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| The Sex Factor | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Reality Pornography |
| Presented by | Asa Akira |
| Judges | Lexi Belle Tori Black Remy LaCroix Keiran Lee |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Buddy Ruben |
| Running time | 20 minutes |
| Production company | xHamster |
| Original release | |
| Release | May 20 – July 22, 2016 |
The Sex Factor is an online reality TV series produced by xHamster where eight men and eight women compete to become a porn star. The sixteen contestants had never had sex on camera prior to the series.[1] The show is hosted by Asa Akira, and features Lexi Belle, Tori Black, Remy LaCroix, and Keiran Lee as mentors and judges.[2][3]
The show has one male and one female winner.[4] The winners get a three-year contract with a porn film production company and an undisclosed amount of money, for a total amount of $1 million in prize value.[5]
Filming
[edit]Casting took place in two rounds: one in December 2014 and one in January 2015, during that year's AVN Expo.[6] Filming took place during early 2015.[5] None of the performers have been paid for their presence in the show.[5]
Contestants
[edit]The 16 contestants who competed to win The Sex Factor are:
Male
[edit]- Donnie Rock, 31, from Denver, Colorado.
- Barry Newport, 24, from Orange County, CA.
- David Caspian, 25, from Bronx, NY.
- Buddy Hollywood, 26, from Las Vegas, NV. In Episode 1 he claimed to have had sex with over 100 women prior to filming.
- Sonny Keegan, 28, from Detroit, MI. Professional strip club DJ.
- Hero D. Protagonist, 26, software engineer from Austin, TX.
- The Colonel, 32, from Raleigh, NC. Adult on Autism Spectrum with something to prove.
- Johnny Black, 22, from Charleston, SC.
Female
[edit]- Blair Williams, 22, from Los Angeles, CA. She was a former church preschool teacher.[7]
- Kaelin Blake, 23, from Winchester, KY.
- Adrian Lee Ray, 26, from Buffalo, NY. A Suicide Girl, in Episode 7 is discovered to have lied to the producers of the show, having shot a scene with James Deen.[8]
- Khaya Peake, 23, from Brighton, UK.
- Veronica Vain, 23, from New York City.
- Sydney Gilmour, 22, a professional tattoo artist from Miami, FL.
- Dani Darko, 22, from Las Vegas.
- Allie Eve Knox, 26, from Dallas, TX, with a master's degree in anthropology. In Episode 1 she claimed to have had sex with four people prior to filming. In an interview for ABC News she claimed to have joined the show to make money in order to pay her student loans.[5]
Results
[edit]| Contestant | Episode | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Age | Hometown | 1[a] | 2[b] | 3 | 4[c] | 5 | 6[d] | 7 | 8[e] | 9[e] | 10[f] | |||||
| Blair Williams | 22 | Los Angeles, CA | WIN | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | Winner | |||||
| Donnie Rock | 31 | Denver, CO | LOW | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ||||||
| Allie Eve Knox | 26 | Dallas, TX | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | Runner-Up | |||||
| Johnny Black | 22 | Charleston, SC | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ||||||
| Hero D. Protagonist | 26 | Austin, TX | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | Eliminated | |||||
| Khaya Peake | 23 | Brighton, UK | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ||||||
| Buddy Hollywood | 26 | Las Vegas, NV | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | ELIM | ||||||||
| Adrian Lee Ray | 26 | Buffalo, NY | WIN | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | DISQ | ||||||||
| Kaelin Blake | 23 | Winchester, KY | WIN | SAFE | LOW | SAFE | ELIM | ||||||||||
| The Colonel | 32 | Raleigh, NC | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | ||||||||||
| Dani Darko | 22 | Las Vegas, NV | WIN | SAFE | ELIM | ||||||||||||
| Sonny Keegan | 28 | Detroit, MI | LOW | SAFE | ELIM | ||||||||||||
| Barry Newport | 24 | Orange County, CA | SAFE | SAFE | LEFT | ||||||||||||
| Sydney Gilmore | 22 | Miami, FL | WIN | SAFE | LEFT | ||||||||||||
| Veronica Vain | 23 | New York, NY | WIN | LEFT | |||||||||||||
| David Caspian | 25 | Bronx, NY | ELIM | ||||||||||||||
| Female | |
| Male | |
| The contestant won The Sex Factor | |
| The contestants was the Runner-Up | |
| The contestants was Eliminated in Third place | |
| WIN | The contestant won the Elimination Challenge. |
| HIGH | The contestant was one of the best but did not win the challenge. |
| SAFE | The contestant was safe or did not receive votes. |
| LOW | The contestant was one of the worst, but was saved first. |
| LOW | The contestant was voted to go home by the winners or judges in the Elimination Challenge, but was not eliminated. |
| ELIM | The contestant was eliminated. |
| LEFT | The contestant left the competition despite not being eliminated. |
| DISQ | The contestant was disqualified from the competition |
| The contestant did not compete in this episode. |
- Notes
- ^ The girls won the challenge and they could cast votes to send one male contestant home. Three girls voted against Donnie Rock, while one voted against Sonny Keegan. David Caspian received four votes from the girls, eliminating him from the contest despite the judges' affection towards him.
- ^ The girls had a photoshoot done by Holly Randall and the judges chose Allie Eve Knox as the winner. Veronica Vain revealed she had been given an offer she couldn't refuse and wanted to leave the competition, so no contestant was eliminated. The judges invited David Caspian to join the guys in a strip club in this episode and learn how to dance as a male stripper.
- ^ There was no elimination in this episode as the challenge was not complete and continues in the next episode. Allie Eve Knox, the winner of episode 2, is seen participating in a photoshoot by Holly Randall for Hustler magazine.
- ^ There was no elimination in this episode as the challenge was not complete and continues in the next episode. Blair discovered that Adrian has previously acted in a professional porn film by James Deen, potentially disqualifying her from the contest.
- ^ a b There was no elimination in this episode as the challenge was not complete and continues in the next episode.
- ^ The challenge from the previous two episodes was concluded, with the winners being declared having the Sex Factor.
References
[edit]- ^ "Duke Porn Star Belle Knox Explains New Reality Show 'The Sex Factor'". Rolling Stone. 29 May 2014. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Belle Knox to host X-rated reality show, 'The Sex Factor' - NY Daily News". Archived from the original on 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
- ^ Michelle Arrouas (8 April 2014). "Belle Knox: Duke Porn Star Lands Hosting Gig on Porn Reality Show". TIME.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ Tracy Clark-Flory (June 9, 2014). "Meet the mystery man behind a new reality-TV porn show". Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d "The Sex Factor: Reality Show for Future Porn Stars". ABC News Nightline. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ "Getting down and dirty with the cast of 'The Sex Factor' in Vegas". Daily Dot. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ Rachel Grace Almeida (17 May 2017). "The church school teacher who became a reality TV porn star". Dazed. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023.
- ^ Killham, Evan (February 28, 2018). "15 Crazy Rules That Reality TV Stars Have To Follow". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023.
In the seventh episode, however, contestant Adrian Lee Ray earned a disqualification when judges discovered that she had appeared in a video with adult star James Deen.
Further reading
[edit]- Yu, Katie (February 6, 2015). "Inside the Reality Show Where Aspiring Porn Stars Compete for Stardom". ABC News. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved December 14, 2015.