Shiri Maimon (or Maymon; Hebrew: שִׁירִי מַיְמוֹן, [ˈʃiʁi majˈmon]; born (1981-05-17)17 May 1981) is an Israeli singer, television personality and actress, who rose to fame as the runner-up in the inaugural season of singing reality competition Kokhav Nolad.

Maimon made her debut at the age of ten, when she performed at the Festigal as one of the Festival's children, and sang the song "BeChol Matzav" ("In Any Way") by Si Heiman.

[6] She enrolled in Beit Zvi school of the Performing Arts, but left a short time after when she found out that she passed the auditions to the reality show Kokhav Nolad.

The three finalists, Maimon included, gained publicity and a massive coverage in the press, which resulted in their breakthrough the mainstream Israeli music industry.

In December 2003, while working on her debut album, Maimon joined one of the most popular daily youth TV program in Israel, EXIT as a host.

In the same year, Maimon collaborated with Shlomi Shabat, when they performed together on one of his shows in Caesarea, singing one of his songs as a duet, "Bechol Makom" ("Anywhere").

Maimon chose to enter the competition with her second single, "HaSheket SheNish’ar" ("The Silence That Remains"), which was released to the radio on 15 February, together with the rest of the competing songs.

On 2 March Maimon won the first place in the competition with an overwhelming victory, winning 116 points out of 120 possible, and became Israel's representative at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv.

In addition, "HaSheket SheNish’ar" was ranked at number 1 on the year-end charts ("The Song of the Year") of Reshet Gimmel and other different radio stations.

Maimon's performance in the Eurovision helped to shift her public image from a reality show celebrity to a serious singer, and based her position as a musician in the Israeli music industry.

In March 2005, shortly after she became Israel's representative at the Eurovision, Maimon was chosen to sing the Israeli anthem before a FIFA World Cup qualification match against Ireland.

In July 2005, two months after participating in the Eurovision, Maimon released her third single, "Ahava Ktana" ("A Little Love"), that gained high success in the radio charts.

In October 2005 Maimon released her fourth single, "Kama Pe’amim" ("How Many Times"), that gained good success in the radio charts.

In March 2006, Maimon appeared on the soap opera Yeladot Ra'ot ("Bad Girls") on the Israeli Music Channel, where she played the role of Maya Gold, a talented singer and recording star trying to balance her career and her love life with caring for her drug addicted brother.

Also in March 2006, Maimon made a guest appearance at the Kdam Eurovision 2006 as the previous year winner, singing "Le’an SheLo Telchi" (in Henree's Drum Machine Mix version).

Her first single from her second album was released in December 2007, entitled "Yoter Tov Lisloach" ("Better to Forgive"), and gained good success in the radio charts.

In February 2008, Maimon released the second single from the album, called "KsheHalachta" ("When You Were Gone"), that gained average success in the radio charts, and became a popular song in memorial days.

In March 2008, Maimon released the third single from the album, called "Tohavi Ktzat Et Atzmekh" ("Love Yourself A Little"), that didn't gain much success in the radio charts.

[7] In the "Europe's Favourite Act" category, she finished in 3rd place, before the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Dima Bilan, and the British singer Leona Lewis.

In January 2010 the duo released a new single in order to promote the tour, "Geshem SheYavo" ("A Rain To Come"), an original song that was written for the project, that gained success in some radio charts.

In April 2011, a third single from Maimon and Buskila's project was released, "Ad Sof HaOlam" ("Until The end of the World"), for the promotion of their live album.

The song was originally composed by Buskila and sung by Haim Moshe and Yoav Itzhak, and didn't gain much success in the radio charts.

In May 2012, the duo released a fifth single from their project, "Kama Ahava" ("How Much Love"), which was originally composed by Buskila and sung by Kobi Peretz, and had a music video edited as a travel log.

In June 2012, Maimon released her first single from her new solo album, "Sheleg BaSharav" ("Snow in the Heatwave"), that gained good success in the radio charts.

In July 2012, Maimon released her second single from her new solo album, "Mechaka SheTashuv" ("Waiting For You To Come Back"), that gained average success in the radio charts.

In February 2013, Maimon released the fifth single from her solo album, "Kama at Yafa" ("How Beautiful You Are"), that didn't gain much success in the radio charts.

In February 2014, Maimon collaborated with Israeli singer Muki, when she was featured in his song "Lir’ot Hafuch" ("Seeing Upside Down"), which appeared on his new album "Lev Chofshi" ("Free Heart").

In July, 2017, in a The Times of Israel blog post , Pakistan based blogger Sarmad Iqbal called Shiri's music a reason behind his love for Hebrew language.

In February 2024, she recorded a live album of greatest hits at Heichal HaTarbut accompanied by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, which was conducted by Tomer Adaddi.

[3][17] The album included a Hebrew rendition of "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" ("אל נא תבכי ארגנטינה") in an homage to her past stint in Evita.