On the opening night of “The Next Star” 2022, no unusual events or innovations and inventions were recorded. It was a standard evening like any opening night in any other season. The only anomaly that was noticed came from the direction of Assaf Amdursky, who wore an unusual look while wearing a tank top and colorful eye-popping pants, equipped with an oil earring in one of his ears, and wearing Yoko Ono glasses on the tip of his nose. Only the hat was missing to complete the clown costume. What not to do to attract attention.
And if the place of Static and Ben El, the duo who always surprised in the style of dress, was absent from the judges’ table this season, Amdursky managed to fill their box with an extraordinary performance of his own. At one point the beautiful Ninet gave him a “scary” look as he defined it, trying to understand the new spirit in the fashion he brought with him, and he replied, “I came to give work.” That is to steal the show. Or in other words, if you’re looking for a gimmick for this evening that’s not an ex-duo from the lobby, then I’m here.
The panel of judges was joined for the first time by the successful singer Ran Danker, who also happens to be Ninet’s mythological ex. In one interview, when asked if his affair with Ninet was characterized by publicity exercises, he unequivocally denied the matter. However, to sit him next to her at the judges’ table to remind us that they were once the glittering couple of the egg, is a pure first-rate publicity stunt .
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The interaction between Ren and Ninet last night was completely correct and devoid of any romantic pretensions. The two did not provide the goods, except for a few friendly and not really longing looks that they exchanged during an audition performed by one of the contestants who chose to sing the song “The Light in My Life”, from the musical series “Our Song”, in which they participated.
The connection between the exes, just like the connection between Maimon’s songs and the nineteen chilblains from the star, is an unsophisticated trick. Although he brought them headlines and promotion for the program, he does not hold water for long and has nothing in it. It is sad that the spot has long been not focused on the talented performers and singers who come to compete in the musical reality, but on those sitting on the judgment seat who have come to play the role of their lives.
Of course, how can one forget the facilitator pair Samson and Yoav. I was actually pleased with Rotem and Asi, who always lighten the atmosphere and sometimes provide an interesting diagnosis, such as Asi’s comment and enlightenment, when he said of one of the singers that it was quite strange that he chose to sing Nika Costa’s out here on my own, surrounded by a tribe of nine brothers and sisters , Who came to support him in the audition.
An unpleasant incident was recorded when a 19-year-old girl named: Ariel (not from “The Little Mermaid”) took the stage and after finishing her song, which I thought was a pretty good performance, some judges on the percentage scale gave her the bright and not cool red. It happened after Shiri Maimon blurted out that the singer was inaccurate in the song.
Let go of a judge’s right in a competition to disqualify and criticize a contestant, that’s even her job, but there’s a way to pass criticism. “You have no singing skill,” Ninet stated, not content with that, adding, “You are so unskilled in singing.”
Shocking.
Itai Levy shouted that the funding was exaggerated. In one of the interviews that preceded the gala evening, Itai called Maimon a “diva.” So while Maimon can afford to be a diva, because she is one of our best singers, but in the specific case before us, she forgot to turn on the politically correct button.
And that what did you want? 19-year-old Ariel did not come to compete for a role in a Broadway musical, and she is certainly not as experienced and skilled as you, so why diminish? Why not say simple: the performance of the song was inaccurate and the story ended?
The young singer was almost suffocated by the insult, and the one who came to her aid was Amdursky who is usually known as a strict judge, and this time went out of his way to give the excited girl a bright and encouraging blue.
To tell the truth, even Amdursky’s gesture was a bit insulting despite the good intention, because it felt like throwing a bone at her, to prevent a heartbreak for her and her family. It would have been better to hear a harsh critique, provided it was said in taste and tact, the style of David Dvir, the tough judge from “Dancing with the Stars.”
I am not a follower of the loud singers who know how to reach the highest notes and shake the foreheads, and there were some such talented last night, but the singer I loved the most and hope to go far, is Libby Panker from Rosh HaAyin, with the clean and clear voice who effortlessly and quietly sang “The Flower in the Garden “Of Itamar Argov, and perhaps did not shake the forearms, but certainly shook the strings of our hearts.