Six singers have passed the first auditions in the first episode of the X Factor Israel.
Seven singers were featured in the first episode of the X Factor Israel with six of them progressing to the next stage of the competition. The six singers that made it through to the next stage were:
- Camila Kama (42) โ Netta, Miri, Ran and Margol voted for โ Aviv voted against
- Ilai Almkeys (18) โ All judges voted for
- Michael Ben David (25) โ All judges voted for
- Anna Stephanie (25) โ Margol, Aviv, Miri and Netta voted for โ Ran voted against
- Inbal Bibi (23) โ All judges voted for
- Elisha Nachmias โ All judges voted for
Sarai Adar was the only singer not to progress from last nights show, two of the five judges voted against the singer making it through to the next round.
The show had a viewing share of 14.9% which is 371,000 viewers, this is down 4.2% compared to the opening episode of the Israeli Eurovision selection in 2019.
The X Factor Israel continues on November 1 at 20:30 CET.
Israel debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973, and were represented by Ilanit who finished in 4th place with the song โEy Shamโ. Their first victory came in 1978 with Izar Cohen and the Alphabeta. Israel won again the following year with Gali Atari & Milk and Honey. Israelโs third victory came in 1998 when Dana International performed โDivaโ in Birmingham, beating Malta to victory in a tense voting sequence. Israel struggled in the contest during the early-2010s, failing to qualify for the final from 2011-2014. However since the HaKokhav HaBa selection process was introduced in 2015 Israel has seen its fortunes turned around. In 2018 Netta won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song โToyโ, the song has gone on to be the most viewed Eurovision entry of all time on YouTube.
