commercials which displayed the text "the country's biggest and grandest music event of the year" as the first winner will be awarded with a 4 million peso recording contract. Season summary To date, one season has 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" category Contestant in (or mentor of) "Groups" category Judges and host On 29 December 2011, KC Concepcion was announced as the host of the show. In March 2012, singers Charice and Martin Nievera were announced as the first two of the four judges. In April 2012, Gary Valenciano was named as the third judge. In May 2012, Pilita Corrales was announced as the last of the judges, completing the judging panel for the show. Judges' categories and their contestants In each series, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses a three acts to progress to the live shows. This table shows, for each series, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live shows. Color key Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font. Reception Television ratings Television ratings for The X Factor Philippines on ABS-CBN are gathered from two major sources, namely from AGB Nielsen and Kantar Media. AGB Nielsen's survey ratings are gathered from Mega Manila households, while Kantar Media's survey ratings are gathered from all over the Philippines' urban and rural households. Awards Music releases by The X Factor Philippines contestants References External links Official Website The X Factor Philippines at Facebook The X Factor Philippines at Twitter The X Factor Philippines at YouTube 2012 Philippine television series debuts Philippine television series based on British television series 2012 Philippine television series endings Television series by Fremantle (company) ABS-CBN original programming Filipino-language television shows