The X Factor Israel
The X Factor Israel is the Israeli version of the British television music competition The X Factor, created by Simon Cowell. The show started airing fall of 2013 on Reshet.
Judges and hosts
The first season was hosted by Israeli fashion model Bar Refaeli. 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.Series overview
To date, three seasons have been broadcast, as summarised below.Contestant in "Boys" category
Contestant in "Girls" category
Contestant in "Groups" category
Contestant in "Over 25s" category
Contestant in "Teens" category
Judges' categories and their finalists
In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses a small number of acts 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 Carakukli Sisters |
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 |