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Konstantin (Yoel) Razvozov

Famous Israeli athlete and politician. He was born in the USSR, and at the age of 11 he moved with his family to Israel. Konstantin won the title of Israeli judo champion and maintained this title for ten years. He also took part in the Olympic Games, representing Israel in 2004. Konstantin is a multiple winner of the silver medal at the European Championships and a prize-winner at the World Judo Championships.

In 2008, Konstantin began his political career. He was elected to the Netanya Municipality, and became responsible for the development of sports in the city. With his help, various projects were implemented: the opening of a new stadium, sports clubs and sections, and the payment of scholarships to athletes.

In 2012, Constantine joined the Yesh Atid party, supporting the political movement of Yair Lapid. He was also admitted to the Israeli Parliament. In February 2013, Konstantin was appointed chairman of the commission on issues of aliyah, absorption and diaspora.

Boris Zaltsman and Mary of Troy

Spouses Boris Zaltsman and Maria Troyanskaya are famous Israeli dancers. Boris first saw Maria at competitions, after which they met and decided to start training together.

They took part in the reality show “Dancing with the Stars”, where they performed brilliantly. Maria became the winner of the show. She was predicted to have a great career in the modeling business, but she remained faithful to dancing.

Maria and Boris also take part in major ballroom dancing competitions, glorifying Israel at international competitions. They performed superbly at the "Germany open" competition in Germany. And at the European Latin American Dance Championships in Kaunas, the couple took an honorable seventh place. Students of Boris and Maria also took part in these competitions and took prizes in various age groups.

Maria and Boris have their own dance school, which is located in Bat Yam, in the A-Bonim community center, where the couple teach ballroom and Latin American dancing.

Ilya Axelrod

Ilya, along with his parents and younger brother, moved to Israel from Minsk at the age of six. As a teenager, he became interested in the games "What? Where? When?", and became the captain of the children's team. At one of the games, the talented young man was noticed by the famous director of the Israeli KVN League, inviting Ilya to join the youth team.

Later, Ilya took part in the Comedy Battle stand-up competition, reaching the finals in the first season. After this, the jury invited him to participate in the Comedy Club team.

Ilya is also the host of a morning program on Channel 9, which is filmed live.