Mordechai "Moti" Giladi (; born December 18, 1946) is an Israeli singer and actor. He released his first album in 1969 after he finished his

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. He lived in the United States of America in the seventies and was a cantor in a

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He returned to Israel in the early eighties and, in 1986, joined

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with Sarai Tzuriel. At the end of the contest, they won and were chosen to represent Israel in the 1986 Eurovision Song Contest held in

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and the duet finished in nineteenth place with 7 points. Since the early nineties, Giladi has continued his career as an actor and also participated at Big Brother's second VIP season, eliminated only one week before the finale.

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20th-century Israeli male singers Living people Big Brother (Israeli TV series) contestants 1946 births Eurovision Song Contest entrants {{Israel-singer-stub