Without any history in the music industry, and unknown to Boaz, he was signed up by a friend for the auditions of the fifth season of Kochav Nolad. During the show, Boaz sang many Mizrahi and acoustic songs. His voice was loved by the audience and judges. At the finals on August 29, 2007, Boaz competed against Marina Maximillian Blumin and Shlomi Bar'el. On that evening, he performed two songs: "Señorita" with veteran Israeli singer David Broza, and then Avner Gadassi's "Menagen veshar". He won Kochav Nolad 2007 with 50% of the votes. In addition, he won a contract with the label Hed Artzi.
On November 14, the Israel Broadcasting Authority and Israel's Channel 2 announced that Boaz Mauda was chosen to represent his country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. The pre-selection occurred in February 2008 in which Mauda sang five songs, and the audience, together with a jury of Israeli experts, voted for the winning song which was Ke'ilu Kan – a song written by Israel's Eurovision winner Dana International. Ma'uda participated in the first semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest on May 20, 2008. He ended 5th in the semi-finals and was awarded a spot in the final on May 24, 2008 where he ended 9th with 124 points. In 2009 he participated in the series Johnny Hollywood playing the famous singer Izhar Cohen, and in August the same year he began his tour of Israel.
Discography
– Ma'uda released his first single, "Oreakh baolam" for what would be his debut album, titled "Boaz Mauda," as the singer; this song is written by composer Keren Peles.
– he released his second single, also by Peles, "Lakhzor Ha-baita". He published the song "Time to Pray" with singer Sirusho and the singer Jelena Tomasevic.
– his first studio album, titled "Boaz Mauda". This album contains 11 songs, with five titles not previously released: "Mah Yafu", "Better Days," "She-tishaer", and "Ausencia". The song "Sha'ar libech" is a cover of fellow Eurovision 2008 singer Olta Boka's Albanian entry Zemrën e lamë peng.
– he released one single called "Yeled hasade"'' a cover of a famous Israeli song. This cover was recorded to a daily drama series called "Alifim", based on a famous Israeli book. In April the same year he released a new song "Shniya Ve'od Ahat" from his second album which he is currently working.
