Shiri Maimon
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Shiri Maimon
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Shiri Maimon |
| Born |
17 May 1981 Kiryat Haim, Israel |
| Genres | pop, soul, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Helicon |
| Website | Official site |
Shiri Maimon (Hebrew: שירי מימון; born 17 May 1981) is an Israeli pop/R&B singer, TV show host and actress, who rose to fame as the runner-up in the TV show Kokhav Nolad. She represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, where she came fourth.
In June 2013 Shiri became one of the judges for the first season of The X Factor Israel. She continued her role for the second season.
Maimon was born in Haifa, Israel, and raised in Kiryat Haim. She is of Sephardi Jewish descent and was born to a father of Tunisian and Greek origin and a Moroccan mother; both parents are Jewish from North African countries. She made her debut at the age of ten, at a children's song festival. She joined the Israel Defense Forces, where she sang with the Israeli Air Force Entertainment Troupe. In 2001, she featured on a music video by the band Teapacks. Later, she worked a year and a half as a singer and bartender in Eilat. In 2003, she auditioned for Kokhav Nolad and ended up the first runner-up.
She released her first single, "Ad SheTavin Oti" (Until You Understand Me) in 2004. While working on her debut album, she was a presenter on a popular daily youth TV program in Israel, EXIT. In 2005, Maimon took part in Kdam Eurovision, the Israel's Eurovision selection show and was not the favorite to win. She won first place for her performance of HaSheket SheNish'ar (The Silence that Remains). Thus she became Israel's representative at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev. She initially rebuffed suggestions that parts of the song should be performed in English. In the end, considering that foreign language songs had not been successful in the past, she agreed to sing half in Hebrew and half in English. She was placed fourth in the contest, winning 154 points.
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