X Factor (French TV series)

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 season was broadcast on Mondays, from September to December 2009, on W9 (France) and RTL-TVI (Belgium).

X Factor
Created bySimon Cowell
Presented byAlexandre Devoise (2006-9)
Sandrine Corman (2011)
Jérôme Anthony (2011-
JudgesMarc Cerrone (2009)
Alain Lanty (2009)
Julie Zenatti (2009)
Véronic Dicaire (2011)
Olivier Schultheis (2011)
Henry Padovani (2011)
Christophe Willem (2011)
Country of originFrance
Belgium
Original languageFrench
No. of seasons2
Production
ProducersFremantleMedia
Syco
Production locationsVarious (auditions)
Palais des Sports (Paris)
Studios du Lendit - L1
Running time115mins (inc. adverts)
Release
Original networkFrance W9 (2009)
France M6 (2011)
Wallonia RTL-TVI
Original releaseSeptember 28, 2009 (2009-09-28) 
June 28, 2011 (2011-06-28)

The second and final season was broadcast on Tuesdays, from March to June 2011, on M6 and RTL-TVI.

Series overview

  Contestant in "Alain Lanty" (over the age of 25)
  Contestant in "Julie Zenatti" (ages 16 to 24)
  Contestant in "Marc Cerrone" (groups)
  Contestant in "Henri Padovani" (groups)
  Contestant in "Oliver Schultheis" (girls)
  Contestant in "Christophe Willem" (over the age of 25)
  Contestant in "Véronic DiCaire" (boys)

Season Start Finish Winner Runner-Up Third Place Fourth Place Winning Mentor Presenter Main judges Guest judges
1 2 3 4
1 28 September 2009 28 December 2009 Sébastien Agius Marie Basilic Cyrielle Alain Lanty Alexandre Devoise Alain Lanty Julie Zenatti Marc Cerrone
2 15 March 2011 28 June 2011 Matthew Raymond-Barker Marina d'Amico Maryvette Lair Sarah Manesse Véronic DiCaire Sandrine Corman Olivier Schultheis Christophe Willem Véronic Dicaire Henry Padovani

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 Alain Lanty Marc Cerrone Julie Zenatti
1 Over 25's
Sébastien
Annie
Cécile
Groups
Basilic
Character Soul
Gauthier Dymon & Flo
16-24's
Marie
Cyrielle
Guillaume
Season Olivier Schultheis Christophe Willem Véronic Dicaire Henry Padovani
2 Girls
Marina D'Amico
Sarah Manesse
Bérénice Schleret
Over 25's
Maryvette Lair
Vincent Léoty
Cécile Couderc
Boys
Matthew Raymond-Barker
Florian Giustiniani
Raphaël Herrerias
Groups
2nde Nature
Oméga
Twem

Season 1 (2009)

The first season 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.

Contestants

The top 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
SEMIFINALFINAL
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 CécileGauthier Dymon & FloCharacter SoulAnnieBasilicCyrielle
Cerrone's vote to eliminate CécileGauthier Dymon & FloCyrielleAnnieGuillaumeMarie
Lanty' vote to eliminate CyrielleCharacter SoulCharacter SoulCyrielleGuillaumeCyrielle
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

Ratings

ShowDateViewersShareSource
Auditions 128 September 20:35-22:30589,0002.3 %[1]
Auditions 25 October 20:35-22:30800,0002.9%[2]
Auditions 312 October 20:35-22:30691,0002.6%[3]
Boot Camp19 October 20:35-22:30812,0003.3%[4]
Judge's Houses 126 October 20:35-22:30640,0002.5%[5]
Judge's Houses 22 November 20:35-22:30619,0002.3%[6]
Live Show / Results 19 November 20:35-22:30863,0003.5%[7]
Live Show / Results 216 November 20:35-22:30726,0003.0%[8]
Live Show / Results 323 November 20:35-22:30670,0002.6%[9]
Live Show / Results 430 November 20:35-22:30928,0003.7 %[10]
Live Show / Results 57 December 20:35-22:30715,0003.4%[11]
Live Show / Results 614 December 20:35-22:30800,0003.3%[12]
Semifinal / Results 721 December 20:35-22:30613,0002.3%[13]
Final / Results 828 December 20:35-22:30900,0003.6%[14]

Season 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 season

  • First season was aired on a small TV channel with limited means. This is not the case with the second season, as the program tries to emulate the successful British edition.
  • For this second season, 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 season, judges of the first season are not renewed. Also, for the first time, there are four judges (so four categories in competition) :

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

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)

Judges' Houses

Top 24 acts were chosen with six in each of the four category. The judges added a 25th contestant in the Groups category making the contestants for the Groups seven instead of six. The newly created group was named "Seconde Nature" and included 5 candidates who had applied for the "Boys" category but had failed to qualify individually to the Top 24, but were deemed talented enough to be given a second chance by performing as part of a band in the Groups category.

Summary of Judges' Houses
Judge Category Location Assistants Acts eliminated
DiCaire Boys Quebec Roch Voisine . Sofiane Boncoeur, Slimane Nebchi, Michael Picquerey
Willem Over 25s London Zaho Lilou Bourial, Christophe Gilard, Barry Johnson
Schultheis Girls Morocco Alain Chamfort Ana Dupont, Charlène Gervais, Audrey Passani
Padovani Groups French Perigord Sharleen Spiteri Arcanes, New Style Project, Presteej, Swalk

Contestants

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-Up
  – Third Place
Category (mentor)Acts
Over 25s (Willem) Cécile Couderc Maryvette Lair Vincent Léoty
Groups (Padovani) Oméga 2nde Nature Twem
Girls (Schultheis) Marina D'Amico Sarah Manesse Bérénice Schleret
Boys (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 OmégaCécile CoudercMaryvette Lair2nde NatureOméga2nde NatureSarah ManesseMatthew Raymond-BarkerMaryvette Lair
DiCaire's vote to save TwemSarah ManesseMaryvette Lair2nde NatureSarah ManesseRaphaël HerreriasRaphaël HerreriasN/AMaryvette Lair
Willem's vote to save TwemCécile CoudercMaryvette LairVincent LéotySarah ManesseRaphaël HerreriasSarah ManesseMatthew Raymond-BarkerMaryvette Lair
Schultheis's vote to save OmégaSarah ManesseBérénice SchléretVincent LéotySarah ManesseRaphaël HerreriasSarah ManesseMatthew Raymond-BarkerSarah 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

ShowDateViewersShareSource
Auditions 115 March 20:45-22:453.3 million13.3%[16]
Auditions 222 March 20:45-22:452.9 million11.7%[16]
Auditions 329 March 20:45-22:453.3 million13.2%[16]
Bootcamp5 April 20:45-23:452.93 million13.9%[16]
Judge's House12 April 20:45-23:453.2 million15.6%[16]
Liveshow 1 / Results 119 April 20:45-23:452.56 million12.4%[16]
Liveshow 2 / Results 226 April 20:45-23:452.11 million9.9%[16]
Liveshow 3 / Results 33 May 20:45-23:152.72 million11.8%[16]
Liveshow 4 / Results 410 May 20:45-23:152.19 million10.1%[17]
Liveshow 5 / Results 517 May 20:45-23:152.32 million10.1%[16]
Liveshow 6 / Results 624 May 20:45-23:452.2 million10.2%[16]
Liveshow 7 / Results 731 May 20:45-23:452.28 million10.4%[16]
Liveshow 8 / Results 87 June 20:45-23:302.2 million10%[16]
Liveshow 9 / Results 914 June 20:45-23:302.62 million11.4%[16]
Semifinal / Results 1021 June 20:45-23:151.95 million8.4%[16]
Final / Results 1128 June 20:45-23:152.4 million10.8%[16]

References

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