The X Factor

The X Factor
Created by	Simon Cowell; Syco;
Original work	The X Factor (UK)
Owned by	Syco Entertainment
Films and television
Television series	The X Factor (independent international versions, see below)
Miscellaneous
First aired	4 September 2004
Distributor	Fremantle
Official website
	https://www.itv.com/xfactor

The X Factor is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company SYCOtv. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for Pop Idol (2001–2003), and has been adapted in various countries. 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.

Unlike Idols, 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 in the other categories. Not only Idols, but also new singing shows such as The Voice, The Four and All Together Now have become rivals and popular in recent years.

Similar to Got Talent, the franchise maintains a YouTube channel, called X Factor Global. The channel uploads clips of X Factor shows from around the world. The channel currently has over 3 million subscribers. There are many more channels like this. Additionally, many individual X Factor shows have their own YouTube channels such as X Factor India.

The X Factor around the world

Location of different franchises of The X Factor

Own version

Joint version

Regional version

There have been a total of 193 winners of The X Factor worldwide.

Franchise currently airing
Franchise not currently airing, but slated to return in the future
Ended franchise
Franchise cancelled during production
Franchise whose status is unknown

Country/Region	Local title	Network	Hosts	Judges	Winner
Albania Kosovo	X Factor	TV Klan	Alketa Vejsiu	Pandi Laço (1–4) Alban Skënderaj (1–4) Vesa Luma (1) Juliana Pasha (1) Altuna Sejdiu (2–3) Soni Malaj (2–3) Miriam Cani (4) Bleona Qereti (4)	Season 1, 2012: Sheila Haxhiraj Season 2, 2012–13: Arilena Ara Season 3, 2013–14: Ergi Dini Season 4, 2015: Edea Demaliaj
Arab world Algeria Comoros Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Lybia Mauretania Morocco Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen	The X Factor سير النجاحX	Rotana (1–2) CBC (3) MBC 4 (4) Dubai TV / dmc Egypt (5)	Nathalie Maamary (1) Joelle Rahme (1–2) Yosra El Lozy (3) Bassel Alzaro (3–4) Wael Mansour (4) Daniella Rahme (4) Samer al-Masry (5) Rami Radwan (5) Maryam Said (5)	Nelly (1) Michel Elefteriades (1–2) Khaled El Sheikh (1–2) Anoushka (2) Carole Samaha (3) Hussain Al Jasmi (3) Wael Kfoury (3) Elissa (3–4) Ragheb Alama (4) Donia Samir Ghanem (4–5) Saber Rebaï (5) Najwa Karam (5) Majid Al Mohandis (5)	Season 1, 2006: Rajaa Kasabni Season 2, 2007: Muhammad El Majzoub Season 3, 2013: Mohammed Rifi Season 4, 2015: Hamza Hawsawi Season 5, 2017–2018: Rabih al Nussaybi
Armenia	ԻՔՍ–ՖԱԿՏՈՐ X–Factor	Shant TV	Grisha Aghakhanyan (3–4) Avet Barseghyan (3) Aram Mp3 (1–2)	Garik Papoyan (1–4) André (2–4) Erik Karapetyan (4) Shushanik Arevshatyan (4) Emmy (3) Egor Glumov (1, 3) Naira Gyurjinyan (1–2) Gisane Palyan (1–2)	Season 1, 2010–11: Vrezh Kirakosyan Season 2, 2012–13: Kim Grigoryan Season 3, 2014: Vahé Margaryan Season 4, 2016–17: Edgar Ghandilyan
Australia	The X Factor	Seven Network (2–8) Network Ten (1)	Jason Dundas (8) Luke Jacobz (2–7) Daniel MacPherson (1) Chloe Maxwell (The Xtra Factor,1) Natalie Garonzi (The Xtra Factor, 2)	Guy Sebastian (2–4, 7–8) Mel B (3–4, 8) Iggy Azalea (8) Adam Lambert (8) Dannii Minogue (5–7) James Blunt (7) Chris Isaak (7) Redfoo (5–6) Natalie Bassingthwaighte (3–6) Ronan Keating (2–6) Natalie Imbruglia (2) Kyle Sandilands (2) Kate Ceberano (1) Mark Holden (1) John Reid (1)	Season 1, 2005: Random Season 2, 2010: Altiyan Childs Season 3, 2011: Reece Mastin Season 4, 2012: Samantha Jade Season 5, 2013: Dami Im Season 6, 2014: Marlisa Punzalan Season 7, 2015: Cyrus Villanueva Season 8, 2016: Isaiah Firebrace
Balkan countries Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Macedonia Montenegro Serbia	X Factor Adria	TV Sitel (1–2) Federalna (1–2) RTV Pink (1) RTL Televizija (2) Prva (2) RTRS (2)	Ana Grubin (live shows, 1) Bane Jevtić (1, Auditions, backstage, 1) Snezana Velkov (1, Auditions, backstage, 1) Una Senić ^{(X Star, judges' houses, 1)} Antonija Blaće (selection process, live shows, 2) Aleksandar Radojičić (selection process, live shows, 2) Nikolina Pišek (backstage, 2)	Željko Joksimović (1–2) Emina Jahović (1) Kiki Lesendrić (1) Kristina Kovač (1) Aleksandra Kovač (2) Massimo Savić (2) Tonči Huljić (2)	Season 1, 2013–14: Daniel Kajmakoski Season 2, 2015: Amel Ćurić
Belarus	X Factor Belarus^[2]	Belteleradiocompany	TBD	TBD	Season 1, 2020: Cancelled^[a]
Belgium	X Factor	vtm	Hadise (2) Koen Wauters (1)	Kris Wauters (1–2) Jean Blaute (1) Liliane Saint-Pierre (1) Maurice Engelen (2) Do (2)	Season 1, 2005: Udo Mechels Season 2, 2008: Dirk De Smet
Bolivia	Factor X Bolivia	Red Uno	Carlos Rocabado Ximena Zalzer	Ángel López (1) Andrés Barba (1–2) Mayra Gonzales (1–2) Matamba (2) Chris Syler (1–2)	Season 1, 2018: Juan Lovera Season 2, 2019: DÚO MÍA Season 3, 2021: Upcoming season
Brazil	X Factor	Band Website TNT	Fernanda Paes Leme (X Factor) Maurício Meirelles (Pré-Factor)	Rick Bonadio Alinne Rosa Di Ferrero Paulo Miklos	Season 1, 2016: Cristopher Clark Season 2, 2017: Cancelled^[6]
Bulgaria	X Factor	NovaTv Website Archived 11 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine	Maria Ignatova (2–5) Alexandra Raeva (2–5) Deo (1)	Krisko (4–5) Sanya Armutlieva (2–5) Lubo Kirov (2–3, 5) Zaki (2–3, 5) Maria Ilieva (1–3) Poli Genova (1) Vasko Vasilev (1) Maga (1) Lucy Diakovska (4) Magarditch Halvadjian (4)	Season 1, 2011: Raffi Boghosyan Season 2, 2013: Zhana Bergendorff Season 3, 2014–15: Slavin Slavchev Season 4, 2015–16: Christiana Louizu Season 5, 2017: 4 Magic
Cambodia	X Factor Cambodia	Hangmeas Website	Chea Vibol Chan Keonimol	Aok Sokunkanha Khemarak Sereymun Nop Bayyareth Sok Seylalin	Season 1, 2019: Chan Sopanha
Chile	Factor X	TVN Website	Julián Elfenbein	Tito Beltrán Karen Doggenweiler Mon Laferte (2) José Luis Rodríguez (2) Zeta Bosio (1)	Season 1, 2011: Sergio Járlaz Season 2, 2012: Juan Gabriel Valenzuela
China	The X Factor: 激情唱响 The X Factor: Passionate Singer (1) The X Factor: 中国最强音 The X Factor: China's Strongest Voice (2)	Liaoning TV (1) HBS:Hunan TV (2)	Da Zuo (1) Shao Wenjie (1) Zhu Dan (2) He Jiong (2)	Angie Chai Chih–ping (1) Aduo (1) Chen Ming (1) Chen Yufan (1) Eason Chan Yik–shun (2) Lo Ta-yu (2) Zheng Jun (2) Zhang Ziyi (3)	Season 1, 2011: Li Shangshang Season 2, 2012: Chen Yumeng
Colombia	El Factor X The X Factor	RCN TV Website	Andrea Serna (2005–2015)	Current José Gaviria Former Marbelle (2005–2015) Juan Carlos Coronel (2005–2015)	Season 1, 2005: Julio César Meza Season 2, 2006: Francisco Villarreal Season 3, 2009: Siam Season 4, 2020: Upcoming Season
	El Factor X: Batalla de las Estrellas The X Factor: Battle of the Stars				Season 1, 2006: Luz Amparo Álvarez
	El Factor Xs			Marbelle José Gaviria Juan Carlos Coronel (1, 3) Wilfrido Vargas (2)	Season 1, 2006: Andres Camilo Hurtado Season 2, 2007: Camilo Echeverry Correa Season 3, 2011: Shaira Selena Peláez
	El Factor X Familia			Marbelle José Gaviria Juan Carlos Coronel Reykon	Season 1, 2015: Dúo Herencia
Costa Rica	Factor X Costa Rica	Repretel 6	Patricia Figueroa (1)	Joey Montana (1) Rosario (1) Carlo Supo (1) Percance (duo, 1)	Season 1, 2021-22: TBD
Czech Republic	X Factor	TV Nova Website	Leoš Mareš	Gabriela Osvaldová Ondřej Soukup Petr Janda	Season 1, 2008: Jiří Zonyga
Czech Republic Slovakia	X Factor	Prima family Website TV JOJ Website	Martin Rausch	Celeste Buckingham Ondřej Brzobohatý Sisa Sklovská Oto Klempíŕ	Season 1, 2014: Peter Bažík
Denmark	X Factor	Current TV 2 (12–) Former DR (1–11)	Current Sofie Linde Ingversen (9–) Melvin Kakooza (14– Live Shows) Former Eva Harlou (7–8) Lise Rønne (1–2, 4–5) Signe Muusmann (3) Signe Molde (6) Emil Thorup (Xtra Factor, 6) Thomas Skov (X Factor Backstage, 8) Joakim Ingversen (11 from 1st to 2nd live shows) Joakim Ingversen (Ultra Factor, 9–11) Jacob Riising (Ultra Factor, 11) Rasmus Brohave (Z Factor, 12)	Current Thomas Blachman (1–2, 4–) Oh Land (12–) Martin Jensen (14–) Former Lina Rafn (1–2, 7–8) Remee (1–3, 7–11) Soulshock (3) Pernille Rosendahl (3–5) Cutfather (4–5) Ida Corr (6) Anne Linnet (6) Mette Lindberg (9–10) Sanne Salomonsen (11) Ankerstjerne (12–13)	Season 1, 2008: Martin Hoberg Hedegaard Season 2, 2009: 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: Embrace Season 10, 2017: Morten Nørgaard Season 11, 2018: Place on Earth Season 12, 2019: Kristian Kjærlund Season 13, 2020: Alma Agger Season 14, 2021: Current season
Ecuador	Factor X Kids Ecuador	Ecuavisa	Ursula Strenge	Jorge Luis del Hierro (1) Pamela Cortéz (1) Maykel Cedeño (1)	Season 1, 2015: Celena Rosero
Finland	X Factor	MTV3	Current Heikki Paasonen (1) Jukka Rossi (Xtra Factor, 1) Ile Uusivuori (2) Viivi Pumpanen (2)	Linda Brava (1) Renne Korppila (1) Gugi Kokljuschkin (1) Saara Aalto (2) Michael Monroe (2) Mikael Gabriel (2) Suvi Teräsniska (2)	Season 1, 2010: Elias Hämäläinen Season 2, 2018: Tika Liljegren
France	X Factor	W9 (1) M6 (2) RTL–TVI	Sandrine Corman (2) Jérôme Anthony (F@n Factor, 2) Alexandre Devoise (1)	Henry Padovani (2) Olivier Schultheis (2) Véronic DiCaire (2) Christophe Willem (2) Marc Cerrone (1) Julie Zenatti (1) Alain Lanty (1)	Season 1, 2009: Sébastien Agius Season 2, 2011: Matthew Raymond-Barker
Georgia	X Factor Georgia X ფაქტორი	Rustavi 2 (2014–2017) Imedi TV (2018)	Gega Palavandishvili (1) la Sukhitashvili (1) Giorgi Kipshidze (2) Ruska Makashvili (3–5) Erekle Getsadze (3) Vaniko Tarkhnishvili (4–5)	Former Giorgi Gabunia (1–4) Sopho Toroshelidze (1) Tamta (1–2, 5) Sofia Nizharadze (2–4) Anri Jokhadze (2,5) Nina Sublatti (3) Nika Gvaramia (3) Dato Porchkhidze (3) Lela Tsurtsumia (4) Stephane Mgebrishvili (1,4–5) Naniko Khazaradze (5) Dato Evgenidze (5)	Season 1, 2014: Tornike Kipiani Season 2, 2015: Giorgi Nakashidze Season 3, 2016: Avto Abeslamidze Season 4, 2017: Sandro Kurcxalidze Season 5, 2018: Anri Guchmanidze
Germany	X Factor	VOX (1–3) Sky 1 (4)	Jochen Schropp (1–3) Janin Reinhardt (backstage, 2) Charlotte Würdig (4) Istenes Bence (4)	Sarah Connor (1–3) Till Brönner (1–2) George Glueck (1) Das Bo (2) Sandra Nasic (3) HP Baxxter (3) Moses Pelham (3) Sido (4) Lions Head (4) Jennifer Rostock (4) Thomas Anders (4)	Season 1, 2010: Edita Abdieski Season 2, 2011: David Pfeffer Season 3, 2012: Mrs. Greenbird Season 4, 2018: EES & The Yes-Ja! Band
Greece Cyprus	The X Factor	ANT1 (1–3) Skai TV (4–5) Sigma TV (4–5) Open TV (6) Omega (6)	Sakis Rouvas (1–5) Despina Vandi (6) Giorgos Lianos (auditions, 1–3) Despina Kampouri (auditions, 1–2) Maria Sinatsaki (auditions, 3) Evangelia Aravani (backstage, 4–5) Aris Makris (backstage, 6)	Giorgos Theofanous (1–4, 6) George Levendis (1–3) Katerina Gagaki (1–3) Nikos Mouratidis (1–3) Tamta (4–5) Peggy Zina (4) Thodoris Marantinis (4) Giorgos Papadopoulos (5) Babis Stokas (5) Giorgos Mazonakis (5) Melina Aslanidou (6) Christos Mastoras (6) Michael Tsaousopoulos (6)	Season 1, 2008–09: Loukas Giorkas Season 2, 2009–10: Stavros Michalakakos Season 3, 2010–11: Haris Antoniou Season 4, 2016: Andreas Leontas Season 5, 2017: Panagiotis Koufogiannis Season 6, 2019: Giannis Grosis
Hungary	X-Faktor	RTL Klub Website	Ramóna Kiss (7–9) Nóra Ördög (1–3) Bence Istenes (4–6) Balázs Sebestyén (1) Lilu (4) Dóra Kovács (backstage, 6) Alexandra Koholák (backstage, 7) Zsófi Szabó (backstage, 8–9)	Bogi Dallos (9) Laci Gáspár (6–9) Peti Puskás (6–9) ByeAlex (6–9) Péter Geszti (1–4) Ildikó Keresztes (1–3) Miklós Malek (1–3) Feró Nagy (1–3) Róbert Alföldi (4–5) Róbert Szikora (4–5) Gabi Tóth (4–6) Gigi Radics (7–8) Little G Weevil (5)	Season 1, 2010: Csaba Vastag Season 2, 2011: Tibor Kocsis Season 3, 2012: Gergő Oláh Season 4, 2013: Dóra Danics Season 5, 2014: Andi Tóth Season 6, 2016: Barbara Opitz Season 7, 2017: Ricco & Claudia Season 8, 2018: USNK Season 9, 2019: Tibor Ruszó Season 10, 2021: Upcomming season
Iceland	X Factor	Stöð 2 Website	Halla Vilhjálmsdóttir (1)	Einar Bárðarson (1) Elínborg Halldórsdóttir (1) Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson (1)	Season 1, 2006–07: Jógvan Hansen
India	X Factor India	Sony Entertainment TV Website	Aditya Narayan	Sonu Nigam Shreya Ghoshal Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Season 1, 2011: Geet Sagar
Indonesia	X Factor Indonesia	RCTI Website	Robby Purba (1–2)	Anggun (1) Ahmad Dhani (1–2) Bebi Romeo (1–2) Rossa (1–2) Afgan (2)	Season 1, 2012–13: Fatin Shidqia Season 2, 2015: Jebe & Petty
Iran	Stage	Manoto	Raha Etemadi	Shahram Azar Hamed Nikpay Babak Saeedi Reza Rohani	Season 1, 2016: Amirhossein Eftekhari Season 2, 2017: Alireza Saremi
Israel	The X Factor ישראל The X Factor Israel	Current Reshet 13 (3–) Website Former Channel 2 (1–2) Reshet (1–2)	Bar Refaeli	Current Simon Cowell (4-) TBA (4-) TBA (4-) TBA (4-) Former Moshe Peretz (1–3) Ivri Lider (1–3) Rami Fortis (1–2) Shiri Maimon (1–3) Subliminal (3)	Season 1, 2013–14: Rose Fostanes Season 2, 2015: Daniel Yafe Season 3, 2017–18: Eden Alene Season 4, 2021: TBD
Italy	X Factor	Current Sky Uno (5–13) TV8 (10–) Website Former Rai 2 (1–4)	Alessandro Cattelan (5–) Francesco Facchinetti (1–4; Xtra Factor, 4) Alessandra Barzaghi (Xtra Factor, 4) Max Novaresi (Xtra Factor, 5–6) Brenda Lodigiani (Xtra Factor, 5–6) Matteo Bordone (Xtra Factor, 7–8) Mara Maionchi (Xtra Factor, 8–11) Aurora Ramazzotti (X Factor daily, 9–11) Daniela Collu (Xtra Factor, 9–13)	Current Mika (7–9, 14–) Manuel Agnelli (10–12, 14–) Emma Marrone (14–) Hell Raton (14–) Former Mara Maionchi (1–4, 11–13) Morgan (1–3, 5–8) Simona Ventura (1–2, 5–7) Claudia Mori (3) Anna Tatangelo (4) Enrico Ruggeri (4) Elio (4–7, 9) Arisa (5–6, 10) Fedez (8–12) Victoria Cabello (8) Skin (9) Álvaro Soler (10) Levante (11) Lodo Guenzi (12) Samuel (13) Malika Ayane (13) Sfera Ebbasta (13)	Season 1, 2008: Aram Quartet Season 2, 2008–09: Matteo Becucci Season 3, 2009: Marco Mengoni Season 4, 2010: Nathalie Season 5, 2011: Francesca Michielin Season 6, 2012: Chiara Galiazzo Season 7, 2013: Michele Bravi Season 8, 2014: Lorenzo Fragola Season 9, 2015: Giosada Season 10, 2016: Soul System Season 11, 2017: Lorenzo Licitra Season 12, 2018: Anastasio Season 13, 2019: Sofia Tornambene Season 14, 2020: Casadilego Season 15, 2021: Upcomming season
Japan	X Factor Okinawa Japan	Okinawa TV Website	Jon Kabira Naomi Watanabe	Kaz Utsunomiya Rino Nakasone Kiyoshi Matsuo	Season 1, 2013–14: Sky's the Limit
Kazakhstan	X Factor	Perviy Kanal Evraziya Website Archived 4 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine	Current Daniyar Dzumadilov Former Adil Liyan (1) Arnur Istybaev (2–6)	Current Nagima Eskalieva Nurbergen Makhambetov (5 from live–) Dilnaz Akhmadieva (4–5, until live, 7) Former Alexander Shevchenko (1–5) Sultana Karazhigitova (1–2, until live) Ismail Igіlmanov (2, from live) Erlan Kokeev (3) Eva Becher (6)	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 Season 6, 2015: Astana Kargabay Season 7, 2018: Dilnura Birzhanova
Latvia	X Faktors	TV3 Website	Markus Riva	Reinis Sējāns Aija Auškāpa Intars Busulis Marats Ogļezņevs (3–)	Season 1, 2017: Artūrs Gruzdiņš Season 2, 2018: Kattie Season 3, 2019: Elīna Gluzunova
Lithuania	X Faktorius	TV3	Current Mindaugas Stasiulis (5–) Mindaugas Rainys (5–) Former Marijonas Mikutavičius (1) Martynas Starkus (2–4)	Current Saulius Prūsaitis Saulius Urbonavičius Marijonas Mikutavičius (2–) Justina Arlauskaitė-Jazzu (3–) Former Vytautas Šapranauskas (1) Rūta Ščiogolevaitė (1–2) Andrius Mamontovas (5, 7¹)	Season 1, 2012–13: Giedrė Vokietytė Season 2, 2013–14: Žygimantas Gečas Season 3, 2015–16: Monika Pundziūtė Season 4, 2016–17: Iglė Bernotaitytė Season 5, 2017–18: 120 Season 6, 2018–19: Good Time Boys Season 7, 2019: Milda Martinkėnaitė
Lithuania	X Faktorius. Žvaigždės X Factor. Stars	TV3	Mindaugas Stasiulis Mindaugas Rainys	Saulius Prūsaitis Saulius Urbonavičius Marijonas Mikutavičius Justina Arlauskaitė-Jazzu	Season 1, 2020: Milita Daikerytė
Malta	X Factor Malta	TVM^[7]	Ben Camille	Howard Keith Debono Ray Mercieca Alexandra Alden Ira Losco	Season 1, 2018–19: Michela Pace Season 2, 2019–20: Destiny Chukunyere
Myanmar	The X Factor Myanmar	MRTV 4	Zaw Htet (1) Hmu Thiha Thu (2)	Si Thu Lwin (1–2) Nge Nge (1–2) Eaint Chit (1) Za War (1–2) Zam Nuu (2)	Season 1, 2016:Htun Naung Sint Season 2, 2017: David Derrick
Netherlands	X Factor	RTL 4 Website	Wendy van Dijk (1–4) Martijn Krabbe (2–5) Nathalie Bulters (Backstage, 3) Eva Treurniet (Backstage, 3) Lieke van Lexmond (Backstage, 4) Ferry Doedens (Backstage, 5)	Former Henkjan Smits (1) Marianne van Wijnkoop (1) Henk Temming (1) Eric van Tijn (2–4) Stacey Rookhuizen (2–4) Angela Groothuizen (2–5) Gordon Heuckeroth (2–5) Ali Bouali (5) Candy Dulfer (5)	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
New Zealand	The X Factor	TV3 Website	Former Dominic Bowden Guy Williams (The Xtra Factor, 2) Sharyn Casey (The Xtra Factor, 2) Clint Roberts (The Xtra Factor, 2) Caito Potatoe aka Caitlin Davidson (The X Factor RAW, 2)	Former Daniel Bedingfield (1) Ruby Frost (1) Stan Walker (1–2) Melanie Blatt (1–2) Natalie Bassingthwaighte (2) Charles Kelley (2)	Season 1, 2013: Jackie Thomas Season 2, 2015: Beau Monga
Norway	X Factor	TV 2	Ravi (2) Guri Solberg (2) Peter Moi Brubresko (Xtra Factor) Katarina Flatland (Xtra Factor) Charlotte Thorstvedt (1)	Jan Fredrik Karlsen Elisabeth Andreassen (2) Marion Ravn (2) Klaus Sonstad (2) Mira Craig (1) Peter Peters (1)	Season 1, 2009: Chand Torsvik Season 2, 2010: Hans Bollandsås
Philippines	The X Factor Philippines	ABS–CBN	KC Concepcion	Martin Nievera Gary Valenciano Pilita Corrales Jake Zyrus	Season 1, 2012: KZ Tandingan
Poland	X Factor	TVN Website	Patricia Kazadi (3–4) Jarosław Kuźniar (1–2)	Czesław Mozil (1–4) Kuba Wojewódzki (1–4) Tatiana Okupnik (2–4) Ewa Farna (4) Maja Sablewska (1)	Season 1, 2011: Gienek Loska Season 2, 2012: Dawid Podsiadło Season 3, 2013: Klaudia Gawor Season 4, 2014: Artem Furman
Portugal	Factor X	SIC	João Manzarra (1–2) Cláudia Vieira (2) Bárbara Guimarães (1) Carolina Torres (Factor Extra) (1–2) Tiago Silva (Factor F)	Sónia Tavares (1–2) Paulo Junqueiro (1–2) Paulo Ventura (1–2) Miguel Guedes (2)	Season 1, 2013–14: Berg Season 2, 2014: Kika Kardoso
Romania	X Factor	Antena 1 Website	Răzvan Simion (1–7, 9–) Dani Oțil (1–7, 9–) Mihai Bendeac (8) Vlad Dragulin (8)	Delia Matache (2–) Ștefan Bănică, Jr. (4–) Loredana Groza (9–) Florin Ristei (9–) Paula Seling (1) Mihai Morar (1) Adrian Sînă (1) Dan Bittman (2–3) Cheloo (2–3) Horia Brenciu (4–8) Carla's Dreams (6–8)	Season 1, 2011–12: Andrei Leonte Season 2, 2012: Tudor Turcu Season 3, 2013: Florin Ristei Season 4, 2014: Adina Răducan Season 5, 2015: Florin Răduţă Season 6, 2016: Olga Verbiţchi Season 7, 2017: Jeremy Ragsdale Season 8, 2018: Bella Santiago Season 9, 2020: Andrada Precup
Russia	Секрет успеха Secret of Success (1–2) Фактор А The A Factor (3–5) Главная сцена The Main Stage (6–7)	RTR (1–2) Website Russia 1 (3–7) Website	Aleksey Chumakov (1–2, 4) Yelena Vorobey (1–2) Philipp Kirkorov (3–5) Vladimir Zelenski (3) Grigory Leps (6) Garik Martirosyan (6) Nargiz Zakirova (7) Ernest Matskyavichus (7)	Valeriy Meladze (1–2) Valery Garkalin (2) Tigran Keosayan (2) Katerina Von Gechmen–Valdek (1) Aleksandr Revzin (1) Lolita Milyavskaya (3–5) Roman Emelyanov (3–5) Igor Nikolayev (4–5) Alla Pugacheva (chairperson, 3–5) Boris Krasnov (3) Walter Afanasieff (6) Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya (6) Yuri Antonov (6) Sergey Chigrakov (6) Valery Leontiev (7) Diana Arbenina (7) Elena Vaenga (7) Vladimir Presnyakov (7) Nikolai Noskov (7, only auditions) Judges-producer Walter Afanasieff (6) Konstantin Meladze (6) Maxim Fadeev (6) Igor Matvienko (6) Viktor Drobysh (6)	Season 1, 2005: Vladimir Sapovsky Season 2, 2007: Nikolay Timokhin Season 3, 2011: Sergei Savin Season 4, 2012: Alexey Sulima Season 5, 2013: Mali Season 6, 2015: Sardor Milano Season 7, 2015–16: Arseny Borodin
Slovenia	X Faktor	POP TV	Peter Poles Vid Valič	Damjan Damjanovič Jadranka Juras Aleš Uranjek	Season 1, 2012: Demetra Malalan
South Africa	The X Factor SA	SABC 1 Website	Andile Ncube	Arno Carstens Oskido Zonke	Season 1, 2015: FOUR
Spain	Factor X	Cuatro (1–2)^[8] Telecinco (3)	Nuria Roca (1–2) Jesús Vázquez (3) Xtra Factor Nando Escribano (3)	Miqui Puig (1–2) Jorge Flo (1–2) Eva Perales (1–2) Laura Pausini (3) Risto Mejide (3) Xavi Martínez (3) Fernando Montesinos (3)	Season 1, 2007: María Villalón Season 2, 2008: Vocal Tempo Season 3, 2018: Pol Granch Season 4, 2019: Cancelled^[9]
Sweden	X Factor	TV4	David Hellenius	Andreas Carlsson Marie Serneholt Orup Ison Glasgow	Season 1, 2012: Awa Santesson-Sey
Thailand	The X Factor Thailand	Workpoint TV Website	Krit Sripoomseth	Nitipong Honark Jennifer Kim Saksit Vejsupaporn Chalatit Tantiwut	Season 1, 2017: Slow
Turkey	X Factor: Star Işığı	Kanal D Website	Current Bülent Şakrak (1–) Former Kadir Doğulu (1)	Ziynet Sali (1a) Emre Aydın (1a) Ömer Karacan (1a) Armağan Çağlayan (1a) Nigar Jamal (1b) Sinan Akçıl (1b) Atiye (1b) Nihat Odabaşı (1b)	Season 1, 2014: Cancelled^[10]
Ukraine	The X Factor	STB Website	Current Andrey Bednyako (7–9) Oksana Marchenko (1–7) Daria Tregubova(10–)	Current Andriy Danylko (7–) Anastasiya Kamenskykh (8–) Olya Polyakova (10–) Igor Kondratiuk (1–6, 10–) Former Sergey Sosedov (1–6) Yolka (1–2) Seryoga (1–4) Irina Dubtsova (3–4) Nino Katamadze (5–6) Ivan Dorn (5) Andriy Khlyvniuk (6) Kostiantyn Meladze (7) Julia Sanina (7) Anton Savlepov (7) Dmytro Shurov (8–9) Oleg Vinnik (8–9)	Season 1, 2010–11: Olexiy Kuznetsov Season 2, 2011–12: Viktor Romanchenko Season 3, 2012–13: Aida Nikolaychuk Season 4, 2013–14: Oleksandr Poriadynsky Season 5, 2014: Dmytro Babak Season 6, 2015: Kostyantyn Bocharov Season 7, 2016: Sevak Khanagyan Season 8, 2017: Misha Panchishyn Season 9, 2018: ZBSband Season 10, 2019: Elina Ivashchenko Season 11, 2020: Upcoming season
United Kingdom (Original)²	The X Factor	ITV Website	Kate Thornton (1–3) Dermot O'Leary (4–11, 13–15) Caroline Flack (12) Olly Murs (12) Digital Roman Kemp (13) Becca Dudley (14–15) Tinea Taylor (15) The Xtra Factor Ben Shephard (1–3) Fearne Cotton (4) Holly Willoughby (5–6) Konnie Huq (7) Caroline Flack (8–10) Olly Murs (8–9) Matt Richardson (10) Sarah-Jane Crawford (11) Rochelle Humes (12) Melvin Odoom (12) Rylan Clark-Neal (13) Matt Edmondson (13)	Simon Cowell (1–7, 11–15) Sharon Osbourne (1–4, 10, 13–14) Louis Walsh (1–11, 13–14) Dannii Minogue (4–7) Cheryl (5–7, 11–12) Tulisa (8–9) Kelly Rowland (8) Gary Barlow (8–10) Nicole Scherzinger (9–10, 13–14) Mel B (11) Nick Grimshaw (12) Rita Ora (12) Robbie Williams (15) Ayda Field (15) Louis Tomlinson (15)	Season 1, 2004: Steve Brookstein Season 2, 2005: Shayne Ward Season 3, 2006: Leona Lewis Season 4, 2007: Leon Jackson Season 5, 2008: Alexandra Burke Season 6, 2009: Joe McElderry Season 7, 2010: Matt Cardle Season 8, 2011: Little Mix Season 9, 2012: James Arthur Season 10, 2013: Sam Bailey Season 11, 2014: Ben Haenow Season 12, 2015: Louisa Johnson Season 13, 2016: Matt Terry Season 14, 2017: Rak-Su Season 15, 2018: Dalton Harris
	The X Factor: Battle of the Stars		Kate Thornton	Louis Walsh Sharon Osbourne Simon Cowell	Series 1, 2006: Lucy Benjamin
	The X Factor: Celebrity		Dermot O'Leary	Louis Walsh Nicole Scherzinger Simon Cowell	Season 1, 2019: Megan McKenna
	The X Factor: The Band		Dermot O'Leary	Leona Lewis Nicole Scherzinger Simon Cowell	Season 1, 2019: Real Like You
United States	The X Factor	Fox (1–3) Website	Steve Jones (1) Khloé Kardashian (2) Mario Lopez (2–3)	Simon Cowell (1–3) L.A. Reid (1–2) Nicole Scherzinger (1) Paula Abdul (1) Demi Lovato (2–3) Britney Spears (2) Kelly Rowland (3) Paulina Rubio (3)	Season 1, 2011: Melanie Amaro Season 2, 2012: Tate Stevens Season 3, 2013: Alex & Sierra
United States	El Factor X The X Factor (Spanish Kids version)	MundoFox	Poncho de Anda (1)	Belinda (1) Angélica María (1) Chyno Miranda (1) Nacho (1)	Season 1, 2013: Los Tres Charritos
Vietnam	The X Factor Vietnam Nhân tố bí ẩn	VTV3	Thành Trung (2) Gil Lê (2) Nguyên Khang (1) Thu Thủy (1)	Hồ Quỳnh Hương (1–2) Dương Khắc Linh (1–2) Hồ Ngọc Hà (1) Đàm Vĩnh Hưng (1) Thanh Lam (2) Tùng Dương (2)	Season 1, 2014: Giang Hồng Ngọc Season 2, 2016: Trần Minh Như
West Africa	X Factor	AIT, NTA, STV, ViaSat, WAP TV	Toolz	M.I Reggie Rockstone Onyeka Onwenu	Season 1, 2013: DJ Switch

Notes

^ As a one-off judge replacing Prūsaitis
^ Also shown in Republic of Ireland and in series 3, 4, 7 and 13 auditions were held in Dublin, and viewers in Ireland were allowed to vote. The UK version of The X Factor is also shown in Malta on channel TVM.

Notes

^ X Factor Belarus was planned to start in 2020 with a final on 31 December 2020.^[3] After completed pre-auditions in Hrodna, Mahilyow and Homiel, the production team behind X Factor Belarus had to cancel the auditions in Vitebsk in early April because of local coronavirus pandemic regulations. On 4 April, the production team cancelled all further auditions and later announced there would be no more auditions until late May.^[4] In July 2020, the Instagram account of X Factor Belarus asked auditionees for patience. Since then, any update on the future of the show lacks.^[5].

References

^ Described as "something you can't quite put your finger on" by Cheryl Pole, a judge on the UK version of The X Factor, The Xtra Factor, 23 November 2009
^ Belta Press Agency. "X Factor Belarus to go on air in autumn". Belta.by. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
^ "X-Factor". TVR.by. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
^ TUT.by. "Из-за коронавируса белорусский "Х-Фактор" временно приостановил прослушивания". TUT.by. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
^ X Factor Belarus (6 July 2020). (in Russian) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCTG2BfnjMZ/. Наберитесь терпения��Мы тоже очень скучаем и ждём встречи с вами! Готовьтесь, репетируйте и оттачивайте своё вокальное мастерство! . Как только будет известен новый график предкастингов, мы сразу опубликуем и расскажем
^ The network cancelled a second season last minute after failing to find suitable air dates
^ "The X Factor Malta minn Ottubru – TVM".
^ "Factor X". Cuatro. Archived from the original on 6 December 2009.
^ Telecinco initially had plans for a fourth season, but eventually got cancelled before the aired dates were confirmed. As of January 2020, it is unknown if Telecinco will reconsider a fourth season
^ Kanal D cancelled the series during one of the live episodes in July 2014 due to poor ratings.

[6] X Factor Belarus was planned to start in 2020 with a final on 31 December 2020.^[3] After completed pre-auditions in Hrodna, Mahilyow and Homiel, the production team behind X Factor Belarus had to cancel the auditions in Vitebsk in early April because of local coronavirus pandemic regulations. On 4 April, the production team cancelled all further auditions and later announced there would be no more auditions until late May.^[4] In July 2020, the Instagram account of X Factor Belarus asked auditionees for patience. Since then, any update on the future of the show lacks.^[5].

[1] Described as "something you can't quite put your finger on" by Cheryl Pole, a judge on the UK version of The X Factor, The Xtra Factor, 23 November 2009

[2] Belta Press Agency. "X Factor Belarus to go on air in autumn". Belta.by. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[3] "X-Factor". TVR.by. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[4] TUT.by. "Из-за коронавируса белорусский "Х-Фактор" временно приостановил прослушивания". TUT.by. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[5] X Factor Belarus (6 July 2020). (in Russian) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCTG2BfnjMZ/. Наберитесь терпения��Мы тоже очень скучаем и ждём встречи с вами! Готовьтесь, репетируйте и оттачивайте своё вокальное мастерство! . Как только будет известен новый график предкастингов, мы сразу опубликуем и расскажем

[7] The network cancelled a second season last minute after failing to find suitable air dates

[8] "The X Factor Malta minn Ottubru – TVM".

[9] "Factor X". Cuatro. Archived from the original on 6 December 2009.

[10] Telecinco initially had plans for a fourth season, but eventually got cancelled before the aired dates were confirmed. As of January 2020, it is unknown if Telecinco will reconsider a fourth season

[11] Kanal D cancelled the series during one of the live episodes in July 2014 due to poor ratings.

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The X Factor

Created by	Simon Cowell Syco
Original work	The X Factor (UK)
Owned by	Syco Entertainment
Films and television
Television series	The X Factor (independent international versions, see below)
Miscellaneous
First aired	4 September 2004
Distributor	Fremantle
Official website
https://www.itv.com/xfactor

The X Factor

The X Factor around the world

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