X Faktor (Slovenian TV series)

Slovenian commercial TV channel POP TV had begun the new format of reality shows in Slovenia. After two successful seasons of Slovenija ima talent (Slovenian version of the talent show Got Talent), and due to huge viewership, POP TV aired a new version of singing competition reality show - called X Faktor (Slovenian version of reality show X Factor). Anyone who was at least 14 years old could join alone, or in a group.

X Faktor
Created by	Simon Cowell
Presented by	Peter Poles Vid Valič
Judges	Damjan Damjanovič Jadranka Juras Aleš Uranjek
Country of origin	Slovenia
Original language	Slovenian
No. of seasons	1 (finished)
No. of episodes	15
Production
Production locations	Bigger Slovenian cities Kino Šiška, Ljubljana Austrian Trend Hotel, Ljubljana Kristalna palača, Ljubljana La Subide, Italy Mokrice Castle Hotel Palace, Portorož, Portorož PRO PLUS studio, Ljubljana
Production companies	FremantleMedia Australia FremantleMedia SYCOtv
Original release
Network	POP TV
Release	18 March (2012-03-18) – 24 June 2012 (2012-06-24)
Related
The X Factor (British TV series) The X Factor (American TV series)

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	Jadranka Juras	Aleš Uranjek	Damjan Damjanovič
One	Adults (Over 21s) Matija Jahn Ana Soklič Gašper Mihelič	Groups IN&OUT S.W.A.G. 2BYONE	Teens (14-20s) Demetra Malalan Alma Merklin Ajda Kovačič

1st. season

Judges

Damjan Damjanovič - Slovenian Philharmony principal

Jadranka Juras - Slovenian singer

Aleš Uranjek - member of the former Šank Rock music group

Producer's auditions (Avdicija)

Auditions for the first season of X Factor had taken place from 14 to 29 January 2012 in the biggest Slovenian cities across the country. There, the producers of the show chose the candidates which were good enough to take part in the next step of the competition - Judges' auditions (Avdicija pred žirijo).

Dates of Producer's auditions

City	Date
Maribor	14 January 2012
Portorož	15 January 2012
Kranj	21 January 2012
Celje	22 January 2012
Novo Mesto	24 January 2012
Ljubljana	28–29 January 2012

Judges's auditions (Avdicija pred žirijo)

The judges auditions of the candidates who had convinced the producers that they could sing were held in the Kino Šiška complex in Ljubljana, in front of an audience. After the singing, each judge commented on their singing and give him/her/them a "YES" if they wanted that the candidate to continue in the competition, or a "NO", if she/he/they were not good enough to take part in the further competition - Bootcamp (X-Kamp).

The judges auditions were shown on POP TV for 4 Sundays.

Audition	Date
1st	18 March 2012
2nd	25 March 2012
3rd	1 April 2012
4th	8 April 2012

Bootcamp (X-Kamp)

The Bootcamp lasted for four days.

In the first day, the 87 candidates sang to the judges in groups. Each group had to choose one song from the list which has been given to them. They had to talk-over which part of the song will sing which candidate. After the candidates sang in front of two judges, they eliminated some of the candidates which did not convinced them that they have "The X-Factor". Only half of the candidates survived the first day of Bootcamp.

In the second day of the Bootcamp, the candidates were taught some dance moves. No candidate was eliminated, because they all danced as they had been taught. After this task, the judges threw a big party for all the candidates in the Austria Trend Hotel, Ljubljana (the same place, as the Bootcamp shows were made). The candidates could join the party, or go to sleep to one of the rooms in Hotel. The candidates knew that the next day could be the most important day of all, because they had to sing in front of the judges for the last time and then the judges would choose 6 of them from each group (Teens, Adults and groups) to continue in the competition. But most of them chose to join the party.

The third day was the most important day of all in Bootcamp days. The candidates may sing in front of the judges for the very last time. After that, the judges just had to decide which 6 candidates from each category (Teens, Adults and groups) are the best and may to enter the Judge`s houses (Finalna eliminacija).

In the fourth day the candidates found out is they are chosen for TOP 6 in they`re group. After this only six Teens, six Adults and six groups could enter Judge's House (Finalna eliminacija) for the final elimination before the Live shows (Oddaje v živo).

Candidates which were chosen by the judges to continue the competition:

Category: Adults

Name	Age	From
Andreas Videčnik	21	Switzerland
Tjaša Žalik	24	village in Prekmurje region
Diana Filipovič	26	Ljubljana
Matija Jahn	28	Celje
Gašper Mihelič	21	Bela Krajina region
Ana Soklič	27	Bohinj

Category: Groups

Name	Members
Vox Arsana	4
2BYONE	3
Duo Ninja	2
IN&OUT	4
S.W.A.G.	5

Category: Teens

Name	Age	From
Eva Marolt	20	Šmartno pri Litiji
Ajda Kovačič	16	Slovenj Gradec
Mitja Podlesnik	18	Maribor
Demetra Malalan	15	Trieste / Ljubljana
Žan Hauptman	18	Maribor
Alma Merklin	20	Murska Sobota

After the candidates for Judge's House or final elimination were chosen, each judge got his own category from which he would have to choose 3 out of 6 candidates, and be the mentor for them in the Live shows. But no judge did know which category would he get before choosing the TOP 6 candidates in each category.

Categories and their judges:

Judge	Category
Jadranka Juras	Adults
Aleš Uranjek	Groups
Damjan Damjanovič	Teens

The Bootcamp was shown on POP TV for 2 Sundays.

Bootcamp show	Date
1st	15 April 2012
2nd	22 April 2012

Judge's House (Finalna eliminacija)

In Judge's House all three judges take their chosen candidates to a special place, where the candidates would sing in front of the judges and the special guest chosen by the judge, for the very last time. After that, each judge will choose which 3 candidates, from each group out of six, can enter the Live shows.

Jandranka Juras took the category Over 21 to Hotel Palace, Portorož in city of Portorož, Slovenia. Jadranka's special guest was a former singer in the popular Slovenian band called Tabu, Nina Vodopivec.

Aleš Urenjak took the category Groups to Mokrice Castle near to the city of Jesenice, in Slovenia. Aleš`s special guest was Nina Pušlar, one of the most popular pop singers in Slovenia.

Damjan Damjanovič took the category 14-20s to city of La Subide, in Italy. Damjan`s special guest was his wife, a world-known opera singer Sabina Cvilak Damjanovič from Slovenia.

Candidates which were chosen by the judges (now also mentors), to enter the Live Shows in the each group

Category	Mentor	Chosen candidates
Over 21s	Jadranka Juras	Matija Jahn Gašper Mihelič Ana Soklič
Groups	Aleš Uranjek	2BYONE IN&OUT S.W.A.G.
Teens	Damjan Damjanovič	Ajda Kovačič Demetra Malalan Alma Merklin

The Judge's House was shown on POP TV for two Sundays.

Judge's House	Date
1st	29 April 2012
2nd	6 May 2012

Contestants

Key:

  – Winner

  – Runner up

Category (mentor)	Acts
14-20s (Damjanovič)	Ajda Kovačič	Demetra Malalan	Alma Merklin
Over 21s (Juras)	Matija Jahn	Gašper Mihelič	Ana Soklič
Groups (Uranjek)	2BYONE	IN&OUT	S.W.A.G.

Live shows

Results summary

Colour key

–	Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown
–	Contestant received the most public votes

Weekly results per contestant

Contestant	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7
Demetra Malalan	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner
Matija Jahn	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Runner-up
IN&OUT	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	3rd
Alma Merklin	Bottom two	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Bottom two	Bottom two	Eliminated (week 6)
Ana Soklič	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Bottom two	Eliminated (week 5)
Ajda Kovačič	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (week 4)
S.W.A.G.	Safe	Bottom two	Bottom two	Eliminated (week 3)
Gašper Mihelič	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (week 2)
2BYONE	Bottom two	Eliminated (week 1)
Final showdown	2BYONE, Alma Merklin	Gašper Mihelič, S.W.A.G.	Alma Merklin, S.W.A.G.	Ajda Kovačič, Ana Soklič	Alma Merklin, Ana Soklič	Alma Merklin, IN&OUT	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone
Juras's vote to eliminate	2BYONE	S.W.A.G.	S.W.A.G.	Ajda Kovačič	Alma Merklin	Alma Merklin
Uranjek's vote to eliminate	Alma Merklin	Gašper Mihelič	Alma Merklin	Ajda Kovačič	Ana Soklič	Alma Merklin
Damjanovič's vote to eliminate	2BYONE	Gašper Mihelič	S.W.A.G.	Ana Soklič	Ana Soklič	IN&OUT
Eliminated	2BYONE 2 of 3 votes Majority	Gašper Mihelič 2 of 3 votes Majority	S.W.A.G. 2 of 3 votes Majority	Ajda Kovačič 2 of 3 votes Majority	Ana Soklič 2 of 3 votes Majority	Alma Merklin 2 of 3 votes Majority	IN&OUT Third Place
							Matija Jahn Runner-up