The Sex Factor

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. The show is hosted by Asa Akira, and features Lexi Belle, Tori Black, Remy LaCroix, and Keiran Lee as mentors and judges.

The show has one male and one female winner. 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. Filming took place during early 2015. 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.

Results

 * Notes