Popolitica

Within a short period of time, the show developed its characteristic format, and was regularly hosted by two veteran news and political show hosts, Nissim Mishal and later, Dan Margalit, and included the regular following "panel": journalist Tommy Lapid (later made a political career out of his "stardom" as "panelist" of the show), journalist Amnon Dankner, and Haredi journalist Yisrael Eichler (also later made a political career out of his "panelist" role).

The pop songs were gradually thinned out until they were completely removed, in a way that only the political-debates format remained, the debates that had granted the show its fame.

Many reported loving to watch and listen to the arguments of the show, but others saw in it mainly an extreme expression of poor and cheap Populism, aimed at glorifying the regular participants' abilities, while humiliating people with different political opinions or some who are not accustomed to such loud debates.

The word 'Popolitica' was coined in Israel as a synonym for Populism and Demagogy; It is being used when one wants to describe an inflammated argument with a fluent spokes people who use an outright-blatant style.

Over time, a new "panel" team was established that included: The host, Dan Margalit, the veteran panelists, Journalists Tommy Lapid and Amnon Dankner, and new regular panelists, right-wing Likud Knesset member, Tzipi Hotovely, and known Haaretz liberal news paper Journalist, Ari Shavit.

As of today (2010), another version of the original show is aired on the public Israeli channel 1, renamed "Politica" (Politics), and hosted by Oded Shahar.