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Erez Tal

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli broadcasting personality”. Today it says “israeli television host”.
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Erez Tal ( ; born July 27, 1961) is an Israeli actor and television host. Erez Ben-Tulila (later Tal) was born in Israel. His first hit program was "Ma Yesh" ("What's Up"), broadcast on Galatz , Israel's Army radio, where he started his partnership with Avri Gilad . Tal and Gilad co-hosted TV show "Ha'olam Haerev" (The World Tonight) in the early nineties, broadcast on the then-experimental Channel 2. 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". In 2008, he hosted the Israeli version of the reality show, " Big Brother ", named " HaAh HaGadol ". Tal also participates in comedy programs: "Only in Israel", which he created, opposite Orna Banai , and "Night Club" with Maya Dagan and others. He introduced several comedians to wider audiences, which notably are Assi Azar which co-hosted with him the successful reality format "HaAh HaGadol" and Guri Alfie who acted in many comedy shows such as "Shiduray Ha'mahapecha" (The Revolution broadcast). [1] "Israeli show makes light of conflict" .1

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israeli broadcasting personality

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israeli television host

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