Az X-Factor Angliából indult, az extrákkal teli műsor atyja, Simon Cowell, bizonyára rendelkezik ezzel a bizonyos X-faktor-ral, hiszen manapság ő az egyik legsikeresebb producer. Az X-faktor-on kívül még számos tehetségkutatóban zsűritag.  Ráadásul Ő a legszigorúbb az összes közül.  Simon Cowell 1979 óta van jelen a zene piacon ahol először az EMI Music Publishing, majd 1989 től a BMG-nél. Az első nagy sikere a “Pop Idol” című műsor, az első győztes Will Young a döntőben 4,6 millió szavazatot kapott. Simon Cowell felfedezettjei közzé tartozik a Spice Girls és a Take That is.

Az X-Factor ezek után került a piacra Simon Cowell kezéből, először Angliában 2004-ben.

Az eddigi és jelenlegi X-Factor versenyek és nyertesei.

terület/ország	helyi név	TV csatorna	Sorozat és nyertes	Birák	Forgalmazó
Arab World	The X Factor, XSeer Al Najah (in Arabic سير النجاح X)	Rotana TV	Season 1, 2006: Rajaa Kasabni Season 2, 2007: Muhammad El Majzoub	Khaled El Sheikh (2006-2007) Michel Elefteriades (2006-2007) Nelly (2006) Anoushka (2007)	Joelle Rahme
Australia	The X Factor	Network Ten (2005)	Series 1, 2005: Random	Mark Holden (Season 1) Kate Ceberano (Season 1) John Reid (Season 1) Dannii Minogue (Season 2) Others TBD (Season 2)	Daniel MacPherson (Season 1)
Belgium	X Factor	VTM Website	Season 1, 2005: Udo Mechels Season 2, 2008: Dirk De Smet Season 3, 2010: Upcoming season	Kris Wauters Jean Blaute (Season 1) Liliane Saint-Pierre (Season 1) Do (Season 2) Maurice Engelen (Season 2)	Koen Wauters (Season 1) Hadise (Season 2)
Bulgaria	X Factor	PRO.BG	Season 1, 2010: Upcoming season	TBD	TBD
Colombia	El Factor X	RCN TV Website	Season 1, 2005: Julio César Meza Season 2, 2006: Francisco Villarreal Season 3, 2009: Siam Season 4, 2010: Upcoming season[1][2]	Marbelle (Season 1-present) Juan Carlos Coronel (Season 1-present) José Gaviria (Season 1-present) Wilfrido Vargas (El Factor Xs 2)	Andrea Serna
	El Factor X: Batalla de Estrella (celebrity)		Season 1, 2006: Luz Amparo Alvarez
	El Factor Xs (children)		Season 1, 2006: Andres Camilo Hurtado Season 2, 2007: Camilo Echeverry Correa
Czech Republic	X Factor	TV Nova Website	Season 1, 2008: Jiří Zonyga Season 2, 2010: Upcoming season	Gábina Osvaldová Ondřej Soukup Petr Janda	Leoš Mareš
Denmark	X Factor	DR Website	Season 1, 2008: Martin Hoberg Hedegaard Season 2, 2009: Linda Andrews Season 3, 2010: Thomas Ring Petersen	Remee (Season 1-present) Lina Rafn (Season 1-Sæson 2) Thomas Blachman (Season 1-Sæson 2) Carsten Schack of Soulshock & Karlin (Season 3-present) Pernille Rosendahl of Swan Lee (Season 3-present)	Lise Rønne (Season 1-Sæson 2) Signe Muusmann (Season 3-present)
Finland	X Factor	MTV3 Website	Season 1, 2010 In Progress	Linda Brava Renne Korppila Gugi Kokljuschkin	X Factor Heikki Paasonen Xtra Factor Jukka Rossi
France Belgium French Community of Belgium	X Factor	W9 (France) RTL-TVi (Belgium) Website	Season 1, 2009: Sébastien Agius Season 2, 2010: Upcoming season[3]	Marc Cerrone Julie Zenatti Alain Lanty	Alexandre Devoise
Germany	X Factor	VOX Kick-off and finale on RTL Website	Season 1, 2010: Upcoming season	Sarah Connor Till Brönner Georg Glueck	Jochen Schropp
Greece Cyprus	The X Factor	ANT1 Website	Series 1 2008-2009: Loukas Giorkas Series 2 2009-2010: Stavros Michalakakos	George Levendis Giorgos Theofanous Katerina Gagaki Nikos Mouratidis	Sakis Rouvas
Hungary	X-faktor	RTL Klub	Season 1, 2010: Upcoming season	TBD	TBD
Iceland	X Factor	Stöð 2 Website	Series 1, 2006: Jógvan Hansen Series 2, 2010: Upcoming season	Einar Bárðarson Elínborg Halldórsdóttir Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson	Halla Vilhjálmsdóttir
Italy	X Factor	Rai Due Website	Season 1, 2008: Aram Quartet Season 2, 2008-9: Matteo Becucci Season 3, 2009: Marco Mengoni	Mara Maionchi (Season 1-present) Morgan (Marco Castoldi) (Season 1-present) Simona Ventura (Season 1-2) Claudia Mori (Season 3-present)	Francesco Facchinetti
Morocco	Le Facteur X	2M TV	Season 1, 2006: Leila, Mouna & Hatim
	Studio 2M		Season 1, 2006: Hasnaa Zalarh, Imane Rabya & Yassine Badrate Season 2, 2007: Imane Karkibou, Leila El Berrak, Marouane El Bekri & Sabrine El Koulali Season 3, 2008: Unknown Season 4, 2009: Meriam Chakroune, Sofia Mountassir, Taoufiq El Bouchiti & Zoubida Fennich	Malak, Cristy Carol and other judges	Imad Ntifi
Netherlands	X Factor	RTL 4 Website	Season 1, 2006-07: Sharon Kips Season 2, 2009: Lisa Hordijk Season 3, 2010: In Progress	2008-present Stacey Rookhuizen Angela Groothuizen Gordon Heuckeroth Eric van Tijn 2006-2007 Henkjan Smits Marianne van Wijnkoop Henk Temming	Wendy van Dijk (2006–present) Martijn Krabbe (2009–present)
Norway	X Factor	TV 2 Website	Season 1, 2009: Chand Torsvik Season 2, 2010 Upcoming season	Jan Fredrik Karlsen Mira Craig Peter Peters	Charlotte Thorstvedt
Poland	X Factor	Polsat	Season 1, 2010: Upcoming season	TBA	TBA
Russia	Секрет Успеха (Sekret Uspekha)	RTR Website	Season 1, 2005: Vladimir Sapovskiy Season 2, 2007: Nikolai Timohin	Season 1 Valeriy Meladze Katerina Von Gechmen-Valdek Aleksandr Revzin Valeriya Season 2 Valery Garkalin Tigran Keosayan	Season 1 Aleksey Chumakov Elena Vorobey Season 2 Tutti Larsen
Spain	Factor X	Cuatro Website	Season 1, 2007: María Villalón Season 2, 2008: Vocal Tempo	Miqui Puig Eva Perales Jorge Flo	Núria Roca
Ukraine	X Factor	STB	Season 1, 2010: Upcoming season	TBA	TBA
United Kingdom	The X Factor	ITV1 ITV2 STV UTV Channel Television TV3 Website	Series 1, 2004: Steve Brookstein Series 2, 2005: Shayne Ward Series 3, 2006: Leona Lewis Series 4, 2007: Leon Jackson Series 5, 2008: Alexandra Burke Series 6, 2009: Joe McElderry	Current Simon Cowell Louis Walsh Cheryl Cole Former Main Sharon Osbourne (Series 1-4) Brian Friedman (Series 4 auditions) Dannii Minogue (Series 4-Series 6) Guest Paula Abdul (Series 3 auditions)	Current The X Factor Dermot O’Leary The Xtra Factor Holly Willoughby Former The X Factor Kate Thornton (Series 1-3) The Xtra Factor Ben Shephard (Series 1-3) Fearne Cotton (Series 4)
	The X Factor: Battle of the Stars		Series 1, 2006: Lucy Benjamin
United States	The X Factor	Fox	Season 1, 2011: Upcoming season	Simon Cowell Others to be announced

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