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Eden Golan
Golan in 2018
Background information
Born	(2003-05-10) 10 May 2003 (age 21) Kfar Saba, Israel
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2015–present

Eden Golan (Template:Lang-ru; Template:Lang-he; born 5 October 2003) is a Russian-Israeli singer. She is set to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. She previously took part in the Russian selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Early life

Golan was born in Kfar Sava in 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 Jewish-Latvian by origin, while her mother Olga is Jewish-Ukrainian. Golan has a younger brother, Sean. Her grandfather, Yuri, 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 time living in Russia, and that while she started her music career there, she was also 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, eight fewer than the eventual winner Mikhail Smirnov. In 2016, she performed at the competition New Wave in Crimea, including performing her song "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 the country's 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" for the final, and ultimately won both the jury and public vote, being selected to represent Israel in the contest.

Discography

Singles

• "Schastye" (2015)
• "Ghost Town" (2022)
• "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" (2022)
• "Taxi" (2023)
• "Dopamine" (2023)

References

1. "«מרגישה שאני צריכה להוכיח את הישראליות שלי, אבל אין מה להוכיח. אני הכי ישראלית שיש»". 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»". EuroMix (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". 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 represent Israel at Eurovision 2024]. EuroMix (in Hebrew). Retrieved 6 February 2024.

• 2003 births
• 21st-century Israeli women singers
• 21st-century Russian Jews
• 21st-century Russian women singers
• Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Israel
• Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2024
• Israeli expatriates in Russia
• Israeli people of Latvian-Jewish descent
• Israeli people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
• Living people
• People from Kfar Saba
• Russian people of Latvian-Jewish descent
• Russian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
• Singers from Moscow