# The X Factor Israel season 1

The X Factor Israel is the Israeli version of the British television music competition The X Factor. Season 1 was first announced in late 2012. Auditions for the show began on March 5, 2013. Promos for the show started airing in early September. The first season started its run on Saturday, October 26, 2013. The show airs during prime time on Reshet network on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The season concluded on January 14, 2014.

## Judges and hosts

In May 2013, it was announced that Bar Refaeli, an Israeli fashion model, will host the first season. Contrary to most other versions of the X Factor where the judges panels was a mixture of singers and music industry figures, the Israeli version was composed entirely of musicians. The judges panel for the first season was composed of the rock singer Rami Fortis, the pop singer-songwriter and composer Moshe Peretz, the pop and R&B singer Shiri Maimon, and the pop singer Ivri Lider.

## Contestants

Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner-up
    – Third Place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| Boys (Peretz) | Ori Shakiv | Ben Golan | Yahav Tavasi |
| Girls (Fortis) | Eden Ben Zaken | Inbal Bibi | Tamar Friedman |
| Over 25s (Maimon) | Avishachar Jackson | Neta Rad | Rose Fostanes |
| Groups (Lider) | Tommy & Yan | Carakukli Sisters | Fusion |

## Selection process

Auditions began on March 5, 2013. Auditions were open to all ages. Entries must pass three auditions in front of the producers in order to get to perform in front of the judges and live audience. Selected best, worst, and most bizarre auditions typically move on to the judges stage. Judging took place in Nokia Arena, Tel Aviv.

### Bootcamp

Following the judges audition stage, 80 competitors entered the boot camp stage of the X factor. Following an initial round of auditions half of the contests were eliminated. The remaining acts had to perform a second audition in order to make it to the judges houses stage. 20 acts were collaboratively selected by the judges at the end of boot camp.

#### Twist

At the conclusion of bootcamp, a number of contestants from the boys category that were previously eliminated were called back into stage. The judges offered them a way back into the show as a group. The individual contestants were Edan Tamler, Adir Tov, Nadav Carni, Gustavo Quiñones, and Yuhan Buchnik. The band was eventually named Fusion.

### Judges' Houses

Five acts were chosen for each of the four categories. In the judges house, two acts from each category were eliminated. The top 12 contestants continued on for the live shows.
Key:
    – Eliminated in the judges' house
Top 20 - Judges' houses :
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| Boys (Peretz) | Ori Shakiv | Ben Golan | Yahav Tavasi | Liav Azran | Lior Deri |
| Girls (Fortis) | Maya Emma Sharkey Gabay | Eden Ben Zaken | Inbal Bibi | Inbal Ben-Shitrit | Tamar Friedman |
| Groups (Lider) | Apocalypsa | Carakukli Sisters | Tommy & Yan | Mirage | Fusion |
| Over 25s (Maimon) | Avishachar Jackson | Danielle Bitton | Maurizio Scaglioni | Neta Rad | Rose Fostanes |

## Live shows

Live shows began on December 18, 2013.

### Results summary
#### Color key

| – | Contestant was in the bottom two/three; judges eliminate one based on majority vote (no final showdown) |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two/three; contestant had to sing again in the final showdown |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two/three; received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated |
Weekly results per contestant :
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 4 |
| Contestant | Wednesday | Saturday | Wednesday | Saturday | Sunday | Tuesday | Tuesday |
| Rose Fostanes | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 1st |
| Eden Ben Zaken | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | 2nd |
| Ori Shakiv | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd |
| Fusion | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Bottom two | Bottom two | Safe | 4th |
| Inbal Bibi | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 5th | Eliminated (week 3, Tuesday) | Eliminated (week 3, Tuesday) |
| Tamar Friedman | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 3, Sunday) | Eliminated (week 3, Sunday) | Eliminated (week 3, Sunday) |
| Tommy & Yan | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 7th | Eliminated (week 3, Sunday) | Eliminated (week 3, Sunday) | Eliminated (week 3, Sunday) |
| Avishachar Jackson | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 2, Saturday) | Eliminated (week 2, Saturday) | Eliminated (week 2, Saturday) | Eliminated (week 2, Saturday) |
| Carakukli Sisters | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Eliminated (week 2, Wednesday) | Eliminated (week 2, Wednesday) | Eliminated (week 2, Wednesday) | Eliminated (week 2, Wednesday) | Eliminated (week 2, Wednesday) |
| Ben Golan | Safe | Safe | 10th | Eliminated (week 2, Wednesday) | Eliminated (week 2, Wednesday) | Eliminated (week 2, Wednesday) | Eliminated (week 2, Wednesday) | Eliminated (week 2, Wednesday) |
| Yahav Tavasi | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 1, Saturday) | Eliminated (week 1, Saturday) | Eliminated (week 1, Saturday) | Eliminated (week 1, Saturday) | Eliminated (week 1, Saturday) | Eliminated (week 1, Saturday) |
| Neta Rad | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 1, Wednesday) | Eliminated (week 1, Wednesday) | Eliminated (week 1, Wednesday) | Eliminated (week 1, Wednesday) | Eliminated (week 1, Wednesday) | Eliminated (week 1, Wednesday) | Eliminated (week 1, Wednesday) |

### Live show details
#### Week 1
##### Wednesday (December 18)

* Group performance: "Love Me Again"
Week 1 Wednesday results :
| Contestant | Order | Song | Results |
| Carakukli Sisters | 1 | "I Kissed a Girl" | Safe |
| Tamar Friedman | 2 | "Skyfall" | Safe |
| Avishachar Jackson | 3 | "Girl on Fire" | Safe |
| Ori Shakiv | 4 | "רוב השעות" | Safe |
| Tommy & Yan | 5 | "מה אם נתנשק" | Safe |
| Eden Ben Zaken | 6 | "Listen" | Safe |
| Neta Rad | 7 | "ג'סיקה" | Eliminated |
| Yahav Tavasi | 8 | "אמסטרדם" | Safe |
| Fusion | 9 | "הראשונה" & "Mirrors" | Safe |
| Ben Golan | 10 | "אהובתי" | Safe |
| Inbal Bibi | 11 | "בחום של תל אביב" | Bottom Two |
| Rose Fostanes | 12 | "Beautiful" | Safe |
* ↑ The group sang a remix of the English and Hebrew songs mirrors and "הראשונה"

##### Saturday (December 21)

Week 1 Saturday results :
| Contestant | Order | Song | Results |
| Fusion | 1 | "Some Nights" | Safe |
| Yahav Tavasi | 2 | "שלג בשרב" | Eliminated |
| Tamar Friedman | 3 | "Go Your Own Way" | Safe |
| Avishachar Jackson | 4 | "כמה אהבה" | Bottom Two |
| Tommy & Yan | 5 | "The Other Side" | Safe |
| Inbal Bibi | 6 | "Beat It" | Safe |
| Ben Golan | 7 | "Titanium" | Safe |
| Rose Fostanes | 8 | "Valerie" | Safe |
| Carakukli Sisters | 9 | "מגדלור" | Safe |
| Ori Shakiv | 10 | "עכשיו או לעולם" | Safe |
| Eden Ben Zaken | 11 | "Bad Romance" | Safe |

#### Week 2
##### Wednesday (December 25)

* Group performance: "Give Me Everything"
* The contestant, Hillik Cohen, that has failed passing the live auditions and was highly aggressive toward the judges made a guest appearance and performed "אני כאן" after the group performance.
Week 2 Wednesday results :
| Contestant | Order | Song | Results |
| Avishachar Jackson | 1 | "The Edge of Glory" | Safe |
| Ben Golan | 2 | "כמו אז" | Eliminated |
| Carakukli Sisters | 3 | "נוסעת בעקבות האהבה" | Eliminated |
| Tamar Friedman | 4 | "אם יש גן עדן" | Safe |
| Fusion | 5 | "Wrecking Ball" | Bottom Three |
| Ori Shakiv | 6 | "מעליות" | Safe |
| Rose Fostanes | 7 | "I (Who Have Nothing)" | Safe |
| Eden Ben Zaken | 8 | "אני לא יכולה בלעדיך" | Safe |
| Tommy & Yan | 9 | "על הגשר הישן" | Safe |
| Inbal Bibi | 10 | "ניסים" | Safe |

##### Saturday (December 28)

Week 2 Saturday results :
| Contestant | Order | Song | Results |
| Tamar Friedman | 1 | "ואת" | Safe |
| Avishachar Jackson | 2 | "Lately" | Bottom Two |
| Inbal Bibi | 3 | "Where Is The Love" | Safe |
| Ori Shakiv | 4 | "תביני" | Safe |
| Fusion | 5 | "חופשי זה לגמרי לבד" | Bottom Two |
| Eden Ben Zaken | 6 | "איזה יום" | Safe |
| Rose Fostanes | 7 | "Born This Way" | Safe |
| Tommy & Yan | 8 | "Little Things" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Avishachar Jackson | 1 | "משהו ממני" | Eliminated |
| Fusion | 2 | "Let Her Go" | Safe |
* ↑ "תביני" is an original song written by Ori Shakiv himself.

#### Week 3
##### Sunday (January 5) - Quarter-final

* Group performance "הכוס הכחולה". The performance included the Carakukli Sisters and Ivri Lider.
Week 3 Sunday results :
| Contestant | Order | Song | Results |
| Fusion | 1 | "Say Something" | Bottom Three |
| Inbal Bibi | 2 | "צל כבד" | Safe |
| Tommy & Yan | 3 | "Viva La Vida" | Eliminated |
| Ori Shakiv | 4 | "עוד" | Safe |
| Eden Ben Zaken | 5 | "Love On Top" | Safe |
| Rose Fostanes | 6 | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Safe |
| Tamar Friedman | 7 | "Royals" | Bottom Three |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Tamar Friedman | 1 | "גשם כבד" | Eliminated |
| Fusion | 2 | "Mirrors" | Safe |

##### Tuesday (January 7) - Semi-final

* Group performance "Wake Me Up".
* The boys and Moshe Peretz performed "אולי הלילה".
* The over 25s, including those who were previously eliminated, and Shiri Maimon performed "חלק ממך" and "Now That You're Gone".
Week 3 Tuesday results :
| Contestant | Order | Song | Results |
| Rose Fostanes | 1 | "Because of You" | Safe |
| Inbal Bibi | 2 | "Oops!... I Did It Again" | Eliminated |
| Ori Shakiv | 3 | "תרצי בי" | Safe |
| Fusion | 4 | "Roar" | Safe |
| Eden Ben Zaken | 5 | "כמה פעמים" | Bottom 2 |

#### Week 4
##### Tuesday (January 14) - Final

* Group performance "Scream & Shout". Performance included all the original top 12 contestants
* Judges performance "America" (Hebrew: "אמריקה")
Week 4 Tuesday results :
| Contestant | Order | Song | Results |
| Ori Shakiv | 1 | "Todah" (Hebrew: "תודה") | 3rd |
| Eden Ben Zaken | 2 | "Only Girl (in the World)" | 2nd |
| Fusion | 3 | "Sweet Dreams" & "Party Rock Anthem" | Eliminated |
| Rose Fostanes | 4 | "My Way" | Winner |
| Judge & Contestant Duet ||||
| Rose Fostanes Shiri Maimon | 1 | "If I Ain't Got You" | Winner |
| Eden Ben Zaken Rami Fortis | 2 | "Nitzotzot" (Hebrew: "ניצוצות") | 2nd |
| Ori Shakiv Moshe Peretz | 3 | "Latet ve Lachachat" (Hebrew: "לתת ולקחת") | 3rd |

## Ratings

The first episode peaked at 49%, about 1.1 million viewers, making it the highest figure for opening episode of any Israeli music program. The show had an average rating of 38.4% of households.
| Episode | Air Date | Viewers (thousands) | Share |
| Auditions 1 | Oct 26, 2013 | 1,100 | 49% |
| Auditions 2 | Oct 30, 2013 | 913 | 49.4% |
| Auditions 3 | Nov 2, 2013 | 1,094 | 51.4% |
| Auditions 4 | Nov 6, 2013 | 870 | 49.5% |
| Auditions 5 | Nov 9, 2013 | 953 | 47.5% |
| Auditions 6 | Nov 13, 2013 | 927 | 51.8% |
| Auditions 7 | Nov 16, 2013 | 1,107 | 54.2% |
| Auditions 8 | Nov 20, 2013 | 901 | 49.9% |
| Bootcamp 1 | Nov 23, 2013 | 955 | 51.1% |
| Bootcamp 2 | Nov 28, 2013 | 832 | 30.7% |
| Judges' houses 1 | Nov 30, 2013 | 710 | 29.7% |
| Judges' houses 2 | Dec 4, 2013 | 798 | 42.6% |
| Judges' houses 3 | Dec 7, 2013 | 745.2 | 40.5% |
| Judges' houses 4 | Dec 11, 2013 | | |
| Connect to X | Dec 14, 2013 | | |
| Live Shows 1 | Dec 18, 2013 | 804 | 45.4% |
| Live Shows 2 | Dec 21, 2013 | 870 | 44.2% |
| Live Shows 3 | Dec 25, 2013 | 849.3 | 47.3% |
| Live Shows 4 | Dec 28, 2013 | 906 | 47.2% |
| Quarter-final | Jan 5, 2014 | | |
| Semi-final | Jan 7, 2014 | | |
| The road to the final | Jan 13, 2014 | | |
| Final | Jan 14, 2014 | 1,040 | 55.7% |