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
OneGirls
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
TwoGroups
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
ThreeBoys
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
FourOver 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
FiveOver 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
SixOver 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
SevenGroups
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
EightGirls
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
NineOver 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:
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Season 2 (2011)

The auditions started in the spring of 2011, with thousands of candidates for the second series in Hungary.

Finalists

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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

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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

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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

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Season 6 (2016)

Finalists

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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

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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

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At the X-Factor press conference on 14 November, Krisztián Nagy announced that he was withdrawing from the competition.

Season 9 (2019)

Finalists

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Series 10

Series averages