X-Factor is the Ukrainian version of The X Factor, a show originating from the United Kingdom. It is a television music talent show for aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. Auditions were held in major cities of Ukraine: Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kyiv, Poltava, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, Simferopol, Mykolaiv, Chernivtsi, Uzhhorod, Lutsk and Rivne. The show started on Channel STB on 4 September 2010. The winner of the first series was Olexiy Kuznetsov. The second season started on October 22, 2011. The winner of the second series was Viktor Romanchenko.