Rising Star

Rising Star is a live reality singing competition airing on tengaged. Based on the Israeli singing competition of the same name, the series was created by Lauren Jade (laurenjade121).

The shows format allows viewers to vote for the contestants via a live poll that opens 24 hours before a contestant performs. The experts for the first season were announced as Bernel (oxygen), Sam (bigbrotherfan132), Dan (dandoe) and (snowgirl57). The show is hosted by creator Lauren. The viewing public are considered the judges of the show.

Format
Before and during each performance, the audience at home is able to decide whether or not a contestant is sent through to the next round.

While the viewing public are considered the judges, the expert panelists (Bernel, Sam, Dan and ) also influence the vote. In the first two rounds, a 'yes' vote from one of the experts added 6% to the performers total. The experts percentage impact then gradually decreases until their vote is equal to that of a home judge at the finale.

Auditions
Each performance begins with the contestant singing behind a screen ("The Wall"). Once the contestant reaches 70% of "Yes" votes. the wall is raised and the contestant goes through to the next round of the competition. Alongside the viewers vote, the four panelists have 6% of the vote each which will be added should they vote "Yes". Once 24 contestants make it through to the next round, the auditions come to an end.

The Duels
Once 24 contestants have made it to this round, they are split into four groups of 6 and each group is then assigned one of the experts as a season mentor. The expert pairs up their team into three duels giving them an artist to sing between them. Of each duel, the first contestant sings with the wall up and sets the benchmark for the second contestant. The second contestant sings with the wall down. If the second contestant betters the first contestants vote total, the wall rises and the second contestant is through to the next round while the first contestant is eliminated; if the second contestant fails to raise the wall, the second contestant is eliminated and the first contestant is through. The experts can all still add 6% each to the overall percentage.

Live Playoffs
From here on out, each contestant performs to a specific theme, while the public vote, the contestant(s) with the least amount of votes is eliminated from the competition. The experts can still add to the poll percentage, however they can only each use this poll bonus once per show (they are allowed to use it on their own contestants). The live playoffs continue until just four contestants remain.

The Final Duels (Finale)
The final four are paired up into two duels, just like the initial duels there can only be one winner and the winner will be the contestant that receives the most votes at home (the experts votes only count as a home judge vote at this stage in the competition). The winners of either duel then enter the final duel where they will perform their potential winning single. The contestant with the most votes will be declared the rising star with their mentor being crowned the winning mentor of the season. The winner is normally declared 40 minutes after the winning singles have been performed to allow the public time to vote.