Janelle's X Factor (season 1)

The first season was broadcast from September 14 to November 2, 2012. The competition was split into several stages: auditions, bootcamp and live shows, with Janelle_Pierzina, TylerK, ThomasSwift, and Keyston as judges. It was won by Britney Spears. Pierzina was the winning mentor.

Auditions
Auditions began in September 2012 in five cities: Detroit (14 September), Portland (15 September), Seattle (16 September), Austin (18 September), and Tampa (19 September).

Boot camp
Boot camp aired on September 20, 2012 with the results on September 25, 2012.

By the end of boot camp, 45 acts were cut to 32, 8 acts in each category. The judges later found out which category they would mentor and their acts joined them at their house.

Judges' houses
The judges' houses stage was broadcast in two episodes on 25 and 28 September 2012.

Sixteen of the 32 acts were eliminated with the 16 remaining moving to the live shows, four from each category. The eliminated acts were:


 * Thomas' acts (Girls): Cher Lloyd, Lady Gaga*, Nicki Minaj, Nike
 * Keyston's acts (Boys): Adam Lambert, Jason Chen, Jason Derulo, Frank Ocean
 * Janelle's acts (Over 30s): Greenday, Imagine Dragons, Maroon 5*, One Direction*
 * Tyler's acts (Groups): Beyonce, Pink*, Reba McEntire

Note: In the first season many contestants auditioned as the same artist causing two of the same acts at judges houses.

Finalists
The live shows commenced on September 28, 2012. The following artists made it to the live shows.

Key:

Live shows
Results summary


 * Color key

Week 1 (September 28)
Judges' decision to eliminate
 * Theme: First Impressions
 * There was no public vote the first week. Instead, each of the judges selected one of their own acts to eliminate.
 * Janelle_Pierzina: Christina Aguilera
 * TylerK: One Direction
 * Bradyman7: Colin McLoughlin
 * ThomasSwift: Amy Winehouse

Week 2 (October 2)
Judges' vote to eliminate
 * Theme: Movie Week
 * Janelle_Pierzina: Taylor Swift
 * TylerK: Taylor Swift
 * ThomasSwift: Bruno Mars
 * Keyston: Taylor Swift

Week 3 (October 7)
Judges' vote to eliminate
 * Theme: Guilty Pleasures
 * Janelle: Evanescence
 * Tyler was not required to vote
 * ThomasSwift: Evanescence
 * Keyston: Evanescence

Week 4 (October 10)
Judges' vote to eliminate
 * Theme: Dance Hits
 * Janelle: Marina And The Diamonds
 * Tyler: Maroon 5
 * ThomasSwift: Maroon 5
 * Keyston: Marina And The Diamonds

Week 5 (October 14)
Judges' vote to eliminate
 * Theme: Love and Heartbreak
 * Janelle: Maroon 5
 * Tyler: Carrie Underwood
 * ThomasSwift: Carrie Underwood
 * Keyston: Carrie Underwood

Week 6 (October 19)
Note: Adele was removed from the show for breaking one of the rules of the competition. The four acts that did not face the public vote in week 1 and were eliminated by their mentors—Amy Winehouse, One Direction, Christina Aguilera, and Colin McLaughlin—faced the public vote. The act with the most votes replaced Adele. The winner of the vote was announced as Christina Aguilera.
 * Theme: Inspirational Songs

Week 7 (October 22)
Judges' vote to eliminate
 * Themes: Billboards Hot Hits; Tengaged Challenge songs.
 * Janelle_Pierzina: Maroon 5
 * TylerK: Britney Spears
 * ThomasSwift: Maroon 5
 * Keyston: Maroon 5

Week 8 (October 26)
Note: The semi-final did not feature a final showdown and instead the act with the fewest public votes, Andy Grammer, was automatically eliminated.
 * Themes: Songs to get you to the final" (no theme); Tengaged Challenge songs.

Week 9 (October 29)

 * Themes: Halloween; Favorite song; celebrity duets

Reception
Tengaged ratings