Eliad Cohen


Eliad Cohen is an Israeli producer, actor, model and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Gay-ville, a gay-friendly vacation rental service headquartered in Tel Aviv. He became a prominent Israeli gay personality after being chosen as the cover model of the Spartacus International Gay Guide for the 2011-2012 issue, which led to various magazine covers around the world.
After completing his military service, Eliad Cohen began a modeling career, later branching into organizing of events, most notably Arisa and PAPA series, promotion of Tel Aviv Pride events and various activities in support of gay-friendly Israeli tourism. He also established a prominent online service through his own Gay-ville website.

Career

Eliad is well known for his role as the presenter of the Arisa party series, which is the first international party dedicated to Mizrahi music, the music of Jews from Arabic speaking countries. Eliad was approached by the Arisa creative team and asked to star in one of their music videos. The Arisa videos have proved very popular and have an international following online. But they have also drawn criticism for their depiction of various themes and characters. In November 2011, the Arisa party line traveled to São Paulo, Brazil where Eliad and the rest of the Arisa team were featured in front of an audience of nearly 1,000 people.
He is the co-founder of Gay-ville, a gay-friendly, global vacation and apartment rental network based out of Tel Aviv. Gay-ville took off with thousands of apartment listings in countries on every continent. Cohen is also founder of the PAPA Party that was launched in Tel Aviv in association with Tel Aviv Gay Pride. Since 2012, he has launched it internationally with events in various American, Canadian, European and Latin American venues.
Spartacus International Gay Guides featured Cohen on the cover of the guide's 2011-2012 issue. In February 2013, Out magazine readers voted him as second in its "Top 10: Eligible Bachelors". His appearance on the cover of Spanish gay publication OhMyGod created controversy when Spanish photographer Juan Pablo Santamaria depicted Eliad Cohen under the provocative title "Eliad Cohen: El nuevo mesías gay de Israel".In December 2011, he appeared on the cover of the Brazilian magazine Junior and in April 2016, on the cover of The Fight LGBT magazine. He also modelled for BCNÜ utility wear.

Personal life

Eliad was born on May 11, 1988 in Acre, Israel. After completing high school, he served in the Israel Defense Forces in an elite combat unit for three years. After completing his army service, Eliad moved to Tel Aviv where he worked as a bartender in various bars and clubs before launching his career. He also ventured into modelling and posed for a number of advertisements. He always wears the chai, as a sign of pride in Israel. Cohen is openly gay after coming out to his parents when he was twenty years old.
He lived in Madrid LA and Miami for a yer now.

PAPA PARTY

Beginning in 2010, Eliad launched the PAPA PARTY in Tel Aviv. Regarded as one of the best parties in the world with a unique combination of high energy, progressive music and phenomenal performances, the PAPA WORLD TOUR launched with spectacular events.
Every year, PAPA PARTY travels around the world reaching more than thirty countries, what makes it one of the most influential and popular parties in the international gay scene.
PAPA PARTY has become one of the most well respected events and marketing brands in the world. Worldclass DJs, exceptional performances, surprises throughout the night and an incredible energy have made PAPA famous globally.
Every year the tour more than 30 countries experience one of the best gay parties in the world.
PAPA ́S WORLD, the single released by Eliad Cohen, Dj Suri & DJ Oscar Velazquez
and The Voice Brazil Finalist singer Nikki Valentine became TOP #1 on Electronic Music of Apple Music, spreading the soul of the party around the world.
This party is really famous worldwide and the popularity of Eliad within the LGBT community had made the brand one of the most competitive events in the world. Eliad Cohen is seen as a gay icon and the customers attend the events to have the chance of see him and take a picture with the celebrity. PAPA PARTY is part of the best and biggest productions within the LGBT scene.
The most famous parties of every country become every year part of the World Tour. We Party Group, the biggest gay party in Spain, makes every year on Gay Pride a special date to bring PAPA.
On 2017, more than 3 million people attend WORLDPRIDE MADRID where PAPA PARTY was doing a very special event with the
Spanish producer. Circuit Barcelona takes part as well on the tour. This production is the biggest Gay Festival in the world. PAPA has a date every year on Circuit Parties to surprise the crowd.
The biggest party in Brazil and Mexico, one of the most growing markets of LGBT scene, counts with PAPA every year for special dates like New Year or Carnival. Like this, PAPA goes to more than 30 countries per year: France, Portugal, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Greece, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Guatemala, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Australia and many more.
MAIN PAPA RESIDENT DJs
DJ SURI
DJ Suri in known for his unique and infectiousstyle. He combines fresh and strong beats, with powerful melodies and epic vocals, lots of exclusive mashups and live acapella mixing make his sets a really special experience. Suri is one of the Spain's most in­demand DJs & producers. Winner of an EMA in 2011 as BestNewcomer Producer.
DJ TEDDY CLARKS
Teddy's style is a strong and unique mix of vocal house with the best beats from the Paris dance scene. His remix of Beyonce's "Flawless" was played all over the world at the biggest parties. Teddy brings a Frech savoir faire to every PAPA PARTY

SUPERVIVIENTES 2017

The Spanish TV show Supervivientes, based on Survivor is a reality where famous people try to survive in an island while they are expected to pass physical proves.
Eliad was competitor in 2017 of SURVIVOR VIP, edition where top celebrities are selected to participate because of their notoriety and for their large fan base.
This TV program was the most viewed reality show of Spanish television on 2017, closing the share on the 33.3% of the audience and becoming the second most viewed edition of all time.
Eliad lived on the island in Honduras with well-known Spanish celebrities. There he was expected to pass all proofs and have a good coexistence with all the contestants, and he actually did it. He passed all of them and became leader of the group in several occasions, making him one of the best competitors of the reality. The Israeli starred in one of the most tense moments in the program when in one of the group apnea tests he risked his life being underwater for a long time.
He made extreme efforts in all the activities to make the best of his team group and this caused him several injuries.
The last proof broke his biceps tendon so he had to have many medical tests to check the severe injury.
Finally the doctors report made him leave the island against his will to make him surgery back in Spain.
This was the reason Eliad had to come back to Spain to have medical attention and recovering.
The program increased his fame in Spain, allowing him to establish new relations with Spanish celebrities, TV programs and magazines.
After his participation in the contest, his face appeared in the most famous magazines of the country as Lecturas, He joined the cover of the magazine where he had an exclusive section for himself, talking about his personal life and future career.

PR and BRAND AMBASSADOR

Eliad Cohen has an entrepreneurship soul, designing and collaborating with fashion, sport and lifestyle brands from all over the world.
BCNU by Eliad Cohen, PAPA WEAR and MASSBRANDED for Eliad Cohen have been the biggest fashion collaborations where the model participated on the design of sport and swimwear clothes.
This clothes were inspired by Eliad Cohen's lifestyle and vision of the current men fashion needs.

MODELING

The entrepreneur is always in the eye of magazines, model agencies and fashion designers. This made him a perfect face to be on magazine covers.
The last covers of the model were:
Men Lifestyle
G MAGAZINE PUERTO RICO
LGTB Magazine
LGTB Magazine