Eden Golan עדן גולן Эден Голан | |
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![]() Golan in 2024 | |
Background information | |
Born | Kfar Saba, Israel | 5 October 2003
Genres | Pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 2015–present |
Website | www |
Eden Golan (Hebrew : עדן גולן; Russian : Эден Голан; [1] born 5 October 2003) is an Israeli [lower-alpha 1] singer. Born in Israel, Golan moved with her family to Russia at age six; she began her career there by taking part in the Russian selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, and afterwards in the Russian television competition The Voice Kids . She represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Hurricane", which finished in fifth place. [6]
Eden Golan was born in Kfar Saba, Israel. Both her parents were born in the Soviet Union to families of Jewish heritage. Golan's mother is of Ukrainian-Jewish descent [7] and her father is of Latvian-Jewish descent. Her grandfather, Yuri Golan (formerly Glagolev), graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University and worked for the newspaper Soviet Youth. [8] She is a niece of pianist Dorel Golan. [9]
When Golan was six years old, she and her parents moved to Russia, due to her father's work, and lived in Moscow. The family remained in Russia for 12 years. According to Golan, she has 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. [5] [10] Golan and her parents moved back to Israel in 2022; [11] the immediate cause of the move was the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but according to Golan, her family would have done so regardless. [5]
In 2015, Golan took part in the Russian selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015. She finished fifth in the final, scoring 22 points, eight fewer than the eventual winner Mikhail Smirnov. In 2016, when Eden was 12 years old, she performed in the children's edition of the New Wave competition, including performing her song "Howl at the Moon" in a duet with Nyusha. In 2018, Golan was a finalist in the fifth season of the show The Voice Kids , representing Pelageya's team. [12] She collaborated with Yinon Yahel. [13] After her return to Israel, in 2022, Golan participated in the season 2 finale of Ro'im et Hakol and was eliminated in the first round.
In preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation decided to return to selecting the country's representative for the competition through cooperation with the Keshet 12 channel and the talent show Rising Star . [14] Golan won all stages of the show, performing Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing" and Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" for the final. She ultimately won both the jury and public vote, becoming the Israeli representative for the contest. [15] [16] Her entry for the contest, "Hurricane", was selected at a later stage. [17] Her song qualified for the final on 11 May [18] and finished in fifth place overall and in second place based on the public vote. [6]
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