X-Faktor series 5
X-Faktor is a Hungarian television music competition to find new singing talent. The fifth series was broadcast on RTL Klub in 2014. Bence Istenes presented his second series of X-Faktor. Róbert Szikora, Gabi Tóth and Róbert Alföldi all returned to judge the talent for the second time. Gábor Szűcs, a new judge joined them, replacing the original judge Péter Geszti.
The series lowered the age limit from 16 to 14.
Judges and presenters
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 with the new judge Szűcs whose stage name is Little G. Weevil.The 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.
Auditions
Open auditions took place in Budapest on 10 May 2014. The judges' auditions started on 31 May in Budapest.Bootcamp
The bootcamp was broadcast on 4 and 5 October.The contestants sang live for an audience and the judges. At the end of the day, the judges revealed the 24 remaining acts for the 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.The twelve eliminated acts were:
- Boys: Balázs Karancs, Benji, László Sallai
- Girls: Anasztázia Bordás, Andrea Cseh, Gwendolin Krizsma
- Over 25s: Erika Albero, Ági Horváth, Krisztián Horváth
- Groups: Phoenix Rt, Rock-Inger, Rosewood
Contestants
Key:Live shows
Week 1 (18 October)
- Theme: Songs that describe the contestants
- Celebrity performer: Dóra Danics
- Group performance: "Lay Me Down"
- Tóth: Izabella Jakab-Péter
- Szikora: Pálinka Republik
- Alföldi: Pálinka Republik
- Szűcs: Pálinka Republik
Week 2 (25 October)
- Theme: Love songs
- Celebrity performer: Gergő Rácz
- Group performance: "One"
- Szűcs: Jenifer Ilyés
- Szikora: Jonathan Andelic
- Tóth: Jenifer Ilyés
- Alföldi: Jenifer Ilyés
Week 3 (1 November)
- Theme: Songs by deceased artists
- Celebrity performer: ByeAlex
- Group performance: "Imádok élni" with the judges
- Szűcs: Zsófi Kállai-Kiss
- Szikora: Zsófi Kállai-Kiss
- Tóth: Zsófi Kállai-Kiss
- Alföldi: Zsósi Kállai-Kiss
Week 4 (8 November)
- Theme: Current party songs
- Celebrity performer: Kelemen Kabátban
- Group performance: "Bang Bang"
- Alföldi: Richárd Szabó
- Tóth: Richárd Szabó
- Szikora: Richárd Borbély
- Szűcs: Richárd Szabó
Week 5 (15 November)
- Theme: Songs sung by the contestants opposite sex
- Celebrity performer: Honeybeast
- Group performance: "Little Talks"
- Szűcs: Jonathan Andelic
- Szikora: Jonathan Andelic
- Tóth: Juli Horányi
- Alföldi: Jonathan Andelic
Week 6 (22 November)
- Theme: Success, money, glamour
- Celebrity performer: Gergő Oláh
- Group performance: "Hall of Fame"
- Tóth: Izabella Jakab-Péter
- Szikora: Tha Shudras
- Alföldi: Izabella Jakab-Péter
- Szűcs: Tha Shudras
Week 7 (29 November)
- Theme: Rock
- Celebrity performer: Illés-együttes", Bea Palya
- Group performance: "Amikor én még kissrác voltam", "Hé’ 67’" with András Kern
- Alföldi: Tha Shudras
- Tóth: Richárd Borbély
- Szikora: Richárd Borbély
- Szűcs: Tha Shudras
Week 8 (6 December)
- Theme: All that jazz
- Celebrity performer: Tibor Kocsis
- Group performance: "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
- Alföldi: Spoon
- Tóth: Benji
- Szikora: Spoon
- Szűcs: Spoon
Week 9 (13 December)
- Theme: Film songs
- Celebrity performer: The Biebers
- Group performance: "Changing"
- Alföldi: Tha Shudras
- Tóth: Benji
- Szikora: Benji
- Szűcs: Tha Shudras
Week 10 (20/21 December)
;Saturday- Theme: Mentors' favourite song of the series, duet with a surprise partner
- Celebrity performer: Szabó Balázs Bandája feat. Julie Rens
- Group performance: "Animals"
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Order | Third song | Result |
| Richárd Nagy | 1 | "Love Somebody" | 5 | "Álmodtam egy világot" | 9 | "Holnapra kiderül" | Eliminated |
| Juli Horányi | 2 | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | 6 | "Chandelier" | 10 | "Like a Child" | Safe |
| Andrea Tóth | 3 | "Cabaret" | 8 | "One Night Only" | 12 | "Játszom" | Safe |
| Benji | 4 | "Ha én rózsa volnék..." | 7 | "Don't You Remember" | 11 | "We All" | Safe |
;Sunday
- Theme: Act's choice, Christmas, contestants' favorite performance, winner's single
- Celebrity performer: Dóra Danics, Csaba Vastag
- Group performance: "Meglepetés"
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
| Andrea Tóth | 1 | "Legyen valami" | 4 | "Shake Up Christmas" | Safe |
| Benji | 2 | "Too Close" | 5 | "All I Want for Christmas is You" | Third place |
| Juli Horányi | 3 | "Soon We'll Be Found" | 6 | "Legyen ünnep" | Safe |
| Act | Order | Third song | Order | Fourth song | Result |
| Andrea Tóth | 8 | "The Show Must Go On" | 10 | "Legyek én" | Winner |
| Juli Horányi | 7 | "The Edge of Glory" | 9 | "Legyek én" | Runner-Up |