Factor X (Spanish TV series)

Factor X
Created by	Simon Cowell
Presented by	Nuria Roca
Judges	Miqui Puig Eva Perales Jorge Flo
Country of origin	Spain
Original release
Network	Cuatro
Release	Original series 13 May 2007 (2007-05-13) – 17 June 2008 (2008-06-17)

Factor X was the Spanish version of the British television music competition The X Factor, created by Simon Cowell. The show, which aired on Cuatro, followed series 2-3 of the British format, with three categories, mentored by one judge each, whom choose the acts to represent the category in the live shows. The judges were singer and DJ Miqui Puig, headhunter Eva Perales and music radio producer Jorge Flo. Nuria Roca hosted the show. The first series was won by María Villalón. The second series was won by Vocal Tempo.

Series summary

  "16-24s" category
  "Over 25s" category
  "Groups" category

Series	Start	Finish	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Winning mentor	Presenter	judges
One	13 May 2007	16 July 2007	María Villalón	Angy Fernández	Walter Renato	Jorge Flo	Nuria Roca	Jorge Flo Eva Perales Miqui Puig
Two	22 September 2008	12 November 2008	Vocal Tempo	Laura Gónzalez	Élanis	Jorge Flo

Series 1 (2007)

The first series, started its run on Sunday 13 May 2007. The show was then broadcast nightly with 'Los Castings' (the auditions), which lasted until 20 May 2007. From the 21 May until the 27 May 2007 'La Selección Final' (final selection) was shown, again nightly. On 28 May 'Las Galas' (live shows) began. Factor X proved successful for TV station Cuatro. It achieved an average audience of 12.3%. Factor X live shows were shown at 10pm every Monday evening.

Finalists

Key:

  – Winner

  – Runner-up

  – Third place

Category (mentor)	Acts
16-24s (Flo)	Ailyn	Angy Fernandez	Walter Renato	María Villalón
Over 25s (Perales)	Pedro Heredia	David Hooper	Leire Martínez	Yolanda Yugueros
Groups (Puig)	Lady's	Mr. Roch	Sometimes	United

Results summary

  – Contestant announced as safe (no particular order)

  – Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown

  – Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated

  – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown)

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8
								Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
María	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner (Week 8)
Angy	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Runner-Up (Week 8)
Walter	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Safe	Safe	3rd	Eliminated (Week 8)
United	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	4th	Eliminated (Week 8)
Pedro	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 7)
Leire	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 6)
Sometimes	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Three	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 5)
Ailyn	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Bottom Three	Eliminated (Week 4)
David	Safe	Safe	Safe	9th	Eliminated (Week 4)
Yolanda	Bottom Two	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 3)
Lady's	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 2)
Mr. Roch	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 1)
Final showdown	Mr. Roch Yolanda	Lady's Ailyn	Leire Yolanda	Sometimes Ailyn	Sometimes Walter	Pedro Leire	United Pedro	No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated
Judges voted to	Eliminate
Puig's vote	Yolanda	Ailyn	Leire	Ailyn	Walter	Pedro	Pedro
Perales's vote	Mr. Roch	Lady's	Yolanda	Ailyn	Sometimes	Leire	United
Flo's vote	Mr. Roch	Lady's	Yolanda	Sometimes	Sometimes	Leire	Pedro
Eliminated	Mr. Roch 2 of 3 votes to eliminate	Lady's 2 of 3 votes to eliminate	Yolanda 2 of 3 votes to eliminate	David Public vote to save	Sometimes 2 of 3 votes to eliminate	Leire 2 of 3 votes to eliminate	Pedro 2 of 3 votes to eliminate	United Public vote to win	Walter Public vote to win	Angy 48% to win
				Ailyn 2 of 3 votes to eliminate						María 52% to win

Series 2 (2008)

The second series started its run September 1, 2008 with the auditions. The first "gala" or live show was aired on September 22, on primetime. In a similar fashion to the last seasons in the original British series, each gala had a different theme (number-one hits or 80's music, for example). Five acts were chosen for the finals in each category, and an additional contestant was chosen in the middle of the season through Internet auditions

Finalists

Key:

  – Winner

  – Runner-up

  – Third place

Category (mentor)	Acts
16-24s (Perales)	Marta Cabrera	Javier Luis Delgado	Mario Gómez	Laura Gónzalez	Gera Marquez	Miriam Milanés
Over 25s (Puig)	Alex	Evelyn Evangelisti	Jer	María López	Dunia Trujillo
Groups (Flo)	Alikindoi	Élanis	Lunáticas	New Boys	Vocal Tempo

Results summary

  – Contestant did not against public vote

  – Contestant announced as safe (no particular order)

  – Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown

  – Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated

  – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown)

	Week 1			Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8
	Groups	16 to 24's	25 and Over's							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
Vocal Tempo	Safe			Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner (Week 8)
Laura	Not in the competition						Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Runner-Up (Week 8)
Élanis	Safe			Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 3	Safe	3rd	Eliminated (Week 8)
Gera		Safe		Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 2	Safe	Safe	4th	Eliminated (Week 8)
Dunia			Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	5th	Eliminated (Week 8)
María			Safe	Bottom 2	Safe	Bottom 2	Safe	Safe	Bottom 3	Eliminated (Week 7)
Alex			Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 3	7th	Eliminated (Week 7)
Alikindoi	Safe			Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom 3	Eliminated (Week 6)
Mario		Safe		Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	9th	Eliminated (Week 6)
Marta		Safe		Safe	Bottom 2	Safe	Bottom 2	Eliminated (Week 5)
New Boys	Bottom 2			Safe	Safe	Bottom 2	Eliminated (Week 4)
Javier Luis		Bottom 2		Safe	Bottom 2	Eliminated (Week 3)
Jer			Bottom 2	Bottom 2	Eliminated (Week 2)
Evelyn			Bottom 2	Eliminated (Week 1)
Miriam		Bottom 2	Eliminated (Week 1)
Lunáticas	Bottom 2	Eliminated (Week 1)
Final showdown	Lunáticas New Boys	Miriam Javier Luis	Evelyn Jer	Jer María	Javier Luis Marta	María New Boys	Marta Gera	Alikindoi Alex	María Élanis	No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated
Judges voted to	Eliminate
Puig's vote	Lunáticas	Miriam	Evelyn	Jer	Javier Luis	New Boys	Marta	Alikindoi	Élanis
Perales's vote	New Boys	Miriam	Evelyn	Jer	Javier Luis	New Boys	Marta	Alikindoi	María
Flo's vote	Lunáticas	Miriam	Jer	María	Javier Luis	María	Marta	Alex	María
Eliminated	Lunáticas 2 of 3 votes to eliminate	Miriam 3 of 3 votes to eliminate	Evelyn 2 of 3 votes to eliminate	Jer 2 of 3 votes to eliminate	Javier Luis 3 of 3 votes to eliminate	New Boys 2 of 3 votes to eliminate	Marta 3 of 3 votes to eliminate	Mario Public vote to save	Alex Public vote to save	Dunia Public vote to win	Élanis Public vote to win	Laura Public vote to win
								Alikindoi 2 of 3 votes to eliminate	María 2 of 3 votes to eliminate	Gera Public vote to win		Vocal Tempo Public vote to win

Post Factor X

A few weeks after the first series ended, eventual winner María Villalon released a debut EP entitled María Villalon, an album with all the songs she sang whilst in the competition. A few months later, she released her debut album Te Espero Aquí, which made the Spanish top 40 album chart, just like her debut LP did. But she wasn't the only one who received a record deal, runner-up Angy released her debut self-titled album (with the artistic name Angy) a couple of weeks after Villalon's debut album release. She also began an acting career starring in the teen drama television series Física y Química, aired on Antena 3. 3rd placed Walter released a single, but it didn't see much success. Angy's debut single 'Sola En Silencio' was a major hit across Spain, making the top 20 in Spanish Los 40 Principales. In turn, Maria Villalon's first two singles 'Aguita De Abril' and 'Te Espero Aqui' failed to gain chart stardom, but her second album saw the success of its lead single 'La lluvia' which made it into the top 5 in Los 40 Principales.

Months after the contest finished, 6th placed Leire Martínez's popularity boosted as she was chosen to replace Amaia Montero as the new lead singer of La Oreja de Van Gogh, one of the best-selling pop bands in Spain and Latin America. Her first album with the band, A las cinco en el Astoria, was released on September 2, 2008 reaching the number-one spot in the Spanish charts.

8th placed Ailyn submitted a song to Salvemos Eurovisión, the Spanish selection for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, but failed to get to the final round. She was later chosen to be the new female vocalist of the Norwegian Gothic Metal band Sirenia.

External links

• Official site Template:Es icon
• Cuatro casting call page Template:Es icon