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The X Factor New Zealand was the New Zealand version of The X Factor and ran for two seasons on TV3.

Main Series[]

Series 1[]

Main article: Series 1

Series 1 began in April 21, 2013 with a judging lineup of Daniel Bedingfield, Melanie Blatt, Ruby Frost and Stan Walker and hosted by Dominic Bowden. This season was won by 22-year-old Jackie Thomas who was mentored by Daniel Bedingfield in the Girls category.

Series 2[]

Main article: Series 2

Series 2 began in February 15, 2015. Daniel Bedingfield nor Ruby Frost returned to judge and were replaced by Willy Moon and Natalia Kills, Melanie Blatt and Stan Walker stayed. Dominic Bowden returned as host. On 15 March 2015 during the first live episode of The X Factor, Natalia Kills and Willy Moon bullied and verbally attacked a contestant, Joe Irvine. The next day, several hours before that day's episode aired, it was announced that Kills and Moons had been fired from the series. That night's episode saw only Walker and Blatt attend the panel. Kills and Moon were replaced by Shelton Woolright and Natalie Bassingthwaighte. This season was eventually won by 21-year-old Beau Monga who was mentored by Natalie Bassingthwaighte in the Boys category.

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