X Factor Česko a Slovensko is a Czech and Slovak reality television music competition created by Simon Cowell and produced by FremantleMedia, on TV Prima and TV JOJ. Based on the original UK show, and an addition to the X Factor franchise, the series finds new singing talent (solo artists and groups ages 12 and over), drawn from public auditions, and they compete against each other for votes. The winner is determined by the show's viewers SMS text voting, and is awarded a recording contract, worth €200.000 . The original judging consisted of Celeste Buckingham, Ondřej Brzobohatý, Sisa Sklovská and Oto Klempíř and Martin "Pyco" Rausch as hosts. Casting was announced in December in the Czech Republic. Prima family serves as the broadcaster for Czech viewers and TV JOJ for Slovaks. Series overview To date, three seasons have 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 28s" category Contestant in (or mentor of) "Groups" category Judges' categories and their contestants In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three acts to progress to the live shows. This table shows, for each season, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live shows. Key: – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font. References External links Official website Czech Republic Official website Slovakia The X Factor Czech reality television series Slovak reality television series Czech music television series Slovak music television series 2010s Czech television series 2010s Slovak television series 2014 Czech television series debuts 2014 Slovak television series debuts Czech television series based on British television series Slovak television series based on British television series Prima televize original programming TV JOJ original programming