Roni Dalumi
Roni Dalumi is an Israeli singer and actress. She is the winner of the singing competition show Kochav Nolad 7 in 2009. She starred in the original Israeli series Euphoria.
Early life
Dalumi was born and raised in Omer, Israel, to a family of Sephardic Jewish descent. Until the age of 12 she studied dancing at Bat-Dor Beer Sheva Municipal Dance Centre in Beersheba.She participated in "Shir Nolad", a children's song festival, in 2006.
In 2010, Dalumi was enslited to the Israel Defense Forces as a singer in a military entertainment troupe.
''Kochav Nolad 7''
Dalumi was the judges' least favorite contestant after being ranked last by most of them throughout the season, especially by Gal Uchovsky. Despite this, Daloomi was saved by the audience every time and made it to the final in Eilat where she won the competition with 61% of the votes. Daloomi is the youngest winner of the show to date, being only 17 years old at the time, and the first female to win since first season's winner Ninet Tayeb.Auditions:
Audition | Number | Original Performer | Additional Information |
First Solo Audition | "Shir Le'lo Shem" | Yehudit Ravitz | |
Second Audition | "Hak'hnisini" | Rita | A capella audition |
Third Audition | "Kol Ma She'Nishar" | Boten Matok Ba'Kirkas | Duet audition |
Fourth Audition | "Haish Ha'hu" | Yehudit Ravitz and Ahuva Ozery | Final audition. |
Performances during the competition:
Week | Number | Original Performer | Additional Information |
First Week | "Tiftach Halon" | Rita | |
Second Week | "Hak'hayim Yafim" | Achinoam Nini | Ranked last by the judges, saved by the audience. |
Third Week | "Tzliley Hasheket" | Ha'parvarim | Duet with Or Kolenberg. Ranked last by the judges, saved by the audience. |
Third Week | "Halomot Shmurim" | Yizhar Cohen | Ehud Manor special. |
Fourth Week | "Femme Fatale" | Yuval Banai | Duet with Mei Finegold. |
Fourth Week | "Matchila Mehatchala" | Mango | Ranked last by Gal Uchovsky |
Fifth Week | "Hi" | Matti Caspi | Duet with Paula Valstein. Ranked Last by the judges. Bottom two. |
Fifth Week | "Ba'a Elechem" | Miri Mesika | Rescue solo. Ranked last by Gal Uchovsky. Safe. |
Fifth week | "Cada Dia" | Idan Raichel's Project | Sung entirely in Spanish. |
Sixth Week | "Eifo At Ahavati" | Shlomi Shabat | Ranked last by the judges, saved by the audience. |
Sixth Week | "Keilu Kan" | Boaz Mauda | |
Seventh Week | "Shetah Hahefker" | Gidi Gov | Ranked last by Gal Uchovsky |
Seventh Week | "Lo Kal" | Ha'yehudim | |
Eighth Week | "VeDavid Yafe Einaim" | Yigal Bashan | Duet with Mei Finegold |
Eighth Week | "Kama K'haser" | Itzik Shamli | Duet with Re'em Cohen |
Eighth Week | "Haish Ha'hu" | Yehudit Ravitz and Ahuva Ozery | Rescue solo. Safe. |
Eighth Week | "Hashir Shelanu" | Aviv Geffen | |
Eighth Week | "Ve'im Hazman" | Aviv Geffen | Ranked last by Gal Uchovsky |
Ninth Week - Semi Final | "Motek II" | Roni Duani | |
Ninth Week - Semi Final | "Biglal Halayla" | Chava Alberstein | Ranked last by the judges. Saved by the audience and qualified to the final. |
Tenth Week - Final | "Kichlot Hakol VeHatmuna" | Dani Basan | Ranked last by the judges, saved by the audience. |
Tenth Week - Final | "Ani Esh" | Ran Danker | Ranked first by the judges. |
Music career
Daloomi released her first single, "Ten" in April 2010. "Ten" was an Hebrew version to Gloria Estefan's "Hoy", with Hebrew lyrics written by Gilad Segev. The song was nominated for "Song Of The Year." Three months later she released her second single : "Ktzat Acheret", bringing Daloomi nominations for "Singer Of The Year." She won the title on Channel 24 and the children's Channel. "Ten" was voted "Song Of The Year" on the Children's Channel. In November 2010 her third single, critically acclaimed "Kach O' Kach", also a cover of Robi Draco Rosa's "Crash Push", was released.Daloomi released her debut album titled "Ktzat Acheret" on December 20, 2010. The album includes ten songs in the spirit of Latin Music, including two songs which Daloomi co-wrote, and a duet with Colombian singer Marta Gomez to her song "Paula Ausente", which came out as a single on February, 2011. The album received generally positive reviews, but was also criticized for consisting mostly covered versions of Latin Pop music from South America. The idea for the cover-concept album of Latin Music came after Daloomi's much praised performance of "Cada Dia", a song originally performed by Marta Gomez in Idan Raichel's Project's third album.
Daloomi released the song "Shilchi Oto" in April 2011. The song, written by Binyamin Frank and composed by Ronit Shachar, is from a memorial day project by Galei Tzahal radio station called "Od Me'at Nahafoch Leshir" that gathers lyrics and poetry by deceased IDF soldiers and have them composed and performed by Israeli artists.
Daloomi took part in the annual children's songs' competition Festigal as Scheherazade with the song "Nigmeru Li Hamilim" and won second place.
On July 8, 2013, Daloomi released her second album called "Tahaziku", the album includes ten songs too, including the first single that released from the album
And his theme song "Tahaziku", in addition the album includes another three singles, that called "Panai laruach", "Stam shnei anashim" and "Ktze haiom". The first two singles released on 2012, and the last two, at 2013. Another songs from the album "Karka'it nemucha" and "Yom shishi" released as singles after the album released, on 2013 and 2014.