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Dafna Dekel

Dafna Dekel is an Israeli singer, actress and television presenter who represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992.

born 1966Eurovision 1992 song Ze Rak SportHosting Eurovision 1999Children's series Dafna and Dudidu

Born: 7 May 1966, Ashdod
Occupation: singer, actor, television presenter, stage actor

Dafna Dekel was born in 1966 in Ashdod

Dafna Dekel was born in Ashdod and grew up there as the eldest of 3 children. Her mother, Aviva, was a secretary and her father, Yosef, was a police officer. Her brother Elran Dekel is also a singer.

As a young girl she sang and danced in the city youth troupe Pashosh. She served in the army in the Nahal Troupe, where she was discovered.

After the army she acted in musicals, including Salah Shabati in 1988, and released her first album in 1989. In 1992 she won the Israeli pre-selection with the song Ze Rak Sport and reached 6th place at Eurovision. She acted in the 1993 film Zohar and was nominated for an Israeli Academy award for the role.

In 1999 she co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in Jerusalem. From 2000 she starred in the children's series Dafna and Dudidu, and in 2001 she played Snow White in a musical whose songs she wrote. In 2009 she released her third album, Yoman.