X Factor (Czech and Slovak TV series)

As part of The X Factor franchise created by Simon Cowell and produced by Fremantle Media, 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.

On 29 January, Sisa Sklovská, Ondřej Brzobohatý, and Oto Klempíř were added as judging panels.

Open castings, which are already included as an official jury and the audience were filmed from February 3 to 10 in Bratislava Incheba Expo Arena.

This phase of the competition was filmed in between 10 and 12 February 2014 in Bratislava Incheba Expo Arena.