Last week, during the broadcast of the second episode of the ninth season of “The Next Star” that aired on “Keshet 12”, a contestant appeared with a particularly surprising pedigree. Eliav Zohar The 22-year-old, son of a member of the Knesset from the Likud, Mickey Zohar, appeared in the auditions of the reality show and swept away the judges. Now, it seems that he is not waiting long and is striking while the iron is hot.
The young singer performed one of his original songs, “Michal” and received 89 percent of the votes and 5 blues from the judges, including the tough judge Amdorski. Today (Tuesday) Zohar launches the song as an official single.
His live performance from the program stands (as of this writing) in second place on the list of the hottest videos on YouTube with hundreds of thousands of shares and tens of thousands of hot comments; His debut song “Open a Window”, which, upon its release four months ago, was at the top of the radio charts for two consecutive weeks, returned to the charts and jumped to the list of the 50 most viral songs on Spotify Israel.
The various media publish, one after the other, items about the identity of Michal, the inspiration for the song in question. Even those who are not avid viewers of “The Next Star” could not miss the hysteria that Eliav provoked when he stood on the stage in front of the judges, drew six blues, smashed the screen with 89 percent and drew cheers from all the judges.
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There are very few songs that are performed in a reality show and become hits even before they are released. The last significant example of this – “Pain of Warriors” an original song performed on the “Kohav Nold” stage by a talented young man named Idan Amadi and bought his world. Now it’s Eliav’s turn to break the boundaries.
In light of the fact that the number of views of the audition clip stands at a quarter of a million in less than a week and due to the atomic pressure exerted on Eliav and his team by fans and members of the media to release the song as an official single – “Michal” is released.
In fact, this is the fourth song by Eliav, a graduate of the “Rimon” school, from his emerging debut album (“Open a Window”), the result of his joint work with music producer Shmulik Daniel. His previous songs – “Open a window”, “Medina in waiting” and “She doesn’t understand” – collectively garnered over a million views and made him one of the biggest promises in the music industry.
The broadcast of last night’s episode brought great exposure to the young Zohar, but this is not really the beginning of his career, in 2018 he competed in the reality show “Aviv O Eyal” and already in March his song “Open a Window” within a few days went straight to first place on the list of the most played songs on radio stations in Israel , according to the official index of “Media Forest” and Acomm.
In an interview given to “Maariv” reporter Dodi Fatimer, Zohar was asked if he thinks the fact that he is Miki Zohar’s son can damage his chances of passing one or another playlist. Zohar replied: “I don’t believe in this theory. If the song is good, it will enter. I am a beginner artist. My whole life is still ahead of me. I just want to write and compose another song and another song. A lot of people listen to me, which is the happiest and most satisfying thing in the world. I refuse to mix my music with political matters. It’s really far from me. I trust stations like Galgalat and those of a corporation here to make professional considerations only.”
“Container”
Lyrics and music: Eliav Zohar
Musical arrangement and production: Shmulik Daniel
“How everything around me is suddenly about to fall
I can’t hold it as big
Since yesterday, my mouth is full of alcohol
This is another obstacle that tests me, I will not fall
“I missed Michal who doesn’t see me and if at all
He will compose melodies for you and maybe a few lines that will move you
On my heart is a heavy weight
To continue writing songs and playing between the words, just not with you
“How does everything scare me so much who to ask?
Am I going to fall, shouting terribly loud and I have no voice
Already since yesterday I have a blue sea in your mind’s eye
I can’t, I’m falling apart like a sandcastle”