Kokhav Nolad
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| Hebrew | כוכב נולד |
| Created by | HaKokhav HaBa |
Kokhav Nolad (Hebrew: כּוֹכָב נוֹלַד; meaning "A Star Is Born") was an Israeli reality television show searching for talented new vocalists, based on the British Pop Idol model. Since its debut on Israeli Channel 2 in 2003, Kokhav Nolad has become popular and turned out many new musical stars. The show was hosted by Zvika Hadar.
Summary
| Season | Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third |
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| 1 | May and August 2003 | Ninet Tayeb | Shiri Maimon | Shai Gabso |
| 2 | February to August 2004 | Harel Moyal | Harel Skaat | Adi Cohen |
| 3 | March to August 2005 | Yehuda Saado | Michael Kirkilan | Shir Biton |
| 4 | May to September 2006 | Jacko Eisenberg | Maya Rotman | Refael Mirila |
| 5 | May 18 – August 29, 2007 | Bo'az Ma'uda |
Marina Maximilian Blumin | Shlomi Bar'el
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| 6 | May 25 – August 26, 2008 | Israel Bar-On | Lee Biran | Carmel Eclman |
| 7 | May 24 – August 30, 2009 | Roni Dalumi | Vladi Blayberg | Mei Finegold |
| 8 | April 22 – September 4, 2010 | Diana Golbi | Idan Amedi | Ohad Shraga'i |
| 9 | April 2 – July 23, 2011 | Hagit Yaso | David Lavi | Liron Ramati |
| 10 | May 22 - September 4, 2012 | Or Taragan |
Itan Grinberg | Anita Gassin |
Format
The format of Kokhav Nolad was similar to Pop Idol and its
The season included a number of preliminary episodes in which open auditions were held across Israel. Immediately after that, the
Judges
The judges started in the second season, after a small change in the show format. The judge panel included
Audition song
Since the 3rd season, each season of the program has had a theme song. The 3rd season theme was "Halomot Mitgashmim" ("Dreams do come true"), composed by
Seasons
Season 1 (2003)
The first season of Kokhav Nolad ran between May and August 2003. The first season was a collaboration with an earlier Israeli TV program called לא נפסיק לשיר (meaning We will not stop singing) that had started in 2002. The 2003 season, the second and last of the original music quiz program and the first of Kokhav Nolad (כוכב נולד) was jointly called "לא נפסיק לשיר - כוכב נולד". After this initial joint season, Kokhav Nolad was launched separately as an independent show in 2004.
The finale was held on 28 August 2003 at the
Ninet Tayeb won first place with the song "Yam Shel Dma'ot" (A Sea of Tears), after receiving 49.3% of the audience votes in the final. Shiri Maimon was runner-up with the song "Don Quixote" after receiving 28.2% of the votes. Shai Gabso came third with 22.5% after performing "Esh" (Fire). Over 1.4 million votes were cast during the final.
Season 2 (2004)
The second season of Kokhav Nolad was held from February to August 2004. The final was broadcast on August 15, 2004 from
Since Skaat won first place and Moyal second in the first semi-final against Harel Moyal, and since polls held at certain sites indicated that Harel Skaat would win, many were surprised when he did not. A controversy arose about the voting in the final, beginning with claims that the production company had forged the results and ending with claims that voters had used software to send in more votes for their candidate than was allowed by program regulations (250 votes per apparatus). The production staff denied all of these allegations. On Thursday, August 19, a small
Season 3 (2005)
The third season of Kokhav Nolad was held from March to August 2005. The final was held on August 29, 2005 in
Season 4 (2006)
The fourth season of Kokhav Nolad ran from May to September 2006. The final was held on September 7, 2006 at Volume Tel Aviv, in front of an audience of 40,000 people, attracting over a million viewers. Jacko Eisenberg won 1st place with 846,039 votes and Maya Rotman was the runner-up with 514,981 votes.
Season 5 (2007)
The fifth season of Kokhav Nolad was held in 2007. The final of Kokhav Nolad 5 was held on Golan Beach in the eastern side of the
Season 6 (2008)
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The winner was Israel Bar-On.
Season 7 (2009)
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An addition to the new season, of the show, was
Auditions were held in Israel in Tel Aviv, Beersheba, and Haifa. While in Kokhav Nolad 6, auditions were also held in India; this time the judges went to find singers in the Americas. The finale was broadcast live from Eilat.
The average age of the seventh season was remarkably low, because many of the contestants had not finished high school when the show aired.
Although the show is mostly dedicated to Israeli and Hebrew music, this year the participants were allowed to sing some songs in Arabic, English, Russian and Spanish.
On August 23, the finalists were announced to be Mei Finegold, Vladi Blayberg and Roni Dalumi, Ron Dalumi winning the competition with 61% of the votes.
Season 8 (2010)
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The winner was Diana Golbi.
Season 9 (2011)
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The auditions started in January 2011 and the televised season in April 2011. The winner was Hagit Yaso.
Season 10 (2012)
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The auditions started in late 2011 and the televised season in May 2012. The winner was
Show cancellation
On 20 May 2013, it was announced that judge
Impact
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The program became a microcosm of the Israeli society. With its massive following became social phenomenon. The first series winner
Yehuda Saado, the third season winner, with his religious attire and interpretations was considered as representative of the conservative religious elements in the country.
Fourth season winner Jacko Eisenberg raised the question of serving in the Israeli Army. Contrary to first season winner Ninette Tayeb who served in the IDF, and to Harel Moyal winner in season 2, a soldier in the Israel Border Police, also composing songs for the military forces, with Idan Amedi auditioning with a song he wrote while in the Israeli Combat Engineering Corps, Eisenberg said publicly in an interview that he would not serve in the military, raising protests against his defiant declarations and led to calls for his boycott. In response, Kokhav Nolad held special auditions at various Army outlets to encourage those in military service to try to apply for the competition.
The fifth season scored another cornerstone for the competition with
Season 7 saw a big controversy over contestant Omer Adam, one of the most popular contestants of the season and tipped to win the title, until blogger Omri Hayon and Ynet online news service revealed that Omer was just 15 years and 7 months when he applied. The minimum age for applying for the show is 16 years. Omer Adam admitted that the allegation was correct and withdrew from the competition mid-way through the season. Omer Adam's disqualification was announced officially on August 5, 2009. Adam went on to enjoy a successful career despite the controversy.[citation needed]
The changing ethnic landscape of Israeli society was also highlighted with the title win by Diana Golbi, a Russian Jew in season 8. Golbi had been born in Moscow. Of big impact was the participation of Hagit Yaso, an Ethiopian immigrant, another first for the program in season 9. She was avidly supported by the Ethiopian Israelis as a representative of their community and took the title for the season.
Despite the popularity of the program, Kokhav Nolad has been accused of promoting theatrics, promoting false stories, banalization of true artistic music and manipulation of contestants and their abuse. Artists publicly criticizing the show included Chava Alberstein (חוה אלברשטיין) and Yehoram Gaon (יהורם גאון). Contestant, even season winners were accused of not contributing anything original to Israeli music after their wins. Many also criticized the over-commercialization of the program through its sponsors and manipulating presentations to promote commercial interests. But others defended the program for providing opportunities for many new upcoming talents to shine and have success.
References
- ^ Natanzon, Keren (30 August 2007). "The people's choice: Mauda - Israel Culture, Ynetnews". Ynetnews. Ynetnews.com. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
External links
- Official website (in Hebrew)
- Kokhav Nolad at IMDb
