The X Factor Israel

The X Factor Israel (Hebrew: אקס פקטור 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]

The X Factor Israel
GenreReality television
Created bySimon Cowell
Presented byBar Refaeli (2013–2018)
Liron Weizman (2021–2022)
JudgesRami Fortis (2013–2015)
Moshe Peretz (2013–2018)
Shiri Maimon (2013–2018)
Ivri Lider (2013–2018)
Subliminal (2017–2018)
Aviv Geffen (2021–2022)
Netta (2021–2022)
Margol (2021–2022)
Ran Danker (2021–2022)
Miri Mesika (2021–2022)
ComposerSimon Cowell
Country of originIsrael
Original languagesHebrew
English
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes86 (as of February 3, 2022)
Production
ProducersThames
Tamira Yardeni
Production locationNokia Arena Tel Aviv
Running time60–150 minutes
Release
Original networkChannel 2 (Reshet) (2013–2017)
Reshet 13 (2017–2022)
Original releaseOctober 26, 2013 (2013-10-26) –
February 3, 2022 (2022-02-03)

Judges and hosts

The first three seasons were hosted by Israeli fashion model Bar Refaeli. Liron Weizman hosts the fourth season.[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. In the third season, rapper Subliminal replaced Rami Fortis as a judge on the show. In the fourth season, all of the judging panel changes: Mizrahi singer Margalit Tzan'ani, singer-songwriter Aviv Geffen, singer and Eurovision 2018 winner Netta Barzilai, while a fourth and fifth judges revealed to be Ran Danker and Miri Mesika, making it the first season of X Factor Israel to feature 5 judges instead of 4.

Series overview

To date, three seasons have been broadcast, as summarised below.

  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Rami Fortis"
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Shiri Maimon"
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Ivri Lider"
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Moshe Peretz"
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Subliminal"
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Ran Danker"
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Aviv Geffen"
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Netta"
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Miri Mesika and Margol"
Season Start Finish Winner Runner-up Third place Fourth place Winning mentor Presenters Main judges Guest judges
One 26 October
2013		 14 January
2014		 Rose Fostanes Eden Ben Zaken Ori Shakiv Fusion Shiri Maimon Bar Refaeli Rami Moshe Shiri Ivri None
Two 13 June
2015		 September 5
, 2015		 Daniel Yafe Yossi Shitrit Ana Timofie Ido & Atara Rami Fortis
Three 18 October
2017		 30 January
2018		 Eden Alene Guy Yahood Yam Refaeli The Brinks Ivri Lider Subliminal Eden Ben Zaken
Four 30 October
2021		 5 February
2022		 Michael Ben David Eli Huli Inbal Bibi Sapir Saban Netta Liron Weizman Ran Netta Aviv Miri and Margol Moshe Peretz, Harel Skaat,

Eden Ben Zaken, Eden Hason

Judges' categories and their contestants

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
Carakukly
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
Subliminal Moshe Peretz Shiri Maimon Ivri Lider
Three Groups
The Brinks
Idan and Almog
Ori and Tirel		 Boys
Guy Yahood
Honi Assor
Daniel Zynchenko		 Girls
Lin Ben Hamo
Reut Levi
Teemna Gonen		 Teens
Eden Alene
Yam Refaeli
Eliraz Zaada
Oriane Recchia
Aviv Geffen Miri Mesika and Margol Netta Ran Danker
Four Girls
Inbal Bibi
Sapir Saban
Anna Stefani
Gai'da Abu Awad		 Groups and Over 25s
Linet
Shiran and Ron
Adi Cohen
Tarante Groove Machine
Liron Lev		 Boys
Michael Ben David
Eli Huli
Shachar Adawi
Elisha Nachmias		 Teens
Ilay Elmakais
Lia Navipur
Shahar Admoni
Agam Abuhatzira

Season 1 (2013–14)
Main article: The X Factor Israel (season 1)

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)
Main article: The X Factor Israel (season 2)

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

Season 3 (2017–18)
Main article: The X Factor Israel (season 3)

The third season started its run on October 18, 2017. The show was hosted by Bar Refaeli and the judges were Moshe Peretz, Shiri Maimon and Ivri Lider, who had been judges in the previous two seasons; they were joined by a new judge, rapper Subliminal.

Season 4 (2021–22)
Main article: The X Factor Israel (season 4)

The show has been renewed for a fourth season and returned on October 30, 2021. Liron Weizman replaced Bar Refaeli as host.

Originally, Simon Cowell, Aviv Geffen, Margalit Tzan'ani, and Netta were to be judges for season 4.[7] However, it has since been revealed that Cowell decided to pull out.[8] It was later decided that singers Ran Danker and Miri Mesika would both be judges in the show instead of Cowell, making it the first season of X Factor Israel to feature five judges instead of four.

See also

References
  1. "'The X Factor Israel' debuts Saturday". The Jerusalem Post. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  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. Gab. "Rose Fostanes makes it to 'X Factor Israel' Top 12 live shows". BuzzMeter. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  7. "Simon Cowell To Be A Judge On 'The X Factor Israel'". Deadline. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  8. "Simon Cowell Pulls Out of Israeli X Factor". Jewish News. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
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