Mei Finegold

Mei Finegold
Born	December 16, 1982 (1982-12-16) (age 28)
Origin	Rishon LeZion, Israel
Genres	Soft Rock, Pop, Alternative Rock
Occupations	Singer
Years active	2009–present
Associated acts	Disiac

Mei Finegold (born December 16th, 1982 in Rishon LeZion) is an Israeli singer. Recently, Finegold Participated in Kokhav Nolad 7, Israel's version of American Idol. Though considered to be the winner from the season premier, she finished only in the 3rd place.

Early life

Mei was born in 1982 in Rishon LeZion (born as Meital), where she lives until today. Her musical career started in school ceremonies, and she continued by taking singing lessons with majority of classic opera. Since her childhood, Mei used to throw lots of shows, including night clubs and bars. Since then, Mei leads a band called Disiac. The band even participated in Hebrew Labor, a special CD containing covers to old Israeli songs.

Kokhav Nolad

Mei's place in the show was promised since her first audition. The judges were charmed by her and not even a single negative criticism was appointed.

During the show Mei kept on the rock line, covering songs mainly from Israel's mid-80s.^[1] She was awarded as the performance of the week for 5 times, 2 of them in a row. Mei's performances were as follow:

Week	Number	Original Performer	Additional information
First Week (June 29)	"Ale baru'akh" (Leaf in the wind)	Gabi Shushan	Best performance
Second Week (July 5)	"Boogy iti halayla" (Boogy with me tonight)	Gary Eckstein
Third Week (July 12)	"Achinoam lo yodaat" (Achinoam doesn't know)	Arik Einstein	Duet with Daniel Tavori.
Third Week (July 12)	"Nag'a bashamayim" (Touched the sky)	Machina	Rescue solo. Safe.
Third Week (July 13)	"Emor shalom" (Say hello)	Chocolat, Menta, Mastik	Ehud Manor special.
Fourth Week (July 19)	"Femme fatale"	Yuval Banai (org. version Velvet Underground)	Duet with Roni Daloomi.
Fourth Week (July 20)	"Seder yom" (Daily schedule)	Lahaka Retorit	Best performance.
Fifth Week (July 26)	"Red me'al masakh hatelevizia sheli" (Get off my TV screen)	Rami Fortis	Duet with Hovi Sekulets.
Fifth week (July 27)	"She'eriot shel hakhayim" (Life's leftovers)	Idan Raichel's Project	Best performance.
Sixth Week (August 4)	"Metukim" (Sweeties)	Shlomi Shabat
Sixth Week (August 4)	"Tamid Isha" (Always a Woman)	Pnina Rozenbloom
Seventh Week (August 11)	"En Od Yom" (There's No Other Day)	Gidi Gov	Best performance.
Seventh Week (August 11)	"Ella" (Ella/Goddess)	Ha'yehudim
Eighth Week (August 18)	"VeDavid Yafe Einaim" (And David has beautiful eyes)	Duet with Roni Daloomi
Eighth Week (August 18)	"HaLayla Levad" (Tonight Alone)	Duet with Re'em Cohen
Eighth Week (August 18)	"Hofshia" (Free)	Sarit Hadad
Eighth Week (August 19)	"Mexico"	Aviv Geffen
Eighth Week (August 19)	"Sof Haolam" (The End Of The World)	Aviv Geffen	Best Performance
Ninth Week - Semi Final (August 26)	"BaGilgul Haze" (In this age)	Shalom Hanoch
Ninth Week - Semi Final (August 26)	"Hallellujah"	Leonard Cohen
Tenth Week - Final (August 30)	"Tahzor, Tahzor" (Come Back, Come Back)	Machina
Tenth Week - Final (August 30)	"Ta'am Menta" (Menta Taste)	Mei Finegold - Original Song

References

1. ^ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtStEngPE.jhtml?itemNo=1106995&contrassID=2&subContrassID=11&title='Born%20again%20'&dyn_server=172.20.5.5

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