Gilʻadi, Moṭi, 1946-

Mordechai "Moti" Giladi (Hebrew: מרדכי "מוטי" גלעדי; born December 18, 1946) is an Israeli singer and actor. He released his first album in 1969 after he finished his military service. He lived in the United States of America in the seventies and was a cantor in a Jewish community. He returned to Israel in the early eighties and, in 1986, joined Kdam Eurovision with Sarai Tzuriel. At the end of the contest, they won and were chosen to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 held in Bergen, Norway and the duet finished in nineteenth place with 7 points. Since the early nineties, Giladi has continued his career as an actor and also participated at Big Brother's second VIP season, eliminated only one week before the finale.