Shachmon was born in
Petah Tikva. Prior to her big breakthrough, she was a dancer and worked in modeling. In 1989 she performed at the Israeli national final for the
Eurovision Song Contest as one of
Nissim Gama's accompaniments in his song "
Passes With Time". In 1995, Shachmon auditioned for the Israeli version of
Wheel of Fortune (), but lost the role to .
Erez Tal saw the potential of Shachmon and took her to guide his show
The Wonderful World. At the same time, Gonzalez finished her role as a
Wheel of Fortune girl and was replaced by Shachamon in 1996. Between 1998 and 1999, Shachmon co-hosted
Channel 2's version of
Fort Boyard (
המבצר -
Ha-Mivtzar) alongside
Aki Avni and program introductions alongside
Nati Ravitz, after which she received her own program titled
Sparkling. In 1999 she hosted the
Eurovision Song Contest 1999, which took place in Jerusalem's
International Convention Center, together with
Yigal Ravid and
Dafna Dekel.
Personal life She had a relationship with actor
Aki Avni. In December 2002 she married businessman Ofer Amir, and in December 2004 her eldest son was born. She separated from her husband in 2007, about two months before giving birth to her second son. Shachmon lives in
Rishpon. ==See also==