His parents are Daniel "Dani" Bitton and Ronit (nee Jamil) and grew up in the neighborhood of Kfar Marmorek in his hometown.

In 1996, Ze'ev Nehama and Tamir Kliski, members of the band "Ethnix", were searching for a Mizrahi singer for producing a music album.

He was managed for a long time by record producer Ishai Ben Zur, who was responsible for the success of many of Eyal's albums.

[3] On 15 August 2023, Oshri released "Getting Out of Depression", which Israeli and Jewish media called the "anthem of the Israel-Hamas war.

[4][5] On 20 February 2011, Eyal Golan introduced a new reality show on Israeli Music 24 called Eyal Golan Is Calling You (in Hebrew אייל גולן קורא לך) where he is searching for the next Mizrahi music singer together with Yosi Ganj, Adi Leon and Yaron Elan.

The show was renewed for a second season, and the winner in the finale broadcast on 25 March 2012, was the Arab-Israeli singer Nasreen Qadri.

In December 2018, Golan started dating Israeli model and Big Brother Israel participant Daniel Greenberg.

Golan denied the charges, but admitted that his father, Danny Biton, had brought girls to his home to have sex with him.

Protesters interrupted the event, but were removed by security before Golan performed a duet with MK Nava Boker, the chairwoman of the Knesset Caucus for Hebrew Music.

[10][11] In an interview in the immediate aftermath of the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, Eyal Golan reportedly called to "erase Gaza" and "not leave a single person there".