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Gidi Gov (Hebrew: גידי גוב‎) (born August 4, 1950), is an Israeli singer, TV host, entertainer and actor. Gov is married to playwright Anat Gov, with whom he has three children. Gideon (Gidi) Gov was born in Rehovot in 1950 to Daniel and Tzipora Gov. As a child Gov suffered from the asthma. Gov's father died when he was very young, which made his mother move with him from place to place, including Tel Aviv and Eilat. Growing up Gov never dreamed of becoming a singer, only when he enlisted to the IDF in 1969, Yair Rosenblum recommended that Gov would be auditioned for the Nahal... MORE

Gidi Gov (Hebrew: גידי גוב‎) (born August 4, 1950), is an Israeli singer, TV host, entertainer and actor. Gov is married to playwright Anat Gov, with whom he has three children. Gideon (Gidi) Gov was born in Rehovot in 1950 to Daniel and Tzipora Gov. As a child Gov suffered from the asthma. Gov's father died when he was very young, which made his mother move with him from place to place, including Tel Aviv and Eilat. Growing up Gov never dreamed of becoming a singer, only when he enlisted to the IDF in 1969, Yair Rosenblum recommended that Gov would be auditioned for the Nahal entertainment troupe. Gov passed the auditions and joined the Nahal entertainment troupe. There Gov actually began his acting and singing career. Gov's first major breakthrough occurred when Gov sang in the 1973 Israeli "Song and chorus Festival" (פסטיבל הזמר והפזמון) the song "Rise up and arrive" (יעלה ויבוא). The song reached only number eight, but become one of the songs most identified with the competition. During the same year Gov established along with some of the former Nahal troupe members (Efraim Shamir, Danny Sanderson and Alon Olearchik) and two others (Yoni Rechter and Isaac Klepter) the band LESS