X Factor (Czech and Slovak series)

X Factor Slovakia is a Czech and Slovak reality television music competition created by Simon Cowell and produced by FremantleMedia, on TV Prima and TV JOJ. Based on the original UK show, and an addition to the The X Factor franchise, the series finds new singing talent (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 the show's viewers SMS text voting, 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.

In December it was announced casting in Czech Republic. TV Prima broadcasting this season for Czech viewers and TV JOJ for Slovakian.

History

TV Prima and TV JOJ has licence for X Factor since 2011. Season in 2012 and 2013 was cancelled. In winter 2013, open casting was held in Slovakia and later in Czech Republic. In first season are 4 category: Boys, Girls, Groups and Over 28s. On January 3, 2014 the first judge of judging panel was announced - Celeste Buckingham. In January 21, 2014 was announced host Martin "Pyco" Rausch. On January 29, the entire judging panel was announced, including Celeste Buckingham, Sisa Sklovská, Ondřej Brzobohatý and Oto Klempíř.

Castings

Producers casting in Slovakia

Producers casting in Czech Republic

Castings in the Czech Republic were scheduled for 14 and 15 December but was held a month later. Open castings, which are already included as an official jury and the audience were filmed from 3 to 10 February in Bratislava Incheba Expo Arena.

Bratislava	Bratislava Judges Casting

Bootcamp

This phase of the competition was filmed in the days 10 to 12 February also in Bratislava Incheba Expo Arena. To bootcamp was 104 contestants and at the end of bootcamp was the top 20 contestants in all four categories assigned to his mentor.

The 20 successful acts were:

• Boys: Matěj Bláha, Lukáš Grüner, Tibor Gyurcsík, Tomáš Kaliarik, Matěj Vávra
• Girls: Kristína Kušnírová, Marina Laduda, Dáša Šarközyová, Katarína Ščevlíková, Anh La Thi Quynh
• Over 28s: Monika Agrebi, Peter Bažík, Brigita Szelidová, Bronislav Vařílek, Miroslaw Witkowski
• Groups: Crabslide, Lady Jam, Ricco & Claudia, The Joy$, The Moment

Judges houses

5 contestants from each category were invited to homes his mentors that have emerged two best in each category. These are then fightin live shows.

Finalists

Key

     – Winner

     – Runner-up

     – Third place

Live shows

Results summary

Key

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

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

     – Contestant received the most public votes

Week 1 (May 11)

• Theme: Absolute hits^[1]
• Musical guests: Celeste Buckingham

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Brzobohatý: Matěj Vávra
• Buckingham: Marina Laduda
• Sklovská: Marina Laduda
• Klempíř: Marina Laduda

Week 2 (May 18)

• Theme: Dedication songs
• Musical guests: Ondřej Brzobohatý a Peter Cmorík, Peter Bič Project

Judges' votes to eliminate

• Brzobohatý: Brigita Szelidová
• Buckingham: Brigita Szelidová
• Sklovská: Matěj Vávra
• Klempíř: Matěj Vávra

Week 3: Final (May 25)

• Theme: Free choice; Mentor duet; Winner's song
• Musical guests: Richard Müller and Fragile

Part 1

Part 2

References