One of the most successful docu-reality shows in Israel of all time
Winner of Israeli Television Academy Awards for “Best Docu-Reality Show” two years in a row
In this format, a social experiment examines whether a team of experts from different fields of knowledge will be able to successfully scientifically match two complete strangers who will meet for the first time at the altar. Following the wedding that initiates the acquaintances, the show provides a rare glimpse into the process in which brave couples, followed by a team of experts, will go through a complex emotional process of 42 days, at the end of which they will have to decide whether they want to stay together or break up.
It may sound like a crazy reality show, but it is a program that is filmed and edited with completely documentary means and brings honest documentation about relationships and the human longing for love and acceptance. The show dared to bring to the screen the complexities of marital relationships that had not yet been addressed on Israeli prime time, and as a result the discourse surrounding the program was lively and complex. Definitions in the relationship between men and women are beginning to be rebuilt.
The final episode of season 1 reached a record rating of 24% – the highest for any broadcaster since the split of Channel 2.
No less then 4 couples stayed together from season 6, 2023, as of September 2023. The final episode of the season (follow-up on the state of the couples today) received a rating of 19.9%
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Israeli Television Academy Award: Best Docu-Reality Program (2023)
Israeli Television Academy Award: Best Docu-Reality Program (2022)
Israeli Television Academy Award: Best Docu-Reality Program (2021)
• Israeli Television Academy Award: Best Casting in a Reality and Docu-Reality Program, Moshik Israel (2021)
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Executive Producer Editor in Chief: Assaf Gil
Editors: Lotem Oren (seasons 6,7), Gabi Bibliowicz (seasons 1, 2, 5), Anat Stalinsky (seasons 3, 4)
Producers: Ronny Fridman (season 7), Adi Rossman, Osnat Schmidt (season 6), Osnat Schmidt (season 2,4,5), Itai Mintz (season 1), Zameret Alexandrony (season 3)
Team of experts: Dr. Yael Doron, Psychologist and group analyst (season 2-7)
Dr. Maayan Boyman – Methodologist, Mlinical Psychologist, researcher and lecturer (season 4-7)
Gilad Horowitz – Clinical Psychologist Expert (season 6,7)
Danny Friedlander, Expert Clinical Psychologist (season 2-5)
Dr. Liat Ben Yakir, Doctor of Molecular Genetics (season 1-3)
Prof. Aharon Ben Ze’ev, Expert in the Study of Emotions (season 1)
Dr. Irit Levy, Clinical Psychologist (season 1)
Dr. Thelma Cohen, Marriage and Family Therapist (season 1)
Broadcast channel: Keshet 12
Season 1: 13 episodes (2017)
Season 2: 25 episodes (2019)
Season 3: 28 episodes (2020)
Season 4: 35 episodes (2021)
Season 5: 35 episodes (2022)
Season 6: 28 episodes (2023)
Season 7: (2025)
Based on the format: “MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT”- RED ARROW STUDIOS