Sergio Járlaz is a Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an singer. On 9 May 2011, he won the first ever series

Factor X (Chile season 1)

Factor X is a Chilean television music competition show, to find new singing talent; the winner of which receives a recording contract with a record label. The first season of the show debuted in March 3, 2011, and will be aired on Thursday and Sunday. The auditions were in January 2011 and where...

 of Chilean edition

Factor X (Chile)

Factor X Chile is a television show, adapted from the original UK show as part of The X Factor franchise. The auditions were in January 2011. The first season of the Chilean version was premiered on television in March 3, 2011...

 of The X Factor

The X Factor (TV series)

The X Factor is a television talent show franchise originating in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for Pop Idol. It is a singing competition, now held in various countries, which pits contestants against each other. These contestants are aspiring pop singers drawn from...

 broadcasted on Chile's Televisión Nacional de Chile

Televisión Nacional de Chile

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 (TVN). He competed in "Over 25s" category and was mentored by judge Tito Beltrán

Tito Beltrán

Ernesto Beltrán Aguilar better known as Tito Beltrán , is a Chilean-Swedish tenor. In October 2008, an appellate court in Sweden sentenced Beltrán to 2.5 years in prison for rape and sexual molestation of an underage child...

. Stanley Weissohn became runner-up. As a reward, he will be signed to Sony Music and release an album.

Beginnings

He comes from a musical family who encouraged him to sing. After winning "Beca por Talento de Gratuidad Total", he earned a scholarship to go to an arts school where the director Patricio Prieto López gave him the name Pavarotti, encouraging him to study opera. At 14 he became main vocalist for the polyphonic choir of the Pentecostal Methodist Church of Maipú. After graduating at 18, he took part in a number of musical events in Chile and in other Latin American venues. In October 2007, he sang "Nessun Dorma" and the then mayor of Alberto Undurraga promised financial aid, and based upon that, he applied to the Faculty of Arts at the University of Chile, majoring in Classical Singing supervised by Chilean soprano Lucía Gana.

He released his own independent album Sueños in April 2009.

Participation in Chilean Factor X

In 2011, he applied to take part in the Chilean Tactor X. He sang the following songs

Program	Date of broadcast	Song and artist	Result
Gala 1	7 April 2011	"Mentira" of Yuridia	Safe
Gala 2	11 April 2011	"Yo te Amo" of Sandro Sandro de América Roberto Julio Sánchez , better known by his artist names Sandro/Sandro de América , Gitano , and the Argentine Elvis, was an Argentine singer and actor.-Biography:...	Safe
Gala 3	14 April 2011	"Sube a nacer conmigo hermano" of Los Jaivas Los Jaivas Los Jaivas are a Chilean musical group who perform in folk, rock, and progressive rock styles.-History:Los Jaivas appeared in Chilean music in 1963 as a progressive-rock-andino group, mixing rock with South American ancestral music...	Safe
Gala 4	18 April 2011	"Dueño De Nada" of José Luis Rodríguez	Safe
Gala 5	21 April 2011	"Escandalo" of Raphael Raphael (singer) For the French singer Raphael see Raphaël HarocheMiguel Rafael Martos Sánchez , often simply referred to as Raphael, is a worldwide acclaimed Spanish singer and television, film and theatre actor...	Safe
Gala 6	25 April 2011	"Te Amaré" of Miguel Bosé Miguel Bosé Miguel Dominguín Bosé is a Latin Grammy-winning Spanish/Italian musician and actor.-Early life:Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in Panama City, Panama, the son of the famous Italian actress Lucia Bosé and the legendary bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín. He is also a cousin of Carmen...	Safe
Gala 7	28 April 2011	"Bella Sin Alma" of Riccardo Cocciante Riccardo Cocciante Riccardo Cocciante, also known in French-speaking countries as Richard Cocciante , is an Italian singer-songwriter and actor. His oeuvre includes recordings in Italian, French, and Spanish; he has recorded some of his songs in all three languages.He was born in Saigon, French Indochina, now Ho Chi...	Safe
Gala 8	2 May 2011	"Carusso" of Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli, is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident....	Safe
Gala 9	5 May 2011	"Melancolía" of Camilo Sesto Camilo Sesto Camilo Blanes Cortés , better known as Camilo Sesto, is a Spanish singer , composer and producer who enjoyed fame during the 1970s and the 1980s... "Como Todos" of Nino Bravo Nino Bravo Luis Manuel Ferri Llopis , better known by his stage name Nino Bravo, was a Spanish pop singer.-Early life:...	Finalist
Final	10 May 2011	"Como Yo Te Amo" of Raphael Raphael (singer) For the French singer Raphael see Raphaël HarocheMiguel Rafael Martos Sánchez , often simply referred to as Raphael, is a worldwide acclaimed Spanish singer and television, film and theatre actor... "Sueño Imposible" of Don Quijote de la Mancha (with Amaya Forch) "Labios de Rubí" of Sandro Sandro de América Roberto Julio Sánchez , better known by his artist names Sandro/Sandro de América , Gitano , and the Argentine Elvis, was an Argentine singer and actor.-Biography:...	Winner

He won the competition on 9 May 2011.

External links

• Official Sergio Járlaz website