Biography:

Galit Shira Borg ( June 8 , 1968 – November 28, 2022 ) was an Israeli singer , who was a member of the duo ” Gili and Galit ” that represented Israel in the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest with the song ” The King’s Road “.

Borg was born and raised in Bat Yam as the eldest daughter in a family of six children. Her father was the cousin of the singer Mike Brant . She came to the stage at random.

In 1989, the musician Sheika Paykov submitted his song ” The King’s Way ” to the pre-Eurovision contest and he chose the boy Gili Nathanel , who was 12 years old at the time, to perform his song. Shortly before the competition, it was decided by the Eurovision pre-producers to attach a mature singer to him.

The promoter and producer Shlomo Tsach , who knew Borg, suggested her and that’s how the duo ” Gili and Galit ” was created. After winning first place in the 1989 pre-Eurovision contest, they were sent to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest , which took place in Lausanne , Switzerland . The song came in 12th place out of 22 contestants. The two recorded an English version of the song called “Shine for Tomorrow”. Although the song was not successful in other countries, in Israel it became a hit. The English version of the song was not a success, and the duo broke up soon after.

In 1991 , two years after the Eurovision performance, Borg founded the band “Tramp”, with which she performed at “Telrock” in Holon . In 1995 she competed for the role of ” Wheel of Fortune Girl “.

Borg married the band’s guitarist and moved to live intermittently in the United States , where she was engaged in music. In 1994 she released a rock album in Israel that was not a success. In 1997 , she went to the European market under the stage name “Galecia”, and released a dance song in English called “You Are The One” which received many plays. In 2005 , she released an album called “Nogat Bach” consisting of her and her husband’s material.

In 2013, she participated in the audition stage of the first season of the reality show ” X Factor Israel “.

Personal life

In the first decade of the 21st century she returned to teshuva and began to engage in singing in the evenings of parshat challah and musical performances for women in combination with her personal teshuva story.[1]Borg remarried, to a Chabad follower . She added the name “Shira” to the original name at the recommendation of her rabbi. Borg was a mother of two.

On November 28 , 2022 , she was killed in a car accident that happened on road 4314 .[2]

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