X Factor Česko a Slovensko

*X Factor Česko a Slovensko*
X Factor Česko a Slovensko
Also known as	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; Slovak;
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;
Original release
Network	TV Prima, TV JOJ
Release	2014 –; present
Related
	The X Factor (TV series);

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. As part of The X Factor franchise, the series finds new singing talent, including 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 Short Message Service voting of the show's audience 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.

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	Winning mentor	Main host(s)	Main judges
One	9 March 2014	25 May 2014	Peter Bažík	Ricco & Claudia	Sisa Sklovská	Martin "Pyco" Rausch	Celeste Buckingham Ondřej Brzobohatý Sisa Sklovská Oto Klempíř

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 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" (PDF). Fox Broadcasting Company (Press release). 15 December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2011. {{cite press release}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 15 December 2011 suggested (help)

External links

[PR_June-1] "The X Factor" (PDF). Fox Broadcasting Company (Press release). 15 December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2011. {{cite press release}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 15 December 2011 suggested (help)

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