Factor X | |
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Season 1 | |
Hosted by | Julián Elfenbein |
Judges | Tito Beltrán Zeta Bosio Karen Doggenweiler Nydia Caro |
Winner | Sergio Járlaz |
Runner-up | Stanley Weissohn |
Release | |
Original network | TVN |
Original release | March 3 – May 10, 2011 |
Factor X is a Chilean television music competition show, to find new singing talent; the winner of which receives a recording contract with a record label. The first season of the show debuted on March 3, 2011, and will be aired on Thursday and Sunday. The auditions were in January 2011 and where more than 10.000 people arrived throughout the process. [1] It will be hosted by Julián Elfenbein, the same host of the other recent successful talent show Talento Chileno, the Chilean versión of the Got Talent franchise. [2] It will be the second version of this format made in Latin America after the Colombian El factor X shows, but the first to meet the new requirements of the franchise in the level of production. [2] The judges for this season are Zeta Bosio, Karen Doggenweiler and Tito Beltrán, with Nydia Caro as guest judge. [3]
In January 2011 massive auditions started in search of contestants including casting in Santiago and various regions. Initial auditions were held in Concepción which is known as "The Chilean capital of rock" and is home to many artists and La Serena, a city that brings large crowds of people in summer season. [2]
The casting process was formally launched with the release of the application forms on the official website of the competition, released on December 10, 2010. The website announced four categories of participants, soloists, duos, trios and vocal groups and the age limit to join the program was set at 14 years. For groups, a maximum of six members would be allowed. [4]
The initial auditions would be held in front of the producers, and a certain number of them would qualify to sing in front of the judges. Auditions would be held in the Mall Plaza chain of shopping malls in three cities and will begin at 10:30 and running each day until 21:30. [4] In each of the three cities where auditions will be held, with the presence of three permanent judges in addition to a different guest judge in each city, well known nationally or internationally. [5] In Concepción, after applicant sang to the producers at the local Mall Plaza chain, they moved to the stage before the judges at Marina del Sol Theatre on 13 and 14 January 2011, making also their first recordings for the program. [6] The permanent jury was composed of Zeta Bosio, Karen Doggenweiler, Tito Beltran whereas Nydia Caro served as guest judge. More than 3,000 people applied. After round for casting in front of the production team, there was a pre-selected round for appearing in front of specialists, including the "vocal couch" during the implementation of the program. In this phase, 200 applicants were selected for new hearings held on January 13, where between 80 and 100 of them would be finally presented to the permanent jury end of the same week. [7] On January 18, 2011, the casting was seeking for people selected to audition in Santiago, the site reached more than 5,000 people, of which about 500 spent the night in tents outside the place. [8] The stage of auditions in front of the judges was between 20—22 January at the installations of Televisión Nacional de Chile. [9] On January 26, made the selection process at La Serena, where 2,000 people came. The auditions in front of the judges in the city of La Serena were performed in the historic city Centennial Theatre. [10]
City | Stage | Date | Venue | Guest Judge |
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Concepción [11] | Producers' auditions | January 12, 2011 | Mall Plaza Trébol | Nydia Caro |
Judges' auditions | January 14–15, 2011 | Marina del Sol Theatre | ||
Santiago [11] | Producers' auditions | January 18, 2011 | Mall Plaza Oeste | |
Judges' auditions | January 20–22, 2011 | Televisión Nacional de Chile | ||
La Serena [11] | Producers' auditions | January 26, 2011 | Mall Plaza La Serena | |
Judges' auditions | January 28–29, 2011 | Centennial Theatre |
The workshop phase is the second phase of the program to be broadcast in two chapters, these chapters will gather all people classified in the stage of hearings in Santiago to face a series of tests within the workshops and work to prepare a particular song and choreography, this is where they were also presented to the contestants the task force, composed by the choreographer, vocal coach and music producer in this part they work and divided into categories. [12]
In these so-called "workshops", the nominees of the casting mass, which border the 150 people, will be presented to the jury again, but this time without an audience, where it will become an important selection of 24 participants to leave once they finish "Workshops" will be eight per category. [13]
Thereafter come two emissions that are called "Judges' houses", when the participants will sing in a house where they will receive each juror who already has that category, that is, at that moment learn that the jury will be your advocate and will work with them as a mentor, adding that each juror is inviting another famous, i.e. a special guest to help the jury to decide and there auditioning for and the last eight of each category are only four. [13] Being a total of 12 selected, which will be part of the gala live.
The twelve eliminated acts were:
Category (mentor) | Acts | |||
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14–24s (Bosio) | Tania Giordano | Paolo Ramirez | Stanley Weissohn | Jennifer López |
Over 25s (Beltrán) | Héctor Núñez | Madriela Marchant | María Paz Duarte | Sergio Járlaz |
Groups (Doggenweiler) | Dulce Tabú | Agnus | Aduana | MB & J |
There will be ten live broadcast episodes in which participants must present songs with various themes. There will also be daily presentations by guest artists. There will also be weekly eliminations according to public vote and judges' decisions.
– | Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown |
– | Contestant was finished in Third place |
– | Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown) |
– | Contestant received the most public votes |
Show 1 | Show 2 | Show 3 | Show 4 | Show 5 | Show 6 | Show 7 | Show 8 | Show 9 | Final | ||||||||||
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Sergio Járlaz | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner | |||||||||
Stanley Weissohn | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-Up | |||||||||
Madriela Marchant | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | |||||||||
MB & J | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | 4th | Eliminated (Live Show 9) | |||||||||
Paolo Ramirez | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | 5th | Eliminated (Live Show 8) | ||||||||||
Héctor Núñez | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Live Show 7) | |||||||||||
Dulce Tabú | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | Eliminated (Live Show 6) | ||||||||||||
Agnus | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Live Show 5) | |||||||||||||
Tania Giordano | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Live Show 4) | ||||||||||||||
Jeniffer López | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Live Show 3) | |||||||||||||||
Aduana | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Live Show 2) | ||||||||||||||||
María Paz Duarte | Bottom two | Eliminated (Live Show 1) | |||||||||||||||||
Final showdown | Jeniffer López, María Paz Duarte | Dulce Tabú, Aduana | Jeniffer López, Dulce Tabú | Tania Giordano, MB & J | Agnus, Dulce Tabú | Paolo Ramírez, Dulce Tabú | Héctor Nuñez, MB & J | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone | |||||||||||
Judges voted to | Eliminate | ||||||||||||||||||
Beltrán's vote | Jeniffer López | Aduana | Jeniffer López | Tania Giordano | Dulce Tabú | Dulce Tabú | MB & J | ||||||||||||
Doggenweiler's vote | María Paz Duarte | Aduana | Jeniffer López | Tania Giordano | Agnus | Paolo Ramírez | Héctor Nuñez | ||||||||||||
Bosio's vote | María Paz Duarte | Dulce Tabú | Dulce Tabú | MB & J | Agnus | Dulce Tabú | Héctor Nuñez | ||||||||||||
Eliminated | María Paz Duarte 2 of 3 votes Majority | Aduana 2 of 3 votes Majority | Jeniffer López 2 of 3 votes Majority | Tania Giordano 2 of 3 votes Majority | Agnus 2 of 3 votes Majority | Dulce Tabú 2 of 3 votes Majority | Héctor Nuñez 2 of 3 votes Majority | Paolo Ramírez | MB & J | — |
Act | Order | Song | Resul | ||
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Paolo Ramirez | 1 | "Superstition" | Safe | ||
Madriela Marchant | 2 | "Estrechez de Corazón" | Safe | ||
Aduana | 3 | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | Safe | ||
Sergio Jarlaz | 4 | "Mentira" | Safe | ||
Jennifer López | 5 | "Poker Face" | Bottom two | ||
María Paz Duarte | 6 | "Big Girls Don't Cry" | Bottom two | ||
Stanley Weissohn | 7 | "Baby" | Safe | ||
Dulce Tabú | 8 | "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" | Safe | ||
Agnus | 9 | "Desde Que Te Vi" | Safe | ||
Héctor Núñez | 10 | "Pégate" | Safe | ||
MB & J | 11 | "Danza Kuduro" | Safe | ||
Tania Giordano | 12 | "De Que Manera Te Olvido" | Safe | ||
Final showdown details | |||||
María Paz Duarte | 1 | "True Colors" | Eliminated | ||
Jennifer López | 2 | "I'm Like a Bird" | Safe |
Act | Order | Song | Resul | ||
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Héctor Nuñez | 1 | "Quién Te Quiere Como Yo" | Safe | ||
Agnus | 2 | "Bésame" | Safe | ||
Stanley Weissohn | 3 | "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" | Safe | ||
Madriela Marchant | 4 | "La Masa" | Safe | ||
Dulce Tabú | 5 | "Falsas Esperanzas" | Bottom two | ||
Jeniffer López | 6 | "Loca" | Safe | ||
Sergio Jarlaz | 7 | "Yo Te Amo" | Safe | ||
MB & J | 8 | "El Amor" | Safe | ||
Tania Giordano | 9 | "El Último Adiós" | Safe | ||
Aduana | 10 | "I Gotta Feeling" | Bottom two | ||
Paolo Ramírez | 11 | "Rock with You" | Safe | ||
Final showdown details | |||||
Dulce Tabú | 1 | "You've Got a Friend" | Safe | ||
Aduana | 2 | "Don't Speak" | Eliminated |
Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
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Dulce Tabú | 1 | "Free Your Mind" | Bottom two | ||
Paolo Ramírez | 2 | "Paradise City" | Safe | ||
Sergio Jarlaz | 3 | "Sube a Nacer Conmigo Hermano" | Safe | ||
MB & J | 4 | "Te Amo Con Locura" | Safe | ||
Jeniffer López | 5 | "Corazón Prohibido" | Bottom two | ||
Madriela Marchant | 6 | "Aquí" | Safe | ||
Tania Giordano | 7 | "Yo Canto" | Safe | ||
Stanley Weissohn | 8 | "Inolvidable" | Safe | ||
Agnus | 9 | "Loca" | Safe | ||
Hector Núñez | 10 | "Las Avispas" | Safe | ||
Final showdown details | |||||
Jeniffer López | 1 | "Sola Otra Vez" | Eliminated | ||
Dulce Tabú | 2 | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | Safe |
Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
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Stanley Weissohn | 1 | "Complicated" | Safe | ||
Madriela Marchant | 2 | "Volver, Volver" | Safe | ||
Agnus | 3 | "La Joya del Pacífico" | Safe | ||
Héctor Nuñez | 4 | "¿Quién Me Iba a Decir?" | Safe | ||
Dulce Tabú | 5 | "Yo No Soy Esa Mujer" | Safe | ||
Paolo Ramírez | 6 | "Aquí Estoy Yo" | Safe | ||
MB & J | 7 | "Ella Me Levantó" | Bottom two | ||
Sergio Jarlaz | 8 | "Dueño De Nada" | Safe | ||
Tania Giordano | 9 | "No Me Enseñaste" | Bottom two | ||
Final showdown details | |||||
MB & J | 1 | "Noche de Entierro (Nuestro Amor)" | Safe | ||
Tania Giordano | 2 | "Tan Enamorados" | Eliminated |
Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
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Paolo Ramírez | 1 | "Kiss" | Safe | ||
Madriela Marchant | 2 | "Me Dediqué a Perderte" | Safe | ||
Dulce Tabú | 3 | "Proud Mary" | Bottom two | ||
Sergio Jarlaz | 4 | "Escándalo" | Safe | ||
MB & J | 5 | "Obsesión" | Safe | ||
Stanley Weissohn | 6 | "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" | Safe | ||
Agnus | 7 | "Bailar Pegados" | Bottom two | ||
Héctor Nuñez | 8 | "Devórame Otra Vez" | Safe | ||
Final showdown details | |||||
Dulce Tabú | 1 | "Lady Marmalade" | Safe | ||
Agnus | 2 | "Estoy Enamorado" | Eliminated |
Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paolo Ramírez | 1 | "Persiana Americana" | Bottom two | ||
Sergio Jarlaz | 2 | "Te Amaré" | Safe | ||
MB & J | 3 | "Cuando Seas Grande" | Safe | ||
Stanley Weissohn | 4 | "Creo que te Quiero" | Safe | ||
Dulce Tabú | 5 | "Like a Virgin" | Bottom two | ||
Héctor Nuñez | 6 | "Daniela" | Safe | ||
Madriela Marchant | 7 | "Yo Vengo a Ofrecer mi Corazón" | Safe | ||
Final showdown details | |||||
Dulce Tabú | 1 | "Toxic" | Eliminated | ||
Paolo Ramírez | 2 | "Desnudate Mujer" | Safe |
Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MB & J | 1 | "Llamado de Emergencia" | Bottom two | ||
Staley Weissohn | 2 | "Sirena" | Safe | ||
Sergio Jarlaz | 3 | "Bella Sin Alma" | Safe | ||
Paolo Ramírez | 4 | "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" | Safe | ||
Madriela Marchant | 5 | "Piensa en Mi" | Safe | ||
Héctor Nuñez | 6 | "Nadie Como Ella" | Bottom two | ||
Final showdown details | |||||
MB & J | 1 | "Ahora Es" | Safe | ||
Héctor Nuñez | 2 | "Kimbara" | Eliminated |
Act | Order | Song | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Stanley Weissohn | 1 | "The Only Exception" | Safe |
Madriela Marchant | 2 | "Y Volveré" | Safe |
MB & J | 3 | "Mi Cama Huele a Ti" | Safe |
Paolo Ramírez | 4 | "Play That Funky Music" | Eliminated |
Sergio Jarlaz | 5 | "Carusso" | Safe |
Act | Order | Song | Order | Song | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MB & J | 1 | "La Despedida" | 5 | "Taboo" | Eliminated |
Sergio Jarlaz | 2 | "Melancolía" | 6 | "Como Todos" | Safe |
Stanley Weissohn | 3 | "The Lazy Song" | 7 | "Déjame Gritar" | Safe |
Madriela Marchant | 4 | "Gracias a la Vida" | 8 | "Si Nos Dejan" | Safe |
There was, again, no final showdown, and MB & J was eliminated having received the fewest votes.
Celebrity duet performers:
Act | Order | Song(Mentor's favourite performance) | Order | Song(Celebrity duet) | Order | Song(Constant's choice) | Result |
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Madriela Marchant | 1 | "Piensa En Mi" | 4 | "Si Hablo de Ti, Hablo de Mi" (con Natalino) | N/A | N/A | Third place |
Stanley Weissohn | 2 | "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" | 5 | "Y Llegaste Tú" (con Andrés de León) | 8 | "Hoy ya me voy" | Runner-up |
Sergio Jarlaz | 3 | "Como Yo Te Amo" | 6 | "Sueño Imposible" (con Amaya Forch) | 7 | "Yo Te Amo" | Winner |
Episode | Date | Audience | Daily rank | Weekly rank | Rating (%) |
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Auditions 1 | 3 March | 2.3 million | 1 | 2 | 22.8 |
Auditions 2 | 8 March | 1.7 million | 2 | 11 | 17.3 |
Auditions 3 | 10 March | 2.3 million | 2 | 5 | 22.5 |
Auditions 4 | 13 March | 2.1 million | 2 | 8 | 20.6 |
Auditions 5 | 17 March | 2.4 million | 1 | 2 | 23.7 |
Auditions 6 | 21 March | 1.7 million | 4 | 18 | 17.1 |
Bootcamp | 24 March | 1.9 million | 2 | 6 | 18.8 |
Bootcamp | 28 March | 1.7 million | 4 | 18 | 16.8 |
Judges' Houses | 31 March | 1.5 million | 4 | 25 | 14.9 |
Judges' Houses | 4 April | 1.6 million | 4 | 24 | 15.5 |
Live Show 1 | 7 April | 1.7 million | 2 | 14 | 17.2 |
Live Show 2 | 11 April | 1.7 million | 6 | 14 | 16.9 |
Live Show 3 | 14 April | 1.8 million | 4 | 23 | 17.9 |
Live Show 4 | 18 April | 1.7 million | 5 | 19 | 16.5 |
Live Show 5 | 21 April | 2.0 million | 1 | 4 | 19.8 |
Live Show 6 | 25 April | 1.8 million | 3 | 11 | 17.9 |
Live Show 7 | 28 April | 1.6 million | 7 | 32 | 15.6 |
Live Show 8 | 2 May | 1.8 million | 1 | 3 | 18.3 |
Live Show 9 | 5 May | 1.6 million | 6 | 23 | 16.4 |
Live Show 10 | 9 May | 2.1 million | 1 | 2 | 21.3 |
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