Kohav nolad

The judges appeared after a small change in the format of the show in the second season. The jury included Ricky Gal, Cedi Tsarfati and Roni Brown. In the third season, Zwick Peak replaced Ronnie Brown. In the fourth season, two new judges appeared - Gal Ukhovsky and Margalit Zanani. Dana International joined the ranks in the seventh season, and Pablo Rosenberg in the eighth. In the 9th season, the jury included singer Miri Mesika and musician Yair Nitzani , they replaced Gal Ochovsky, Dana International and Pavel Rosenberg. In season 10, Moshe Peretz and Jidi Gov replaced Margalit Zanani and Yair Nitzani.

Starting from the 3rd season, there was a thematic song in each season of the program.

The theme for the third season was Halomot Mitgashmim (Dreams Come True), composed by Zwicky Peak . It was performed by 3 finalists of the second season Harel Moyal, Harel Skaat and Adi Cohen.

In the fourth season, the song was “Kol Kakh Harbe Shirim” (“So Many Songs”), composed by Yoni Bloch and performed by the winner of the 3rd season, Yehuda Saado.

The fifth season was marked by “ Kashe li lo lehitragesh ” (“It's hard for me to emphasize”), it was performed by the winner of the fourth season and the runner-up - Jaco Eisenberg and Maya Rottman.

In the sixth season was the song “ Mi haya ma'amin? ”(“ Who will believe? ”) Authorship of Keren Peles performed by Boaz Maud and Marina Maximilian Blumin .

For the seventh season, Israeli musician and singer Dudu Tassa created a theme called " Ratsiti Lashir ", which translates as "I wanted to sing." In the final version, her three finalists of the sixth season sang - the winner, Israel Bar-On , runner-up Lee Biran and Carmel Ekman, who took third place.

A song for season 8 (" Achshav Tori, " translated "Now") written by Mosh Ben Ari, was performed by season 7 winner Roni Dalumi.

The song of the ninth season - “Haderech Shelcha” (“Your Way”), written by Idan Amedi, was performed by the winners and prize-winners of the eighth season - Diana Golby and Idan Amedi.

Season 1 (2003)

The first season of “Kochav Nolad” was held from May to August 2003. It was made in conjunction with the earlier Israeli television program, "We Will Not Stop Singing," which has been on since 2002. After this first joint season, Kochav Nolad was launched separately as an independent show in 2004. Its finale took place on August 28, 2003 on Nitsanim Beach in front of a live audience of 7000 people. The judges of the finals were Israeli composer and producer Roni Brown and singer Izhar Ashdot. The first place was taken by Ninet Tayeb with the song “ Yam Shel Dma'ot ” (“Sea of ​​Tears”), receiving 49.3% of the vote. Shiri Maimon with the song " Don Quixote " took second place after receiving 28.2% of the vote. Shay Gabso took third place with 22.5% of the audience after performing the song “ Esh ” (“Fire”). In total, more than 1.4 million votes were cast in the final.

Season 2 (2004)

The second season of Kochav Nolad took place from February to August 2004. The finale was broadcast on August 15, 2004 from the music village of Coca-Cola on the Nitzanim coast, in front of an audience of 7,500 people. Harel Moyal won the competition with 862,368 votes, Harel Skaat took second place with 806,292 votes, and Adi Cohen finished third with 254,926 votes. In total, almost 2 million votes were cast in the final.

In the semifinals, the first place was taken by Skaat, and Moyal got the second place. Therefore, given the results of surveys conducted on certain sites that showed that Harel Skaat would win, many were surprised when he did not. There was a dispute over the voting in the final, beginning with the allegations that the production company had falsified the results, and ending with the allegations that voters used the software to send more votes for their candidate than was allowed by the program rules (it was allowed to send 250 votes to the apparatus) . The staff denied all of these allegations, and on Thursday, August 19, a small demonstration of about 20 Skaat fans took place in front of Keshet’s offices. Demonstrators demanded that they investigate the claims and recount the votes. Keshet Media Group said the case was investigated and no violations were found.

Season 3 (2005)

The third season was from March to August 2005. The final took place on August 29, 2005 in Tel Aviv in front of thousands of people. Yehuda Saado took first place with the song “ Sadot Shel Irusim ”, receiving 918 520 votes, Michael Kirkilan took second place with “Yesh BeLibi Kinor”, ​​receiving 370 631 votes, and Shir Beaton took third place with “Smakhot Ktanot”, receiving 322 288 votes. 1.6 million viewers tuned in to view the winning moment.

Season 4 (2006)

The fourth season of Kochav Nolad took place from May to September 2006. Its final took place on September 7, 2006 in Tel Aviv, in front of an audience of 40,000 people, and attracted more than a million viewers. The first place was taken by Jaco Eisenberg with 846 039 votes, and Maya Rothman took the second place, receiving 514 981 votes.

Season 5 (2007)
The fifth season took place in 2007. Its finale took place on Golan Beach in the eastern part of Lake Galilee (in the western part is the city of Tiberias ) on August 29, 2007. After the first semi-final, Zvika Adar announced that Marina Maximilian Blumin went further. In the second semi-final, Boaz Mauda won first place in his draw. Chen Aharoni clashed with Shlomi Bar'el, from where Shlomi came out victorious. Thus, Marina, Boaz and Shlomi were the last three participants. This season for the first time in the “Kochav Nolad” appeared an Arab participant Miriam Tukan.

Boaz Mauda won with 50% of the vote, Marina Maximilian Blumin received 27%, and Shlomi Barel - 23% of the vote. ^[1] Barel signed with Hed Arzi Music , and Blumin signed with Helicon Records . In addition, Chen Aharoni and Adir Ohayon made deals with NMC Music .

Season 6 (2008)

The winner was Israel Bar-On.

Season 7 (2009)

An interesting addition to the new season of the show was transgender singer and former winner of the Eurovision song contest Dana International , who joined the show as the fifth judge in the group of judges, consisting of composer Zwicky Peak , singer Margalit Zanani, director and choreographer Tsedi Tsarfati and writer and music critic Gal Ukhovsky . As usual, the show was hosted by comedian Zvika Hadar.

Auditions to him took place in Israel in Tel Aviv , Be'er Sheva and Haifa . Auditions were also held in India , in addition, this time the judges went to look for singers even in America. The final was broadcast live from Eilat . Although the show is mainly dedicated to Israeli and Jewish music, this year the participants were allowed to sing several songs in Arabic, English, Russian and Spanish.

On May 23, May Fayngold , Vladi Bleiberg and Roni Dalumi were announced finalists. The latter won the competition with 61% of the vote. Season 8 (2010)

The winner was Diana Golby.

Season 9 (2011)

Auditions for him began in January 2011, and the television season itself was released in April 2011. His finalist was Hagit Yaso.

Season 10 (2012)

Auditions for the show began in late 2011, and the television season came out in May 2012. The winner was Or Taragan.

On May 20, 2013, it was announced that Judge Moshe Peretz was leaving the show to take part in the first season of “ The X Factor Israel ” on the rival Reshet Channel. Other season 10 judges, Miri Mesik and Jidi Gov, also confirmed that they were leaving and would not return to the Kokhav Nolad show, after which the show was later officially replaced by Kokhav HaBa .

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