The X Factor is a television music talent show franchise originating in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for the massively successful Pop Idol (Called Česko hledá SuperStar).
Judges' categories and their contestants
In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses four 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.
The Contestants labeled yellow were Petr Janda's Contestants (Vocal Groups), the Contestants labeled light blue were Ondrej Soukup's Contestants (15–24 years) and the Contestants labeled dark blue were Gabina Osvaldová's (25+ years).
Live show details
Week 1 (23 March 2008)
Theme: Fire Night
Special Guest: Shayne Ward
Judges' votes to eliminate
Janda: Lukáš Javůrek
Osvaldová: Romantic
Soukup: Romantic
Week 2 (30 March 2008)
Theme: Chocolate Night
Special Guest: Gipsy.cz
Judges' votes to eliminate
Janda: Lukáš Javůrek
Osvaldová: Divoký kočky + Dante
Soukup: Lukáš Javůrek
Week 3 (6 April 2008)
Theme: Popcorn Night
Special Guest: Iva Frühlingová
Judges' votes to eliminate
Soukup: Divoký kočky + Dante
Janda: Anna Ungrová
Osvaldová: Divoký kočky + Dante
Week 4 (13 April 2008)
Theme: Tribute to Karel
Special Guest: Karel Gott
Judges' votes to eliminate
Soukup: Pavlína Ďuriačová
Janda: Pavlína Ďuriačová
Osvaldová: Did not vote as there was already a majority
Week 5 (20 April 2008)
Theme: Night of Broken Hearts
Special Guest: Helena Zeťová
Judges' votes to eliminate
Soukup: All X
Janda: Anna Ungrová
Osvaldová: Anna Ungrová
Week 6 (27 April 2008)
Theme: Banana Night
Special Guest: Karl Wolf
Judges' votes to eliminate
Soukup: Martina Pártlová
Osvaldová: David Gránský
Janda: David Gránský
Week 7 (4 May 2008)
Theme: Czechoslovak Night
Special Guest: Miro Žbirka
Judges' votes to eliminate
Janda: Martina Pártlová
Osvaldová: Za 5 dvanáct
Soukup: Za 5 dvanáct
Week 8 (11 May 2008)
Theme: Night of Revived Legends
Special Guest: Zombies (dancing on Michael Jackson's "Thriller")