# X Factor (Czech TV series)

The X Factor is a television music talent show franchise originating in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for the massively successful Pop Idol (Called Česko hledá SuperStar).

## Judges' categories and their contestants

In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses four 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.
Key:
    – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.
| Season | Gabriela Osvaldová | Ondřej Soukup | Petr Janda |
| One | 25+ y Jiří Zonyga Ondřej Ruml Martina Pártlová Lukáš Javůrek | 15-24y Kamila Nývltová David Gránský Anna Ungrová Pavlína Ďuriačová | Vocal Groups All X Za 5 dvanáct Divoký kočky + Dante Romantic |

## Series summary

"15-24y" category  "25+ y" category  "Vocal Groups" category
| Season | Air date | Winner | Runner-up | Host(s) | Judges | Winning mentor |
| One | 3 February 2008 – 3 July 2008 | Jiří Zonyga | Ondřej Ruml | Leoš Mareš | Gabriela Osvaldová Ondřej Soukup Petr Janda | Gabriela Osvaldová |

## Season one (2008)
### Presenter and Judges

* Leoš Mareš (presenter)
* Gabriela Osvaldová (25+ y)
* Ondřej Soukup (15-24y)
* Petr Janda (Vocal Groups)

### Contestants and final ranking

| # | Name | Category | Eliminated | Date | Songs (song in bold was sung during the night of elimination) | Special Guest |
| 1. | Jiří Zonyga | 24+ years | WINNER | June 1 | Karel Kryl: "Morituri Te Salutant" + Metallica: "Nothing Else Matters" + Vlasta Redl: "Husličky" Lucie: "Šrouby do hlavy" + A-HA: "Living Daylights" David Lee Roth: "Just a gigolo" + Eagles: "Hotel California" Jiří Schellinger: "Hudba radost dává" + Petr Kalandra: "Dětské šaty" Tublatanka: "Dnes" + Vlasta Redl: "Husličky" Carlos Santana: "Smooth" Scorpions: "Still Loving You" Petr Kolář: "Ještě, že tě lásko mám" Pelíšky: "Sluneční hrob" Lenny Kravitz: "Fly Away" Lucie: "Oheň" | see the next line |
| 2. | Ondřej Ruml | 24+ years | Final Night | June 1 | Mika: "Grace Kelly" + Karel Gott: "Stokrát chválím čas" + Queen: "Somebody to Love" Dan Bárta: "Píseň hraboše" + Tina Turner: "Golden Eye" B.J.Thomas: "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" + Craig David and Sting: "Rise and Fall" Nirvana: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (arr. Paul Anka) + John Lennon: "Woman" Sexy Dancers: "Slim Jim" + No Name: "Čím to je?" Bobby McFerrin: "Don’t Worry, Be Happy" Frank Sinatra: "Mám tě pod kůží" Karel Gott: "Stokrát chválím čas" Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason: "Everlasting Love" Stevie Wonder: "You are the Sunshine of My Life" Beatles: "Can’t Buy Me Love" | 5Angels, Olympic |
| 3. | All X | Vocal Groups | James Bond Night | May 25 | Soundtrack medley ("James Bond", "Fantomas", "Matrix") + Beatles: "Drive My Car" Nat King Cole – "Tea for Two" + Madonna: "Music" Jaroslav Ježek: "Bugatti Step" + West Side Story: "Jet Song" Pražský výběr: "Pražákům je hej" + Slovak folk song: "Tota Heľpa" Santana: "Maria" Karel Svoboda: "Návštěvníci" Rocky III: "Eye of the Tiger" The Jackson 5: "I Want You Back" + Kool & the Gang: "Jungle Boogie" The Black Eyed Peas: "Let’s Get it Started" | M.T.A. + "Čhave Jilestar" |
| 4. | Martina Pártlová | 24+ years | American Night | May 18 | Madonna: "Hanky Panky" + Nelly Furtado: "Say it Right" Peggy Lee: "Fever" + Queen: "We Will Rock You" Peha: "Spomaľ" + Hana Zagorová: "Náskok" Gloria Estefan: "Hoy" Pink: "Who Knew?" Petra Janů: "Říkej mi" Shall We Dance?: "Sway" Alicia Keys: "If Ain’t Got You" Anastacia: "Welcome to My Truth" | Láďa Kerndl and Henry Lee |
| 5. | Kamila Nývltová | 15–24 years | Night of Revived Legends | May 11 | Queen: "Show Must Go On" + Dusty Springfield: "Son of a Preacher Man" Marika Gombitová: "Vyznanie" + Lucie Bílá: "Tupý kupid" Madonna: "I'm Going Bananas" Celine Dion: "My Heart Will Go On" Marta Kubišová: "Nechte znovy znít" West Side Story: "America" Whitney Houston: "Saving All My Love for You" Jennifer Lopez: "Let’s Get Loud" | Zombies (dancing on Michael Jackson's "Thriller") |
| 6. | Za 5 Dvanáct | Vocal Groups | Czechoslovak Night | May 4 | Petr Bende: "Nad horú svítá" + Pavol Habera: "Kým pri mne spíš" Harry Belafonte: "Banana Boat Song" / Desi Arnaz: "Cuban Pete" Aladdin: "A Whole New World" Karel Gott: "Lady Carneval" Friends: "I’ll Be There for You" Michael Jackson: "You Are Not Alone" Maroon 5: "This love" | Miro Žbirka |
| 7. | David Gránský | 15–24 years | Banana Night | April 27 | Burma Jones: "Samba v kapkách deště" R. Kelly: "I Believe I Can Fly" Karel Gott: "Jdi za štěstím" Shrek: "Hallelujah" Lionel Richie: "Hello" Marc Anthony: "I Need to Know" | Karl Wolf |
| 8. | Anna Ungrová | 15–24 years | Night of Broken Hearts | April 20 | Aneta Langerová: "Hříšná těla, křídla motýlí" Iveta Bartošová: "Tři oříšky" High School Musical: "Breaking Free" Seal: "Kiss from a Rose" Britney Spears: "Hit Me Baby One More Time" | Helena Zeťová |
| 9. | Pavlína Ďuriačová | 15–24 years | Tribute to Karel | April 13 | Karel Svoboda: "Jsi můj pán" Once upon a time in the west: "Jednoho dne se vrátíš" Whitney Houston: "One Moment in Time" Moulin Rouge: "Rhythm of the Night" | Karel Gott |
| 10. | Divoký Kočky + Dante | Vocal Groups | Popcorn night | April 6 | Shark Tale: "Got to Be Real" Will Smith: "Men in Black" ABBA: "Voulez-Vous" | Iva Frühlingová |
| 11. | Lukáš Javůrek | 24+ years | Chocolate Night | March 30 | William Walker: "Amazing Grace" Ricky Martin: "Livin' La Vida Loca" | Gipsy.cz |
| 12. | Romantic | Vocal Groups | Fire Night | March 23 | Earth, Wind & Fire: "September" | Shayne Ward |

## Contestants

Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner-up
    – Third place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| 15–24y (Soukup) | Pavlína Ďuriačová | David Gránský | Kamila Nývltová | Anna Ungrová |
| 25+ y (Osvaldová) | Lukáš Javůrek | Martina Pártlová | Ondřej Ruml | Jiří Zonyga |
| Vocal Groups (Janda) | All X | Divoký kočky + Dante | Romantic | Za 5 dvanáct |

## Results table

The Contestants labeled yellow were Petr Janda's Contestants (Vocal Groups), the Contestants labeled light blue were Ondrej Soukup's Contestants (15–24 years) and the Contestants labeled dark blue were Gabina Osvaldová's (25+ years).
| | | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 |
| | Jiří Zonyga | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner (Week 11) |
| | Ondřej Ruml | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-Up (Week 11) |
| | All X | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom | Eliminated (Week 10) |
| | Martina Pártlová | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom | Eliminated (Week 9) | Eliminated (Week 9) |
| | Kamila Nývltová | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 8) | Eliminated (Week 8) | Eliminated (Week 8) |
| | Za 5 dvanáct | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 7) | Eliminated (Week 7) | Eliminated (Week 7) | Eliminated (Week 7) |
| | David Gránský | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) |
| | Anna Ungrová | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) |
| | Pavlína Ďuriačová | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) |
| | Divoký kočky + Dante | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) |
| | Lukáš Javůrek | Bottom two | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) |
| | Romantic | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) |
| Bottom Two | Bottom Two | Lukáš Javůrek, Romantic | Divoký kočky + Dante, Lukáš Javůrek | Anna Ungrová, Divoký kočky + Dante | Kamila Nývltová, Pavlína Ďuriačová | All X, Anna Ungrová | Martina Pártlová, David Gránský | Za 5 dvanáct, Martina Pártlová | All X, Kamila Nývltová | – | – | – |
| | Soukup's Vote | Romantic | Lukáš Javůrek | Divoký kočky + Dante | Pavlína Ďuriačová | All X | Martina Pártlová | Za 5 dvanáct | All X | – | – | – |
| | Osvaldová's Vote | Romantic | Divoký kočky + Dante | Divoký kočky + Dante | - | Anna Ungrová | David Gránský | Za 5 dvanáct | Kamila Nývltová | – | – | – |
| | Janda's Vote | Lukáš Javůrek | Lukáš Javůrek | Anna Ungrová | Pavlína Ďuriačová | Anna Ungrová | David Gránský | Martina Pártlová | Kamila Nývltová | – | – | – |
| Eliminated | Eliminated | Romantic 2 of 3 votes Majority | Lukáš Javůrek 2 of 3 votes Majority | Divoký kočky + Dante 2 of 3 votes Majority | Pavlína Ďuriačová 2 of 2 votes Majority | Anna Ungrová 2 of 3 votes Majority | David Gránský 2 of 3 votes Majority | Za 5 dvanáct 2 of 3 votes Majority | Kamila Nývltová 2 of 3 votes Majority | Martina Pártlová Bottom | All X Bottom | Ondřej Ruml 40% to win |
| Eliminated | Eliminated | Romantic 2 of 3 votes Majority | Lukáš Javůrek 2 of 3 votes Majority | Divoký kočky + Dante 2 of 3 votes Majority | Pavlína Ďuriačová 2 of 2 votes Majority | Anna Ungrová 2 of 3 votes Majority | David Gránský 2 of 3 votes Majority | Za 5 dvanáct 2 of 3 votes Majority | Kamila Nývltová 2 of 3 votes Majority | Martina Pártlová Bottom | All X Bottom | Jiří Zonyga 60% to win |

### Live show details
#### Week 1 (23 March 2008)

* Theme: Fire Night
* Special Guest: Shayne Ward
Contestants' performances on the first live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Jiří Zonyga | 1 | "Oheň" | Safe |
| Za 5 Dvanáct | 2 | "This Love" | Safe |
| Kamila Nývltová | 3 | "Let's Get Loud" | Safe |
| Lukáš Javůrek | 4 | "Livin' la Vida Loca" | Bottom two |
| Divoký kočky + Dante | 5 | "Voulez-Vous" | Safe |
| David Gránský | 6 | "I Need to Know" | Safe |
| Martina Pártlová | 7 | "Welcome to My Truth" | Safe |
| Romantic | 8 | "September" | Eliminated |
| Pavlína Ďuriačová | 9 | "Rhythm of the Night" | Safe |
| Ondřej Ruml | 10 | "Can't Buy Me Love" | Safe |
| Anna Ungrová | 11 | "...Baby One More Time" | Safe |
| All X | 12 | "Let's Get It Started" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Janda: Lukáš Javůrek
* Osvaldová: Romantic
* Soukup: Romantic

#### Week 2 (30 March 2008)

* Theme: Chocolate Night
* Special Guest: Gipsy.cz
Contestants' performances on the second live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Lukáš Javůrek | 1 | "Amazing Grace" | Eliminated |
| Pavlína Ďuriačová | 2 | "One Moment in Time" | Safe |
| Ondřej Ruml | 3 | "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" | Safe |
| Divoký kočky + Dante | 4 | "Men in Black" | Bottom two |
| Anna Ungrová | 5 | "Kiss from a Rose" | Safe |
| Jiří Zonyga | 6 | "Fly Away" | Safe |
| Za 5 Dvanáct | 7 | "You Are Not Alone" | Safe |
| Kamila Nývltová | 8 | "Saving All My Love for You" | Safe |
| All X | 9 | "I Want You Back"/"Jungle Boogie" | Safe |
| David Gránský | 10 | "Hello" | Safe |
| Martina Pártlová | 11 | "If I Ain't Got You" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Janda: Lukáš Javůrek
* Osvaldová: Divoký kočky + Dante
* Soukup: Lukáš Javůrek

#### Week 3 (6 April 2008)

* Theme: Popcorn Night
* Special Guest: Iva Frühlingová
Contestants' performances on the third live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Film | Result |
| Martina Pártlová | 1 | "Sway" | Shall We Dance? | Safe |
| Pavlína Ďuriačová | 2 | "Jednoho dne se vrátíš" | Once Upon a Time in the West | Safe |
| All X | 3 | "Eye of the Tiger" | Rocky III | Safe |
| Ondřej Ruml | 4 | "Everlasting Love" | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Safe |
| Kamila Nývltová | 5 | "America" | West Side Story | Safe |
| Za 5 Dvanáct | 6 | "I'll Be There for You" | Friends | Safe |
| Jiří Zonyga | 7 | "Sluneční hrob" | Pelíšky | Safe |
| David Gránský | 8 | "Hallelujah" | Shrek | Safe |
| Divoký kočky + Dante | 9 | "Got to Be Real" | Shark Tale | Eliminated |
| Anna Ungrová | 10 | "Breaking Free" | High School Musical | Bottom two |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Soukup: Divoký kočky + Dante
* Janda: Anna Ungrová
* Osvaldová: Divoký kočky + Dante

#### Week 4 (13 April 2008)

* Theme: Tribute to Karel
* Special Guest: Karel Gott
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Kamila Nývltová | 1 | "Nechte zvony znít" | Bottom two |
| Ondřej Ruml | 2 | "Stokrát chválím čas" | Safe |
| Pavlína Ďuriačová | 3 | "Jsi můj pán" | Eliminated |
| Za 5 dvanáct | 4 | "Lady Carneval" | Safe |
| Jiří Zonyga | 5 | "Ještě, že tě lásko mám" | Safe |
| Anna Ungrová | 6 | "Tři oříšky" | Safe |
| Martina Pártlová | 7 | "Říkej mi" | Safe |
| All X | 8 | "Návštěvníci" | Safe |
| David Gránský | 9 | "Jdi za štěstím" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Soukup: Pavlína Ďuriačová
* Janda: Pavlína Ďuriačová
* Osvaldová: Did not vote as there was already a majority

#### Week 5 (20 April 2008)

* Theme: Night of Broken Hearts
* Special Guest: Helena Zeťová
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| David Gránský | 1 | "I Believe I Can Fly" | Safe |
| All X | 2 | "Maria Maria" | Bottom two |
| Jiří Zonyga | 3 | "Still Loving You" | Safe |
| Anna Ungrová | 4 | "Hříšná těla, křídla motýlí" | Eliminated |
| Martina Pártlová | 5 | "Who Knew" | Safe |
| Za 5 dvanáct | 6 | "A Whole New World" | Safe |
| Kamila Nývltová | 7 | "My Heart Will Go On" | Safe |
| Ondřej Ruml | 8 | "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Czech) | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Soukup: All X
* Janda: Anna Ungrová
* Osvaldová: Anna Ungrová

#### Week 6 (27 April 2008)

* Theme: Banana Night
* Special Guest: Karl Wolf
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Za 5 dvanáct | 1 | "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)"/"Cuban Pete" | Safe |
| Martina Pártlová | 2 | "Hoy" | Bottom two |
| David Gránský | 3 | "Samba v kapkách deště" | Eliminated |
| Ondřej Ruml | 4 | "Don't Worry, Be Happy" | Safe |
| Kamila Nývltová | 5 | "I'm Going Bananas" | Safe |
| All X | 6 | World medley | Safe |
| Jiří Zonyga | 7 | "Smooth" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Soukup: Martina Pártlová
* Osvaldová: David Gránský
* Janda: David Gránský

#### Week 7 (4 May 2008)

* Theme: Czechoslovak Night
* Special Guest: Miro Žbirka
Contestants' performances on the seventh live show :
| Act | Order | First Song | Second Song | Result |
| Ondřej Ruml | 1 | "Slim Jim" | "Čím to je?" | Safe |
| Kamila Nývltová | 2 | "Vyznanie" | "Tupý kupid" | Safe |
| Za 5 dvanáct | 3 | "Nad horú svítá" | "Kým pri mne spíš" | Eliminated |
| Jiří Zonyga | 4 | "Dnes" | "Husličky" | Safe |
| All X | 5 | "Pražákům, těm je tu hej" | "Tota Heľpa" | Safe |
| Martina Pártlová | 6 | "Spomal" | "Náskok" | Bottom two |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Janda: Martina Pártlová
* Osvaldová: Za 5 dvanáct
* Soukup: Za 5 dvanáct

#### Week 8 (11 May 2008)

* Theme: Night of Revived Legends
* Special Guest: Zombies (dancing on Michael Jackson's "Thriller")
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show :
| Act | Order | First Song | Second Song | Result |
| Jiří Zonyga | 1 | "Hudba radost dává" | "Dětské šaty" | Safe |
| All X | 2 | "Bugatti Step"/"Nebe na zemi"/"Another One Bites the Dust" | "Jet Song" | Bottom two |
| Ondřej Ruml | 3 | "Can't Buy Me Love"/"Smells Like Teen Spirit" | "Woman" | Safe |
| Kamila Nývltová | 4 | "The Show Must Go On" | "Son of a Preacher Man" | Eliminated |
| Martina Pártlová | 5 | "Fever" | "We Will Rock You" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Soukup: All X
* Janda: Kamila Nývltová
* Osvaldová: Kamila Nývltová

#### Week 9 (18 May 2008)

* Theme: American Night
* Special Guest: Láďa Kerndl and Henry Lee
Contestants' performances on the ninth live show :
| Act | Order | First Song | Second Song | Result |
| Ondřej Ruml | 1 | "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" | "Rise & Fall" | Safe |
| Martina Pártlová | 2 | "Hanky Panky" | "Say It Right" | Eliminated |
| All X | 3 | "Tea for Two" | "Music"/"I Can't Dance" | Safe |
| Jiří Zonyga | 4 | "Just a Gigolo" | "Hotel California" | Safe |