Lo Nafsik Lashir - Kokhav Nolad (in the Hebrew Wikipedia: לא נפסיק לשיר - כוכב נולד) (mostly called simply Kokhav Nolad (Hebrew: כוכב נולד)) is an Israeli television musical talent contest. The program was broadcasted in the Israeli Channel 2 by the concessionaire Shidurey Keshet since 2003. The program achieved great success, and in 2003 the program was crowned by the audience as the program of the decade in Masakh HaZahav ceremony, in a special category of this ceremony in honor of the tenth anniversary of Channel 2, which started broadcasting in 1993. This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Hebrew (עִבְרִית ‘Ivrit) is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Jewish communities around the world. ... Channel 2 (Israel) is an Israeli commercial television channel that started broadcasting in November 4, 1993 under the Second Israeli Broadcasting Authority. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Format

The format of "Kokhav Nolad" is similar to the British show Pop Idol and its many spinoffs, though it is indepently produced and not a licensed adaptation. The idea is that a group of aspiring singers in their late teens and early 20's compete in singing and are voted on by the audience. In every round whoever gets the lowest number of points leaves the program until one winner remains. "Kokhav Nolad" was preceded by another program called "Lo Nafsik Lashir", in which the competitors competed in their knowledge of Hebrew songs, not on the quality of their singing. Pop Idol was a British television series shown on ITV1; the show was a talent contest to find the best new young singer or pop idol in the United Kingdom. ... Countries which have their own version British talent search series Pop Idol has spawned dozens of spin-offs in over 30 countries, in the what is now referred to as the Idols format (as described by FremantleMedia). ...

The first season

The first season of Kokhav Nolad was held from May to August 2003.

The structure of the program

The program was built from a number of preliminary episodes in which different auditions were held across Israel. Immediately after that, the head-to-head rounds started in which competed a boy and a girl in solos and who that gets more votes went to the semi-final. The semi-final was divided into two shows and in each of the shows they were usually 4-5 competitors. The three who won in the highest number of votes went to the final.

The final

The final of the first season was held at Nitzanim coast in front of an audience of more than 7,000 people. Ninet Tayeb won the first place with the song Yam SHel Dma'ot. Shiri Maymon with the song Don Kikhote came second, and Shay Gabso with the song Esh third. Ninet Tayeb Ninet Tayeb (נינט טייב born October 21, 1983, in Kiryat-Gat, Israel) is an Israeli pop singer. ... Shiri Maymon, sometimes spelt Shiri Maimon, is an Israeli singer, and has been selected to represent her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, to be held in Kyiv. ...

The second season

The second season of Kokhav Nolad was held from February to August 2004.

The structure of the program

The program was built a from number of preliminary episodes in which different auditions were held across Israel. Immediately after that, the head-to-head rounds started in which a boy and a girl competed in solos and whoever got more votes went to the semi-final. The semi-final was divided into two shows, and in each of the shows there were usually 4-5 competitors. The three who won the highest number of votes from the two shows went to the finale.

The judging

The judges in the second season were Riki Gal, Tsedi Tsarfati and Ronny Braun. In the third season Svika Pick replaced Ronny Braun. Svika Pick sometimes written as Tsvika Pik,Tzvika Pick (Hebrew: צביקה פיק, b. ...

The final

The final of the second season was broadcasted on 15.8.04 from the "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 Ska'at got the second place with 806,292 votes, and Adi Cohen the third place won with 254,926 votes.

Since Har'el Ska'at won first place in the first semi-final against Har'el Moyal, who took second, and since polls held in different sites indicated that Har'el Ska'at was expected to win, many people believed that indeed that would happen. Therefore, many were surprised when Har'el Ska'at did not win. The total amount of votes in the final was 1,923,586.

In an attempt to explain why Har'el Ska'at did not win first place, criticisms were disseminated about the voting in the final, starting with claims that production forged the results, and ending with claims that a number of people used software in order to send in multiple votes for their candidate, sometimes more than allowed according to the regulations of the program (250 votes per apparatus). The program's production staff denied all the claims. On Thursday, August 19, at 11:00, a small demonstration (of about 20 people only) of Har'el Ska'at's fans was held in front of the offices of Shidurey Keshet. The demonstrators demanded that Shidurey Keshet investigate the claims and re-check the results. Shidurey Keshet reported that the matter was investigated and that disruptions in the voting were not found. A man holds up a street puppet designed to resemble George W. Bush at a demonstration against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on April 16, 2005 in Washington, D.C.. American Civil Rights March on Washington, leaders marching from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial, August 28...

The third season

The third season of Kokhav Nolad was held from March to August 2005.

The structure of the program

The program was built from a number of preliminary episodes in which different auditions were held across Israel. Immediately after that, three live broadcast shows started. In each show seven candidates competed, with one candidate leaving each show. After that began the head-to-head rounds in which three candidates competed in solos, and whoever got the highest number of votes went to the semi-final. The semi-final was divided into two shows, and in each there were three who competed. The three who won the highest number of votes went to the final.

The final

The final of the third season was held on 29.8.05 in Ganey HaTa'arukha in Tel-Aviv in front of an audience of more than 20,000 people. In the final Yehuda Sa'ado won first place with the song Sadot Shel Irusim getting 57% of the votes, Michael Kirkilan won second place with the song Yesh BeLibi Kinor getting 23% of the votes, and Shir Biton won third place with the song Smakhot Ktanot getting 20% of the votes. Tel Aviv Coat of arms Tel Aviv at night A section of the Tel Aviv beachfront Tel Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ...

The fourth season

The auditions to the fourth season of "Kokhav Nolad" started in April 2006. Gal Okhovski, Margalit Tsan'ani, Tsedi Tsarfati and Svika Pick are serve as judges. The fourth judge, Tsipi Pines, quit in the beginning of the auditions because of work burden. For other uses, see April (disambiguation). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Svika Pick sometimes written as Tsvika Pik,Tzvika Pick (Hebrew: צביקה פיק, b. ...

Nolad Lirkod

A daughter program of "Kokhav Nolad" is the program "Nolad Lirkod" - talent competition, in which the competitors need to show ability in dance. This program has been broadcast since November 2005. The program "Nolad Lirkod" does not replace the fourth season of "Kokhav Nolad", which will be broadcast from the summer. For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...