Gidi Gov

Gidi Gov was born in 1950 in Rehovot

Gidi Gov was born in Rehovot on 4 August 1950. His father, Daniel Gov, served as an adjutant to IDF Chief of Staff Yigal Yadin and died when Gov was young. Because of his asthma, the family moved to Eilat, where he grew up and was active in the scouts.

Gov did not plan to be a singer. When he joined the IDF in 1969, Yair Rosenblum recommended that he audition for the Nahal Troupe, and he was accepted. His singing and acting career began there.

His breakthrough came with the song Ya'ale v'yavo at the 1973 Israeli Song and Chorus Festival. That year he co-founded Kaveret, which represented Israel at Eurovision 1974 and broke up in 1976. He later formed Gazoz and Doda with Danny Sanderson and released solo albums, including Derech Eretz in 1987.

Gov acted in films such as Ha-Lehaka and Khirbet Khize. From 1979 he co-hosted the satirical TV show Zehu Ze! until it ended in 1993. He was married to playwright Anat Gov, who died in 2012, and they had 3 children.