musical King Solomon and Shalmai the Shoemaker. The musical was widely praised and won the Musical of the Year award at the 2005 Israeli Theatre Awards. In November 2006 she played in the drama film Shalosh Imahot ("Three Mothers"). In the film she performed two new songsEikh Hayinu (איך היינו) and Birkat HaMelekh (ברכת המלך)and cover versions of Ilana Rovina's Bikashti Esh (ביקשתי אש) and Geula Gil's Daber Elay BiFrahim (דבר אליי בפרחים). In the same year she recorded the song HaAviv Sheli Yagi'a (האביב שלי יגיע, "My Spring Will Come") for the drama film Aviva Ahuvati ("Aviva My Love"). In 2007, Mesika took part in Amos Gitai's film, The Dybbuk in Haifa, and in the Festigal festival of children's songs. In March 2008 she released a cover for Berry Sakharof's song, "Kakha ze" ("This Is How It Is") for the second edition of the project Hebrew Labor, dedicated to Israel's 60-year anniversary. Television career In 2012, Mesika was a judge on Kokhav Nolad, the Israeli version of American Idol, and in 2016, she is a coach on the fourth season of "The Voice Israel". In 2019 she starred in the lead role in Israel's channel 12 TV network's "it's got nothing to do with age". Awards and recognition She took part in the Shirimon song contest, a song contest of the Rimon School, and won the first place with David De'or's song Mishehu Kayam produced by Zakh. Shalom LaEmunot gave Mesika another win as Female Singer of the Year, this time both on Galgalatz and on Reshet Gimel. The song "Akhshav Ata Hozer BeHazara" ("Now you're coming back"), written by Eric Berman, won the Reshet Gimel Song of the Year award. Miri Mesika won the Female Singer of the Year award on Galgalatz, and the Discovery of the Year award both on Galgalatz and on Reshet Gimel. The album went double platinum with over 80,000 copies. In 2006, Mesika won another Female Singer of the Year award, this time at the Ami Awards of Music Channel 24. At the 2008 Ami Awards of Music Channel 24, she received another Female Singer of the Year award. See also Music of Israel References Discography Albums External links Miri Mesika on MySpace Music including videos of LeSham Василиска привет! 1978 births 21st-century Israeli women singers Israeli people of Tunisian-Jewish descent Israeli people of Iraqi-Jewish descent Living people Israeli Sephardi Jews Israeli Mizrahi