In a world where the captains of Network 13 would like to live, Liron Weizmann would dramatically announce "Ladies and Gentlemen, a makeover!"
Michal Ben David wins the "X Factor" final
But in the real world, what to do, not too many people have expressed interest in the current season of "The X Factor for the Eurovision", so even the win of the most anonymous singer, even though it has drama, could not breathe life into retrospect in such a sleepy season.
In fact, it is likely that even if a new fifth candidate had been announced as our Eurovision representative, we would have nodded in agreement that this was a "worthy candidate" and move on.
Almost 20 years have passed since that first grand final in Nitzanim, which has become the prototype of the great finals wherever they are: sparkling, showy and in front of an audience of thousands.
A lot has changed since then - the participants of course have changed, the audience has matured, and even the pretension to turn every final into a stadium event is aligning with reality and taking a ride back to the studio with it.
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Somehow only the cover and lyrics have not changed - the finale still opens with a video about the contestants' journey all the way to the finals (and as usual in the genre, the lyrics sound horribly forced), and of course continues with the opening number of the four contestants (successful performance, thankfully, the four Eurovision songs ).
Hence it is again the usual opera of judges, contenders, performances, deliberations, ratings and familiar time pulls we have been through so many times.
It can not be said that Network 13 did not try: there was the surprising and intriguing casting of Simon Cowell (who breezed because of the security situation), there were also contestants such as Ilai Almkeys and Lynette who managed to stir up buzz on social media,
This is a package deal that is worth preserving for the future as well (although the program in which the songs were selected was broadcast here at 11 last Thursday, and not as part of the "X Factor").
Despite all this, we were left with a season that cumulatively just failed to innovate enough.
The main reason is that a large proportion of the contestants, especially those who have come as far as Inbal Bibi and Eli Choli, are ones we have seen before in other shows.
Unlike programs like "Ninja Israel" for example, where even when there are repeat contestants, we accompany them only a few minutes a season, in "The X Factor" we are required to do a long way of a whole season with people we have seen before.
People we've already seen.
Inbal Bibi,
Some exciting conflicts and moments can already satisfy someone like Sapir Saban (a completely random example), a singer with an amazing voice, but what to do, not an unusually fascinating reality character.
This sentence by the way, is probably true of most people in the world.
A good poetry reality is one that combines reality (moments of suspense and exciting stories) with poetry.
It was definitely a season of singers and great performance, but what about the second part?
Despite this, we would not be in a hurry to eulogize "The X Factor for the Eurovision Song Contest".
It also took time for "The Next Star" in its Eurovision version to rise.
What should be done there in case there is a second season?
It's hard to say, but for a start you should try to deviate from the usual and familiar in favor of spontaneous TV moments.
For example, when contestants visited here 11 studios and sat there in the music room for a joint jam, why did not we see how it developed?
Or when Miri Mesika started talking about the fact that there is no song in Hebrew among the competing songs, why not let her continue to speak?
It is true that this is a live broadcast, but the audience is dead.
Give us something.
Not spontaneous enough.
Michael Ben David,
To this vacuum of insufficient interest, Michael Ben-David, a graduate of "Beit Zvi" and a singer with a powerful voice and extraordinary presence, easily crept in.
While his finalists preferred a somewhat melancholy performance, he continued to maintain the lift atmosphere that accompanied him almost throughout the season.
Ben-David was not only the least known singer in the quartet, but also the most prominent in it, and when it comes to the Eurovision Song Contest, prominence is everything.
His song "IM" (I), which will probably accompany us for the next few months, sounds like a viral sound that can plow the tic-tac-toe marches and bring out the millennial voices flying over themselves.
Now just need to find out if they are watching the Eurovision.
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