The X Factor Israel (season 2)

The X Factor Israel
Season 2
Hosted by Bar Refaeli
Judges Rami Fortis
Moshe Peretz
Shiri Maimon
Ivri Lider
Winner Daniel Yafe
Runner-up Yossi Shitrit
Release
Original network Reshet
Original release June 13 –
September 5, 2015
Season chronology

The X Factor Israel is the Israeli version of the British television music competition The X Factor. The second season started its run on Thursday, June 13, 2015. The show aired during prime time on Reshet network on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The season concluded on September 5, 2015.

Judges and hosts

It was announced that Bar Refaeli, an Israeli fashion model, would host the second season. Contrary to most other versions of the X Factor where the judges panels was a mixture of singers and music industry figures, the Israeli version was composed entirely of musicians. The judges panel for the first season was composed of the rock singer Rami Fortis, the pop singer-songwriter and composer Moshe Peretz, the pop and R&B singer Shiri Maimon, and the pop singer Ivri Lider.

Contestants

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third Place
Categories Acts
Groups (Peretz) Ido and Atara Close Up After The Sun
Over 25s (Fortis) Daniel Yafe Libi Shlomit Jersey
Girls (Maimon) Anna Timofei Tal Ginat Hadar Lee
Boys (Lider) Yossi Shitrit Almog Krief Dudu Ivgi Ben Goldstein

Judges Houses

Judge Category Assistant Contestants eliminated
Lider Boys Nathan Goshen Gavriel Potaznik, Dudu Ivgi
Maimon Girls Maya Dagan Mazali Yamin, Lika Tischchenko
Fortis Over 25s Ania Bukstein Noa Nina Blues, Benny Refael
Peretz Groups Lior Narkis Aviv & Hadar, Eldar Brothers