Kathleen Reiter a 23-year-old immigrant from Montreal won first place in Israeli television's Channel 2 singing competition

 
Reiter beat out fellow competitor Raz Shmueli by a narrow margin.
 
The child of Israelis, she grew up speaking Hebrew. Visiting Israel last summer, she heard The Voice was auditioning, entered the competition, and subsequently moved to Tel Aviv.  You can read more about her here: http://www.timesofisrael.com/canadian-olah-wins-israels-the-voice/