Ethiopian-Israeli Eden Alene, who attends Hebrew University High School in Jerusalem, and is sponsored by a very generous NACOEJ sponsor (who sponsors other students as well), won the top prize in Israel’s X-Factor, Israel’s version of the popular reality singing competition!

Voters across Israel crowned Eden, who is 17 years old, and being raised by a single mother, as the program’s newest champion. In her original audition, Eden performed Demi Lovato’s “Stone Cold”