| Kokhav Nolad כוכב נולד |
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| Format | Interactive talent show Reality show Game show |
| Created by | Simon Fuller |
| Presented by | Zvika Hadar (1–present) |
| Judges | Tzedi Tzarfati (2–present) Roni Brown (2) Ricky Gal (2–3) Svika Pick (3–7) Margalit Tzan'ani (4–present) Gal Ohovski (4–8) Dana International (7–8) Pavlo Rosenberg (8) Miri Mesika (9–present) Yair Nitzani (9–present) |
| Country of origin | Israel |
| No. of seasons | 9 |
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| Running time | Varies between 90 and 120 minutes |
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| Original channel | Keshet, Channel 2 |
| Original run | May 2003 – present |
Kokhav Nolad (Hebrew: כוכב נולד) (meaning A Star Is Born) is an Israeli reality television show searching for talented new vocalists based on the British Pop Idol and American Idol model. Since its debut on Israeli Channel 2 in 2003, Kokhav Nolad has achieved great popularity and turned out many new musical stars. The show is hosted by Zvika Hadar.
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Ninet Tayeb | Shiri Maimon | Shai Gabso |
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Harel Moyal | Harel Skaat | Adi Cohen |
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Yehuda Saado | Michael Kirkilan | Shir Biton |
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Jacko Eisenberg | Maya Rotman | Refael Mirila |
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Bo'az Ma'uda | Marina Maximilian Blumin | Shlomi Bar'el |
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Israel Bar-On | Lee Biran | Carmel Eckman |
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Roni Dalumi | Vladi Blayberg | Mei Finegold |
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Diana Golbi | Idan Amedi | Ohad Shraga'i |
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Hagit Yaso | David Lavi | Liron Ramati |
The format of Kokhav Nolad is similar to American Idol, Pop Idol and their spinoffs, but it is independently produced and not a licensed adaptation. The contest is open to aspiring singers, most of them in their late teens and early 20s, who appear before a panel of judges, who evaluate their performances. The audience is then asked to vote for their favorite singer. In every round, whoever gets the lowest amount of votes leaves the competition until one is left, who is declared the winner. Kokhav Nolad was preceded by another program called Lo Nafsik Lashir, in which the participants competed in their knowledge of Hebrew songs, not on the quality of their singing.
The season included a number of preliminary episodes in which open auditions were held across Israel. Immediately after that, the quarter final round started in which two or three competitors performed every week; the one who got the most votes moved on to the semi final round. The semi final was divided into two shows with 4-5 competitors in each show. The 3 who got the most votes went on to the finale.
The judges started in the second season, after a small change in the show format. The judge panel included Ricky Gal, Tsedi Tzarfati and Roni Brown. In the third season Svika Pick replaced Ronny Braun. The fourth season had two new judges, Gal Ochovsky and Margalit Tzan'ani, joined Tzarfati and Pick. Dana International joined the ranks in the 7th season and Pavlo Rosenberg in the 8th season. In the 9th season the singer Miri Mesika and the musician Yair Nitzani replaced Gal Ochovsky, Dana International and Pavlo Rozenberg.
Since the 3rd season, each season of the program has had a theme song. The 3rd season theme was "Halomot Mitgashmim" ("Dreams do come true"), composed by Svika Pik and performed by the 3 finalists of Kokhav Nolad 2 (Harel Moyal, Harel Skaat & Adi Cohen, Kokhav Nolad 4 had "Kol Kakh Harbe Shirim" ("So many songs"), composed by Yoni Bloch and performed by the 3rd season winner, Yehuda Saado, the 5th season was brought up with "Kashe li lo lehitragesh" ("It's hard for me not to stress") with Kokhav Nolad 4 winner & runner up - Jacko Eisenberg & Maya Rotthman, Kokhav Nolad 5 was the same with "Mi haya ma'amin?" ("Who would believe?") from Keren Peles and performed by Boaz Mauda & Marina Maximillian Blumin. For Kokhav Nolad 7, Israeli musician & singer Dudu Tassa made a theme named "Ratsiti Lashir" - simply translaed as "I wanted to sing". The final versions came up with 3 solo version of Kokhav Nolad 6 finalists - winner Israel Bar-On, runner up Lee Biran and Carmel Eckman who took the third place. The 8th season's auditions song is "Achshav Tori (It's my turn now)" written by Mosh Ben Ari and is performed by season 7 winner Roni Dalumi. The 9th season's auditions song is "Haderech Shelcha (Your way)" composed by Idan Amedi and is performed by Kokhav Nolad 8 winner & runner up - Diana Golbi & Idan Amedi.
The first season of Kokhav Nolad ran between May and August 2003. The finale was held at the Nitzanim beach in front of a live audience of 7,000 people. Ninet Tayeb won first place with the song "Yam Shel Dma'ot" (A Sea of Tears), Shiri Maimon with the song "Don Quixote" was the runner-up, and Shai Gabso with the song "Esh" (Fire) got third place. Over 1.4 million votes were cast during the final.
The second season of Kokhav Nolad was held from February to August 2004. The final was broadcast on August 15, 2004 from Coca Cola Music Village on the coast of Nitzanim, in front of an audience of 7,500 people. Harel Moyal won the contest with 862,368 votes, Harel Skaat took second place with 806,292 votes, and Adi Cohen took third place with 254,926 votes. Almost 2 million votes were cast during the final.
Since Skaat won first place and Moyal second in the first semi-final against Harel Moyal, and since polls held at certain sites indicated that Harel Skaat would win, many were surprised when he did not. A controversy arose about the voting in the final, beginning with claims that the production company had forged the results and ending with claims that voters had used software to send in more votes for their candidate than was allowed by program regulations (250 votes per apparatus). The production staff denied all of these allegations. On Thursday, August 19, a small demonstration of about 20 Harel Skaat fans was held in front of the offices of Shidurey Keshet. The demonstrators demanded that they investigate the claims and retabulate the votes. Keshet Broadcasting reported that the matter was investigated and no irregularities were found.
The third season of Kokhav Nolad was held from March to August 2005. The final was held on August 29, 2005 in Tel Aviv in front of thousands of people. Yehuda Sa'ado won first place with the song "Sadot Shel Irusim," getting 918,520 votes, Michael Kirkilan won second place with "Yesh BeLibi Kinor," getting 370,631 votes, and Shir Biton won third place with "Smakhot Ktanot," getting 322,288 votes. 1.6 million viewers tuned in to watch the winning moment.
The fourth season of Kokhav Nolad ran from May to September 2006. The final was held on September 7, 2006 at Volume Tel Aviv, in front of an audience of 40,000 people, attracting over a million viewers. Jacko Eisenberg won 1st place with 846,039 votes and Maya Rotman was the runner-up with 514,981 votes.
The fifth season of Kokhav Nolad was held in 2007. The final of Kokhav Nolad 5 was held on Golan Beach in the eastern side of the kinneret lake (in the west side is the city of Tiberias) on August 29, 2007. After the first semifinal, Zvika Hadar announced that Marina Maximillian Blumin had qualified. In the second semifinal Boaz Ma'uda won first place in his bracket. Chen Aharoni went into a head-to-head with Shlomi Bar'el, with Shlomi coming out as the victor. As such Marina, Boaz, and Shlomi were the final three contestants. a first for the series was the participation of Miriam Tukan, in the fifth season, becoming the first Arab participant of Kokhav Nolad.
Bo'az Ma'uda won with 50% of the vote, Marina Maximilian Blumin - 27% was runner and Shlomi Bar'el third with 23% of the vote.[1] Bar'el went on to sign a contract with Hed Arzi Music and Blumin with Helicon Records. In addition, Chen Aharoni and Adir Ohayon, reached deals with NMC Music.
The winner was Israel Bar-On
The winner was Roni Dalumi.
The winner was Diana Golbi.
The auditions started in January 2011 and the televised season in April 2011. The winner was Hagit Yaso.
The auditions started in Fall 2011 and the televised season in Summer 2012.
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