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 – Runner-up – Third Place
Category (mentor) Acts Boys (Peretz) Ori Shakiv Ben Golan Yahav Tavasi Girls (Fortis) Eden Ben Zaken Inbal Bibi Tamar Friedman Over 25s (Maimon) Avishachar Jackson Neta Rad Rose Fostanes Groups (Lider) Tommy & Yan Carakukli Sisters Fusion
Selection process
Auditions began on March 5, 2013. Auditions were open to all ages. Entries must pass three auditions in front of the producers in order to get to perform in front of the judges and live audience. Selected best, worst, and most bizarre auditions typically move on to the judges stage. Judging took place in Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv.
Bootcamp Following the judges audition stage, 80 competitors entered the boot camp stage of the X factor. Following an initial round of auditions half of the contests were eliminated. The remaining acts had to perform a second audition in order to make it to the judges houses stage. 20 acts were collaboratively selected by the judges at the end of boot camp.
Twist At the conclusion of bootcamp, a number of contestants from the boys category that were previously eliminated were called back into stage. The judges offered them a way back into the show as a group. The individual contestants were Edan Tamler, Adir Tov, Nadav Carni, Gustavo Quiñones, and Yuhan Buchnik. The band was eventually named Fusion.
Judges' Houses Five acts were chosen for each of the four categories. In the judges house, two acts from each category were eliminated. The top 12 contestants continued on for the live shows.
Key: – Eliminated in the judges' house
Top 20 - Judges' houses Category (mentor) Acts Boys (Peretz) Ori Shakiv Ben Golan Yahav Tavasi Liav Azran Lior Deri Girls (Fortis) Maya Emma Sharkey Gabay Eden Ben Zaken Inbal Bibi Inbal Ben-Shitrit Tamar Friedman Groups (Lider) Apocalypsa Carakukli Sisters Tommy & Yan Mirage Fusion Over 25s (Maimon) Avishachar Jackson Danielle Bitton Maurizio Scaglioni Neta Rad Rose Fostanes
Live shows Live shows began on December 18, 2013.
Results summary
Color key –Contestant was in the bottom two/three; judges eliminate one based on majority vote (no final showdown) –Contestant was in the bottom two/three; contestant had to sing again in the final showdown –Contestant was in the bottom two/three; received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated
+ Weekly results per contestant Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Wednesday Saturday Wednesday Saturday Sunday Tuesday Tuesday Rose Fostanes Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 1st Eden Ben Zaken Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two 2nd Ori Shakiv Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rd Fusion Safe Safe Bottom three Bottom two Bottom two Safe 4th Inbal Bibi Bottom two Safe Safe Safe Safe 5th Eliminated (week 3, Tuesday) Tamar Friedman Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated (week 3, Sunday) Tommy & Yan Safe Safe Safe Safe 7th Eliminated (week 3, Sunday) Avishachar Jackson Safe Bottom two Safe Bottom two Eliminated (week 2, Saturday) Carakukli Sisters Safe Safe Bottom three Eliminated (week 2, Wednesday) Ben Golan Safe Safe 10th Eliminated (week 2, Wednesday) Yahav Tavasi Safe Bottom two Eliminated (week 1, Saturday) Neta Rad Bottom two Eliminated (week 1, Wednesday)
Live show details
Week 1
Wednesday (December 18) Group performance: "Love Me Again"
+ Week 1 Wednesday results Contestant Order Song Results Carakukli Sisters 1 "I Kissed a Girl" Safe Tamar Friedman 2 "Skyfall" Safe Avishachar Jackson 3 "Girl on Fire" Safe Ori Shakiv 4 "רוב השעות" Safe Tommy & Yan 5 "מה אם נתנשק" Safe Eden Ben Zaken 6 "Listen" Safe Neta Rad 7 "ג'סיקה" Eliminated Yahav Tavasi 8 "אמסטרדם" Safe Fusion 9 "הראשונה" & "Mirrors" The group sang a remix of the English and Hebrew songs mirrors and "הראשונה" Safe Ben Golan 10 "אהובתי" Safe Inbal Bibi 11 "בחום של תל אביב" Bottom Two Rose Fostanes 12 "Beautiful" Safe
Saturday (December 21)
+ Week 1 Saturday results Contestant Order Song Results Fusion 1 "Some Nights" Safe Yahav Tavasi 2 "שלג בשרב" Eliminated Tamar Friedman 3 "Go Your Own Way" Safe Avishachar Jackson 4 "כמה אהבה" Bottom Two Tommy & Yan 5 "The Other Side" Safe Inbal Bibi 6 "Beat It" Safe Ben Golan 7 "Titanium" Safe Rose Fostanes 8 "Valerie" Safe Carakukli Sisters 9 "מגדלור" Safe Ori Shakiv 10 "עכשיו או לעולם" Safe Eden Ben Zaken 11 "Bad Romance" Safe
Week 2
Wednesday (December 25) Group performance: "Give Me Everything" The contestant, Hillik Cohen, that has failed passing the live auditions and was highly aggressive toward the judges made a guest appearance and performed "אני כאן" after the group performance.
+ Week 2 Wednesday results Contestant Order Song Results Avishachar Jackson 1 "The Edge of Glory" Safe Ben Golan 2 "כמו אז" Eliminated Carakukli Sisters 3 "נוסעת בעקבות האהבה" Eliminated Tamar Friedman 4 "אם יש גן עדן" Safe Fusion 5 "Wrecking Ball" Bottom Three Ori Shakiv 6 "מעליות" Safe Rose Fostanes 7 "I (Who Have Nothing)" Safe Eden Ben Zaken 8 "אני לא יכולה בלעדיך" Safe Tommy & Yan 9 "על הגשר הישן" Safe Inbal Bibi 10 "ניסים" Safe
Saturday (December 28)
+ Week 2 Saturday results Contestant Order Song Results Tamar Friedman 1 "ואת" Safe Avishachar Jackson 2 "Lately" Bottom Two Inbal Bibi 3 "Where Is The Love" Safe Ori Shakiv 4 "תביני""תביני" is an original song written by Ori Shakiv himself. Safe Fusion 5 "חופשי זה לגמרי לבד" Bottom Two Eden Ben Zaken 6 "איזה יום" Safe Rose Fostanes 7 "Born This Way" Safe Tommy & Yan 8 "Little Things" Safe Final showdown details Avishachar Jackson 1 "משהו ממני" Eliminated Fusion 2 "Let Her Go" Safe
Week 3
Sunday (January 5) - Quarter-final Group performance "הכוס הכחולה". The performance included the Carakukli Sisters and Ivri Lider.
+ Week 3 Sunday results Contestant Order Song Results Fusion 1 "Say Something" Bottom Three Inbal Bibi 2 "צל כבד" Safe Tommy & Yan 3 "Viva La Vida" Eliminated Ori Shakiv 4 "עוד" Safe Eden Ben Zaken 5 "Love On Top" Safe Rose Fostanes 6 "Bohemian Rhapsody" Safe Tamar Friedman 7 "Royals" Bottom Three Final showdown details Tamar Friedman 1 "גשם כבד" Eliminated Fusion 2 "Mirrors" Safe
Tuesday (January 7) - Semi-final Group performance "Wake Me Up". The boys and Moshe Peretz performed "אולי הלילה". The over 25s, including those who were previously eliminated, and Shiri Maimon performed "חלק ממך" and "Now That You're Gone".
+ Week 3 Tuesday results Contestant Order Song Results Rose Fostanes 1 "Because of You" Safe Inbal Bibi 2 "Oops!... I Did It Again" Eliminated Ori Shakiv 3 "תרצי בי" Safe Fusion 4 "Roar" Safe Eden Ben Zaken 5 "כמה פעמים" Bottom 2
Week 4
Tuesday (January 14) - Final Group performance "Scream & Shout". Performance included all the original top 12 contestants Judges performance "America" ()
+ Week 4 Tuesday results Contestant Order Song Results Ori Shakiv 1 "Todah" () 3rd Eden Ben Zaken 2 "Only Girl (in the World)" 2nd Fusion 3 "Sweet Dreams" & "Party Rock Anthem" Eliminated Rose Fostanes 4 "My Way" Winner Judge & Contestant Duet Rose FostanesShiri Maimon 1 "If I Ain't Got You" Winner Eden Ben ZakenRami Fortis 2 "Nitzotzot" () 2nd Ori ShakivMoshe Peretz 3 "Latet ve Lachachat" () 3rd
Ratings The first episode peaked at 49%, about 1.1 million viewers, making it the highest figure for opening episode of any Israeli music program. The show had an average rating of 38.4% of households.
Episode Air Date Viewers(thousands) Share Source Auditions 1 Oct 26, 2013 1,100 49% Auditions 2 Oct 30, 2013 913 49.4% Auditions 3 Nov 2, 2013 1,094 51.4% Auditions 4 Nov 6, 2013 870 49.5% Auditions 5 Nov 9, 2013 953 47.5% Auditions 6 Nov 13, 2013 927 51.8% Auditions 7 Nov 16, 2013 1,107 54.2% Auditions 8 Nov 20, 2013 901 49.9% Bootcamp 1 Nov 23, 2013 955 51.1% Bootcamp 2 Nov 28, 2013 832 30.7% Judges' houses 1 Nov 30, 2013 710 29.7% Judges' houses 2 Dec 4, 2013 798 42.6% Judges' houses 3 Dec 7, 2013 745.2 40.5% Judges' houses 4 Dec 11, 2013 Connect to X Dec 14, 2013 Live Shows 1 Dec 18, 2013 804 45.4% Live Shows 2 Dec 21, 2013 870 44.2% Live Shows 3 Dec 25, 2013 849.3 47.3% Live Shows 4 Dec 28, 2013 906 47.2% Quarter-final Jan 5, 2014 Semi-final Jan 7, 2014 The road to the final Jan 13, 2014 Final Jan 14, 2014 1,040 55.7%
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