Erez Tal

Israeli television and radio host (born 1961)

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Erez Moshe Tal (Hebrew: ארז טל; born 27 July 1961) is an Israeli television host.

Early life

Born as Erez Moshe Ben-Tulila in Tel Aviv, Israel, to Jewish parents. His father, Aharon Ben-Tulila, immigrated from Algeria, whereas his mother Edna is Israeli-born. His family Hebraized its surname to Tal (dew in Hebrew) when he was four years old.^{[citation needed]}

Career

His first hit program was Ma Yesh? ("What's Up?"), broadcast on Galatz, Israel's IDF Radio, where he started his partnership with Avri Gilad.^{[citation needed]} Tal and Gilad co-hosted TV show Ha'olam Ha'erev (The World Tonight) in the early 1990s, broadcast on the then-experimental Channel 2.^{[citation needed]} When Channel 2 became Israel's first commercial television station, Tal hosted and produced the Israeli edition of Wheel of Fortune, and later devised two different program formats: The Vault that was sold to several foreign TV stations, and The Brain.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, he hosted the Israeli version of the reality show, Big Brother, named HaAh HaGadol.^[1]

Tal also participates in comedy programs: Only in Israel, which he created,^[2] opposite Orna Banai, and Night Club with Maya Dagan and others.^{[citation needed]} He introduced several comedians to wider audiences, notably Assi Azar who co-hosted with him the successful reality format HaAch HaGadol; and Guri Alfi who acted in many comedy shows such as Shiduray Ha'mahapecha (The Revolution Broadcast).^{[citation needed]}

Tal was one of the Israeli commentators (alongside Idit Hershkowitz) for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 grand final, the first time the country provided a TV commentary for Eurovision.^{[citation needed]}

Tal hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv alongside Bar Refaeli, Assi Azar and Lucy Ayoub.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Keshet Condemns Big Brother Contestant's Group Sex Claim". Haaretz. 26 November 2008.
^ "Israeli show makes light of conflict". BBC News Online. August 2, 2002. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
^ Zwart, Josianne. "Bar Refaeli, Erez Tal, Assi Azar & Lucy Ayoub to host Eurovision 2019!". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
^ "Meet the Eurovision 2019 hosts: Bar Refaeli, Erez Tal, Assi Azar and Lucy Ayoub". wiwibloggs.com. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.