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94-411: The format of Kokhav Nolad was similar to Pop Idol and its spinoffs , like American Idol , but was independently produced and not a licensed adaptation. The contest was open to aspiring singers, most of them in their late teens and early 20s, who appeared before a panel of judges, who evaluated their performances. The audience was then asked to vote for their favorite singer. In every round, whoever gets

188-414: A bid to counter sagging ratings, contestants on Australian Idol were allowed to bring instruments on stage with them and had the opportunity to sing original material from the 2006 season, a world first. Since then America and Canada have followed Australia's lead. Again a results show follows the show; this time it may include group performances, musical guests or extra footage of the contestants' time on

282-542: A competing station, Reshet . The other judges from season 10 Miri Mesika and Gidi Gov also confirmed they were leaving and would not return to the show. Kokhav Nolad that show was later officially replaced by HaKokhav HaBa . The program became a microcosm of the Israeli society. With its massive following became social phenomenon. The first series winner Ninette Tayeb , came from Kiryat Gat , inhabited by mainly Sephardi / Mizrahi Jews notably from North Africa. Her win

376-408: A gyroscope then features real male and female Idol figures passing horizontal and arc displays then walking to an arena where the two figures start to perform. Finally, only one figure raises his/her hands in victory in front of a huge arc display and then zooms out to the atmosphere and to space, where the title of the show zooms out in front of planet Earth. The ending title of this intro is similar to

470-489: A line of microphones having spotlights come out of them next to the bus while having a male CGI figure in the sunset singing into the microphone. Then it cuts to a big hill with more microphones with spotlights and 4 CGI figures appear with 3 of them singing and 1 playing guitar. Finally it zooms out of another microphone with a spotlight with another CGI figure singing as the American Idol and the huge American Idol logo

564-925: A live competition event which drew "more from a sporting concept of true competition". Each show has at least one host that directs the show, introduces the singers and delivers the results of each episode including the finale. While some countries have one host ( Ryan Seacrest in American Idol , Boy William in Indonesian Idol (replacing Daniel Mananta in season 3-10), Dominic Bowden in New Zealand Idol , ProVerb in Idols SA , IK Osakioduwa in Nigerian Idol and Phan Anh, Huy Khánh, Duy Hải and Đức Bảo in Vietnam Idol since

658-536: A local Sony Music subsidiary. FremantleMedia and Sony Music were related through common parent Bertelsmann , which owns 90.4% of FremantleMedia's immediate parent RTL Group and previously owned 50% of joint venture Sony BMG from 2004 to 2008. Since 2011, Universal Music Group replaced Sony Music Entertainment as the general record company associated and affiliated with the Idols format in most countries. A notable commonality among Idol-format shows

752-406: A microphone on a mic stand with a spotlight coming out of it. Next you see a female CGI figure singing into the microphone on a city street with multiple microphones having spotlights come out of them. The female figure is also infront of a sunset while having other CGI figures dancing and watching the singer perform from the sidewalks. Next it cuts to an American Idol tour bus driving on the road with

846-495: A million viewers. Jacko Eisenberg won 1st place with 846,039 votes and Maya Rotman was the runner-up with 514,981 votes. 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 Sea of Galilee (opposite the city of Tiberias , west of the sea) on August 29, 2007. After the first semifinal, Zvika Hadar announced that Marina Maximillian Blumin had qualified. In

940-767: A new version of the Idol intro was created by Aerodrome Pictures in Los Angeles which first appeared on the Season 4 premiere of American Idol . The intro starts with the Idol logo without the dark blue background spinning in the American and Canadian versions while the other Idol formats have their logo glow and sparkle, next the logo zooms in featuring a long section of the CGI Idol figure riding an open elevator past large vertical screens and displays and then walking down

1034-400: A piano, though other instruments & even a live band have been introduced to some versions. An average semi-final usually consists of 18 to 50 contestants where they either perform in an even group of contestants (three groups of ten for example) or in a "heat" type semi-final where the contestants sing every week until all finalists have been chosen. During the format, a Wildcards feature

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1128-572: A raised word). Türkstar has the only Idol logo not to use the common font style. As part of a relaunch after the first season, the French Nouvelle Star logo was changed to purple, and their name was shortened. They are the only logo to depart from the standard blue palette until the fifth season of SuperStar Arab changed to the same color scheme as well. Several versions such as Vietnam Idol and Chinese Idol have both English and local language titles shown in their logos. Since

1222-445: A series of mass auditions, a group of finalists are selected by a panel of judges (which usually consists of artists and record producers) who offer critiques on their performances. The finalists then advance to the weekly live shows. On each live show, the contestants all sing, the television audience votes (by telephone, SMS Internet, and via apps), and then the contestant who receives the fewest votes gets eliminated. The final episode

1316-421: A similar version of this intro in 2022. But they used a blue background with shooting stars. American Idol ' s 20th season brought in a new intro which appeared on the season finale, created by The Other House in Los Angeles. It starts with a closeup of the logo at the top of the 2 in '20' and tracing itself with gold lines as the camera pans to the right. Next, you will see the middle of 2 and 0 panning to

1410-399: A specially awarded song is sung by both remaining contestants which is ultimately slated to be released as the winner's debut single though recently in some countries this has been phased out. During the extended results show, there are usually group performances and/or special musical guests. Also, it has the best moments of the series which leads up to the announcement of the winner, which

1504-549: A sponsor in that season; the iTunes downloads have included audio of all semi-finalist performances, studio recordings and performance videos for all finalists, videos of finalist group performances, and audio and video performances from the Idol Gives Back episode. Sony Music is the general record company associated and affiliated with the Idols format in most countries, though countries like Iceland , Vietnam and Kazakhstan have affiliate labels as they do not have

1598-470: A stage being spotted under a spotlight from the sky. Then, a stylized bridge leading towards a screen is shown. Winners of Idol , as well as notable alumni from past seasons are shown on the screen. The camera turns to a pyramid -like shape blooming and a CGI figure appears. Depending on the figure's gender in the intro, the figure would yield a different action in front of the American Idol logo and

1692-419: A stage with light beams popping out of the spotlights, then it cuts to a sign that will say the current stage of the competition. Next it cuts to a building showing the map of the country and another building showing the judges desk while the camera turns to the left and moves up. Finally, you will see a spotlight in the middle of the stage appearing with the Idols logo appearing with a female CGI figure singing as

1786-479: A stylized tunnel to a stage, where the figure starts to perform. On this basic template, the American and Canadian versions are customized, with past Idol winners appearing on the screens in the American version, while the Canadian version's screens feature Canadian landmarks . The American & Canadian versions last for 30 seconds; the other Idol shows only lasts 15 seconds, with no customization and instead of

1880-452: A television studio fully televised; again judges give critiques but beginning at this stage, home viewers vote via telephone and SMS (and in some countries other voting mechanisms including via Internet or via Red Button ) who they want to stay in the competition. During the "semi-final" weeks, contestants receive a workshop tuition with a vocal coach to prepare their song of choice. The format started out with contestants only singing along to

1974-420: A theme named "Ratsiti Lashir" - simply translated as "I wanted to sing". The final versions came up with 3 solo version of Kokhav Nolad 6 finalists - winner Israel Bar-On , runner up Lee Biran and Carmel Eckman who took the third place. The 8th season's auditions song is "Achshav Tori (It's my turn now)" written by Mosh Ben Ari and is performed by season 7 winner Roni Dalumi . The 9th season's auditions song

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2068-416: Is "Haderech Shelcha (Your way)" composed by Idan Amedi and is performed by Kokhav Nolad 8 winner & runner up - Diana Golbi & Idan Amedi . 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

2162-568: Is a reality television singing competition format created by British television producer Simon Fuller and developed by Fremantle . The format began in 2001 with the British television series Pop Idol ; its first adaptation was the South African series Idols in 2002. It has since become the world's most widely watched television franchise, as well as one of the most successful entertainment formats, adapted in over 56 regions around

2256-523: Is a reality television singing competition where the winner is selected by the audience voting. The show combines a number of elements previously used by other shows such as Popstars – mass auditioning, the search of a new star, and the use of a judging panel that critiques the audtioners' performance and selects the contestants. An important element is audience participation, where the audience may vote by telephone or text to decide which contestant can proceed further each week and ultimately win. According to

2350-413: Is bound by certain legal requirements such as age and citizenship for example) the chance to sing in front of musical/television producers and if successful, they advance to a recorded televised audition where the show "judges" advance up to 300 people in some countries to the next round. The Theatre round is where a specially selected group of auditioners from all regional auditions converge (always in

2444-817: Is determined by the highest number of votes. When that happens, he or she will perform an encore of the coronation single which sometimes includes pyrotechnics / fireworks . While the show's premise is to find one winner with promises of a recording deal and other frugal benefits, the Idol series often has several contestants who go onto the same route of fame, whether they be finalists, semi-finalists, or even auditioners. Key examples of this from American Idol include Clay Aiken (second place, season 2 ) and Chris Daughtry (fourth place, season 5 , through his band Daughtry ), who have each outsold all American Idol winners except Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood ; Jennifer Hudson (seventh place, season 3 ), who would later win

2538-405: Is the grand finale episode, when usually two, but sometimes three or four, finalists are left, and the contestant who gets the largest number of votes is declared the winner. The winner receives a recording contract , monetary prizes, and a title as their nation's "Idol", "SuperStar" or "Star". Sometimes one or more of the runners-up get recording contracts as well. The various series have launched

2632-507: Is the theme logo & intro style. Many different versions of the Idol logo and show intro have been created since Idol's inception in June 2001. The basic plan for the logo is an oval with the particular show's name centered in custom lettering based on a common font ( Kaufmann ). Mostly the name of the show is written horizontally, however occasionally part of the name is angled upwards. The original Pop Idol logo featured an enhanced star in

2726-476: Is titled to the left with the roman numerals "XIV" on the bottom right corner of the logo. The CGI figure at the end will also switch between a male and female figure. However in the season finale, the intro featured the 2 remaining finalists as the CGI figures. In 2016, a new version of the Idol intro was created by Spencer Tucker and appeared on the Season 15 premiere of American Idol . It starts by zooming into

2820-401: Is venued in a prestigious location ( American Idol : Dolby Theatre / Nokia Theatre , Canadian Idol : John Bassett Theatre , Australian Idol : Sydney Opera House , Philippine Idol : Araneta Coliseum , Indonesian Idol : Ecovention Ocean Ecopark / Hall D2 JIExpo / RCTI+ Studios , Idol Sweden : Ericsson Globe , Singapore Idol : Singapore Indoor Stadium ). In this final stage

2914-573: The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ; and William Hung , who turned his off-key season 3 audition into a recording career and has outsold some finalists. Often, a studio compilation album and/or a CD single is made to promote the show. In some cases, DVDs of highlights of the show will be released. While these releases have sold well in countries including the United States and Australia, many countries did not release CDs after

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3008-552: The U.S. TV ratings , due to the popularity of the judges (particularly Simon Cowell) and its contestants, which were led by its first winner, Kelly Clarkson . The success brought by American Idol led to even more adaptations in other countries, where the Dutch Idols became the top television series in the Netherlands during its airing. There has been a global version of the franchise, called World Idol . The show

3102-490: The Universal Pictures logo of 1990 (for the starry background) and in 2012 (for the earth model). The American, Australian, Canadian, Croatian, Latin American, and Swedish versions are customized by featuring their past Idol winners in the horizontal and arc displays and last for 30 seconds. However, Sweden's version only displayed their former Idol winners in 2010. They also displayed their 2 remaining finalists in

3196-440: The quarter final round started in which two or three competitors performed every week; the one who got the most votes moved on to the semi final round. The semi final was divided into two shows with 4-5 competitors in each show. The 3 who got the most votes went on to the finale. The judges started in the second season, after a small change in the show format. The judge panel included Riki Gal , Tsedi Tzarfati and Roni Brown. In

3290-555: The third season ), most shows have two co-hosts. As well as judges, some countries have adopted new members to the hosting/jury party. A preselected panel of music industry representatives tour some, if not all audition cities (depending on which show) to observe and advance those auditioning throughout the show up to and including the Grand Finale. The judges offer critiques and/or advice after each contestant performance, which can be positive or negative; Nouvelle Star 4 for

3384-512: The 'Tunnel' theme from 2005 to 2012. From 2013-2021, the German version used its own intro in place of the 'Gyroscope' and 'Hall of Idols' intros called "New Idol". Since 2021, Nigerian Idol has reverted to this opening title for their revival on Africa Magic. In 2011, a new version of the Idol intro was created once again by Aerodrome Pictures in Los Angeles which first appeared on the Season 10 premiere of American Idol . The intro starts with

3478-402: 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 Svika Pik and performed by the 3 finalists of Kokhav Nolad 2 ( Harel Moyal , Harel Skaat & Adi Cohen , Kokhav Nolad 4 had "Kol Kakh Harbe Shirim" ("So many songs"), composed by Yoni Bloch and performed by the 3rd season winner, Yehuda Saado ,

3572-408: The 5th season was brought up with "Kashe li lo lehitragesh" ("It's hard for me not to stress") with Kokhav Nolad 4 winner & runner up - Jacko Eisenberg & Maya Rotthman , Kokhav Nolad 5 was the same with "Mi haya ma'amin?" ("Who would believe?") from Keren Peles and performed by Boaz Mauda & Marina Maximillian Blumin . For Kokhav Nolad 7, Israeli musician & singer Dudu Tassa made

3666-604: The American Idol logo which is surrounded by names of previous Idol contestants throughout the years. On the season premiere, it started the same and then had a montage of the previous intros that they used in reverse. They used the same intro concept on the season finale and didn't reverse the montage. In 2016, a new version of the Idol intro was created and appeared on the Season 5 premiere of Idols in The Netherlands. It starts by panning around city buildings surrounding

3760-606: 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

3854-443: The Idol and an audience watching the Idol perform. American Idol ' s revival on ABC was accompanied with a Disney-like intro starting with their Season 16 premiere. Which was created by Spencer Tucker and Rami Hachache. Possible Productions were added to the credits for seasons 18 and 19 only. It starts with several shooting stars falling from the sky before curving up and circling the neon American Idol logo with fireworks in

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3948-676: The Nitzanim Beach by the sea. The beach is a public area not part of the Reserve. The area south of the stream is designated for the IDF recruit training base Batar Nitzanim  [ he ] (Camp Yehoshua) and is closed to public. The northern part is open to public all year round free of charge. In 2005, during the Israeli disengagement from Gaza there was a controversial plan to resettle some Israeli settlers from Gaza Strip to

4042-409: The United States, among many others. Some Idol contestants have also achieved success in acting and musical theater such as Melissa O'Neil of Canada, and most notably EGOT winner Jennifer Hudson of American Idol . In 2001, British talent manager and television producer Simon Fuller created the British television series Pop Idol . The series was developed by production company Fremantle and

4136-434: The background at the end. This opening is much shorter than in previous years. It acts as an integrated part of a longer opening introduction in each episode rather than a standalone opening theme as in previous seasons. Ídolos (Portugal) used this intro in 2022 for their revival on SIC. Australian Idol also used this opening title for their revival starting in 2023 on 7 and 7+ . Deutschland sucht den Superstar had

4230-429: The big stage. In the meantime, always a person who appears followed a path. On that path along former candidates from earlier seasons are displayed on screens. In 2014, a new version of the Idol intro was created by The Mill in Los Angeles which first appeared on the Season 13 premiere of American Idol . The intro starts with a hole opening up. Then, the gyroscope logo comes out of the hole. A crowd cheers surroding

4324-509: The bottom left of the logo. Then you'll notice the left half of the logo while it pans to the right. Finally, the camera comes in from the bottom right corner and you'll see the entire logo and then it zooms into the middle of the logo and cuts to the studio. American Idol brought in a new intro which appeared on the twenty-first season premiere. This time it was transparent. Once again created by The Other House in Los Angeles. There are 2 versions of this opening title. The first one starts with

4418-868: The careers of a number of highly successful recording artists around the world, including Idol winners Will Young of the United Kingdom , Kelly Clarkson , Carrie Underwood , Scotty McCreery , Fantasia , Ruben Studdard , David Cook , and Phillip Phillips of the United States , Kurt Nilsen of Norway , Ryan Malcolm and Kalan Porter of Canada , Loreen of Sweden , Guy Sebastian of Australia , and Elvis Blue of South Africa . Contestants who did not win but have still gone on to prominence include Anthony Callea , Ricki-Lee Coulter and Jessica Mauboy of Australia, Jacob Hoggard and Carly Rae Jepsen of Canada, and Clay Aiken , Chris Daughtry , Gabby Barrett , Lauren Alaina , and Adam Lambert of

4512-578: The competition with 61% of the votes. The winner was Diana Golbi . The auditions started in January 2011 and the televised season in April 2011. The winner was Hagit Yaso . The auditions started in late 2011 and the televised season in May 2012. The winner was Or Taragan . On 20 May 2013, it was announced that judge Moshe Peretz was leaving the show to host the first season of The X Factor Israel on

4606-559: The female figure. Vietnam Idol started using the Hall of Idols intro in Season 5, the old logo was replaced by a new one titled "Thần tượng Âm nhạc Việt Nam". In 2013, a new version of the Idol Intro was created on the Season 10 premiere of Deutschland sucht den Superstar . The new intro begins with a mysterious person with a microphone at the mouth. As previous posting Intro male and female talents are displayed. They sing and dance on

4700-405: The fewest votes leaves the competition until only one is left, who is declared the winner. Kokhav Nolad was preceded by another program called Lo Nafsik Lashir , in which the participants competed in their knowledge of Hebrew songs , not on the quality of their singing. The season included a number of preliminary episodes in which open auditions were held across Israel. Immediately after that,

4794-502: The finals and the fifth season title went to Bo'az Ma'uda who would eventually represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest . 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

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4888-542: The first ever Arab contestant. Huge media attention focused on her with her insistence in incorporating Arab-themed music in her interpretations rather than the general Jewish content of other contestants. An article in Haaretz even discussed the possibility of an Arab contestant winning the show. The Arab and international media also focused on her participation with varying views. Some judges also expressed reservations with her accent and pronunciation. Tukan did not make it to

4982-478: The first series. Since season 6 , American Idol has sold only promotional downloads instead of CDs. For season 6, it sold studio-recorded MP3 and performance video downloads of the finalists on its website; no CDs were sold prior to the post- Idol releases of winner Jordin Sparks and runner-up Blake Lewis . For season 7 , audio and video downloads are sold exclusively through the iTunes Store , which became

5076-546: The first time in any country introduced a red and blue "score card" type system where the jury award a blue "positive" or red "negative" rating and in Nouvelle Star 14 , they introduced a scoring system where the jury give a point from a range of 1 to 10 after every mottoshow performance. As many as five stable jury members have appeared in any one Idol season ( Idol Poland 3 , Indonesian Idol 9 ), though some versions offer "guest judges" or special musical guests on

5170-469: The format in the United States in 2001, but the idea was met with poor response from major networks. Elisabeth Murdoch , daughter of News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch , persuaded her father to buy the rights for an American adaptation. The series, American Idol: The Search for a Superstar , debuted on the Fox network on 11 June 2002. American Idol went on to become the all-time most dominant show in

5264-461: The format, Fuller reached out for an out-of-court settlement with Popstars creator Jonathan Dowling, in which international versions of Idols will be prohibited to use the prefix Pop in their local titles. As such, Poland, the first country to adapt the format, named their version as simply Idol . Idol was launched in 2002, months after the first series of Pop Idol ended. Fuller, Lythgoe, and Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell attempted to sell

5358-442: The host city) to perform in three sub stages: a chorus line in groups of 10 where free song choices are allowed, a trio (or less commonly a duo or quartet) where contestants must memorize a preselected song to perform and choreograph together, and finally a solo a cappella round where contestants sing a song of their own choice without musical backing in front of friends, family, judges & fellow contestants. Each stage of

5452-439: The huge "IDOL" word string (in "American Idol" and "Indonesian Idol" (not shown anymore since Season 9 ). The male figure raises his hand in victory and strikes a pose while the female figure raises her arms in victory before bowing down. American Idol switched between the male and female CGI figures. While most franchises that used this intro always had the male figure. However, Arab Idol , Kurd Idol and Iraq Idol always used

5546-531: The intro for their 2009 finale. Other versions are also customized and last for 30 seconds without featuring their past winners. The French version lasts for 20 seconds and Norway's version in 2016 lasted 4 seconds. Some countries didn't use the Gyroscope theme, like India and Germany. India used the Tunnel theme from 2005 to 2010. But in 2012, they switched to using the 'Hall of Idols' theme. Meanwhile, Germany used

5640-477: The life of a superstar. During this, the gender of the figure alternates between male and female. Finally, the figure is again in front of the Idol logo, raising hands in victory. American Idol altered their logo in seasons 2-3, as well as displaying famous national landmarks in the first scene. They added new sound effects and replaced the jet airplanes with waving flags. The landmark and flag concepts were also used for Indian Idol and World Idol . In 2005,

5734-443: The logo appearing vertically from behind the camera and the word 'American' comes in on top of the word 'Idol' facing the left side of the screen and turns to the right as it comes in. The world 'Idol' comes in under the word 'American' and is slightly turned to the right but turns itself to the left as it forms the logo. Finally the logo faces slightly towards the left side of the screen and stays in position. The second version only has

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5828-417: The logo being 'stuck down' to the outside of the tunnel, it is pasted over the top. Also, the intro sequence for Nouvelle Star has a purple and blue color scheme instead of the standard light blue/light green. In 2008, a new version of the Idol intro was created and introduced by BLT & Associates in Los Angeles on the American Idol 7th season finals. The intro starts with the Idol logo spinning behind

5922-466: The logo coming in the frame horizontally and facing up. Next it comes down as the logo moves into the frame. Finally you'll see the whole logo sitting still in the frame. In 2023, a new version of the Idol intro was created. It appeared on Vietnam Idol 's Season 8 revival, which was the remake of the original Hall of Idol intro with some differences such as the opening which became shorter, similar to 2018 ABC's Idol intro, different background color and

6016-724: The logo. The star also appeared briefly on the American Idol logo, but was scrapped early in the Season 1 auditions. The logo for some countries comes with an underline on the words SuperStar , or Idol , such as Deutschland sucht den Superstar , Hrvatski Idol , Hrvatska traži zvijezdu, SuperStar Hrvatska , SuperStar Arab , (Česko Slovenská) SuperStar , Hay Superstar , Nouvelle Star (until 2017), Idol Puerto Rico , Idol Kids Puerto Rico , Nepal Idol , Narodniy Artist , SuperStar România , Super Idol , Bangladeshi Idol , Idol Colombia , Ídolos Kids Brasil , Cambodian Idol Junior , Indian Idol Junior , Indonesian Idol Junior and Pinoy Idol (which also has

6110-494: 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 Miriam Tukan , a Palestinian Christian contestant from I'billin , an Arab town in North Israel taking part as

6204-463: 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. The third season of Kokhav Nolad was held from March to August 2005. The final was held on August 29, 2005 in Tel Aviv in front of thousands of people. Yehuda Sa'ado won first place with

6298-550: The older intros for a longer time or made their own versions. Here are some of the intros the series has seen over the years. The original version of the Idol intro was created by Liquid TV Graphics in London which started with the dark blue Idol logo descending on the screen. A CGI human figure appears, with arms raised, intended to be the 'Idol' of the show's name. While the Idol figure sings and then walks. Images of guitars, microphones, cameras, and airplanes flow by, representing

6392-632: The opening uses an English title (Vietnam Idol) instead of its traditional Vietnamese title "Thần tượng Âm nhạc Việt Nam" which was used from Seasons 5-7. Nitzanim Beach The Nitzanim Sand Dune Nature Reserve is a 21,600 dunam area within the Nitzanim Sands  [ he ] area between Ashdod and Ashkelon on the Southern Coastal Plain of the Israeli Mediterranean Sea coast . It

6486-558: 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 Nitzanim Beach in front of a live audience of 7,000 people. The judges for the final were the Israeli composer and producer Roni Brown רוני בראון and singer Izhar Ashdot (יזהר אשדות). Ninet Tayeb won first place with

6580-833: The program to also offer advice. The judges of some shows gain a lot of popularity outside of the show as well as the contestants, due to their being collectively known to have a "caustic" or raw & blunt attitude towards contestants' performances, notably Simon Cowell from American Idol and Pop Idol , Rossa , Judika , Bunga Citra Lestari , Ari Lasso , Anang Hermansyah , Agnez Mo , Ahmad Dhani , Titi DJ , and Indra Lesmana from Indonesian Idol , Amy Shark , Ian "Dicko" Dickson , and Kyle Sandilands from Australian Idol , Neha Kakkar , and Sonu Nigam , also Anu Malik from Indian Idol amongst others, and Mỹ Tâm and Maia Estianty in Vietnam Idol and Indonesian Idol . Auditions are held in numerous places in any particular region or country that give most people (audition entry

6674-675: 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

6768-444: The results are given. Three or four contestants are told that they may have received highest votes, though only a selected two or three are put through to the finals. The Live shows ( a.k.a. Mottoshows , Spectacular shows or theme shows ) are an elaborate and spectacular version of the semi-final. There is a weekly theme on which contestants must base their song choices, such as "80s Hits" or "Hits of Elton John " for example. In

6862-402: The second semifinal Boaz Ma'uda won first place in his bracket. Chen Aharoni went into a head-to-head with Shlomi Bar'el, with Shlomi coming out as the victor. As such Marina, Boaz, and Shlomi were the final three contestants. a first for the series was the participation of Miriam Tukan , in the fifth season, becoming the first Arab participant of Kokhav Nolad. Bo'az Ma'uda won with 50% of

6956-467: The series debuted in 2001, this franchise has seen many variations of the opening intro. From its first creation 'Idolatry' in 2001 to its latest creation 'Hall of Idols 3.0' in 2023. Each show had its own version of the opening title from having a video length of the standard 30–35 seconds to some that even lasted as long as 5–10 seconds. The majority of the countries used the same intros at the same time and length of their release. While other franchises kept

7050-591: The show as a judge, fifth in the panel that includes composer Svika Pik , singer Margalit Tsanani , director and choreographer Tsedi Tsarfati , plus writer and music critic Gal Uchovsky . The show's host as usual was comedian Zvika Hadar . 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

7144-404: The show creator, Simon Fuller, "the interactivity was important because this would allow the audience to tell me who they liked best and this, in turn, would indicate to me who would have the most fans and eventually sell the most music and become the biggest stars." To this is added "the drama of backstories and the real-life soap opera of the unfolding real-time events" as the show is presented as

7238-552: 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. Idol series Idol (also known as SuperStar in some countries)

7332-509: 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. 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

7426-430: The show. The contestant/s with the lowest polled votes leaves the competition. The live shows continue until there are only two contestants left in the competition or three contestants in some cases. The Grand Finale occurs when there are two (or, rarely, three and only once so far four) contestants left in the competition. This is the pinnacle of the entire series and often highest rated show; also for some countries, it

7520-464: The song "Sadot Shel Irusim," getting 918,520 votes, Michael Kirkilan won second place with "Yesh BeLibi Kinor," getting 370,631 votes, and Shir Biton won third place with "Smakhot Ktanot," getting 322,288 votes. 1.6 million viewers tuned in to watch the winning moment. 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

7614-401: 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. The second season of Kokhav Nolad was held from February to August 2004. The final

7708-458: The stage. Finally, the gyroscope logo appears with the Roman numerals "XIII" below the logo for the American version. The intro was also used in the South African version of Idol also starting in 2014 until their cancellation in 2023. In 2015, a new version of the Idol intro was created by Trollbäck + Company and appeared on the Season 14 premiere of American Idol . It starts by zooming out of

7802-651: The theatre round, a number of contestants are eliminated and sent home by the judges, though in some countries there have been very few contestants brought back during the Wildcards show or by the disqualification or resignation of another contestant. In American Idol , this stage was expanded to five stages (three in Hollywood, two in Las Vegas ) from seasons 10 to 12. The semi-finals occurs usually live or pre-recorded (in some countries) where contestants sing in

7896-500: The third season Svika Pick replaced Ronny Brown. The fourth season had two new judges, Gal Uchovsky and Margalit Tzan'ani , who joined Tzarfati and Pick. Dana International joined the ranks in the 7th season and Pablo Rosenberg in the 8th season. In the 9th season the singer Miri Mesika and the musician Yair Nitzani replaced Gal Ochovsky, Dana International and Pavlo Rozenberg. In the 10th season Moshe Peretz and Gidi Gov replaced Margalit Tzan'ani and Yair Nitzani . Since

7990-452: The vote, Marina Maximilian Blumin - 27% was runner and Shlomi Bar'el third with 23% of the vote. Bar'el went on to sign a contract with Hed Arzi Music and Blumin with Helicon Records . In addition, Chen Aharoni and Adir Ohayon, reached deals with NMC Music . The winner was Israel Bar-On . An addition to the new season, of the show, was transsexual singer and former Eurovision Song Contest winner Dana International , who joined

8084-411: 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

8178-465: The world, with its various versions broadcast to 150 countries with a worldwide audience of roughly 3.2 billion people. The franchise has generated more than $ 2.5 billion in revenue. Each season, the series aims to find the most outstanding unsigned solo recording artist (or "idol") in a region. Originally aimed for pop singers, the series has since evolved to accept singers from different genres of music, such as rock , R&B , and country . Through

8272-492: Was a television special, where winners of national Idol shows will compete against each other. The special was won by Kurt Nilsen , a singer from Norway . A current World version of Idol acts as a YouTube channel, called Idols Global . The channel uploads clips of Idol shows from around the world. The channel currently has over 1 million subscribers. There are many more channels like this. Additionally, many individual Idol shows have their own YouTube channels. The show

8366-647: Was broadcast on ITV on 6 October 2001. Fuller, along with television producer Nigel Lythgoe , was inspired to create the series by the New Zealand television series Popstars , which was adopted in the United Kingdom as Popstars in January 2001. The first series of Pop Idol proved to be more popular than Popstars , in part due to the chemistry of the judges and the success of its first winner Will Young . Pop Idol ' s success led to an interest for adaptations in other countries. Before selling

8460-566: Was broadcast on August 15, 2004 from Coca Cola Music Village at the Nitzanim Beach , 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

8554-659: Was declared as a public area in early 1980s by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and designated as a nature reserve on June 2, 2005. The Reserve includes a small settlement of Nitzan located in place of the Nitzanim kibbutz, which was resettled some 3-4 km to the south. The reserve is split in two parts by the Nahal Evtah (Evtach, Avtah) ( Hebrew : נחל אבטח ) wadi (Wadi el Ibtah) which leads to

8648-453: Was interpreted as an advance for Sephardic Jews. She would return in a television role in the series HaShir Shelanu ( Hebrew : השיר שלנו , lit. Our Song ) as an unknown country girl who became a big star despite all odds. 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

8742-407: Was introduced which re-introduced past semi-finalists to receive a second chance to become a finalist, in some shows – the judges sometimes pick one or more contestants to advance as well as the viewers' vote. As of late, live audiences have been incorporated into the semi-final round. A results show of the semi-finals usually airs either a few hours after the performance show or the night after where

8836-535: 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

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