''X Factor'' is a Brazilian

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music competition show created by

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and produced by

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and

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, which airs on Band, with reruns airing the following day on

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. The series premiered on August 29, 2016. A second season was announced on 2017, but was canceled on the same year. As of September 2023, it is unknown if a second season will be reconsidered.

Production

Based on the original UK show, and an addition to ''The X Factor'' franchise, the series found new singing talent (solo artists and groups ages 16 and over), drawn from public auditions, and they competed against each other for votes. The winner was determined by the show's viewers via telephone, the Internet, and SMS text voting, and was awarded a recording contract with Sony Music Brasil. The original judging panel consisted of Rick Bonadio, Alinne Rosa, Di Ferrero and

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, with

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as main host and Mauricio Meirelles as social media correspondent. In November 2016, it was confirmed that the programme would be returning for a second season, airing in 2017. However, it was later cancelled in July 2017.

Format

Stages

There are five stages to the competition: * Stage 1: Producers' auditions (these auditions decide who will sing in front of the judges) * Stage 2: Judges' auditions * Stage 3: Boot camp * Stage 4: Four-chair challenge * Stage 5: Live shows (finals)

Series overview

Contestant in (or mentor of) "Boys" category
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Girls" category
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Over 25s" category
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Groups" category

Judges and hosts

Judges

File:Alinne Rosa 01.jpg, Alinne Rosa (2016) File:Paulomiklos.jpg,

(2016) File:Diego Ferrero @ Aeroporto de Congonhas.jpg, Di Ferrero (2016) File:Rick Bonadio.png,

Rick Bonadio Ricardo "Rick" Bonadio (born June 21, 1969) is a Brazilian music producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer, owner of Midas Studio and record companies Arsenal Music and Midas Music. Career He began his career in the 80's as a ...

(2016)

Hosts

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(2016)

Judges' categories and their contestants

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

Ratings

References

External links

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X Factor on Band.com.br
{{The X Factor series

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