El Factor X

Did You Know?

• El Factor X had a spin-off called El Factor X: Batalla de las Estrellas, broadcast in 2006 and won by Luz Amparo Álvarez.
• The children's version El Factor Xs (Xs stands for 'extra small') had three seasons: 2006, 2007, and 2011.
• The first season of El Factor Xs was won by Andrés Camilo Hurtado, the second by Camilo Echeverry Correa, and the third by Shaira Selena Pelaez.

Season summary

The first season's judges were Juan Carlos Coronel, José Gaviria, and Marbelle. The winner was Julio César Meza from the solo-singers-aged-25+ category; runners-up were Enygma (a group of Ricardo García, Manuel Peña, Germán ‘Tito’ Núñez and Iván Peña) from vocal groups, and third place went to Farina (Pao Paucar Franco) from the solo-singers-aged-25-and-over category. The second season was won by Francisco Villarreal, who had been an unsuccessful contestant in the first season but learned to read in the intervening period. Runner-up was Mario Marcelino Macuacé, and third place went to Angelo (Juan Carlos Ángel), considered by many the favorite. After a two-year hiatus, the third season aired in 2009 with a large publicity campaign; producers visited cities nationwide to find talent. The competition was won by the group Siam, with Raza Pana as runner-up and Jorge (Jorge Luis Medina Mosquera) in third place.