Israel Bar-On

Israel Bar-On (Hebrew: ישראל בר-און‎; born January 31, 1989) is an Israeli singer, who won Israel's Kokhav Nolad (A Star is Born) song contest in 2008.

Bar-On was born in Beersheba to a religious family. He won the final of Kokhav Nolad 6 contest on August 26, 2008, with 56% of the votes.^[1] For the show's finale, he performed an autobiographical song about his new life without parents and religion.^[2]

Bar-On did not serve in the Israel Defense Forces. After winning the contest it was rumored that the show's producers would attempt to arrange his enlistment.^[2]

References

↑ Israel for Israel at Eurovision 2009
1 2 Shechnik, Raz (2008-08-27). "The king of Israel". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2008-12-25.

Kokhav Nolad

Seasons	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Hosts	Zvika Hadar (1–10)

Judges	Tzedi Tzarfati (2–10) Ronnie Brown (2) Riki Gal (2–3) Svika Pick (3–7) Margalit Tzan'ani (4–9) Gal Ohovski (4–8) Dana International (7–8) Pavlo Rosenberg (8) Miri Mesika (9–present) Yair Nitzani (9) Gidi Gov (10) Moshe Peretz (10)

Winners	Ninet Tayeb Harel Moyal Yehuda Saado Jacko Eisenberg Bo'az Ma'uda Israel Bar-On Roni Dalumi Diana Golbi Hagit Yaso Or Taragan

Notable alumni	Shiri Maimon Shai Gabso Harel Skaat Marina Maximilian Blumin Amir Haddad Chen Aharoni Cabra Casay Mei Finegold Omer Adam

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