The X Factor Israel

The X Factor Israel
The X Factor ישראל
Genre Reality television
Created by Simon Cowell
Presented by
Judges
Composer(s) Simon Cowell
Country of origin Israel
Original language(s) Hebrew, English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 23 (as of January 14, 2014)
Production
Producer(s) Thames
Tamira Yardeni
Location(s) Nokia Arena Tel Aviv
Running time 60–150 minutes
Release
Original network
Original release October 26, 2013 – Ongoing
External links
The X Factor Israel reshet.tv/shows/the_x_factor_israel/

The X Factor Israel (The X Factor ישראל) is the Israeli version of the British television music competition The X Factor, created by Simon Cowell. The show started airing fall of 2013[1] on Reshet.[2]

Judges and hosts

The first season was hosted by Israeli fashion model Bar Refaeli.[3][4] Its judges for the first season of the show were rock singer Rami Fortis, pop singer-songwriter and composer Moshe Peretz, pop and R&B singer Shiri Maimon, and pop singer Ivri Lider.

Series overview

To date, two series have been broadcast, as summarised below.

     Contestant in (or mentor of) "Boys" category
     Contestant in (or mentor of) "Girls" category
     Contestant in (or mentor of) "Groups" category
     Contestant in (or mentor of) "Over 25s" category

Series Start Finish Winner Runner-up Third place Winning mentor Presenters Main judges
One 26 October 2013 14 January 2014 Rose Fostanes Eden Ben Zaken Ori Shakiv Shiri Maimon Bar Refaeli Rami Fortis
Ivri Lider
Shiri Maimon
Moshe Peretz
Two 13 June 2015 Daniel Yafe Yossi Shitrit Ana Timofie Rami Fortis

Judges' categories and their finalists

In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses a small number of acts (three for season one) to progress to the live shows. This table shows, for each season, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live shows.

Key:

     – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.

Season Rami Fortis Moshe Peretz Shiri Maimon Ivri Lider
One Girls
Eden Ben Zaken
Inbal Bibi
Tamar Friedman		 Boys
Ori Shakiv
Ben Golan
Yahav Tavasi		 Over 25s
Rose Fostanes
Avishachar Jackson
Neta Rad		 Groups
Fusion
Tommy & Yan
Carakukli Sisters
Two Over 25s
Daniel Yafe
Libi
Shlomit Jersey		 Groups
Ido and Atara
Close Up
After The Sun		 Girls
Ana Timofie
Tal Ginat
Hadar Lee		 Boys
Yossi Shitrit
Almog Krief
Dodo Ivgi
Ben Goldshtein

Season 1 (2013-14)

The first season started its run on Saturday, October 26, 2013, and aired during prime time on Reshet network on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The first episode peaked at 49%, about 1.1 million viewers, making it the highest figure of any Israeli music program.[5] At the end of bootcamp, 20 contestants made it to the judges' houses. Two acts were eliminated from each judge before the live show. The top 12 finalists continued on for the live shows.[6]

Season 2 (2015)

The second season started its run on Thursday, June 13, 2015.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "‘The X Factor Israel’ debuts Saturday". The Jerusalem Post. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  2. ↑ "The X Factor Israel". Reshet. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Krupnick, Ellie (2013-05-29). "Bar Refaeli 'X Factor' Host Gig Will Kick Off Show In Israel". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Caspi, David (2013-05-27). "Supermodel Bar Refaeli to Host 'X Factor' Israel". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  5. ↑ Hawkes, Rebecca. "X Factor Israel launches to strong ratings". Rapid TV News. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Rose Fostanes makes it to ‘X Factor Israel’ Top 12 live shows". BuzzMeter. Retrieved 16 December 2013. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)



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