X Factor | |
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Created by | Simon Cowell |
Presented by | Alexandre Devoise (2006-9) Sandrine Corman (2011) Jérôme Anthony (2011-) |
Judges |
Marc Cerrone (2009) Alain Lanty (2009) Julie Zenatti (2009) Véronic Dicaire (2011) Olivier Schultheis (2011) Christophe Willem (2011) Henry Padovani (2011) |
Country of origin | France Belgium |
Original language(s) | French |
No. of episodes | 1430 |
Production | |
Producer(s) |
FremantleMedia Syco |
Location(s) | Various (auditions) Palais des Sports (Paris) Studios du Lendit - L1 |
Running time | 115mins (inc. adverts) |
Release | |
Original network |
W9 (2009) M6 (2011) RTL-TVI |
Picture format | 16:9 |
Original release | September 28, 2009 – June 28, 2011 |
External links | |
Website |
X Factor is a Franco-Belgian television music talent show to find new singing talent after public auditions, intermediate tests, and live shows. The first series was broadcast on Mondays, from September to December 2009, on W9 (France) and RTL-TVI (Belgium).
The second and final series was broadcast on Tuesdays, from March to June 2011, on M6 and RTL-TVI.
"Under 25 boys" category
"Under 25 girls" category
"16-24s" category
"Over 25s" category
"Groups" category
(1) Zaho with Christophe Willem in London (Judges' house), Sharleen Spiteri with Henry Padovani in French Perigord (Judges' house), Roch Voisine with Véronic DiCaire in Quebec (Judges' house), Alain Chamfort with Olivier Schultheis in Morocco (Judges' house)
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.