page_title: Kokhav Nolad
section_title: Second season (2004)
hierarchical_section_title: Kokhav Nolad / Seasons / Second season (2004)
caption_attribution_description: עברית: הראל סקעת מסתכל על הקהל בנחת בהופעה ביום העצמאות בעכו English: Harel Skaat, an Israeli singer
context_page_description: Kokhav Nolad 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 achieved great popularity and turned out many new musical stars. The show was hosted by Zvika Hadar.
context_section_description: The second season of Kokhav Nolad was held from February to August 2004. The final was broadcast on August 15, 2004 from Coca Cola Music Village on the coast of Nitzanim, in front of an audience of 7,500 people. Harel Moyal won the contest with 862,368 votes, Harel Skaat took second place with 806,292 votes, and Adi Cohen took third place with 254,926 votes. Almost 2 million votes were cast during the final.
  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 demonstration of about 20 Harel Skaat fans was held in front of the offices of Shidurey Keshet. The demonstrators demanded that they investigate the claims and recount the votes.  Keshet Broadcasting reported that the matter was investigated and no irregularities were found.
caption: Harel Skaat
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