Yaakov "Kobi" Marimi (Hebrew: קובי מרימי; born October 8, 1991) is an Israeli singer and actor.
[5] During his studies he appeared in the plays The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Comic Illusion and Prayer.
[6] Marimi won the award for the most promising actor in Israel's Musical Theatre Festival.
This earned him the right to represent his country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 on home soil in Tel Aviv.
In June 2019, Marimi started performing as Earnest in the production of Spring Awakening at the Israeli National Theater, "Habima".