Our favourite singer is Shiri Maimon

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Shiri Maimon sometimes spelt Shiri Maymon, is an Israeli pop singer, first runner up in a television show (An Israeli version of "Pop Idol"), and the Israeli representative in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest. She's become one of Israel's most famous and popular artists, despite the fact that she had not even released an album. SHIRI MAIMON was born in Haifa, and grew up in the neighboring town of Kiriyat Haim. From the age of four, Shiri knew that she wanted to be a singer, even without knowing the true meaning of the word. She was an active member of her family’s ‘entertainment team’ – singing and dancing on every possible occasion. The microphone was one of her first ‘toys’ and being on stage is one of her most vivid memories of her childhood. In 1991, aged ten, Shiri had her first ‘professional’ appearance on stage when she sang a well-known song of that period in the annual children’s ‘Festigal’. During her school years Shiri was a member of Haifa’s youth ‘group’, appearing at a variety of different functions. At the same time, Shiri worked on developing her ‘stage presence’, taking guitar and keyboard lessons as well as jazz dancing. In 2000 Shiri was called up for her National Service, and was invited to join the Air Force Entertainment Group traveling the length and breadth of the country to entertain the troops. After the Army, Shiri decided to move to Eilat which is Israel’s major ‘tourist’ town and, as a result, a source of employment for many singers and dancers in the hotels and clubs. She worked there for a year as a singer and dancer.