X Factor Arabia 2023: Saudi female contestant steals hearts after performing to Angham
X Factor Arabia talent show has made a debute with its first episode on Dubai TV gathering different talents from all Arab countries, united by a passion for art and a dream of stardom.
The judging committee includes Abdullah Al-Ruwaished, Angham, and Ragheb Alama.
Following the first episode, the three judges seems to be homogeneous and hold similar opinions when it comes to contestants. They also stood by the talent that deserves to compete in the show.
X Factor Arabia 2023 episode 1 highlights
Haneen Al-Mansour, a Saudi female contestant who steals the heart of the judges
Saudi Arabia’s contestant Haneen Al-Mansour has received 3 yeses from the panel for her outstanding performance after she sang Ya Raitak Fahemni “I Want You to Understand Me” by Angham.
Haneen introduces herself on Instagram with the phrase, “Love is singing and singing is love.”
Haneen also had experience presenting programs before, where she presented Sotak Aqwa “Your Voice is Stronger” on Saudi channel SBC.
The audience: Emirati contestants Nasser and Hamdan are two of the most beautiful voices
The audience interacted with Emirati nationals Nasser and Hamdan via X platform. Some considered them to be among the most beautiful voices in the first episode during their performance of the song Fugettek “I Lost You” by Hussein Al Jasmi.
Tears of Joy
Heba Ben Moqaddam from Morocco sheds tears of joy after singing “Bhawak” by the late Zikra.
A hijabi Egyptian contestant attracts the attention of the public and the committee
The committee and the audience interacted with the Egyptian talent Nadine, as Abdullah Al-Ruwaished described her as a new Egyptian project, after she performed the song “Al-Ward Al-Baladi” by Asala.
Ragheb Alama and Abdullah Al-Ruwaished interacted with the launch of X Factor Arabia
Members of the judging committee interacted with the launch of the program.
Abdullah Al-Ruwaished wrote: “I am happy to participate in the program with my dearest friends #Angham and #RaghebAlama and on the screen of #DubaiTV.”
Then he asked his followers: “What do you think of the talents of the first episode of #XFactor2023?”
As for Ragheb Alama, he wrote on X: “I am very happy with the first episode of X Factor on Dubai TV. I am also very happy with the participation of the beloved artists #Angham and #Abdullah_Al-Ruwaished and their valuable opinions about the participants.”
He continued: “I congratulate everyone on the launch of the program, and I hope that you will spend beautiful times with us following the program, and you will witness more talent that you will admire, because in the end the audience will decide who will be the X Factor.”
For Angham, she was keen to share her look from the episode, which the audience admired, in addition celebrating her son Omar’s birthday.