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The X Factor The X Factor is a television music competition franchise created by Simon Cowell. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for Pop Idol (2001-2003). It is held in various countries. The programmes are produced by executive producer Simon Cowell and his company SYCOtv. The "X Factor" of the title refers to the undefinable "something" that makes for star quality.[1] The prize is usually a recording contract, in addition to the publicity that appearance in the later stages of the show itself generates, not only for the winner but also for other highly ranked contestants. The similarities between The X Factor and Idols prompted Idol creator Simon Fuller, along with 19 Entertainment, to file a lawsuit against Cowell, SYCOtv, and FremantleMedia in 2004. An out-of-court settlement was reached in 2005 allowing Fuller to gain a 10% share in The X Factor format, and preventing an American version until 2010.[2][3] Fuller later filed another lawsuit in 2011, claiming that he had also been promised that he would be credited as an executive producer of The X Factor USA, but that Syco, FremantleMedia, and Fox Broadcasting Company had failed to fulfill that promise; that lawsuit is pending.[4][5][6][7]
The X Factor 300px Genre
Reality television
Created by
Simon Cowell
Country of origin
United Kingdom Production
Producer(s)
Thames FremantleMedia Syco Entertainment
Unlike Idol, where the judges only critique the contestants' performances, on The X Factor each judge "mentors" the finalists in a particular category, aiding them with song selection and styling, while also participating together in judging the contestants of the other categories. As well as Idol, new singing show The Voice has become a rival show to The X Factor.
Contents 1 The X Factor around the world 2 Disputes and controversies 2.1 Legal dispute 2.2 Denmark 2.3 New Zealand 2.3.1 Natalia Kills outburst 2.3.2 Shae Brider 2.3.3 Natalia Kills' and Willy Moon's abuse of Joe Irvine 2.4 United Kingdom 3 Celebrity versions 4 International versions 5 See also 6 References
The X Factor around the world File:The X Factor world map.png Location of different franchises of The X Factor Own version Joint version Regional version
There have been a total of 125 winners of The X Factor worldwide. Country/Region
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Local title
Network
TV Klan Website (http://xfactor.tvklan.al)
X Factor
Winners
Season 1, 2012: Sheila Haxhiraj Season 2, 2012–13: Arilena Ara Season 3, 2013–14: Ergi Dini Season 4, 2015: Edea Demaliaj
Judges Current Pandi Laço Alban Skënderaj Miriam Cani (4–) Bleona Qereti (4–) Former Vesa Luma (1) Juliana Pasha (1) Altuna Sejdiu (2–
Hosts
Alketa V
3)
Soni Malaj (2–3)
Rotana
Season 1, 2006: 23x15px Rajaa Kasabni Season 2, 2007: 23x15px Muhammad El Majzoub
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23x15px Arab world
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Season 3, 2013: 23x15px CBC
Mohammed Elrifi
Khaled El Sheikh
Joel Rah
(1–2)
(1–2)
Michel Elefteriades (1–2) Anoushka (2) Nelly (Egyptian entertainer) (1) Carole Samaha (3) Elissa (3–4) Hussain Al Jasmi
Bassel A (3–4)
Yosra Lo
(3)
Wael Kfoury (3)
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– 23x15px Armenia X–Factor
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Shant TV Website (http://www.shanttv.com/am/programs/x– factor2)
[1] (http://www.mbc.com/thexfactor) Season 4, 2015: TBA
Season 1, 2010-11: Pablo Arrera Season 2, 2011-12: Lucía & Martina Season 3, 2012-13: Hernán Mendéz Season 4, 2013-14: Bloody Mary Season 5 2014-15: Upcoming season
Season 1, 2010–11: Vrezh Kirakosyan Season 2, 2012–13: Kim Grigoryan Season 3, 2014: Vahé Margaryan
Ragheb Alama
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Daniella Rahme (
Current Jhonny Martínez (3–) Jennifer De La Fuente Benjamin Gonzalez Christina Casta (3–) Former Lucía Iguán (1–2) Simon Baroni (1– 2)
Current Alessand Puearta ( Former Lana De Luca(1–2
Current Garik Papoyan André (2–) Egor Glumov (1,
Current Grisha Aghakha
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Emmy (3–) Former Naira Gyurjinyan
(3–)
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(1–2)
Gisane Palyan (1– 2)
Asia-Pacific
The X Factor Asia
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Network Ten
Series 1, 2015: TBA
Season 1, 2005: Random
Agnez Mo Ronan Keating Mel B Christian Bautista
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Kate Ceberano Mark Holden John Reid
Daniel MacPher Chloe Maxwell
Xtra Facto
Current Guy Sebastian (2–
Current Luke Jac
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(2–)
Dannii Minogue (5–)
23x15px Australia
The X Factor Seven Network (2–) Website (http://au.tv.yahoo.com/x–factor/)
Season 2, 2010: Altiyan Childs Season 3, 2011: 23x15px Reece Mastin Season 4, 2012: Samantha Jade Season 5, 2013: Template:Country data South Korea Dami Im Season 6, 2014: 23x15px Marlisa Punzalan Season 7, 2015: Upcoming season
James Blunt (7–) Chris Isaak (7–) Former Ronan Keating (2–
Former Natalie Garonzi
Xtra Facto
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Natalie Imbruglia (2)
Kyle Sandilands (2)
Natalie Bassingthwaighte (3–6)
Mel B (3–4) Redfoo (5–6) Current Željko Joksimović
Current Antonija
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Aleksandra Kovač (2–)
Massimo Savić (2–)
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Aleksand Radojičić
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Snezana Velkov
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Series 1, 2013–14: 23x15px Daniel Kajmakoski Series 2, 2015: Current series
Nikolina
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Una Sen
Star, judges houses)
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VTM Website (http://www.vtm.be/x–factor–08/)
NovaTv Website (http://xfactor.novatv.bg/)
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Factor X
TVN Website (http://www.tvn.cl/programas/factorx/)
Season 1, 2005: Udo Mechels Season 2, 2008: Dirk De Smet
Season 1, 2011: Raffi Boghosyan Season 2, 2013: Zhana Bergendorff Season 3, 2014-15: Slavin Slavchev Season 4, 2015: Upcoming Season
Season 1, 2011: Sergio Járlaz Season 2, 2012: Juan Gabriel Valenzuela
The X Factor: The X Factor: Passionate Singer
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Liaoning TV
The X Factor: The X Factor: China's Strongest Voice
HBS: Hunan TV
El Factor X
El Factor X: Batalla de las Estrellas The X Factor: Battle of the Stars
Season 1, 2013: Zeng Yiming
Series 1, 2005: Julio César Meza Series 2, 2006: Francisco Villarreal Series 3, 2009: Siam
The X Factor
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Season 1, 2011: Li Shangshang Season 2, 2012: Chen Yumeng
RCN TV Website (http://www.canalrcn.com/factorx/)
Hadise (2 Koen Wa
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Do (2) Jean Blaute (1) Liliane Saint– Pierre (1) Current Maria Ilieva Lubo Kirov (2–) Sanya Armutlieva (2–)
Zaki (2–) Former Vasko Vasilev (1) Poli Genova (1) Maga (1)
Current Maria Ignatova Alexand Raeva (2 Former Deo (1)
Tito Beltrán Karen Doggenweiler Mon Laferte (2) José Luis Rodríguez (2) Zeta Bosio (1)
Julián Elfenbein
Angie Chai Chih– ping Aduo Chen Ming Chen Yufan
Da Zuo Shao We
Eason Chan Yik– shun Lo Ta–yu Zheng Jun Zhang Ziyi
Zhu Dan He Jiong
Marbelle José Gaviria Juan Carlos Coronel
Andrea S
Series 1, 2006: Luz Amparo Álvarez
Season 1, 2006: Andres Camilo Hurtado Season 2, 2007: Camilo Echeverry Correa Season 3, 2011: Shaira Selena Peláez
El Factor Xs
Kris Wauters (1–2) Maurice Engelen
Marbelle José Gaviria Juan Carlos Coronel (1, 3) Wilfrido Vargas (2)
23x15px Czech Republic
23x15px Czech Republic 23x15px Slovakia
23x15px Denmark
23x15px Ecuador
23x15px Finland
TV Nova Website (http://web.nova.cz/xfactor/)
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X Factor
23x15px Prima family Website (http://www.iprima.cz/xfactor/) 23x15px TV JOJ Website (http://xfactor.joj.sk/)
DR Website (http://www.dr.dk/dr1/xfactor/)
X Factor
Factor X Kids Ecuador
Ecuavisa
MTV3 Website (http://www.mtv3.fi/xfactor/)
X Factor
Leoš Ma
Season 1, 2008: Jiří Zonyga
Gabriela Osvaldová Ondřej Soukup Petr Janda
Martin "P Rausch
Season 1, 2014: Peter Bažík
Celeste Buckingham Ondřej Brzobohatý Sisa Sklovská Oto Klempíř Current Thomas Blachman
Current Eva Harl
(1–2, 4–)
(7–)
Lina Rafn (1–2, 7–) Remee (1–3, 7–) Former Soulshock (3) Pernille Rosendahl
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Season 1, 2008: Martin Hoberg Hedegaard Season 2, 2009: 23x15px Linda Andrews Season 3, 2010: Thomas Ring Petersen Season 4, 2011: Sarah Skaalum Jørgensen Season 5, 2012: Ida Østergaard Madsen Season 6, 2013: Chresten Falck Damborg Season 7, 2014: Anthony Jasmin Season 8, 2015: Emilie Esther Season 9, 2016: Upcoming Season
Season 1, 2015
Season 1, 2010: Elias Hämäläinen
(3–5)
Cutfather (4–5) Ida Corr (6) Anne Linnet (6) Jorge Luis del Hierro (1-') Pamela Cortéz (1–) Maykel Cedeño
23x15px France 23x15px23x15px Wallonia
X Factor
23x15px Greece 23x15px Cyprus
X Factor
ANT1 ANT1 Cyprus Website (http://www.thexfactor.gr)
The X Factor
(Xtra Fact
Ursula S
Henry Padovani
Sandrine Corman Jérôme Anthony
(2)
Véronic DiCaire (2)
Christophe Willem
(Xtra Fact
Factor, 2)
Alexand Devoise
(2)
Marc Cerrone (1) Julie Zenatti (1) Alain Lanty (1)
3)
23x15px Germany
Emil Tho
Heikki Paasonen Jukka Ro
Former Sarah Connor (1– VOX Website (http://www.vox.de/cms/sendungen/x– factor.html)
(6)
Linda Brava Renne Korppila Gugi Kokljuschkin
Olivier Schultheis Season 1, 2009: Sébastien Agius Season 2, 2011: 23x15px Matthew Raymond–Barker
Signe Muusma Signe Mo
(1–)
(2)
23x15px M6 (2) 23x15px W9 (1) Website (http://x–factor.m6.fr/) 23x15px23x15px RTL–TVI Website (http://www.rtl.be/rtltvi/emission/x– factor/2.aspx)
Former Lise Røn
Season 1, 2010: 23x16px Edita Abdieski Season 2, 2011: David Pfeffer Season 3, 2012: Mrs. Greenbird
Series 1, 2008–09: Loukas Giorkas Series 2, 2009–10: Stavros Michalakakos Series 3, 2010–11: Haris Antoniou
Sandra Nasic (3) HP Baxxter (3) Moses Pelham (3) Till Brönner (1–2) Das Bo (2) George Glueck (1) George Levendis Giorgos Theofanous Katerina Gagaki Nikos Mouratidis
Former Jochen Schropp Janin Reinhard
(backstage
Sakis Ro
(live show
Giorgos Lianos
(auditions
Maria Sinatsaki
(auditions
Despina Kampou
(auditions
Former Péter Geszti (1–4) Miklós Malek (1–
23x15px Hungary
X-Faktor
RTL Klub Website (http://www.rtlklub.hu/xfaktor/)
Series 1, 2010: Csaba Vastag Series 2, 2011: Tibor Kocsis Series 3, 2012: Gergő Oláh Series 4, 2013: Dóra Danics Series 5, 2014: Andrea Tóth Series 6, 2015: Upcoming Season
3)
Ildikó Keresztes (1–3)
Feró Nagy (1–3) Róbert Szikora (4–
Former Nóra Örd (1–3)
Sebestyé Balázs (1 Bence Is (4–5) Lilu (4)
5)
Gabi Tóth (4–5) Róbert Alföldi (4– 5)
Gábor Szűcs (5)
Template:Country data Iceland
Template:Country data India
Template:Country data Indonesia
X Factor India
X Factor Indonesia
The X Factor Template:Country data Israel
23x15px Italy
Stöð 2 Website (http://www.xfactor.is/)
X Factor
The X Factor Israel
Sony Entertainment TV Website (http://www.setindia.com/xfactor/)
RCTI Website (http://www.xfactorindonesia.com/)
Channel 2 – Reshet Website (http://reshet.tv/Shows/The_X_Factor_Israel/)
Sky Uno (5–) Website (http://www.xfactor.sky.it/) Rai 2 (1–4)
X Factor
Series 1, 2006: 23x15px Jógvan Hansen Series 2, 2015: Upcoming Series
Current Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir (2) Elínborg Halldórsdóttir (1-) Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson (1-) Former Einar Bárðarson (1)
Halla Vilhjálm (1-) Linda Pétursdó )
Season 1, 2011: Geet Sagar
Sonu Nigam Shreya Ghoshal Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Aditya Narayan
Robby P (1-)
Season 1, 2012–13: Fatin Shidqia Season 2, 2015: Current Season
Current Ahmad Dhani (1-) Bebi Romeo (1-) Rossa (1-) Afgan (2-) Former Anggun (1) Rami Fortis Moshe Peretz Ivri Lider Shiri Maimon
Bar Refa
Current Elio (4–7, 9-) Mika (7–) Fedez (8–) Skin (9-) Former Arisa (5–6) Mara Maionchi (1–
Current Alessand Cattelan Matteo Bordone
4)
Factor, 8–
Season 1, 2013–14: 23x15px Rose Fostanes Season 2, 2015: Upcoming season
Series 1, 2008: Aram Quartet Series 2, 2008–09: Matteo Becucci Series 3, 2009: Marco Mengoni Series 4, 2010: Nathalie Series 5, 2011: Francesca Michielin Series 6, 2012: Chiara Galiazzo Series 7, 2013: Michele Bravi Series 8, 2014: Lorenzo Fragola Series 9, 2015: Upcoming season
Anna Tatangelo (4)
Enrico Ruggeri (4) Claudia Mori (3) Simona Ventura (1–2, 5–7) Morgan (1–3, 5–8)
Factor, 7–
Mara Maionch
Former Francesc Facchine
4; Xtra Fa
Alessand Barzaghi Factor, 4)
Victoria Cabello
Max Nov
(8)
(Xtra Fact 6)
Brenda Lodigian
Factor, 5–
Template:Country data Japan 23x15px Okinawa
Template:Country data Kazakhstan
X Factor Okinawa Japan
Okinawa TV Website (http://www.xfactor.okinawa.jp/)
Perviy Kanal Evraziya Website (http://www.xfactor.kz/)
X Factor
Season 1, 2013–14: Sky's the Limit
Season 1, 2011: Dariya Gabdull Season 2, 2012: Andrey Tikhonov Season 3, 2013: Evgeniya Barysheva Season 4, 2013: Kairat Kapanov Season 5, 2014: Evgeny Vyblov
Kaz Utsunomiya Rino Nakasone Kiyoshi Matsuo
Jon Kabi Naomi Watanab
Current Nagima Eskalieva Alexander Shevchenko Dilnaz Akhmadieva (4–) Former Ismail Igіlmanov
Current Arnur Istybaev Former Adil Liya
(1–2)
Arnur Istybaev (2) Adil Liyan (1) Erlan Kokeev (3) Sultana Karazhigitova (1– 2)
23x15px Lithuania
23x15px Netherlands
X Faktorius
TV3
RTL 4 Website (http://www.xfactor.nl/)
X Factor
Season 1, 2012–13: Giedrė Vokietytė Season 2, 2013–14: Žygimantas Gečas
Season 1, 2007: Sharon Kips Season 2, 2009: Lisa Hordijk Season 3, 2010: Jaap Reesema Season 4, 2011: Rochelle Perts Season 5, 2013: Haris Alagic Season 6, 2015: Upcoming season
Current Saulius Prūsaitis Saulius Urbonavičius Rūta Ščiogolevaitė Marijonas Mikutavičius (2–) Former Vytautas Šapranauskas (1)
Current Martynas Starkus ( Former Marijona Mikutavi
Current Angela Groothuizen (2–) Gordon Heuckeroth (2–) Ali Bouali (5–) Candy Dulfer (5–) Former Eric van Tijn (2–4) Stacey Rookhuizen (2–4) Henkjan Smits (1) Marianne van Wijnkoop (1) Henk Temming (1)
Current Martijn Krabbe ( Ferry Do
(1)
(backstage
Former Wendy v Dijk (1–4 Lieke va Lexmond
(backstage
Nathalie Bulters
(Backstag
Eva Treu
(backstage
Current Stan Walker Melanie Blatt Natalie Bassingthwaighte
23x15px New Zealand
23x15px Norway
The X Factor
X Factor
TV3 Website (http://www.tv3.co.nz/Shows/TheXFactorNZ.aspx)
TV 2 Website (http://www.tv2underholdning.no/xfactor/)
Series 1, 2013: Jackie Thomas Series 2, 2015: Beau Monga Series 3, 2016: Upcoming series
Season 1, 2009: Template:Country data India Chand Torsvik Season 2, 2010: Hans Bollandsås
Current Dominic Bowden Guy Wil
(2-)
(The Xtra 2-)
Shelton Woolright
Sharyn C
(2-)
(The Xtra 2-)
Former Daniel Bedingfield (1) Ruby Frost (1) Willy Moon (2) Natalia Kills (2)
Jan Fredrik Karlsen Elisabeth Andreassen (2) Marion Ravn (2) Klaus Sonstad (2) Mira Craig (1) Peter Peters (1)
Clint Rob
(The Xtra 2-)
Caito Po
aka Caitli Davidson Factor RA
Ravi (2) Guri Solb (2)
Peter Mo Brubresk
(Xtra Fact
Katarina Flatland Factor)
Charlotte Thorstve 23x15px Philippines
23x15px Poland
The X Factor Philippines
ABS–CBN Website (http://www.abs– cbn.com/weekends/article/10420/xfactor/the–x– factor–philippines.aspx)
TVN Website (http://xfactor.tvn.pl/)
X Factor
Season 1, 2012: KZ Tandingan Season 2, 2015: "Upcoming Season"
Season 1, 2011: 23x15px Gienek Loska Season 2, 2012: Dawid Podsiadło Season 3, 2013: Klaudia Gawor Season 4, 2014: 23x15px Artem Furman
Charice Martin Nievera Gary Valenciano Pilita Corrales
KC Concepc
Current Czesław Mozil Kuba Wojewódzki Tatiana Okupnik
Current Patricia Kazadi ( Former Jarosław Kuźniar
(2–)
Ewa Farna (4–) Former Maja Sablewska (1)
23x15px Portugal
23x15px Romania
Factor X
SIC
Antena 1 Website (http://xfactor.a1.ro/)
X Factor
Sónia Tavares Paulo Junqueiro Paulo Ventura Miguel Guedes (2)
Current João Ma Cláudia V
Current Delia Matache (2–) Horia Brenciu (4–) Ștefan Bănică, Jr.
Răzvan Simion Dani Oţi
Season 1, 2013–14: Berg Season 2, 2014: 23x15px Kika Kardoso Season 3, 2015: Upcoming Season
Season 1, 2011–12: Andrei Leonte Season 2, 2012: Tudor Turcu Season 3, 2013: Florin Ristei Season 4, 2014: Adina Răducan Season 5, 2015: "Upcoming Season"
Former Paula Seling (1) Mihai Morar (1) Adrian Sînă (1) Dan Bittman (2–3) Cheloo (2–3)
(2)
RTR Website (http://www.sekretuspeha.ru/)
Secret of Success
Season 1, 2005: Vladimir Sapovskiy Season 2, 2007: Nikolai Timohin
Carolina Torres (F Extra) Tiago Sil (Factor F Former Bárbara Guimarã
(4–)
Valeriy Meladze Valery Garkalin Секрет Успеха
(2)
Tigran Keosayan (2)
Katerina Von Gechmen–Valdek
Tutta Lar Aleksey Chumak Elena Vorobey
(1)
Aleksandr Revzin (1)
23x15px Russia Фактор А Faktor A
Russia 1 Website (http://www.rutv.ru/tvpreg.html? id=150940)
Season 1, 2011: Sergei Savin Season 2, 2012: Alexey Sulima Season 3, 2013: Mali
Current Lolita Milyavskaya Roman Emelyanov Igor Nikolayev (2–)
Alla Pugacheva (Chairperson)
Former Boris Krasnov (1) Главная сцена The Main Stage
23x15px Slovenia
23x15px South Africa
23x15px Spain
23x15px Sweden
23x15px Turkey
23x15px Ukraine
POP TV
The X Factor
SABC 1 Website (http://xfactor.sabc1.co.za/) Cuatro [8]
Factor X
TV4 Website (http://www.tv4.se/x–factor)
X Factor
X Factor: Star Işığı
Kanal D Website (http://xfactor.kanald.com.tr/)
The X Factor
STB Website (http://xfactor.stb.ua)
(2–)
Former Vladimir Zelenski
Walter Afanasieff Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya Yuri Antonov Sergey Chigrakov
Garik Martirosy Grigory
Season 1, 2012: Demetra Malalan
Damjan Damjanovič Jadranka Juras Aleš Uranjek
Peter Pol Vid Vali
Season 1, 2014: Upcoming series
Arno Carstens Oskido Zonke
Andile N
Season 1, 2007: María Villalón Season 2, 2008: 23x15px Vocal Tempo Season 3, 2015: Upcoming Season
Miqui Puig (1–2) Jorge Flo (1–2) Eva Perales (1–2)
Nuria Ro
Season 1, 2012: Awa Santesson–Sey
Andreas Carlsson Marie Serneholt Orup Ison Glasgow
David Helleniu
Current Nigar Jamal (1–) Sinan Akçıl (1–) Atiye (1–) Nihat Odabaşı (1–) Former Ziynet Sali (1) Emre Aydın (1) Ömer Karacan (1) Armağan Çağlayan (1)
Current Bülent Ş
Current Igor Kondratyuk Sergei Sosedov Nino Katamadze
Oksana Marchen
Russia 1 Website (http://www.rutv.ru/tvpreg.html? id=150940)
X Faktor
Current Philipp Kirkorov Alexey Chumak
Season 1, 2014: Halil Polat Season 2, 2015: Discontinued
Season 1, 2010–11: Olexiy Kuznetsov Season 2, 2011–12: Victor Romanchenko Season 3, 2012–13: Aida Nikolaychuk Season 4, 2013–14: Alexander Poryadinsky Season 5, 2014–15: Dmitry Babak
2)
(1–)
Former Kadir Do (1)
(5–)
Ivan Dorn (5–) Former Yolka (1–2) Seryoga (1–4) Irina Dubcova (3– 4)
Current Simon Cowell (1–
Current Caroline
7, 11–)
(The X Fa 12–)
Cheryl Cole (5–7, 11–)
Former Louis Walsh (1– 11)
Sharon Osbourne (1–4, 10)
Brian Friedman (auditions, 4)
The X Factor 23x15px United
ITV Website (http://www.itv.com/xfactor)
Kingdom1
Series 1, 2004: Steve Brookstein Series 2, 2005: Shayne Ward Series 3, 2006: Leona Lewis Series 4, 2007: Leon Jackson Series 5, 2008: Alexandra Burke Series 6, 2009: Joe McElderry Series 7, 2010: Matt Cardle Series 8, 2011: Little Mix Series 9, 2012: James Arthur Series 10, 2013: Sam Bailey Series 11, 2014: Ben Haenow Series 12, 2015: Upcoming Series
Dannii Minogue (4–7)
Gary Barlow (8– 10)
Tulisa Contostavlos (8–9) Kelly Rowland (8) Nicole Scherzinger (9–10) Mel B (11)
Olly Mur
X Factor,
Former Kate Tho
(The X Fa 1–3)
Dermot O'Leary
Factor, 4–
Ben Shep
(The Xtra 1–3)
Fearne C
(The Xtra 4)
Holly Willough
(The Xtra 5–6)
Konnie H
(The Xtra 7)
Caroline
(The Xtra 8–10)
Olly Mur
Xtra Facto
Matt Richards
(The Xtra 10)
Sarah-Ja Crawford
Xtra Facto
The X Factor: Battle of the Stars
The X Factor
Series 1, 2006: Lucy Benjamin
Fox Website (http://www.thexfactorusa.com/)
Season 1, 2011: 23x15px Melanie Amaro Season 2, 2012: Tate Stevens Season 3, 2013: Alex & Sierra
23x15px United States
El Factor X The X Factor
23x15px Vietnam
The X Factor Vietnam
MundoFox
VTV3
Season 1, 2013: Los Tres Charritos
Season 1, 2014: Giang Hng Ngc
Nhân t bí n
Simon Cowell Sharon Osbourne Louis Walsh
Kate Tho
Simon Cowell L.A. Reid (1–2) Paula Abdul (1) Cheryl Cole
Steve Jon Mario Lo
(auditions, 1)
Nicole Scherzinger (1) Demi Lovato (2–3) Britney Spears (2) Kelly Rowland (3) Paulina Rubio (3)
(2-3)
Khloé Kardashi
Chino & Nacho Angelica María Belinda
Poncho d Anda
H Qunh Hng H Ngc Hà Đàm Vĩnh Hng Dng Khc Linh
Nguyên Khang Thu Thy
Note 1. ^ Also shown in Republic of Ireland and in series 3, 4 and 7, auditions were held in Dublin, and viewers in Ireland were allowed to vote. 2. ^ Auditions were held in Czech Republic. Czech Republic also broadcast and co–work with Slovakia.
Disputes and controversies Since it was first broadcast in 2004, The X Factor has been the subject of much controversy and criticism in the United Kingdom and many other countries where it was broadcast.
Legal dispute Simon Fuller, the creator of Pop Idol, claimed that the format of The X Factor was copied from his own show. Through his company 19 TV, Fuller filed a lawsuit against The X Factor producers FremantleMedia, The X Factor creator Simon Cowell, and Cowell's companies Simco and Syco.[9] A High Court hearing began in London in November 2005, and the outcome was awaited with interest by media lawyers for its potential effect on the legal situation regarding the copyrighting of formats. However, the hearing was quickly adjourned[9] and an out-ofcourt settlement was reached at the end of the month.[10]
Denmark The Danish version has been criticised by Danish music contract expert and consultant for The Danish Musicians' Association (Dansk Musiker Forbund) Mikael Højris. According to Højris, the contracts for participation in the show are unfair for participants and almost amount to serfdom to DR1 (the channel airing the show) stating that clauses in the contracts forbid the participants — whether they pass the first round or not — from performing or participating in any other musical event for three months. He also criticises that participants are obliged to travel at their own expense.[11]
New Zealand Natalia Kills outburst On the second series of The X Factor, during the filming of the final judges' auditions session in December 2014, whilst giving feedback to busker Sally Faherty who sang Frank Ocean's "Thinking About You". Natalia Kills started off by accusing Faherty of having wallflower body language. Kills then said "buskers often end up performing more to themselves than to the people around them because they go unappreciated for so long its as if the people around them think that they are invisible. You have the body language as you're trying to blend into the background behind you." The audience didn't appreciate what Kills had said and started booing her. Kills then said that Faherty was not invisible on the stage and that it was her time to change that. Judges Melanie Blatt and Stan Walker gave Faherty a "Yes", whilst Willy Moon (Husband of Natalia Kills) gave Faherty a "No". The pressure was on Natalia Kills (Moon's wife) to make the final decision. The crowd got involved trying to persuade Kills to put Faherty through. Kills then snapped at the audience saying "Stop, stop it right now, you're going to fuck this for her". Despite her comments, Kills decided to put Faherty through to Bootcamp by giving her a "Yes". Some members of the audience (including children) were shocked at the outburst and walked out. A TV3 spokeswoman said both the network and Kills apologised for the incident.[12] The incident was featured in the final audition episode, with the profanity bleeped out. Faherty was also heard using the F word backstage which was bleeped out.[13] Shae Brider On the second series of The X Factor, in the sixth audition show which aired on television on the 24th February 2015, convicted ex-prisoner Shae Brider auditioned and was put through to the boot camp round. In the episode Brider revealed that he had been involved in a 2004 murder in Wanganui and had served six years in prison for manslaughter.[14] In reaction to criticism from the public and media, MediaWorks issued a statement saying that Brider's criminal record had been fully disclosed when he entered The X Factor and that the New Zealand justice system considers that Brider has paid his debt to society. Mediaworks also apologised for any distress the episode may have caused viewers.[15] Brider later told media that he regretted appearing on the series and had not thought through the impact of his appearance.[16] TV3 announced that the first two bootcamp episodes would start with an apology to Travers and her family.[17] International The X Factor producers FremantleMedia Australia and Syco Entertainment discussed the situation with the show's producers, with a spokesperson for FreemantleMedia describing the inclusion of Brider on the show was "a very poor editorial decision" and that "a more rigid approval process" would ensure a similar situation would not happen in future.[18] Natalia Kills' and Willy Moon's abuse of Joe Irvine During the first live show of The X Factor, after a performance by contestant Joe Irvine, Natalia Kills bullied and humiliated Irvine during the judges comments, stating that there was "a doppelganger in our midst".[19] Kills went on to attack Irvine, calling him out on his apparent copying of Kills' husband, Willy Moon's hairstyle and dress sense. Kills deemed Irvine a "laughing stock", overtly "cheesy" and "disgusting".[20] Moon continued the assault, stating Irvine was "like Norman Bates dressing up in his mothers clothing, it's just a little bit creepy". Viewer response to the comments was overwhelmingly negative, with some calling for Kills and Moon to be fired from the show mid-series, and others simply stating the comments to be disgusting themselves. A Facebook page demanding the two to be fired was set up on the 15th of March 2015, and within twelve hours had amassed over 50,000 likes.[21] The incident led to criticism from the show's sponsors, franchise owner and fellow judges.[19] A change.org petition asking TV3 to "Take Natalia Kills off XFactor", calling for the removal of only Natalia without mentioning her husband, had attracted 77,534 signatures.[22] Moon and Kills were both fired from the show the day after the incident, several hours before the next episode went to air.[23]
United Kingdom
Celebrity versions From 29 May – 5 June 2006, ITV broadcast a celebrity version of The X Factor in the UK called The X Factor: Battle of the Stars. It was hosted by Kate Thornton and judged by Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh. It was won by actress Lucy Benjamin. There has also been a celebrity version in Colombia, El Factor X: Batalla de las Estrellas, also broadcast in 2006.
International versions On 24 August 2013, a 24th anniversary television special was broadcast by RCTI in Indonesia called the X Factor Around the World. It featured winners and runners-up from versions of The X Factor in Indonesia, United States, United Kingdom and Australia. The judging panel comprised Paula Abdul, Anggun, Daniel Bedingfield, Ahmad Dhani and Louis Walsh. The show was purely a music showcase and no winner was announced.[24][25][26]
See also Popstars Idols (TV series) Fame Academy Got Talent The Voice (TV series) List of reality television show franchises List of television show franchises
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