X-Faktor (Hungarian TV series)
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 Ninth series.
The original judging panel consisted of Feró Nagy, Miklós Malek, :hu:Keresztes Ildikó|Ildikó Keresztes and :hu:Geszti Péter|Péter Geszti. :hu:Szikora Róbert|Róbert Szikora, :hu:Tóth Gabriella |Gabi Tóth, and :hu:Alföldi Róbert|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 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, :hu:Gáspár László |Laci Gáspár and :hu:Puskás Péter |Peti Puskás replacing Alföldi, Szikora and Little G. The show was originally hosted by Balázs Sebestyén and :hu:Ördög Nóra|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 :hu:Kovalcsik Ildikó|Lilu and :hu:Istenes Bence|Bence Istenes. In 2014 Lilu left the show Istenes presents the show as a solo host onwards.
The 10th season will be canelled this year due to the coronavirus epidemic.
There have been night winners of the show to date: Csaba Vastag, Tibor Kocsis, Gergő Oláh, Dóra Danics, Andrea Tóth, Barbara Opitz, Ricco & Claudia, USNK and Tibor Ruszó.
Series summary
"Peter Geszti" category"Ildiko Keresztes" category
"Fero Nagy" category
"Miklos Malek" category
"Robert Alföldi" category
"Robert Szikora" category
"Gabi Toth" category
"Gabor Szucs” category
"ByeAlex" category
"Laci Gaspar" category
"Peti Puskas" category
"Gigi Radics" category
"Bogi Dallos" category
1In the Finale of the series 7 the presenter was Bence Istenes.
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 | ||||
| One | Girls Veca Janicsák Dorka Shodeinde Fanni Domokos | Boys Nikolas Takács Norbi L. Király Tamás Vastag | Groups Non Stop Summer Sisters' Mimi és Gergő | Over 25s Csaba Vastag Kati Wolf Mariann Szabó |
| Two | Groups Rocktenors Apollo23 Ikrek | Boys Gergő Baricz Lil' C. Tamás Demes | Over 25s Tibor Kocsis Tamás Tarány Tibor Gyurcsík | Girls Enikő Muri Vera Kováts Alexa Bagosi |
| Three | Boys Gergő Oláh Dávid Szabó Zoltán Fehér | Over 28s László Kovács Krisztián Zámbó Bea Lass | Girls Tímea Antal Adél Csobot Andrea Kvaka | Groups Like Spirit P.J.Z. |
| Season | ||||
| Four | Over 25s Dóra Danics Tünde Krasznai Márk Bozsek | Boys Ákos Csordás Ádám Szabó Marcell Tóth | Groups ByTheWay Fat Phoenix MDC | Girls Lili Péterffy Lili Batánovics Anikó Eckert |
| Season | ||||
| Five | Over 25s Juli Horányi Jonathan Andelic Zsófi Kállai-Kiss | Groups Tha Shudras Spoon Pálinka Republik | Girls Andrea Tóth Izabella Jakab-Péter Jenifer Ilyés | Boys Benji Richárd Nagy Richárd Borbély Richárd Szabó |
| Season | ||||
| Six | Over 25s Szandra Fejes János Ónodi Eszter Balogh | Girls Barbara Opitz Liza Vince Alíz Kinga Jáger | Groups Ham ko Ham Soulbreakers Jaggers | Boys Ricsi Mata Dmitrij Gorbunov Gergő Dánielfy |
| Season | ||||
| Seven | Groups Ricco & Claudia London Kids Radio Mobster | Boys Roland Gulyás Dániel Bereznay Norbert Mézes | Girls Serena Rigacci Bettina Tóth Viola Erdős | Over 25s Dániel Berta Lívia Abaházi Nagy Péter Hegedűs |
| Eight | Girls Gabriella Tamáska Tímea Arany Vivien Urbanovics | Over 25s Taka Kurokava János Balog László Ölveti | Groups USNK Stolen Beat Ricky and the Drunken Sailors | Boys Pál Kovács Gergö Szekér Krisztián Nagy |
| Season | ||||
| Nine | Over 25s Patrik Zdroba Renátó Burai Antal Balogh | Girls Enikő Bagdi Blanka Dárdai Aletta Huszár | Boys Tibor Ruszó Andor Vanek Emánuel Gödöllei | Groups Take 3 C.O.O.L Speranta |
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:
Season 2 (2011)
The auditions started in the spring of 2011, with thousands of candidates for the second series in Hungary.Finalists
Key: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: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 29 April 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. The RTL announced in May, that two new hosts will present the show in 2013. They are Lilu and Bence Istenes.
Finalists
Key:Season 5 (2014)
, 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.Original host Nóra Ördög was to return to the show for this series, but she became pregnant. RTL asked Bence Istenes back to host the show for a second run.
Finalists
Key:Season 6 (2016)
Finalists
Key: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.
Season 7 (2017)
Finalists
Key:At the X-Factor press conference on 11 October, Krisztián Nagy announced that he was withdrawing from the competition due to difficulties he was having during the preparation period. He was replaced by Daniel Bereznay.
Season 8 (2018)
Finalists
Key:At the X-Factor press conference on 14 November, Krisztián Nagy announced that he was withdrawing from the competition.