X Factor (French TV series)
For versions in other countries, see The X Factor.
| X Factor | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Created by | Simon Cowell |
| Presented by |
Alexandre Devoise (2006-9) Sandrine Corman (2011) Jérôme Anthony (2011-) |
| Judges |
Marc Cerrone (2006-09) Alain Lanty (2006-09) Julie Zenatti (2006-09) Véronic Dicaire (2011-13) Olivier Schultheis (2011-) Christophe Willem (2011-13) Henry Padovani (2011-15) Tal (2013-) Vitaa (2013-15) Tulisa Contostavlos (2016-) Renan Luce (2016-) |
| Country of origin |
France Belgium |
| Original language(s) | French |
| No. of series | 38 |
| No. of episodes | 1430 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
FremantleMedia Syco |
| Location(s) |
Various (auditions) Palais des Sports (Paris) Studios du Lendit - L1 |
| Running time | 115mins (inc. adverts) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
W9 / RTL-TVI (2009) M6 / RTL-TVI (2011) |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | September 28, 2009 – June 28, 2011 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
X Factor is a Franco-Belgian television music talent show to find new singing talent after public auditions, intermediate tests, and live shows. The first series was broadcast on Mondays, from September to December 2009, on W9 (France) and RTL-TVI (Belgium).
The second and final series was broadcast on Tuesdays, from March to June 2011, on M6 and RTL-TVI.
Series summary
"Under 25 boys" category
"Under 25 girls" category
"16-24s" category
"Over 25s" category
"Groups" category
| Season | Air date | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Host(s) | Judges | Winning mentor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
2009 | Sébastien Agius | Marie | Basilic | Alexandre Devoise |
Julie Zenatti Marc Cerrone Alain Lanty |
Alain Lanty |
| |
2011 | Matthew Raymond-Barker | Marina d'Amico | Maryvette Lair | Sandrine Corman Jérôme Anthony |
Christophe Willem Olivier Schultheis Véronic Dicaire Henry Padovani |
Véronic Dicaire |
(1) Zaho with Christophe Willem in London (Judges' house), Sharleen Spiteri with Henry Padovani in French Perigord (Judges' house), Roch Voisine with Véronic DiCaire in Quebec (Judges' house), Alain Chamfort with Olivier Schultheis in Morocco (Judges' house)
Judges' categories and their finalists
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 | Alain Lanty | Marc Cerrone | Julie Zenatti | N/A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One | Over 25's Sébastien Annie Cécile |
Groups Basilic Character Soul Gauthier Dymon & Flo |
16-24's Marie Cyrielle Guillaume | |
| Season | Christophe Willem | Véronic Dicaire | Olivier Schultheis | Henry Padovani |
| Two | Over 25's Maryvette Lair Vincent Léoty Cécile Couderc |
Boys Matthew Raymond-Barker Florian Giustiniani Raphaël Herrerias |
Girls Marina D'Amico Sarah Manesse Bérénice Schleret |
Groups 2nde Nature Oméga Twem |
Series 1 (2009)
The first series of the show aired from September to December 2009 and the winner was 26-year-old Sébastien Agius from the "Over 25" category. The judges were Alain Lanty, Julie Zenatti and Marc Cerrone.
Finalists
The final 9 acts were confirmed as follows:
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner up
- – Third Place
| Category (Mentor) | Acts | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Over 25 (Lanty) | Annie | Cécile | Sébastien |
| Groups (Cerrone) | Basilic | Character Soul | Gauthier Dymon & Flo |
| 16-24s (Zenatti) | Cyrielle | Guillaume | Marie |
Results summary
Color key:
| – | Contestant in the category 16-24 |
| – | Contestant in the category over 25 |
| – | Contestant in the category groups |
| – | 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) |
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEMIFINAL | FINAL | ||||||||
| Sébastien | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner | |
| Marie | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
Safe | Runner up | |
| Basilic | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
Safe | 3rd | Eliminated (Week 7) | |
| Cyrielle | Bottom two |
Safe | Bottom two |
Bottom two |
Safe | Bottom two |
Eliminated (Week 6) | ||
| Guillaume | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
Eliminated (Week 5) | |||
| Annie | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
Eliminated (Week 4) | ||||
| Character Soul | Safe | Bottom two |
Bottom two |
Eliminated (Week 3) | |||||
| Gauthier Dymon & Flo | Safe | Bottom two |
Eliminated (Week 2) | ||||||
| Cécile | Bottom two |
Eliminated (Week 1) | |||||||
| Bottom two | Cyrielle, Cécile |
Character Soul, Gauthier Dymon & Flo |
Cyrielle, Character Soul |
Cyrielle, Annie |
Basilic, Guillaume |
Marie, Cyrielle |
No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins | ||
| Zenatti's vote to eliminate | Cécile | Gauthier Dymon & Flo | Character Soul | Annie | Basilic | Cyrielle | |||
| Cerrone's vote to eliminate | Cécile | Gauthier Dymon & Flo | Cyrielle | Annie | Guillaume | Marie | |||
| Lanty' vote to eliminate | Cyrielle | Character Soul | Character Soul | Cyrielle | Guillaume | Cyrielle | |||
| Eliminated | Cécile 2 of 3 votes |
Gauthier Dymon & Flo 2 of 3 votes |
Character Soul 2 of 3 votes |
Annie 2 of 3 votes |
Guillaume 2 of 3 votes |
Cyrielle 2 of 3 votes |
Basilic | Marie 48% to win | |
| Sébastien 52% to win | |||||||||
Live show details
Week 1 (11 November)
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Character Soul | 1 | "It's Raining Men" | Safe |
| Guillaume | 2 | "J'te mentirais" | Safe |
| Annie | 3 | "The Winner Takes It All" | Safe |
| Basilic | 4 | "Don't Stop Me Now" | Safe |
| Cyrielle | 5 | "I Kissed a Girl" | Bottom two |
| Cécile | 6 | "Tu n'es plus là" | Bottom two |
| Gauthier Dymon & Flo | 7 | "Vous les femmes" | Safe |
| Marie | 8 | "Without You" | Safe |
| Sébastien | 9 | "L'envie d'aimer" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||
| Cécile | 1 | "No One" | Eliminated |
| Cyrielle | 2 | "Ça (c'est vraiment toi)" | Safe |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Lanty: Cyrielle
- Zenatti: Cécile
- Cerrone: Cécile
Week 2 (18 November)
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basilic | 1 | "Pride (In the Name of Love)" | Safe |
| Cyrielle | 2 | "Ça fait mal" | Safe |
| Sébastien | 3 | "L'assassymphonie" | Safe |
| Gauthier Dymon & Flo | 4 | "Video Killed the Radio Star" | Bottom two |
| Guillaume | 5 | "Déjeuner en paix" | Safe |
| Annie | 6 | "Si maman, si" | Safe |
| Character Soul | 7 | "I Gotta Feeling" | Bottom two |
| Marie | 8 | "Donne-moi le temps" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||
| Gauthier Dymon & Flo | 1 | "Salut les amoureux" | Eliminated |
| Character Soul | 2 | "No Woman, No Cry" | Safe |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Lanty: Character Soul
- Zenatti: Gauthier Dymon & Flo
- Cerrone: Gauthier Dymon & Flo
Week 3 (25 November)
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyrielle | 1 | "Sa raison d'être" | Bottom two |
| Sébastien | 2 | "Somewhere Only We Know" | Safe |
| Character Soul | 3 | "Ma philosophie" | Bottom two |
| Guillaume | 4 | "After Tonight" | Safe |
| Annie | 5 | "Le sud" | Safe |
| Basilic | 6 | "Waterloo" | Safe |
| Marie | 7 | "L'envie" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||
| Character Soul | 1 | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | Eliminated |
| Cyrielle | 2 | "C'est comme ça" | Safe |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Cerrone: Cyrielle
- Zenatti: Character Soul
- Lanty: Character Soul
Ratings
| Show | Date | Viewers | Share | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auditions 1 | 28 September 20:35-22:30 | 589,000 | 2.3 % | [1] |
| Auditions 2 | 5 October 20:35-22:30 | 800,000 | 2.9% | [2] |
| Auditions 3 | 12 October 20:35-22:30 | 691,000 | 2.6% | [3] |
| Boot Camp | 19 October 20:35-22:30 | 812,000 | 3.3% | [4] |
| Judge's Houses 1 | 26 October 20:35-22:30 | 640,000 | 2.5% | [5] |
| Judge's Houses 2 | 2 November 20:35-22:30 | 619,000 | 2.3% | [6] |
| Live Show / Results 1 | 9 November 20:35-22:30 | 863,000 | 3.5% | [7] |
| Live Show / Results 2 | 16 November 20:35-22:30 | 726,000 | 3.0% | [8] |
| Live Show / Results 3 | 23 November 20:35-22:30 | 670,000 | 2.6% | [9] |
| Live Show / Results 4 | 30 November 20:35-22:30 | 928,000 | 3.7 % | [10] |
| Live Show / Results 5 | 7 December 20:35-22:30 | 715,000 | 3.4% | [11] |
| Live Show / Results 6 | 14 December 20:35-22:30 | 800,000 | 3.3% | [12] |
| Semifinal / Results 7 | 21 December 20:35-22:30 | 613,000 | 2.3% | [13] |
| Final / Results 8 | 28 December 20:35-22:30 | 900,000 | 3.6% | [14] |
Series 2 (2011)
Based on a generally good public reception, and after some speculations, X Factor came back for a second season in March 2011 on M6 (mother TV channel of W9), in place of Nouvelle Star, the French Pop Idol, programmed on M6 since 7 years after audience figures deteriorated for Star[15]
Frédéric de Vincelles, general manager of W9, declared that even though all targeted goals were not attained in season 1, the program had still realised some respectable audience figures for the chain, making it the biggest grossing program for the network in 2009.
Differences with first series
- First series was aired on a small TV channel with limited means. This is not the case with the second series, as the program tries to emulate the successful British edition.
- For this second series, M6 assigned 4 artists to be part of the jury: Christophe Willem, Véronic Dicaire, Olivier Schultheis and Henry Padovani. All judges are new and replace the old set of three judges Marc Cerrone, Alain Lanty and Julie Zenatti.
- Auditions were held in major French theatres, in public.
- The bootcamp lasted for days and included 3 events: vocal duels, choreography and solos on orchestra-band.
- Two to three French or international popstars are invited each week during liveshows .
- During shows, a second program, named "F@n Factor: Le Prime", is broadcast on the internet to show the backstage and see preparation of candidates and their reactions after singing. So, there isn't an after-show as Xtra Factor.
- Every day, a short program, named "F@n Factor: Le Mag", is broadcast on the internet to show repetitions of candidates with their coaches, and their daily activities.
Judges and hosts
For this second series, judges of the first series are not renewed. Also, for the first time, there are four judges (so four categories in competition) :
- Christophe Willem (27 years old) – French singer and songwriter. He sang in a gospel choir and won the fourth edition of Nouvelle Star (French version of Pop Idol) in 2006. He sold over 2 million albums and was nominated several times in NRJ Music Awards and Victoires de la Musique.
- Olivier Schultheis (45 years old) – French conductor, musician and songwriter. He discovered Christophe Maé and composed for Hélène Ségara, Thierry Amiel, Christophe Willem and for musicals (Le Roi Soleil, Mozart l'opéra rock...) and wrote soundtracks for films. He was also a producer of Nouvelle Star (French version of Pop Idol).
- Véronic DiCaire (34 years old) - Franco-Ontarian singer and imitator. She was discovered by Céline Dion and René Angélil and was renowned for her imitations of many voices including Céline Dion, Tina Turner, Lynda Lemay, Lara Fabian, Isabelle Boulay, Christina Aguilera, Cyndi Lauper, Vanessa Paradis and others. She released two albums (with her real performing voice) in 2002 and 2005.
- Henry Padovani (58 years old) – Corsican songwriter, guitarist and manager. He is the founding member of The Police with Stewart Copeland but Sting fired him in favour of Andy Summers. He was the director of IRS Records, where he promoted many groups such as R.E.M., The Fleshtones, The Cramps, and The Bangles. He was also the manager of Zucchero and I Muvrini.
To present the show, M6 selected Sandrine Corman for the liveshows and early stages and Jérôme Anthony for F@n Factor and early stages.
Chronology of the early stages
- Preselections:
- 2 November 2010 in Nice, Lyon and Strasbourg
- 4 November 2010 in Marseille, Lille and Clermont-Ferrand
- 6 November 2010 in Montpellier, Rennes and Brussels (Belgium)
- 8 November 2010 in Toulouse
- 9–10 November 2010 in Paris
- Auditions:
| Audition city | Dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Lille | 2–3 December 2010 | Lille Grand Palais (1,500 seats) |
| Lyon | 9 December 2010 | Cité-Centre de Congrès de Lyon (3,000 seats) |
| Montpellier | 13–14 December 2010 | Zénith Sud (3,200 seats) |
| Paris | 3-4-5–6 January 2011 | Studio 204 - Plaine Saint-Denis (600 seats) |
- 'Bootcamp' : 25-26-27–28 January 2011 in Palais des Sports (Paris).
- 'Judge's House' : February in London, Marrakech, Canada and (south of) France.
Top 25
Top 24 acts were chosen with six in each of the four category. The judges added a 25th semi-finalist in the Groups category making the finalists for the Groups seven instead of six. The newly created group was named "Seconde Nature" and included 5 candidates who had applied for the "Under 25 males" category but had failed to qualify individually to the Final 24, but were deemed talented enough to be given a second chance by performing as part of a band in the Groups category.
The 13 eliminated acts were:
- Under 25 females: Ana Dupont, Charlène Gervais, Audrey Passani
- Under 25 males: Sofiane Boncoeur, Slimane Nebchi, Michael Picquerey
- Groups: Arcanes, New Style Project, Presteej, Swalk
- 25 and over: Lilou Bourial, Christophe Gilard, Barry Johnson
Finalists
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-Up
- – Third Place
| Category (Mentor) | Acts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 25 (Willem) | Cécile Couderc | Maryvette Lair | Vincent Léoty | |
| Groups (Padovani) | Oméga | 2nde Nature | Twem | |
| Girls 16-24 (Schultheis) | Marina D'Amico | Sarah Manesse | Bérénice Schleret | |
| Boys 16-24 (DiCaire) | Florian Giustiniani | Raphaël Herrerias | Matthew Raymond-Barker | |
Results summary
Colour key:
| – | Contestant in the category boys |
| – | Contestant in the category girls |
| – | Contestant in the category over 25 |
| – | Contestant in the category groups |
| – | 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) |
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Raymond-Barker | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
Safe | Safe | Winner | |
| Marina D'Amico | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-Up | |
| Maryvette Lair | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
3rd | Eliminated | |
| Sarah Manesse | Safe | 10th | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
Safe | Bottom two |
Safe | Bottom two |
Eliminated (Week 9) | ||
| Florian Guiustiniani | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
Eliminated (Week 8) | |||
| Raphaël Herrerias | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
Bottom two |
Eliminated (Week 7) | ||||
| 2nde Nature | Safe | Safe | Safe | 8th | Safe | Bottom two |
Eliminated (Week 6) | |||||
| Oméga | 11th | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
Eliminated (Week 5) | ||||||
| Vincent Léoty | Safe | Safe | Safe | 9th | Eliminated (Week 4) | |||||||
| Bérénice Schléret | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||||
| Cécile Couderc | Safe | 11th | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||||
| Twem | 12th | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||||
| Final showdown | Oméga, Twem |
Cécile Couderc, Sarah Manesse |
Bérénice Schléret, Maryvette Lair |
2nde Nature, Vincent Léoty |
Oméga, Sarah Manesse |
2nde Nature, Raphaël Herrerias |
Raphaël Herrerias, Sarah Manesse |
Florian Guiustiniani, Matthew Raymond-Barker |
Maryvette Lair, Sarah Manesse |
No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins | ||
| Padovani's vote to save | Oméga | Cécile Couderc | Maryvette Lair | 2nde Nature | Oméga | 2nde Nature | Sarah Manesse | Matthew Raymond-Barker | Maryvette Lair | |||
| DiCaire's vote to save | Twem | Sarah Manesse | Maryvette Lair | 2nde Nature | Sarah Manesse | Raphaël Herrerias | Raphaël Herrerias | N/A | Maryvette Lair | |||
| Willem's vote to save | Twem | Cécile Couderc | Maryvette Lair | Vincent Léoty | Sarah Manesse | Raphaël Herrerias | Sarah Manesse | Matthew Raymond-Barker | Maryvette Lair | |||
| Schultheis's vote to save | Oméga | Sarah Manesse | Bérénice Schléret | Vincent Léoty | Sarah Manesse | Raphaël Herrerias | Sarah Manesse | Matthew Raymond-Barker | Sarah Manesse | |||
| Eliminated | Twem 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Cécile Couderec 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Bérénice Schléret 1 of 4 votes Minority |
Vincent Léoty 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Oméga 1 of 4 votes Minority |
2nde Nature 1 of 4 votes Minority |
Raphaël Herrerias 1 of 4 votes Minority |
Florian Guiustiniani 0 of 3 votes Minority |
Sarah Manesse 1 of 4 votes Minority |
Maryvette Lair Third Place |
Marina D'Amico 49% to win | |
| Matthew Raymond-Barker 51% to win | ||||||||||||
Ratings
| Show | Date | Viewers | Share | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auditions 1 | 15 March 20:45-22:45 | 3.3 millions | 13.3% | [16] |
| Auditions 2 | 22 March 20:45-22:45 | 2.9 millions | 11.7% | [16] |
| Auditions 3 | 29 March 20:45-22:45 | 3.3 millions | 13.2% | [16] |
| Bootcamp | 5 April 20:45-23:45 | 2.93 millions | 13.9% | [16] |
| Judge's House | 12 April 20:45-23:45 | 3.2 millions | 15.6% | [16] |
| Liveshow 1 / Results 1 | 19 April 20:45-23:45 | 2.56 millions | 12.4% | [16] |
| Liveshow 2 / Results 2 | 26 April 20:45-23:45 | 2.11 millions | 9.9% | [16] |
| Liveshow 3 / Results 3 | 3 May 20:45-23:15 | 2.72 millions | 11.8% | [16] |
| Liveshow 4 / Results 4 | 10 May 20:45-23:15 | 2.19 millions | 10.1% | [17] |
| Liveshow 5 / Results 5 | 17 May 20:45-23:15 | 2.32 millions | 10.1% | [16] |
| Liveshow 6 / Results 6 | 24 May 20:45-23:45 | 2.2 millions | 10.2% | [16] |
| Liveshow 7 / Results 7 | 31 May 20:45-23:45 | 2.28 millions | 10.4% | [16] |
| Liveshow 8 / Results 8 | 7 June 20:45-23:30 | 2.2 millions | 10% | [16] |
| Liveshow 9 / Results 9 | 14 June 20:45-23:30 | 2.62 millions | 11.4% | [16] |
| Semifinal / Results 10 | 21 June 20:45-23:15 | 1.95 millions | 8.4% | [16] |
| Final / Results 11 | 28 June 20:45-23:15 | 2.4 millions | 10.8% | [16] |
References
- ↑ Audiences : Débuts très décevants pour X Factor sur W9
- ↑ Audience X Factor sur W9
- ↑ Audiences prime : TF1 en tête / Beau score pour France 2
- ↑ Audiences : X Factor remonte
- ↑ X Factor déchante face à la concurrence
- ↑ Joséphine reste l'ange gardien de TF1 en prime-time
- ↑ TF1 en tête en prime, mais flop pour France 3
- ↑ Audience prime: TF1 leader/Bon score pour France 2
- ↑ TF1 leader en prime / Mireille Dumas sous la barre des 10%
- ↑ X Factor en live : Regardez l'hommage à Michael Jackson, le jury de mauvaise humeur, le départ d'Annie et... Record d'audience ! (réactualisé)
- ↑ Audiences prime: TF1 leader/Beau score pour France 2
- ↑ Audiences prime: France 2 en tête/Flop pour M6
- ↑ TF1 battue par France 2 en prime-time hier soir
- ↑ Audiences en prime-time: TF1 en tête / Flop pour M6
- ↑ Nouvelle Star laisse bien sa place à X Factor sur M6 !
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
- ↑
External links
- X Factor website (series 1) (French)
- X Factor website (series 2) (French)
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