Or, as visceral haters like Max Blumenthal would say, "Tokenism!"
You see, the idea that Israelis would love an Arab on a TV competition - consistently! - completely destroys his thesis of a racist Israeli society. So when things like this happen, he gets a bit defensive. People like Nof might hurt his book sales, and we can't have that! (Max is going to shill for his book next at a CAIR banquet.)
Back to Nof, you can see how effusive the TV hosts and judges were about her performance, obviously all engaged in a massive case of chef-washing:
But that is not the most impressive thing about her.
Nof is a post-doctoral research scientist in microbiology!
According to her LinkedIn profile, she received her PhD from that evil racist Israeli school known as Technion, and now is pursuing her research at another racist school that must be boycotted, Oranim College of Education.
And if the Israel-hating faux boycotters would get their way, she wouldn't have a job.
Who are the racists again?
UPDATE: Third place was an Ethiopian native.