The X Factor Israel (season 1)

The X Factor Israel
Season 1
Broadcast from October 26, 2013 (2013-10-26) – January 14, 2014 (2014-01-14)
Judges Rami Fortis
Moshe Peretz
Shiri Maimon
Ivri Lider
Host(s) Bar Refaeli
Broadcaster Reshet
Winner
Rose Fostanes
Origin Taguig City, Philippines[1]
Song "My Way"
Genre(s) Vocals, Pop, Rock
Runner-up
Eden Ben Zaken

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.[2] Auditions for the show began on March 5, 2013. Promos for the show started airing in early September.[3] The first season started its run on Saturday, October 26, 2013. The show airs during prime time on Reshet network on Wednesdays and Saturdays.[4] 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.[5][6] 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.

Finalists

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 Philippines
Groups (Lider) Tommy & Yan Carakukli Sisters Fusion

Selection process

Nokia Arena

Auditions began on March 5, 2013.[7] 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.[8]

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,[9] Adir Tov,[10] Nadav Carni, Gustavo Quiñones, and Yuhan Buchnik. The band was eventually named Fusion.[9]

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 finalists continued on for the live shows.[11]

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[12]
Groups (Lider) Apocalypsa Carakukli Sisters Tommy & Yan Mirage Fusion
Over 25s (Maimon) Avishachar Jackson Danielle Bitton Maurizio Scaglioni[13] Neta Rad Rose Fostanes[14]

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 Safe 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)[15]

Live show details

Week 1

Wednesday (December 18)
Week 1 Wednesday results
Contestant Order Song Results
Carakukli Sisters 1 "I Kissed a Girl"[16] Safe
Tamar Friedman 2 "Skyfall"[17][18] Safe
Avishachar Jackson 3 "Girl on Fire" Safe
Ori Shakiv 4 [19]"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" [note 1] Safe
Ben Golan 10 "אהובתי" Safe
Inbal Bibi 11 "בחום של תל אביב" Bottom Two
Rose Fostanes 12 "Beautiful"[20] Safe
  1. ↑ The group sang a remix of the English and Hebrew songs mirrors and "הראשונה"
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"[18] 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[21]
Carakukli Sisters 9 "מגדלור" Safe
Ori Shakiv 10 "עכשיו או לעולם" Safe
Eden Ben Zaken 11 "Bad Romance" Safe

    Week 2

    Wednesday (December 25)
    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)"[26] 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[18]
    Avishachar Jackson 2 "Lately" Bottom Two
    Inbal Bibi 3 "Where Is The Love" Safe
    Ori Shakiv 4 "תביני"[ori 1] Safe
    Fusion 5 "חופשי זה לגמרי לבד" Bottom Two
    Eden Ben Zaken 6 "איזה יום" Safe
    Rose Fostanes 7 "Born This Way"[27] Safe
    Tommy & Yan 8 "Little Things" Safe
    Final showdown details
    Avishachar Jackson 1 "משהו ממני" Eliminated
    Fusion 2 "Let Her Go" Safe
    1. ↑ "תביני" is an original song written by Ori Shakiv himself.

    Week 3

    Sunday (January 5) - Quarter-final
    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"[28] 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
    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" Safe

    Week 4

    Tuesday (January 14) - Final
    Week 4 Tuesday results
    Contestant Order Song Results
    Ori Shakiv 1 "Todah" (Hebrew: "תודה"‎) 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 Fostanes
    Shiri Maimon    		 1 "If I Ain't Got You" Winner
    Eden Ben Zaken
    Rami Fortis    		 2 "Nitzotzot" (Hebrew: "ניצוצות"‎) 2nd
    Ori Shakiv
    Moshe Peretz    		 3 "Latet ve Lachachat" (Hebrew: "לתת ולקחת"‎) 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.[29] The show had an average rating of 38.4% of households.[30]

    Episode Air Date Viewers
    (thousands)     		Share Source
    Auditions 1 Oct 26, 2013 1,100 49% [29]
    Auditions 2 Oct 30, 2013 913 49.4% [31]
    Auditions 3 Nov 2, 2013 1,094 51.4% [31]
    Auditions 4 Nov 6, 2013 870 49.5% [32]
    Auditions 5 Nov 9, 2013 953 47.5% [32]
    Auditions 6 Nov 13, 2013 927 51.8% [33]
    Auditions 7 Nov 16, 2013 1,107 54.2% [33]
    Auditions 8 Nov 20, 2013 901 49.9% [34]
    Bootcamp 1 Nov 23, 2013 955 51.1% [34]
    Bootcamp 2 Nov 28, 2013 832 30.7% [35]
    Judges' houses 1 Nov 30, 2013 710 29.7% [35]
    Judges' houses 2 Dec 4, 2013 798 42.6% [36]
    Judges' houses 3 Dec 7, 2013 745.2 40.5% [36]
    Judges' houses 4 Dec 11, 2013
    Connect to X Dec 14, 2013
    Live Shows 1 Dec 18, 2013 804 45.4% [37]
    Live Shows 2 Dec 21, 2013 870 44.2% [37]
    Live Shows 3 Dec 25, 2013 849.3 47.3% [38]
    Live Shows 4 Dec 28, 2013 906 47.2% [38]
    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% [39][30]

    References

    1. ↑ Charmie Joy Pagulong (October 30, 2013). "Pinoy caregiver wows Israel's X-Factor judges". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
    2. ↑ Izso, Lauren. "The America Factor: How Israel is trying to rebrand itself with reality TV". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
    3. ↑ Caspi, David. "Simon Cowell, Bar Refaeli Turn Up the Heat in 'X Factor' Israel Promo". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
    4. ↑ "The X Factor Israel". Reshet. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
    5. ↑ Krupnick, Ellie (2013-05-29). "Bar Refaeli 'X Factor' Host Gig Will Kick Off Show In Israel". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
    6. ↑ Caspi, David (2013-05-27). "Supermodel Bar Refaeli to Host 'X Factor' Israel". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
    7. ↑ "אנחנו גאים להציג את X FACTOR ישראל - תכנית המוזיקה הגדולה בעולם" [We are proud to introduce the X FACTOR Israel - The world's largest music program] (in Hebrew). Retrieved 19 December 2013.
    8. ↑ "Tom Jones in Israel: 73-year-old's show". Ynet. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
    9. 1 2 Oliver, Charlotte. "He’s gone from JFS to X Factor". The JC. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
    10. ↑ Oliver, Charlotte. "X-Factor Diary: It’s showtime, and it’s scary". The JC. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
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    15. ↑ רייף, יעל (19 December 2013). "בר אקטיבי: מאחורי הקלעים אקס פקטור ישראל" [Active Bar: Behind the Scenes X Factor Israel] (in Hebrew). Retrieved 19 December 2013.
    16. ↑ ישראל X Factor - האחיות כרקוקלי - I Kissed A Girl (1080p). Reshet. 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
    17. ↑ ישראל X Factor - תמר פרידמן - Skyfall (1080p). Reshet. 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
    18. 1 2 3 Steinberg, Jessica. "Can ‘Anglo’ girl clinch X-Factor?". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
    19. ↑ ישראל X Factor - אורי שכיב - רוב השעות (1080p). Reshet. 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
    20. ↑ Medina, Andrei. "Pinay caregiver wows ‘X Factor Israel’ judges with ‘Beautiful’ performance". GMA Network. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
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    22. ↑ חיון, עומרי. "צפו: התקופה הזוהרת של חיליק כהן" (in Hebrew). עומרי חיון. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
    23. ↑ "איזה כוכב "אקס פקטור" מחזירה לבמה?". Walla!. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
    24. ↑ "וואו: הכוכב שהפתיע את מתמודדי "אקס פקטור"". Reshet. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
    25. ↑ ישראל X Factor - חיליק כהן - אני כאן [X Factor Israel Hillik Cohen] (1080p) (in Hebrew). Reshet. 2013.
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    27. ↑ "Rose Fostanes Enters X Factor Israel Top 7". Zeibiz. December 30, 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
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    29. 1 2 Hawkes, Rebecca. "X Factor Israel launches to strong ratings". Rapid TV News. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
    30. 1 2 "הישג לרשת: למעלה ממיליון צופים בגמר "אקס פקטור" אמש" [Network Achievement: more than a million viewers in the final "X Factor" last night] (in Hebrew). Globes. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
    31. 1 2 "שבוע שני ברציפות: "אקס פקטור" בראש טבלת הרייטינג השבועית" [Second week in a row: "X Factor" table top weekly ratings] (in Hebrew). Globes. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
    32. 1 2 "רייטינג שבועי: "אקס פקטור" מובילה על "הכוכב הבא" בפער קטן" [Weekly Ratings: "X Factor" leads to the "next star" by a small margin] (in Hebrew). Globes. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
    33. 1 2 ""אקס פקטור" בראש טבלת הרייטינג: יותר ממיליון צופים אמש" ["X Factor" at the top of the ratings chart: more than a million viewers last night] (in Hebrew). Globes. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
    34. 1 2 "צמודות בפסגה: "אקס פקטור" ו"הכוכב הבא" בראש טבלת הרייטינג" [Effect Eyal Golan "next star" beat "X Factor" number of viewers] (in Hebrew). Globes. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
    35. 1 2 "רייטינג שבועי: "הכוכב הבא" עולה לראש הטבלה" [Weekly ratings "next star" rises to the top of the table] (in Hebrew). Globes. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
    36. 1 2 "צמודות בפסגה: "אקס פקטור" ו"הכוכב הבא" בראש טבלת הרייטינג" [Linked at top: "X Factor" and as' the next start tops chart ratings] (in Hebrew). Globes. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
    37. 1 2 "רייטינג שבועי: "הכוכב הבא" של קשת בראש הטבלה עם 35%" [Weekly ratings "next star" Keshet tops with 35%] (in Hebrew). Globes. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
    38. 1 2 "רייטינג שבועי: גמר "הכוכב הבא" בראש עם 40.3% צפייה" [Weekly ratings final "next star" at the top with 40.3%] (in Hebrew). Globes. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
    39. ↑ Caspi, David (January 15, 2014). "'X Factor Israel' Ends First Season With Big Ratings". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 January 2014.

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