Although similar in format, the new show Faktor A was considered a whole new series with season 1 starting in April 2011.

The jury was made up of Lolita Milyavskaya, Boris Krasnov and Roman Emelyanov.

The auditions were held on 23 and 24 March 2011 in Moscow's Malaya Luzhniki Sports Arena.

Sergei Savin, who won the inaugural season, received a record deal for a solo album, a shooting of a music video and appearing on rotation on Russian radio station Avtoradio ("Авторадио").

The runner-up Erkin Holmatov received a cash prize of 30,000 Euros, the special prize "Golden Star of Alla" from main judge Alla Pugacheva, a 5-year scholarship to a music school in Gnessin.