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''X Factor'' was a Polish talent show based on a British show '' The X Factor'' and broadcast on
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. The first series premiered on 6 March 2011. On 27 November 2010, during the season 3 finale of '' Poland's Got Talent'', Marcin Prokop confirmed that the auditions would be held in January 2011. That was also the first public statement from TVN about ''X Factor''. The main prize is PLN100,000 funded by Apart and a recording contract with label
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Format

The competition is split into three categories: Solo Singers aged 16–24, Solo Singers aged 25 and over and Vocal Groups. Before the Judges' houses stage each judge gets one category which he will be mentoring. There are five stages to ''X Factor'' competition: *Stage 1: Pre-auditions (open auditions where producers decide who will perform in front of the judges) *Stage 2: Auditions (filmed auditions with the judges and a live audience) *Stage 3: Eliminations (known as 'Bootcamp' in the UK version) *Stage 4: Judges' houses *Stage 5: Live shows


Auditions

The filming begins at this stage. The acts who got a phone call from the producers after the pre-auditions are invited to take part in the actual auditions with the judges and a live audience. They sing one or two songs and then the judges vote. These who got through will participate in Eliminations.


Eliminations

Originally known as Bootcamp. Each act who received at least two yeses from the judges during the auditions takes part in the Eliminations stage, which lasts for two days. Here the contestants are allocated to their categories. Each category sings one song and then the judges decides who leaves the competition and who stays in the selection process. Remaining acts have to prepare with a help of the vocal coaches one chosen song that they will perform in front of the panel. Then the judges choose five acts from each category that will get through to the Judges' houses stage. Now both the judges and the contestants find out which judge will be mentoring which category.


Judges' houses

This stage lasts for two days. The acts visit their mentors' homes. Each judge picks up a guest judge who will help him. Each contestant sing one song. Then the mentor and the person who helps him decide which three acts will take part in the live shows in the studio in
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Live shows

Each week each mentor chooses songs and outfit for their acts. They also judge the other mentors' contestants. The viewers vote for their favorites by sending an SMS or phoning. After closing the lines and counting the votes Jarosław Kuźniar announces the results in no particular order. The two acts who received the fewest votes will perform again in a final showdown. Then the judges decide by voting who will leave the competition. In the final episode the three remaining acts sing two songs, including one performed with an invited music star. The viewers choose the winner by SMS voting or phoning. The winner gets PLN100,000 funded by Apart and a recording contract with label
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Season summary

Color key


Judges and presenter


Judges

On 15 January 2011 on ''
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'' it was officially confirmed that
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and
Kuba Wojewódzki Jakub Władysław Wojewódzki known as Kuba Wojewódzki (; born 2 August 1963 in Koszalin, Poland) is a Polish journalist, TV personality, drummer, and comedian. Career Wojewódzki was a judge on the Polish ''Idol''. He also was the Polish repre ...
will join the judges panel and on 19 January 2011 web portal ''plejada.pl'' revealed that Maja Sablewska would be the third judge. Since the first news about Polish version of ''X Factor'' was released, many web portals and journals have speculated on the make up of the judges panel. On 27 November 2010 Polish gossip webpage ''pudelek.pl'' reported that
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,
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, Patrycja Markowska (singer) and Piotr Metz (popular music journalist) had been offered to join the judges panel. A few days later ''Party'' magazine reported that Edyta Górniak would appear as a judge on
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's newest show. It quoted a person connected with
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: ''Edyta will serve as a judge in new show, which TVN is preparing for spring.'' However, there was no confirmation if the mentioned show was ''X Factor''. On 14 December "Super Express" revealed that Piotr Metz and Przemysław Nieużyła (
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) are finalising their contracts. On 13 December 2010 Ewa Wojciechowska, editor in chief of connected with
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website ''plejada.pl'' revealed on ''
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'' that according to her knowledge Maja Sablewska ( Górniak's
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) and
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had been offered to serve as the judges. She also added that the third person to join the panel would be a man. On 22 December 2010 ''pudelek.pl'' reported that Wojewódzki, Sablewska and Metz had already signed their contracts. Elżbieta Zapendowska, former judge on '' Idol'' was also thought to join the panel, though she denied these rumours. ''My friends call me and gratulate and I don't know for what. Nobody from
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gave me any offers!'' – she says in an interview with a celebrity magazine ''Takie jest życie''. The journal revealed that the final decisions had not been made yet as
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's programme director, Edward Miszczak was in hospital. However he was said to have
Kuba Wojewódzki Jakub Władysław Wojewódzki known as Kuba Wojewódzki (; born 2 August 1963 in Koszalin, Poland) is a Polish journalist, TV personality, drummer, and comedian. Career Wojewódzki was a judge on the Polish ''Idol''. He also was the Polish repre ...
and Maja Sablewska as his favorites. ''Takie jest życie'' talked to a person connected with
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who reported that many celebrities and their managers called the network or the director and offered themselves as perfect candidates for the judges. ''Some of them are ready to work for nothing.'' – he said. Tomasz Lubert,
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, Robert Janson and Robert Kozyra were said to be interested in a judging role. Krzysztof "Kasa" Kasowski has even published his offer online: ''I recommend my humble person as a perfect judge on 'X Factor'. I have discovered many talents.'' On 11 January 2011 ''Super Express'' revealed that all the judges placements had been already filled. On the next day journal ''Fakt'' reported that
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was likely to judge ''X Factor'' alongside
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. Mozil was to confirm this on Facebook by writing: ''And if I knock the TV at 20:00 on Sunday it doesn't mean that day before I didn't play in your village. I count on support and this all is because of these aunts, who watch me on TV too little... This is my independence.'' However the official confirmation has not been given yet. On 13 January 2011 ''wirtualnemedia.pl'' reported that
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had already signed his contract. Website also informed that
Kuba Wojewódzki Jakub Władysław Wojewódzki known as Kuba Wojewódzki (; born 2 August 1963 in Koszalin, Poland) is a Polish journalist, TV personality, drummer, and comedian. Career Wojewódzki was a judge on the Polish ''Idol''. He also was the Polish repre ...
was to join the panel, though he had not signed the contract yet. The name of the third judge was still unknown. The website's news was quoted by web portal '' Onet.pl'', which is connected with
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, adding that the channel had not confirmed it yet. On 14 January 2011
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demented the rumours about his participation in ''X Factor'' on Facebook. However, on the next day he confirmed on ''
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'' that he would judge ''X Factor'' alongside
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Presenter

On 15 January 2011
Jarosław Kuźniar Jarosław Kuźniar (born 29 January 1978) is a Polish television and radio presenter. Connected with TVN and TVN24 from 2010 to 2016 c. He has been the host of TV show ''X Factor'' in 2011 and 2012. Biography He graduated from High School no. 1 ...
confirmed on ''
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'' that he would host the show. Until the confirmation, many newspapers and web portals had speculated on who would host the show. ''Media2.pl'' reported that according to unofficial information Marcin Prokop and Szymon Hołownia, a famous duo of hosts of '' Poland's Got Talent'' were thought to take part in talks with the producers. On 11 January 2011 popular journal ''Super Express'' reported that two
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presenters
Jarosław Kuźniar Jarosław Kuźniar (born 29 January 1978) is a Polish television and radio presenter. Connected with TVN and TVN24 from 2010 to 2016 c. He has been the host of TV show ''X Factor'' in 2011 and 2012. Biography He graduated from High School no. 1 ...
and Marcin Żebrowski were fighting for the presenting role. Both of them are hosts of
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'' You Get Up and You Know''. The journal added that Bartosz Węglarczyk, host of
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's
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''
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'' and co-host of the season 1 finale of '' Poland's Next Top Model'' was also taken into account. ''Super Express'' quoted a person connected with
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: ''In my opinion the final battle may be between Kuźniar and Żebrowski. It is not a coincidence that the latter has been recently on air more often. He has even hosted the New Year's Eve programme on
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.'' However, according to unofficial sources, Żebrowski was to refuse the offer. On 13 January 2011 ''wirtualnemedia.pl'' confirmed that
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was one of the candidates. The news was also quoted by '' Onet.pl''. Finally, Kuźniar was present at the pre-audition in
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on 14 January 2011, which suggested that previous rumours were true. On 21 November 2012 it was announced that Kuźniar would not be back to present the series due to personal reasons and his commitments to TVN24. On 13 December 2012, Patricia Kazadi was confirmed as the new presenter. It was reported that Marcin Prokop, Szymon Majewski and Agnieszka Szulim had also been in running for the role.


Judges' categories and their contestants

In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three 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. Key: : – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.


Reception


Series averages


Albums by former contestants

* Gienek Loska (season 1, winner) ** ''Lepiej niż wczoraj'' feat. Alek Możek (9 October 2009) ** ''Hazardzista'' (21 November 2011) ** ''Dom'' (16 April 2013) * Michał Szpak (season 1, runner-up) ** ''XI (EP)'' (13 December 2011) ** ''Byle być sobą'' (13 November 2015) * Ada Szulc (season 1, 3rd place) ** ''1000 miejsc'' feat. DJ Adamus (12 November 2013) * Dziewczyny (season 1, 5th place) ** ''Dziewczyny z sąsiedztwa'' (8 March 2010) * William Malcolm (season 1, 8th place) ** ''Takes One To Know One'' (3 November 2013) * Dawid Podsiadło (season 2, winner) ** ''Comfort And Happiness'' (28 May 2013) ** ''Ruby Dress Skinny Dog'' with Curly Heads (21 October 2014) ** ''Annoyance and Disappointment'' (6 November 2015) * Ewelina Lisowska (season 2, 4th place) ** ''Ewelina Lisowska (EP)''(7 July 2012) ** ''Aero-Plan'' (7 May 2013) ** ''Nowe horyzonty'' (28 October 2014) * Aicha from duet Aicha & Asteya (season 3, 6th place) ** ''Magija'' (19 January 2013) *
Grzegorz Hyży Grzegorz Hyży (born 27 May 1987, Gniezno) is a Polish singer-songwriter, who rose to fame after finishing as the runner-up in the third series of ''X Factor'' in 2013. He is currently signed to Sony Music Sony Music Entertainment (SME), al ...
(season 3, runner-up) ** ''Z całych sił'' (27 May 2014) ** ''Momenty'' (12 May 2017) * Maja Hyży (season 3, 4th place) ** ''W chmurach'' (24 March 2015) * Trzynasta w samo południe (season 4, 5th place) ** ''Hell Yeah'' (21 October 2014) * Cała Góra Barwinków (season 4, 6th place) ** ''Cała Góra Barwinków'' (2004) ** ''24 godziny'' (1 January 2007) ** ''Kocham kłopoty'' (22 February 2010) ** ''Beat 2 Meet U'' (10 August 2013) * Daria Zawiałow (season 4, 9th place) ** ''A Kysz!'' (3 March 2017) ** ''Helsinki'' (8 March 2019) ** ''Wojny i noce'' (11 June 2021) * Marta Bijan (season 4, 2nd place) ** ''Melancholia'' (21 September 2018) ** ''Sztuka płakania'' (28 May 2021)


References


External links

*
X Factor website
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