songs. Moyal grew up in a musical house but what was unique about him was that, even though he grew up in a musical house as a kid and as a teenager he did not plan to pursue a musical career. At school he was a smart kid that had many friends and he used to participate in many after school activities which became his hobbies and mostly various lessons and studies in dancing,Of course as a kid he loved music and used to listen a lot to it, when he grew up he also learned to play the guitar just like his dad. After graduating from the high school all that time he kept on working on his passion for music by playing his guitar and writing songs.

When the auditioning for the second season of Kokhav Nolad began, Moyal’s friend registered him for the trials. At the beginning Moyal was not too anxious about going to the trials, but then he decided to go and check out his abilities. In a short while everyone at the production told him that they loved him and he was invited to participate in the show. At the second season of Kokhav Nolad, Moyal won the competition. The final of the second season was broadcast on August 15, 2004 from the Coca Cola Music Village on the coast of Nitzanim, in front of an audience of 7,500 people. Harel Moyal won the contest with 862,368 votes, Harel Skaat took second place with 806,292 votes, and Adi Cohen took third place with 254,926 votes. Almost 2 million votes were cast during the final.


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