It was nine in the evening and Danny Kushmero passed the torch to Assi Ezer and Rotem Sela.
Yes, yes, believe it or not, it turns out you can finish a newscast at nine in the evening if you just want to;
And Sagittarius very much wanted this time, because they had in hand a grandiose final of "The Next Star".
Believe it or not, it turns out that it is possible to produce an invested and mesmerizing reality finale in Israel.
And this final tried to be so big for life because you can get the Eurovision ticket out of the "Next Star" contest, but you can't get the Eurovision out of the people who worked on the show.
Whether it's the presenter Asi Ezer, or the man at the head of the system - Yoav Tzafir, who directed the final broadcast from his home after being verified with Corona.
A significant part of the people who raised the Eurovision in Tel Aviv two years ago, from the camera and show director to the producer, were also involved in the finale of "The Star", and so it seems: huge stage, screens, video art, orchestra, changing scenery, dancers, bouncy audience, Fireworks and anything that will make you do "wow".
For a brief moment the carnival helped to make us forget the disappearance of Ninet Tayeb, who surprisingly breezed out of the event due to an advanced pregnancy, thus fulfilling Maimon's dreams of an old dream from 2003, in which Nina breezes at the last minute a reality finale.
"All their lives they have dreamed of this moment, because from here they will no longer return the same to the house they left," Assi Ezer promised at the door of the transmitter.
Just before the clock struck midnight, Tamir Greenberg, the winner who had raked in a million shekels, was finally crowned;
And not that anyone is underestimating a million, but it's worth remembering that taxes are deducted from it and a sack of constant public pressure and pressure is loaded, so that it might not actually be such a hit to be the next star.
However, those who have tasted prime-time will usually aspire to return to it as well.
There the glory flourishes in full.
After all, being a "star" in Israel is not a thriving business;
But performing every night in prime time, for three months, is a big deal, and it brings campaigns, and it's addictive.
Take a look at Vanity's songs that returned to the program from which they burst into consciousness in 2003, and Shai Hambar who closed her circle in "The Next Star" after she was once a girl in "Music School".
In contrast, Jacko Eisenberg chose "Big Brother" to rehabilitate publicly.
And it's not just that all the heroes of reality come back into our lives every time. They may have finished their 15 minutes of glory this morning, but the next star of the day will also be the recovering star of the next day.