The X Factor NK

The X Factor NK is a Neo Kingstonion music competition to find new singing talent, contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. Created by Simon Cowell, the show began in 2011 and has since aired annually on AAN from January through March or April. Based on the original UK show, and an addition to the The X Factor franchise, the series finds new singing talent (solo artists and groups ages 14 and over), drawn from public auditions, and they compete against each other for public votes. The winner is determined by the show's viewers via telephone, the Internet, and SMS text voting, and is awarded a recording contract with Epic Records or Epic RCA Records, worth $2 million. The show has had seven winners to date: Kris Tolloch, Giselle Reid, KhamLupa, Ketrina Northover, Jarryd Jamieson, Liza Woodrow-Stevens and Sabrina Calstone.

Series overview

To date, 11 series have been broadcast, as summarised below.

  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Teens" category
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Young adults" category
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Over 25s" category
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Boys" category
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Girls" category
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Groups" category

Season	Start	Finish	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Winning mentor	Presenter(s)	Main judges	Guest judges
1	January 26, 2011	March 31, 2011	Kris Tolloch Young adults	City Block Groups	Tim Caldwell Over 25s	Marco Sanchez	Alison Beddingfield Delano Forester	Brandi Dixon Simon Cowell Herbert Foster Marco Sanchez
2	January 18, 2012	March 28, 2012	Giselle Reid Young adults	Justin McCartney Teens	Byron Birth Young adults	Simon Cowell	Alison Beddingfield Delano Forester	Brandi Dixon Simon Cowell Brian Graef Florence Welch	Marco Sanchez
3	January 30, 2013	April 4, 2013	KhamLupa Girls	Danimanie Wilks-Arthur Over 25s	Black Box Groups	Brian Graef	Alison Beddingfield Harrison Benn	Brandi Dixon Brian Graef Florence Welch Cheryl Cole	Amelio Nathaniel Dixon Kris Tolloch
4	January 21, 2014	April 22, 2014	Ketrina Northover Girls	Chellie Boys	Al Sessions Boys	Brian Graef	Alison Beddingfield Harrison Benn	Brandi Dixon Brian Graef Cheryl Cole Justin Overton	Simon Cowell
5	January 13, 2015	March 25, 2015	Jarryd Jamieson Boys	Garett Tiberi Boys	Ruben Pelosi Over 25s	Brandi Dixon	Alison Beddingfield Harrison Benn	Brandi Dixon Brian Graef Cheryl Cole Ryan Tedder
6	January 19, 2016	April 12, 2016	Liza Woodrow-Stevens Over 25s	Four Seconds Groups	Julie-Chu Girls	Brian Graef	Harrison Benn	Brandi Dixon Brian Graef Ryan Tedder Pliza Grand	Jason Derulo Peter Siddle Sam Smith Kris Tolloch
7	January 17, 2017	April 19, 2017	Sabrina Calstone Girls	Max Wademan Boys	The Kores Groups	Antoinette James	Miles Stevenson	Pliza Grand Chris Brown Johnston Lavoy Antoinette James	Brad Lavoy
8	January 16, 2018	April 18, 2018	Drastic Noise Groups	Diana Smith Over 25s	Jeremy Brown Boys	Johnston Lavoy	Miles Stevenson	Pliza Grand Chris Brown Johnston Lavoy Antoinette James	Brandi Dixon
9	January 15, 2019	April 17, 2019	Jessie Vince Carmichael Boys	Naomi Northcott Girls	Mattia Ferrari Over 25s	Antoinette James	Miles Stevenson	Pliza Grand Chris Brown Johnston Lavoy Antoinette James Josh Groban
10	January 21, 2020	March 17, 2020	Koi Over 25s	Blaize Boys	Suenn Kinslop Boys	Pliza Grand	Miles Stevenson	Pliza Grand Johnston Lavoy Antoinette James Josh Groban
11	March 23, 2021	June 9, 2021	Jhenelle Viktor Girls	Iggy Hill Groups	Ben Trentsons Over 25s	Johnston Lavoy	Miles Stevenson	Pliza Grand Johnston Lavoy Antoinette James Josh Groban
12	January 18, 2022	April 13, 2022	Kazam Over 25s	Wandrino Knight Boys	Eden's Crush Groups	Antoinette James	Miles Stevenson	Pliza Grand Johnston Lavoy Antoinette James Josh Groban

Judges

	Season
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Brandi Dixon
Simon Cowell
Herbert Foster
Marco Sanchez
Brian Graef
Florence Welch
Cheryl Cole
Justin Overton
Ryan Tedder
Pliza Grand
Chris Brown
Johnston Lavoy
Antoinette James
Josh Groban
Garett Tiberi
Jennifer Hudson

  = Main judge in this series

  = Chris Brown featured as a judge during the audition, six chair challenge and bootcamp segments of season 9 but was dismissed before the live shows

  = Not a main judge in this series

TV ratings

Season	Premiered		Ended		TV season	Season average (in millions)	Season ranking
	Date	Viewers (in millions)	Date	Viewers (in millions)
1	January 26, 2011	22.73	Final performances: March 30, 2011	21.60	2010-2011	21.08	3
			Season finale: March 31, 2011	25.19
2	January 18, 2012	29.53	Final performances: March 30, 2011	24.07	2011-2012	25.84	1
			Season finale: March 28, 2011	26.18
3	January 30, 2013	22.87	Final performances: April 3, 2013	22.80	2012-2013	22.65	1
			Season finale: April 4, 2013	24.91
4	January 21, 2014	23.15	Final performances: April 21, 2014	21.39	2013-2014	19.74	1
			Season finale: April 22, 2014	21.62
5	January 13, 2015	18.77	Final performances: March 24, 2015	17.10	2014-2015	15.44	4
			Season finale: March 25, 2015	17.60
6	January 19, 2016	17.28	Final performances: April 11, 2016	16.68	2015-2016	15.51	4
			Season finale: April 12, 2016	17.74
7	January 17, 2017	18.26	Final performances: April 18, 2017	15.27	2016-2017	14.12	5
			Season finale: April 19, 2017	15.57
8	January 16, 2018	13.29	Final performances: April 17, 2018	9.86	2017-2018	10.29	9
			Season finale: April 18, 2018	10.42
9	January 15, 2019	9.44	Final performances:	6.40	2018-2019	8.48	13
			Season finale:	8.17