X-Faktor (Hungarian TV series)

X-Faktor
X-Faktor Hungary.jpeg
Created by	Simon Cowell
Presented by	Nóra Ördög Balázs Sebestyén Bence Istenes Lilu Ramóna Kiss
Judges	Péter Geszti Ildikó Keresztes Miklós Malek Feró Nagy Róbert Alföldi Róbert Szikora Gabi Tóth Gábor Szűcs ByeAlex Laci Gáspár Peti Puskás Gigi Radics
Original language(s)	Hungarian
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	125
Release
Original network	RTL Klub
Original release	28 August 2010 – present
External links
Website	www.rtlklub.hu/xfaktor

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 Fifth series.

The original judging panel consisted of 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 Nagy, Malek and Ildikó Keresztes, who left the show after the Third series, due to career commitments. In series 5 Little G took the place of original judge Geszti, who left the show to focus on his music career. In 2015 RTL Klub did not order a new season, instead they aired the first series of Hungary's Got Talent.The show returned in 2016, with new judges ByeAlex, Laci Gáspár and Peti Puskás replacing Alföldi, Szikora and Little G. The show was originally hosted by Balázs Sebestyén and Nóra Ördög. Sebestyén left the show after the First series. Nóra Ördög presented the show in the 2011 and in 2012 In 2013 she was replaced with Lilu and Bence Istenes. In 2014 Lilu left the show Istenes presents the show as a solo host onwards.

There have been six winners of the show to date: Csaba Vastag, Tibor Kocsis, Gergő Oláh, Dóra Danics, Andrea Tóth and Barbara Opitz.

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:

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 its 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 announced 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

Season 5 (2014)

Péter Geszti, the only original judge left, announced his intention to leave the show after the fourth series to concentrate on his music career. The three other judges returned for a second series alongside new judge Gábor Szűcs.^[3]

Original host Nóra Ördög was to return to the show for this series, but she became pregnant.^[4] RTL asked Bence Istenes back to host the show for a second run.^[5]

Finalists

Key:

     – Winner

     – Runner-Up

     – Third place

Season 6 (2016)

Finalists

Key:

     – Winner

     – Runner-Up

     – Third place

Kristóf Petics had originally been chosen for the live shows, but was disqualified from the competition due to him performing fighting and problematic behavior. He was replaced by Ricsi Mata.

Series averages

References

External links

• Official website (in Hungarian)