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The X Factor Israel (season 4)
''The X Factor Israel'' is the Israeli version of the British television music competition ''The X Factor (TV series), The X Factor''. The fourth season run between October 30, 2021 and February 5, 2022 on Reshet 13, airing in prime time. On April 6, 2021, it was announced that the winner of this season would represent in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Michael Ben David was the selected entrant with the song "I.M (song), I.M". Judges and hosts hosts the fourth season. All the members of the judging panel changed from the previous season: 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 five judges instead of four. Show creator Simon Cowell was originally announced as a judge for the season before pulling out. Auditions The auditions started on October 30, 2021 and ended o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ran Danker
Ran Danker ( he, רן דנקר; born Khalil Yosef Danker on January 7, 1984) is an Israeli–American actor, singer and model. He starred in hit Israeli series such as ''HaShir Shelanu'' (2004–2007), ''The Gordin Cell'' (2012–2015), '' Miguel'' (2018) and more. Danker received an Ophir Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in '' Eyes Wide Open'' (2009). Danker was also nominated for an Ophir Award for Best Actor for his role in ''Doubtful'' (2017). Early life Danker was born in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, to a Jewish family. He is the son of Israeli actor Eli Danker. He went to Israel with his mother when he was two years old after his parents' divorce. He grew up in the Bavli neighborhood in Tel Aviv. During that time he was a member of the Ha-Horesh tribe choir of the scouts youth movement. Towards his Junior High year, Ran and his mother moved to Poleg, Netanya. Between high school and his army service, Ran participated in a few TV commerc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The X Factor Israel (season 1)
'' The X Factor Israel'' is the Israeli version of the British television music competition ''The X Factor''. Season 1 was first announced in late 2012. Auditions for the show began on March 5, 2013. Promos for the show started airing in early September. The first season started its run on Saturday, October 26, 2013. The show airs during prime time on Reshet network on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The season concluded on January 14, 2014. Judges and hosts In May 2013, it was announced that Bar Refaeli, an Israeli fashion model, will host the first season. Contrary to most other versions of the ''X Factor'' where the judges panels was a mixture of singers and music industry figures, the Israeli version was composed entirely of musicians. The judges panel for the first season was composed of the rock singer Rami Fortis, the pop singer-songwriter and composer Moshe Peretz, the pop and R&B singer Shiri Maimon, and the pop singer Ivri Lider. Contestants Key: : – Winner : &nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Idol
''American Idol'' is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to April 7, 2016, for 15 seasons. It was on hiatus for two years until March 11, 2018, when a revival of the series began airing on ABC. It started as an addition to the '' Idols'' format that was based on ''Pop Idol'' from British television, and became one of the most successful shows in the history of American television. The concept of the series involves discovering recording stars from unsigned singing talents, with the winner determined by American viewers using phones, Internet, and SMS text voting. The winners of the first twenty seasons, as chosen by viewers, are Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze, Scotty McCreery, Phillip Philli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Voice Israel (season 2)
''The Voice Israel (Season 2)'' is the second season of the reality show ''The Voice Israel'', which focuses on finding the next Israeli pop star. It is hosted by Michael Aloni with coaches Shlomi Shabat, Sarit Hadad, Aviv Geffen and Mashina. Lina Makhul was declared the winner, with Ofir Ben Shitrit as runner-up. Summary of competitors ;Competitors' table : – Winner : – Runner-up : – 2nd/3rd Runner-up : – Eliminated Result Tables The Blind Auditions Episode 1 The coaches performed "אין מקום אחר" at the start of the show. Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 8 Episode 8: Extra Round Episode 9: before the battles episode before the battles Episodes 10–15: Battle Rounds : – Battle Winner Episodes 16–17: Top 24 At this stage of the competition, each mentor chose the contestants from his team to move on to the Top 20. However, the others mentors had the opportunity to press ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya Simantov
Maya Simantov (born June 25, 1982) is an Israeli singer and songwriter who has worked in the house music scene for over a decade. She is mostly known for her collaborations with DJ and producer Offer Nissim, such as "Everybody Needs a Man", "Let Me Live", "Alone", "Be My Boyfriend", "First Time" and more, and has written songs for recording artists such as Dana International, Rita Rita may refer to: People * Rita (given name) * Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984) * Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962) * Rita (Japanese singer) * Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita Places * Djarrit, also known as Rita, ... and Sarit Hadad. Biography She has collaborated with Peter Rauhofer, Tracy Young, DJ Skazi, Itay Kalderon (part of the duo "JetFire"), and Henree. Her most popular hit is "Take the World" was produced by Yinon Yahel. Discography * '' First Time'' (2005) * '' Second Time'' (2006) * '' Over You'' (2010) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Simantov, Maya 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shimi Tavori
Shimshon "Shimi" Tavori ( he, שימי תבורי; born February 9, 1953) is an Israeli singer. He performs mostly in Hebrew but also in French. Biography Shimshon Tawili was born in Ness Ziona, Israel, to a Yemenite-Jewish family. He was the youngest of seven children. He met his wife Jennifer Joslyn while performing in New York City in 1982, and married her after a short acquaintance. She then moved to Israel to live with him. They had three sons, Eliran, Ariel, and Daniel. One of his songs, ''Eliran'', is named for his firstborn son. After divorcing Joslyn, Tavori married a 17-year-old Israeli model, Aviva Azulai, with whom he had two children, son Ben El Tavori and daughter Bat-El Tavori. Tavori later divorced Azulai and married Osnat Lorber. They had two children, Orel and Elad, before divorcing.''Kol Ness Ziona'', "From 'Big Brother' to Big Comeback," August 14, 2009, vol. 866 (Hebrew) After their divorce, Tavori married and later divorced Sylvia Ziv, a resident of Los Ang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadav Guedj
Nadav Guedj ( he, נדב גדג'; born 2 November 1998) is an Israeli singer and actor who represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. He is the winner of season two of ''HaKokhav HaBa'' (Israel's '' Rising Star''). Guedj was born in Paris. Personal life He was born to an Algerian Jewish family in Paris, then moved to Israel. Guedj lives in Netanya. In 2016, he enlisted in the Israeli Army. Musical career 2014: ''HaKokhav HaBa'' Nadav entered the second season ''HaKokhav HaBa'', the Israeli national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2015 where he became one of the sixteen finalists. He is the youngest participant of the contest's second season, just turning sixteen when turned up for the first audition day. He sang " Russian Roulette" by Rihanna for his first audition and Stevie Wonder's " Lately" for the second audition. In the second round of the contest proper, Nadav performed "Halo" by Beyoncé. He advanced to the semi-finals of the contest along with six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel In The Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song " Golden Boy", written by Doron Madali. The song was performed by Nadav Guedj. Israeli broadcaster Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) collaborated with the commercial broadcaster Keshet in order to select the Israeli entry for the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. The reality singing competition ''HaKokhav HaBa'' ("The Next Star"), which was organised by Keshet, was used to select the artist that would represent Israel. Nadav Guedj emerged as the winner of the competition in a final that took place in February 2015. The song " Golden Boy" was later internally selected as the song Guedj would perform at Eurovision and was presented to the public in March 2015. In the second of the Eurovision semi-finals, "Golden Boy" placed third out of the 17 participating countries, securing its place among the 27 other songs in the final. The last time Israel had featured in a final was in . In Israel's thirty-eighth Eurovisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Sims (basketball)
Willie Sims ( he, וילי סימס; June 16, 1958 – December 23, 2022) was an American-Israeli professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the LSU Tigers and professionally for a number of Israeli Basketball Premier League clubs. Early life Sims was born in Lanett, Alabama and grew up in New York City, New York. He was Jewish, and was predominantly raised by his grandmother who was a convert to Judaism following her marriage to Sims' grandfather, Jack Miller. Sims played high school basketball at Long Island City High School and college basketball at Louisiana State University from 1977 until 1981. Sims was drafted in 1981 by the NBA's Denver Nuggets in the fifth round of that year's NBA draft, but he never played in the NBA or in any other league in North America. Sims, an American, played basketball in Israel for Maccabi Haifa B.C. from 1981 to 1983. From 1983 to 1985 he played for Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C., where he won the Israeli Basketball State Cup. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eden Ben Zaken
Eden Pessia Ben Zaken ( he, עדן בן זקן; born ) is an Israeli singer who gained recognition following her participation in the first season of the TV show '' X Factor Israel'', in which she placed second. She has been awarded Israel's woman of the year 3 times in a row. She has been successful since her first album, "מלכת השושנים" (Malkat Hashoshanim, meaning "Queen of the Roses"), was released. The album received a gold certification after selling more than 15,000 copies. Ben Zaken won the title "Singer of the year" in 2015, from several Israeli radio stations, the TV channel 24 and the popular Internet site Mako. She won the title again in 2016 and 2017. In 2017, Ben Zaken won another "Singer of the year" title, from the public radio station 'Kan Gimel', and "Woman of the year" title, from Galgalatz, the most-popular radio station in Israel. Early life Ben Zaken was born in Jerusalem, to Israeli-born parents of both Ashkenazi Jewish (Polish-Jewish) and Moro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ido B Zooki
Ido B & Zooki () is an Israeli hip-hop/EDM duo from Tel Aviv, Israel comprising Ido Ben Dov (Ido B) and Zook Algasi (Zooki). Biography Ido Ben Dov and Zook Algasi grew up in Modi'in, Israel. They studied together until high school. Music career They began their careers in 2009 performing in clubs around Israel and accumulated a large fan base by releasing songs in various genres produced using Cubase and Ableton Live. 2013 was their breakout year which saw them nominated for the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Israeli Act. In 2014 they were considered one of the 'hottest' groups in the electronic music scene among young audiences. In 2021, they participated in the fourth season of ''The X Factor Israel'', in the goal of representing Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 was the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Turin, Italy, following the country's victory at the with the song "" by Måneskin. Organised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rising Star (Israeli TV Series)
''HaKokhav HaBa'' ( he, הַכּוֹכָב הַבָּא, translated as "The Next Star"; formerly ''HaKokhav HaBa LaErovizion'', ''Rising Star to the Eurovision'') is an Israeli interactive reality singing competition, which was first broadcast on Channel 2 from 17 September 2013. It is based on the ''Rising Star'' franchise created by Keshet Broadcasting. The show is a continuation of the former program ''Kokhav Nolad'' (meaning "A Star is Born") which featured aspiring singers competing for a winning title. The program's format combines the internet, smartphones and television and is filmed live. The shows inaugurative season in 2013 was won by Evyatar Korkus. Since season 2 until season 7, the winner was given the opportunity to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest. 2014–2015 winner Nadav Guedj represented Israel in 2015 with " Golden Boy" 2015–2016 winner Hovi Star represented Israel in 2016 with " Made of Stars", 2016–2017 winner Imri Ziv represented Isra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
