The sixteen acts that have progressed through judge’s houses in the X Factor Israel have been revealed.
Following judge’s houses, the final sixteen acts through to the next stage of X Factor Israel have been announced. The four categories that the acts were split into are: Girls, Groups and Over 25’s, Boys, Teens. In each category a maximum of four acts could progress to the live shows, the acts are:
Girls – Aviv Geffen
- Anne Stefani
- Inbal Bibi
- Gai’da Abu Awad
- Sapir Saban
Groups and Over 25’s – Miri Mesika and Margalit Tzan’ani
- Adi Cohen & Liron Lev
- Linet
- Shiran and Ron
- Tarante Groove Machine
Boys – Netta
- Elisha Nachmias
- Michael Ben David
- Eli Huli
- Shachar Adawi
Teens – Ran Danker
- Shahar Admoni
- Agam Abuhatzira
- Ilay Elmakais
- Lia Navipur
About The X Factor Israel
The entry that will represent Israel at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest will be determined over a number of shows. Following the X Factor Israeli semi-final on Channel 13 a second semi-final will be broadcast later on KAN 11, where each contestant who made it to the final four will perform two original songs selected for them by the professional committee that listened to the submitted songs. Of the two songs, one song per artist will qualify for the final.
In the final, which will be broadcast on Reshet 13, each finalist will perform the song that qualified for the final. The winning contestant will represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Italy.
Israel debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973, and were represented by Ilanit who finished in 4th place with the song “Ey Sham”. Their first victory came in 1978 with Izar Cohen and the Alphabeta. Israel won again the following year with Gali Atari & Milk and Honey. Israel’s third victory came in 1998 when Dana International performed “Diva” in Birmingham, beating Malta to victory in a tense voting sequence. In 2018 Netta won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Toy”, the song has gone on to be one of the most viewed Eurovision entry of all time on YouTube.
