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Eden Golan
Golan (left) performing with Nyusha at New Wave 2016
Background information
Born	(2003-05-10) 10 May 2003 (age 21) Kfar Saba, Israel
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2015–present

Eden Golan (Template:Lang-he; born 5 October 2003) is an Israeli singer. She is set to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

Early life

Golan was born in Kfar Sava on 10 May 2003. As a child, she and her parents moved to Moscow for permanent residence due to her father's work, where she spent 13 years. Her father Eddie is Latvian by origin, while her mother Olga is Ukrainian. Eden has a younger brother, Sean. Grandfather Yuri Golan graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University and worked for the newspaper Soviet Youth. According to Golan, she had mixed feelings about her stay in Russia. On the one hand, she is grateful to her for the start of her singing career, but at the same time she was uncomfortable due to frequent manifestations of antisemitism.

Career

In 2015, Golan took part in the Russian selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015. In the final she finished fifth, scoring 22 points, which was 8 less than the winner Mikhail Smirnov. In 2016, she performed at the competition New Wave in Crimea, including performing her hit "Howl at the Moon" in a duet with Nyusha. In 2018, Golan became a finalist in the fifth season of the show The Voice Kids, representing Pelageya's team. She collaborated with Yinon Yahel.

In preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation decided to once again select an Israeli representative for the competition through cooperation with the Keshet 12 channel and Rising Star. Golan won all stages of the show, performing Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing" on the final day, and ultimately won both the jury and public vote, being selected to represent her country at the contest.

Musical style

According to Avishai Sela, a columnist for the Israeli version of Time Out, who predicted Golan’s participation in Eurovision, "she can even sing the phone book".

Discography

Singles

• Ghost Town (2022)
• Let Me Blow Ya Mind (2022)
• Taxi (2023)
• Dopamine (2023)
• TBA (2024)

References

1. "«מרגישה שאני צריכה להוכיח את הישראליות שלי, אבל אין מה להוכיח. אני הכי ישראלית שיש»". www.mako.co.il (in Hebrew).
2. "Эден Голан. Команда Пелагеи" (in Russian). Channel One Russia.
3. "עדן גולן בראיון: «אני רוצה לייצג את המדינה שלי בגאווה»". www.euromix.co.il (in il).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
4. "הכוכב הבא-פרק 20: עדן גולן נבחרה שוב לביצוע הטוב ביותר" (in Hebrew). EuroMix. 31 January 2024.
5. "גמר «הכוכב הבא»: נחשפו 4 השירים והחלה ההצבעה בדרך לאירוויזיון". www.ice.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 6 February 2024.
6. Zeikner, Avi (6 February 2024). "עדן גולן תייצג את ישראל באירוויזיון 2024" [Eden Golan will reprsent Israel at Eurovision 2024]. EuroMix (in Hebrew). Retrieved 6 February 2024.
7. "הדרך לאירוויזיון: "הכוכב הבא" מתכוננת לשעמם את אירופה למוות" (in Hebrew). Time Out.

• 2003 births
• Living people
• People from Kfar Saba
• 21st-century Israeli women singers
• Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Israel
• Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2024
• Israeli people of Latvian descent
• Israeli people of Ukrainian descent