Moran Mazor ( he, מורן מזור; born 17 May 1991) is an Israeli
singer. Mazor rose to fame as the winner of the first series of the Israeli reality show "
Eyal Golan
Eyal Golan ( he, אייל גולן; born Eyal Bitton; 12 April 1971) is an Israeli singer who sings in the Mizrahi music pop fusion genre, and considered one of the most successful singers in Israel. Golan reported the highest income of all sing ...
is Calling You" in 2011.
In 2013, Mazor won the Israeli national selection ''
Kdam Eurovision 2013''. She represented her country in the second semi-final of the
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Euphoria" by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EB ...
in
Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...
, Sweden, with the song "
Rak bishvilo" (Only for him). The song failed to qualify for the final, placing 14th in the semi-final and scoring 40 points. In October 2013, the Israel Broadcasting Authority released a documentary about Moran's journey through Eurovision entitled "A Girl with Glasses."
Early life
Moran was born in
Holon to a Jewish family of
Georgian descent. In an interview, she said her parents migrated to Israel from
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
in the early 1970s.
References
21st-century Israeli women singers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2013
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Israel
Israeli people of Georgian-Jewish descent
1991 births
Living people
People from Holon
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