''The X Factor Arabia'', originally aired on March 26, 2006 with the title ''XSeer Al Najah'' (meaning Elixir or Essence of Success) is the Arab version of ''

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''. The Arabic-language version of the program also created by

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has a similar format to the British version, in that there are judges who each have a team of contestants to mentor and compete with each other for the X Factor title. The 14-episode first series was broadcast in 22 Arabic-speaking countries. In its debut, it was known as being one of the most watched programs on television and was produced and supported by Rotana, one of the largest production companies in the

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. The winner of ''XSeer Al Najah'' earned a chance to sign with Rotana. However, with the continuing success of the rival pan-Arab series ''

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'' on

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(LBC), ''XSeer All Najah'' lost most of its pan-Arab appeal and was discontinued after season 2. In 2012, the Egyptian TV channel CBC announced that ''The X Factor Arabia'' would return in 2013 with four judges: Elissa,

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, and

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. Despite its revamped format, The ''X Factor Arabia'' struggled against its rival show MBC's ''

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'' which aired at the same time slot as ''The X Factor''. In 2014, MBC brought the rights for the show from CBC, revamped its format and started producing season four. Only Elissa as a judge and Bassel Alzaro as a host were retained from season three during MBC's restructure of the show. The judges on MBC The X Factor are

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, Elissa and

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. The first episode aired on 14 March 2015 on MBC1 and

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. After a new hiatus of almost two-and-a-half years, the programme rights were purchased by the Dubai Channel and DMC and was relaunched at the end of 2017. The judges were

from season 4, the Lebanese

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replacing Elissa, the Iraqi

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replacing Ragheb Alama and Tunisian

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as a fourth addition judge.

Summary

In each series, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three acts to progress to the live finals. This table shows, for each series, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live finals. Key: : – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.

Season 1 (2006)

Results summary

;Colour key Act in team Nelly Act in team Khaled Act in team Michel

Season 2 (2007)

Season 3 (2013)

;Colour key

Season 4 (2015)

Season 5 (2017-18)

References

External links

Official XSeer Al Najah website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Xseer Al Najah Television series by Fremantle (company)

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