The X Factor NK

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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