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HaKokhav HaBa (Hebrew: הַכּוֹכָב הַבָּא; transl. "The Next Star") is an Israeli interactive reality singing competition, created by Keshet Media Group and broadcast on Channel 2 (from 2013 to 2017) and on Channel 12 (since 2017). It is the basis of the Rising Star franchise. The show is a continuation of Kokhav Nolad (Hebrew: כוכב נולד; transl. "A Star Is Born") which featured aspiring singers competing for a winning title. The program's format combines the internet, smartphone and television and is filmed live. Between 2015 and 2020, and again since 2024, the show is used to select Israel's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest.[1]
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Hebrew | הכוכב הבא |
Genre | Reality television |
Created by | Asaf Spector Shenkar Yoav Tzafir Avi Nir |
Developed by | Screenz Cross Media LTD |
Presented by | Assi Azar Esti Ginzburg (season 1) Rotem Sela (season 2–) |
Judges | Rita (season 1) Tzvika Hadar (season 1) Rani Rahav (season 1) Eyal Golan (first half season 1) Mooki (second half season 1–3) Asaf Atedgi (season 2–3) Harel Skaat (season 2–6) Static & Ben El Tavori (season 4–8) Keren Peles (season 2–) Assaf Amdursky (season 4–) Shiri Maimon (season 6–) Itay Levy (season 7–) Ninet Tayeb (season 8–9) Ran Danker (season 9–) Eden Hason (season 10–) |
Theme music composer | Sylas McGriff |
Country of origin | Israel |
No. of seasons | 10 |
Production | |
Running time | 90–120 minutes |
Production company | Keshet |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 2 (2013–2017) Keshet 12 (2017–) |
Release | 17 September 2013 – present |
Related | |
Kokhav Nolad |
As the season begins, each contestant is asked to perform a well-known song in front of judges. After the song, a vote is taken among judges whether to transfer the applicant to the test stage facing the audience at home. If the judges are not sure about how to vote, the contestant is required to perform another song, and then a decision is made.[citation needed]
Contestants who do move forward must then sing in front of an audience. Viewers then connect with an app at makoTV and decide in real time whether a contestant passes or does not pass.[citation needed]
Judges also influence the test stage - all judges may support the promotion of the contestant and thereby add 8% percent if there are five judges or 10% if there are four. Once the contestant reaches 70% of votes they "pass" and the screen opens and the contestant goes to the next level. 14 singers then move on to a section where the judges and the audience at home vote. At the final stage, four singers are left and one will be elected "The Next Star".[citation needed]
Key: Previous Latest Replaced
Host | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6 | Season 7 | Season 8 | Season 9 | Season 10 |
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Assi Azar | ||||||||||
Esti Ginzburg | ||||||||||
Rotem Sela | ||||||||||
Judges | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6 | Season 7 | Season 8 | Season 9 | Season 10 |
Rita Jahanforuz | ||||||||||
Zvika Hadar | ||||||||||
Rani Rahav | ||||||||||
Eyal Golan | ||||||||||
Mooki | ||||||||||
Asaf Atedgi | ||||||||||
Keren Peles | ||||||||||
Harel Skaat | ||||||||||
Assaf Amdursky | ||||||||||
Static & Ben-El Tavori |
Season | Premiere | Finale | Winner | Second place | Third place | Fourth place | Presenter(s) | Judges |
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One | 17 September 2013 | 25 December 2013 | Evyatar Korkus | Arye & Gil Gat | Tina Ibagrimov | Rinat Cohen | Assi Azar Esti Ginzburg |
Rita Jahanforuz Zvika Hadar Rani Rahav Eyal Golan (first half) Muki (second half) |
Two | 9 December 2014 | 17 February 2015 | Nadav Guedj | Iky Levy & The Rasta Hebrew Men | Sari Nachmias | Avia Shoshani | Assi Azar Rotem Sela |
Asaf Atedgi Muki Keren Peles Harel Skaat |
Three | 5 December 2015 | 3 March 2016 | Hovi Star | Nofar Salman | Ella Daniel | Gil Hadash | ||
Four | 2 January 2017 | 13 February 2017 | Imri Ziv | Diana Golbi | Julieta | Beatbox Element | Keren Peles Harel Skaat Assaf Amdursky Static & Ben-El Tavori | |
Five | 29 October 2017 | 23 February 2018 | Netta | Mergui | Riki Ben Ari | Chen Aharoni | ||
Six | 24 November 2018 | 12 February 2019 | Kobi Marimi | Keteryah | Shefita | Maya Bouskilla | Asaf Amdursky Keren Peles Shiri Maimon Harel Skaat Static & Ben-El Tavori | |
Seven | 20 November 2019 | 4 February 2020 | Eden Alene | Ella Lee | Orr Amrami Brockman | Gaya Shaki | Asaf Amdursky Itay Levy Keren Peles Shiri Maimon Static & Ben-El Tavori | |
Eight | 1 June 2021 | 1 September 2021 | Tamir Grinberg | Valerie Hamaty | Matan Levi | Shay Hamber | Asaf Amdursky Itay Levy Keren Peles Ninet Tayeb Shiri Maimon Static & Ben-El Tavori | |
Nine | 18 July 2022 | 20 September 2022 | Eliav Zohar | Nofia Yedidia | Meitav Sherman | Libi Panker | Asaf Amdursky Itay Levy Keren Peles Ninet Tayeb Shiri Maimon Ran Danker | |
Ten | 20 November 2023 | 6 February 2024 | Eden Golan | Or Cohen | Mika Moshe | Dor Shimon | Asaf Amdursky Itay Levy Keren Peles Shiri Maimon Ran Danker Eden Hason |
HaKokhav HaBa 1 Finalists (With dates of elimination) | |
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Evyatar Korkus | 25 December - Winner |
Arye & Gil Gat | 25 December |
Tina Ibagrimov | 25 December |
Rinat Cohen | 25 December |
Omer Datz† | 17 December |
David Drey | 10 December |
Elias Melayev | 3 December (Quit) |
Inbal Bekman | 26 November |
Hen Levy | 26 November |
Lior Peretz | 19 November |
Roni Israeli | 17 November |
Alon Tube | 12 November |
Dondit Jon | 5 November |
George Abu Shkara | 3 November |
This season host is Assi Azar and the co-host is Esti Ginzburg. The judges are Rita, Zvika Hadar, Muki and Rani Rahav. Eyal Golan judged the program until his suspension on 20 November 2013, and after four days was replaced by Muki.[citation needed]
In order:[citation needed]
Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 |
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Evyatar Korkus | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Saved | Winner (Week 10) |
Arye & Gil Gat | Safe | Safe | Safe | Saved | Safe | Safe | Saved | Safe | Safe | Runner-up |
Tina Ibagrimov | Safe | Safe | Safe | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd |
Rinat Cohen | Safe | Safe | Saved | Saved | Saved | Safe | Saved | Saved | Saved | 4th |
Omer Datz | Saved | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Saved | Saved | Saved | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 9) |
David Drey | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Saved | Saved | Saved | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 8) | |
Elias Melayev | Safe | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Saved | Quit (week 6) | |||
Inbal Bekman | Safe | Saved | Safe | Safe | Saved | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 6) | |||
Hen Levy | Saved | Saved | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 5) | ||||
Lior Peretz | Saved | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 4) | |||||
Roni Israeli | Safe | Saved | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 3) | ||||||
Alon Tube | Saved | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 2) | |||||||
Dondit Jon | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 1) | ||||||||
George Abu Shakra | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 1) |
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HaKokhav HaBa 2 Finalists (With dates of elimination) | |
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Nadav Guedj | 17 February - Winner |
Iky Levy & The Rasta Hebrew Men | 17 February |
Sari Nachmias | 17 February |
Avia Shoshani | 17 February |
Orit Biansey | 8 February |
Sa'ar "Rusty" Davidov | 8 February |
Nava Tehila Walker | 1 February |
Yifi and Osher Aricha | 27 January |
Liroz Balas | 25 January |
Asif Zilberman | 25 January |
Eva Al Kanrash | 20 January |
David Maman | 20 January |
Random Dogs | 20 January |
Almog Nasawi | 18 January |
Zadok Garamech | 18 January |
Evyatar Adir | 18 January |
The winner of season two would represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.[2]
In order:
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HaKokhav HaBa 3 Finalists (With dates of elimination) | |
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Hovi Star | 3 March - Winner |
Nofar Salman | 3 March |
Ella Daniel | 3 March |
Gil Hadash | 3 March |
Kiara Duple (Lior Cohen) | 27 February |
"Velma" | 27 February |
Oded Sharavi | 20 February |
Ofir Haim | 19 February |
Shtar | 19 February |
Uriel Aharoni | 13 February |
Neomi Ezran | 12 February |
Avi Eliot Alush and Sister Shvakya | 12 February |
Yoni Grayev | 12 February |
Sharon Fartouk | 5 February |
Maya Bernadski | 5 February |
Alma Kalbermann | 5 February |
This season was named "The Next Star to the Eurovision" The winner of season three would represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.
In order:
HaKokhav HaBa 4 Finalists (With dates of elimination) | |
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Imri | 13 February - Winner |
Diana Golbi | 13 February |
Julietta | 13 February |
Beatbox Element | 13 February |
Sapir Nahon | 6 February |
Ta-La-Te | 6 February |
Halli Lewis | 31 January |
Yona Shabin | 31 January |
The winner of season four would represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The show is hosted by Yael Goldman joined by Assi Azar and Rotem Sela. The presiding judges are Keren Peles and Harel Skaat who were judges in the previous two seasons joined by new judges Assaf Amdursky and the duo Static and Ben El Tavori.
In order:
HaKokhav HaBa 5 Finalists (With dates of elimination) | |
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Netta | 13 February - Winner |
Mergui | 13 February |
Riki Ben Ari | 13 February |
Chen Aharoni | 13 February |
Eden Meiri | 11 February |
Howie Danao | 11 February |
Ravit Batashvili | 7 February |
Adava Omer | 7 February |
José Steinberg | 29 January |
Shay & Gilad | 22 January |
Sarit Hativa | 21 January |
Rinat Bar | 14 January (Quit) |
Gal Yaakobi | 8 January |
Jaki Gaforov | 8 January |
Shir Gadasi | 7 January |
The Choice | 7 January |
Shir Baruch | 7 January |
Ofir Harush | 4 January |
Tal Mizrahi | 4 January |
Axum | 4 January |
Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 as the Israeli broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan) for the first time collaborated with the commercial broadcaster Keshet and Tedy Productions which organized the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion ("The Next Star for Eurovision") to select the singer to represent Israel, while the song was chosen by a committee of the Israeli broadcaster. Four contestants reached the final, Chen Aharoni, Jonathan Mergui, Riki Ben Ari and Netta Barzilai. The season was won by Netta Barzilai, the first woman to win the series. As a result, she represented Israel at Eurovision Song Contest 2018. She went on to win the contest in Lisbon with the song "Toy" earning 529 points.
In order:
HaKokhav HaBa 6 Finalists (With dates of elimination) | |
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Kobi Marimi | 28 January (Rejoined on 7 February), 12 February - Winner |
Ketreyah | 12 February |
Shefita | 12 February |
Maya Bouskilla | 12 February |
Avraham de Carvalho | 9 February |
Daniel Barzilai | 9 February |
Shalva Band | 5 February (Quit) |
Ofri Calfon | 3 February |
Tai† | 2 February |
Danielle Mazuz | 26 January |
Osher Biton | 21 January |
Klara Sabag | 19 January |
Naor Cohen | 15 January |
Nave Madmon | 15 January |
Nitay Twito | 15 January |
Liat Eliyahu | 14 January |
Naama Gali Cohen | 14 January |
Lior Chen | 13 January |
Shachaf | 13 January |
Wanna Wanna | 13 January |
Kobi Marimi won the show with 383 points, beating runner-up Keteryah and third-placer Shefita. Kobi represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, held in Tel Aviv, with the song "Home".
In order:
HaKokhav HaBa 7 Finalists (With dates of elimination) | |
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Eden Alene | 4 February - Winner |
Ella Lee | 4 February |
Orr Amrami Brockman | 4 February |
Gaya Shaki | 4 February |
Raviv Kaner | 2 February |
Moran Aharoni | 2 February |
Lali Kolishkin | 1 February |
Ohad Shragai | 1 February |
Loai Ali | 30 January |
Eden Zohar Sivan | 27 January |
Dorel Saadon | 25 January |
Omer Eliyahu | 20 January |
Avihu Pinhasov Rhythm Club | 18 January |
Nicki Goldstein | 13 January |
Linoy Akala and Gil Shapira | 11 January |
HaTavlinim | 11 January |
Oneg Israel | 9 January |
Dana Lapidot | 5 January |
Nathan Katorza | 4 January |
Or Eddie | 4 January |
Eden Alene emerged as the winner, however, the Eurovision contest for this year was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Alene was internally re-selected by Kan to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 instead.
In order:
HaKokhav HaBa 8 Finalists (With dates of elimination) | |
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Tamir Grinberg | 1 September - Winner |
Valerie Hamaty | 1 September |
Matan Levi | 1 September |
Shay Hamber | 1 September |
Anael Moshe | 29 August |
Sahar Twito | 29 August |
Dorin Hirvy | 26 August |
Tamar Azran | 26 August |
Lia Shaked | 24 August |
Maayan Bukris | 22 August |
Adar Kagan | 17 August |
Mira Semenduev | 15 August |
Noa Yosefian | 10 August |
Yotal Guez | 10 August |
David Meir Ziton | 10 August |
Orit Shalom | 3 August |
Ella Lavie | 1 August |
Ofri Tal | 1 August |
Niv Shaked | 1 August |
Naor Ormia | 1 August |
Matan Agami | 26 July |
Shalev Edri | 24 July |
For this season, the show is not used to select the Israeli representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 (The X Factor Israel received this honor instead). Instead, the grand prize for the winner is one million shekels for starting his career, similar to season 1. The cast of hosts and judges remained the same as the previous season, with Ninet Tayeb joining the judges as well.
In order:
Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | ||||||||
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Tamir Grinberg | Safe | Safe | Safe | Saved | Safe | Safe | Winner (Week 7) | ||||||||
Valerie Hamaty | Safe | Safe | Safe | Saved | Safe | Safe | Runner-up | ||||||||
Matan Levi | Safe | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | ||||||||
Shay Hamber | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 4th | ||||||||
Anael Moshe | Safe | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 6) | ||||||||
Sahar Twito | Safe | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 6) | ||||||||
Dorin Hirvi | Safe | Saved | Saved | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 6) | ||||||||
Tamar Azran | Safe | Saved | Saved | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 6) | ||||||||
Lia Shaked | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 5) | |||||||||
Maayan Bukris | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 5) | |||||||||
Adar Kagan | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||||||||
Mira Semenduev | Saved | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||||||||
Noa Yosefian | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 3) | |||||||||||
Yotal Guez | Safe | Saved | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 3) | |||||||||||
David Meir Ziton | Saved | Saved | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 3) | |||||||||||
Orit Shalom | Saved | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 2) | ||||||||||||
Ella Lavie | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||||||||
Ofri Tal | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||||||||
Niv Shaked | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||||||||
Naor Ormia | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||||||||
Matan Agami | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||||||||
Shalev Edri | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 1) |
HaKokhav HaBa 9 Finalists (With dates of elimination) | |
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Eliav Zohar | 20 September - Winner |
Nofia Yedidia | 20 September |
Meitav Sherman | 20 September |
Libi Panker | 20 September |
Yanai Ben Hamo | 18 September |
Niv Demirel | 18 September |
Yahalom David | 13 September |
Karmi Glasner | 13 September |
Omer Yefet | 12 September |
Yam Gronich | 10 September |
Zohar Yaacobi | 7 September |
Talia Sol Azarzar | 6 September |
Kfir Tsafrir | 5 September |
Shalom Sabag | 4 September |
Nevo Alon | 1 September |
Michael Levi | 1 September |
Shiri Oren | 30 August |
Eilon Shaltiel | 30 August |
In February 17, 2022, Static & Ben El Tavori retired from the show and Ran Danker replaced them. Season 9 began on July 18, 2022.
In order:
Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | |
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Eliav Zohar | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner (Week 7) | |
Nofia Yedidia | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up | |
Meitav Sherman | Saved | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | |
Libi Panker | Safe | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 4th | |
Yanai Ben Hamo | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 6) | |
Niv Demirel | Safe | Safe | Safe | Saved | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 6) | |
Yahalom David | Saved | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 6) | |
Karmi Glasner | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 6) | |
Omer Yefet | Saved | Safe | Safe | Saved | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 5) | ||
Yam Gronich | Safe | Saved | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 5) | ||
Zohar Yaacobi | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 4) | |||
Talia Sol Azarzar | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 4) | |||
Kfir Tsafrir | Safe | Saved | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 3) | ||||
Shalom Sabag | Saved | Saved | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 3) | ||||
Nevo Alon | Saved | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 2) | |||||
Michael Levi | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 2) | |||||
Shiri Oren | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 1) | ||||||
Eilon Shaltiel | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 1) |
HaKokhav HaBa 10 Finalists (With dates of elimination) | |
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Eden Golan | 6 February - Winner |
Or Cohen | 6 February |
Mika Moshe | 6 February |
Dor Shimon | 6 February |
Shai Tamino | 1 February |
Lian Biran | 28 January |
Arik Sinai | 25 January |
Orel Ravid | 22 January |
Jonathan Bitton | 21 January |
Moria Angel | 17 January |
Ido Bartal | 14 January |
Mika Kertis | 10 January |
Yehuda Saado | 7 January |
Gal Kafri | 3 January |
The tenth season featured a scaled-down format due to the Israel–Hamas war, which began before production on the show started. The winner was Eden Golan, who represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
Season | Year | Song | Artist | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
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2 | 2015 | "Golden Boy" | Nadav Guedj | 9 | 97 | 3 | 151 |
3 | 2016 | "Made of Stars" | Hovi Star | 14 | 135 | 7 | 147 |
4 | 2017 | "I Feel Alive" | Imri | 23 | 39 | 3 | 207 |
5 | 2018 | "Toy" | Netta | 1 | 529 | 1 | 283 |
6 | 2019 | "Home" | Kobi Marimi | 23 | 35 | Host country | |
7 | 2020 | "Feker Libi" (ፍቅር ልቤ) | Eden Alene | Contest cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
10 | 2024 | "Hurricane" | Eden Golan | 5 | 375 | 1 | 194 |
After the success of the Israeli series in 2013, many television stations throughout the world bought the rights and started broadcasting similar series.
The American television network ABC began airing its first series of Rising Star in June 2014 from Los Angeles.[3] The US edition was also carried in Canada, with advertising simultaneous substitution and voting access on CTV.[4] The show was canceled after its full 10-episode season due to low ratings in its target demographic, and extremely low ratings on the German and French versions.
Another major broadcaster RTL Television launched a German language version in Germany. But following reported poor ratings on its early shows, it announced it was bringing Rising Star Germany scheduled final forward airing an extended one-day finale between 20.15 and 00.00 to decide the winning performer, rather than completing the full 10-episode scheduled season originally planned.[5]
The UK ITV channel bought the rights, but canceled its scheduled launch[6] citing lower-than-expected viewership in similar launches in the United States and Germany. Canale 5 also bought the rights to an Italian version of the show, which was also canceled during development for unexplained reasons.
French television M6, with its first season, launched in September 2014 keeping the title Rising Star. The French version had a shortened season due to low ratings. The Italian television Canale 5 launched its version as Rising Star.
Other broadcasters that adapted the series include Argentine Telefe as Elegidos (La música en tus manos), Brazilian Rede Globo as SuperStar, Chinese CCTV-3, Greek ANT1, Hungarian TV2 as Rising Star, Indonesian RCTI as Rising Star Indonesia (later, MNCTV as sister channel of RCTI make dangdut version of this show entitled Rising Star Indonesia Dangdut), Portuguese Televisão Independente (TVI) as Rising Star: A próxima estrela, Russia-1 as Артист (Artist), and Turkish TV8 as Yükselen Yıldız. The Russian version of the show had a shortened season due to low ratings on the French and German versions, while the Portuguese and Brazilian versions became quickly popular, but neither lasted more than three seasons; the Brazilian version ended in 2016 after three seasons due to declining viewership. The Indonesian version is the longest-running version of the show outside of Israel.
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