The Sex Factor Explained

Genre:	Reality Pornography
Presenter:	Asa Akira
Judges:	Lexi Belle Tori Black Remy LaCroix Keiran Lee
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	10
Producer:	Buddy Ruben
Runtime:	20 minutes
Company:	xHamster

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.

Filming

Casting took place in two rounds: one in December 2014 and one in January 2015, during that year's AVN Expo.^[5] Filming took place during early 2015.^[6] None of the performers have been paid for their presence in the show.

Contestants

The 16 contestants who competed to win The Sex Factor are:

Male

• 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

• 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.^[6]

Results

Contestant			Episode
Name	Age	Hometown	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
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

Legend

	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

Further reading

• Web site: Yu . Katie . Inside the Reality Show Where Aspiring Porn Stars Compete for Stardom . ABC News . February 6, 2015 . December 14, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230407094309/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/inside-reality-show-aspiring-porn-stars-compete-stardom/story?id=28752666 . 7 April 2023 . live.

Notes and References

1. Duke Porn Star Belle Knox Explains New Reality Show 'The Sex Factor'. Rolling Stone. 29 May 2014. 14 December 2015. 20 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170820192530/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/videos/duke-porn-star-belle-knox-explains-new-reality-show-the-sex-factor-20140529. live.
2. Web site: Belle Knox to host X-rated reality show, ‘The Sex Factor’ - NY Daily News . 2014-09-30 . 2017-07-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170711194817/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/belle-knox-host-x-rated-reality-show-sex-factor-article-1.1808954 . live .
3. Web site: Belle Knox: Duke Porn Star Lands Hosting Gig on Porn Reality Show. Michelle Arrouas. Time. 8 April 2014. 14 December 2015. 19 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170719234055/http://time.com/53171/duke-porn-star-sex-factor-porn-reality-tv/. live.
4. Web site: Meet the mystery man behind a new reality-TV porn show. Tracy Clark-Flory. June 9, 2014. 14 December 2015. 12 January 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240112205924/https://www.salon.com/2014/06/08/meet_the_mystery_man_behind_a_new_reality_tv_porn_show/. live.
5. Web site: Getting down and dirty with the cast of 'The Sex Factor' in Vegas. Daily Dot. 27 January 2015. 25 June 2016. 12 January 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240112205818/https://cashmeremag.com/sex-factor-cast-porn-reality-show-122117/. live.
6. Web site: The Sex Factor: Reality Show for Future Porn Stars . ABC News Nightline. 25 June 2016.
7. Web site: The church school teacher who became a reality TV porn star. 17 May 2017. Dazed. Rachel Grace Almeida. https://web.archive.org/web/20230928135723/https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/35956/1/meet-the-church-teacher-became-porn-star-on-sex-factor. 28 September 2023. live.
8. Web site: 15 Crazy Rules That Reality TV Stars Have To Follow. Evan. Killham. February 28, 2018. Screen Rant. 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.. https://web.archive.org/web/20230719015440/https://screenrant.com/reality-tv-stars-crazy-rules-follow/. 19 July 2023. live.