Shiri Maimon
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Shiri Maimon (born May 17, 1981 in Haifa, Israel), is an Israeli pop and soul singer. She was the first runner up in Kokhav Nolad (A Star Is Born, the Israeli version of Pop Idol) and was also the Israeli representative in the 2005 ESC.
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[edit] Biography
Shiri Maimon (Hebrew: שירי מימון ) was born in Haifa and raised in Qiryat Chaim. At the age of 10, she participated in a children festival and performed songs in it. In 2001, she appeared in a music video of the band Tipex. Later on, she moved to Eilat and worked there for a year and a half as a barwoman and a singer.
Maimon first came to fame as the runner up in Kochav Nolad, after thousands have voted for her. In 2005, she was a participant in the 'Kdam-Eurovision', the Israeli national selection for their entry into the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. She was not the favorite to win. However, when the event took place in Jerusalem, her performance of Hasheket Shenish'ar (The Silence That Remains Hebrew: השקט שנשאר) scored 116 out of 120 and so she won the contest and got to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest. Despite the punters' opinion of her, she made it through the semi-final and was greeted in Kiev for the final of the contest.
At one stage, Maimon rebuffed suggestions that segments of the song should be performed in English in the final. However the Israeli delegation decided that, considering poor history of non-English songs in the international arena, it was decided that Shiri Maimon should sing her song half in Hebrew and half in English. She placed 4th in the contest with 154 points. Monaco even awarded her the maximum 12 points.
In September 2005, Shiri released her self-titled debut album, which went gold within a few months.
Since March 2006, Maimon has appeared on the soap opera Yeladot Ra'ot (Mean Girls) on the Israeli Music Channel. Maimon plays the role of Maya Gold, a talented singer and star of the Monokol record company, who is trying hard to keep her career and relationship together and to care for her brother who has a drug problem.
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| Year | Album | Israel Certificate |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Shiri Maimon | Gold |
