Programme Overview
Description
Rising Star is a trailblazing interactive talent format that creates MUST SEE viewing by bringing together large audiences for a collective, active television experience. Its inception marked a world first as the only talent show in which an unlimited number of viewers are able to determine the narrative in real-time.
During each episode of Rising Star, home audiences decide who will advance in real-time via the show’s free voting app, while individual viewers’ pictures appear on the large screen facing the performer and judges vote simultaneously by hitting their buttons in the studio. When the performer reaches the designated voting percentage the screen rises, and the new star is revealed.
Originally created and produced by Tedy Productions and Keshet Broadcasting, the format was the fastest-selling talent show on record when launched at MIPCOM in 2013 and to date, has been adapted locally in 17 territories worldwide – including India (Colors TV), the US (ABC), Brazil (Globo), Sri Lanka (7 seasons for Hiru TV), Indonesia (RCT1), China (CCTV), and Greece (Antenna).
In Israel, Rising Star continues to be Israel's most-watched music show, 11 seasons in. The Season 11 finale smashed ratings records when it premiered on Keshet 12 on 21 January 2025, registering an unprecedented 44.1% viewing share. Israeli viewers were won over by the inspirational Yuval Raphael, asurvivor of the Nova music festival massacre. Yuval captured the hearts and votes of a nation to win with Rising Star's highest ever score of 98/100. Yuval will now represent Israel at Eurovision 2025, the largest live music event in the world, and follow in the footsteps of Netta, season five's Rising Star who went on to win the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with her smash hit "Toy".
In Greece, the season finale was watched by more than half of the country’s TV viewers, achieving a 56% share during the episode’s peak, and a 35% share for the entire episode. On average, Globo’s third season of the innovative format garnered an average share of 31% across Brazil. While in the Asian region, Rising Star was re-commissioned for a third season in Indonesia (RCTI), where it won the Panasonic Gobel Award for Best Program Talent Show & Reality Show in 2015; and also, in India (Colours TV), where the first series marked the country’s first ever real time voting show and attracted three million voters. Season two was watched by 192 million viewers across India. In Sri Lanka, seven 52x90' seasons have been premiered on Hiru TV.