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 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.

X Factor
Hosted byMartin "Pyco" Raushc
JudgesOndřej Brzobohatý
Sisa Sklovská
Celeste Buckingham
Oto Klempíř
WinnerPeter Bažík
Runner-upRicco & Claudia
Release
Original networkTV Prima, TV JOJ
Original releaseMarch 9 (2014-03-09) 
May 25, 2014 (2014-05-25)

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. On 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

City Date Place Time
Bratislava, Slovakia December 14, 2013 Dom odborov, Trnavské Mýto 1 09.00–13.00
Košice, Slovakia December 14, 2013 CVČ, prevádzka Popradská 86 09.00–12.00
Námestovo, Slovakia December 14, 2013 Dom kultúry, Štefánikova 208/7 09.00–12.00
Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia December 14, 2013 CVČ ADAM, Hutnícka ul. 15.00–18.00
Nitra, Slovakia December 14, 2013 Hotel Mikado, Hollého 11 15.00–18.00
Komárno, Slovakia December 14, 2013 Dom Matice slovenskej, Nám. M. R. Štefánika 6 15.00–18.00
Prešov, Slovakia December 15, 2013 Základná škola, Kúpeľná 2 09.00–12.00
Banská Bystrica, Slovakia December 15, 2013 Hotel Arcade, Nám. SNP 5 09.00–12.00
Trenčín, Slovakia December 15, 2013 Grand hotel, Palackého 3477 09.00–12.00
Bardejov, Slovakia December 15, 2013 Gymnázium Leonarda Stӧckela, Jiráskova 12 14.00–17.00
Nitra, Slovakia December 15, 2013 Hotel Mikado, Hollého 11 15.00–18.00
Žilina, Slovakia December 15, 2013 Dom Odborov, Antona Bernoláka 51 15.00–18.00

Producers casting in Czech Republic

City Date Place Time
Jihlava, Czech Republic January 18, 2014 Křesťanská základní škola, nám. Svobody 09.00–12.00
Brno, Czech Republic January 18, 2014 Základní škola Rašínova, Rašínova 15.00–19.00
Plzeň, Czech Republic January 18, 2014 Benešova základní škola a mateřská škola, Doudlevecká 09.00–12.00
Praha 1, Czech Republic January 18, 2014 Vyšší odborná škola a Střední průmyslová škola dopravní, Masná 15.00–21.00
Olomouc, Czech Republic January 19, 2014 Základní škola a Mateřská škola logopedická, třída Svornosti 15.00–21.00
Ostrava, Czech Republic January 19, 2014 Střední škola elektrotechnická, Na Jízdárně 16.00–19.00
Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic January 19, 2014 Obchodní akademie a jazyková škola s právem státní jazykové zkoušky 15.00–18.00
Liberec, Czech Republic January 19, 2014 Základní škola s rozšířenou výukou jazyků, ul. Husova 09.00–12.00

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

Bratislava
Judges Casting

Bootcamp

This phase of the competition was filmed in the days February 10 to 12 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.

Summary of judges' houses
Judge Category Location Assistant Eliminated Contestants
Oto Klepíř Groups Music club SaSaZu (Prague) Nightwork Crabslide, Lady Jam, The Moment
Ondřej Brzobohatý Girls Obecní dům (Prague) Karel Gott Kristína Kušnírová, Dáša Šarközyová, Anh La Thi Quynh
Celeste Buckingham Boys Kempinsky River Park (Bratislava) Richard Müller Matěj Bláha, Lukáš Grüner, Tomáš Kaliarik
Sisa Sklovská Over 28s Sisa's home (Bratislava) Helena Vondráčková Monika Agrebi, Bronislav Vařílek, Miroslaw Witkowski

Finalists

Key
  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third place
Category (mentor) Acts
Boys (Buckingham) Tibor Gyurcsík Matěj Vávra
Girls (Brzobohatý) Marina Laduda Katarína Ščevlíková
Over 28s (Sklovská) Peter Bažík Brigita Szelidová
Groups (Klempíř) Ricco & Claudia The Joy$

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
Weekly results per contestant
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Peter Bažík Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner
(week 3)
Ricco & Claudia Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up
(week 3)
Tibor Gyurcsík Safe Safe Safe 3rd Eliminated
(week 3)
Katarína Ščevlíková Safe Safe Bottom three Eliminated
(week 3)
The Joy$ Safe Safe Bottom three Eliminated
(week 3)
Matěj Vávra Bottom two 6th Bottom three Eliminated
(week 3)
Brigita Szelidová Safe 7th Eliminated
(week 2)
Marina Laduda Bottom two Eliminated
(week 1)
Final showdown Marina Laduda Brigita Szelidová Final showdown or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone
Matěj Vávra Matěj Vávra
Brzobohatý's vote to eliminate Matěj Vávra Brigita Szelidová
Buckingham's vote to eliminate Marina Laduda Brigita Szelidová
Sklovská's vote to eliminate Marina Laduda Matěj Vávra
Klempíř's vote to eliminate Marina Laduda Matěj Vávra
Eliminated Marina Laduda
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Brigita Szelidová
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock
The Joy$
Public vote
to save
Tibor Gyurcsík
Public vote
to win
Ricco & Claudia
Public vote
to win
Katarína Ščevlíková
Public vote
to save
Matěj Vávra
Public vote
to save

Week 1 (May 11)

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song[2] Result
The Joy$ 1 "How We Do (Party)" Safe
Tibor Gyurcsík 2 "Breakeven" Safe
Peter Bažík 3 "Love Me Again" Safe
Marina Laduda 4 "Like a Virgin" Bottom two
Ricco & Claudia 5 "Hallelujah" Safe
Katarína Ščevlíková 6 "Where Is the Love?" Safe
Matěj Vávra 7 "Sexy and I Know It" Bottom two
Brigita Szelidová 8 "You Are So Beautiful" Safe
Sing-off details
Matěj Vávra 1 "Give Me Love" Safe
Marina Laduda 2 "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" Eliminated
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
Contestants performances in the second live show
Act Order Song Result
Tibor Gyurcsík 1 "Save the World" Safe
Brigita Szelidová 2 "When I Fall in Love" Bottom two
The Joy$ 3 "I Love It" Safe
Peter Bažík 4 "Wake Me Up" Safe
Katarína Ščevlíková 5 "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" Safe
Matěj Vávra 6 "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You" Bottom two
Ricco & Claudia 7 "Purple Rain" Safe
Sing-off details
Brigita Szelidová 1 "Let It Be" Eliminated
Matěj Vávra 2 "Incomplete" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Klempíř: Matěj Vávra
  • Sklovská: Matěj Vávra
  • Buckingham: Brigita Szelidová
  • Brzobohatý: Brigita Szelidová

With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Szelidová received the fewest public votes and was eliminated.

Week 3: Final (May 25)

  • Theme: Free choice; Mentor duet; Winner's song
  • Musical guests: Richard Müller and Fragile
Part 1
Contestants performances in the third live show
Act Order Free choice song Result
Katarína Ščevlíková 1 "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)" Eliminated
Matěj Vávra 2 "Earth Song" Eliminated
The Joy$ 3 "Diamonds" Eliminated
Tibor Gyurcsík 4 "Skyfall" Safe
Ricco & Claudia 5 "Je Suis Malade" Safe
Peter Bažík 6 "Locked Out of Heaven" Safe
Part 2
Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Order Mentor duet song Order Winner's song Result
Peter Bažík 1 "Proud Mary" (with Sisa Sklovská) 4 "When I Was Your Man" Winner
Ricco & Claudia 2 "Read All About It" (with Oto Klempíř) 5 "Hoy Tengo Ganas de Ti" Runner-up
Tibor Gyurcsík 3 "Say Something" (with Celeste Buckingham) N/A (already eliminated) Third place

References

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