''The X Factor Israel'' ( he, אקס פקטור ישראל) is the

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i version of the

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music competition ''

The X Factor ''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for ''Pop Idol'' (2001–2003 ...

'', created by

Simon Cowell Simon Phillip Cowell (; born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality, entrepreneur and record executive. He is the creator of ''The X Factor'' and ''Got Talent'' franchises which have been sold around the world. He has judged on t ...

. The show started airing fall of 2013 on

Reshet Reshet ( he, רשת, ''lit.'' "Network") is an Israeli television broadcasting and production company. It was one of the two concessionaires running the Israeli commercial television channel, Channel 2 from 1993 to 2017, and is running channel ...

Judges and hosts

The first three seasons were hosted by Israeli fashion model

Bar Refaeli Bar Refaeli ( he, בר רפאלי; born ) is an Israeli model, television host, businesswoman and actress. She is among the most internationally successful models to come from Israel, appearing on the cover of the 2009 ''Sports Illustrated'' Sw ...

. hosts the fourth season. Its judges for the first season of the show were rock singer

Rami Fortis Rami Fortis ( he, רמי פורטיס, , born July 7, 1954), or simply Fortis, is an Israeli rock singer. Born in Tel Aviv, Fortis became known as a pioneer of Israeli punk rock. His debut album ''Plonter'', released in 1978, was not a commercia ...

, pop singer-songwriter and composer

Moshe Peretz Moshe Haim Peretz ( he, משה פרץ; born 10 May 1983) is an Israeli Mizrahi music pop singer-songwriter and composer. Beginning in 2013, Peretz acted as judge for the The X Factor Israel. Early life Peretz was born and raised in Tiberias, ...

, pop and R&B singer

Shiri Maimon Shiri Maimon (or Maymon, he, שירי מימון ; born ) is an Israeli pop/ R&B singer, TV show host and actress, who rose to fame as the runner-up in the TV show ''Kokhav Nolad''. She represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, wh ...

, and pop singer

Ivri Lider Ivri Lider ( he, עברי לידר) is an Israeli pop star and part of the duo TYP, also known as The Young Professionals. He served as a judge on the first season of '' The X Factor Israel''. Music career In October 2005 Lider received ...

. In the third season, rapper

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replaced

as a judge on the show. In the fourth season, all of the judging panel changes: Mizrahi singer

Margalit Tzan'ani Margalit "Margol" Tzan'ani ( he, מרגלית "מרגול" צנעני; born December 19, 1948) is an Israeli singer and television personality. Tzan'ani is famous for her repertoire of Israeli oriental music style with soul influences, as well a ...

, singer-songwriter

Aviv Geffen Aviv Geffen ( he, אביב גפן, born 10 May 1973) is an Israeli rock musician, singer, songwriter and the son of writer and poet Yehonatan Geffen and Nurit Makover, brother of actress Shira Geffen, and an alumnus of Rimon School of Jazz and Co ...

, singer and Eurovision 2018 winner

Netta Barzilai Netta Barzilai ( he, נטע ברזילי; born 22 January 1993), also known mononymously as Netta, is an Israeli singer. After winning Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018#HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion, the fifth season of ''HaKokhav HaBa'', ...

, while a fourth and fifth judges revealed to be

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), '' ...

and

Miri Mesika Miri Mesika ( he, מירי מסיקה; born May 3, 1978) is an Israeli singer and actress. She won several Israeli Female Singer of the Year awards. She has sold more than 200,000 copies of her albums in Israel. Biography Miri Mesika was born ...

, 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"

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 1 (2013–14)

The first season started its run on Saturday, October 26, 2013, and aired during prime time on

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. 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.

Season 2 (2015)

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

Season 3 (2017–18)

The third season started its run on October 18, 2017. The show was hosted by

and the judges were

and

, who had been judges in the previous two seasons; they were joined by a new judge, rapper

Season 4 (2021–22)

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

, and

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were to be judges for season 4. However, it has since been revealed that Cowell decided to pull out. It was later decided that singers

and

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.

References

External links

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