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--> |finalsvenue = Vector Arena | winner-name = Beau Monga | image = | caption = | winner-origin = Manurewa, South Auckland | winner-genre = Hip hop | winner-song = King and Queen | winner-mentor = Natalie Bassingthwaite | runner-name = Nyssa Collins | last = The X Factor (New Zealand series 1) | next = | year = 2015 | british = Yes }} The second series of the New Zealand television reality music competition ''The X Factor'' premiered on TV3 in February 2015. Pre-auditions began in October 2014. As well as again being open to singers aged 14 and over, the series was also open to bands, which had to contain no more than five members and have at least two singers.〔 The contestants were split into the show's four traditional categories: Boys, Girls, Over-25s and Groups.〔 The series premiered on Sunday 15 February, and screened three nights per week (SundayTuesday) until March 15, when it returned to the regular schedule of two nights per week (SundayMonday). As well as being broadcast on TV3, the full series was also streamed live on TV3's website. The live shows were simulcast on More FM. The series was again hosted by Dominic Bowden.〔 Both former All Saints singer Melanie Blatt and ''Australian Idol'' winner Stan Walker returned to judge the series. They were joined by new judges, married couple Willy Moon and Natalia Kills until the first live show, then former ''The X Factor'' Australia judge Natalie Bassingthwaite and I Am Giant drummer Shelton Woolright from the second live show. The series was accompanied by spin-off show ''The Xtra Factor'', which was hosted by Guy Williams, Sharyn Casey, and Clint Roberts, and screened on Four immediately after ''The X Factor''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://thespinoff.co.nz/30-10-2014/its-not-now-its-the-future-the-sublime-mania-of-the-mediaworks-new-season-launch/ )〕 ==Development== ''The X Factor'' was created by Simon Cowell in the United Kingdom and the New Zealand version is based on the original UK series. Broadcast funding agency NZ On Air contributed $800,000 as a minority investor, for the production of 41 episodes of 60 minutes duration each. The series' broadcast sponsor is McDonald's, with Mazda, Fruttare, 2degrees and VO5 as programme partners. The initial pre-audition tour of 13 towns and cities was held in October and early November 2014, with the judges' auditions round filmed in Auckland in late November and early December. The bootcamp round was filmed in mid-January 2015 in Auckland.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The X Factor (New Zealand series 2)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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