Assi Azar ( he, אסי עזר; born 10 June 1979) is an Israeli television host.
Biography
Assi Azar was born in
Holon, Israel.
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on nrg.co.il He is of
Bukharan-Jewish and
Polish-ashkenazi descent. In 2005, Azar
came out as gay.
Shortly after, he began to create the documentary film,
''Mom and Dad: I Have Something to Tell You''. On 11 April 2016, Azar married his Spanish boyfriend Albert Escolà Benet at a ceremony in
Barcelona
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.
Azar is an
LGBT rights
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advocate. In 2009, he was listed among the most 100 influential gay people in the world by ''
OUT Magazine''.
In January 2022, the actor Yehuda Nahari alleged that Azar sexually harassed him during a job interview at Azar's home.
Media career
He co-hosted ''
Big Brother - Israel'' with
Erez Tal until 2015 and ''
The Next Star
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'' with
Rotem Sela. He is also the creator of the romantic comedy TV series, ''
Beauty and the Baker''.
His first program was online TV show ''KIK''. In 2004–2005 Assi co-hosted TV youth show ''Exit''.
Later he participated in the programs ''The Show]'', ''Good Evening with Guy Pines'' and ''The Champion: Locker Room'', as well as the satirical programs ''Trapped 24'' and ''Talk to My Agent''.
Azar hosted the
Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
alongside
Lucy Ayoub,
Erez Tal and
Bar Refaeli. It was reported that Tal and Refaeli would be the main hosts, while Azar and Ayoub would host the green room.
On 28 January, Azar and Ayoub hosted the contest's semi-final allocation draw at the
Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
See also
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List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters
References
External links
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1979 births
Israeli Sephardi Jews
Israeli people of Yemeni-Jewish descent
Israeli television presenters
Gay entertainers
LGBT Jews
LGBT entertainers from Israel
Living people
People from Holon
LGBT broadcasters from Israel
Israeli Mizrahi Jews
21st-century LGBT people