''X Factor'' was the

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ic version of the popular British television show '' The X Factor''. It premiered in Reykjavík on November 17, 2006, with actress Halla Vilhjálmsdóttir hosting the show. The judges were the talent agent and businessman Einar Bárðarson, rock musician

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and pop singer

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. Previously, both Einar and Páll Óskar had been judges in ''

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'', the Icelandic version of '' Pop Idol''. In the finals of ''X Factor'' held in Vetrargarðinum, Smáralind, a large

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, singer and hair dresser

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from

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was the winner.

Contestants

Key: : – Winner : – Runner-up : – Third place

Results summary

;Colour key

References

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