''X Factor Slovakia'' is a Czech and Slovak

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music competition created by Simon Cowell and produced by FremantleMedia, on

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and TV JOJ. Based on the original UK show, and an addition to ''The X Factor'' franchise, the series finds new singing talent (solo artists and groups ages 12 and over), drawn from public auditions, and they compete against each other for votes. The winner is determined by the show's viewers SMS text voting, and is awarded a recording contract, worth €200,000. The original judging consisted of

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, Ondřej Brzobohatý,

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and Oto Klempíř and Martin "Pyco" Rausch as hosts. In December it was announced casting in Czech Republic.

broadcasting this season for Czech viewers and TV JOJ for Slovakian.

History

TV Prima and TV JOJ has licence for X Factor since 2011. Season in 2012 and 2013 was cancelled. In winter 2013, open casting was held in

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and later in

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. In first season are 4 category: Boys, Girls, Groups and Over 28s. On January 3, 2014 the first judge of judging panel was announced –

. On January 21, 2014 was announced host Martin "Pyco" Rausch. On January 29, the entire judging panel was announced, including

, Ondřej Brzobohatý and Oto Klempíř.

Castings

Producers casting in Slovakia Producers casting in Czech Republic Castings in the Czech Republic were scheduled for December 14 and 15 but was held a month later. Open castings, which are already included as an official jury and the audience were filmed from February 3 to 10 in Bratislava Incheba Expo Arena.

Bootcamp

This phase of the competition was filmed in the days February 10 to 12 also in Bratislava Incheba Expo Arena. To bootcamp was 104 contestants and at the end of bootcamp was the top 20 contestants in all four categories assigned to his mentor. The 20 successful acts were: *Boys: Matěj Bláha, Lukáš Grüner, Tibor Gyurcsík, Tomáš Kaliarik, Matěj Vávra *Girls: Kristína Kušnírová, Marina Laduda, Dáša Šarközyová, Katarína Ščevlíková, Anh La Thi Quynh *Over 28s: Monika Agrebi, Peter Bažík, Brigita Szelidová, Bronislav Vařílek, Miroslaw Witkowski *Groups: Crabslide, Lady Jam, Ricco & Claudia, The Joy$, The Moment

Judges houses

5 contestants from each category were invited to homes his mentors that have emerged two best in each category. These are then fightin live shows.

Contestants

;Key : – Winner : – Runner-up

Live shows

Results summary

;Key : – Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown : – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown) : – Contestant received the most public votes

Week 1 (May 11)

* Theme: Absolute hits * Musical guests:

;Judges' votes to eliminate: * Brzobohatý: Matěj Vávra * Buckingham: Marina Laduda * Sklovská: Marina Laduda * Klempíř: Marina Laduda

Week 2 (May 18)

* Theme: Dedication songs * Musical guests: Ondřej Brzobohatý a Peter Cmorík, Peter Bič Project ;Judges' votes to eliminate: * Klempíř: Matěj Vávra * Sklovská: Matěj Vávra * Buckingham: Brigita Szelidová * Brzobohatý: Brigita Szelidová With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Szelidová received the fewest public votes and was eliminated.

Week 3: Final (May 25)

* Theme: Free choice; Mentor duet; Winner's song * Musical guests: Richard Müller and Fragile ;Part 1 ;Part 2

References

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