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Hero image for NZ On Air 30th Birthday - The X Factor (NZ)

NZ On Air 30th Birthday - The X Factor (NZ)

Web (Full Length) – 2019

That's what makes it so exciting: we can all see someone from Wolverhampton do the show, but when it's someone from Te Awamutu, that's the big point of difference.

– Executive Producer Andrew Szusterman on the Kiwi version of The X Factor

I love the New Zealand version of it because it's very Kiwified, if that's a word. And they make it more down to earth, like New Zealanders are.

– Olympian Barbara Kendall on why she loved the Kiwi version of X Factor

We knew that X Factor was going to be big. We didn't realise how big it was going to be ... it was just a massive, massive show where all walks of life had an opinion...

– Executive Producer Andrew Szusterman on the success of the Kiwi version of X Factor