Janelle's X Factor Series

For the Upcoming season, see Janelle's X Factor (Season 11) 

Janelle's X Factor is the Tengaged version of The X Factor, a show originating in the UK. The series employs a panel of judges who critique the contestants' performances. Each contestant is assigned to one of four categories. The group acts are one category and the others are based on age or gender. Each judge is assigned to one of the categories, and acts as mentor to the contestants in his or her category. They compete with each other to try to get one of the contestants in their category to win the competition, thus making them the winning judge.

The show has received numerous awards and nominations, including seven TOGA nominations, of which it has won one for Best Up and Coming Group.

Format
There are six stages to the competition:
 * Judges' auditions
 * Boot camp (seasons 1-7, 9, 11)
 * Judges' houses (seasons 1-2, 4-5, 7, 9, 11)
 * Circuit rounds (season 8)
 * Mentors showcase (season 10)
 * Live shows (finals)

Series overview
To date, ten 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) "Over 25s" or "Over 30s" category

Contestant in (or mentor of) "Groups" category

Contestant in (or mentor of) "Wildcards" category

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

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

Judges and Hosts
Judges

The original four judges were creator and executive producer Janelle_Pierzina, Stars player TylerK, and group host ThomasSwift, with blogger Keyston being added as a fourth judge at the start of the second live show. The judging panel for the upcoming season consists of experienced music group judge bigbrothermanaic, Big Brother group player TheEclipse, Voice-Factor guest advisor Webly, and iconic Survivor host OhNatalie.


 * Key
 * Judging p anel
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Hosts

Until season 2, the show was hosted by Danielvk. 49288 replaced Daniel as host in season 3. BigBrotherFan132 hosted in seasons seven and eight. Since season 9, the show has been hosted by Janelle_Pierzina.
 * Key
 * Presenter of X Factor
 * Presenter of X Factor

Tengaged ratings
Seasonal rankings (based on average total posts per episode) of The X Factor on Tengaged.

Awards and nominations

The show was also nominated for Best Entertainment, Best Logo and Best Original Concept or Variation.