''Factor X'' is the
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version of the
British television music competition ''
The X Factor
''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for '' Pop Idol'' (2001–2003 ...
'', created by
Simon Cowell
Simon Phillip Cowell (; born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality, entrepreneur and record executive. He is the creator of '' The X Factor'' and ''Got Talent'' franchises which have been sold around the world. He has judged on ...
. The show, first aired on
Cuatro
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between 2007 and 2008, following the British format from 2005 to 2006, with three categories, mentored by one judge each, whom choose the acts to represent the category in the live shows. The judges were singer and DJ
Miqui Puig, music manager and
headhunter Eva Perales and music radio producer
Jorge Flo.
Nuria Roca
Nuria Roca Granell (Moncada, Valencia, 23 March 1972) is a Spanish writer, TV presenter, actress, radio announcer and architect.
In 1993 she finished her studies at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia In 1999 she hosted the TV programme ...
hosted the show. The first season was won by
María Villalón
María Villalón Sánchez (born 1 April 1989 in Ronda, Málaga, Spain), is a Spanish singer and most notably the winner of the first series of the Spanish version of ''The X Factor'' in 2007.
Biography
Villalón grew up singing from an early ag ...
. The second season was won by
Vocal Tempo.
On 27 September 2017,
Telecinco
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announced the revival of the series with the production of a new season. It was hosted by
Jesús Vázquez. On 19 December 2017, it was announced that the panel of mentors would consist of singer
Laura Pausini, publicist and television personality
Risto Mejide
Risto Mejide Roldán (born 29 November 1974 in Barcelona), formerly named Ricardo Mejide Roldán, is a Spanish publicist, author, music producer, talent show judge, TV presenter and songwriter, best known as a judge on the television talent shows ...
, radio host
Xavi Martínez, and musician and music producer
Fernando Montesinos. Nando Escribano hosted the side show ''Xtra Factor'', which aired on
Divinity
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. In 2019 it was initially announced that Telecinco renewed the series for a fourth season,
but Fremantle España CEO Nathalie García stated later in the year that there were no plans for a new season.
Season summary
"16-24s" category
"Boys" category
"Girls" category
"Over 25s" category
"Groups" category
Judges' categories and their contestants
In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses 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.
Season 1 (2007)
The first season started its run on Sunday 13 May 2007. The show was then broadcast nightly with 'Los Castings' (the auditions), which lasted until 20 May 2007. From the 21 May until 27 May 2007 'La Selección Final' (final selection) was shown, again nightly. On 28 May 'Las Galas' (live shows) began. ''Factor X'' proved successful for TV channel Cuatro. It achieved an average rating of 12.3%. ''Factor X'' live shows were shown at 10pm every Monday evening.
Contestants
Key:
: – Winner
: – Runner-up
: – Third place
Results summary
: – Contestant announced as safe (no particular order)
: – Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown
: – Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated
: – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown)
Season 2 (2008)
The second season started its run 1 September 2008 with the auditions. The first "gala" or live show was aired on 22 September, on primetime. In a similar fashion to the last seasons in the original British version, each gala had a different theme (number-one hits or 80's music, for example). Five acts were chosen for the finals in each category, and an additional contestant was chosen in the middle of the season through Internet auditions
Contestants
Key:
: – Winner
: – Runner-up
: – Third place
Results summary
: – Contestant did not against public vote
: – Contestant announced as safe (no particular order)
: – Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown
: – Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated
: – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown)
Season 3 (2018)
The third season premiered on Telecinco on 13 April 2018, ten years after its run on Cuatro.
Contestants
Key:
: – Winner
: – Runner-up
: – Third place
Results summary
: – Contestant announced as safe (no particular order unless noted otherwise)
: – Contestant was in the bottom two/three/four and had to sing again in the final showdown
: – Contestant was in the bottom three/four but received the fewest votes and was eliminated
: – Contestant was in the bottom four but received the most votes and was saved
: – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown)
Live show details
Week 1 (8 June 2018)
;Judges vote to eliminate
*Montesinos: El Niño Bermejo
*Pausini: Gema Tomás
*Mejide: El Niño Bermejo
*Martínez: Gema Tomás
Week 2 (15 June 2018)
;Judges vote to eliminate
*Mejide: Oscárboles
*Pausini: Oscárboles
*Martínez: Oscárboles
*Montesinos: Oscárboles (initially tried to refuse to vote because both acts in the sing-off were from his category and, since everyone else had already voted to eliminate Oscárboles, his vote wouldn't really make a difference; only cast a vote when host Jesús Vázquez insisted that he had to because of the show's rules)
Week 3 (22 June 2018)
;Judges vote to eliminate
*Montesinos: Poupie
*Martínez: Fusa Nocta
*Pausini: Fusa Nocta
*Mejide: Poupie (both acts in the sing-off were from his category; he requested to be the last to vote so that he could force a deadlock and leave the decision in the audience's hands)
Week 4 (29 June 2018)
;Judges vote to eliminate
*Mejide: Poupie (voted in favor of W-Caps, an act from Martínez's category, voting against Poupie from his category)
*Pausini: W-Caps
*Martínez: Poupie
*Montesinos: Poupie
Week 5 (5 July 2018)
Ratings
Season 4 (canceled)
Telecinco initially announced a fourth season for 2019.
Alejandro Sanz and
Isabel Pantoja
María Isabel Pantoja Martín (; born August 2, 1956) is a Spanish singer. She was born in the Triana district of Seville, Spain. She has released more than a dozen albums throughout a career spanning many decades, mostly of '' copla'' genre, ...
were offered a slot in the jury, but both reportedly declined. In November 2019, the CEO of Fremantle Spain, Nathalie García, stated that there were no plans for a new season.
Post ''Factor X''
A few weeks after the first season ended, eventual winner María Villalon released a debut
EP entitled ''María Villalon'', an album with all the songs she sang whilst in the competition. A few months later, she released her debut album ''Te Espero Aquí'', which made the Spanish top 40 album chart, just like her debut LP did. But she wasn't the only one who received a record deal, runner-up Angy released her debut self-titled album (with the artistic name Angy) a couple of weeks after Villalon's debut album release. She also began an acting career starring in the teen drama television series ''Física y Química'', aired on
Antena 3. 3rd placed Walter released a single, but it didn't see much success. Angy's debut single 'Sola En Silencio' was a major hit across Spain, making the top 20 in Spanish Los 40 Principales. In turn, Maria Villalon's first two singles 'Aguita De Abril' and 'Te Espero Aqui' failed to gain chart stardom, but her second album saw the success of its lead single 'La lluvia' which made it into the top 5 in Los 40 Principales.
Months after the contest finished, 6th placed Leire Martínez's popularity boosted as she was chosen to replace
Amaia Montero as the new lead singer of
La Oreja de Van Gogh, one of the best-selling pop bands in
Spain
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Latin America
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. Her first album with the band, ''
A las cinco en el Astoria
''A Las Cinco En El Astoria'' (Five O'Clock At The Astoria) is the fifth full-length album released by La Oreja de Van Gogh, their second album to receive a Grammy nomination, and the first with new lead vocalist Leire Martínez. It was release ...
'', was released on 2 September 2008 reaching the number-one spot in the Spanish charts.
8th placed
Ailyn
Pilar María Del Carmen Mónica Giménez García (born 29 May 1982), known professionally as Ailyn Giménez or simply Ailyn, is a Spanish singer. She is the current vocalist of Her Chariot Awaits and the former vocalist of the Norwegian symph ...
submitted a song to ''
Salvemos Eurovisión'', the Spanish selection for the 2008
Eurovision Song Contest, but failed to get to the final round. Later that year, she was chosen to be the new female vocalist of the Norwegian Gothic Metal band
Sirenia
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, working with them until 2016.
After the third season ended, judge
Laura Pausini invited some of the contestants, including her pupils Samuel Hernández and series winner
Pol Granch
Pablo Grandjean, better known as Pol Granch (4 April 1998), is a Spanish-French singer-songwriter and actor.
Career
In 2018, Granch won the third season of the talent contest '' Factor X España''. During the contest, he competed in Laura Pau ...
, to serve as opening acts for her upcoming world tour.
References and notes
Notes
External links
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