The X Factor Israel

{{Infobox television

| image =

| creative_director =

| presenter = Bar Refaeli (2013–2018)

Liron Weizman (2021–2022)

| judges = Rami Fortis (2013–2015)
Moshe Peretz (2013–2018)
Shiri Maimon (2013–2018)
Ivri Lider (2013–2018)
Subliminal (2017–2018)
Aviv Geffen (2021–2022)
Netta (2021–2022)
Margol (2021–2022)
Ran Danker (2021–2022)
Miri Mesika (2021–2022)

| composer = Simon Cowell

| country = Israel

| language = Hebrew
English

| num_seasons = 3

| num_episodes = 86

| producer = Thames
Tamira Yardeni

| location = Nokia Arena Tel Aviv

| runtime = 60–150 minutes

| network = Channel 2 (Reshet) (2013–2017)
Reshet 13 (2017–2022)

| first_aired = {{start date|2013|10|26}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2022|2|3}}

}}

The X Factor Israel ({{langx|he|אקס פקטור ישראל}}) is the Israeli version of the British television music competition The X Factor, created by Simon Cowell. The show started airing fall of 2013{{cite news|title='The X Factor Israel' debuts Saturday|url=http://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Arts/The-X-Factor-Israel-debuts-Saturday-329447|accessdate=9 November 2013|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|date=22 October 2013}} on Reshet.{{cite web|title=The X Factor Israel|url=http://reshet.tv/Shows/The_X_Factor_Israel/|publisher=Reshet|accessdate=9 November 2013}}

Judges and hosts

The first three seasons were hosted by Israeli fashion model Bar Refaeli. {{ill|Liron Weizman|he|לירון ויצמן}} hosts the fourth season.{{cite news|last=Krupnick|first=Ellie|title=Bar Refaeli 'X Factor' Host Gig Will Kick Off Show In Israel|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/29/bar-refaeli-x-factor-host_n_3352633.html|accessdate=9 November 2013|newspaper=The Huffington Post|date=2013-05-29}}{{cite news|last=Caspi|first=David|title=Supermodel Bar Refaeli to Host 'X Factor' Israel|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bar-refaeli-host-x-factor-558737|accessdate=9 November 2013|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=2013-05-27}} 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. In the third season, rapper Subliminal replaced Rami Fortis as a judge on the show. In the fourth season, all of the judging panel changes: Mizrahi singer Margalit Tzan'ani, singer-songwriter Aviv Geffen, singer and Eurovision 2018 winner Netta Barzilai, while a fourth and fifth judges revealed to be Ran Danker and Miri Mesika, making it the first season of X Factor Israel to feature 5 judges instead of 4.

Series overview

To date, three seasons have been broadcast, as summarised below.

:{{Color box|#Ccf|border=silver}} Contestant in (or mentor of) "Rami Fortis"

:{{Color box|Pink|border=silver}} Contestant in (or mentor of) "Shiri Maimon"

:{{Color box|#FFE5B4|border=silver}} Contestant in (or mentor of) "Ivri Lider"

:{{Color box|#D0F0C0|border=silver}} Contestant in (or mentor of) "Moshe Peretz"

:{{Color box|#afeeee|border=silver}} Contestant in (or mentor of) "Subliminal"

:{{Color box|#fffa73|border=silver}} Contestant in (or mentor of) "Ran Danker"

:{{Color box|#87ceeb|border=silver}} Contestant in (or mentor of) "Aviv Geffen"

:{{Color box|#ff9999|border=silver}} Contestant in (or mentor of) "Netta"

:{{Color box|#fbb56e|border=silver}} Contestant in (or mentor of) "Miri Mesika and Margol"

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:16px;" width="100%"
scope="col" \| Season ! scope="col" \| Start ! scope="col" \| Finish ! scope="col" \| Winner ! scope="col" \| Runner-up ! scope="col" \| Third place ! scope="col" \| Fourth place ! scope="col" \| Winning mentor ! scope="col" \| Presenters ! colspan="5" scope="col" \| Main judges
scope="row" \| One \| {{nowrap\|26 October 2013}} \| {{nowrap\|14 January 2014}} \| style="background:pink;" \| Rose Fostanes \| style="background:#ccf;" \| Eden Ben Zaken \| style="background:#d0f0c0;" \| Ori Shakiv \| style="background:#ffe5b4;" \| Fusion \| style="background:pink;" \|Shiri Maimon \|rowspan="3"\| Bar Refaeli \| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#ccf" \| Rami \| rowspan="3" style="background:#d0f0c0" \| Moshe \| rowspan="3" style="background:pink" \| Shiri \| rowspan="3" style="background:#ffe5b4" \| Ivri
scope="row" \| Two \| {{nowrap\|13 June 2015}} \| {{nowrap\|September 5 , 2015}} \| style="background:#ccf;" \| Daniel Yafe \| style="background:#ffe5b4;" \| Yossi Shitrit \| style="background:pink;" \| Ana Timofie \| style="background:#d0f0c0;" \| Ido & Atara \| style="background:#ccf;" \| Rami Fortis
scope="row" \| Three \| {{nowrap\|18 October 2017}} \| {{nowrap\|30 January 2018}} \|style="background:#Ffe5b4;" \|Eden Alene \| style="background:#D0f0c0;" \|Guy Yahood \| style="background:#Ffe5b4;" \|Yam Refaeli \| style="background:#afeeee;" \| The Brinks \| style="background:#Ffe5b4;" \|Ivri Lider \|colspan="2" rowspan="1" style="background:#afeeee" \| Subliminal
scope"row" \| Four \| {{nowrap\|30 October 2021}} \| {{nowrap\|5 February 2022}} \| rowspan="1" style="background:#ff9999;" \| Michael Ben David \| rowspan="1" style="background:#ff9999;" \| Eli Huli \| rowspan="1" style="background:#87ceeb;" \| Inbal Bibi \| rowspan="1" style="background:#87ceeb;" \| Sapir Saban \| rowspan="1" style="background:#ff9999;" \| Netta \| rowspan="1"\| Liron Weizman \| colspan="2" rowspan="1" style="background:#fffa73;" \| Ran \| rowspan="1" style="background:#ff9999;" \| Netta \| rowspan="1" style="background:#87ceeb;" \| Aviv \| rowspan="1" style="background:#fbb56e;" \| {{nowrap\|Miri and}} Margol

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:16px;" width="100%"

scope="col" | Season

! scope="col" | Start

! scope="col" | Finish

! scope="col" | Winner

! scope="col" | Runner-up

! scope="col" | Third place

! scope="col" | Fourth place

! scope="col" | Winning mentor

! scope="col" | Presenters

! colspan="5" scope="col" | Main judges

scope="row" | One

| {{nowrap|26 October
2013}}

| {{nowrap|14 January
2014}}

| style="background:pink;" | Rose Fostanes

| style="background:#ccf;" | Eden Ben Zaken

| style="background:#d0f0c0;" | Ori Shakiv

| style="background:#ffe5b4;" | Fusion

| style="background:pink;" |Shiri Maimon

|rowspan="3"| Bar Refaeli

| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#ccf" | Rami

| rowspan="3" style="background:#d0f0c0" | Moshe

| rowspan="3" style="background:pink" | Shiri

| rowspan="3" style="background:#ffe5b4" | Ivri

scope="row" | Two

| {{nowrap|13 June
2015}}

| {{nowrap|September 5
, 2015}}

| style="background:#ccf;" | Daniel Yafe

| style="background:#ffe5b4;" | Yossi Shitrit

| style="background:pink;" | Ana Timofie

| style="background:#d0f0c0;" | Ido & Atara

| style="background:#ccf;" | Rami Fortis

scope="row" | Three

| {{nowrap|18 October
2017}}

| {{nowrap|30 January
2018}}

|style="background:#Ffe5b4;" |Eden Alene

| style="background:#D0f0c0;" |Guy Yahood

| style="background:#Ffe5b4;" |Yam Refaeli

| style="background:#afeeee;" | The Brinks

| style="background:#Ffe5b4;" |Ivri Lider

|colspan="2" rowspan="1" style="background:#afeeee" | Subliminal

scope"row" | Four

| {{nowrap|30 October
2021}}

| {{nowrap|5 February
2022}}

| rowspan="1" style="background:#ff9999;" | Michael Ben David

| rowspan="1" style="background:#ff9999;" | Eli Huli

| rowspan="1" style="background:#87ceeb;" | Inbal Bibi

| rowspan="1" style="background:#87ceeb;" | Sapir Saban

| rowspan="1" style="background:#ff9999;" | Netta

| rowspan="1"| Liron Weizman

| colspan="2" rowspan="1" style="background:#fffa73;" | Ran

| rowspan="1" style="background:#ff9999;" | Netta

| rowspan="1" style="background:#87ceeb;" | Aviv

| rowspan="1" style="background:#fbb56e;" | {{nowrap|Miri and}} Margol

Judges' categories and their contestants

In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses a small number of acts (three for season one) 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:

{{Color box|#BFFFC0;|border=silver}} – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="width:9%;" scope="col" \| Season ! style="width:13%;" scope="col" \| Rami Fortis ! style="width:13%;" scope="col" \| Moshe Peretz ! style="width:13%;" scope="col" \| Shiri Maimon ! style="width:13%;" scope="col" \| Ivri Lider
scope="row" \| One \| Girls Eden Ben Zaken Inbal Bibi Tamar Friedman \| Boys Ori Shakiv Ben Golan Yahav Tavasi \| style="background:#BFFFC0;" \| Over 25s Rose Fostanes Avishachar Jackson Neta Rad \| Groups Fusion Tommy & Yan Carakukly
scope="row" \| Two \| style="background:#BFFFC0;" \| Over 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
style="width:9%;" scope="col" \| ! style="width:13%;" scope="col" \| Subliminal ! style="width:13%;" scope="col" \| Moshe Peretz ! style="width:13%;" scope="col" \| Shiri Maimon ! style="width:13%;" scope="col" \| Ivri Lider
scope="row" \| Three \| Groups The Brinks Idan and Almog Ori and Tirel \| Boys Guy Yahood Honi Assor Daniel Zynchenko \| Girls Lin Ben Hamo Reut Levi Teemna Gonen \| style="background:#BFFFC0;" \|Teens Eden Alene Yam Refaeli Eliraz Zaada Oriane Recchia
style="width:9%;" scope="col" \| ! style="width:13%;" scope="col" \| Aviv Geffen ! style="width:13%;" scope="col" \| Miri Mesika and Margol ! style="width:13%;" scope="col" \| Netta ! style="width:13%;" scope="col" \| Ran Danker
scope="row" \| Four \| Girls Inbal Bibi Sapir Saban Anna Stefani Gai'da Abu Awad \| Groups and Over 25s Linet Shiran and Ron Adi Cohen Tarante Groove Machine Liron Lev \| style="background:#BFFFC0;" \|Boys Michael Ben David Eli Huli Shachar Adawi Elisha Nachmias \| Teens Ilay Elmakais Lia Navipur Shahar Admoni Agam Abuhatzira

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

style="width:9%;" scope="col" | Season

! style="width:13%;" scope="col" | Rami Fortis

! style="width:13%;" scope="col" | Moshe Peretz

! style="width:13%;" scope="col" | Shiri Maimon

! style="width:13%;" scope="col" | Ivri Lider

scope="row" | One

| Girls
Eden Ben Zaken
Inbal Bibi
Tamar Friedman

| Boys
Ori Shakiv
Ben Golan
Yahav Tavasi

| style="background:#BFFFC0;" | Over 25s
Rose Fostanes
Avishachar Jackson
Neta Rad

| Groups
Fusion
Tommy & Yan
Carakukly

scope="row" | Two

| style="background:#BFFFC0;" | Over 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

style="width:9%;" scope="col" |

! style="width:13%;" scope="col" | Subliminal

! style="width:13%;" scope="col" | Moshe Peretz

! style="width:13%;" scope="col" | Shiri Maimon

! style="width:13%;" scope="col" | Ivri Lider

scope="row" | Three

| Groups
The Brinks
Idan and Almog
Ori and Tirel

| Boys
Guy Yahood
Honi Assor
Daniel Zynchenko

| Girls
Lin Ben Hamo
Reut Levi
Teemna Gonen

| style="background:#BFFFC0;" |Teens
Eden Alene
Yam Refaeli
Eliraz Zaada
Oriane Recchia

style="width:9%;" scope="col" |

! style="width:13%;" scope="col" | Aviv Geffen

! style="width:13%;" scope="col" | Miri Mesika and Margol

! style="width:13%;" scope="col" | Netta

! style="width:13%;" scope="col" | Ran Danker

scope="row" | Four

| Girls
Inbal Bibi
Sapir Saban
Anna Stefani
Gai'da Abu Awad

| Groups and Over 25s
Linet
Shiran and Ron
Adi Cohen
Tarante Groove Machine
Liron Lev

| style="background:#BFFFC0;" |Boys
Michael Ben David
Eli Huli
Shachar Adawi
Elisha Nachmias

| Teens
Ilay Elmakais
Lia Navipur
Shahar Admoni
Agam Abuhatzira

Season 1 (2013–14)

The first season began airing on 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.{{cite web|last=Hawkes|first=Rebecca|title=X Factor Israel launches to strong ratings|url=http://www.rapidtvnews.com/index.php/2013103130595/x-factor-israel-launches-to-strong-ratings.html|publisher=Rapid TV News|accessdate=18 December 2013}} 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.{{cite web|author=Gab|title=Rose Fostanes makes it to 'X Factor Israel' Top 12 live shows|url=http://www.buzzmeter.net/rose-fostanes-makes-it-to-x-factor-israel-top-12-live-shows/3042/|publisher=BuzzMeter|accessdate=16 December 2013}}

Season 2 (2015)

The second season began airing on Thursday, June 13, 2015.

Season 3 (2017–18)

The third season began airing on October 18, 2017. The show was hosted by Bar Refaeli and the judges were Moshe Peretz, Shiri Maimon and Ivri Lider, who had been judges in the previous two seasons; they were joined by a new judge, rapper Subliminal.

Season 4 (2021–22)

The fourth season began airing on October 30, 2021. {{ill|Liron Weizman|he|לירון ויצמן}} replaced Bar Refaeli as host.

Originally, Simon Cowell, Aviv Geffen, Margalit Tzan'ani, and Netta were to be judges for this season.

{{cite news |title=Simon Cowell To Be A Judge On 'The X Factor Israel'|url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/simon-cowell-judge-the-x-factor-israel-1234661037/ |access-date=15 March 2021 |work=Deadline}} However, it has since been revealed that Cowell decided to pull out.{{cite web| title=Simon Cowell Pulls Out of Israeli X Factor |url= https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/exclusive-simon-cowell-pulls-out-of-x-factor-israel/ |access-date=24 May 2021 |work=Jewish News|date= 24 May 2021 }} It was later decided that singers Ran Danker and Miri Mesika would both be judges in the show instead of Cowell, making it the first season of X Factor Israel to feature five judges instead of four.