FX Awards : Best Rising Female Artist
by Fox Music
In a Facebook poll of 11,416 respondents, 43.6% chose “Kenza Morsli”. How we count
Kenza Morsli
43.6%4,977
Ibtissam Tiskat
43.3%4,938
Ghada Jreidi
8%910
Doaa El Sebaii
2.1%245
Shereen Yehia
1.3%151
Lea Makhoul
1.2%134
Rita Sleiman
0.2%28
Manal Moussa
0.2%21
Maria Sarkis
0.1%12
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Ibtissam Tiskat opened with a commanding 60% day-one lead, only for Ghada Jreidi to leapfrog everyone by day 2. Kenza Morsli seized the top spot on day 4, and the two frontrunners then traded the lead five more times through day 25 — a dead heat separated by fractions of a percent at every turn.
From day 25 onward, Kenza Morsli held firm and never let go, closing at 43.6% to Ibtissam Tiskat's 43.3% — a final gap of just 39 votes out of 11,416. Everyone else combined couldn't crack 14%, leaving this a pure two-woman race decided at the margins.
- Six lead changes · The top spot flipped six times before settling on day 25.
- 39-vote final margin · Kenza Morsli edged Ibtissam Tiskat by just 0.3 points.
- Morocco vs Algeria split · Morocco leaned Ibtissam Tiskat, Algeria leaned Kenza Morsli.
- Landslide for the leaders · Top two took 86.9% of all votes; seven others shared the rest.