| Alt Name: | X Factor Iran |
| Creator: | Simon Cowell |
| Presenter: | Raha Etemadi |
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| Language: | Persian |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
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| Location: | London, United Kingdom |
| Channel: | Manoto |
Stage (Persian: استیج), also known as Manoto Stage, is an Iranian television reality music competition, based on the original British series, and an addition to The X Factor franchise, to find new singing talent. The show began airing from London on 7 January 2016 and was broadcast by Manoto.
The judging panel consisted of Shahram Azar (Sandy), Hamed Nikpay, Babak Saeedi and Reza Rohani. The show was hosted by Raha Etemadi in 2 seasons. In addition, Stage has brought in several famous musical guest stars to perform live on the show, including Aref, Afshin,[1] Sepideh,[2] Ava Bahram[3] and Shahab Tiam.[4]
The winners were chosen by people's votes in Manoto application and receive a $50.000 prize.[5] The winners of season 1 and 2 were respectively Amirhossein Eftekhari from Hamed Nikpay's group and Alireza Saremi from Reza Rouhani's group.[6]
Stage Xtra was aired every Friday during the second season. It showed behind the scenes, absent voices, and events of the stage show.