The X Factor (American TV series)

The X Factor USA is an American television music competition. The winner gets a recording contract and 5 million dollars. It first aired on September 21, 2011 on Fox.^[2] There have been three winners; Melanie Amaro, Tate Stevens and Alex & Sierra.

The X Factor
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Simon Cowell
Creative directors	Brian Friedman Jamie King
Presented by	Mario Lopez Khloé Kardashian Steve Jones
Judges	Simon Cowell Paula Abdul L.A. Reid Nicole Scherzinger Britney Spears Demi Lovato Kelly Rowland Paulina Rubio
Composer	Simon Cowell
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	80
Production
Executive producers	Simon Cowell (uncredited) Cecile Frot-Coutaz Siobhan Greene Richard Holloway Andrew Llinares Rob Wade[1]
Production locations	Various (auditions) CBS Television City (live shows)
Running time	60–150 minutes
Production company	FremantleMedia North America Syco Entertainment
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	September 21, 2011 (2011-09-21) – December 19, 2013 (2013-12-19)
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The X Factor

On February 7, 2014, Fox announced that The X Factor got canceled due to Simon Cowell, who went back at the UK version of the show.

Hosts and judges

Season 1 was hosted by Steve Jones. For season 2, he was replaced by Khloé Kardashian and Mario Lopez. For season 3, Mario Lopez returned as the host but Kardashian did not.

The original panel consisted of Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger and L.A. Reid. After season 1, Paula and Nicole were replaced by Demi Lovato and Britney Spears. In season 3, L.A. Reid was replaced by Kelly Rowland.

Year	Judges
2011	L.A. Reid	Nicole Scherzinger	Paula Abdul	Simon Cowell
2012		Demi Lovato	Britney Spears
2013	Paulina Rubio		Kelly Rowland