X Factor (Bulgarian TV series)
| X Factor | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Simon Cowell |
| Presented by |
Deyan Slavchev (series 1) Maria Ignatova (series 2–) Aleksandra Raeva (series 2–) |
| Judges |
Maria Ilieva (series 1–) Lyubo Kirov (series 2–) Sanya Armutlieva (series 2–) Zaki (series 2–) Poli Genova (series 1) Vasko Vasilev (series 1) Maga (series 1) |
| Country of origin | Bulgaria |
| Original language(s) | Bulgarian |
| No. of series | 3 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Paprika Latino (series 1), Global films (series 2-) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Nova Television |
| Original run | September 11, 2011 – present |
X Factor is the Bulgarian 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's inaugural season aired in 2011 on Nova Television.
Series summary
"Boys" category
"Girls" category
"Over 26s" category
"Groups" category
| Season | Air date | Winner | Runner-up | Third | Host(s) | Judges | Winning mentor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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December 11, 2011 |
Raffi Bohosyan | Bogomil Bonev | Aleksandra Apostolova | Deyan Slavchev | Maria Ilieva Poli Genova Vasko Vasilev Maga |
Vasko Vasilev |
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December 20, 2013 |
Zhana Bergendorff | Atanas Kolev | Ana-Maria Yanakieva | Aleksandra Raeva Maria Ignatova |
Maria Ilieva Sanya Armutlieva Lyubo Kirov Zaki |
Lyubo Kirov |
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February 9, 2015 |
Slavin Slavchev | Nevena Peykova | Mihaela Marinova | Maria Ilieva |
Judges' categories and their finalists
In each series, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three (four in the second series) acts to progress to the live finals. This table shows, for each series, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live finals.
Key:
- – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.
| Series | Maria Ilieva | Poli Genova | Vasko Vasilev | Maga |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One | Females Stela Petrova Margarita Aleksieva Mihaela Fileva |
Groups Angel and Moisei Voice of Boys Suga 'Mamma |
Males Raffi Bohosyan Bogomil Bonev Jeason Brad Lewis Vladimir Zombori |
Over 26s Aleksandra Apostolova Nora Doncheva Martin Aleksandrov |
| Series | Maria Ilieva | Sanya Armutlieva | Lyubo Kirov | Zaki |
| Two | Groups Gloria and Yanitsa Vasilevi Lollipop Aleks and Vladi Dimitrovi The New Way |
Males Atanas Kolev Ivan Radulovski Martin Kotrulev Georgi Arsov |
Over 25s Zhana Bergendorff Lyudmila Yovcheva Plamen Mitashev Viktoria Kuprina |
Females Ana-Maria Yanakieva Teodora Tsoncheva Nelina Georgieva Tanya Dimitrova |
| Three | Males Slavin Slavchev Miryan Kostadinov Trayan Kostov Stanimir Marinov Sabatin Gogov |
Females Nevena Peykova Mihaela Marinova Kristina Doncheva Lyuba Ilieva |
Over 25s Georgi Benchev Atanas Lovchinov Reneta Ganeva Viktor Samsonov |
Groups Ivo and Plamen Dobrevi Sweet 16 4U Iva and Nora |
Results Table (Series 1)
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round One | Round Two | |||||||||||
| Raffi Bohosyan | 5th | 7th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | Winner |
| Bogomil Bonev | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | Runner-up |
| Aleksandra Apostolova | 9th | 4th | 3rd | 9th | 1st | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | Eliminated |
| Angel and Moisei | 1st | 8th | 2nd | 1st | 7th | 7th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | Eliminated (week 10) | |
| Stela Petrova | 10th | 9th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 5th | Eliminated (week 9) | ||
| Voice of Boys | 11th | 5th | 5th | 8th | 9th | 2nd | 6th | 6th | Eliminated (week 8) | |||
| Jeason Brad Lewis | 8th | 2nd | 7th | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 7th | Eliminated (week 7) | ||||
| Margarita Aleksieva | 12th | 1st | 10th | 6th | 5th | 8th | Eliminated (week 6) | |||||
| Nora Doncheva | 4th | 10th | 8th | 5th | 9th | Eliminated (week 5) | ||||||
| Martin Aleksandrov | 7th | 6th | 9th | 10th | Eliminated (week 4) | |||||||
| Suga 'Mamma | 6th | 11th | 11th | Eliminated (week 3) | ||||||||
| Mihaela Fileva | 2nd | 12th | Eliminated (week 2) | |||||||||
| Vladimir Zombori | 13th | Eliminated (week 1) | ||||||||||
| Final showdown | Margarita Aleksieva | Mihaela Fileva | Margarita Aleksieva | Aleksandra Apostolova | Nora Doncheva | Angel and Moisei | Jeason Brad Lewis | Stela Petrova | Angel and Moisei | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated | ||
| Vladimir Zombori | Suga 'Mamma | Suga 'Mamma | Martin Aleksandrov | Voice of Boys | Margarita Aleksieva | Voice of Boys | Voice of Boys | Stela Petrova | ||||
| Judges voted to | Eliminate | |||||||||||
| Ilieva's vote | Vladimir Zombori | Suga 'Mamma | Suga 'Mamma | Aleksandra Apostolova | Nora Doncheva | Angel and Moisei | Jeason Brad Lewis | Voice of Boys | Angel and Moisei | |||
| Genova's vote | Vladimir Zombori | Mihaela Fileva | Margarita Aleksieva | Martin Aleksandrov | Nora Doncheva | Margarita Aleksieva | Jeason Brad Lewis | Stela Petrova | Stela Petrova | |||
| Maga's vote | Vladimir Zombori | Mihaela Fileva | Suga 'Mamma | Martin Aleksandrov | Voice of Boys | Margarita Aleksieva | Jeason Brad Lewis | Voice of Boys | Angel and Moisei | |||
| Vasilev's vote | Margarita Aleksieva | Mihaela Fileva | Margarita Aleksieva | Martin Aleksandrov | Nora Doncheva | Margarita Aleksieva | Voice of Boys | Stela Petrova | Stela Petrova | |||
| Eliminated | Vladimir Zombori 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Mihaela Fileva 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Suga 'Mamma 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Martin Aleksandrov 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Nora Doncheva 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Margarita Aleksieva 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Jeason Brad Lewis 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Voice of Boys 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Stela Petrova 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Angel and Moisei | Aleksandra Apostolova | Raffi Bohosyan |
| Bogomil Bonev | ||||||||||||
Notes
- 1 Maria Ilieva was not required to vote as there was already a majority.
Results Table (Series 2)
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Final | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round One | Round Two | Round One | Round Two | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zhana Bergendorff | N/A | 1st | 12th | 8th | 1st | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | Winner | |||||||||||
| Atanas Kolev | 1st | N/A | 6th | 5th | 7th | 5th | 1st | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | Runner-up | |||||||||||
| Ana-Maria Yanakieva | 2nd | N/A | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 8th | 3rd | 7th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Eliminated | |||||||||||
| Theodora Tsoncheva | 7th | N/A | 11th | 10th | 9th | 9th | 5th | 8th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 4th | Eliminated (week 11) | ||||||||||||
| Nelina Georgieva | 3rd | N/A | 1st | 6th | 5th | 10th | 7th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 5th | Eliminated (week 11) | ||||||||||||
| Ivan Radulovski | 4th | N/A | 7th | 1st | 10th | 1st | 6th | 1st | 4th | 6th | 6th | Eliminated (week 10) | |||||||||||||
| Lyudmila Yovcheva | N/A | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 8th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 7th | Eliminated (week 9) | ||||||||||||||
| Martin Kotrulev | 5th | N/A | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | 9th | 7th | 8th | Eliminated (week 8) | |||||||||||||||
| Tanya Dimitrova | 6th | N/A | 9th | 11th | 10th | 2nd | 2nd | 9th | Eliminated (week 7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Plamen Mitashev | N/A | 3rd | 2nd | 12th | 8th | 4th | 10th | Eliminated (week 6) | |||||||||||||||||
| Gloria and Yanitsa Vasilevi | N/A | 4th | 10th | 4th | 6th | 11th | Eliminated (week 5) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lollipop | N/A | 6th | 13th | 9th | 12th | Eliminated (week 4) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Viktoria Kuprina | N/A | 7th | 8th | 13th | Eliminated (week 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Aleks and Vladi Dimitrovi | N/A | 5th | 14th | Eliminated (week 2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The New Way | N/A | 8th | Eliminated (week 1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgi Arsov | 8th | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Final showdown | Georgi Arsov | Viktoria Kuprina | Aleks and Vladi Dimitrovi | Viktoria Kuprina | Tanya Dimitrova | Nelina Georgieva | Martin Kotrulev | Teodora Tsoncheva | Ana-Maria Yanakieva | Ivan Radulovski | Nelina Georgieva | Atanas Kolev | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated | ||||||||||||
| Teodora Tsoncheva | The New Way | Lollipop | Plamen Mitashev | Lollipop | Gloria and Yanitsa Vasilevi | Plamen Mitashev | Tanya Dimitrova | Martin Kotrulev | Lyudmila Yovcheva | Ivan Radulovski | Teodora Tsoncheva | ||||||||||||||
| Judges voted to | Eliminate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ilieva's vote | Teodora Tsoncheva | Viktoria Kuprina | Aleks and Vladi Dimitrovi | Viktoria Kuprina | Tanya Dimitrova | Nelina Georgieva | Plamen Mitashev | Teodora Tsoncheva | Martin Kotrulev | Lyudmila Yovcheva | Ivan Radulovski | Atanas Kolev | |||||||||||||
| Kirov's vote | Georgi Arsov | The New Way | Aleks and Vladi Dimitrovi | Plamen Mitashev | Tanya Dimitrova | Nelina Georgieva | Martin Kotrulev | Teodora Tsoncheva | Martin Kotrulev | Ivan Radulovski | Nelina Georgieva | Teodora Tsoncheva | |||||||||||||
| Armutlieva's vote | Georgi Arsov | The New Way | Lollipop | Viktoria Kuprina | Lollipop | Gloria and Yanitsa Vasilevi | Plamen Mitashev | Tanya Dimitrova | Ana-Maria Yanakieva | Lyudmila Yovcheva | Nelina Georgieva | Teodora Tsoncheva | |||||||||||||
| Zaki's vote | Georgi Arsov | The New Way | Aleks and Vladi Dimitrovi | Viktoria Kuprina | Lollipop | Gloria and Yanitsa Vasilevi | Plamen Mitashev | Tanya Dimitrova | Martin Kotrulev | Lyudmila Yovcheva | Ivan Radulovski | Atanas Kolev | |||||||||||||
| Eliminated | Georgi Arsov 3 of 4 votes Majority |
The New Way 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Aleks and Vladi Dimitrovi 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Viktoria Kuprina 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Lollipop 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Gloria and Yanitsa Vasilevi 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Plamen Mitashev 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Tanya Dimitrova 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Martin Kotrulev 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Lyudmila Yovcheva 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Ivan Radulovski 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Teodora Tsoncheva 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Ana-Maria Yanakieva | Zhana Bergendorff | |||||||||||
| Atanas Kolev | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
- 1 Maria Ilieva was not required to vote as there was already a majority.
Results Table (Series 3)
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round One | Round Two | Round One | Round Two | |||||||||||||
| Slavin Slavchev | 3rd | N/A | 7th | 2nd | 6th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | Winner | ||
| Nevena Peykova | 2nd | N/A | 6th | 6th | 10th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | Runner-up | ||
| Mihaela Marinova | 7th | N/A | 10th | 11th | 9th | 8th | 7th | 1st | 6th | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Eliminated | ||
| Ivo and Plamen Dobrevi | N/A | 1st | 1st | 9th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | Eliminated (week 11) | |||
| Georgi Benchev | N/A | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 9th | 1st | 6th | 2nd | 5th | 5th | Eliminated (week 10) | ||||
| Miryan Kostadinov | 1st | N/A | 4th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 6th | Eliminated (week 9) | |||||
| Trayan Kostov | 4th | N/A | 12th | 10th | 1st | 7th | 8th | 2nd | 7th | Eliminated (week 8) | ||||||
| Sweet 16 | N/A | 6th | 8th | 5th | 8th | 5th | 2nd | 8th | Eliminated (week 7) | |||||||
| Kristina Doncheva | 5th | N/A | 9th | 3rd | 5th | 1st | 9th | Eliminated (week 6) | ||||||||
| Atanas Lovchinov | N/A | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 10th | Eliminated (week 5) | |||||||||
| 4U | N/A | 4th | 5th | 8th | 11th | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||||||||
| Reneta Ganeva | N/A | 5th | 11th | 12th | Eliminated (week 3) | |||||||||||
| Stanimir Marinov | 6th | N/A | 13th | Eliminated (week 2) | ||||||||||||
| Iva and Nora | N/A | 8th | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||||||||
| Viktor Samsonov | N/A | 7th | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||||||||
| Lyuba Ilieva | 9th | Eliminated (week 1) | ||||||||||||||
| Sabatin Gogov | 8th | Eliminated (week 1) | ||||||||||||||
| Final showdown | Mihaela Marinova Stanimir Marinov |
Sweet 16 Reneta Ganeva |
Trayan Kostov | Mihaela Marinova | Nevena Peykova | Georgi Benchev | Trayan Kostov | Ivo and Plamen Dobrevi | Mihaela Marinova | Georgi Benchev | Ivo and Plamen Dobrevi | Nevena Peykova | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated | |||
| Lyuba Ilieva Sabatin Gogogv |
Iva and Nora Viktor Samsonov |
Stanimir Marinov | Reneta Ganeva | 4U | Atanas Lovchinov | Kristina Doncheva | Sweet 16 | Trayan Kostov | Miryan Kostadinov | Georgi Benchev | Ivo and Plamen Dobrevi | |||||
| Judges voted to | Eliminate | |||||||||||||||
| Ilieva's vote | Sabatin Gogogv | N/A | N/A | Reneta Ganeva | 4U | Atanas Lovchinov | Kristina Doncheva | Ivo and Plamen Dobrevi | Mihaela Marinova | Georgi Benchev | Georgi Benchev | Ivo and Plamen Dobrevi | ||||
| Kirov's vote | N/A | Viktor Samsonov | Stanimir Marinov | Mihaela Marinova | 4U | N/A | Trayan Kostov | Sweet 16 | Trayan Kostov | Miryan Kostadinov | Ivo and Plamen Dobrevi | Nevena Peykova | ||||
| Armutlieva's vote | Lyuba Ilieva | N/A | Stanimir Marinov | Reneta Ganeva | 4U | Atanas Lovchinov | Trayan Kostov | Sweet 16 | Trayan Kostov | Miryan Kostadinov | Georgi Benchev | Ivo and Plamen Dobrevi | ||||
| Zaki's vote | N/A | Iva and Nora | Stanimir Marinov | Reneta Ganeva | Nevena Peykova | Atanas Lovchinov | Kristina Doncheva | Ivo and Plamen Dobrevi | Trayan Kostov | Miryan Kostadinov | Georgi Benchev | Nevena Peykova | ||||
| Eliminated | Lyuba Ilieva Sabatin Gogov |
Iva and Nora Viktor Samsonov |
Stanimir Marinov 3 of 3 votes Majority |
Reneta Ganeva 3 of 4 votes Majority |
4U 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Atanas Lovchinov 3 of 3 votes Majority |
Kristina Doncheva 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Sweet 16 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Trayan Kostov 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Miryan Kostadinov 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Georgi Benchev 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Ivo and Plamen Dobrevi 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Mihaela Marinova | Slavin Slavchev | ||
| Nevena Peykova | ||||||||||||||||
Notes
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