Janelle's X Factor Series

Janelle's X Factor is a Tengaged music competition to find new singing talent, contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. Created by Janelle Pierzina, the show began in September 2012 and has since aired monthly from season one through to season nine.

There have been eight winners of the show to date: Britney Spears, Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Shakira, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga. Winners receive a gift on the Tengaged website.

Categories
The show is primarily concerned with identifying singing talent, though appearance, personality, stage presence and dance routines are also an important element of many performances. Each judge is assigned one of four categories. Through the live shows, the judges act as mentors to their category, helping to decide song choices, styling and staging, while judging contestants from other categories.

Stages
The show is split into a series of phases, following the contestants from auditions through to the grand finale. In the audition phase of the show, auditionees sing on a stage in front of the judges and a live audience. Successful auditionees go through to "bootcamp" and then to "judges' houses", where judges narrow down the acts in their category down to three or four acts to mentor for the live shows, where the public vote for their favorite acts following weekly live performances by the contestants.

There are five stages to the competition:
 * Stage 1: Open auditions (these auditions decide who will sing in front of the judges)
 * Stage 2: Judges' auditions
 * Stage 3: Super bootcamp
 * Stage 4: Home visits
 * Stage 5: Live shows (finals)

Season overview
To date, nine seasons have been broadcast, as summarized below.

Contestant in (or mentor of) "Boys" category

Contestant in (or mentor of) "Girls" category

Contestant in (or mentor of) "Wildcards" category

Contestant in (or mentor of) "Young Adults" category

Contestant in (or mentor of) "Over 25s" or "Over 30s" category

Contestant in (or mentor of) "Groups" category

Contestant in (or mentor of) "Covers" or "Teams" category