X Factor (Brazilian TV series)

X Factor was a Brazilian reality television music competition show created by Simon Cowell and produced by FremantleMedia and Syco Entertainment, which airs on Band, with reruns airing the following day on TNT. The series premiered on August 29, 2016.

X Factor
Genre	Reality television Dance Talent show
Created by	ITV (TV network) Simon Cowell
Presented by	Fernanda Paes Leme
Judges	Alinne Rosa Rick Bonadio Paulo Miklos Di Ferrero
Country of origin	Brazil
Original language	Portuguese
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Running time	120 minutes
Production companies	Syco Entertainment Thames
Original release
Network	Band TNT
Release	August 29 (2016-08-29) – November 23, 2016 (2016-11-23)
Related
The X Factor (franchise)

A second season was announced on 2017, but was canceled on the same year.^[1][2] As of January 2024, it is unknown if a second season will be reconsidered.

Production

Based on the original UK show, and an addition to The X Factor franchise, the series found new singing talent (solo artists and groups ages 16 and over), drawn from public auditions, and they competed against each other for votes.

The winner was determined by the show's viewers via telephone, the Internet, and SMS text voting, and was awarded a recording contract with Sony Music Brasil.

The original judging panel consisted of Rick Bonadio, Alinne Rosa, Di Ferrero and Paulo Miklos, with Fernanda Paes Leme as main host and Mauricio Meirelles as social media correspondent.^[3]

In November 2016, it was confirmed that the programme would be returning for a second season, airing in 2017. However, it was later cancelled in July 2017.^[1]

Format

Categories

The show is primarily concerned with identifying singing talent, though appearance, personality, stage presence and dance routines are also an important element of many performances. Each judge is assigned one of four categories: "Boys" (aged 16–24 males), "Girls" (aged 16–24 females), "Over 25s" (solo acts aged 25 and over), and "Groups" (including duos). Through the live shows, the judges act as mentors to their category, helping to decide song choices, styling and staging, while judging contestants from other categories.

Stages

There are five stages to the competition:

• Stage 1: Producers' auditions (these auditions decide who will sing in front of the judges)
• Stage 2: Judges' auditions
• Stage 3: Boot camp
• Stage 4: Four-chair challenge
• Stage 5: Live shows (finals)

Series overview

  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Boys" category
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Girls" category
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Over 25s" category
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Groups" category

Season	Start	Finish	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Winning mentor	Host	Judges
1	August 29, 2016	November 23, 2016	Cristopher Clark	Jenni Mosello	Ravena	Rick Bonadio	Fernanda Paes Leme	Paulo Miklos Di Ferrero Alinne Rosa Rick Bonadio

Judges and hosts

Judges

• Judges gallery
• 
  Alinne Rosa (2016)
• 
  Paulo Miklos (2016)
• 
  Di Ferrero (2016)
• 
  Rick Bonadio (2016)

Hosts

• Hosts gallery
• 
  Fernanda Paes Leme (2016)

Judges' categories and their contestants

Each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses four acts to progress to the live finals. This table shows, for each season, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live finals.

  – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.

Season	Rick Bonadio	Alinne Rosa	Di Ferrero	Paulo Miklos
1	Over 25s Cristopher Clark Rafael Oliveira Prih Queiroz Tamires Alves	Girls Jenni Mosello Heloá Holanda Naomi Dominguez Ariane Villa Lobos	Boys Conrado Bragança Diego Martins Miguel EV Eli	Groups Ravena Valter Jr. & Vinícius TropeirÁfrica O Clã

Ratings

Season	Premiered		Ended		Timeslot (BRT)	TV season	Season viewers
	Date	Viewers (in points)	Date	Viewers (in points)
1	August 29, 2016	3.3	November 23, 2016	2.5	Monday 10:30 pm (performance show)	2016–17	2.5
					Wednesday 10:30 pm (results show)

• Each point represents a specific number of households in São Paulo.

2016: 69.000 households