Shahar Tavoch (; born 18 March 1999) is an Israeli actor, singer, and television presenter.

Early life

Tavoch was born and raised in

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, Israel, and has studied in Blich high school. His mother, Ettie, is head of accounting at the

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, and his father, Shaul, is a sales agent.

Professional career

In 2012–2013, he hosted the TV show ''Click'' on

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, in which the participants present videos they have uploaded on YouTube, and the prank show ''Staaam!'', in which the hosts (Oded Paz, Tal Mosseri, Dana Frider, etc.) prank various teen stars. In 2013, he played the role of Shloimele Efros, son of Yosele and Shaindl in the play '' Mirele Efros'' in the

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. In 2014, he participated in the game show ''

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'', along with Maya Shoham. In 2017, he participated in the reality TV show '' Rising Star''. In 2018, he played the character of Erez in the film ''Herzl's Susita''. In the same year, he played the role of Matan in the show ''Our Treasure'' on the

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channel. In 2019, he played the character of Niv in the youth series ''Runaway'' on

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. In March 2020, he played the role of Lev in the series ''Mishpaha BeHanpaka''. He appeared in the music video for the song ''קוצ'י מוצ'י'' by Taylor Malkov and Ben Zini. In the same year, he dubbed various characters for ''

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''. In October 2020,

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aired the drama series ''

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'', in which Tavoch played the role of Avinoam. In March 2021, he played the role of Brosh in the TV series ''Sky''. That same year, he dubbed George's character in

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, and a character in

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On July 19, 2021, he released his first single, פחדן (; ). In August of the same year, ''Who's the Boss?'' aired, in which he plays the role of Gomme. Tuvoch appeared in the ''

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'' alongside his co-actress from ''Sky'' and ''Mishpaha BeHanpaka'', Bar Minieli. On January 9, 2022, he released his second single, מישבאלי (; ). That same year, he dubbed Thomas in '' Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go''. On July 4 of the same year, he released his third single, "Mangal". In late 2024, he began filming '' Stay Forte'', playing Yotam Haim, a real-life hostage of the

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Personal life

In November 2020, Tavoch stated in an interview to ''

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'' that following the connection that he formed with his co-actor

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during the filming of ''

'', he has started keeping

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and putting on

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. Tavoch has stated that he is gay.

Discography

Charted singles

References

1999 births Living people People from Ramat Gan Israeli male film actors Israeli male television actors Israeli male voice actors Israeli male stage actors Israeli television presenters Israeli gay actors Israeli gay musicians Israeli LGBTQ singers Israeli LGBTQ broadcasters Gay singers 21st-century Israeli male actors 21st-century Israeli male singers 21st-century Israeli LGBTQ people {{Israel-singer-stub