Rising Star (Israeli TV series)
HaKokhav HaBa (Hebrew: הַכּוֹכָב הַבָּא, translated as "The Next Star") is an Israeli interactive reality singing competition, which was first broadcast on Channel 2 from 17 September 2013. It is based on the Rising Star franchise created by Keshet Broadcasting. The show is a continuation of the former program Kokhav Nolad (meaning "A Star is Born") which featured aspiring singers competing for a winning title. The program's format combines the internet, smartphones and television and is filmed live.
| HaKokhav HaBa הכוכב הבא | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Reality television |
| Created by | Asaf Spector Shenkar Yoav Tzafir Avi Nir |
| Developed by | Screenz Cross Media LTD |
| Presented by | Assi Azar Esti Ginzburg (season 1) Rotem Sela (season 2–) |
| Judges | Rita (season 1) Tzvika Hadar (season 1) Rani Rahav (season 1) Eyal Golan (first half season 1) Mooki (second half season 1–3) Asaf Atedgi (season 2–3) Harel Skaat (season 2–6) Keren Peles (season 2–) Static & Ben El Tavori (season 4–) Assaf Amdursky (season 4–) Shiri Maimon (season 6–) Itay Levy (season 7–) |
| Theme music composer | Sylas McGriff |
| Country of origin | Israel |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 90–120 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Keshet |
| Distributor | Keshet International |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 2 (2013–2017) Keshet 12 (2017–) |
| Original release | 17 September 2013 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Kokhav Nolad |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The shows inaugurative season in 2013 was won by Evyatar Korkus. Since season 2, the winner is given the opportunity to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest.[1] 2014–2015 winner Nadav Guedj represented Israel in 2015 with "Golden Boy" 2015–2016 winner Hovi Star represented Israel in 2016 with "Made of Stars", 2016–2017 winner Imri Ziv represented Israel in 2017 with "I Feel Alive", and 2017–2018 winner Netta Barzilai who went on to win the 2018 contest with "Toy". Kobi Marimi won in 2019 and represented Israel on home soil in Tel Aviv. Eden Alene won the 2020 contest with the song "Feker Libi", but was unable to represent Israel at that year's Eurovision Song Contest, which would be cancelled after completion of qualifying due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Format
As the season begins, each contestant is asked to perform a well-known song in front of judges. After the song, a vote is taken among judges whether to transfer the applicant to the test stage facing the audience at home. If the judges are not sure about how to vote, the contestant is required to perform another song, and then a decision is made.
Contestants who do move forward must then sing in front of an audience. Viewers then connect with an app at makoTV and decide in real time whether a contestant passes or does not pass.
Judges also influence the test stage - all judges may support the promotion of the contestant and thereby add 8% percent if there are five judges or 10% if there are four. Once the contestant reaches 70% of votes they "pass" and the screen opens and the contestant goes to the next level. 14 singers then move on to a section where the judges and the audience at home vote. At the final stage, four singers are left and one will be elected "The Next Star".
Seasons overview
| Season | Premiere | Finale | Winner | Second place | Third place | Fourth place | Presenter(s) | Judges |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One | 17 September 2013 | 25 December 2013 | Evyatar Korkus | Arye & Gil Gat | Tina Ibagrimov | Rinat Cohen | Assi Azar Esti Ginzburg |
Rita Jahanforuz Zvika Hadar Rani Rahav Eyal Golan (first half) Muki (second half) |
| Two | 9 December 2014 | 17 February 2015 | Nadav Guedj | Iky Levy & The Rasta Hebrew Men | Sari Nachmias | Avia Shoshani | Assi Azar Rotem Sela |
Asaf Atedgi Muki Keren Peles Harel Skaat |
| Three | 5 December 2015 | 3 March 2016 | Hovi Star | Nofar Salman | Ella Daniel | Gil Hadash | ||
| Four | 2 January 2017 | 13 February 2017 | Imri Ziv | Diana Golbi | Julieta | Beatbox Element | Keren Peles Harel Skaat Assaf Amdursky Static & Ben-El Tavori | |
| Five | 29 October 2017 | 23 February 2018 | Netta | Jonathan Mergui | Riki Ben Ari | Chen Aharoni | ||
| Six | 24 November 2018 | 12 February 2019 | Kobi Marimi | Keteryah | Shefita | Maya Bouskilla | Asaf Amdursky Keren Peles Shiri Maimon Harel Skaat Static & Ben-El Tavori | |
| Seven | 20 November 2019 | 4 February 2020 | Eden Alene | Ella-Lee Lahav | Orr Amrami-Brockman | Gaya Shaki | Asaf Amdursky Itay Levy Keren Peles Shiri Maimon Static & Ben-El Tavori |
Season 1 (2013)
| HaKokhav HaBa 1 Finalists (With dates of elimination) | |
|---|---|
| Evyatar Korkus | 25 December - Winner |
| Arye & Gil Gat | 25 December |
| Tina Ibagrimov | 25 December |
| Rinat Cohen | 25 December |
| Omer Datz | 17 December |
| David Drey | 10 December |
| Elias Melayev | 3 December (Quit) |
| Inbal Bekman | 26 November |
| Hen Levy | 26 November |
| Lior Peretz | 19 November |
| Roni Israeli | 17 November |
| Alon Tube | 12 November |
| Dondit Jon | 5 November |
| George Abu Shkara | 3 November |
This season host is Assi Azar and the co-host is Esti Ginzburg. The judges are Rita, Zvika Hadar, Muki and Rani Rahav. Eyal Golan judged the program until his suspension on 20 November 2013, and after four days was replaced by Muki.
Participants
In order:
- George Abu Shakra – 14th Place
- Dondit Jon – 13th Place
- Alon Tube – 12th Place
- Roni Israeli – 11th Place
- Lior Peretz – 10th Place
- Hen Levy – 9th Place
- Inbal Bekman – 8th Place
- Elias Melayev – 7th Place (Quit)
- David Drey – 6th Place
- Omer Datz – 5th Place
Finalists
- Rinat Cohen – Fourth place
- Tina Ibagrimov – Third place
- Arye & Gil Gat – Second place
- Evyatar Korkus – Winner
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evyatar Korkus | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner (week 14) | ||||||
| Arye & Gil Gat | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up | ||||||
| Tina Ibagrimov | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | ||||||
| Rinat Cohen | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 4th | ||||||
| Omer Datz | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 10) | ||||||
| David Drey | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 9) | |||||||
| Elias Melayev | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Quit (week 7) | |||||||||
| Inbal Bekman | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 7) | |||||||||
| Hen Levy | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 6) | ||||||||||
| Lior Peretz | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 5) | |||||||||||
| Roni Israeli | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||||||||||
| Alon Tube | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 3) | |||||||||||||
| Dondit Jon | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 2) | ||||||||||||||
| George Abu Shakra | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||||||||||
Season 2 (2014–15)
| HaKokhav HaBa 2 Finalists (With dates of elimination) | |
|---|---|
| Nadav Guedj | 17 February - Winner |
| Iky Levy & The Rasta Hebrew Men | 17 February |
| Sari Nachmias | 17 February |
| Avia Shoshani | 17 February |
| Orit Biansey | 8 February |
| Sa'ar "Rusty" Davidov | 8 February |
| Nava Tehila Walker | 1 February |
| Yifi and Osher Aricha | 27 January |
| Liroz Balas | 25 January |
| Asif Zilberman | 25 January |
| Eva Al Kanrash | 20 January |
| David Maman | 20 January |
| Random Dogs | 20 January |
| Almog Nasawi | 18 January |
| Zadok Garamech | 18 January |
| Evyatar Adir | 18 January |
The winner of season two would represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.[1]
Participants
In order:
- Evyatar Adir – 16th Place
- Zadok Garamech – 15th Place
- Almog Nasawi – 14th Place
- Random Dogs – 13th Place
- David Maman – 12th Place
- Eva Al Kanrash – 11th Place
- Asif Zilberman – 10th Place
- Liroz Balas – 9th Place
- Yifi and Osher Aricha – 8th Place
- Nava Tehila Walker – 7th Place
- Saar "Rusty" Davidov – 6th Place
- Orit Biansey – 5th Place
Finalists
- Avia Shoshani – Fourth place
- Sary Nachmias – Third place
- Iky Levy and the Rasta Hebrew Men –Second place
- Nadav Guedj – Winner
Season 3 (2015–16)
| HaKokhav HaBa 3 Finalists (With dates of elimination) | |
|---|---|
| Hovi Star | 3 March - Winner |
| Nofar Salman | 3 March |
| Ella Daniel | 3 March |
| Gil Hadash | 3 March |
| Kiara Duple (Lior Cohen) | 27 February |
| "Velma" | 27 February |
| Oded Sharavi | 20 February |
| Ofir Haim | 19 February |
| Shtar | 19 February |
| Uriel Aharoni | 13 February |
| Neomi Ezran | 12 February |
| Avi Eliot Alush and Sister Shvakya | 12 February |
| Yoni Grayev | 12 February |
| Sharon Fartouk | 5 February |
| Maya Bernadski | 5 February |
| Alma Kalbermann | 5 February |
This season was named "The Next Star to the Eurovision" The winner of season three would represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.
Participants
In order:
- Alma Kalbermann - 16th Place
- Maya Bernadski - 15th Place
- Sharon Fartouk - 14th Place
- Yoni Grayev - 13th Place
- Avi Eliot Alush and Sister Shvakya - 12th Place
- Neomi Ezran - 11th Place
- Uriel Aharoni - 10th Place
- Shtar - 9th Place
- Ofir Haim - 8th Place
- Oded Sharavi - 7th Place
- "Velma" - 6th Place
- Kiara Duple (Lior Cohen) - 5th Place
Finalists
- Gil Hadash – Fourth place
- Ella Daniel - Third place
- Nofar Salman - Second place
- Hovi Star - Winner
Season 4 (2017)
| HaKokhav HaBa 4 Finalists (With dates of elimination) | |
|---|---|
| Imri Ziv | 13 February - Winner |
| Diana Golbi | 13 February |
| Julietta | 13 February |
| Beatbox Element | 13 February |
| Sapir Nohan | 6 February |
| Ta-La-Te | 6 February |
| Halli Lewis | 31 January |
| Yona Shabin | 31 January |
The winner of season four would represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The show is hosted by Yael Goldman joined by Assi Azar and Rotem Sela. The presiding judges are Keren Peles and Harel Skaat who were judges in the previous two seasons joined by new judges Assaf Amdursky and the duo Static and Ben El Tavori.
Participants
In order:
- Yona Shabin - 8th Place
- Hally Lewis - 7th Place
- Ta-La-Te - 6th Place
- Sapir Nahon - 5th Place
Finalists
- Beatbox Element - Fourth Place
- Julieta - Third place
- Diana Golbi - Second place
- Imri Ziv - Winner
Season 5 (2017–18)
| HaKokhav HaBa 5 Finalists (With dates of elimination) | |
|---|---|
| Netta Barzilai | 13 February - Winner |
| Jonathan Mergui | 13 February |
| Riki Ben Ari | 13 February |
| Chen Aharoni | 13 February |
| Eden Meiri | 11 February |
| Howie Danao | 11 February |
| Ravit Batashvili | 7 February |
| Adava Omer | 7 February |
| José Steinberg | 29 January |
| Shay & Gilad | 22 January |
| Sarit Hativa | 21 January |
| Rinat Bar | 14 January (Quit) |
| Gal Yaakobi | 8 January |
| Jaki Gaforov | 8 January |
| Shir Gadasi | 7 January |
| The Choice | 7 January |
| Shir Baruch | 7 January |
| Ofir Harush | 4 January |
| Tal Mizrahi | 4 January |
| Axum | 4 January |
Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 as the Israeli broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC) for the first time collaborated with the commercial broadcaster Keshet and Tedy Productions which organized the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion ("The Next Star for Eurovision") to select the singer to represent Israel, while the song was chosen by a committee of the Israeli broadcaster. Four contestants reached the final, Chen Aharoni, Jonathan Mergui, Riki Ben Ari and Netta Barzilai. The season was won by Netta Barzilai, the first woman to win the series. As a result, she represented Israel at Eurovision Song Contest 2018. She went on to win the contest in Lisbon with the song "Toy" earning 529 points.
Participants
In order:
- Axum - 20th Place
- Tal Mizrahi - 19th Place
- Ofir Harush - 18th Place
- Shir Baruch - 17th Place
- The Choice - 16th Place
- Shir Gadasi - 15th Place
- Jaki Gaforov - 14th Place
- Gal Yaakobi - 13th Place
- Rinat Bar (Quit) - 12th Place
- Sarit Hativa - 11th Place
- Shay & Gilad - 10th Place
- José Steinberg - 9th Place
- Adava Omer - 8th Place
- Ravit Batashvili - 7th Place
- Howie Danao - 6th Place
- Eden Meiri - 5th Place
Finalists
- Chen Aharoni – Fourth place
- Riki Ben Ari - Third place
- Jonathan Mergui - Second place
- Netta Barzilai - Winner
Season 6 (2018–19)
| HaKokhav HaBa 6 Finalists (With dates of elimination) | |
|---|---|
| Kobi Marimi | 28 January (Rejoined on 7 February), 12 February - Winner |
| Ketreyah | 12 February |
| Shefita | 12 February |
| Maya Bouskilla | 12 February |
| Avraham de Carvalho | 9 February |
| Daniel Barzilai | 9 February |
| Shalva Band | 5 February (Quit) |
| Ofri Calfon | 3 February |
| Tai | 2 February |
| Danielle Mazuz | 26 January |
| Osher Biton | 21 January |
| Klara Sabag | 19 January |
| Naor Cohen | 15 January |
| Nave Madmon | 15 January |
| Nitay Twito | 15 January |
| Liat Eliyahu | 14 January |
| Naama Gali Cohen | 14 January |
| Lior Chen | 13 January |
| Shachaf | 13 January |
| Wanna Wanna | 13 January |
Kobi Marimi won the show with 383 points, beating runner up Keteryah and third place Shefita. Kobi represented Israel at Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with his song "Home".
Participants
In order:
- Wanna Wanna - 20th Place
- Shachaf - 19th Place
- Lior Chen - 18th Place
- Naama Gali Cohen - 17th Place
- Liat Eliyahu - 16th Place
- Nitay Twito - 15th Place
- Nave Madmon - 14th Place
- Naor Cohen - 13th Place
- Klara Sabag - 12th Place
- Osher Biton - 11th Place
- Danielle Mazuz - 10th Place
- Tai - 9th Place
- Ofri Calfon - 8th Place
- Daniel Barzilai - 7th Place
- Avraham de Carvalho - 6th Place
Finalists
- Shalva Band – Fifth place (Quit)
- Maya Bouskilla – Fourth place
- Shefita - Third place
- Ketreyah - Second place
- Kobi Marimi - Winner
Season 7 (2019–20)
| HaKokhav HaBa 7 Finalists (With dates of elimination) | |
|---|---|
| Eden Alene | 4 February - Winner |
| Ella-Lee Lahav | 4 February |
| Orr Amrami-Brockman | 4 February |
| Gaya Shaki | 4 February |
| Raviv Kaner | 2 February |
| Moran Aharoni | 2 February |
| Lali Kolishkin | 1 February |
| Ohad Shragai | 1 February |
| Loai Ali | 30 January |
| Eden Zohar Sivan | 27 January |
| Dorel Saadon | 25 January |
| Omer Eliyahu | 20 January |
| Avihu Pinhasov Rhythm Club | 18 January |
| Nicki Goldstein | 13 January |
| Linoy Akala and Gil Shapira | 11 January |
| HaTavlinim | 11 January |
| Oneg Israel | 9 January |
| Dana Lapidot | 5 January |
| Nathan Katorza | 4 January |
| Or Eddie | 4 January |
This season was announced by the IPBC to be the last season featuring the Eurovision. Next year, the representative of Israel to the Eurovision will return to be chosen by the Kdam Eurovision, and this show will return to be a regular singing reality show, like it was in the first season. The Eurovision singing contest for this year was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the representatives for the cancelled competition will be moved to 2021 instead.
Participants
In order:
- Or Eddie - 20th Place
- Nathan Katorza - 19th Place
- Dana Lapidot - 18th Place
- Oneg Israel - 17th Place
- HaTavlinim - 16th Place
- Linoy Akala and Gil Shapira - 15th Place
- Nicki Goldstein - 14th Place
- Avihu Pinhasov Rhythm Club - 13th Place
- Omer Eliyahu - 12th Place
- Dorel Saadon - 11th Place
- Eden Zohar Sivan - 10th Place
- Loai Ali - 9th Place
- Ohad Shragai - 8th Place
- Lali Kolishkin - 7th Place
- Moran Aharoni - 6th Place
- Raviv Kaner - 5th Place
Finalists
- Gaya Shaki - Fourth place
- Orr Amrami-Brockman - Third place
- Ella-Lee Lahav - Second place
- Eden Alene - Winner
Winners
| Year | Song | Artist | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | "Golden Boy" | Nadav Guedj | 9 | 97 | 3 | 151 |
| 2016 | "Made of Stars" | Hovi Star | 14 | 135 | 7 | 147 |
| 2017 | "I Feel Alive" | IMRI | 23 | 39 | 3 | 207 |
| 2018 | "Toy" | Netta | 1 | 529 | 1 | 283 |
| 2019 | "Home" | Kobi Marimi | 23 | 35 | Host country | |
| 2020 | "Feker Libi" | Eden Alene | Contest cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
International versions
After the success of the Israeli series in 2013, many television stations throughout the world bought the rights and started broadcasting similar series.
The American television network ABC began airing its first series of Rising Star in June 2014 from Los Angeles.[2] The US edition was also carried in Canada, with advertising simultaneous substitution and voting access on CTV.[3] The show was canceled after its full 10-episode season due to low ratings in its target demographic, and extremely low ratings on the German and French versions.
Another major broadcaster RTL Television launched a German language version in Germany. But following reported poor ratings on its early shows, it announced it was bringing Rising Star Germany scheduled final forward airing an extended one-day finale between 20.15 and 00.00 to decide the winning performer, rather than completing the full 10-episode scheduled season originally planned.[4]
The UK ITV channel bought the rights, but canceled its scheduled launch[5] citing lower-than-expected viewership in similar launches in the United States and Germany. Canale 5 also bought the rights to an Italian version of the show, which was also canceled during development for unexplained reasons.
French television M6, with its first season, launched in September 2014 keeping the title Rising Star. The French version had a shortened season due to low ratings. The Italian television Canale 5 launched its version as Rising Star.
Other broadcasters that adapted the series include Argentine Telefe as Elegidos (La música en tus manos), Brazilian Rede Globo as SuperStar, Chinese CCTV-3, Greek ANT1 , Hungarian TV2 as Rising Star, Indonesian RCTI as Rising Star Indonesia, Portuguese Televisão Independente (TVI) as Rising Star: A próxima estrela, Russia-1 as Артист (Artist), and Turkish TV8 as Yükselen Yıldız. The Russian version of the show had a shortened season due to low ratings on the French and German versions, while the Portuguese and Brazilian versions became quickly popular, but neither lasted more than three seasons; the Brazilian version ended in 2016 after three seasons due to declining viewership. The Indonesian version is the longest-running version of the show outside of Israel.
See also
Notes
References
- Granger, Anthony (5 October 2014). "Israel: HaKokhav HaBa (Rising Star) Winner To ESC 2015". Eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- "ABC's 'Rising Star' Juggles Time Zones to Allow For Live Voting". Variety. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- "RISING STAR App Now Available from CTV.ca as Canadians Invited to Judge New Interactive Music Competition Series, Premiering Sunday" (Press release). CNW. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- C21Media: Rising Star falls in Germany
- Plunkett, John (17 September 2014). "ITV drops Rising Star talent show format". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
External links
- Official website (in Hebrew)
