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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 twelfth series.

X-Faktor
Created bySimon Cowell
Presented byNóra Ördög
Balázs Sebestyén
Bence Istenes
Lilu
Ramóna Kiss
Dávid Miller
Joci Pápai
JudgesPéter Geszti
Ildikó Keresztes
Miklós Malek
Feró Nagy
Róbert Alföldi
Róbert Szikora
Gabi Tóth
Gábor Szűcs
ByeAlex
Laci Gáspár
Peti Puskás
Gigi Radics
Bogi Dallos
Adél Csobot
Erika Herceg
Péter Majoros
Milán Valkusz
Andrea Tóth
Original languageHungarian
No. of series12
No. of episodes186
Production
Production companiesIKO Műsorgyártó Kft. (2010–2014)
UFA Magyarország Kft. (2016–present)
Fremantle
Syco Entertainment
Original release
NetworkRTL
Release28 August 2010 (2010-08-28) –
present

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 Weevil 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. After Istenes, the new host was Ramóna Kiss between and 2019 (Istenes hosted the season 7 finale, because Kiss wasn't available). The current host since 2021 is Dávid Miller, who's joined by Joci Pápai in 2024. The jury also had changes through the years, the current judges are: Laci Gáspár, Majka, Milán Valkusz (member of VALMAR) and Andi Tóth (season 5 winner).

There have been eleven winners of the show to date: Csaba Vastag, Tibor Kocsis, Gergő Oláh, Dóra Danics, Andi Tóth, Barbara Opitz, Ricco & Claudia, USNK, Tibor Ruszó, ALEE and Bernadett Solyom.

Series summary

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  "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
  "Adél Csobot" category
  "Erika Herceg" category
  "Péter Majoros" category
  "Milán Valkusz" category
  "Andrea Tóth" category

Series Start Finish Winner Runner up Third place Fourth place Winning mentor Presenter(s) Main judges (no order)
1 2 3 4
1 28 August 2010 19 December 2010 Csaba Vastag Nikolas Takács Norbi L. Király Veca Janicsák Feró Nagy Nóra Ördög
Balázs Sebestyén
Péter Geszti Ildikó Keresztes Miklós Malek Feró Nagy
2 3 September 2011 18 December 2011 Tibor Kocsis Enikő Muri Gergő Baricz Tamás Tarány Miklós Malek Nóra Ördög
3 1 September 2012 16 December 2012 Gergő Oláh Tímea Antal Adél Csobot Dávid Szabó Péter Geszti
4 7 September 2013 15 December 2013 Dóra Danics ByTheWay Tünde Krasznai Ákos Csordás Lilu
Bence Istenes
Róbert Szikora Gabi Tóth Róbert Alföldi
5 6 September 2014 21 December 2014 Andrea Tóth Juli Horányi Benji Richárd Nagy Róbert Szikora Bence Istenes Gábor Szűcs
6 24 September 2016 17 December 2016 Barbara Opitz Ricsi Mata Dmitrij Gorbunov Ham ko Ham Gabi Tóth Laci Gáspár ByeAlex Péter Puskás
7 2 September 2017 25 November 2017 Ricco & Claudia Serena Rigacci Roland Gulyás Bettina Tóth Laci Gáspár Ramóna Kiss 1 Gigi Radics
8 6 October 2018 15 December 2018 USNK Stolen Beat Gabriella Tamáska Tímea Arany ByeAlex
9 5 October 2019 14 December 2019 Tibor Ruszó Andor Vanek Patrik Zdroba Emánuel Gödöllei Bogi Dallos
10 9 October 2021 18 December 2021 Alex Balázs (ALEE) Paulina Kocsis Kamilla Ferenczi Marci Mehringer Dávid Miller Adél Csobot
11 3 September 2022 19 November 2022 Bernadett Solyom Kevin Kiss Luca Mihályfi Alexa Helfy Erika Herceg
12 7 September 2024 Dávid Miller
Joci Pápai
Milán Valkusz Andrea Tóth Péter Majoros
Notes
  1. ^ In the Finale of the series 7 the presenter was Bence Istenes.
  Current
  Past
Hosts 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2024
Joci Pápai
Dávid Miller
Ramóna Kiss
Bence Istenes
Lilu
Nóra Ördög
Balázs Sebestyén
Judges 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2024
Andrea Tóth
Milán Valkusz
Péter Majoros
Laci Gáspár
Erika Herceg
Peti Puskás
ByeAlex
Adél Csobot
Bogi Dallos
Gigi Radics
Gabi Tóth
Little G. Weevil
Róbert Alföldi
Róbert Szikora
Péter Geszti
Ildikó Keresztes
Miklós Malek
Feró Nagy

Judges' categories and their contestants

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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 Péter Geszti Ildikó Keresztes Miklós Malek Feró Nagy
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 Péter Geszti Gabi Tóth Róbert Szikora Róbert Alföldi
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 Gábor Szűcs Gabi Tóth Róbert Szikora Róbert Alföldi
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 Laci Gáspár Gabi Tóth ByeAlex Peti Puskás
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 Laci Gáspár Gigi Radics ByeAlex Peti Puskás
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 Laci Gáspár Bogi Dallos ByeAlex Peti Puskás
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 Laci Gáspár Adél Csobot ByeAlex Peti Puskás
Ten Over 22s
Paulina Kocsis
Mardoll
Imi Plaza
Groups
The Harmonies
The Palace
Beneath My Skin
Boys
Alex Balázs (ALEE)
Marci Mehringer
Roland Tóth
Girls
Kamilla Ferenczi
Regina Nagy
Flóra Tabatabai
Season Laci Gáspár Erika Herceg ByeAlex Peti Puskás
Eleven Luca Mihályfi
Szebasztián Serbán
Sophia Khan
Alexa Helfy
Enikő Bodrogi
Synergy
Bernadett Solyom
Isky & Szkym
Ádám Beretka
Kevin Kiss
Marcell Boros
Ábel Váradi
Season Laci Gáspár Andrea Tóth Milán Valkusz Péter Majoros
Twelve Roland Sárközi
Bence Szabó
Sándor Toldi
Nóra Zilincki
Zsombor Kundra
Monica Pike
Krisztián Fehér
Henn
Steve Major
Éberkóma
Koren
Vivien Miklós

Season 1 (2010)

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The auditions started in the summer of 2010, with more than 5,000 candidates for the first series in Hungary.

Contestants

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The top twelve acts were confirmed as follows:

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third place
Category (mentor) Acts
Boys (Keresztes) Norbi L. Király Nikolas Takács Tamás Vastag
Girls (Geszti) Fanni Domokos Veca Janicsák Dorka Shodeinde
Over 25s (Nagy) Mariann Szabó Csaba Vastag Kati Wolf
Groups (Malek) Mimi és Gergő Non Stop Summer Sisters

Season 2 (2011)

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

Contestants

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Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third place
Category (mentor) Acts
Boys (Keresztes) Gergő Baricz Tamás Demes Lil C.
Girls (Nagy) Alexa Bagosi Vera Kováts Enikő Muri
Over 25s (Malek) Tibor Gyurcsík Tibor Kocsis Tamás Tarány
Groups (Geszti) Apollo23 Ikrek Rocktenors

Season 3 (2012)

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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.

Contestants

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Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third place
Category (mentor) Acts
Boys (Geszti) Zoltán Fehér Gergő Oláh Dávid Szabó
Girls (Malek) Tímea Antal Adél Csobot Andrea Kvaka
Over 25s (Keresztes) László Kovács Bea Lass Krisztián Zámbó
Groups (Nagy) Like P.J.Z. Spirit

Season 4 (2013)

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On 16 December 2012 the show's host Nóra Ördög announced, that the show will be back for its fourth 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.[1] The RTL announced in May, that two new hosts will present the show in 2013. They are Lilu and Bence Istenes.[2]

Contestants

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Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third place
  – Withdrew
Category (mentor) Acts
Boys (Tóth) Ákos Csordás Ádám Szabó Marcell Tóth
Girls (Alföldi) Lili Batánovics Anikó Eckert Lili Péterffy
Over 25s (Geszti) Márk Bozsek Dóra Danics Tünde Krasznai
Groups (Szikora) ByTheWay Fat Phoenix MDC

Season 5 (2014)

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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]

Contestants

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Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-Up
  – Third place
Category (mentor) Acts
Boys (Alföldi) Benji Richárd Borbély Richárd Nagy Richárd Szabó
Girls (Szikora) Jenifer Ilyés Izabella Jakab-Péter Andrea Tóth
Over 25s (Szűcs) Jonathan Andelic Juli Horányi Zsófi Kállai-Kiss
Groups (Tóth) Pálinka Republik Spoon Tha Shudras

Season 6 (2016)

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Contestants

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Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-Up
  – Third place
Category (mentor) Acts
Boys (Puskás) Gergő Dánielfy Dmitrij Gorbunov Ricsi Mata
Girls (Tóth) Kinga Jáger Barbara Opitz Liza Vince Aliz
Over 25s (Gáspár) Eszter Balogh Szandra Fejes János Ónodi
Groups (ByeAlex) Ham ko Ham Jaggers Soulbreakers

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)

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Contestants

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Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-Up
  – Third place
  – Withdrawn
Category (mentor) Chosen by mentor Chosen by other mentors
Boys (Radics) Roland Gulyás Krisztián Nagy1 Norbert Mézes Dániel Bereznay
Girls (ByeAlex) Viola Erdős Bettina Tóth Serena Rigacci
Over 25s (Puskás) Lívia Abaházi Nagy Dániel Berta Péter Hegedűs
Groups (Gáspár) Radio Mobster Ricco & Claudia London Kids

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)

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Contestants

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Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-Up
  – Third Place
  – Withdrawn
Category (mentor) Chosen by mentor Chosen by other mentors
Boys (Puskás) Krisztián Nagy Gergő Szekér Pál Kovács
Girls (Gáspár) Tímea Arany Gabriella Tamáska Vivien Urbanovics
Over 25s (Radics) János Balog László Ölveti Taka Kurokava
Groups (ByeAlex) Stolen Beat USNK Ricky and the Drunken Sailors

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

Season 9 (2019)

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Contestants

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Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-Up
  – Third Place
Category (mentor) Chosen by mentor Chosen by other mentors
Boys (ByeAlex) Emánuel Gödöllei Andor Vanek Tibor Ruszó
Girls (Dallos) Enikő Bagdi Blanka Dárdai Aletta Huszár
Over 25s (Gáspár) Renátó Burai Patrik Zdroba Antal Balogh
Groups (Puskás) C.O.O.L Take 3 Speranta

Series 10 (2021)

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On 20 October 2020, RTL Klub announced that they would not return in 2020, due to COVID-19. They stated that the pandemic would not allow them to start the auditions in time. Around the same time it was announced that the show would return in 2021.

Contestants

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Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-Up
  – Third Place
Category (mentor) Chosen by mentor Chosen by other mentors
Boys (ByeAlex) ALEE Marci Mehringer Roland Tóth
Girls (Puskás) Kamilla Ferenczi Regina Nagy Flóra Tabatabai Nejat
Over 22s (Gáspár) Paulina Imi Plaza Mardoll
Groups (Csobot) The Harmonies The Palace Beneath My Skin

Series 11 (2022)

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Contestants

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Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-Up
  – Third Place
Mentor Chosen by mentor Chosen by other mentors
Laci Gáspár Luca Mihályfi Szebasztián Serbán Sophia Khan
ByeAlex Isky & Szkym Bernadett Solyom Ádám Beretka
Erika Herceg Enikő Bodrogi Synergy Alexa Helfy
Peti Puskás Marcell Boros Kevin Kiss Ábel Váradi

Series 12 (2024)

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Contestants

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Key:

  – Eliminated
Mentor Acts
Laci Gáspár Roland Sárközi Bence Szabó Sándor Toldi
Milán Valkusz Krisztián Fehér Henn Steve Major
Andi Tóth Zsombor Kundra Monica Pike Nóra Zilincki
Péter Majoros Éberkóma Koren Vivien Miklós

Series averages

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Series Series premiere Series finale Episodes
(inc. results shows)
Average Hungary viewers
in millions
(inc. results shows)
Series 1 28 August 2010 19 December 2010 19 2.26
Series 2 3 September 2011 18 December 2011 19 2.13
Series 3 1 September 2012 16 December 2012 19 2.09
Series 4 7 September 2013 15 December 2013 28 1.89
Series 5 6 September 2014 21 December 2014 19 1.44
Series 6 24 September 2016 17 December 2016 15 1.06
Series 7 2 September 2017 25 November 2017 15 0.79
Series 8 6 October 2018 15 December 2018 13 1.10
Series 9 5 October 2019 14 December 2019 13 1.08
Series 10 9 October 2021 18 December 2021 13 0.92
Series 11 3 September 2022 19 November 2022 13 0.74
Series 12 7 September 2024

References

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  1. ^ "new judges". Origo.
  2. ^ "new judges". Origo.
  3. ^ "új zsűri 2014". Hir24. 31 May 2014.
  4. ^ 2014-ben még nagyobb a tét az X-faktorban
  5. ^ "Megvan az X-Faktor új műsorvezetője".
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