A Filipina carer is the unlikely winner of Israel’s first ever season of The X Factor.
The win comes as a surprise for Rose Fostanes, 47, who was one of four finalists and the only foreign contestant on the show.
“Thank you so much for those Israeli who like my voice … thank you for giving me the chance to be in The X Factor Israel,” Fostanes said after she won. She also thanked the thousands of Filipinos who supported her.
She won the popular reality TV singing contest with an emotional rendition of Frank Sinatra’s My Way, and sung Alicia Keys’ If I Ain’t Got You in a duet with her mentor Shiri Maimon.
Comparisons have already been made between Fostanes and Scottish singer Susan Boyle, who shot to stardom after performing a powerful rendition of I Dreamed a Dream from the musical Les Misérables.
Boyle’s giddy rise from unknown to multi-million-selling recording artist has been made into a musical. (Sydney Morning Herald)