X Factor Slovakia

*The X Factor*
The X Factor
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Simon Cowell (uncredited)
Creative director	Jeffo Minařík (2014–);
Presented by	Martin "Pyco" Rausch;
Judges	Celeste Buckingham; Ondřej Brzobohatý; Sisa Sklovská; Oto Klepíř;
Country of origin	Czech Republic, Slovakia
Original languages	Czech language, Slovak language
No. of seasons	1
Production
Executive producers	Simon Cowell (uncredited); Cecile Frot-Coutaz; Siobhan Greene; Richard Holloway; Andrew Llinares; Rob Wade;
Production locations	Various (auditions); Bratislava (bootcamp); Various (judges houses); Bratislava (live shows);
Running time	60–150 minutes
Production company	Talkback Thames;
Distributor	FremantleMedia Enterprises
Release
Original network	TV Prima, TV JOJ
Picture format	480i (SDTV); 720p (HDTV);
Original release	2014 –; present
Chronology
Related shows	The X Factor (TV series);
External links
	Website

X Factor Česko a Slovensko is a Czech and Slovak reality television music competition created by Simon Cowell and produced by FremantleMedia, on TV Prima 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 Celeste Buckingham, Ondřej Brzobohatý, Sisa Sklovská and Oto Klempíř and Martin "Pyco" Rausch as hosts.

Casting was announced in December in the Czech Republic. Prima family serves as the broadcaster for Czech viewers and TV JOJ for Slovaks.

Series overview[]

To date, three seasons have been broadcast, as summarized below.

Contestant in (or mentor of) "Boys" category
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Girls" category
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Over 28s" category
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Groups" category

Season	Start	Finish	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Winning mentor	Main host(s)	Main judges
One	March 9, 2014	May 25, 2014	Peter Bažík	Ricco & Claudia	Tibor Gyurcsík	Sisa Sklovská	Martin "Pyco" Rausch	Celeste Buckingham Ondřej Brzobohatý Sisa Sklovská Oto Klempíř

Judges' categories and their finalists[]

In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three acts to progress to the live shows. This table shows, for each season, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live shows.

Key:

– Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.

Season	Celeste Buckingham	Ondřej Brzobohatý	Sisa Sklovská	Oto Klempíř
One	Boys Tibor Gyurcsík Matěj Vávra	Girls Katarína Ščevlíková Marina Laduda	Over 28s Peter Bažík Brigita Szelidová	Groups Ricco & Claudia The Joy$

References[]

^ The X Factor Press Release Archived December 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Fox Broadcasting Company. Retrieved June 24, 2011

External links[]

[PR_June-1] The X Factor Press Release Archived December 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Fox Broadcasting Company. Retrieved June 24, 2011

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