Shiri Maimon Jokes About Post-Trauma After Dancing with the Stars
Singer Shiri Maimon humorously admitted she still suffers from post-trauma after competing in Dancing with the Stars as she promoted the new season of The Next Star on Keshet 12.
Shiri Maimon reached the finals of Dancing with the Stars, but in a recent interview at the launch of the new season of The Next Star, the singer humorously admitted she has not fully recovered from the intense experience. Her participation prompted host Assi Azar to recall the similarly grueling dance floor stint of his regular co-host, Rotem Sela.
Reflecting on Sela's performance, Azar did not hold back his amused critique. "She lived under the illusion that she danced reasonably well, but I remember watching her and thinking, 'how miserable.' She would spin around and think her head had to stay fixed toward the camera. But maybe that is where I fell in love with her," Azar joked.
Maimon, who finished the demanding competition in third place, confessed that the psychological toll lingers. "I have post-trauma," she said with a laugh, adding, "I get triggers from songs I danced to and suddenly I get stressed. I remember various good and bad moments. I am still not able to watch myself dance."
The upcoming season of The Next Star on Keshet 12 also features a fresh face on the judges' panel, singer Osher Cohen. Unlike his model wife, Eden Pines, Cohen admitted he feels less comfortable in front of the flashing cameras and media spotlight. "Just let me be in the studio, lock myself in a nook, and make songs and music. Give me my audience, that is the most fun thing in the world for me. Running around here interview after interview where you can say something wrong, that is stressful."
Cohen joining the panel prompted fellow judge Itay Levi to reminisce about his own abrupt recruitment. "They woke me up at 12 in the afternoon and told me to come to The Next Star. I told myself, 'no way this is real, someone is trying to mess with me,' and I hung up the phone," Levi recalled.
