Mei Finegold

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Meital Slominsky (Hebrew: מיי פיינגולד, born 16 December 1982), known by her stage name Mei Finegold, also credited as Mei Feingold, is an Israeli singer. Her third-place finish in Kokhav Nolad 7, Israel's version of Pop Idol, launched her career in 2009. Finegold represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.[1]

Early life

Finegold was born in 1982 in

Hebrew Labor
, a special CD containing covers of old Israeli songs.

Kokhav Nolad

Finegold's place in the show was promised since her first audition. The judges were charmed by her and not even a single piece of criticism was given to Finegold.

During the show Finegold kept on the rock line, covering songs mainly from Israel's mid-1980s.[2] She was awarded the performance of the week for five times, two of them in a row. Finegold's performances were as follows:

Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Mei Finegold presenting herself (2014).

In January it was revealed that Finegold had been internally selected by the Israeli broadcaster,

Same Heart" for Israel.[3]
Finegold competed in the second semi-final of the competition, placing 14th and scoring 19 points, ultimately failing to qualify to the final.

References

  1. ^ Storvik-Green, Simon (12 January 2014). "Mei Finegold to fly the Israeli flag in Copenhagen". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Born again - Haaretz - Israel News". www.haaretz.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Israel: Mei To Sing "Same Heart" At Eurovision". Eurovoix. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Rak bishvilo
"
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
2014
Succeeded by