Sarit Hadad

Sarit Hadad (Hebrew: שרית חדד, Hebrew pronunciation: [saˈʁit χaˈdad]) (born on September 20, 1978) is an Israeli singer. In October 2009, the Israeli Music TV Channel (Channel 24) named Hadad "best female singer of the 2000s". She represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, in Tallinn, with the song "Light a Candle". Sarah Hudadatov (Hebrew: שרה חודדטוב‎) (later Sarit Hadad) was born in the town of Afula, Israel to Mountain Jewish parents who had made aliyah from Dagestan in 1976. Hadad is the youngest of seven children: She has three brothers and three sisters. In 1980, her family moved to Hadera. When she was ten years old, she participated in a contest for young talent, where she performed on the piano. She also played the organ, guitar, accordion, and darbuka.

On September 21, 2017, Hadad gave birth to a baby girl named Noya.In September 2021, she came out of the closet and revealed her partner Tamar Yahalomi, releasing the song "Ahava Kmo Shelanu" ("Love Like Ours").