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 Main host(s) Main judges One 9 March 2014 25 May 2014Peter BažíkRicco & ClaudiaSisa Sklovská Martin "Pyco" Rausch Celeste BuckinghamOndřej BrzobohatýSisa SklovskáOto 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 GyurcsíkMatěj Vávra Girls Katarína ŠčevlíkováMarina Laduda Over 28s Peter BažíkBrigita Szelidová Groups Ricco & ClaudiaThe Joy$
References
External links Official website Czech Republic Official website Slovakia