Israel's long search for The Next Star is reaching the final stages. Out of the 21 acts that made it through the blind auditons ( here ) a jury has now picked up eight for the next step. Eventually they will become 6, then 4 for the final. Some artists who scored much better than the selected ones have been dropped out like Yosef Gal (91%), Helen Kalandadze (90%). David Vanesian (85%) and Yonit Zaidenberg (85%). They must have their reasons.... Diana Goldi is the Idol 2010 winner, Imri Ziv already twice a backing singer in ESC (2015, 2016) and Julieta has Kdam 2013 experience. Diana Golbi (95%) Imri Ziv (93%) Beatbox Element (91%) Trio Ta-La-Te (75%) Hally Lewis 7(7%) Yona Shavin (79%) Sapir Nahon (88%) Julieta (72%)