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 thirteenth 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 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. 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 and Andi Tóth.
There have been thirteen winners of the show to date: Csaba Vastag, Tibor Kocsis, Gergő Oláh, Dóra Danics, Andi Tóth, Barbara Opitz, Ricco & Claudia, USNK, Tibor Ruszó, ALEE, Bernadett Solyom, Krisztián Fehér and Belano.
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
"Adél Csobot" category
"Erika Herceg" category
"Péter Majoros" category
"Milán Valkusz" category
"Andrea Tóth" category
;Notes
- In the Finale of the series 7 the presenter was Bence Istenes.
Judges' categories and their contestants
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 | ||||
| Ten | Over 22s Paulina Kocsis Mardoll Imi Plaza | Groups The Harmonies The Palace Beneath My Skin | Boys Alex Balázs Marci Mehringer Roland Tóth | Girls Kamilla Ferenczi Regina Nagy Flóra Tabatabai |
| Season | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Twelve | Roland Sárközi Sándor Toldi Bence Szabó | Nóra Zilincki Zsombor Kundra Monica Pike | Krisztián Fehér Henn Steve Major | Éberkóma Koren Vivien Miklós |
| Thirteen | Nazyra Lil Davis LilyZ | Belano Márkó Istenes Anna Patai Anett Mohácsi | Balla Béla CFL Dea Kollár | Imi Varga Tonix Honix Ancsi Farkas |
Season 1 (2010)
The auditions started in the summer of 2010, with more than 5,000 candidates for the first series in Hungary.Contestants
The top 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.Contestants
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.Contestants
Key:Season 4 (2013)
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. The RTL announced in May, that two new hosts will present the show in 2013. They are Lilu and Bence Istenes.
Contestants
Key: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.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.
Contestants
Key:Season 6 (2016)
Contestants
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)
Contestants
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)
Contestants
Key:At the X-Factor press conference on 14 November, Krisztián Nagy announced that he was withdrawing from the competition.