Sigal Shachmon ( he, סיגל שחמון; born 13 June 1971 in

Petah Tikva Petah Tikva ( he, פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה, , ), also known as ''Em HaMoshavot'' (), is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jews of ...

, Israel) is an Israeli model, actress and

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Life and career

Shachmon was born in

. Before she made her big breakthrough she was a dancer in a dance company and worked in modeling. In 1989 she performed at the Israeli national final for the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

as one of Nissim Gama's accompaniments in his song " Passes With Time". In 1995, Shahamon auditioned for Israel's version of ''

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'' (), but lost the role to .

Erez Tal Erez Moshe Tal ( he, ארז טל; born 27 July 1961) is an Israeli television host. Early life Born as Erez Moshe Ben-Tulila in Tel Aviv, Israel, to Jewish parents. His father, Aharon Ben-Tulila, immigrated from Algeria, whereas his mother Edn ...

saw the potential of Shachmon and took her to guide his show ''The Wonderful World''. At the same time, Gonzalez finished her role as a ''Wheel of Fortune'' girl and was replaced by Shachamon in 1996. Between 1998 and 1999, Shachmon co-hosted Channel 2's version of '' Fort Boyard'' (''המבצר'' - ''Ha-Mivtzar'') alongside

Aki Avni Yitzhak "Aki" Avni ( he, אקי אבני; born ), is an Israeli actor, entertainer and television host. He appeared in the movie '' Free Zone'' with Natalie Portman. He also played the character Mohsen in the second season of the television series ...

and program introductions alongside

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. After which she received her own program called ''Sparkling''. In 1999 she hosted the

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, which took place in Jerusalem's International Convention Center, together with Yigal Ravid and

Dafna Dekel Dafna Dekel ( he, דפנה דקל; born 7 May 1966, in Ashdod, Israel) is an Israeli singer, actress and television personality. Biography Dafna Dekel was born in Ashdod, Israel, to a family of Yemenite-Jewish descent. She was discovered while ...

Personal life

She had a relationship with actor

. In December 2002 she married businessman Ofer Amir, and in December 2004 her eldest son was born. She separated from her husband in 2007, about two months before giving birth to her second son. Shachmon lives in

Rishpon Rishpon ( he, רִשְׁפּוֹן) is a moshav in the Central District of Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Herzliya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of . The moshav was estab ...

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