Top Israeli LD Ronen Najar created a lighting scheme for the latest series which was recorded at the Russell theatre in Ramatgan, Tel Aviv, where he included 11 x Robe BMFL Spots, six MMX Spots, together with eight LEDBeam 100s around the back of the audience in his design.
All the Robes were provided by lighting rental company Argaman Systems and programmed and run by Ronen on a grandMA2 console.
Now in its third edition, the series has no vote-offs or negative judgements. All the finalists get a chance to impress the audiences both live and on TV - who can vote for their favourite at the end of the series.
The theatre is an intimate venue and the general lighting aesthetic, explains Ronen, is "soft, magical and all about supporting the participants in their quest to perfect their singing techniques" as opposed to the more hard and glitzy appearance of the average music or singing reality show.
There are no LED screens onstage, so it's very much down to the lighting to create the essence of a purer and more immaculate look.
"It's harder than you might think," says Ronen, who also lights some of the country's best known singing TV shows including Rising Star, and is known for his imaginative flair and thinking 'out-of-the-box'.
He deliberately chose a lot of warmer colours to enhance a more tungsten and theatrical overall feel.
The BMFLs are hung on the house bars, together with a selection of other fixtures, and there are also side booms which are loaded with PAR 38s.
(Jim Evans)
