Marina Maximilian Blumin ( born 15 December 1987), is an Israeli singer-songwriter and actress. She was the runner up of the 5th season of Kokhav Nolad (Star is Born).\r Marina was born in Dnipropetrovsk, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) on 15 December 1987. At the age of three, she immigrated to Israel with her parents. The family lived with friends in Ramat Gan before settling in the Pardes Katz neighbourhood of Bnei Brak. From a young age, she studied piano with her mother, Ella, a classical pianist, and sang in a choir. Marina later went to the conservatory where her mother taught.