Assi Azar

Assi Azar (Hebrew: אסי עזר‎; born 10 June 1979) is an Israeli television host. He co-hosted Big Brother - Israel with Erez Tal until 2015 and The Next Star with Rotem Sela. He is also the creator of the romantic comedy TV series, Beauty and the Baker. Azar co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv. Azar is an LGBT rights advocate. In 2009, he was listed among the most 100 influential gay people in the world by OUT Magazine.[1]

Assi Azar
Azar in 2019
Born (1979-06-10) 10 June 1979
Holon, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
OccupationTelevision presenter
Years active2004–present
Known forHosting Big Brother - Israel, The Next Star and Eurovision 2019
Spouse(s)
Albert Escolà Benet
(
m. 2016)

Early life

Azar was born in Holon, Israel.[2] He is of Bukharan-Jewish and Yemenite-Jewish descent.[3] In 2005, Azar came out as gay.[4][1] Shortly after, he began to create the documentary film,[1] Mom and Dad: I Have Something to Tell You.

Television career

His first program was online TV show KIK. In 2004–2005 Assi co-hosted TV youth show Exit.[2] 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.

On 25 January 2019, it was announced that Azar would host the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv alongside Lucy Ayoub, Erez Tal and Bar Refaeli.[5] It was reported that Tal and Refaeli would be the main hosts, while Azar and Ayoub would host the green room.[6] On 28 January, Azar and Ayoub hosted the contest's semi-final allocation draw at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.[7]

Personal life

On 11 April 2016, Azar married his Catalan boyfriend Albert Escolà Benet at a ceremony in Barcelona.

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See also

References
  1. "ASSI AZAR: Israeli TV personality and gay rights advocate". Cornell University. Spring 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. Azar on nrg.co.il (in Hebrew)
  3. "Assi Azar [TV Host] - AWiderBridge". Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  4. "Assi Azar comes out", ynet, March 31, 2005. (in Hebrew)
  5. Zwart, Josianne. "Bar Refaeli, Erez Tal, Assi Azar & Lucy Ayoub to host Eurovision 2019!". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  6. "Meet the Eurovision 2019 hosts: Bar Refaeli, Erez Tal, Assi Azar and Lucy Ayoub". wiwibloggs.com. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  7. Groot, Evert (26 January 2019). "Semi-Final Allocation Draw pots revealed!". eurovision.tv. Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 26 January 2019.

Media related to Assi Azar at Wikimedia Commons

Preceded by
Sílvia Alberto, Daniela Ruah, Catarina Furtado
and Filomena Cautela		 Eurovision Song Contest presenter
(with Erez Tal, Bar Refaeli and Lucy Ayoub)
2019		 Succeeded by
Edsilia Rombley, Chantal Janzen
and Jan Smit
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