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| Birth name | Yehonatan Ya'akov Mergui |
| Born | February 10, 2000 Tel Aviv, Israel |
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| Years active | 2017–present |
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Yehonatan Ya'akov "Jonathan" Mergui (Hebrew: יהונתן מרגי; born February 10, 2000), known professionally by his surname Mergui, is an Israeli singer, songwriter and dancer. He attained his fame following his participation on the fifth season of Rising Star, where he reached second place in the competition.
Mergui was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a family of Moroccan-Jewish and Tunisian-Jewish descent.[citation needed]
In 2017–2018 he appeared on Rising Star. On the "screen level", Mergui sang the song "How Far I'll Go" from the movie Moana, which lifted the screen and won 88%. In February 2018 he qualified for the grand final of the series, he competed against Chen Aharoni, Netta Barzilai and Riki Ben Ari. At the grand final event he won 205 points, trailing at second behind Netta Barzilai – with 250 points.
On September 15, 2019, he released Ma Iyea, his debut EP produced by Johnny Goldstein. It includes the singles "Asur" and "Hakol Shakuff".[1]
From 2018 to 2021 he was in a relationship with Israeli singer Noa Kirel.[2]
