X-Faktor

X-Faktor
X-Faktor scene from the intro
Format	Talent show
Created by	Simon Cowell
Presented by	Lilu (2013–) Bence Istenes (2013–) Balázs Sebestyén (2010) Nóra Ördög (2010–12)
Judges	Péter Geszti Róbert Szikora (2013–) Gabi Tóth (2013–) Róbert Alföldi (2013–) Feró Nagy (2010–12) Ildikó Keresztes (2010–12) Miklós Malek (2010–12)
Original language(s)	Hungarian
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	85 (15 December 2013)
Broadcast
Original channel	RTL Klub
Original run	28 August 2010 – present
External links
Website

X-Faktor is the Hungarian version of The X Factor, a show originating from the United Kingdom. It is a television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. The show premiered in 2010 and it continues its success nowadays in the Fourth series.

The original judging panel was Feró Nagy, Miklós Malek, Ildikó Keresztes and Péter Geszti. Róbert Szikora, Gabi Tóth, and Róbert Alföldi joined the judging panel in the Fourth series replacing Feró Nagy, Miklós Malek, and Ildikó Keresztes, who left the show after the Third series, due to career commitments. The show was originally hosted by Balázs Sebestyén and Nóra Ördög. Sebestyén left the show after the First series due to other work commitments for RTL Klub. Nóra Ördög herself presented the show in the Second and the Third series. In 2013 she also left X-Faktor due to her pregnancy. Since 2013, the show has been presented by Lilu and Bence Istenes, who replaced original host Nóra Ördög.

There have been four winners of the show to date: Csaba Vastag, Tibor Kocsis, Gergő Oláh, and Dóra Danics.

Series summary

     "Boys" category
     "Girls" category
     "Over 25s" or "Over 28s" category
     "Groups" category

Judges' categories and their finalists

In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three acts to progress to the live shows. This table shows, for each season, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live shows.

     – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.

Season 1 (2010)

The auditions started in the summer of 2010, with more than 5,000 candidates for the first series in Hungary.

Finalists

The final twelve acts were confirmed as follows: The following artists made it to the live shows.

Key:

     – Winner

     – Runner-up

     – Third place

Season 2 (2011)

The auditions started in the spring of 2011, with thousands of candidates for the second series in Hungary.

Finalists

Key:

     – Winner

     – Runner-up

     – Third Place

Season 3 (2012)

The producers' auditions started at the Spring of 2012. Thousands of hopefuls were waiting for their auditions. The judges auditions took place at Budapest on 25–28 June.

Finalists

Key:

     – Winner

     – Runner-up

     – Third Place

Season 4 (2013)

On 16 December 2012 the show's host Nóra Ördög announced, that the show will be back for it's 4th season in 2013. The apply for the auditions started on the same day.

Three of the original judges left the show after the third series; Miklós Malek, Feró Nagy and Ildikó Keresztes. The original host Nóra Ördög left the show due to her pregnancy.

On April 29 RTL announced the new judges. Péter Geszti is the only original judge, who returned for season 4. The three new judges are: Gabi Tóth, Róbert Szikora and Róbert Alföldi.^[1] The RTL annonced in May, that two new hosts will present the show in 2013. They are Lilu and Bence Istenes.^[2]

Finalists

Key:

     – Winner

     – Runner-up

     – Third Place

     – Withdrew

Series averages

References

External links

• Official website (in Hungarian)

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