Tommy's X Factor

The X Factor Series
Genre	Reality television
Format	Interactive talent show
Created by	TommyD
Presented by	TommyD
Judges	TommyD (season 1-) Neme91 (season 1, 4-6, 9-) J4ckWilko (season 3, 11-) stuartlittle16 (season 11-) tswiftlover13 (season 9-10) chris2pei (season 7-8, 10) Jameslu (season 4-9) Carlyjordan14 (season 1-3, 8) Spinfur (season 4-8) melindaMrskk (season 7) brandonh1 (season 1, 3) epicwafflez23 (season 2) Shaootyquiqui3 (season 2)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	12
No. of episodes	217 (as of Aug 6, 2020)
Production
Executive producer(s)	TommyD
Running time	30-65 minutes
Broadcast
Broadcaster	Tengaged
Original run	Original series: June 3, 2017 – present

For the current season see The X Factor (season Twelve).

The X Factor Series 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. From the ninth season, this changed to teams. Each judge is assigned to one of the categories/teams, and acts as mentor to the contestants in his or her category/teams. They compete with each other to try to get one of the contestants in their category/team to win the competition, thus making them the winning judge. So far there has been ten winning acts; The Script portrayed by Maicolx3, Adele portrayed by Giraffez, Sam Tsui portrayed by Spinfur, Tessanne Chin portrayed by dlmax365, Jessica Sanchez portrayed by carlyjordan14, Chris Blue portrayed by Rubes, 4th Power portrayed by Iconique, Christina Grimmie portrayed by Brandonh1, Faouzia portrayed by Rubes, Grace Potter portrayed by 1001games and Twenty One Two portrayed by Moviemusicguy123. Rubes became the series first two-time winner, winning both season six and nine respectively.

Judges and presenters

To date there has been 13 judges across the 12 seasons of the series. The debut season judging panel consisted of creator TommyD, carlyjorday14, brandonh1 and Neme14. Rodrigueseve served as a guest judge for two audition dates in season 1. A second season was announced at the first season finale, where it was announced that new judges were going to be revealed. Tommy and Carly both announced on June 27, 2017 that they would be returning for the second season. On June 28, 2017 it was revealed that epicwafflez23 and Shabootyquiqui3 would replace Brandon and Nehemiah respectively. On July 24 and July 25, both Tommy and Carly announced that they had signed on for their third seasons on the judging panel. Brandon returned for the third season after a one season hiatus, whilst aria_grande joined the panel after the announcement of both Eli and Drizella stepping down. Towards the end of the third season, Brandon and Carly announced their departure after three and two seasons respectively. Jameslu and Spinfur were announced as their replacements. Tommy announced that he would be returning for his fourth season (Brandon served as guest judge during season four auditions). All judges returned for the fifth season. After a hiatus, it was announced by TommyD that the X Factor would be returning to tengaged, it was confirmed on November 17th 2018 that auditions had opened and that all four judges from the previous season would return. In the finale of season six, it was announced that Nehemiah would step down and two new judges would join the five judge panel for the seventh season, they were Melinda and Chris. Chris only served as an impartial fifth judge at the live shows carrying the majority of the vote. Melinda stepped down as a judge for the eighth season. After a 4 season hiatus, Carly Jay returned as her replacement. For the renewal of the ninth season of the franchise it was revealed that Tommy and Aili James would return as judges, after a two season hiatus, Nehemiah would also return to judge for his fifth season on the show. Taylor was announced as a brand new judge for this new look season. For season ten, Aili James stepped down after six seasons, the remaining judges are set to return. Chris was announced as Aili James' replacement, Chris previously acted as a live show judge in seasons seven and eight making this his third season after a one season hiatus. At the finale of The X Factor: The All Stars, Tommy and Nehemiah were announced to be returning to the panel for The X Factor 11. Taylor and Chris both stepped down. Jack and Michael were announced as their replacements, Jack originally served as a judge in season three meaning a return after a seven season hiatus, This marks Michael's first season on the panel. All four judges returned for the twelve season.

Tommy (S1-)

Carly-Jay (S1-S3, S8)

Brandon (S1, S3)

Nehemiah (S1, S4-S6, S9-)

Eli (S2)

Drizella (S2)

Jack (S3, S11-)

Aili James (S4-S9)

Drake (S4-S8)

Melinda (S7)

Chris (S7-S8, S10)

Taylor (S9-S10)

Michael (S11-)

     Main Judge
     Live Show Judge

Judges	Seasons
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Tommy
Carly Jay
Brandon
Nehemiah
Eli
Drizella
Jack
Aili James
Drake
Melinda
Chris
Taylor
Michael

Stages

The show is split into different stages, following the contestants from auditions through to the final. Successful auditionees go through to a selection round(s), where the judges narrow down the acts in their category to three or four acts to mentor in the live shows, where the judges vote for their favourite acts following live performances by the contestants.

• Judges' auditions
• Bootcamp (seasons 1-5) or Six-Chair Challenge (season 6-8)
• Judges' Homes (seasons 1-4, 6-8) or Three-Chair Challenge (season 5)
• Lives Shows

From the ninth season onwards the stages were as follows:

• The Auditions
• The Judges Judgement
• The Knockouts
• The Showcases
• Live Shows (usually comprising of a Quarter Final, Semi Final and Season Finale)

Series overview

To date, twelve seasons have been broadcasted, as summarised below.

Season One through to Season Eight

     Contestant in (or mentor of) "Boys" category
     Contestant in (or mentor of) "Girls" category
     Contestant in (or mentor of) "Over 30s" category
     Contestant in (or mentor of) "Groups" category

Season Nine onwards
     Team Tommy (S9-)
     Team Nehemiah (S9-)
     Team Jack (S11-)
     Team Michael (S11-)

     Team Aili James (S9)
     Team Taylor (S9-S10)
     Team Chris (S10)

Season	Duration	Judges and their finalists				Winning Mentor
		First place	Second place	Third Place	Fourth Place
One	3 Jun, 2017 26 Jun, 2017	The Script (Maicolx3)	Fifth Harmony (Shabootyquiqui3)	Ed Sheeran (Maicolx3)	No Fourth Place In Season Finale	Tommy (TommyD)
Two	2 Jul, 2017 25 Jul, 2017	Adele (Girrafez)	Shawn Mendes (aria_grande)	Imagine Dragons (LittleMe2000)		Carly (carlyjordan14)
Three	27 Jul, 2017 18 Aug, 2017	Sam Tsui (Spinfur)	The Nor'easters (Neme91)	Madilyn Bailey (Neme91)		Tommy (TommyD)
Four	22 Aug, 2017 15 Sep, 2017	Tessanne Chin (dlmax365)	Carrie Underwood (carlyjordan14)	Louisa Johnson (MelindaMrskk)		Drake (Spinfur)
Five	20 Sep, 2017 23 Oct, 2017	Jessica Sanchez (carlyjordan14)	Saara Aalto (iDarryn)	Samantha Harvey (kgamer2218)		Nehemiah (Neme91)
Six	19 Nov, 2018 13 Dec, 2018	Chris Blue (Rubes)	Brooke Simpson (Rubes)	Sam Smith (sloth_roman)		Tommy (TommyD)
Seven	15 Dec, 2018 14 Jan, 2019	4th Power (Iconique)	Dalton Harris (Iconique)	Celine Dion (carlyjordan14)		Aili James (Jameslu)
Eight	18 Jan, 2019 21 Feb, 2019	Christina Grimmie (brandonh1)	Matt Terry (aria_grande)	Boyce Avenue (brandonh1)		Tommy (TommyD)
Nine	16 Apr, 2020 5 May, 2020	Faouzia (Rubes)	Morissette (Glambert_Icon)	Jessie J (Glambert_Icon)	Maelyn Jarmon (hellocat)	Taylor (tswiftlover13)
Ten	12 May, 2020 1 June, 2020	Grace Potter (1001games)	Jennifer Hudson (Rubes)	Haley Reinhart (Jameslu)	Joshua Ledet (Jameslu)	Chris (chris2pei)
Eleven	18 June, 2020 7 July, 2020	Twenty One Two (Moviemusicguy123)	Kelly Clarkson (Jameslu)	JoJo (DrG2)	Dillon James (Jameslu)	Jack (J4ckWilko)
Twelve	16 July, 2020 8 Aug, 2020

Judges categories and their finalists

     Winning artist/mentor

Season
	Tommy	Carly Jay	Brandon	Nehemiah
1	Groups Fifth Harmony Pentatonix The Script	Over 30s Beyonce Lady Gaga Kelly Clarkson	Boys Ed Sheeran Jeffery Austin Sam Tsui	Girls Ariana Grande Hailee Steinfield Kiana Lede
2
	Tommy	Carly Jay	Eli	Drizella
	Boys Alex Aiono Joe McElderry Shawn Mendes	Girls Adele Emeli Sande Halsey	Groups Imagine Dragons Little Mix Queen	Over 30s Cher Madonna Marina Diamandis
3
	Tommy	Carly Jay	Brandon	Jack
	Boys Hozier James Arthur Matt Terry Sam Tsui	Groups Before You Exit Cascada O'G3NE The Nor'easters	Girls Aliyah Moulden Madilyn Bailey Reigan Derry Savannah Outen	Over 30s Cynthia Erivo Kina Grannis Sam Bailey Sia
4
	Tommy	Aili James	Drake	Nehemiah
	Groups AHMIR Little Mix Neon Jungle Pentatonix	Girls Demi Lovato Ella Eyre Lauren Murray Louisa Johnson	Over 30s Ben Haenow Carrie Underwood Guy Sebastian Tessanne Chin	Boys Ben Platt Brendan Murray Leroy Sanchez Sam Smith
5	Over 30s Bruno Mars Paloma Faith Saara Aalto	Groups HAIM One Direction Paramore	Boys Chris Jamison Jaylen Roach Max Schneider	Girls Jessica Sanchez Natalie Ong Samantha Harvey
6	Boys Ada Vox Chris Blue Sam Smith	Girls Brooke Simpson Sheena McHugh Zhavia Ward	Over 30s Karen Waldrup Kelly Clarkson Sam Bailey	Groups Mayday Parade Shinedown The Fugees
7
	Tommy	Aili James	Drake	Melinda
	Over 30s Ali Caldwell Celine Dion Katherine Jenkins Kyla Jade	Groups 4th Power Little Mix The Wood Brothers Why Don't We	Boys Dalton Harris Kirk Jay Jahmene Douglas Rag 'N' Bone Man	Girls Brynn Cartelli Kennedy Holmes La’Porsha Renea Leah McFall
8
	Tommy	Carly Jay	Drake	Aili James
	Girls Chloe Kohanski Bella Paige Pleun Bierbooms Christina Grimmie	Boys Conor Maynard Jordan Smith Matt Terry Joshua Ledet	Over 30s Amanda Brown Kevin Davy White Calum Scott Lucy O’Bryne	Groups Walk Off The Earth Boyce Avenue Pentatonix Place on Earth
9
	Team Tommy	Team Aili James	Team Taylor	Team Nehemiah
	Cynthia Erivo Fernando Daniel Maelyn Jarmon	Jessie J MaKenzie Thomas Rose Short	Diana Rouvas Faouzia Morissette	Chloe x Halle Inês Simõnes Sheldon Riley
10
	Team Tommy	Team Chris	Team Taylor	Team Nehemiah
	Jason Warrior Jennifer Hudson Rak-Su	Grace Potter Joshua Ledet Pentatonix Sam Bailey	Ali Caldwell Haley Reinhart Sasha Allen	Alex & Sierra Marc Broussard Nicholas Mcdonald
11
	Team Tommy	Team Jack	Team Michael	Team Nehemiah
	Candice Glover Dillon James Pia Toscano Sarah Ikumu	Mo Adeniran Rose Short Twenty One Two	JONA Kelly Clarkson Matt Bloyd	Alexandra Burke Garrett Bolden JoJo
12	Johnny Manuel Noah Guthrie Scarlett Lee Sheldon Riley	Brian Justin Crum Daneliya Tuleshova James Graham Masha Mnjoyan	First To Eleven Melodores Toneisha Harris Tori Kelly	Ella Eyre Paramore Twenty One Pilots Zach Seabaugh