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X Factor (Kazakhstan series 1)

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Host(s)
  
Adil Liyan

Origin
  
Astana, Kazakhstan

Broadcaster
  
Perviy Kanal Evraziya

Genre(s)
  
R'n'B, Pop

Broadcast from
  
23 January – 22 May 2011

Judges
  
Nagima Eskalieva Sultana Karazhigitova Alexander Shevchenko

The X Factor (Series 1) is the first season of the singing competition based on the . Auditions were held in 12 Kazakh cities and started on 2 October 2010.
The Judges were the three music producers Nagima Eskalieva, who was the already the chairwoman of the panel of SuperStar KZ, Sultana Karazhigitova and Alexander Shevchenko.

Contents

On 22 May 22-year-old Daria Gabdull (Дария Габдулл), labeled by the judges as the "Kazakh Beyoncé", won the show ahead of the trio Spasibo. Gabdull won a two-years-contract with Sony Music.

Judges' houses and wildcards

After the auditions, twenty-four semi-finalist candidates were chosen, eight in each of three categories. They were:

  • Under 25s: Daria Akparova, Ruslan Berdimatov, Eliza Dzhakereeva, Alexander Filatov, Daria Gabdull, Louise Karimbaeva, Abdulkarim Karimov, Ruslan Krivenkov
  • 25 and over: Maral Dzhusupova, Asel Karsybaeva, Eldar Myrzakhanov, Yuri Mukhortov, Gulzhiyan Ospanova, Julia Pereima, Dmitry Tsoi, Margarita Tumanyan
  • Vocal groups: Musaev sisters, Vladimir Kim & Marina Beysehanova, Ansari, Dee Kree, Spasibo, Sweet, National, Faith Kahn & Serik Salmakeev
  • The twelve eliminated acts were:

  • Under 25s: Eliza Dzhakereeva, Alexander Filatov, Louise Karimbaeva, Ruslan Krivenkov
  • 25 and over: Maral Dzhusupova, Eldar Myrzakhanov, Julia Pereima, Dmitry Tsoi
  • Vocal groups: Musaev sisters, Vladimir Kim & Marina Beysehanova, Ansari, Sweet
  • Although they were eliminated in the semifinal stage, Musaev Sisters, Eldar Myrzahanov and Ruslan Krivenkov were brought back as wildcards.

    Finalists

    After the wildcards were revealed in the first live show, the final fifteen acts were confirmed as follows:

    Key:

         – Winner      – Runner-up      – Third Place

    Results summary

    Colour key

    Week 1 (12/13 March)

  • Theme: American Songs
  • Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Nagima Eskalieva: Ruslan Berdimatov, backed her own act
  • Sultana Karazhigitova: Ruslan Berdimatov
  • Alexander Shevchenko: Yuri Mukhortov, backed his own act
  • Week 2 (19/20 March)

  • Theme: TBA
  • Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Nagima Eskalieva: National, backed her own act
  • Sultana Karazhigitova: Gulzhiyan Ospanova, backed her own act
  • Alexander Shevchenko: Gulzhiyan Ospanova
  • Week 3 (26/27 March)

  • Theme: Kazakh Songs
  • Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Nagima Eskalieva: refused to vote
  • Sultana Karazhigitova: Margarita Tumanyan
  • Alexander Shevchenko: Margarita Tumanyan
  • Week 4 (4/5 April)

  • Theme: Movie Songs
  • Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Nagima Eskalieva: Eldar Myrzahanov
  • Sultana Karazhigitova: Eldar Myrzahanov
  • Alexander Shevchenko: refused to vote
  • References

    X Factor (Kazakhstan series 1) Wikipedia