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Nadav Guedj

Nadav Guedj is an Israeli singer and actor who won season 2 of HaKokhav HaBa and represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, finishing 9th.

born 1998Winning HaKokhav HaBa season 2"Golden Boy" at Eurovision 2015The song "Ulay Nedaber"

Born: 2 November 1998, Paris
Occupation: singer

Nadav Guedj was born in 1998 in Paris

Guedj was born in Paris in 1998 to an Algerian Jewish family. The family moved to Israel and settled in Moshav Neve Yamin. After his parents divorced, he moved to Netanya with his mother and brother.

He studied at Rimalt elementary school and at ORT Leibovitz high school in Netanya. He sang as a soloist in Tze'irei HaSharon, the city's youth band.

He joined the IDF in November 2017 and served in a military band of the Education Corps.

In 2015 he won season 2 of HaKokhav HaBa and sang "Golden Boy" by Doron Medalie at Eurovision in Vienna. He qualified Israel for the final and finished 9th with 97 points. He released his debut album in 2016, then turned to Hebrew songs with "Ulay Nedaber" in 2017 and began acting in film and television.

In 2025 he said publicly that he lives with bipolar disorder and had been hospitalized. He returned with the single "Mashuga" and in 2026 released his first Hebrew album, Bli Yad Al HaDofek. He lives in Netanya.