''X Factor'' was the
Icelandic 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
Elínborg Halldórsdóttir
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She was a member of the band Q4U.http://www.tonlist.is/Music/ArtistBiography/2950/q4u/
She was also judge in the first ever series of the Icelandic version of ' ...
and pop singer
Paul Oscar
Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson (born 16 March 1970), known internationally as Páll Óskar and Paul Oscar, is an Icelandic pop singer, songwriter and disc jockey. He had a musical childhood, singing at private functions, with choirs and for media ...
. Previously, both Einar and Páll Óskar had been judges in ''
Idol stjörnuleit'', the Icelandic version of ''
Pop Idol''.
In the finals of ''X Factor'' held in
Vetrargarðinum,
Smáralind, a large
shopping center
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The first known collec ...
in
Iceland, singer and hair dresser
Jógvan Hansen from
Faroe Islands was the winner.
Contestants
Key:
: – Winner
: – Runner-up
: – Third place
Results summary
;Colour key
References
Iceland
Television series by Fremantle (company)
2006 Icelandic television series debuts
2006 Icelandic television series endings
2000s Icelandic television series
Non-British television series based on British television series
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