The X Factor (Arabic TV series)
{{Short description|Television series}}
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{{Infobox television
| image =
| caption =
| alt_name = MBC The X Factor
| creator = Simon Cowell
| presenter = {{plainlist|
Nathalie Maamary (2006)
Joelle Rahme (2006–2007)
Yosra El Lozy (2013)
Bassel Alzaro (2013–2015)
Daniella Rahme (2015)
Wael Mansour (2015)
}} Samer al-Masry (2018)
Rami Radwan (2018)
Maryam Said (2018)
| judges = {{plainlist|
Nelly (2006)
Khaled El Sheikh (2006–07)
Michel Elefteriades (2006–07)
Anoushka (2007)
Carole Samaha (2013)
Wael Kfoury (2013)
Hussain Al Jasmi (2013)
Elissa (2013–2015)
Ragheb Alama (2015)(2023)
Donia Samir Ghanem (2015–2018)
Saber Rebai (2018)
Najwa Karam (2018)
Majid Al Mohandis (2018) Angham (2023)
Rahma Riad (2024)}}
| creative_director =
| voices =
| country = Arab World
| location =
| network = LBC, Rotana (2006–2007)
CBC (2013)
MBC1 (2015–present)
| first_aired = {{Plainlist|
- {{Start date|2006|03|26|df=y}} - {{End date|2007}}
- {{Start date|2013}} - present
}}
| runtime = 60–120 minutes
| num_episodes = 38
| num_seasons = 5
| related =
| producer = Rotana
CBC
SYCOtv
MBC
INMedia Plus
Future Media Company
Imagic Group
Syco Entertainment
FremantleMedia
}}
The X Factor Arabia, originally aired on March 26, 2006, with the title XSeer Al Najah (meaning Elixir or Essence of Success) is the Arab version of The X Factor. The Arabic-language version of the program also created by Simon Cowell has a similar format to the British version, in that there are judges who each have a team of contestants to mentor and compete with each other for the X Factor title. The 14-episode first series was broadcast in 22 Arabic-speaking countries. In its debut, it was known as being one of the most watched programs on television and was produced and supported by Rotana, one of the largest production companies in the Arab World. The winner of XSeer Al Najah earned a chance to sign with Rotana. However, with the continuing success of the rival pan-Arab series Star Academy on Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC), XSeer All Najah lost most of its pan-Arab appeal and was discontinued after season 2. In 2023, season 5 was released. 2024 begins season 6
In 2012, the Egyptian TV channel CBC announced that The X Factor Arabia would return in 2013 with four judges: Elissa, Carole Samaha, Wael Kfoury, and Hussain Al Jasmi. Despite its revamped format, The X Factor Arabia struggled against its rival show MBC's Arab Idol which aired at the same time slot as The X Factor.
In 2014, MBC brought the rights for the show from CBC, revamped its format and started producing season four. Only Elissa as a judge and Bassel Alzaro as a host were retained from season three during MBC's restructure of the show. The judges on MBC The X Factor are Ragheb Alama, Elissa and Donia Samir Ghanem. The first episode aired on 14 March 2015 on MBC1 and MBC Masr.
After a new hiatus of almost {{frac|2|1|2}} years, the programme rights were purchased by the Dubai Channel and DMC and was relaunched at the end of 2017. The judges were Donia Samir Ghanem from season 4, the Lebanese Najwa Karam replacing Elissa, the Iraqi Majid Al Mohandis replacing Ragheb Alama and Tunisian Saber Rebai as a fourth addition judge. 2023 trat Ragheb Alama, Angham Und Abdallah Al Rowaished der Jury bei für die 5. Staffel.
Summary
{{Expand section|details of seasons 1 and 2|date=January 2021}}
In each series, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three acts to progress to the live finals. This table shows, for each series, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live finals.
Key:
:{{Color box|#BFFFC0;|border=silver}} – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.
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| class="wikitable" |
| width=6% | Season
! width=6% | Year ! width=10% | Nelly ! width=10% | Khaled El Sheikh ! width=10% | Michel Elefteriades |
|---|
| align="center"
| One | 6 Feb - 15 May | style="background:#BFFFC0; text-align:center" |Over 25s | style="text-align:center" | 16-24s | style="text-align:center" | Groups |
| width=6% | Season
! width=6% | Year ! width=10% | Anoushka ! width=10% | Khaled El Sheikh ! width=10% | Michel Elefteriades |
| align="center"
| Two | 29 May - 1 August | style="background:#BFFFC0; text-align:center" |16-24s | style="text-align:center" | Over 25s | style="text-align:center" | Groups |
| width=6% | Season
! width=6% | Year ! width=10% | Elissa ! width=10% | Carole Samaha ! width=10% | Wael Kfoury ! width=10% | Hussain Al Jasmi |
| align="center"
| Three | 21 Feb | style="text-align:center" |Girls | style="text-align:center" | Groups | style="text-align:center" | Boys | style="background:#BFFFC0; text-align:center" | Over 25s |
| width=6% | Season
! width=6% | Year ! width=10% | Ragheb Alama ! width=10% | Elissa ! width=10% | Donia Samir Ghanem |
| align="center"
| Four |14 March | style="background:#BFFFC0; text-align:center" |Solo International | style="text-align:center" | Solo Arabic | style="text-align:center" | Groups |
| width=6% | Season
! width=6% | Year ! width=10% | Saber Rebai ! width=10% | Donia Samir Ghanem ! width=10% | Najwa Karam ! width=10% | Majid Al Mohandis |
| align="center"
| Five | 2017–2018 | style="background:#BFFFC0; text-align:center" | Rabih al Nussaybi | style="text-align:center" | | style="text-align:center" | | style="text-align:center" | |
Season 1 (2006)
=Results summary=
;Colour key
{{Color box|#ffe5b4||border=silver}} Act in team Nelly
{{Color box|#ccf||border=silver}} Act in team Khaled
{{Color box|#d0f0c0||border=silver}} Act in team Michel
| {{Color box|#87D3F8;|border=silver}} – | Act was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown |
| {{Color box|pink;|border=silver}} – | Act received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown) |
| {{Color box|lightgreen;|border=silver}} – | Act received the most public votes |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
|+Weekly results per act ! style="width:12%" colspan=2 | Act ! style="width:7%" | Week 1 ! style="width:7%" | Week 2 ! style="width:7%" | Week 3 ! style="width:7%" | Week 4 ! style="width:7%" | Week 5 ! style="width:7%" | Quarter-Final ! style="width:7%" | Semi-Final ! style="width:9%" | Final |
| style="background:#ffe5b4"|
! Raja | Safe | Safe | style = "background:#87D3F8" | Bottom Two | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | style="background:lightgreen" | Winner |
|---|
| style="background:#ccf"|
! Ahmed | Safe | Safe | Safe | style = "background:#87D3F8" | Bottom Two | style = "background:#87D3F8" | Bottom Two | Safe | Safe |Runner-up |
| style="background:#d0f0c0"|
! Guitarista | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | style = "background:pink" | 3rd || style="background:#FA8072" | Eliminated |
| style="background:#ccf"|
! Dora | style = "background:#87D3F8" | Bottom Two | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | style = "background:pink" | 4th || style="background:#FA8072" colspan=2 | Eliminated |
| style="background:#ffe5b4"|
! Maher | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | style = "background:#87D3F8" | Bottom Two || colspan="3" style="background:#FA8072" |Eliminated |
| style="background:#d0f0c0"|
! Play | Safe | Safe | Safe | style = "background:#87D3F8" | Bottom Two || colspan="4" style="background:#FA8072" |Eliminated |
| style="background:#ccf"|
! Hala | Safe | style = "background:#87D3F8" | Bottom Two | style = "background:#87D3F8" | Bottom Two || colspan="5" style="background:#FA8072" |Eliminated |
| style="background:#d0f0c0"|
! Prova | Safe | style = "background:#87D3F8"| Bottom Two || colspan="6" style="background:#FA8072" |Eliminated |
| style="background:#ffe5b4"|
! Sherine | style = "background:#87D3F8" | Bottom Two || colspan="7" style="background:#FA8072" |Eliminated |
| colspan="10" | |
| colspan=2| Final Showdown
| style = "background:#87D3F8" | | style = "background:#87D3F8" | | style = "background:#87D3F8" | | style = "background:#87D3F8" | | style = "background:#87D3F8" | | rowspan = "4" colspan="3"| No final showdown or judges' votes; results were based on public votes alone |
| colspan=2 |Nelly's vote to eliminate (Groups)
| || || || || |
| colspan=2 |Khaled's vote to eliminate (16-24s)
| || || || || |
| colspan=2 |Michel's vote to eliminate (Over 25s)
| || || || || |
| colspan=2 |Eliminated
| style = "background:#FA8072" | Sherine | style = "background:#FA8072" | Prova | style = "background:#FA8072" | Hala | style = "background:#FA8072" | Play | style = "background:#FA8072" | Maher | style = "background:#FA8072" | Dora | style = "background:#FA8072" | Guitarista | style = "background:#FA8072" | Ahmed |
Season 2 (2007)
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Season 2 was won by Muhammad El Majzoub.
Season 3 (2013)
;Colour key
| {{Color box|#87D3F8;|border=silver}} – | Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown |
| {{Color box|pink;|border=silver}} – | Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown) |
| {{Color box|lightgreen;|border=silver}} – | Contestant received the most public votes |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
|+Weekly results per contestant !style="width:12%" rowspan=2 scope="col" | Contestant !style="width:7%" rowspan=2 scope="col" | Week 1 !style="width:7%" rowspan=2 scope="col" | Week 2 !style="width:7%" rowspan=2 scope="col" | Week 3 !style="width:7%" rowspan=2 scope="col" | Week 4 !style="width:7%" rowspan=2 scope="col" | Week 5 !style="width:7%" rowspan=2 scope="col" | Week 6 !style="width:7%" rowspan=2 scope="col" | Week 7 !style="width:7%" rowspan=2 scope="col" | Week 8 !style="width:7%" rowspan=2 scope="col" | Week 9 !colspan="2" | Week 10 |
| style="width:7%" | Round 1
!style="width:7%" | Round 2 |
|---|
| scope="row" | Mohammed Rifi
| style="background:lightgreen" | 1st | style="background:lightgreen" | 1st | style="background:lightgreen" | 1st | style="background:lightgreen" | 1st | style="background:lightgreen" | 1st | style="background:lightgreen" | 1st | style="background:lightgreen" | 1st | style="background:lightgreen" | 1st | style="background:lightgreen" | 1st | style="background:lightgreen" | 1st | style="background:lightgreen" | Winner |
| scope="row" | Ibrahim Abdel Adim
| style="background:#87D3F8" | 12th | 2nd | 6th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | Runner-Up |
| scope="row" | Adham Nabulsi
| 3rd | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | style="background:#87D3F8" | 4th | 3rd | style="background:pink" | 3rd | colspan="1" style="background:salmon" | Eliminated |
| scope="row" | Young Pharoz
| 2nd | 6th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | style="background:#87D3F8" | 5th | 2nd | style="background:pink" | 4th | colspan="2" style="background:salmon" | Eliminated (week 9) |
| scope="row" | Imane Karkibou
| 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | style="background:#87D3F8" | 7th | style="background:#87D3F8" | 7th | 4th | style="background:#87D3F8" | 5th | colspan="3" style="background:salmon" | Eliminated (week 8) |
| scope="row" | Salwa Anlouf
| 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | style="background:#87D3F8" | 6th | colspan="4" style="background:salmon" | Eliminated (week 7) |
| scope="row" | Marwa Ahmed
| 8th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 6th | style="background:#87D3F8" | 6th | colspan="5" style="background:salmon" | Eliminated (week 6) |
| scope="row" | Maraya
| 7th | 9th | 9th | style="background:#87D3F8" | 8th | style="background:#87D3F8" | 8th | colspan="6" style="background:salmon" | Eliminated (week 5) |
| scope="row" | Al Muntasser Billah
| 11th | 10th | style="background:#87D3F8" | 10th | style="background:#87D3F8" | 9th | colspan="7" style="background:salmon" | Eliminated (week 4) |
| scope="row" | Houssam Terchichi
| 6th | 8th | 8th | style="background:pink" | 10th | colspan="7" style="background:salmon" | Eliminated (week 4) |
| scope="row" | Les Bledards Ninja
| 10th | style="background:#87D3F8" | 11th | style="background:#87D3F8" | 11th | colspan="8" style="background:salmon" | Eliminated (week 3) |
| scope="row" | Ali Hamed
| 9th | style="background:#87D3F8" | 12th | colspan="9" style="background:salmon" | Eliminated (week 2) |
| scope="row" | Soumaya Turki
| style="background:#87D3F8" | 13th | colspan="10" style="background:salmon" | Eliminated (week 1) |
| colspan="11"| |
| scope="row" | Final showdown
|style="background:#87D3F8" | Soumaya Turki, |style="background:#87D3F8" | Ali Hamed, |style="background:#87D3F8" | Les Bledards Ninja, |style="background:#87D3F8" | Al Mountassir Billah, |style="background:#87D3F8" | Maraya, |style="background:#87D3F8" | Imane Karkibou, |style="background:#87D3F8" | Salwa Anlouf, |style="background:#87D3F8" | Imane Karkibou, | rowspan="5" colspan="3"| No final showdown or judges' votes; results were based on public votes alone |
| scope="row" | Samaha's vote to save
|Ibrahim Abdel Adim||Les Bledards Ninja||Les Bledards Ninja||Maraya||Maraya||Imane Karkibou||Young Pharoz||Adham Nabulsi |
| scope="row" | Kfoury's vote to save
|Ibrahim Abdel Adim||Ali Hamed||Al Mountassir Billah||Al Mountassir Billah||Imane Karkibou||Imane Karkibou||Young Pharoz||Adham Nabulsi |
| scope="row" | Elissa's vote to save
|Soumaya Turki||Les Bledards Ninja||Al Mountassir Billah||Al Mountassir Billah||Imane Karkibou||Imane Karkibou||Salwa Anlouf||Imane Karkibou |
| scope="row" | Al Jasmi's vote to save
|Ibrahim Abdel Adim||Les Bledards Ninja||Al Mountassir Billah||Maraya||Imane Karkibou||Marwa Ahmed||Young Pharoz||Adham Nabulsi |
Season 4 (2015)
{{Expand section|details similar to season 3|date=January 2021}}
Season 5 (2017-18)
{{Expand section|details similar to season 3|date=January 2021}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.xfactorrotana.tv/ Official XSeer Al Najah website]
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