X Factor Indonesia
The X Factor Indonesia is an Indonesian reality television music competition to find new singing talent, contested by aspiring singers drawn from public audition. The show that was adopted from the British The X Factor with the show is produced by FremantleMedia and Cowell's production company Syco. It is broadcast on the RCTI. In 2014, X Factor Indonesia won the Panasonic Gobel Awards for the category Talent and Best Reality Show.
As part of the British The X Factor franchise, the show's format has numerous differences from rivals such as Indonesian Idol. The competition is open to both solo artists and groups and has no upper age limit. Each judge is assigned one of four categories—boys between 15 and 25, girls between 15 and 25, individuals 26 and over, or groups. Throughout the live shows the judges act as mentors to their category, helping to decide song choices, styling and staging, while judging contestants from the other categories; they also compete to ensure that their act wins the competition, thus making them the winning judge.
The original judging panel was Ahmad Dhani, Rossa, Anggun, and Bebi Romeo, with :id:Robby Purba|Robby Purba as the host. There have been two winners of the show to date: Fatin Shidqia and Jebe & Patty.
History
Although Indonesian Idol went on to become an enormous success and the number 1 show in Indonesia for seven consecutive seasons, the original United Kingdom version, Pop Idol did not fare so well. Cowell, who was a judge on Pop Idol, wished to launch a show which he owned the rights to. Pop Idols first series was massively successful, and while the second series was also successful, the viewers figure for its finale dropped. Some—including Pop Idol judge Pete Waterman— considered Michelle McManus an unworthy winner. In 2004, Pop Idol was axed and ITV announced a new show created by former Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell, with no involvement from Idol creator Simon Fuller—The X Factor. Its ratings were average in the first couple of series, but by the sixth series in 2009, ratings were hitting 10 million each week.In March 2010, RCTI, the broadcaster of Indonesian Idol, signed the deal to launch the Indonesian version of The X Factor. Initially, X Factor Indonesia was planned as a replacement for Indonesian Idol in 2013, but due to the enormous success of the seventh season in 2012, RCTI and FremantleMedia decided to continue collaborating both the X Factor Indonesia and Indonesian Idol with each playing on alternate years. To repeat the success of seventh season of Indonesian Idol, :id:Fabian Dharmawan|Fabian Dharmawan from RCTI was appointed to be the Executive Producer for RCTI for the first season of the X Factor Indonesia, Head of Entertainment of FremantleMedia, :id:Glenn Sims|Glenn Sims together with Virgita Ruchiman and Ken Irawati serving as Executive Producers for FremantleMedia Indonesia.
In August 2012, RCTI began airing short commercials for the program, which displayed the text "Coming Soon in Indonesia". A second promo was shown during that night, featuring One Direction, Agnez Mo, Afgan, Iwan Fals, :id:3 Diva|3 Diva, Glenn Fredly, SM*SH, Ariel 'NOAH', Ayu Ting Ting, :id:7 Icons|7 Icons, Tria 'The Changcuters', and JKT48. This promo started speculation on who would be judges on the X Factor Indonesia.
X Factor premiered in Indonesia on December 28, 2012.
Format and prize
Categories
The show is primarily concerned with identifying singing talent, though appearance, personality, stage presence and dance routines are also an important element of many performances. Each judge is assigned one of four categories: "Girls", "Boys", "Over 26s", or "Groups". Through the live shows, the judges act as mentors to their category, helping to decide song choices, styling and staging, while judging contestants from other categories.Stages
There are five stages to the competition:- Stage 1: Producers' auditions
- Stage 2: Judges' auditions
- Stage 3: Bootcamp
- Stage 4: Judges' houses
- Stage 5: Live shows
Auditions
A selection of the auditions in front of the judges – usually the best, the worst and the most bizarre – are broadcast over the first few weeks of the show.
Bootcamp and judges' home visits
The contestants selected at auditions are further refined through a series of performances at "bootcamp", and then at the "judges' home visits", until a small number eventually progress to the live finals. In the bootcamp, contestants will have to go through a series of challenges until the number of contestants were trimmed down and divided according to their categories. At the end of bootcamp, the producers will also reveal which category the judges will be mentoring. The judges then disband for the "judges' home visits" round, where they further reduce their acts on location at a residence with the help of a celebrity guest mentor.Live shows
The finals consist of a series of two gala live shows, with the first featuring the contestants' performances and the second revealing the results of the public voting. Celebrity guest performers will be featured regularly.Performances
The performance show occasionally begins with a group performance from the remaining contestants. The show is primarily concerned with identifying a potential pop star or star group, and singing talent, appearance, personality, stage presence and dance routines are all important elements of the contestants' performances. In the initial live shows, each act performs once in the first show in front of a studio audience and the judges, usually singing over a pre-recorded backing track. Dancers are also commonly featured. Acts occasionally accompany themselves on guitar or piano.Each live show has had a different theme; each contestant's song is chosen according to the theme. After each act has performed, the judges comment on their performance. Heated disagreements, usually involving judges defending their contestants against criticism, are a regular feature of the show. Once all the acts have appeared, the phone lines open and the viewing public vote on which act they want to keep. Once the number of contestants has been reduced to six, each act would perform twice in the performances show. This continues until only three acts remain. These acts go on to appear in the grand final which decides the overall winner by public vote.
Results
The two acts polling the fewest votes are revealed. Both these acts have to perform again in a "final showdown", and the judges vote on which of the two to send home. They were able to pick new songs to perform in the "final showdown". Ties are possible as there are four judges voting on which of the two to send home. In the event of a tie the result goes to deadlock, and the act who came last in the public vote is sent home. The actual number of votes cast for each act is not revealed, nor even the order. Once the number of contestants has been reduced to five, the act which polled the fewest votes is automatically eliminated from the competition.After ''X Factor Indonesia''
The winner of the X Factor Indonesia is awarded a recording contract from Sony Music Indonesia, which would include investments worth 1 billion rupiah, which is claimed as the largest guaranteed prize in Indonesian television history. Several cash rewards from the sponsors, including a new car, is also awarded for the grand finalists in the first season.Series overview
To date, two seasons have been broadcast, as summarized below.Contestant in "Boys" category
Contestant in "Girls" category
Contestant in "Over 26s" or "Overage" category
Contestant in "Groups" category
| Season | Start | Finish | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Winning mentor | Main host | Sponsors | Main judges | Guest judges |
| One | December 28, 2012 | May 24, 2013 | Fatin Shidqia | Novita Dewi | Nu Dimension | Rossa | :id:Robby Purba|Robby Purba | :id:Evercoss|Evercoss :id:Indosat Mentari|Indosat Mentari Kopi ABC Oriflame Wardah Cosmetics P&G | Ahmad Dhani Rossa Anggun Bebi Romeo | Mulan Jameela |
| Two | April 3, 2015 | September 11, 2015 | Jebe & Petty | Clarisa Dewi | Desy Natalia | Rossa | :id:Robby Purba|Robby Purba | :id:Oppo|Oppo Smartphone Teh Pucuk Harum Indomie P&G GIV White Beauty | Ahmad Dhani Rossa Afgan Bebi Romeo | Ayu Ting Ting |
;Notes
- Mulan Jameela served as guest judge for one of the auditions to replace Anggun temporarily.
Judges and hosts
Judges' categories and their finalists
In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses a small number of 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.
| Season | Ahmad Dhani | Rossa | Anggun | Bebi Romeo |
| One | Groups Nu Dimension Ilusia Girls Dalagita | Girls Fatin Shidqia :id:Shena Malsiana|Shena Malsiana Yohanna Febrianti | Boys :id:Mikha Angelo|Mikha Angelo :id:Gede Bagus|Gede Bagus Dicky Adam | Over 26s Novita Dewi Isa Raja :id:Alex Rudiart Hutajulu|Alex Rudiart Agus Hafiluddin |
| Season | Ahmad Dhani | Rossa | Afgan | Bebi Romeo |
| Two | Overage Desy Natalia Angela July Sulle Wijaya | Groups Jebe & Petty Classy Jad n Sugy | Girls Clarisa Dewi Ajeng Astiani Ismi Riza Riska Wulandari | Boys Ramli Nurhappi Aldy Saputra Siera Latupeirissa |
Reception
Television ratings
- All information from this table comes from Nielsen Audience Measurement Indonesia.
Controversy and criticism