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Sigal Shachmon
Born (1971-06-13) 13 June 1971 (age 53)
Petah Tikva, Israel
Occupation(s)Model, actress and television presenter
Years active1995–present

Sigal Shachmon (Hebrew: סיגל שחמון; born 13 June 1971 in Petah Tikva, Israel) is an Israeli model, actress and television presenter.

Life and career

Shachmon was born in Petah Tikva. Before she made her big breakthrough she was a dancer in a dance company and worked in modeling. In 1989 she performed at the Israeli national final for the Eurovision Song Contest as one of Nissim Gama's accompaniments in his song "Passes With Time". In 1995 , Shahamon auditioned for Israel's version of Wheel of Fortune (Galgal HaMazal [he]), but lost the role to Ruth Gonzales [he]. Erez Tal saw the potential of Shachmon and took her to guide his show The Wonderful World. At the same time, Gonzalez finished her role as a Wheel of Fortune girl and was replaced by Shachamon in 1996.[1]

Between 1998 and 1999, Shachmon co-hosted Channel 2's version of Fort Boyard (המבצר - Ha-Mivtzar) alongside Aki Avni[2] and program introductions alongside Nti Rbitz. After which she received her own program called Sparkling.

In 1999 she hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, which took place in Jerusalem's International Convention Center, together with Yigal Ravid and Dafna Dekel.[3]

Personal life

She had a relationship with actor Aki Avni.[4] In December 2002 she married businessman Ofer Amir, and in December 2004 her eldest son was born. She separated from her husband in 2007, about two months before giving birth to her second son.

Shachmon lives in Rishpon.

See also

References

  1. ^ "גלגל המזל". www.ishim.co.il. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  2. ^ FortBoyard.net. "Israël - FortBoyard.net | Fort Bavard - Le premier site français sur Fort Boyard - saison 2018". www.fortboyard.net. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  3. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1999". European Broadcasting Union. 29 May 1999. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  4. ^ "סיגל שחמון". www.ishim.co.il. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Eurovision Song Contest presenter
(with Dafna Dekel and Yigal Ravid)
1999 		Succeeded by


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