Once again, just like in the previous season, the jury was composed of singers Wael Kfoury, Nancy Ajram, and Ahlam, as well as music producer Hassan El Shafei, and Ahmad Fahmi returned as host of the show.
The first four episodes covered the first round of the show, the auditions process, which took place in nine different Arab countries and, for the first time ever, in Turkey.
The participants were of either Palestinian or Algerian nationality, which inspired their group name, Jazairastin – a portmanteau of "Jazair" (Algeria) and "Falastin" (Palestine).
Their creative rendition of Fairuz's "Ahou Dalli Sar" ensured survival of all the members of their team to advance to the next round.
Their rendition of a popular Yemeni song, completely captivated the jury – so much so that judges Hassan El Shafei and Ahlam gave them a standing ovation at the end.
The 14 songs in the individual challenge, and the contestants who chose each song, are as follows: "Ouli Aamalak Eih" by Mohammed Abdel Wahab "Ya Tira Tiri" by Sabah Fakhri "El Oyoun El Soud" by Warda Al Jazairiah "Laila bterjaa ya layl" by Fairuz "Eiratni belchib" by Nazem Al-Ghazali "Rasayel" by Mohammed Abdo "Ahebbak law takun hader" by Talal Maddah "Kama al Reisha" by Abu Bakr Salem "Eldayia" by Sabah "Emta Hataraf" by Asmahan "Weli Law Yedroun" by Moeen Charif "Ma Dam Tuhibu" by Umm Kulthum "Sawah" by Abdel Halim Hafez Improvisations By the end of the individual challenge, and after the 24 competitors to advance was announced, the jury felt as though the previously eliminated candidate Rawan Aalyan deserved a second chance, and so, she was asked to come back, bringing the total number of semi-finalists to 25 (7 female and 18 male).
These semi-finalists arise from 12 different Arab countries : 6 from Egypt, 6 from Palestine, 2 from Lebanon, 2 from Tunisia, 2 from Yemen, and 1 of each from Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Syria.
The first was during the performance of the Hussain al Jassmi song "Hobilaha" (My love for her)[94] by finalist Ammar Mohammed of Yemen, who broke down uncontrollably halfway while singing,[95] and judge Ahlam had to come onto stage to console him.
The second was shortly before the crowning ceremony, when the 13 finalists, led by Yacoub Shaheen, Ammar Mohammed, and Ameer Dandan, got together on stage to sing a special song, "Cursed are the wars".