Chen Aharoni ( he, חן אהרוני; also known as Chen and also transliterated as Hen Aharoni; born in

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on 12 April 1990) is an Israeli singer-songwriter, musician and television presenter

Career

''Kokhav Nolad'' (2007)

He came into fame after taking part in 2007 in

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of ''

Kokhav Nolad ''Kokhav Nolad'' ( he, כוכב נולד) (meaning ''A Star Is Born'') was an Israeli reality television show searching for talented new vocalists, based on the British ''Pop Idol'' model. Since its debut on Israeli Channel 2 in 2003, Kokhav Nol ...

'' ( meaning A Star Is Born) structured on the international ''

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''. He was eliminated after a showdown with Shlomi Bar'el before the finals. Aharoni finished 4th overall, with Bar'el ending up third. The 2007 title was won by Bo'az Ma'uda with

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as runner-up.

Solo career

After ''Kokhav Nolad'', Chen Aharoni went on to sign a deal with the Israeli record label

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and gaining popularity. While Chen made musical performances throughout Israel, he started hosting TV show called "Ra'ash" (meaning noise in Hebrew) on the Israeli music channel

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for 2 seasons. In August 2008 he was drafted into the Israeli army (

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). In 2009, he started to release singles from his forthcoming debut album. The self-titled debut album ''

Chen Aharoni Chen Aharoni ( he, חן אהרוני; also known as Chen and also transliterated as Hen Aharoni; born in Holon, Israel on 12 April 1990) is an Israeli singer-songwriter, musician and television presenter Career ''Kokhav Nolad'' (2007) He came i ...

'' (חן אהרוני) was released on 23 December 2010 and received critical acclaim. ''

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'' in its ''Entertainment Plus'' special supplement published on the occasion of the Hebrew New Year picked the album as one of the Top 10 best albums of the year 2010–2011 alongside names like Dudu Tasa,

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and Noam Rotem. He has had many successful hits including No.1 on the Israeli singles chart with "Neshima" () a duet with Israeli singer

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. He reached No. 2 with his co-authored song "Kol ma SheRatziti" () and scored a second No. 1 hit in his career with "Mami" (), from the Israeli rock opera ''

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''. On 26 June 2011, Chen's first single from his upcoming album was released. It was entitled "Holech Le'sham" ( meaning: Go there) Chen's second album '' Nosea Rahok'' () was released in October 2012 and got positive reviews. Three songs from this record have topped the 10 Israeli music charts. On 17 October 2012, Chen opened his official "Nosea Rachok Tour" that will tour all around Israel.

''Kdam Eurovision'' (2011)

On 8 March 2011, Chen Aharoni took part in the ''

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'' selection contest finals for the Israeli entry to the

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in Düsseldorf, Germany with the song "Or" ( meaning Light) written by Sahar Hagai and Nitzan Kaykov finishing fourth with 142 points, with

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winning the contest with 270 points with "

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''The UK X Factor'' (2013)

In 2013 he entered the tenth series of the United Kingdom version of ''

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''. In the room auditions of ''X Factor'', he sang

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's "

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", got 4 yeses and reaching the Arena stage of live auditions, where he sang

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song " Back for Good" mixed with

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's "

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" as back track. He got 3 yes votes from

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and

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, with

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from Take That being the only dissenting vote. Aharoni reached the bootcamp stage, where he sang " Drive By" alongside candidates Lee Lambert and Ryan Davies. All including Aharoni were sent home by their mentor

. He failed to make it to "judges' houses" (final 24) with Walsh claiming that he was just OK, but not sufficient to be included in his category. Following his elimination in the UK competition, it was announced later in 2013 that Chen will be hosting the Israeli version of '' The Xtra Factor'' (in Hebrew: מבזק האקס) on an Israeli channel.

''Crazy EP'' international English release (2013–2014)

On 14 October 2013 Chen released his first

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single "

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" for

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. The song picked to No. 3 on the Israeli songs chart and officially released on 20 October 2013. The follow-up single from the EP was "Love Suicide" that topped the iTunes downloads chart for a full week.

''HaKokhav HaBa'' (2017-2018)

Aharoni is competing in the fifth season of the show '' HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion (meaning "The Next Star for Eurovision")'', in a bid to represent Israel in 2018 Eurovision Song Contest. The qualification show started in October 2017 and hosted by

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( 2010 Israeli Eurovision entrant) and Static & Ben-El Tavori. All shows in the competition are broadcast on Channel 2 and

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as well as online via ''mako.co.il''. Chen Aharoni auditioned to episode 2 of the show broadcast on 31 October 2017 with an interpretation of the

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song "

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". He got approval of all four judges and an approval rating of 94% being the second highest approval rate among the 25 candidates with only Yafit Casay exceeding him with a 95% score. Aharoni moved to the promotion round as part of final 20 contestants. In Heat 2, broadcast on 7 and 8 January 2018, he sang "

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" from

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. He again got approval of all five judges and an approval rating of 80% advancing to Heat 5 broadcast on 22 January 2018 where he was coupled with Jonathan Mergui singing "

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" from Bruno Mars again getting approval from all four judges and a 92% score advancing to the quarter finals In the quarter finals on 4 and 7 February, he sang "Rokedet" getting approval of three of the four judges with

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abstaining. However he got 71% approval advancing to the semi-final where he sang "

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" from

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and

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on 8 and 11 February, with all four judges approving and a public vote of 86%, the second highest rate for the semi-final. Reaching the final alongside three other finalists Jonathan Mergui, Riki Ben Ari and Netta Barzilai on 13 February 2018, he sang his own hit "Neshima" getting approval of all four judges. But his public vote was 72%, the lowest of the finalists plus he got positive endorsement from only one judge (Ben El Tavori) and was eliminated. The final was won by

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, who went on to represent Israel in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest.

In popular culture

*He was chosen for an anti-drug youth public awareness campaign by . *For two seasons, he hosted "Ra'ash" (meaning noise in Hebrew), a TV show on the Israeli music channel

. *He also took part in the Israeli version of the reality series ''

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'' (""). *Aharoni was picked as one of the Top 100 stars in Israel in the celebrity and lifestyle magazine ''Top 1'' (in Hebrew ראש1). He was also picked in the Top 20 in Israeli daily ''

'' listing.

Personal life

On 22 June 2011 Chen Aharoni finished his military service in the Israeli Army (IDF) after being drafted in August 2008. During his military service, he served in the

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as injuries coordinator and instructor at a medical complex in

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. He also took part in the annual festival of the

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which is held in the Yarkon Park in

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. He came out as

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on the first day of 2019.

Discography

Albums

2010: ''Chen Aharoni'' ()

''Chen Aharoni'' is the debut self-titled album of Israeli singer Chen Aharoni released in 2010. A highly successful album for the participant in the Israeli reality show ''

'', five singles were released from the album concerned, one of them, namely "Neshima" a song with

making it to the top of the Israeli Singles Chart and another "Kol ma SheRatziti" making it to #2 in the same charts. ;Track list ;Bonus ;Singles from the album *2009: "Ba'Rekhov" ( ברחוב – In the street) – by Sahar kHagai and Nitzan Kaykov (#7) *2010: "Neshima" (with Esti Ginzburg) ( נשימה (עם אסתי גינזבורג) – Breathing) – by Sahar Hagai and Nitzan Kaykov (#1) *2010: "Boi boi" ( בואי בואי – Come come) – by Sahar kHagai and Nitzan Kaykov *2010: "La'avor Et HaPakhad" ( לעבור את הפחד – To get through the fear) – by Tom Rahav and Ran Haros (#15) *2010: "Kol Ma SheRatziti" ( כל מה שרציתי – All I ever wanted) – by Chen Aharoni and Meital Patash-Cohen (#2)

2012: ''Nosea Rahok'' ()

''Nosea Rahok'' (

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: נוסע רחוק, lit. Traveling Far Away) is the second studio album of Israeli singer Chen Aharoni released in October 2012.Frogi.co.il: תדהמה: חן אהרוני נוסע רחוק מכאן?
(in Hebrew) A successful album for the participant in the Israeli reality show ''

'', five singles were released from the album concerned, one of them, namely "Mami" reached the top of the Israeli Singles Chart. ;Track list Bonus ;Singles from the album Five of the tracks were released as singles, with peak positions in Israel in parenthesis). *2011: "Holekh Le'Sham" (Holech Le'sham – Go there) *2011: "Mami" (מאמי –Sweetie) (#1) *2011: "Nose'a Rakhoq" (נוסע רחוק – Traveling far away) (#5) *2012: "Mashehu Khaser" (משהו חסר – Something missing) *2012: "Khamesh Daqot" (חמש דקות – Five minutes) (#7)

EPs

*2014: ''Crazy EP''

Singles

References

External links

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