Yehuda Saado
Yehuda Saado, born in Jerusalem was raised in Kiryat Ekron and learned keyboards at a young age.He served in the Israel Air Force at the Tel Nof Airbase as a technician.In the final held on August 29, 2005 in Tel Aviv, Yehuda Saado won the title with the song "Sadot Shel Irusim" written by Shlomo Artzi getting 918,520 votes.In 2006, he released his debut single "Kokhav Nolad" written by Barak Feldman and Yoni Bloch.[2] He took part in the 2023–24 edition of HaKokhav HaBa, used as the Israeli selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, being among the fourteen finalists.