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.
SeasonRami FortisMoshe PeretzShiri MaimonIvri Lider
OneGirls
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
TwoOver 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
SubliminalMoshe PeretzShiri MaimonIvri Lider
ThreeGroups
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

Season 1 (2013-14)

The first season started its run on Saturday, October 26, 2013, and aired during prime time on Reshet network on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The first episode peaked at 49%, about 1.1 million viewers, making it the highest figure of any Israeli music program. At the end of bootcamp, 20 contestants made it to the judges' houses. Two acts were eliminated from each judge before the live show. The top 12 finalists continued on for the live shows.

Season 2 (2015)

The second season started its run on Thursday, June 13, 2015.

Season 3 (2017-18)

The third season is going to start its run on October 18, 2017. The show is hosted by Bar Refaeli. The residing judges are Moshe Peretz, Shiri Maimon and Ivri Lider who were judges in the previous two seasons joined by a new judge, the Israeli rapper Subliminal.

Season 4 (TBA)

As of August 2019, it is unknown if The X Factor Israel will be renewed for a fourth season.