X-Faktor (series 2)
The second season of the Hungarian television music talent show X-Faktor ended on 18 December 2011. Tibor Kocsis was announced as the winner. It was broadcast on the privately owned RTL Klub television station.
Auditions
Auditions started in spring 2011, with thousands of candidates.Bootcamp
Bootcamp was in Thalia Theatre where 150 singers competed. In the first round the contestants sang a song of their choice. The judges immediately told the contestants if they were safe or not. In the second round only 50 contestants competed and they chose a song for themselves from a list. After this, based on the judges decision, 24 contestants went to the third round called "Judges' houses".Judges' houses
At this stage of the competition, each judge mentored six acts. Each judge had help from a guest judge to choose their final acts.Keresztes was helped by László Kicska, Malek by Gabriella Tóth, Nagy by Kati Wolf and Geszti by Béla Patkó. Contestants performed one song for their respective judge. Each judge and their guest eliminated three acts, leaving twelve remaining. The judges' houses stage was broadcast in two episodes on 8 and 9 October 2011.
The twelve eliminated acts were:
- Boys: Barna Gergely, Attila Oltyán, Arnold Tarsoly
- Girls: Blanka Abodi-Nagy, Éva Farkas, Petra Gubik
- Over 25s: András Géczi, Violetta Borzné Kovács, Beuka Luther
- Groups: Angler Balázs and Simon Boglárka, Szilvia Csótó and Kitti Berta, Tamás Czékmány and Hajnalka Wunderli
Finalists
Results summary
Live Shows
Week 1 (15 October)
- Theme: Musical role models
- Celebrity performer: Csaba Vastag
- Group performance: "Egy másik nemzedék"
- Nagy: Tibor Gyurcsík
- Malek: Rocktenors
- Keresztes: Rocktenors
- Geszti: Tibor Gyurcsík
Week 2 (22 October)
- Theme: Love songs
- Celebrity performer: Gabi Tóth
- Group performance: "Tevagyazakitalegjobban"
- Geszti: Lil C
- Malek: Tamás Demes
- Keresztes: Tamás Demes
- Nagy: Tamás Demes
Week 3 (29 October)
- Theme: Rock
- Celebrity performer: Veca Janicsák
- Group performance: "Salalla"
- Malek: Ikrek
- Geszti: Ikrek
- Nagy: Rocktenors
- Keresztes: Ikrek
Week 4 (5 November)
- Theme: Cover Songs
- Celebrity performer: Ary Bery and Vanilla Ágnes
- Group performance: "Szabadulj fel"
- Malek: Apollo23
- Geszti: Rocktenors
- Nagy: Apollo23
- Keresztes: Rocktenors
Week 5 (12 November)
- Theme: Award-winning songs
- Celebrity performer: Kati Wolf
- Group performance: "Sorskerék"
- Keresztes: Alexa Bagosi
- Malek: Alexa Bagosi
- Nagy: Lil C
- Geszti: Alexa Bagosi
Week 6 (19 November)
- Theme: Current party songs
- Celebrity performer: The Carbonfools and Fluor
- Group performance: "A zenétől felforr a vérem"
- Geszti: Tibor Kocsis
- Keresztes: Tibor Kocsis
- Malek: Lil C
- Nagy: Lil C
Week 7 (26 November)
- Theme: Weather-themed songs
- Celebrity performer: Norbi L. Király
- Group performance: "Az én órám másképp jár"
- Keresztes: Rocktenors
- Nagy: Rocktenors
- Malek: Rocktenors
- Geszti: Tamás Tarány
Week 8 (3 December)
- Theme: One English song & One Hungarian song
- Celebrity performer: Aurea and Nikolas Takács
- Group performance: "Careless Whisper" and "Sosem vagy egyedül"
- Keresztes: Vera Kováts
- Nagy: Gergő Baricz
- Geszti: Vera Kováts
- Malek: Gergő Baricz
Week 9 (10 December)
- Theme: One English song & One Hungarian song
- Celebrity performer: Anti Fitness Club, Anna Pásztor and Jonny K. Palmer and Ádám Szabó
- Group performance: "Vidéki sanzon"
- Geszti: Enikő Muri
- Nagy: Tamás Tarány
- Malek: Enikő Muri
- Keresztes: Tamás Tarány
Week 10 (17 December)
Saturday Night
- Theme: One chosen as the judges' favourite, one with a surprise duet partner, one song performed on the audition,
- Duets:
- *Gergő Baricz and KFT
- *Enikő Muri and Attila Dolhai
- *Tibor Kocsis and Zséda
Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Order | Third song | Result |
Gergő Baricz | 1 | "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" | 4 | "Afrika" | 7 | "Wicked Game" | 3rd |
Enikő Muri | 2 | "Játssz még!" | 5 | "A zene az kell" | 8 | "Hurt" | Safe |
Tibor Kocsis | 3 | "Somebody to Love" | 6 | "Mindhalálig mellettem" | 9 | "I Will Talk and Hollywood Will Listen" | Safe |
Sunday Night
- Theme: Finalist's favourite previously performed song, Christmas, Winner Song
Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Order | Third song | Result |
Enikő Muri | 1 | "If I Were a Boy" | 3 | "Where Are You, Christmas" | 5 | "Mit ér egy hang?" | Runner-Up |
Tibor Kocsis | 2 | "Feeling Good" | 4 | "Silent Night" | 6 | "Mit ér egy hang?" | Winner |