Yardena Arazi
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Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i singer and entertainer.
Biography
Yardena Arazi was born on KibbutzKibbutz
A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
Kabri and grew up in Haifa
Haifa
Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...
. Arazi is the daughter of Jewish immigrants from France and Germany. She joined the Beit Rothschild group at 16 and became its lead vocalist. She did her military service in the Nahal
Nahal
Nahal is an Israel Defense Forces infantry brigade. Historically, it refers to a program that combines military service and establishment of new agricultural settlements, often in outlying areas...
entertainment troupe. Arazi is married to engineer Natan Tomer, with whom she has a daughter.
Musical and television career
In the 1970s, Yardena Arazi was a member of the female vocal trio Chocolat, Menta, MastikChocolat, Menta, Mastik
Chocolat, Menta, Mastik was an Israeli female musical trio, active in the 1970s, composed of Yardena Arazi, Ruthie Holzman and either Tami Azaria or Leah Lupatin. All the girls served in the IDF as part of the Nahal Ensemble...
along with Lea Lupatin and Ruti Holtzman. The group represented Israel in the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Emor Shalom
Emor Shalom
"Emor Shalom" was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, performed in Hebrew by Chocolat, Menta, Mastik. The singing trio consisted of three young girls, serving formerly in IDF. They were Rutti Holtzman, Lea Lupatin and Yardena Arazi...
("Say Hello"), placing sixth. In 1979, the Israel Broadcasting Authority
Israel Broadcasting Authority
Israel Broadcasting Authority is Israel's state broadcasting network.It grew out of the radio station Kol Yisrael, which made its first broadcast as an independent station on . The name of the organisation operating Kol Yisrael was changed to Israel Broadcasting Service in 1951...
(IBA) asked Arazi to co-host the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
in Jerusalem. Her connection with the song contest continued when she sang in the Israeli finals of 1982, 1983 and 1985. In 1987 she co-hosted the event and in 1988 she was selected by IBA to sing the Israeli entry. Arazi went to Dublin with the song Ben Adam
Ben Adam
"Ben Adam" was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, performed in Hebrew by Yardena Arazi. "Ben Adam" , beyond its literal meaning is used in Hebrew to describe a righteous person, someone who does the right thing...
("Human Being"), which came in seventh. Arazi co-hosted Cafe Telad, a Channel Two morning chat show, from 1997-2005.