X Factor (Dutch TV series)

X Factor
Also known as	X Factor Dutch
Created by	Simon Cowell
Presented by	Wendy van Dijk Martijn Krabbé
Starring	Sharon Kips Lisa Hordijk (winners)
Judges	Gordon Heuckeroth Angela Groothuizen Ali Bouali Candy Dulfer Henkjan Smits Marianne van Wijnkoop Henk Temming Eric van Tijn Stacey Rookhuizen
Voices of	Jeroen Nieuwenhuize
Country of origin	Netherlands
Original language	Dutch
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	35
Production
Producers	FremantleMedia, Syco
Production location	Studio 22, Mediapark
Running time	60–120mins (inc. adverts)
Original release
Network	RTL4
Release	October 28, 2006 (2006-10-28) – July 5, 2013 (2013-07-05)

X Factor was a Dutch television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. It was shown Friday evenings on the RTL4 Network in the Netherlands. The show aired between 2006 and 2013 and was produced by Blue Circle. The "X Factor" of the title refers to the undefinable "something" that makes for star quality.

X Factor replaced the highly successful Idols, which was pulled from television after the third and fourth seasons.

In the initial televised audition phase of the show, contestants sang in front of the X Factor judges in the hope of getting through to the "boot camp". After a further selection process, the judges were each given a category to mentor and the chosen finalists then progress to the second phase of the competition in which the public vote on live performances. Judges have included pop singer and television host Gordon Heuckeroth, former Dolly Dots member Angela Groothuizen, Rapper Ali Bouali, and Alto saxophonist Candy Dulfer.

The first season of X Factor began in October 2006 and ran to February 2007. It was not as popular as Idols, and was won by Sharon Kips. The second season, running from January to May 2009, was more successful. It was won by Lisa Hordijk. The third season was won by Jaap van Reesema, Rochelle Perts won the fourth season, and the fifth season was won by Haris Alagic.

Format

The show was primarily concerned with identifying singing talent, through appearance, personality, stage presence and dance routines are also an important element of many performances. The single most important attribute that the judges were seeking, however, was the ability to appeal to a mass market of pop fans.

For the first season, the competition was split into three categories: Solo Singers aged 15–25, Solo Singers aged 26 and over, and Vocal Groups (including duos). After the first season, the 15 to 25 category was split into separate male and female sections, making four categories in all: 15–25 males ("Boys"), 15–25 females ("Girls"), Over 26s, and Groups.

There were five stages to the X Factor competition:

• Stage 1: Producers' auditions (these auditions decide who will sing in front of the judges)
• Stage 2: Judges' auditions
• Stage 3: X Campus
• Stage 4: Visits to judges' houses
• Stage 5: Live shows (finals)

Season summary

To date, five seasons have been broadcast, as summarised below.

  Contestant in "Henkjan Smits"
  Contestant in "Marianne van Wijnkoop"
  Contestant in "Henk Temming"
  Contestant in "Eric van Tijn"
  Contestant in "Gordon Heuckeroth"
  Contestant in "Angela Groothuizen"
  Contestant in "Stacey Rookhuizen"
  Contestant in "Ali B"
  Contestant in "Candy Dulfer"

Season	Start	Finish	Winner	Runner-up	Other finalist(s)	Winning Mentor	Presenter(s)	Main judges				Guest judges
								1	2	3	4
1	28 Oct 2006	24 Feb 2007	Sharon Kips 16–24s	Richy Brown 16–24s	X6 Groups	Henkjan Smits	Wendy van Dijk	Henkjan Smits	Marianne van Wijnkoop	Henk Temming
2	16 Jan 2009	9 May 2009	Lisa Hordijk Girls	Rachel Kramer Over 25s	Jamal Bijnoe Boys	Gordon Heuckeroth	Wendy van Dijk Martijn Krabbé	Eric van Tijn	Stacey Rookhuizen	Angela Groothuizen	Gordon Heuckeroth
3	5 Feb 2010	29 May 2010	Jaap van Reesema Boys	Maaike Vos Girls	Kelvin Muïs Boys	Angela Groothuizen						Edsilia Rombley (Show 7)
					Dony Vernianto Over 25s
4	28 Jan 2011	10 Jun 2011	Rochelle Perts Girls	Adlicious Groups	Rolf Wienk Boys	Eric van Tijn						Ruud de Wild (Show 8)
					Sim'Ran Groups
5	19 Apr 2013	5 Jul 2013	Haris Alagic Boys	Adriaan Persons Boys	B-Brave Groups	Angela Groothuizen	Martijn Krabbé	Ali B	Candy Dulfer

Judges' categories and their contestants

In each season, each judge was allocated a category to mentor and chose a small number of acts to progress to the live finals. This table shows, for each series, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live finals.

Key:

  – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold.

Season	Henkjan Smits	Marianne van Wijnkoop	Henk Temming	N/A
One	15-25s Sharon Kips Richy Brown Christian Link	Groups X6 Hearts Groovin' Sound	Over 26s Anja Wessels Dorine Bijl Melanie Mackintosh Ruben Thurnim
Season	Eric van Tijn	Stacey Rookhuizen	Angela Groothuizen	Gordon Heuckeroth
Two	Groups Whatever Rev 'n Ros K.L.E.M.	Boys Jamal Bijnoe Luigiano Paals Laurens Wauters	Over 26s Rachel Kramer Roan Hamminga Irma Derby	Girls Lisa Hordijk Hester Kootstra Jennifer Terwel
Three	Over 26s Dony Vernianto Sarina Kuipers Janna van den Broek	Girls Maaike Vos Sumera Espinel Daniëlle Penning	Boys Jaap van Reesema Kelvin Muïs Mathijs Rumping	Groups BadBoyz 4Granted Fierce
Four	Girls Rochelle Perts Jessica Mougin Tania Christopher	Over 26s Pyke Pos Ed Ruyer Jantine Mak	Groups Adlicious Sim'Ran Sway	Boys Rolf Wienk Tim Suyderhoud Jesse Zwaan
Series	Ali Bouali	Candy Dulfer	Angela Groothuizen	Gordon Heuckeroth
Five	Girls Milou van Egmond Clarissa Alberg	Over 26s Astrid Tan Brown Hill	Boys Haris Alagic Adriaan Persons	Groups B-Brave Orpheus

Seasons

X Factor 1 (2007)

Colour key:

–	Act received the most public votes
–	A finalist who was in the Bottom 2 and had to sing again in the sing-off
–	The finalist who received the fewest votes and therefore was eliminated immediately (no sing-off)

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9
Sharon Kips	2nd 15.13%	1st 19.81%	2nd 17.24%	2nd 19.56%	1st 31.79%	1st 24.53%	1st 35.03%	1st 44.02%	Winner 75%
Richy Brown	3rd 12.21%	4th 10.83%	3rd 12.91%	3rd 13.91%	3rd 16.07%	2nd 24.34%	2nd 31.04%	2nd 30.68%	Runner-up 25%
X6	4th 10.81%	3rd 15.24%	5th 10.75%	4th 13.31%	2nd 18.94%	4th 16.32%	3rd 21.14%	3rd 25.33%	Eliminated (Week 8)
Anja Wessels	6th 8.83%	6th 8.82%	6th 9.55%	6th 7.53%	4th 14.97%	3rd 19.58%	4th 12.79%	Eliminated (Week 7)
Christian Link	9th 5.94%	7th 7.38%	4th 11.56%	5th 9.91%	6th 6.48%	5th 15.23%	Eliminated (Week 6)
Dorine Bijl	1st 20.73%	2nd 17.00%	1st 19.59%	1st 31.30%	5th 11.75%	Eliminated (Week 5)
Hearts	5th 8.93%	5th 10.25%	8th 8.84%	7th 4.48%	Eliminated (Week 4)
Melanie Mackintosh	8th 6.22%	9th 3.81%	7th 9.16%	Eliminated (Week 3)
Ruben Thurnim	7th 7.53%	8th 3.81%	Eliminated (Week 2)
Groovin' Sound	10th 3.67%	Eliminated (Week 1)
Final showdown	Christian Link, Groovin Sound	Melanie Mackintosh, Ruben Thurnim	Hearts, Melanie Mackintosh	Anja Wessels, Hearts	Christian Link, Dorine Bijl	Christian Link, X6	Anja Wessels, X6	No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins
Smits' vote to eliminate	Groovin' Sound	Melanie Mackintosh	Melanie Mackintosh	Hearts	Dorine Bijl	X6	Anja Wessels
Van Wijnkoop's vote to eliminate	Groovin' Sound	Ruben Thurnim	Melanie Mackintosh	Anja Wessels	Dorine Bijl	Christian Link	Anja Wessels
Temming's vote to eliminate	Groovin' Sound	Ruben Thurnim	Hearts	Hearts	Christian Link	Christian Link	X6
Eliminated	Groovin' Sound 3 of 3 votes Majority	Ruben Thurnim 2 of 3 votes Majority	Melanie Mackintosh 2 of 3 votes Majority	Hearts 2 of 3 votes Majority	Dorine Bijl 2 of 3 votes Majority	Christian Link 2 of 3 votes Majority	Anja Wessels 2 of 3 votes Majority	X6 25.33% to win	Richy Brown 25% to win
									Sharon Kips 75% to win

X Factor 2 (2009)

Colour key:

–	A finalist who was in the Bottom 2 and had to sing again in the sing-off
–	The finalist who received the fewest votes and therefore was eliminated immediately (no sing-off)

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8
								Round 1	Round 2
Lisa Hordijk	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner (Week 8)
Rachel Kramer	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Safe	Runner-up (Week 8)
Jamal Bijnoe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Safe	3rd	Eliminated (Week 8)
Roan Hamminga	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	4th	Eliminated (Week 7)
Whatever	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	5th	Eliminated (Week 7)
Hester Kootstra	11th 3.25%	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	6th	Eliminated (Week 7)
Luigiano Paals	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 6)
Rev 'n Ros	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 5)
Irma Derby	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 4)
Laurens Wauters	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 3)
Jennifer Terwel	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 2)
K.L.E.M.	12th 2.9%	Eliminated (Week 1)
Final showdown	Hester Kootstra, K.L.E.M.	Jennifer Terwel, Luigiano Paals	Jamal Bijnoe, Laurens Wauters	Irma Derby, Luigiano Paals	Jamal Bijnoe, Rev 'n Ros	Luigiano Paals, Rachel Kramer	No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins
Judges voted to	Eliminate
Van Tijn's vote	Hester Kootstra	Jennifer Terwel	Jamal Bijnoe	Irma Derby	Jamal Bijnoe	Luigiano Paals
Rookhuizen's vote	Hester Kootstra	Jennifer Terwel	Laurens Wauters	Irma Derby	Rev 'n Ros	Rachel Kramer
Groothuizen's vote	K.L.E.M.	Jennifer Terwel	Laurens Wauters	Luigiano Paals	Rev 'n Ros	Luigiano Paals
Heuckenroth's vote	K.L.E.M.	Luigiano Paals	Laurens Wauters	Irma Derby	Rev 'n Ros	Luigiano Paals
Eliminated	K.L.E.M. 2 of 4 votes Deadlock	Jennifer Terwel 3 of 4 votes Majority	Laurens Wauters 3 of 4 votes Majority	Irma Derby 3 of 4 votes Majority	Rev 'n Ros 3 of 4 votes Majority	Luigiano Paals 3 of 4 votes Majority	Hester Kootstra Bottom	Jamal Bijnoe Bottom	Rachel Kramer 31% to win
							Whatever Bottom		Lisa Hordijk 69% to win
							Roan Hamminga Bottom

X Factor 3 (2010)

Colour key:

–	A finalist who was in the Bottom 2 and had to sing again in the sing-off
–	The finalist who received the fewest votes and therefore was eliminated immediately (no sing-off)

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8
								Round 1	Round 2	Final
Jaap van Reesema	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner (Week 8)
Maaike Vos	Safe	9th 4.9%	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Runner-up (Week 8)
Kelvin Muïs	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	6th	Bottom Two	Safe	3rd	Eliminated (Week 8)
Dony Vernianto	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	4th	Eliminated (Week 8)
BadBoyz	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 7)
Sumera Espinel	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	5th	Eliminated (Week 6)
Daniëlle Penning	Bottom Three	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 5)
Sarina Kuipers	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 4)
Mathijs Rumping	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 3)
4Granted	Safe	10th 3.9%	Eliminated (Week 2)
Fierce	Bottom Three	Eliminated (Week 1)
Janna van den Broek	Bottom Three	Eliminated (Week 1)
Final showdown	Daniëlle Penning, Fierce, Janna vd Broek	4Granted, Maaike Vos	Daniëlle Penning, Mathijs Rumping	Kelvin Muïs, Sarina Kuipers	BadBoyz, Daniëlle Penning	Kelvin Muïs, Sumera Espinel	BadBoyz, Kelvin Muïs	No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins
Judges voted to	Send through	Eliminate
Van Tijn's vote	Janna vd Broek	4Granted	Mathijs Rumping	Kelvin Muïs	Daniëlle Penning	Sumera Espinel	BadBoyz
Rookhuizen's vote	Daniëlle Penning	4Granted	Mathijs Rumping	Sarina Kuipers	BadBoyz	Kelvin Muïs	BadBoyz
Groothuizen's vote	Daniëlle Penning	Maaike Vos	Daniëlle Penning	Sarina Kuipers	Daniëlle Penning	Sumera Espinel	BadBoyz
Heuckenroth's vote	Fierce	Maaike Vos	Mathijs Rumping	Sarina Kuipers	Daniëlle Penning	Sumera Espinel	Kelvin Muïs1
Eliminated	Fierce 1 of 4 votes Minority	4Granted 2 of 4 votes Deadlock	Mathijs Rumping 3 of 4 votes Majority	Sarina Kuipers 3 of 4 votes Majority	Daniëlle Penning 3 of 4 votes Majority	Sumera Espinel 3 of 4 votes Majority	BadBoyz 3 of 4 votes Majority	Dony Vernianto Bottom	Kelvin Muïs Bottom	Maaike Vos 49% to win
	Janna vd Broek 1 of 4 votes Minority									Jaap van Reesema 51% to win

Notes
*1 Gordon didn't attend the 7th live show so Edsillia Rombley replaced him. Therefore, Edsillia was the one who cast the vote for him.

X Factor 4 (2011)

Colour key:

–	Act received the most public votes
–	A finalist who was in the Bottom 2 and had to sing again in the sing-off
–	The finalist who received the fewest votes and therefore was eliminated immediately (no sing-off)

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9		Week 10
									Round 1	Round 2
Rochelle Perts	4th	4th	4th	5th	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	Winner (week 10)
Adlicious	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	3rd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	Runner-Up (week 10)
Rolf Wienk	7th	5th	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	Eliminated (week 9)
Sim'Ran	9th	10th	8th	7th	4th	6th 24.6%	5th	5th	4th	Eliminated (week 9)
Pyke Pos	6th	1st	1st	3rd	7th	5th	4th	4th	Eliminated (week 8)
Ed Ruyer	5th	2nd	6th	4th	6th	4th	6th	Eliminated (week 7)
Sway	11th 11.3%	7th	5th	8th	5th	7th 19.2%	Eliminated (week 6)
Tim Suyderhoud	3rd	8th	7th	6th	8th	Eliminated (week 5)
Jessica Mougin	1st	6th	9th	9th	Eliminated (week 4)
Tania Christopher	10th	9th	10th	Eliminated (week 3)
Jantine Mak	8th	11th	Eliminated (week 2)
Jesse Zwaan	12th 7.2%	Eliminated (week 1)
Final showdown	Jesse Zwaan, Sway	Jantine Mak, Sim'Ran	Jessica Mougin, Tania Christopher	Jessica Mougin, Sway	Pyke Pos, Tim Suyderhoud	Sím'Ran, Sway	Ed Ruyer, Sim'Ran	Pyke Pos, Sim'Ran	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone
Van Tijn's vote to eliminate	Sway	Jantine Mak	None (Refused)	Sway	Tim Suyderhoud	Sim'Ran	Ed Ruyer	Pyke Pos
Rookhuizen's vote to eliminate	Jesse Zwaan	Sim'Ran	N/A 1	Jessica Mougin	Tim Suyderhoud	Sim'Ran	Sim'Ran	Sim'Ran
Groothuizen's vote to eliminate	Jesse Zwaan	Jantine Mak	Tania Christopher	Jessica Mougin	Tim Suyderhoud	Sway	Ed Ruyer	Pyke Pos
Heuckenroth's vote to eliminate	Sway	Jantine Mak	Tania Christopher	Jessica Mougin	Pyke Pos	Sway	Ed Ruyer	Pyke Pos ^2
Eliminated	Jesse Zwaan 2 of 4 votes Deadlock	Jantine Mak 3 of 4 votes Majority	Tania Christopher 2 of 2 votes Majority	Jessica Mougin 3 of 4 votes Majority	Tim Suyderhoud 3 of 4 votes Majority	Sway 2 of 4 votes Deadlock	Ed Ruyer 3 of 4 votes Majority	Pyke Pos 3 of 4 votes Majority	Sim'Ran Bottom	Rolf Wienk Bottom	Adlicious 27% to win
											Rochelle Perts 73% to win

• ^1 Rookhuizen was not required to vote because Heuckenroth and Groothuizen had already voted to eliminate Tania Christopher.
• ^2 Heuckenroth was not present at this show because of De Toppers In Concert, in this show Heuckenroth was replaced by Ruud de Wild. De Wild voted to eliminate Pyke Pos.

X Factor 5 (2013)

Colour key:

–	Act received the most public votes
–	A finalist who was in the Bottom 2 and had to sing again in the sing-off
–	The finalist who received the fewest votes and therefore was eliminated immediately (no sing-off)

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6
						Round 1	Round 2
Haris Alagic	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd 31.4%	Winner (week 6)
Adriaan Persons	4th	5th	1st	3rd	3rd 24.3%	1st 37.4%	Runner-Up (week 6)
B-Brave	2nd	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd 31.2%	Eliminated (week 6)
Orpheus	6th	1st	4th	4th	4th 21.9%	Eliminated (week 5)
Astrid Tan	7th	2nd	5th 16.4%	5th	Eliminated (week 4)
Brown Hill	5th	6th 9.6%	6th 10.6%	Eliminated (week 3)
Milou van Egmond	3rd	7th 9.2%	Eliminated (week 2)
Clarissa Alberg	8th	Eliminated (week 1)
Final showdown	Astrid Tan, Clarissa Alberg	Brown Hill, Milou van Egmond	Astrid Tan, Brown Hill	Astrid Tan, Orpheus	Adriaan Persons, Orpheus	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone
Bouali's vote to eliminate	Astrid Tan	Brown Hill	Brown Hill	Astrid Tan	Orpheus
Dulfer's vote to eliminate	Clarissa Alberg	Milou van Egmond	Astrid Tan	Orpheus	Adriaan Persons
Groothuizen's vote to eliminate	Clarissa Alberg	Brown Hill	Brown Hill	Astrid Tan	Orpheus
Heuckenroth's vote to eliminate	Clarissa Alberg	Milou van Egmond	Astrid Tan	Astrid Tan	Adriaan Persons
Eliminated	Clarissa Alberg 3 of 4 votes Majority	Milou van Egmond 2 of 4 votes Deadlock	Brown Hill 2 of 4 votes Deadlock	Astrid Tan 3 of 4 votes Majority	Orpheus 2 of 4 votes Deadlock	B-Brave Bottom	Adriaan Persons 36% to win
							Haris Alagic 64% to win

Dutch X Factor Trivia, disputes and controversies

In May 2010, X Factor judge, and popular Dutch singer Gordon decided to vote off popular candidate Sumera Espinel Martinez when she landed in the Bottom Two, explaining that he did not like her facial expressions. She was a Dutch audience favourite. In the official X Factor rules, the role of the jury is to ensure that any exceptional singing talents make it through, judging solely on the voice quality of the contestants. Gordon had voted off Sumera Espinel Martinez because he felt her facial expressions (he perceived them as being too arrogant) were not fitting for a potential winner, as his own personal judgment. This was in contradiction to the X Factor rules, because the jury may not vote anyone off because of their appearance.

Sumera countered Gordon's criticism, by explaining that she had been criticized for being too humble and a bit insecure, and so, that "[she had been asked] to be secure and confident, which is what [she] did."

Sumera Espinel Martinez had received a great majority of the votes, in comparison to her fellow Bottom Two contestant Kelvin. Gordon's voting off of Sumera heaved great controversy among viewers; various petitions were created boycotting the show, and criticizing its format. In an interview with Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, Gordon was quoted as saying she was too Nederland 3 (meaning that she was too arrogant). An initial article about the controversy was published on the Dutch MSN, at first in a fairly neutral light, but later edited in Gordon's favor. [1]

In the following episode, Gordon could not participate for one show because he was giving a concert with his group, De Toppers in the Amsterdam Arena. Edsilia Rombley was asked as guest judge/coach for him, in this episode. His last remaining act, BadBoyz was voted off on this episode. As a consequence, Gordon threatened to leave X Factor. He later explained however, that, "it was not the elimination of BadBoyz, but the jury's criticisms that caused me to reconsider my job. I will attend the show on Friday unless something else comes up."

According to De Telegraaf, Gordon has sent his driver to the X Factor studio, to withdraw his colleagues' invitations for De Toppers in Concert. "They are not welcome at my De Toppers concert at the Arena. I haven't licked my wounds yet, and they've simply taken revenge on my BadBoyz act. I find it shameful!" He was particularly angered at the remarks of Stacey Rookhuizen. "It does not make any sense to me, that Boy and J-Me [the two members of the BadBoyz] looked homosexual; this has nothing to do with their ability as artists. They were merely mocking my sexual orientation!" [2]

At the start of the show following the controversy, hosts Wendy and Martijn clearly remarked that Gordon's absence had nothing to do with Sumera's elimination. Following the BadBoyz' elimination, Wendy van Dijk further remarked that "the boys were better off getting a hug from [guest judge/coach] Edsilia Rombley, than from Gordon."

Gordon reportedly sent an email to the administration of RTL, with his criticisms of the way the BadBoyz' elimination was handled. The email supposedly included criticisms of all jury members, as well as hosts Wendy van Dijk and Martijn Krabbé. The exact content of the email was not released to the public. [3]

Henkjan Smits, famous for himself being a previous X-Factor and Idols judge, remarked that he found this year's candidates "below average." He was concerned that all those with potential had been sent home by the jury prematurely, due to the coach/judging system. Smits had always been critical of the X-Factor "formula."

Henkjan Smits: "The Jury is insulted if I say that this year's talent isn't that great, but I'm simply a viewer now. The start of this season was so promising, but it ended very disappointing," he was quoted as saying to Veronica Magazine." [4]

References

'She is too much channel 3'[5]

External links

• X Factor at rtl.nl (Official website – in Dutch)