Suprise, suprise! We're back! I cannot believe we've made it to series 2 and I cannot believe that we are having a series 2. Anyway, please join me at 6:30 PM for the actual launch of the show.

You'll be informed about the judges, their categories, the format and much more - don't miss it!

Here's a tiny clue on who's joining us on our panel, here's what they could bring to the panel.

"I can bring experience and knowledge to the judging table I've currently already won one of this games having two of my acts in the final 3"

"I can bring fun and honesty to the panel"

"I can be a bit rough when needed, but I can be very passionate with amazing acts. Though I haven't won with any act, I'm gonna prove that I will with this one."

"Bad jokes, good fun (I hope!) and kindness*"

Any guesses as to who this interesting bunch are? Well find out at*6:30pm*when all shall be revealed!

Ladies and gentlemen, it is my absolute pleasure to formally welcome you to the second series of*The Factor of the Voices, under it's new title International Factor.

For those who haven't seen the first series, International Factor is a forum game (under the name of The Factor of the Voices). Wherein Karla Estrada from Team Ethan won the series as Esang De Torres of Team Nic finished second, with Morisette Amon, Francis Lim and Lydia Lucy also making the final.

I wouldn't discuss the format of the first series as a part of it will be changed. Alright, let's discuss the changes:

1. Acts in the show will not be called Acts but Touristars because all acts in the show are foreign acts.

2. Rounds (like Audition, Battles, Knockouts) will be not be reffered to as Rounds, but will be called Gates.

3. Battle Rounds and Knockout Rounds are out, and now replaced with The Bump-offs and The Veteran's Bump-off.

4. While a lot of changes were made, Instant Save (also called Sing-offs) are here to stay.

Before I discuss the entire format, I will now introduce our judges one by one. *long post alert*

Okay, let's start with judge #1, he is one of our two returning judges from the first series, most of time, he loses his acts early on the game, but now he's proving he has what it takes to win...

What He Can Bring to the Panel: "I can bring fun and honesty to the panel"

Let us all welcome judge #1:


Now over to the second returning judge, he has proven a strong track record of having most of his acts finish in 2nd Place, now he is doing everything it takes to win.

What He Can Bring To The Panel: "Bad jokes, good fun (I hope!) and kindness*"

Let's give a round of applause to:


Now all returning judges is cleared, over to the first new judge, she's a newcomer in forum games, hoping to strike a win this series.

What She Can Bring To The Panel: "I can be a bit rough when needed, but I can be very passionate with amazing acts. Though I haven't won with any act, I'm gonna prove that I will with this one."

Let us welcome our third judge:


Now to our final judge, he has already done it once, and now he's here to do it again

"I can bring experience and knowledge to the judging table I've currently already won one of this games having two of my acts in the final 3"

Please welcome judge #4:


If any of the judges are here, please show up now please

Now, here's the full format of the entire competition.

Gate 1: The Auditions

Each Touristar will have atleast have a two minute performance as their audition, after each audition, each judge will give their verdict whether they will giving the act an approved stamp or a denied stamp, if an act gets one approved stamp, the act automatically joins that judge in his team, if an act gets two or more approved stamps, the judges will have to convince the act on why they should join his team, in the end a RNG will decide in which team will that act join. Each judge has twelve spots in his team.

Gate 2: The Bump-off

This gate is equivalent to elimination round or Battle round in the Voice.

In each team, 4 acts will be grouped that will be competing against each other. Only two Touristar per group can pass Gate 2. The first two Touristars will automatically get a chair, while the third and fourth Touristars needs to Bump Off the former by surpassing the current high scores. Each judge will given one steal. After this round, 7 acts will remain on each team.*

Gate 3: The Veteran's Bump-off

This gate is equivalent to the Knockout round.

The Touristars is divided in to group of three. Right before the show, the judges will choose one act to be given a fast pass. The guest veteran judge will have a (imaginary) mentoring session with the three Touristars. Only two of these three will proceed to next round. The first Touristar will be chosen by the guest Veteran judge, the Veteran's choice. The second Touristar will be chosen by the judges, the Judge's Choice. After this round, 5 acts will remain on each team.

Gate 4: The Stop-over Gate

This gate is equivalent to the Live Playoffs

Like the previous gate, there will be a Judges' Choice and Public's Choice. There will be two Public's Choice which are the ones who will receive the most number of public vote, There will also be one Judge's Choice which are the ones who will get the unanimous votes from the judges.*

Gate 5: The Take-off Round

This gate is equivalent to the Live shows.

Similar to the Live Shows in TFOTV, there will be five weeks. After each performance shows, the two Touristars with the fewest votes compete for an Instant Save, where one leaving until the Semifinals.

On the semifinals, the three Touristars with the most votes make it straight to the finals, the three Touristars with the lowest votes were instantly eliminated and the middle three fought for the remaining spot in the final via the Instant Save.*

Gate 6: The Grand Destination

Now on the final, we will have a different format from the usual, 50% of the votes will come from the public vote while the remaining 50% will come from the Forum Veterans Panel's points. In the end, the act with the highest combined votes will be declared the winner

Thanks for that, Nicolas

Another twist is the power-ups, each mentor has three power-ups that could be used at any point in the first 3 weeks of the Take Off rounds (since the TO rounds would only be on 5 shows)

Double Trouble
The points you've given to a certain act will be doubled and counted twice.

Bye, Bye, Bye
A mentor can transfer points given by a mentor to a certain act and move it to a different act

E.g. Lewis gives Tamera Foster 8 points and Ethan uses that power-up, then he moves it to Elha Nympha, then Tamera loses the 8 points and Elha gains the 8 points

*Note: Mentors could not use these power-ups to transfer points to their acts, it must be used on a different category.

But the last one can be used on your own category...

Share Your Blessings
The score applied to a certain act by a judge can be added to the points of one of your acts, but no removal of points will happen.

How to use these power ups

On option #1, Double Trouble: Once you send your votes, indicate the act you are using that power up on.

On option #2, Bye Bye Bye: After sending your votes, send me a PM of...
Points Given by which Judge:
Points Given to which Act:
Points Transferred to:

On option #3, Share Your Blessings: After sending your votes, send me a PM of...
Points Given by which Judge:
Points Given to which Act:
Points Shared to:

If you don't want some spoilers, better look away. Just like X Factor, I would be giving away a preview of some acts featured on the show.

Alright, that's already the end of the launch show of International Factor...

Join us on Friday for our very first audition show at 7:30pm.

Here's the schedule of the entire audition shows. Actually if it's okay with all of you, the options for schedule of the shows of the series is Sunday, Wednesday and Friday

Audition 1 - Friday, April 29th
Audition 2 -
Audition 3 -

Here's the thing, I've got two options here, judges, please pick one out of the two optionsfor the schedule you would like more or the dates that your schedule fits.

Option 1
Audition 2 - Sunday, May 1st
Audition 3 - Wednesday, May 4th
Bump-offs 1 - Sunday, May 8th

Or

Option 2
Audition 2 - Wednesday, May 4th
Audition 3 - Friday, May 6th
Bump-offs 1 - Sunday, May 8th

The option with the majority decision will be the dates we will follow.