El Factor X

El Factor X
Created by	Simon Cowell
Presented by	Andrea Serna (season 1-3) Karen Martínez (season 4-)
Judges	Wilfrido Vargas Juan Carlos Coronel Marbelle José Gaviria Rosanna Piso 21 Carolina Gaitán
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	4
Release
Original network	RCN TV
Original release	2005 (2005) – present (present)

El Factor X is the Colombian television music competition to find new singing talent. It is the based on the original British competition The X Factor, created by Simon Cowell. It is the first version produced in Latin America.

The show started screening in September 2005. The judges were Marbelle, singer Juan Carlos Coronel, and José Gaviria, a producer who has worked with stars like Carlos Santana. The winner was Julio César Meza. A second season followed in 2006 won by Francisco Villarreal and a third one, after a 2-year hiatus, in 2009 won by the duo Siam.

All the first three seasons and versions of the show have been hosted by the Colombian TV host and top model Andrea Serna, produced by Teleset and broadcast on RCN TV.

The show had two spin-offs. One was the one-year series El Factor X: Batalla de las Estrellas (meaning the Battle of the Stars). It was broadcast in 2006 and was won by Luz Amparo Álvarez.

The other-spin off was the series El Factor Xs for children up to 15 years. To date there have been three seasons with the same judges and presented by same host Andrea Serna. The first season was broadcast in 2006 and was won by Andres Hurtado, a second season in 2007 won by Camilo Echeverry and a third in 2011 won by Shaira Selena Peláez.

Season summary

  "Juan Carlos Coronel"
  "Jose Gaviria"
  "Marbelle"

Season	Air date	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Host(s)	Judges	Winning mentor
One	2005	Julio César Meza	Enygma	Farina Pao Poucar Franco	Andrea Serna	Marbelle Juan Carlos Coronel José Gaviria	Juan Carlos Caronel
Two	2006	Francisco Villarreal	Mario Marcelino Macuacé	Juan Carlos Ángel			Marbelle
Three	2009	Siam	Raza Pana	Jorge Luis Medina Mosquera			José Gaviria

Season 1 (2005)

Participants and their respective mentors were:

Jose Gaviria	Marbelle	Juan Carlos Coronel
16–24 years	Groups	25 and Over
Felipe Espinoza -	Sofia Pérez -	Paula Mantilla -
Mirabay Montoya	Andrea Piñeros	Juanita Delgado
Farina Pao Poucar Franco	Enigma	Julio César Meza
Yina Gallego	Sin Limite	Jackson Mosquera
Andres Monsalve	Las Hijas de Doña Diana	Estella Diaz
María Elisa Camargo	Las Gemelas Botero	Anabella Arbeláez

The winner of season one was Julio César Meza from solo-singers-aged-25+ category; the runners-up were Enygma (group made up of Ricardo García, Manuel Peña, Germán ‘Tito’ Núñez and Iván Peña) from vocal groups category and in third place was the controversial reggaeton-singer Farina (full name Pao Paucar Franco) from the solo-singers-aged-25-and-over category, famous for her quote Yo soy Farina! (from Spanish: I am Farina)

Season 2 (2006)

Marbelle	Juan Carlos Coronel	Jose Gaviria
16-24 Years	Groups	25 and Over
Francisco Villarreal	Ébano	Mario Marcelino Macuacé
Brayan Visbal	Natalia Y Marisol	Ángelo (Juan Carlos Ángel)
Juan Manuel	5 Latinos	Martha Trujillo
Juanita Pérez	Violeta	Walter Daniel Martínez
Lina María Uribe	Síntesis	Mary

The second season was won by Francisco Villarreal. He was unsuccessful contestant in the first season but had learned how to read in the intervening period. The runner up was Mario Marcelino Macuacé and third-place went to Angelo (full name Juan Carlos Ángel). Angelo was considered by many to be the favorite.

Season 3 (2009)

After a hiatus of 2 years in which no more seasons were held, the program returned in 2009 with its third season. Big publicity campaign was held and Canal RCN and Teleset S.A., producers of the third series visited various cities to collect talents from all over the country. Judge mentors and the participants were:

Juan Carlos Coronel	Jose Gaviria	Marbelle
16-24 Years	Groups	25 and Over
Jorge Luis Medina Mosquera	Siam	Edgardo José Escobar de Castro
Adriana Redondo Montero	Raza Pana	Juan Camilo Cordoba
Luz Ángela Perez Espitaleta	Son3	María Alejandra Diaz Huertas (Aleja)
Juan David Becerra (Juanda)	Sexto Sentido	Natalia María Sierra Sanchez

The competition was won by the group Siam, with Raza Pana another group as runner-up and Jorge (full name Jorge Luis Medina Mosquera) as third.

El Factor X: Batalla de las Estrellas (2006)

El Factor X: Batalla de las Estrellas
Created by	Simon Cowell
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
Release
Original network	RCN TV
Original release	2006 (2006)

A "Battle of the Stars" celebrity version of the show was held only once in 2006. The winner of the celebrity series was Luz Amparo Alvarez.

Series Summary

  "Men" category
  "Women" category
  "Groups" category

Season	Air date	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Host	Judges	Winning mentor
One	2006	Luz Amparo Álvarez	Valerie Domínguez	‘Paché’ Andrade	Andrea Serna	Marbelle Juan Carlos Coronel José Gaviria	José Gaviria

Jose Gaviria	Marbelle	Juan Carlos Coronel
Females	Males	Groups
Luz Amparo Álvarez	Jota Mario Valencia	Juan Y Andrés (Manuel Lenis and Andrés Sandoval)
Yaneth Waldman	Marcelo Cezán	Los Intocables (Carlos Giraldo, Diva Jessurum and ‘La Negra Candela’)
Lady Noriega	Lucas Velásquez	Fusión (Andrea Nocceti, Omar Murillo and Natalia Peralta)
Amalin de Hazbun	Carlos Calero	Olé (Martha Restrepo and Juan Rafael Restrepo)
Valerie Domínguez	‘Paché’ Andrade	El Cocuyo (Salpicón and Guillermo Díaz Salamanca)

El Factor Xs

El Factor Xs (Colombia)
Created by	Simon Cowell
Judges	Wilfrido Vargas Juan Carlos Coronel Marbelle José Gaviria
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	3
Release
Original network	RCN TV
Original release	2006 (2006) – 2011 (2011)

El Factor Xs is a popular children's version of the show that was made in early 2006. "Xs" stand for "extra small". A second season of "Xs" followed in 2007 and after a lapse of 4 years, a third season in 2011. The inaugural season was won by Andrés Camilo Hurtado, season 2 by Camilo Echeverry Correa, and the final season by Shaira Selena Pelaez.

Season summary

(All winners in bold)

  "8-11 Years" category
  "12-15 Years" category
  "Groups" category

Season	Air date	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Host(s)	Judges	Winning mentor
One	2006	Andres Hurtado	Huellas	Aldemar	Andrea Serna	Juan Carlos Coronel Marbelle José Gaviria	Juan Carlos Coronel
Two	2007	Camilo Echeverry	David	AN3		Marbelle José Gaviria Wilfrido Vargas	Jose Gaviria
Three	2011	Shaira Selena Peláez	Salome Camargo	Dylan Fuentes - Weider Figueroa		Juan Carlos Coronel Marbelle José Gaviria	José Gaviria

El Factor Xs Season 1 (2006)

Juan Carlos Coronel	Marbelle	Jose Gaviria
8-11 Years	12-15 Years	Groups
Andres Hurtado	Jaider	Huellas
Aldemar	Mariana	Encanto
Nicolle	Oky	Dueto Armonico
Juanjo	Beto	RK Kids
Angie	Carlos	Piscis

El Factor Xs Season 2 (2007)

Marbelle	Jose Gaviria	Wilfrido Vargas
8-11 Years	12-15 Years	Groups
Danna	Camilo Echeverry	AN3
Salome	David	ARL
Mauro	Greeicy	Gaitambú
Ingrid	Yuliann	Manakín
Johan	Liyen	Impacto

El Factor Xs Season 3 (2011)

Jose Gaviria	Juan Carlos Coronell	Marbelle
8-11 Years	12-15 Years	Groups
Shaira Selena Peláez	Weider Figueroa	Benitez Brothers
Salome Camargo	Dylan Fuentes	Almas Gemelas
Laura Cardona	Luis Araque	Sol y luna
Sofia Ortiz	Nicolas Fuentes	Resplandor
Mateo Giraldo	Jesus Perez	Angeles de America
Samuel Zuluaga	Valeria Celis	Encanto

See also

• List of Colombian TV Shows
• The X Factor

External links

• Colombian El Factor X 2009 Official Site (Spanish)