X-Factor (Armenian TV series)
X-Factor Իքս-ֆակտոր | |
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X-Factor logo | |
Created by | Simon Cowell |
Presented by |
Aram Mp3 (2010-13) Grisha Aghakhanyan (2014-) Avet Barseghyan (2014-) |
Judges |
Garik Papoyan (2010-) André (2012–) Egor Glumov (2010-11, 2014) Emmy (2014) Naira Gyurjinyan (2010-13) Gisané Palyan (2010-13) Erik Karapetyan (2016-) Shushanik Arevshatyan (2016-) |
Original language(s) | Armenian |
No. of series | 4 |
Release | |
Original network | Shant TV |
Original release | 6 November 2010 – present |
External links | |
Website |
x-factor |
X-Factor (Armenian: Իքս-Ֆակտոր) is the Armenian version of The X Factor, a show originating in the United Kingdom. It is a televised music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions in the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian diaspora. The show in its inaugural year was broadcast on the Armenian Shant TV station, the same station that broadcasts the Armenian Idol series Hay Superstar.
Series overview
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Boys" category
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Girls" category
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Over 25s" category
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Groups" category
Season | Start | Finish | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Winning mentor | Judges | Host |
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One | 6 November 2010 | 15 May 2011 | Vrezh Kirakosyan | Srbuk (Srbuhi Sargsyan) | Gigabeat | Gisané Palyan | Egor Glumov Garik Papoyan Gisané Palyan Naira Gyurjinyan |
Aram Mp3 |
Two | 10 October 2012 | 12 May 2013 | Kim Grigoryan | Armen Yedigaryan | Lena Ghazaryan | Garik Papoyan | André Garik Papoyan Gisané Palyan Naira Gyurjinyan | |
Three | 26 April 2014 | 2 November 2014 | Vahe Margaryan | Narek Vardanyan | Hayk Hunanyan | André | André Garik Papoyan Egor Glumov Emmy |
Grisha Aghakhanyan Avet Barseghyan |
Four | 9 October 2016 | 9 April 2017 | Edgar Ghandilyan | Inna Sayadyan | Emmanuel & Mariam | André Garik Papoyan Erik Shushan Arevshatyan |
Grisha Aghakhanyan |
Judges' categories and their finalists
Key:
- – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.
Season | Egor Glumov | Naira Gyurjinyan | Garik Papoyan | Gisané Palyan |
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One | Groups Gigabeat P.S. Mars-On |
Boys Artsrun Khangeldyan Arthur-Alek Qosbekian Vahé Aleksanyan |
Girls Srbuhi Sargsyan Arminé Kocharyan Nelly Ghazaryan |
Over 25s Vrezh Kirakosyan Yeva Sujyan Edvin Sultanyan Nelly Khosrovyan |
Season | André | Naira Gyurjinyan | Garik Papoyan | Gisané Palyan |
Two | Girls Lena Ghazaryan Marianna Shanoyan Karina Khachatryan |
Over 25s Asya Poghosyan Mihran Petrosyan Svetlana Voskanyan |
Boys Kim Grigoryan Armen Yedigaryan Gevorg Harutyunyan |
Groups International Diamonds Storm |
Season | André | Emmy | Garik Papoyan | Egor Glumov |
Three | Boys Vahé Margaryan Narek Vardanyan Hayk Hunanyan Narek Khachatryan |
Girls Zhanna Davtyan Mary Avetisyan Anahit Hakobyan Syuzanna Melqonyan |
Groups DaDu (Sona Dunoyan & Hambik Daniel) MiKADO The Nanos Arthur and Aram |
Over 24s Gagik Harutyunyan Vahé Hovakimyan Anahit Yengibaryan Sargis Harutyunyan |
Season | André | Shushanik Arevshatyan | Garik Papoyan | Erik |
Four | Boys Edgar Ghandilyan Abraham Khublaryan Yuri Adamyan Qerob Hovelyan |
Over 22s Tyom Hakobyan David Chakhalyan Harutyun Hakobyan Valeria Baltaeva |
Groups Emmanuel & Mariam Alternative The Steps Band |
Girls Inna Sayadyan Hasmik Karapetyan Diana Harutyunyan Mané Baghdasaryan |
Season 1 (2010-2011)
The program was broadcast on Saturday nights at 22:30 with repetitions on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays. Shant TV also broadcaste various chronicles and updates under the title "Oragir" on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 17:50 local time.
The first auditions were broadcast on Shant TV on 11 November 2010, with the eighth auditions on 25 December 2010.
Naira Gyurjinyan was assigned the Boys (16-25) category, Garik Paboyan the Girls (16-25), Egor Glumov the Groups, and Gisané Palyan the Over 25s.
Bootcamp and Judges' houses
At bootcamp stage, the candidates that were chosen for Judges' Houses were:
- 16-24 Boys (mentor Naira Gyurjinyan): Artsrun Khangeldyan, Arthur-Alek Tosbekian (born in Lebanon), Georgi Bunyatyan, Vahé Aleksanyan, Hayk Avetisyan, Gevorg Harutyunyan
- 16-24 Girls (mentor Garik Papoyan): Anoush, Arminé Kocharyan, Nelly Ghazaryan, Mariam, Sona, Srbuhi Sargsyan
- Over 25 (mentor Gisané Palyan): Yeva, Edvin, Hayk, Nelly, Sona, Vrezh
- Groups (mentor Egor Glumov): (6 groups) GigaBeat, P.S., Mars-On
At Judges' Houses (broadcast on 29 January and 5 February 2011), only 3 from each of the 4 categories continued on to the live shows. Naira Gyurjiniyan was assisted by Haik, Garik Papoyan by Gor Sujyan, Gisané Palyan by Sargis.
Finalists
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third Place
- – Withdrew
Category (Mentor) | Acts | |||
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Boys (Gyurjinyan) | Arthur-Alek Tosbekian | Artsrun Khangeldyan | Vahé Aleksanyan | |
Girls (Papoyan) | Arminé Kocharyan | Nelly Ghazaryan | Srbuhi Sargsyan | |
Over 25s (Palyan) | Edvin Sultanyan | Nelly Khosrovyan | Vrezh Kirakosyan | Yeva Sujyan |
Groups (Glumov) | GigaBeat | Mars-On | P.S. |
Live shows
Results summary
Contestants' colour key:
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Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Vrezh Kirakosyan | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner | ||
Srbuhi Sargsyan | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-Up | ||
GigaBeat | Bottom two |
Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 6th | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | Eliminated (Semifinal) | ||
Artsrun Khangeldyan | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
Safe | Safe | Safe | 5th | Safe | 4th | Eliminated (Week 9) | |||
Arminé Kocharyan | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 5th | Eliminated (Week 8) | ||||
Yeva Sujyan | Safe | 10th | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 6th | Eliminated (Week 7) | |||||
Arthur-Alek Tosbekian | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
Bottom two |
7th | Eliminated (Week 6) | ||||||
Nelly Ghazaryan | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 5) | |||||||
Edvin Sultanyan | Not in Live Shows | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 4) | |||||||||
P.S. | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 3) | |||||||||
Nelly Khosrovyan | Safe | Safe | Withdrew (Week 2) | ||||||||||
Mars-On | Safe | 11th | Eliminated (Week 2) | ||||||||||
Vahé Aleksanyan | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 1) | |||||||||||
Withdrew | None | Nelly Khosrovyan | None | ||||||||||
Bottom two | Vahé Aleksanyan, GigaBeat |
Mars-On, Yeya Sujyan |
P.S., Artsrun Khangeldyan |
Edvin Sultanyan, Arthur-Alek Tosbekian |
Nelly Ghazaryan, Arthur-Alek Tosbekian |
Arthur-Alek Tosbekian, GigaBeat |
Yeva Sujyan, Artsrun Khangeldyan |
No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated. | |||||
Judges voted to | Save | ||||||||||||
Papoyan's vote | GigaBeat | Yeya Sujyan | Artsrun Khangeldyan | Arthur-Alek Tosbekian | Nelly Ghazaryan | GigaBeat | Yeya Sujyan | ||||||
Glumov's vote | GigaBeat | Mars-On | P.S. | -- | Arthur-Alek Tosbekian | GigaBeat | Artsrun Khangeldyan | ||||||
Gyurjinyan's vote | Vahé Aleksanyan | Mars-On | Artsrun Khangeldyan | Arthur-Alek Tosbekian | Arthur-Alek Tosbekian | Arthur-Alek Tosbekian | Artsrun Khangeldyan | ||||||
Palyan's vote | GigaBeat | Yeva Sujyan | Artsrun Khangeldyan | Edvin Sultanyan | Arthur-Alek Tosbekian | Arthur-Alek Tosbekian | Yeya Sujyan | ||||||
Eliminated | Vahé Aleksanyan 1 of 4 votes Minority |
Mars-On 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
P.S. 1 of 4 votes Minority |
Edvin Sultanyan 1 of 3 votes Minority |
Nelly Ghazaryan 1 of 4 votes Minority |
Arthur-Alek Tosbekian 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Yeva Sujyan 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Arminé Kocharyan 5th Place |
Artsrun Khangeldyan 4th Place |
GigaBeat 3rd Place |
Srbuhi Sargsyan Runner-Up | ||
Vrezh Kirakosyan Winner |
Season 2 (2012-2013)
Garik Papoyan was assigned the Boys category, André the Girls, Gisané Palyan the Groups, and Naira Gyurjinyan the Over 25s.
Finalists
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third Place
Category (Mentor) | Acts | |||
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Boys (Papoyan) | Armen Yedigaryan | Gevorg Harutyunyan | Kim Grigoryan | |
Girls (André) | Karina Khachatryan | Lena Ghazaryan | Marianna Shanoyan | |
Over 25s (Gyurjinyan) | Asya Poghosyan | Mihran Petrosyan | Svetlana Voskanyan | |
Groups (Palyan) | Diamonds | International | Storm |
Live shows
Results summary
Contestants' colour key:
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Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Semifinal | Final | ||||||||
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Kim Grigoryan | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner | |||||||
Armen Yedigaryan | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-Up | |||||||
Lena Ghazaryan | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
Safe | Safe | 3rd | Eliminated (Semifinal) | |||||||
Marianna Shanoyan | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 4th | Eliminated (Week 9) | ||||||||
Gevorg Harutyunyan | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 5th | Eliminated (Week 8) | |||||||||
Asya Poghosyan | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 7th | Bottom two |
Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 7) | ||||||||||
International | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 6) | |||||||||||
Karina Khachatryan | Safe | Bottom two |
Safe | Safe | 8th | Eliminated (Week 5) | ||||||||||||
Diamonds | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 4) | |||||||||||||
Mihran Petrosyan | 11th | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||||||||||
Svetlana Voskanyan | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||||||||||
Storm | 12th | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||||||||||
Bottom two | Storm, Mihran Petrosyan |
Sveltana Voskanyan, Karina Khachatryan |
Mihran Petrosyan, Diamonds |
Diamonds, Marianna Shanoyan |
Karina Khachatryan, Asya Poghosyan |
International, Asya Poghosyan |
Asya Poghosyan, Lena Ghazarayn |
No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated. | ||||||||||
Judges voted to | Save | |||||||||||||||||
Papoyan's vote | Mihran Petrosyan | - | Diamonds | Marianna Shanoyan | Karina Khachatryan | Asya Poghoysan | Lena Ghazaryan | |||||||||||
André's vote | Storm | Karina Khachatryan | Diamonds | Marianna Shanoyan | Karina Khachatryan | Asya Poghosyan | Lena Ghazaryan | |||||||||||
Gyurjinyan's vote | Mihran Petrosyan | Svetlana Voskanyan | Mihran Petrosyan | Marianna Shanoyan | Asya Poghosyan | Asya Poghoysan | Asya Poghosyan | |||||||||||
Palyan's vote | Storm | Karina Khachatryan | Diamonds | Diamonds | Asya Poghosyan | International | Lena Ghazaryan | |||||||||||
Eliminated | Storm 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Svetlana Voskanyan 1 of 3 votes Minority |
Mihran Petrosyan 1 of 4 votes Minority |
Diamonds 1 of 4 votes Minority |
Karina Khachatryan 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
International 1 of 4 votes Minority |
Asya Poghosyan 1 of 4 votes Minority |
Gevorg Harutyunyan 5th Place |
Marianna Shanoyan 4th Place |
Lena Ghazaryan 3rd Place |
Armen Yedigaryan Runner-Up | |||||||
Kim Grigoryan Winner |
Season 3 (2014)
Simon Cowell made an appearance and told the judges what categories they would mentor. André will be mentoring the Boys, Emmy has the Girls, Garik Papoyan will look after the Groups and Egor Glumov has been assigned the Over 24s.
Four-Chair challenge
For this season of The X Factor, Cowell confirmed that the boot camp and judges' houses sections of the competition, which traditionally followed the audition rounds, had been dropped and replaced with a brand new stage called "The Four-Chair challenge". Speaking on the change, he said "It [boot camp and Judges' houses] was the one element of the show I wasn't happy with, and it looked too similar to what everybody else is doing." He went on to describe the new "middle section" as "really dramatic, very tough on us and the contestants, and very high pressure", and compared the new round as similar to the live shows.
Key:
- – Contestant was immediately eliminated after performance without switch
- – Contestant was switched out later in the competition and eventually eliminated
- – Contestant was not switched out and made the final four of their own category
Category(Mentor) | Act | Song | Mentor's decision | Switched with |
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Girls (Emmy) | Mery Avetisyan | "Depi Yerkinq" (Դեպի երկինք) | Put in chair 1 | — |
Ani Asatryan | "Yary Mardun Yara Kuta" | Eliminated | — | |
Sona Sarafyan | "Bound to You" | Put in chair 2 | — | |
Etery Hovhannisyan | "Back to Black" | Put in chair 3 | — | |
Lilit Yeghiazaryan | "Pakughi" (Փակուղի) | Eliminated | — | |
Anush Harutyunyan | "You Raise Me Up" | Put in chair 4 | — | |
Narine Yeranosyan | "Skyfall" | Eliminated | — | |
Anahit Hakobyan | "Sari Aghjik" (Սարի աղջիկ) | Put in chair 3 | Etery Hovhannisyan | |
Zhanna Davtyan | "Heart Attack" | Put in chair 4 | Anush Harutyunyan | |
Suzanna Melkonyan | "The Show Must Go On" | Put in chair 2 | Sona Sarafyan | |
Over 24s (Glumov) | Aram Khachatryan | "Too Close" | Put in chair 1 | — |
Hovhannes Gevorgyan | "Kalinka" | Eliminated | — | |
Vahe Hovakimyan | "Aranc Qez" (Առանց քեզ) | Put in chair 2 | — | |
Anahit Yengibaryan | "Counting Stars" | Put in chair 3 | — | |
Hovsep Moryan | "Du Kas" (Դու կաս) | Eliminated | — | |
Nvard Hovakimyan | "Cry Me a River" | Put in chair 4 | — | |
Davit Chakhalyan | "Um" (Ում) | Eliminated | — | |
Hayk Avetisyan | "Yerani" (Երանի) | Put in chair 4 | Nvard Hovakimyan | |
Sargis Harutyunyan | "Kiss" | Put in chair 1 | Aram Khachatryan | |
Gagik Harutyunyan | "Hayastan" (Հայաստան) | Put in chair 4 | Hayk Avetisyan | |
Boys (André) | Gevorg Pashayan | "Not Alone" | Put in chair 1 | — |
Arthur Nersisyan | "Radioactive" | Put in chair 2 | — | |
Vardan Khachatryan | "Karot" (Կարոտ) | Eliminated | — | |
Aram Najaryan | "This Love" | Put in chair 3 | — | |
Hayk Hunanyan | "Noric" (Նորից) | Put in chair 4 | — | |
Gegham Fidanyan | "Wrecking Ball" | Eliminated | — | |
Narek Vardanyan | "Im Sery Qez" (Իմ սերը քեզ) | Put in chair 3 | Aram Najaryan | |
Armen Hovhannisyan | "Angels" | Eliminated | — | |
Narek Khachatryan | "Nerum em Qez" (Ներում եմ քեզ) | Put in chair 1 | Gevorg Pashayan | |
Vahe Margaryan | "Patranqi Tevov" (Պատրանքի թևով) | Put in chair 2 | Arthur Nersisyan | |
Groups (Papoyan) | Two Colors | "Read All About It, Pt. III" | Put in chair 1 | — |
Varduhi and Mariam | "Butterfly" | Put in chair 2 | — | |
Hip Hop | "Black and Yellow" | Put in chair 3 | — | |
Etery and Hayk | "The Big Bang" | Put in chair 4 | — | |
The Nanos | "Try" | Put in chair 2 | Varduhi and Mariam | |
DaDu | "Price Tag" | Put in chair 1 | Two Colors | |
Arthur and Aram | "Wake Me Up" | Put in chair 4 | Etery and Hayk | |
MiKADO | "Get Lucky" | Put in chair 3 | Hip Hop |
Finalists
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third Place
Category (Mentor) | Acts | |||
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Boys (André) | Hayk Hunanyan | Narek Khachatryan | Narek Vardanyan | Vahe Margaryan |
Girls (Emmy) | Anahit Hakobyan | Mery Avetisyan | Suzanna Melkonyan | Zhanna Davtyan |
Over 24s (Glumov) | Anahit Yengibaryan | Gagik Harutyunyan | Sargis Harutyunyan | Vahe Hovakimyan |
Groups (Papoyan) | Arthur and Aram | DaDu | MiKADO | The Nanos |
Live shows
Results summary
Contestants' colour key:
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Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Semifinal | Final | ||
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Vahé Margaryan | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner | |
Narek Vardanyan | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-Up | |
Hayk Hunanyan | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd Place | |
Zhanna Davtyan | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 4th | Eliminated (Semifinal) | |
DaDu | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 5th | Eliminated (Week 7) | ||
MiKADO | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 6th | Eliminated (Week 6) | |||
Mery Avetisyan | Saved | Safe | Safe | 8th | 7th | 7th | Eliminated (Week 6) | |||
Gagik Harutyunyan | Saved | Safe | Bottom two |
Safe | 8th | Eliminated (Week 5) | ||||
Anahit Hakobyan | Saved | Safe | Safe | 9th | Eliminated (Week 4) | |||||
Vahé Hovakimyan | Saved | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||
The Nanos | Saved | 11th | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||
Anahit Yengibaryan | Saved | 12th | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||
Narek Khachatryan | Not saved | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||
Arthur and Aram | Not saved | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||
Suzanna Melkonyan | Not saved | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||
Sargis Harutyunyan | Not saved | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||
Bottom two | None | None | Gagik Harutyunyan Vahe Hovakimyan |
Mery Avetisyan Anahit Hakobyan |
Gagik Harutyunyan Mery Avetisyan |
None | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated. | |||
Judges voted to | Save | |||||||||
André's vote | Narek Vardanyan Vahe Margaryan Hayk Hunanyan | - | Gagik Harutyunyan | Anahit Hakobyan | Gagik Harutyunyan | - | ||||
Emmy's vote | Anahit Hakobyan Mery Avetisyan Zhanna Davtyan | - | Gagik Harutyunyan | Mery Avetisyan | Mery Avetisyan | - | ||||
Glumov's vote | Vahe Hovakimyan Gagik Harutyunyan Anahit Yengibaryan | - | - | Anahit Hakobyan | Gagik Harutyunyan | - | ||||
Papoyan's vote | Mikado DaDu The Nanos | - | Gagik Harutyunyan | Mery Avetisyan | Mery Avetisyan | - | ||||
Eliminated | Sargis Harutyunyan by Glumov |
The Nanos Anahit Yengibaryan |
Vahé Hovakimyan 0 of 3 votes Majority |
Anahit Hakobyan 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Gagik Harutyunyan 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Mery Avetisyan MiKADO |
DaDu 5th Place |
Zhanna Davtyan 4th Place |
Hayk Hunanyan 3rd Place Narek Vardanyan Runner-Up | |
Suzanna Melkonyan by Emmy | ||||||||||
Arthur and Aram by Papoyan | ||||||||||
Narek Khachatryan by André |
Vahé Margaryan Winner |
Live show details
Week 1 (Top 12 Finalists Chosen)
In this week each of the judges narrowing their number of acts down to three, without a public vote.
Category (Mentor) | Act | Song | Translation | Mentor's decision |
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Glumov (Over 24s) | Sargis Harutyunyan | "Bistreé" (Быстрее) | "Faster" | Saved1 |
Anahit Yengibaryan | "Summertime Sadness" | - | Not Saved | |
Vahé Hovakimyan | "Pativ unem"(Պատիվ ունեմ) | "I've Respect" | Saved | |
Gagik Harutyunyan | "Love Me Again" | - | Saved | |
Emmy (Girls) | Mery Avetisyan | "If I Were a Boy" | - | Saved |
Suzanna Melkonyan | "Hayastan Ashkharh" (Հայաստան աշխարհ) | "Armenian World" | Not Saved | |
Anahit Hakobyan | "Chandelier" | - | Saved | |
Zhanna Davtyan | "Think Like a Man" | - | Saved | |
Papoyan (Groups) | MiKADO | "Tsiatsan/Qez Gta" (Ծիածան/Քեզ գտա) | "Rainbow/Found You" | Saved |
Arthur and Aram | "Love Never Felt So Good" | - | Not Saved | |
The Nanos | "Stay" | - | Saved | |
DaDu | "Airplanes" | - | Saved | |
André (Boys) | Narek Khachatryan | "Cliche Love Song" | - | Not Saved |
Hayk Hunanyan | "Diamonds" | - | Saved | |
Vahé Margaryan | "Myr ergir" (Մըր էրգիր) | "Our Country" | Saved | |
Narek Vardanyan | "All Of Me" | - | Saved |
^1 After Glumov's decision Sargis pronounced that instead of him the show will continue with Anahit.
Week 2 (August 31)
- Theme: The 2000s and 2010s hits
- At the beginning of the show the producers sang the most sung songs on X Factor Armenia. Emmy performed "Feeling Good", Garik Papoyan "One Night Only", Egor Glumov "Im Sery Qez" (Իմ սերը քեզ) and André "I Believe I Can Fly".
Act | Order | Song | Translation | Result |
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Anahit Hakobyan | 1 | "Gites Yes Kgam" (Գիտես ես կգամ) | "You Know I Will Come" | Safe |
Anahit Yengibaryan | 2 | "Trouble" | - | Eliminated |
DaDu | 3 | "Don't Lie" | - | Safe |
Hayk Hunanyan | 4 | "Hin Orer" (Հին օրեր) | "Old Days" | Safe |
Mery Avetisyan | 5 | "When Love Takes Over" | - | Safe |
Vahé Hovakimyan | 6 | "Formidable" | - | Safe |
The Nanos | 7 | "Happy (Sad Remix)" | - | Eliminated |
Vahé Margaryan | 8 | "The Lazy Song" | - | Safe |
Gagik Harutyunyan | 9 | "Horovel" (Հորովել) | - | Safe |
Zhanna Davtyan | 10 | "Empire State of Mind" | - | Safe |
MiKADO | 11 | "Andzrev" (Անձրև) | "Rain" | Safe |
Narek Vardanyan | 12 | "Talk Dirty" | - | Safe |
Week 3 (September 7)
- Theme: Love songs
- At the beginning of the show the eliminated acts performed the songs that they would sing on the third live show. Anahit Yengibaryan performed "Woman in Love" and The Nanos "Don't You Remember".
Act | Order | Song | Translation | Result |
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MiKADO | 1 | "Khorozs taran" (Խորոզս տարան) | "They Carried My Cock" | Safe |
Vahé Hovakimyan | 2 | "Mer Siro Ashuny" (Մեր սիրո աշունը) | "The Autumn of Our Love" | Bottom two |
Hayk Hunanyan | 3 | "Urvakan" (Ուրվական) | "Ghost" | Safe |
Anahit Hakobyan | 4 | "My Kind of Love" | - | Safe |
Gagik Harutyunyan | 5 | "Still Got the Blues (For You)" | - | Bottom two |
Vahé Margaryan | 6 | "She" | - | Safe |
Zhanna Davtyan | 7 | "Mi pah" (Մի պահ) | "One Moment" | Safe |
DaDu | 8 | "Love the Way You Lie" | - | Safe |
Narek Vardanyan | 9 | "Ari, ari" (Արի, արի) | "Come Come" | Safe |
Mery Avetisyan | 10 | "Umbrella" | - | Safe |
Final showdown details | ||||
Vahé Hovakimyan | 1 | "Khent Aghjik" (Խենթ աղջիկ) | "Crazy Girl" | Eliminated |
Gagik Harutyunyan | 2 | "Change the World" | - | Safe |
- Judges' votes to save
- Papoyan: Gagik Harutyunyan – gave no reason
- Emmy: Gagik Harutyunyan – gave no reason
- André: Gagik Harutyunyan – gave no reason
- Glumov was not required to vote since there was already a majority
Week 4 (September 14)
- Theme: The 1980s and 1990s hits
Act | Order | Song | Translation | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gagik Harutyunyan | 1 | "Change the World" | - | Safe |
Mery Avetisyan | 2 | "Hayreniq" (Հայրենիք) | "Fatherland" | Bottom two |
Hayk Hunanyan | 3 | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" | - | Safe |
Zhanna Davtyan | 4 | "Imagine" | - | Safe |
MiKADO | 5 | "Tjkuytik (Ճկույթիկ)" | "Little Finger" | Safe |
Vahé Margaryan | 6 | "Kilikia" | - | Safe |
Anahit Hakobyan | 7 | "The Winner Takes It All" | - | Bottom two |
DaDu | 8 | "Yete imanayir" (Եթե իմանայիր) | "If You Knew" | Safe |
Narek Vardanyan | 9 | "Bad" | - | Safe |
Final showdown details | ||||
Mery Avetisyan | 1 | "Im anush hayreniq" (Իմ անուշ հայրենիք) | "My Sweety Homeland" | Safe |
Anahit Hakobyan | 2 | "Hayastan ashkharh" (Հայաստան աշխարհ) | "Armenian World" | Eliminated |
- Judges' votes to save
- Papoyan: Mery Avetisyan
- André: Anahit Hakobyan
- Glumov: Anahit Hakobyan
- Emmy: Mery Avetisyan
Week 5 (September 21)
- Theme: Patriotic Songs
- Musical guests: Sona Rubenyan and Mher ("Hayastan")
Act | Order | Song | Translation | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mery Avetisyan | 1 | "Im anush hayreniq" (Իմ անուշ հայրենիք) | "My Sweety Homeland" | Bottom two |
DaDu | 2 | "Hayastan" (Հայաստան) | "Armenia" | Safe |
Gagik Harutyunyan | 3 | "Ver kac yeghbayr im" (Վե՛ր կաց, եղբա՛յր իմ) | "Stand Up My Brother" | Bottom two |
Hayk Hunanyan | 4 | "Hayreniq" (Հայրենիք) | "Fatherland" | Safe |
MiKADO | 5 | "Hayi acher" (Հայի աչեր) | "Armenian eyes" | Safe |
Vahé Margaryan | 6 | "Yeraz im yerkir hayreni" (Երազ իմ երկիր հայրենի) | "My Dream Homeland Armenia" | Safe |
Zhanna Davtyan | 7 | "Martiki yergy" (Մարտիկի երգը) | "Fighter's song" | Safe |
Narek Vardanyan | 8 | "Menq enq mer sarery" (Մենք ենք մեր սարերը) | "We Are Our Mountains" | Safe |
Final showdown details | ||||
Mery Avetisyan | 1 | "Only Girl (In the World)" | - | Safe |
Gagik Harutyunyan | 2 | "La Camisa Negra" | "The Black Shirt" | Eliminated |
- Judges' votes to save
- Glumov: Gagik Harutyunyan
- Emmy: Mery Avetisyan
- Papoyan: Mery Avetisyan
- André: Gagik Harutyunyan
Week 6 (September 28)
- Theme: The Armenian and foreign hits of last 10 years
Act | Order | Song | Translation | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mery Avetisyan | 1 | "Only Girl (In the World)" | - | Eliminated |
Hayk Hunanyan | 2 | "Ha Nino" (Հա Նինո) | "Yeah, Nino" | Safe |
MiKADO | 3 | "PreGomesh" (ՊռեԳոմեշ) | - | Eliminated |
Vahé Margaryan | 4 | "Fairytale" | - | Safe |
DaDu | 5 | "Wild Ones" | - | Safe |
Narek Vardanyan | 6 | "Qaminer" (Քամիներ) | "Winds" | Safe |
Zhanna Davtyan | 7 | "Firework" | - | Safe |
Week 7 (October 5)
- Theme: Retro songs
- At the beginning of the show the eliminated acts performed the songs that they would sing on the seventh live show. MiKADO performed "Highway Star" and Mery Avetisyan "It's a Man's Man's Man's World".
Act | Order | Song | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Narek Vardanyan | 1 | "Susanna" | Safe |
DaDu | 2 | "Coco Jamboo" | Eliminated |
Hayk Hunanyan | 3 | "L'Italiano" | Safe |
Zhanna Davtyan | 4 | "Hero" | Safe |
Vahé Margaryan | 5 | "Blue Suede Shoes" | Safe |
Semifinal (October 19)
- Themes: Celebrity duets, Soundtracks
- During the show the eliminated DaDu performed the songs that they would sing on the eight live show. They performed "Not Alone" with Aram Mp3, and "Can't Hold Us".
Act | Order | First song | Translation | Second song | Translation | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zhanna Davtyan | 1 | "Linem Qami" (with Erik) | "Being a Wind" | "Krunk" (Կռունկ) | "Crane" | Eliminated |
Hayk Hunanyan | 2 | "Bayc Du Ches Galis" (with Arsen Safaryan) | "But You Don't Come" | "Vorogayt" (Որոգայթ) | "Snare" | Safe |
Vahé Margaryan | 3 | "Une Vie D'amour" (with Sona Rubenyan) | "A Life of Love" | "Les Montagnes d'Armenie" | "The Mountains of Armenia" | Safe |
Narek Vardanyan | 4 | "Ov Sirun, Sirun" (with André) | - | "Parla Più Piano" | "Speak Softly Love" | Safe |
Final (October 26)
- Themes: Favorite performance, Winner's song
- Duets: Narek Vardanyan and Hayk Hunanyan performed "Patker" (Պատկեր), Zhanna Davtyan and Vahé Margaryan "Say Something".
- During the show the eliminated Zhanna Davtyan performed her own song written by Garik Papoyan. The song is called "Doors".
Act | Order | First song | Second song | Translation | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hayk Hunanyan | 1 | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" | "Haghtenq Miasin" (Հաղթենք միասին) | "Winning Together" | 3rd place |
Vahé Margaryan | 2 | "She" | "Haghtenq Miasin" (Հաղթենք միասին) | "Winning Together" | Winner |
Narek Vardanyan | 3 | "Talk Dirty" | "Haghtenq Miasin" (Հաղթենք միասին) | "Winning Together" | Runner-Up |
Season 4 (2016-2017)
For the first time in X Factor Armenia history, viewers voted on the official web page of Shant TV to determine which of the judges was allocated each of the four categories. The judges learnt the result during the six-seat challenge. André will be mentoring the Boys, Erik has the Girls, Garik Papoyan will look after the Groups and Shushanik Arevshatyan has been assigned the Over 22s.
Four-Chair challenge
The four-chair challenge was being broadcast over 4 episodes on 8, 15, 22, 29 January 2017. 36 acts faced the four-chair challenge, with 10 in the Boys and the Girls categories, 9 in the Overs, and 7 in the Groups. As the number of groups was very low Papoyan at once selected 3 groups instead of 4.
Key:
- – Contestant was immediately eliminated after performance without switch
- – Contestant was switched out later in the competition and eventually eliminated
- – Contestant was not switched out and made the final four of their own category
Category (Mentor) | Act | Song | Mentor's decision | Switched with |
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Boys (André) | Leo Chuguryan | "Love Me Again" | Eliminated | — |
Areg Mkhoyan | "Hayreniq" (Հայրենիք) | Eliminated | — | |
Hrach Safaryan | "Let Her Go" | Put in chair 1 | — | |
Vardan Galstyan | "Thinking Out Loud" | Put in chair 2 | — | |
Rafayel Badalyan | "Sers gaghtni togh mna" (Սերս գաղտնի թող մնա) | Put in chair 3 | — | |
Vardan Khachatryan | "Sahmanin" (Սահմանին) | Put in chair 4 | — | |
Yuri Adamyan | "Linem qami" (Լինեմ քամի) | Put in chair 3 | Rafayel Badalyan | |
Qerob Hovelyan | "Sari aghjik" | Put in chair 1 | Hrach Safaryan | |
Abraham Khublaryan | "Writing's on the Wall" | Put in chair 4 | Vardan Khachatryan | |
Edgar Ghandilyan | "Not Alone" | Put in chair 2 | Vardan Galstyan | |
Over 22s (Arevshatyan) | Vahram Yanikyan | "You Raise Me Up" | Put in chair 1 | — |
Hovhannes Aleqsanyan | "Nerum em qez" (Ներում եմ քեզ) | Put in chair 2 | — | |
Raya Hakobyan | "Mi pah" (Մի պահ) | Put in chair 3 | — | |
Eduard Aghabalyan | "Im pokharen" (Իմ փոխարեն) | Put in chair 4 | — | |
Narek Khachatryan | "El chem gtni" (Էլ չեմ գտնի) | Eliminated | — | |
Tyom Hakobyan | "Tonight Again" | Put in chair 4 | Eduard Aghabalyan | |
Valeriya Baltayeva | "If I Were a Boy" | Put in chair 1 | Vahram Yanikyan | |
Harutyun Hakobyan | "Qaminer" (Քամիներ) | Put in chair 3 | Raya Hakobyan | |
David Chakhalyan | "Hayastan" (Հայաստան) | Put in chair 2 | Hovhannes Aleksanyan | |
Girls (Karapetyan) | Diana Harutyunyan | "Diamonds" | Put in chair 1 | — |
Alina Hovsepyan | "Vorogayt" (Որոգայթ) | Put in chair 2 | — | |
Nelli Badalyan | "Bez Boyu" (Без Бою) | Put in chair 3 | — | |
Mari Hunanyan | "This Love" | Eliminated | — | |
Zoya Baraghamyan | "Jpta" (Ժպտա) | Eliminated | — | |
Monika Mirzoyan | "All of Me" | Put in chair 4 | — | |
Angel Barseghyan | "Umbrella" | Put in chair 2 | Alina Hovsepyan | |
Mane Baghdasaryan | "Grenade" | Put in chair 2 | Angel Barseghyan | |
Hasmik Karapetyan | "Mi togh indz menak" (Մի թող ինձ մենակ) | Put in chair 1 | Diana Harutyunyan | |
Inna Sayadyan | "Crazy" | Put in chair 3 | Nelli Badalyan | |
Diana Harutyunyan | N/A (reinstated by mentor)1 | Put in chair 4 | Monika Mirzoyan | |
Groups (Papoyan) | Alternative | "Torn" | Put in chair 1 | — |
Mariam, Qristine, Khachatur | "Arrivederci" | Put in chair 2 | — | |
HIGHGAE | "Sareri hovin mernem" (Սարերի հովին մեռնեմ) | Put in chair 3 | — | |
Gor, Artak, Arusik | "Secret Love Song" | Put in chair 2 | Mariam, Qristine, Khachatur | |
The Steps Band & Rafayel | "Shirkhani" (Շիրխանի) | Eliminated | — | |
The Steps Band & Tamara | "One and Only" | Put in chair 2 | Gor, Artak, Arusik | |
Emmanuel & Mariam | "The Monster" | Put in chair 3 | HIGHGAE | |
^1 Karapetyan initially switched out Diana for Hasmik, but after some consideration brought her back and instead switched out Monika.
Finalists
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third Place
Category (Mentor) | Acts | |||
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Boys (André) | Qerob Hovelyan | Edgar Ghandilyan | Yuri Adamyan | Abraham Khublaryan |
Girls (Karapetyan) | Hasmik Karapetyan | Mané Baghdasaryan | Inna Sayadyan | Diana Harutyunyan |
Over 22s (Arevshatyan) | Valeria Baltaeva | David Chakhalyan | Harutyun Hakobyan | Tyom Hakobyan |
Groups (Papoyan) | The Steps Band | Alternative | Emmanuel & Mariam | |
Live shows
Results summary
Contestants' colour key:
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Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Edgar Ghandilyan | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner | ||
Inna Sayadyan | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-Up | ||
Emmanuel & Mariam | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd Place | ||
Abraham Khublaryan | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 4th Place | ||
Tyom Hakobyan | Saved | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | 5th | Eliminated (Semifinal) | ||
Yuri Adamyan | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | 6th | Eliminated (Week 6) | |||
David Chakhalyan | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 5) | ||||
Hasmik Karapetyan | Saved | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 4) | |||||
Harutyun Hakobyan | Saved | Safe | 9th | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||
Alternative | Saved | Safe | 10th | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||
Diana Harutyunyan | Saved | 11th | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||
The Steps Band | Saved | 12th | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||
Valeria Baltaeva | Not Saved | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||
Mané Baghdasaryan | Not Saved | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||
Qerob Hovelyan | Not Saved | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||
Bottom two | None | None | None | Tyom Hakobyan Hasmik Karapetyan |
Yuri Adamyan David Chakhalyan |
No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated. | ||||
Judges voted to | Save | |||||||||
André's vote | Edgar Ghandilyan Yuri Adamyan Abraham Khublaryan | - | - | Tyom Hakobyan | Yuri Adamyan | |||||
Erik's vote | Inna Sayadyan Hasmik Karapetyan Diana Harutyunyan | - | - | Hasmik Karapetyan | Yuri Adamyan | |||||
Arevshatyan's vote | Tyom Hakobyan David Chakhalyan Harutyun Hakobyan | - | - | Tyom Hakobyan | David Chakhalyan | |||||
Papoyan's vote | Alternative The Steps Band Emmanuel & Mariam | - | - | Tyom Hakobyan | Yuri Adamyan | |||||
Eliminated | Valeria Baltaeva by Arevshatyan |
The Steps Band Diana Harutyunyan |
Alternive Harutyun Hakobyan |
Hasmik Karapetyan 1 of 4 votes Majority |
David Chakhalyan 1 of 4 votes Majority |
Yuri Adamyan 6th Place |
Tyom Hakobyan 5th Place |
Abraham Khublaryan 4th Place Emmanuel & Mariam 3rd Place Inna Sayadyan Runner-Up | ||
Mané Baghdasaryan by Erik | ||||||||||
Qerob Hovelyan by André |
Edgar Ghandilyan Winner |
Live show details
Week 1 (Top 12 Finalists Chosen)
In this week each of the judges narrowing their number of acts down to three, without a public vote. As the number of groups was very low, Garik selected his three acts during Four-Chair challenge, which was actually Three-Chair challenge for that category.
Category (Mentor) | Act | Song | Translation | Mentor's decision |
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André (Boys) | Yuri Adamyan | "Hogis" (Հոգիս) | "My Soul" | Saved |
Qerob Hovelyan | "Say You Won't Let Go" | - | Not Saved | |
Abraham Khublaryan | "Im hayelin es" (Իմ հայելին ես) | "You Are My Mirror" | Saved | |
Edgar Ghandilyan | "Yes kulam" (Ես կուլամ) | "I'm Crying" | Saved | |
Erik (Girls) | Hasmik Karapetyan | "All by Myself" | - | Saved |
Mané Baghdasaryan | "Yete karogh es" (Եթե կարող ես) | "If You Can" | Not Saved | |
Diana Harutyunyan | "Ari, ari" (Արի՛, արի՛) | "Come, Come" | Saved | |
Inna Sayadyan | "Ti moya nezhnost" (Ты - моя нежность) | "You Are My Foundness" | Saved | |
Arevshatyan (Over 22s) | Tyom Hakobyan | "Impossible" | - | Saved |
Valeria Baltaeva | "Shnorhakal em" (Շնորհակալ եմ) | "Thank You" | Not Saved | |
David Chakhalyan | "Khand" (Խանդ) | "Jealousy" | Saved | |
Harutyun Hakobyan | "Creative" | - | Saved | |
Week 2 (February 19)
- Theme: Love songs
Act | Order | Song | Translation | Result |
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Yuri Adamyan | 1 | "Sorry" | - | Safe |
The Steps Band | 2 | "Bang Bang" | - | Eliminated |
Harutyun Hakobyan | 3 | "Im pokharen" (Իմ փոխարեն) | "Instead of Me" | Safe |
Inna Sayadyan | 4 | "I Surrender" | - | Safe |
David Chakhalyan | 5 | "Sub pielea mea" | "Under My Skin" | Safe |
Alternative | 6 | "Feel So Close" | - | Safe |
Hasmik Karapetyan | 7 | "Ser" (Սեր) | "Love" | Safe |
Edgar Ghandilyan | 8 | "Im sery qez" (Իմ սերը քեզ) | "My Love To You" | Safe |
Tyom Hakobyan | 9 | "P.D.A. (We Just Don't Care)" | - | Safe |
Emmanuel & Mariam | 10 | "Chuni ashkharhy qez nman" (Չունի աշխարհը քեզ նման) | "There Is No Someone Like You In the World" | Safe |
Abraham Khublaryan | 11 | "Hello" | - | Safe |
Diana Harutyunyan | 12 | "Focus" | - | Eliminated |
See also
- Hay Superstar (Idol series)
External links
- X Factor website - Season 1
- X Factor website - Season 2
- X Factor website - Season 3
- X Factor Facebook