Original language(s) French Producer(s) FremantleMediaSyco Number of episodes 1,430 Networks M6, W9 | Country of origin FranceBelgium No. of episodes 1430 Number of seasons 2 | |
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Similar Nouvelle Star, Encore une chance, Popstars, Star Academy, The X Factor (UK) | ||
X Factor is a Franco-Belgian television music talent show to find new singing talent after public auditions, intermediate tests, and live shows. The first series was broadcast on Mondays, from September to December 2009, on W9 (France) and RTL-TVI (Belgium).
Contents
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- Series summary
- Judges categories and their finalists
- Series 1 2009
- Finalists
- Results summary
- Week 1 11 November
- Week 2 18 November
- Week 3 25 November
- Series 2 2011
- Differences with first series
- Judges and hosts
- Chronology of the early stages
- Top 25
- References
The second and final series was broadcast on Tuesdays, from March to June 2011, on M6 and RTL-TVI.
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Series summary
"Under 25 boys" category
"Under 25 girls" category
"16-24s" category
"Over 25s" category
"Groups" category
(1) Zaho with Christophe Willem in London (Judges' house), Sharleen Spiteri with Henry Padovani in French Perigord (Judges' house), Roch Voisine with Véronic DiCaire in Quebec (Judges' house), Alain Chamfort with Olivier Schultheis in Morocco (Judges' house)
Judges' categories and their finalists
In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three acts to progress to the live shows. This table shows, for each season, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live shows.
Key:
– Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.Series 1 (2009)
The first series of the show aired from September to December 2009 and the winner was 26-year-old Sébastien Agius from the "Over 25" category. The judges were Alain Lanty, Julie Zenatti and Marc Cerrone.
Finalists
The final 9 acts were confirmed as follows:
Key:
– Winner – Runner up – Third PlaceResults summary
Color key:
Week 1 (11 November)
Week 2 (18 November)
Week 3 (25 November)
Series 2 (2011)
Based on a generally good public reception, and after some speculations, X Factor came back for a second season in March 2011 on M6 (mother TV channel of W9), in place of Nouvelle Star, the French Pop Idol, programmed on M6 since 7 years after audience figures deteriorated for Star
Frédéric de Vincelles, general manager of W9, declared that even though all targeted goals were not attained in season 1, the program had still realised some respectable audience figures for the chain, making it the biggest grossing program for the network in 2009.
Differences with first series
Judges and hosts
For this second series, judges of the first series are not renewed. Also, for the first time, there are four judges (so four categories in competition) :
To present the show, M6 selected Sandrine Corman for the liveshows and early stages and Jérôme Anthony for F@n Factor and early stages.
Chronology of the early stages
Top 25
Top 24 acts were chosen with six in each of the four category. The judges added a 25th semi-finalist in the Groups category making the finalists for the Groups seven instead of six. The newly created group was named "Seconde Nature" and included 5 candidates who had applied for the "Under 25 males" category but had failed to qualify individually to the Final 24, but were deemed talented enough to be given a second chance by performing as part of a band in the Groups category.
The 13 eliminated acts were:
Finalists
Key:
– Winner – Runner-Up – Third PlaceResults summary
Colour key: