The X Factor (Iceland)

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The Icelandic version of the popular British television show The X Factor premiered on November 17, 2006. The host is actress Halla Vilhjálmsdóttir. The judges are talent agent and businessman Einar Bárðarson, rock musician Elínborg Halldórsdóttir and pop singer Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson. Einar and Páll Óskar were both judges in Idol stjörnuleit, the Icelandic version of Pop Idol. The finals are held in Vetrargarðinum (roughly translated Wintergarden) which is in Smáralind, the largest shopping center in Iceland. Winner of the competition was Faroese singer and hair dresser, Jógvan Hansen.

It was filmed In Reykjavík

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