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The X Factor

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The X Factor is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for Pop Idol (2001-2003), and has been adapted in various countries. The "X Factor" of the title refers to the undefinable "something" that makes for star quality.

Similar to Got Talent, the franchise maintains a YouTube channel, called X Factor Global. The channel uploads clips of X Factor shows from around the world. The channel currently has over 3 million subscribers. Additionally, many individual X Factor shows have their own YouTube channels such as X Factor Latvia.

01The X Factor around the world

There have been a total of 256 winners of The X Factor worldwide.

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Country/Region	Local title	Network	Hosts	Judges	Winner
Albania Kosovo	X Factor	TV Klan	Alketa Vejsiu	Pandi Laço (1-4) Alban Skënderaj (1-4) Vesa Luma (1) Juliana Pasha (1) Altuna Sejdiu (2-3) Miriam Cani (4) Bleona Qereti (4) Adi Krasta (5-6) Arilena Ara (5-6) Young Zerka (5-6) Elhaida Dani (5; judges' houses, 6) Soni Malaj (2-3; live shows, 6)	Season 1, 2012: Sheila Haxhiraj Season 2, 2012-13: Arilena Ara Season 3, 2013-14: Ergi Dini Season 4, 2015: Edea Demaliaj Season 5, 2023-24: Alis Kallaçi Season 6, 2024-25: Rigersa Loka Season 7, 2026-27: Upcoming season
Albania Kosovo	X Factor Kids	TV Klan	Alketa Vejsiu	Bojken Lako Fifi Oriola Marashi Pirro Çako	Season 1, 2025-26: Eden Dani
Algeria	X Factor El Djazair	Echorouk TV	Racha Mokrane	Cheb Mami Fella Ababsa Soolking	Season 1, 2026: Upcoming season
Arab world	The X Factor سير النجاحX	Current Dubai TV (5, ) Former Rotana (1-2) CBC (3) MBC1 (4)	Current Sheema (5, ) Former Nathalie Maamary (1) Joelle Rahme (1-2) Yosra El Lozy (3) Bassel Alzaro (3-4) Wael Mansour (4) Daniella Rahme (4)	Current Ragheb Alama (4, ) Rahma Riad (6, ) Fayez Al Saeed (6, ) Former Nelly (1) Michel Elefteriades (1-2) Khaled El Sheikh (1-2) Anoushka (2) Carole Samaha (3) Hussain Al Jasmi (3) Wael Kfoury (3) Elissa (3-4) Donia Samir Ghanem (4) Angham (5) Abdallah Al Rowaished (5)	Season 1, 2006: Rajaa Kasabni Season 2, 2007: Muhammad El Majzoub Season 3, 2013: Mohammed Rifi Season 4, 2015: Hamza Hawsawi Season 5, 2023-24: Haneen Elshater Season 6, 2024-25: Abdulrahim Al-Halabi Season 7, TBA: Awaiting Confirmation
Armenia	ԻՔՍ-ՖԱԿՏՈՐ X-Factor	Shant TV	Aram Mp3 (1-2) Grisha Aghakhanyan (3-4) Avet Barseghyan (3)	Egor Glumov (1, 3) Garik Papoyan (1-4) Gisane Palyan (1-2) Naira Gyurjinyan (1-2) André (2-4) Emmy (3) Erik Karapetyan (4) Shushanik Arevshatyan (4)	Season 1, 2010-11: Vrezh Kirakosyan Season 2, 2012-13: Kim Grigoryan Season 3, 2014: Vahé Margaryan Season 4, 2016-17: Edgar Ghandilyan
Armenia	X Factor Kids	Shant TV	Gohar Gasparyan Anahit Grigoryan	André Emmy Masha	Season 1, 2026: Upcoming season
Australia	The X Factor	Network Ten (1) Seven Network (2-8)	Daniel MacPherson (1) Luke Jacobz (2-7) Jason Dundas (8) Chloe Maxwell (The Xtra Factor, 1) Natalie Garonzi (The Xtra Factor, 2)	Mark Holden (1) Kate Ceberano (1) John Reid (1) Guy Sebastian (2-4, 7-8) Natalie Imbruglia (2) Ronan Keating (2-6) Kyle Sandilands (2) Natalie Bassingthwaighte (3-6) Mel B (3-4, 8) Dannii Minogue (5-7) Redfoo (5-6) James Blunt (7) Chris Isaak (7) Iggy Azalea (8) Adam Lambert (8)	Season 1, 2005: Random Season 2, 2010: Altiyan Childs Season 3, 2011: Reece Mastin Season 4, 2012: Samantha Jade Season 5, 2013: Dami Im Season 6, 2014: Marlisa Punzalan Season 7, 2015: Cyrus Villanueva Season 8, 2016: Isaiah Firebrace
Balkan countries Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Macedonia Montenegro Serbia	X Factor Adria	TV Sitel (1-2) Federalna (1-2) RTV Pink (1) RTL Televizija (2) Prva (2) RTRS (2)	Ana Grubin (live shows, 1) Bane Jevtić (Auditions, backstage, 1) Snezana Velkov (Auditions, backstage, 1) Una Senić (X Star, judges' houses, 1) Antonija Blaće (selection process, live shows, 2) Aleksandar Radojičić (selection process, live shows, 2) Nikolina Pišek (backstage, 2)	Željko Joksimović (1-2) Emina Jahović (1) Kiki Lesendrić (1) Kristina Kovač (1) Aleksandra Kovač (2) Massimo Savić^† (2) Tonči Huljić (2)	Season 1, 2013-14: Daniel Kajmakoski Season 2, 2015: Amel Ćurić
Belarus	Current Factor BY (2, ) Former X Factor Belarus (1)	Belteleradiocompany	Vladimir Bogdan Marianna Murenkova	Current Olga Buzova Denis Klyaver (4, ) Stanislav Yarushin (4, ) Vladimir Gromov (4, ) Former Sergey Sosedov (1-2) Ruslan Alekhno (1-3) Seryoga (1-3) Yosyf Pryhozhyn (3)	2020: Cancelled Season 1, 2021: Andrey Panisov Season 2, 2022-23: Ivan Dyatlov Season 3, 2023-24: Danyil Savenia Season 4, 2024-25: Vitaliy Bogdanov Season 5, 2025-26: Ibragim Karasov Season 6, 2026-27: Upcoming season
Belarus	Factor BY: Children	Belteleradiocompany	Sergey Minaev Elena Meraai	Nkeeei Anastasia Kravchenko Alexey Vorobyov Zara	Season 1, 2026: Vlad Tabola
Belgium	X Factor	vtm	Koen Wauters (1) Hadise (2)	Kris Wauters (1-2) Jean Blaute (1) Liliane Saint-Pierre (1) Maurice Engelen (2) Do (2)	Season 1, 2005: Udo Mechels Season 2, 2008: Dirk De Smet
Bolivia	Factor X Bolivia	Red Uno	Carlos Rocabado Ximena Zalzer	Ángel López (1) Andrés Barba (1-2) Mayra Gonzales (1-2) Matamba (2) Chris Syler (1-2)	Season 1, 2018: Juan Lovera Season 2, 2019: DÚO MÍA
Brazil	X Factor	Band Website TNT	Fernanda Paes Leme (X Factor) Maurício Meirelles (Pré-Factor)	Rick Bonadio Alinne Rosa Di Ferrero Paulo Miklos	Season 1, 2016: Cristopher Clark
Bulgaria	X Factor	Nova TV Website	Deo (1) Maria Ignatova (2-5) Alexandra Raeva (2-5)	Maga (1) Maria Ilieva (1-3) Poli Genova (1) Vasko Vasilev (1) Lubo Kirov (2-3, 5) Sanya Armutlieva (2-5) Zaki (2-3, 5) Krisko (4-5) Lucy Diakovska (4) Magarditch Halvadjian (4)	Season 1, 2011: Raffi Boghosyan Season 2, 2013: Zhana Bergendorff Season 3, 2014-15: Slavin Slavchev Season 4, 2015-16: Christiana Louizu Season 5, 2017: 4 Magic
Cambodia	X Factor Cambodia	Hangmeas Website	Chea Vibol Chan Keonimol	Aok Sokunkanha Khemarak Sereymun Nop Bayyareth Sok Seylalin	Season 1, 2019: Chan Sopanha
Chile	Factor X	TVN Website	Julián Elfenbein	Tito Beltrán (1-2) Karen Doggenweiler (1-2) Zeta Bosio (1) Mon Laferte (2) José Luis Rodríguez (2)	Season 1, 2011: Sergio Járlaz Season 2, 2012: Juan Gabriel Valenzuela
China	The X Factor: Ji Qing Chang Xiang The X Factor 激情唱响 The X Factor: Passionate Singer (1) The X Factor: 中国最强音 The X Factor: China's Strongest Voice (2)	Liaoning TV (1) HBS:Hunan TV (2)	Da Zuo (1) Shao Wenjie (1) Zhu Dan (2) He Jiong (2)	Angie Chai Chih-ping (1) Aduo (1) Chen Ming (1) Chen Yufan (1) Eason Chan Yik-shun (2) Lo Ta-yu (2) Zheng Jun (2) Zhang Ziyi (3)	Season 1, 2011: Li Shangshang Season 2, 2012: Chen Yumeng
Colombia	El Factor X The X Factor	RCN TV Website	Andrea Serna (1-3) Karen Martínez (4) Mauricio Vélez (4) Laura González (5, )	Current José Gaviria Rosana (4, ) Piso 21 (4, ) Carolina Gaitán (5, ) Former Marbelle (1-3) Juan Carlos Coronel (1-3)	Season 1, 2005: Julio César Meza Season 2, 2006: Francisco Villarreal Season 3, 2009: Siam Season 4, 2021: Madeiro (José David Madero) Season 5, 2022: Heyner Usprung Season 6, TBA: Awaiting Confirmation
	El Factor X: Batalla de las Estrellas The X Factor: Battle of the Stars		Andrea Serna	Marbelle José Gaviria Juan Carlos Coronel	Season 1, 2006: Luz Amparo Álvarez
	El Factor Xs			Marbelle José Gaviria Juan Carlos Coronel (1, 3) Wilfrido Vargas (2)	Season 1, 2006: Andres Camilo Hurtado Season 2, 2007: Camilo Echeverry Correa Season 3, 2011: Shaira Selena Peláez
	El Factor X Familia			Marbelle José Gaviria Juan Carlos Coronel Reykon	Season 1, 2015: Dúo Herencia
Czech Republic	X Factor	TV Nova Website	Leoš Mareš	Gabriela Osvaldová Ondřej Soukup Petr Janda	Season 1, 2008: Jiří Zonyga
Czech Republic Slovakia	X Factor	Prima family Website TV JOJ Website	Martin Rausch	Celeste Buckingham Ondřej Brzobohatý Sisa Sklovská Oto Klempíř	Season 1, 2014: Peter Bažík
Denmark	X Factor	Current TV 2 (12-) Former DR (1-11)	Current Maria Fantino (17-) Former Lise Rønne (1-2, 4-5, 14 Live Shows) Signe Muusman (3) Signe Molde (6) Eva Harlou (7-8) Sofie Linde Ingversen (9-16) Joakim Ingversen (11 from 1st to 2nd live shows) Melvin Kakooza (14 Bootcamp) Emil Thorup (Xtra Factor, 6) Thomas Skov (X Factor Backstage, 8) Joakim Ingversen (Ultra Factor, 9-11) Jacob Riising (Ultra Factor, 11) Rasmus Brohave (Z Factor, 12)	Current Thomas Blachman (1-2, 4-) Drew Sycamore (19-) Benjamin Hav (19-) Former Lina Rafn (1-2, 7-8) Remee (1-3, 7-11) Soulshock (3) Pernille Rosendahl (3-5) Cutfather (4-5) Ida Corr (6) Anne Linnet (6) Mette Lindberg (9-10) Sanne Salomonsen (11) Oh Land (12-14, 17-18) Ankerstjerne (12-13) Martin Jensen (14-15) Kwamie Liv (15-16) Simon Kvamm (16-18)	Season 1, 2008: Martin Hoberg Hedegaard Season 2, 2009: Linda Andrews Season 3, 2010: Thomas Ring Petersen Season 4, 2011: Sarah Skaalum Jørgensen Season 5, 2012: Ida Østergaard Madsen Season 6, 2012-13: Chresten Falck Damborg Season 7, 2014: Anthony Jasmin Season 8, 2015: Emilie Esther Season 9, 2016: Embrace Season 10, 2016-17: Morten Nørgaard Season 11, 2018: Place on Earth Season 12, 2019: Kristian Kjærlund Season 13, 2020: Alma Agger Season 14, 2021: Solveig Lindelof Season 15, 2022: Mads Moldt Season 16, 2023: ROSÉL Season 17, 2024: Helene Frank Season 18, 2024-25: Leslie Nguyen Season 19, 2026: Hugo Almeida Season 20, 2027: Upcoming Season
Ecuador	Factor X Kids Ecuador	Ecuavisa	Ursula Strenge	Jorge Luis del Hierro (1) Pamela Cortéz (1) Maykel Cedeño (1)	Season 1, 2015: Celena Rosero
Finland	X Factor	MTV3	Heikki Paasonen (1) Ile Uusivuori (2) Viivi Pumpanen (2) Jukka Rossi (Xtra Factor, 1)	Linda Brava (1) Renne Korppila (1) Gugi Kokljuschkin (1) Saara Aalto (2) Michael Monroe (2) Mikael Gabriel (2) Suvi Teräsniska (2)	Season 1, 2010: Elias Hämäläinen Season 2, 2018: Tika Liljegren
France	X Factor	W9 (1) M6 (2) RTL-TVI	Alexandre Devoise (1) Sandrine Corman (2) Jérôme Anthony (F@n Factor, 2)	Marc Cerrone (1) Julie Zenatti (1) Alain Lanty (1) Henry Padovani (2) Olivier Schultheis (2) Véronic DiCaire (2) Christophe Willem (2)	Season 1, 2009: Sébastien Agius Season 2, 2011: Matthew Raymond-Barker
Georgia	X Factor Georgia X ფაქტორი	Rustavi 2 (1-4) Imedi TV (5)	Gega Palavandishvili (1) la Sukhitashvili (1) Giorgi Kipshidze (2) Ruska Makashvili (3-5) Erekle Getsadze (3) Vaniko Tarkhnishvili (4-5)	Giorgi Gabunia (1-4) Tamta (1-2, 5) Sopho Toroshelidze (1) Stephane Mgebrishvili (1, 4-5) Sofia Nizharadze (2-4) Anri Jokhadze (2, 5) Nina Sublatti (3) Nika Gvaramia (3) Dato Porchkhidze (3) Lela Tsurtsumia (4) Naniko Khazaradze (5) Dato Evgenidze (5)	Season 1, 2014: Tornike Kipiani Season 2, 2015: Giorgi Nakashidze Season 3, 2016: Avto Abeslamidze Season 4, 2017: Sandro Kurcxalidze Season 5, 2018: Anri Guchmanidze
Germany	X Factor	VOX (1-3) Sky 1 (4)	Jochen Schropp (1-3) Charlotte Würdig (4) Bence Istenes (4) Janin Reinhardt (backstage, 2)	Sarah Connor (1-3) Till Brönner (1-2) George Glueck (1) Das Bo (2) Sandra Nasic (3) HP Baxxter (3) Moses Pelham (3) Sido (4) Iggy Uriarte (4) Jennifer Rostock (4) Thomas Anders (4)	Season 1, 2010: Edita Abdieski Season 2, 2011: David Pfeffer Season 3, 2012: Mrs. Greenbird Season 4, 2018: EES & The Yes-Ja! Band
Greece Cyprus	The X Factor	ANT1 (1-3) Skai TV (4-5) Sigma TV (4-5) Open TV (6) Omega (6) Mega TV (7) Alpha TV Cyprus (7)	Sakis Rouvas (1-5) Despina Vandi (6) Giorgos Lianos (auditions, 1-3) Despina Kampouri (auditions, 1-2) Maria Sinatsaki (auditions, 3) Evangelia Aravani (backstage, 4-5) Aris Makris (backstage, 6) Andreas Georgiou (7) Ilias Bogdanos (backstage, 7) Katerina Lioliou (backstage, 7)	Giorgos Theofanous (1-4, 6) George Levendis (1-3) Katerina Gagaki (1-3) Nikos Mouratidis (1-3) Tamta (4-5) Peggy Zina (4) Thodoris Marantinis (4) Giorgos Papadopoulos (5) Babis Stokas (5) Giorgos Mazonakis† (5) Melina Aslanidou (6) Michael Tsaousopoulos (6) Christos Mastoras (6-7) Mariza Rizou (7) Michalis Kouinelis (7) Stelios Rokkos (7)	Season 1, 2008-09: Loukas Giorkas Season 2, 2009-10: Stavros Michalakakos Season 3, 2010-11: Haris Antoniou Season 4, 2016: Andreas Leontas Season 5, 2017: Panagiotis Koufogiannis Season 6, 2019: Giannis Grosis Season 7, 2022: Katerina Lazaridou
Hungary	X-Faktor	RTL Website	Current Babett Köllő (14-) Márk Ember (14-) Former Nóra Ördög (1-3) Balázs Sebestyén (1) Lilu (4) Bence Istenes (4-6) Ramóna Kiss (7-9) Dávid Miller (10-13) Joci Pápai (12-13) Dóra Kovács (backstage, 6) Alexandra Koholák (backstage, 7) Zsófi Szabó (backstage, 8-9)	Current Laci Gáspár (6-) ByeAlex (6-11,14-) Péter Majoros (12-) Solére (14-) Former Peti Puskás (6-11) Erika Herceg (11) Péter Geszti (1-4) Ildikó Keresztes (1-3) Miklós Malek (1-3) Feró Nagy (1-3) Róbert Alföldi (4-5) Róbert Szikora (4-5) Gabi Tóth (4-6) Little G Weevil (5) Gigi Radics (7-8) Bogi Dallos (9) Adél Csobot (10) Andrea Tóth (12-13) Milán Valkusz (12-13)	Season 1, 2010: Csaba Vastag Season 2, 2011: Tibor Kocsis Season 3, 2012: Gergő Oláh Season 4, 2013: Dóra Danics Season 5, 2014: Andi Tóth Season 6, 2016: Barbara Opitz Season 7, 2017: Ricco & Claudia Season 8, 2018: USNK Season 9, 2019: Tibor Ruszó Season 10, 2021: ALEE Season 11, 2022: Bernadett Solyom Season 12, 2024: Krisztián Fehér Season 13, 2025: Belano Season 14, 2026: Current Season
Iceland	X Factor	Stöð 2 Website	Halla Vilhjálmsdóttir (1)	Einar Bárðarson (1) Elínborg Halldórsdóttir (1) Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson (1)	Season 1, 2006-07: Jógvan Hansen
India	X Factor India	Sony Entertainment TV Website	Aditya Narayan	Sonu Nigam Shreya Ghoshal Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Season 1, 2011: Geet Sagar
Indonesia	X Factor Indonesia	RCTI Website	Robby Purba	Judika (3-4) Marcello Tahitoe (4) Bunga Citra Lestari (3-4) Ariel "Noah" (3-4) Vidi Aldiano^† (4) Anggun (1) Ahmad Dhani (1-2) Bebi Romeo (1-2) Rossa (1-3) Afgan (2) Anang Hermansyah (3)	Season 1, 2012-13: Fatin Shidqia Season 2, 2015: Jebe & Petty Season 3, 2021-22: Alvin Jonathan Season 4, 2023-24: Peter Holly
Iran	Stage	Manoto	Raha Etemadi	Shahram Azar Hamed Nikpay Babak Saeedi Reza Rohani	Season 1, 2016: Amirhossein Eftekhari Season 2, 2017: Alireza Saremi
Israel	The X Factor ישראל The X Factor Israel	Channel 2 (1-2) Reshet (1-2) Reshet 13 (3-4) Website	Bar Refaeli (1-3) Liron Weizman (4)	Moshe Peretz (1-3) Ivri Lider (1-3) Rami Fortis (1-2) Shiri Maimon (1-3) Subliminal (3) Netta Barzilai (4) Ran Danker (4) Aviv Geffen (4) Margol (4) Miri Mesika (4)	Season 1, 2013-14: Rose Fostanes Season 2, 2015: Daniel Yafe Season 3, 2017-18: Eden Alene Season 4, 2021-22: Michael Ben David
Italy	X Factor	Current Sky Uno (5-) TV8 (9-) Website Former Rai 2 (1-4)	Current Giorgia (18-) Former Francesca Michielin (16-17) Ludovico Tersigni (15) Alessandro Cattelan (5-14) Francesco Facchinetti (1-4; Xtra Factor, 4) Alessandra Barzaghi (Xtra Factor, 4) Max Novaresi (Xtra Factor, 5-6) Brenda Lodigiani (Xtra Factor, 5-6) Matteo Bordone (Xtra Factor, 7-8) Mara Maionchi (Xtra Factor, 8-11) Aurora Ramazzotti (X Factor daily, 9-11) Daniela Collu (Xtra Factor, 9-13)	Current Paola Iezzi (18-) Jake La Furia (18-) Francesco Gabbani (19-) Irama (20-) Former Morgan (1-3, 5-8, 17) Mara Maionchi (1-4, 11-13) Simona Ventura (1-2, 5-7) Claudia Mori (3) Anna Tatangelo (4) Enrico Ruggeri (4) Elio (4-7, 9) Arisa (5-6, 10) Mika (7-9, 14-15) Victoria Cabello (8) Skin (9) Álvaro Soler (10) Levante (11) Asia Argento (12) Samuel (13) Malika Ayane (13) Sfera Ebbasta (13) Emma Marrone (14-15) Hell Raton (14-15) Rkomi (16) Fedez (8-12, 16-17) Ambra Angiolini (16-17) Dargen D'Amico (16-17) Manuel Agnelli (10-12, 14-15, 18) Achille Lauro (18-19)	Season 1, 2008: Aram Quartet Season 2, 2008-09: Matteo Becucci Season 3, 2009: Marco Mengoni Season 4, 2010: Nathalie Season 5, 2011: Francesca Michielin Season 6, 2012: Chiara Galiazzo Season 7, 2013: Michele Bravi Season 8, 2014: Lorenzo Fragola Season 9, 2015: Giosada Season 10, 2016: Soul System Season 11, 2017: Lorenzo Licitra Season 12, 2018: Anastasio Season 13, 2019: Sofia Tornambene Season 14, 2020: Casadilego Season 15, 2021: Baltimora Season 16, 2022: Santi Francesi Season 17, 2023: Sarafine Season 18, 2024: Mimi Caruso Season 19, 2025: Rob Season 20, 2026: Upcoming season
Japan	X Factor Okinawa Japan	Okinawa TV Website	Jon Kabira Naomi Watanabe	Kaz Utsunomiya Rino Nakasone Kiyoshi Matsuo	Season 1, 2013-14: Sky's the Limit
Kazakhstan	X Factor	Perviy Kanal Evraziya Website	Current Arnur Istybaev (2-6, 9 -) Former Adil Liyan (1) Daniyar Dzumadilov (7-8)	Current Nurbergen Makhambetov (5 from live-) Eva Becher (6, 9-) Dilnaz Akhmadieva (4-5, until live, 7, 9 -) Former Nagima Eskalieva (1-8) Alexander Shevchenko (1-5) Sultana Karazhigitova (1-2, until live) Ismail Igіlmanov (2, from live) Erlan Kokeev (3) Anatoliy Tsoy (8)	Season 1, 2011: Dariya Gabdull Season 2, 2012: Andrey Tikhonov Season 3, 2013: Evgeniya Barysheva Season 4, 2013: Kairat Kapanov Season 5, 2014: Evgeny Vyblov Season 6, 2015: Astana Kargabay Season 7, 2018: Dilnura Birzhanova Season 8, 2020-21: Bro Season 9, 2022-23: Miras Erbolov Season 10, 2023-24: Ulpan Zumabek Season 11, TBA: Awaiting Confirmation
Latvia	X Faktors	TV3 Website	Markus Riva	Reinis Sējāns Aija Auškāpa Intars Busulis Marats Ogļezņevs (3-)	Season 1, 2017: Artūrs Gruzdiņš Season 2, 2018: Kattie Season 3, 2019: Elīna Gluzunova Season 4, 2021: Grēta Grantiņa Season 5, 2023: Emilija Bērziņa Season 6, 2025: Jurģis Namejs Zvejnieks
Lithuania	X Faktorius	TV3	Current Mindaugas Stasiulis (5-) Mindaugas Rainys (5-) Former Marijonas Mikutavičius (1) Martynas Starkus (2-4)	Current Saulius Prūsaitis Saulius Urbonavičius Marijonas Mikutavičius (2-) Justina Arlauskaitė-Jazzu (3-) Former Vytautas Šapranauskas (1) Rūta Ščiogolevaitė (1-2) Andrius Mamontovas (5, 7)	Season 1, 2012-13: Giedrė Vokietytė Season 2, 2013-14: Žygimantas Gečas Season 3, 2015-16: Monika Pundziūtė Season 4, 2016-17: Iglė Bernotaitytė Season 5, 2017-18: 120 Season 6, 2018-19: Good Time Boys Season 7, 2019: Milda Martinkėnaitė Season 8, 2021: Mando Season 9, 2022: Spurr Season 10, 2024: Atėnė Ravinkaitė
Lithuania	X Faktorius. Žvaigždės X Factor. Stars	TV3	Mindaugas Stasiulis Mindaugas Rainys	Saulius Prūsaitis Saulius Urbonavičius Marijonas Mikutavičius Justina Arlauskaitė-Jazzu	Season 1, 2020: Milita Daikerytė
Malta	X Factor Malta	TVM	Current Gianni Zammit (4-) Former Ben Camille (1-3)	Current Howard Keith Debono Philippa Naudi (3, 5-) Amber Bondin (4-) Aleandro Spiteri Monsigneur (5-) Former Ray Mercieca (1-2) Alexandra Alden (1-2) Ivan Grech (3) Ira Losco (1-4) Gianluca Bezzina (4)	Season 1, 2018-19: Michela Pace Season 2, 2019-20: Destiny Chukunyere Season 3, 2021-22: Ryan Hili Season 4, 2023-24: Richard Aquilina Season 5, 2026: Lisa Gauci
Myanmar	The X Factor Myanmar	MRTV 4	Zaw Htet (1) Hmu Thiha Thu (2)	Si Thu Lwin (1-2) Nge Nge (1-2) Eaint Chit (1) Za War (1-2) Zam Nuu (2)	Season 1, 2016: Htun Naung Sint Season 2, 2017: David Derrick
Netherlands	X Factor	RTL 4 Website	Wendy van Dijk (1-4) Martijn Krabbe (2-5) Nathalie Bulters (Backstage, 3) Eva Treurniet (Backstage, 3) Lieke van Lexmond (Backstage, 4) Ferry Doedens (Backstage, 5)	Henkjan Smits (1) Marianne van Wijnkoop (1) Henk Temming (1) Eric van Tijn (2-4) Stacey Rookhuizen (2-4) Angela Groothuizen (2-5) Gordon Heuckeroth (2-5) Ali Bouali (5) Candy Dulfer (5)	Season 1, 2007: Sharon Kips Season 2, 2009: Lisa Hordijk Season 3, 2010: Jaap Reesema Season 4, 2011: Rochelle Perts Season 5, 2013: Haris Alagic
New Zealand	The X Factor	TV3 Website	Dominic Bowden Guy Williams (The Xtra Factor, 2) Sharyn Casey (The Xtra Factor, 2) Clint Roberts (The Xtra Factor, 2) Caito Potatoe aka Caitlin Davidson (The X Factor RAW, 2)	Daniel Bedingfield (1) Ruby Frost (1) Stan Walker (1-2) Melanie Blatt (1-2) Natalia Kills (2) Willy Moon (2)	Season 1, 2013: Jackie Thomas Season 2, 2015: Beau Monga
Norway	X Factor	TV 2	Charlotte Thorstvedt (1) Ravi (2) Guri Solberg (2) Peter Moi Brubresko (Xtra Factor) Katarina Flatland (Xtra Factor)	Jan Fredrik Karlsen Mira Craig (1) Peter Peters (1) Elisabeth Andreassen (2) Marion Ravn (2) Klaus Sonstad (2)	Season 1, 2009: Chand Torsvik Season 2, 2010: Hans Bollandsås
Philippines	The X Factor Philippines	ABS-CBN	KC Concepcion	Martin Nievera Gary Valenciano Pilita Corrales† Jake Zyrus	Season 1, 2012: KZ Tandingan
Poland	X Factor	TVN Website	Jarosław Kuźniar (1-2) Patricia Kazadi (3-4)	Czesław Mozil (1-4) Maja Sablewska (1) Kuba Wojewódzki (1-4) Tatiana Okupnik (2-4) Ewa Farna (4)	Season 1, 2011: Gienek Loska Season 2, 2012: Dawid Podsiadło Season 3, 2013: Klaudia Gawor Season 4, 2014: Artem Furman
Portugal	Factor X	SIC	João Manzarra (1-2) Bárbara Guimarães (1) Cláudia Vieira (2) Carolina Torres (Factor Extra) (1-2) Tiago Silva (Factor F)	Sónia Tavares (1-2) Paulo Junqueiro (1-2) Paulo Ventura (1-2) Miguel Guedes (2)	Season 1, 2013-14: Berg Season 2, 2014: Kika Kardoso
Romania	X Factor România The X Factor Romania	Antena 1 Website	Current Mihai Morar (11-) Former Mihai Bendeac (8) Vlad Drăgulin (8) Răzvan Simion (1-7, 9-10) Dani Oțil (1-7, 9-10)	Current Marius Moga (11-) Puya (11-) Delia Matache (2-) Ștefan Bănică Jr. (4-) Former Adrian Sînă (1) Paula Seling (1) Mihai Morar (1) Dan Bittman (2-3) Cheloo (2-3) Horia Brenciu (4-8) Carla's Dreams (6-8) Loredana Groza (9-10) Florin Ristei (9-10)	Season 1, 2011-12: Andrei Leonte Season 2, 2012: Tudor Turcu Season 3, 2013: Florin Ristei Season 4, 2014: Adina Răducan Season 5, 2015: Florin Răduţă Season 6, 2016: Olga Verbiţchi Season 7, 2017: Jeremy Ragsdale Season 8, 2018: Bella Santiago Season 9, 2020: Andrada Precup Season 10, 2021: Nick Casciaro Season 11, 2025: George Radu
Russia	Секрет успеха Secret of Success (1-2) Фактор А The A Factor (3-5) Главная сцена The Main Stage (6-7)	RTR (1-2) Website Russia 1 (3-7)	Aleksey Chumakov (1, 4) Elena Vorobey (1) Tutta Larsen (2) Philipp Kirkorov (3-5) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (3) Grigory Leps (6) Garik Martirosyan (6) Nargiz Zakirova (7) Marina Kravets (7) Ernest Mackevičius (7)	Valeriy Meladze (1) Aleksandr Revzin (1) Katerina Von Gechmen-Valdek (1) Valeriya (2) Tigran Keosayan (2) Valery Garkalin (2) Roman Emelyanov (3-5) Boris Krasnov (3) Lolita Milyavskaya (3-5) Igor Nikolayev (4-5) Alla Pugacheva (chairperson, 3-5) Walter Afanasieff (6) Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya (6) Yuri Antonov (6) Sergey Chigrakov (6) Valery Leontiev (7) Diana Arbenina (7) Elena Vaenga (7) Vladimir Presnyakov (7) Nikolai Noskov (7, only auditions) Judges-producer Walter Afanasieff (6) Konstantin Meladze (6) Maxim Fadeev (6) Igor Matvienko (6) Viktor Drobysh (6)	Season 1, 2005: Vladimir Sapovsky Season 2, 2007: Nikolay Timokhin Season 3, 2011: Sergei Savin Season 4, 2012: Alexey Sulima Season 5, 2013: Mali Season 6, 2015: Sardor Milano Season 7, 2015-16: Arseny Borodin
Slovenia	X Faktor	POP TV	Peter Poles Vid Valič	Damjan Damjanovič Jadranka Juras Aleš Uranjek	Season 1, 2012: Demetra Malalan
South Africa	The X Factor SA	SABC 1 Website	Andile Ncube	Arno Carstens Oskido Zonke	Season 1, 2015: FOUR
Spain	Factor X	Cuatro (1-2) Telecinco (3, )	Current Ion Aramendi (4, ) Former Nuria Roca (1-2) Jesús Vázquez (3) Xtra Factor Nando Escribano (3)	Current Abraham Mateo (4, ) Lali Espósito (4, ) Vanesa Martín (4, ) Willy Bárcenas (4, ) Former Miqui Puig (1-2) Jorge Flo (1-2) Eva Perales (1-2) Laura Pausini (3) Risto Mejide (3) Xavi Martínez (3) Fernando Montesinos (3)	Season 1, 2007: María Villalón Season 2, 2008: Vocal Tempo Season 3, 2018: Pol Granch Season 4, 2024: Aye Alfonso Season 5, TBA: Awaiting Confirmation
Sweden	X Factor	TV4	David Hellenius	Andreas Carlsson Marie Serneholt Orup Ison Glasgow	Season 1, 2012: Awa Santesson-Sey
Thailand	The X Factor Thailand	Workpoint TV	Krit Sripoomseth	Nitipong Honark Jennifer Kim Saksit Vejsupaporn Chalatit Tantiwut	Season 1, 2017: Slow
Turkey	X Factor: Star Işığı	Kanal D Website^{[link removed]}	Kadir Doğulu (1a) Bülent Şakrak (1b)	Ziynet Sali (1a) Emre Aydın (1a) Ömer Karacan (1a) Armağan Çağlayan (1a) Nigar Jamal (1b) Sinan Akçıl (1b) Atiye (1b) Nihat Odabaşı (1b)	Season 1, 2014: Cancelled
Ukraine	The X Factor	STB Website	Oksana Marchenko (1-7) Andriy Bednyakov (7-9) Daria Trehubova (10)	Ihor Kondratyuk (1-6, 10) Sergey Sosedov (1-6) Seryoga (1-4) Yolka (1-2) Irina Dubtsova (3-4) Ivan Dorn (5) Nino Katamadze (5-6) Andriy Khlyvniuk (6) Andriy Danylko (7-10) Kostiantyn Meladze (7) Julia Sanina (7) Anton Savlepov (7) Anastasiya Kamenskykh (8-10) Oleh Vynnyk (8-9) Dmytro Shurov (8-9) Olya Polyakova (10)	Season 1, 2010-11: Olexiy Kuznetsov Season 2, 2011-12: Viktor Romanchenko Season 3, 2012-13: Aida Nikolaychuk Season 4, 2013-14: Oleksandr Poriadynsky Season 5, 2014: Dmytro Babak Season 6, 2015: Kostyantyn Bocharov Season 7, 2016: Sevak Khanagyan Season 8, 2017: Misha Panchishyn Season 9, 2018: ZBSband Season 10, 2019: Elina Ivashchenko
United Kingdom (Original)	The X Factor	ITV	Kate Thornton (1-3) Dermot O'Leary (4-11, 13-15) Caroline Flack (12) Olly Murs (12) Digital Roman Kemp (13) Becca Dudley (14-15) Tinea Taylor (15) The Xtra Factor Ben Shephard (1-3) Fearne Cotton (4) Holly Willoughby (5-6) Konnie Huq (7) Caroline Flack (8-10) Olly Murs (8-9) Matt Richardson (10) Sarah-Jane Crawford (11) Rochelle Humes (12) Melvin Odoom (12) Rylan Clark-Neal (13) Matt Edmondson (13)	Simon Cowell (1-7, 11-15) Louis Walsh (1-11, 13-14) Sharon Osbourne (1-4, 10, 13-14) Dannii Minogue (4-7) Cheryl (5-7, 11-12) Gary Barlow (8-10) Tulisa (8-9) Kelly Rowland (8) Nicole Scherzinger (9-10, 13-14) Mel B (11) Rita Ora (12) Nick Grimshaw (12) Ayda Field (15) Louis Tomlinson (15) Robbie Williams (15)	Series 1, 2004: Steve Brookstein Series 2, 2005: Shayne Ward Series 3, 2006: Leona Lewis Series 4, 2007: Leon Jackson Series 5, 2008: Alexandra Burke Series 6, 2009: Joe McElderry Series 7, 2010: Matt Cardle Series 8, 2011: Little Mix Series 9, 2012: James Arthur Series 10, 2013: Sam Bailey Series 11, 2014: Ben Haenow Series 12, 2015: Louisa Johnson Series 13, 2016: Matt Terry Series 14, 2017: Rak-Su Series 15, 2018: Dalton Harris
	The X Factor: Battle of the Stars		Kate Thornton	Louis Walsh Sharon Osbourne Simon Cowell	Series 1, 2006: Lucy Benjamin
	The X Factor: Celebrity		Dermot O'Leary	Louis Walsh Nicole Scherzinger Simon Cowell	Series 1, 2019: Megan McKenna
	The X Factor: The Band		Dermot O'Leary	Leona Lewis Nicole Scherzinger Simon Cowell	Series 1, 2019: Real Like You
United States	The X Factor	Fox	Steve Jones (1) Khloé Kardashian (2) Mario Lopez (2-3)	Simon Cowell L.A. Reid (1-2) Paula Abdul (1) Nicole Scherzinger (1) Britney Spears (2) Demi Lovato (2-3) Kelly Rowland (3) Paulina Rubio (3)	Season 1, 2011: Melanie Amaro Season 2, 2012: Tate Stevens Season 3, 2013: Alex & Sierra
United States	El Factor X The X Factor (Spanish Kids version)	MundoFox	Poncho de Anda (1)	Belinda (1) Angélica María (1) Chyno Miranda (1) Nacho (1)	Season 1, 2013: Los Tres Charritos
Uzbekistan	X-Faktor Oʻzbekiston	FTV	Current Aziz Gulyamov (3, ) Oyxon Abdulakimova (3, ) Former Nilufar Sotiboldiyeva (1-2 )	Current Shakhriyor Argonov (2, ) Lola Ahmedova (4, ) Ravshan Sobirov (4, ) Farangis Muzaffarova (4, ) Former Ibrohim Ahmedov (1-2; 3 until live) Jasmin (1, 3) Lola (1-2 ) Munisa Rizayeva (2-3 ) Ravshan Komilov (1) Shohjahon Juraev (3, from live)	Season 1, 2023: Javlon Sapoyev Season 2, 2024: Rishad Band Season 3, 2025: Abdurahim Abdukarimov Season 4, 2026: Upcoming Season
Vietnam	The X Factor Vietnam Nhân tố bí ẩn	VTV3	Nguyên Khang (1) Thu Thủy (1) Thành Trung (2-3) Gil Lê (2-3)	Hồ Quỳnh Hương (1-2, 3) Dương Khắc Linh (1-2, 3) Hồ Ngọc Hà (1) Đàm Vĩnh Hưng (1) Thanh Lam (2-3) Tùng Dương (2-3)	Season 1, 2014: Giang Hồng Ngọc * Season 2, 2016: Trần Minh Như Season 3, 2026: Current season
West Africa	X Factor	AIT, NTA, STV, ViaSat, WAP TV	Toolz	M.I Reggie Rockstone Onyeka Onwenu	Season 1, 2013: DJ Switch

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