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Eden Ben Zaken

Eden Ben Zaken is an Israeli singer-songwriter who placed second in the first season of X Factor Israel and whose debut album "Malkat Hashoshanim" was released in 2015.

born 1994Second place on X Factor IsraelThe album "Malkat Hashoshanim"Singer of the Year titles

Born: 8 June 1994, Jerusalem
Occupation: singer

Eden Ben Zaken was born in 1994 in Jerusalem

Eden Ben Zaken was born in Jerusalem in 1994. Her mother Maya is a teacher and her father Shai is a lieutenant colonel in the IDF reserves. When she was one, the family moved to Kiryat Shmona.

As a child she often missed school, and in 2008 she was sent to the Ramat Hadassah boarding school in Kiryat Tivon. In eleventh grade she returned home and studied at a private high school.

In 2011 she auditioned for the ninth season of Kokhav Nolad but did not advance. She then reached the final of the first season of X Factor Israel on Rami Fortis's girls' team and finished second after Rose Fostanes. In 2013 she moved to Ramat Gan.

In July 2014 she was drafted into the IDF. Her debut album "Malkat Hashoshanim" came out in September 2015 and received gold certification after selling 15,000 copies. Her second album's first single, "Ta'amin Li", followed in March 2016.

She won Singer of the Year titles from several radio stations and media outlets in 2015, 2016 and 2017. In September 2019 she was named Singer of the Decade in a project of Radio Tel Aviv and Mako.