# X Factor (Bulgarian TV series) season 5

X Factor is a Bulgarian television music competition to find new singing talent and part of a British franchise The X Factor. The fifth and final season began on 10 September 2017 and concluded on 17 December 2017. The judging panel consisted of Kristian Talev (Krisko), Sanya Armutlieva, Lubo Kirov and Velizar Sokolov (Zaki). Aleksandra Raeva and Maria Ignatova returned as presenters of the main show on NOVA. The winner of competition received 50 000 leva and a contract with a record company.

## Selection process
### Auditions

The minimum age to audition for this season was 14. Contestants needed three or more 'yeses' from the four judges to progress to Bootcamp.

### Judges' houses

Summary of judges' houses :
| Judge | Category | Assistants | Contestants eliminated |
| Kirov | Groups | Miro | Aleksandar, David & Denis; Stefani, Simon & Radostina; Hristina, Presiyana & Viktoria |
| Armutlieva | Girls | Louisa Johnson | Nikoleta Stanoykova, Stanislava Vasileva |
| Zaki | Over 25s | Maria Ilieva | Nikolay Nikolov, Tsveta Dobreva, Valeri Wilson |
| Krisko | Boys | Yordanka Hristova | Emil Petrov, Mario Arangelovski, Pavel Mateev |

## Finalists

Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner-up
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| Boys (Krisko) | Ivan Dimitrov | Stoyancho Buchkov | Teodor Stoyanov | |
| Girls (Armutlieva) | Eva Parmakova | Milena Tsanova | Miroslava Todorova | Yoana Dimitrova |
| Over 25s (Zaki) | Dahmara | Manal El-Feitury | Virginia Subeva | |
| Groups (Kirov) | 4 Magic | Mario and Viktoria | Treasures | |

## Live shows

The live shows began on 22 October 2017, with the performance shows taking place every Sunday along with the results show on the same day. The live shows will be filmed at Global Group Studio in Sofia and will conclude on 17 December 2017. The thirteen finalists were revealed on 15 October 2017 immediately after the last judges' houses episode.

### Musical guests

Krisko with Pavell & Venci Venc' performed on the third live show, while DARA performed on the fourth live show. Nevena Peykova performed on the fifth live show, while Mihaela Fileva and Slavin Slavchev along with Julian's Laughter will perform on the sixth live show. Mihaela Marinova performed on the seventh live show, while TITA will perform on the eighth live show.

### Results summary
#### Colour key

| – | Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to perform again in the sing-off |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated |
| – | Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no sing-off) |
| – | Contestant received the most public votes |
Weekly results per contestant :
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 Final | Week 9 Final |
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Round One | Round Two |
| 4 Magic | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner 54% |
| Yoana Dimitrova | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Safe | Runner-up 46% |
| Eva Parmakova | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | 3rd | Eliminated (week 9) |
| Miroslava Todorova | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 7th | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Eliminated (week 8) | Eliminated (week 8) |
| Milena Tsanova | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Eliminated (week 8) | Eliminated (week 8) |
| Mario and Viktoria | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 7) | Eliminated (week 7) | Eliminated (week 7) |
| Virginia Sabeva | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 6) | Eliminated (week 6) | Eliminated (week 6) | Eliminated (week 6) |
| Teodor Stoyanov | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 8th | Eliminated (week 5) | Eliminated (week 5) | Eliminated (week 5) | Eliminated (week 5) | Eliminated (week 5) |
| Ivan Dimitrov | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) |
| Treasures | Safe | 10th | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) |
| Manal El-Feitury | Bottom three | 11th | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) |
| Stoyancho Buchkov | Bottom three | 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) |
| Dahmara | 13th | 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) |
| Final showdown | Manal El-Feitury | Treasures | Mario and Viktoria | Virginia Subeva | Miroslava Todorova | 4 Magic | Eva Parmakova | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated |
| Final showdown | Stoyancho Buchkov | Manal El-Feitury | Treasures | Ivan Dimitrov | Teodor Stoyanov | Virginia Subeva | Mario and Viktoria | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated |
| Judges voted to | Save | Save | Save | Save | Save | Save | Save | | | | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated |
| Krisko's vote | Stoyancho Buchkov | Manal El-Feitury | Mario and Viktoria | Ivan Dimitrov | Teodor Stoyanov | 4 Magic | Eva Parmakova | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated |
| Armutlieva's vote | Manal El-Feitury | Treasures | Mario and Viktoria | Virginia Subeva | Miroslava Todorova | 4 Magic | Eva Parmakova | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated |
| Zaki's vote | Manal El-Feitury | Manal El-Feitury | Mario and Viktoria | Virginia Subeva | Miroslava Todorova | Virginia Subeva | Eva Parmakova | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated |
| Kirov's vote | Manal El-Feitury | Treasures | N/A | Virginia Subeva | Teodor Stoyanov | 4 Magic | Mario and Viktoria | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated |
| Eliminated | Dahmara Fewest votes to save | Manal El-Feitury 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Treasures 0 of 3 votes Minority | Ivan Dimitrov 1 of 4 votes Minority | Teodor Stoyanov 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Virginia Subeva 1 of 4 votes Minority | Mario and Viktoria 1 of 4 votes Minority | Miroslava Todorova Fewest votes to save | Eva Parmakova Fewest votes (out of 3) | 4 Magic 54% to win |
| Eliminated | Stoyancho Buchkov 3 of 4 votes Majority | Manal El-Feitury 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Treasures 0 of 3 votes Minority | Ivan Dimitrov 1 of 4 votes Minority | Teodor Stoyanov 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Virginia Subeva 1 of 4 votes Minority | Mario and Viktoria 1 of 4 votes Minority | Milena Tsanova Fewest votes to save | Eva Parmakova Fewest votes (out of 3) | Yoana Dimitrova 46% (out of 2) |
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Notes
* $^1$ Lyubo Kirov was not required to vote as there was already a majority.

### Live show details
#### Week 1 (22 October)

* Theme: "Express yourself" (songs to showcase who they are)
Contestants' performances on the first live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Yoana Dimitrova | 1 | "Crazy in Love" | Saved |
| Virginia Subeva | 2 | "Get Away" | Saved |
| Treasures | 3 | "Can't Stop the Feeling!" | Saved |
| Teodor Stoyanov | 4 | "Shape Of My Heart" | Saved |
| Eva Parmakova | 5 | "That's My Girl" | Saved |
| Dahmara | 6 | "Beat It" | Eliminated |
| Ivan Dimitrov | 7 | "One and Only" | Saved |
| Mario and Viktoria | 8 | "Vivo per lei" | Saved |
| Manal El-Feitury | 9 | "Side to Side" | Bottom three |
| Milena Tsanova | 10 | "Nothing Compares 2U" | Saved |
| 4 Magic | 11 | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Saved |
| Stoyancho Buchkov | 12 | "Somebody To Love" | Bottom three |
| Miroslava Todorova | 13 | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | Saved |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Stoyancho Buchkov | 1 | "Hear Me" | Eliminated |
| Manal El-Feitury | 2 | "When I Was Your Man" | Saved |
This week's results show featured a double elimination. The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three and the act with the fewest public votes was then automatically eliminated. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.

#### Week 2 (29 October)

* Theme: "Halloween Night"
Contestants' performances on the second live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Teodor Stoyanov | 1 | "Human" | Saved |
| Mario & Viktoria | 2 | "Beauty and the Beast" | Saved |
| Manal El-Feitury | 3 | "The Monster" | Bottom two |
| Miroslava Todorova | 4 | "Creep" | Saved |
| Treasures | 5 | "I'm In Love With a Monster" | Bottom two |
| Eva Parmakova | 6 | "Alive" | Saved |
| 4 Magic | 7 | "Bad Romance" | Saved |
| Ivan Dimitrov | 8 | "Whataya Want from Me" | Saved |
| Milena Tsanova | 9 | "Just Like Fire" | Saved |
| Yoana Dimitrova | 10 | "You Win or You Die" | Saved |
| Virginia Subeva | 11 | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | Saved |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Manal El-Feitury | 1 | "Strong Enough" | Eliminated |
| Treasures | 2 | "Хубава си, моя горо" | Saved |

#### Week 3 (5 November)

* Theme: "Bulgarian Hits"
* Musical guests: Krisko feat. Pavell & Venci Venc' ("Герой")
Contestants' performances on the third live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Eva Parmakova | 1 | "Не ти ли стига" | Saved |
| 4 Magic | 2 | "Уморени крила" | Saved |
| Miroslava Todorova | 3 | "Прошепнати мечти" | Saved |
| Mario and Viktoria | 4 | "Завинаги" | Bottom two |
| Treasures | 5 | "If Love Was A Crime" | Bottom two |
| Virginia Subeva | 6 | "Искам те" | Saved |
| Ivan Dimitrov | 7 | "Знам" | Saved |
| Yoana Dimitrova | 8 | "Черната овца" | Saved |
| Milena Tsanova | 9 | "Вървят ли двама" | Saved |
| Teodor Stoyanov | 10 | "Бягство" | Saved |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Mario & Victoria | 1 | "Say Something" | Saved |
| Treasures | 2 | "Little Me" | Eliminated |

#### Week 4 (12 November)

* Theme: "Love Songs"
* Musical guests: Darina Yotova ("Недей")
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Virginia Subeva | 1 | "Stone Cold" | Bottom two |
| Teodor Stoyanov | 2 | "Angie" | Saved |
| Yoana Dimitrova | 3 | "Hurts" | Saved |
| Mario and Victoria | 4 | "Without You" | Saved |
| Milena Tsanova | 5 | "Wish You Were Here" | Saved |
| Miroslava Todorova | 6 | "All of Me" | Saved |
| 4 Magic | 7 | "Flashlight" | Saved |
| Ivan Dimitrov | 8 | "One" | Bottom two |
| Eva Parmakova | 9 | "Make You Feel My Love" | Saved |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Ivan Dimitrov | 1 | "Breathe Easy" | Eliminated |
| Virginia Subeva | 2 | "Son of a Preacher Man" | Saved |

#### Week 5 (19 November)

* Theme: "Movie Night"
* Musical guests: Nevena Peykova ("Трябваш ми спешно")
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| 4 Magic | 1 | "One Night Only" | Saved |
| Miroslava Todorova | 2 | "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" | Bottom two |
| Mario & Viktoria | 3 | "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" | Saved |
| Eva Parmakova | 4 | "River Deep, Mountain High" | Saved |
| Milena Tsanova | 5 | "I See Fire" | Saved |
| Virginia Subeva | 6 | "Listen" | Saved |
| Yoana Dimitrova | 7 | "Оставаме" | Saved |
| Teodor Stoyanov | 8 | "I'll Be There For You" | Bottom two |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Teodor Stoyanov | 1 | "Сбогом, моя любов" | Eliminated |
| Miroslava Todorova | 2 | "Lovesong" | Saved |

#### Week 6 (26 November)

* Theme: "Party Night"
* Musical guests:
** Mihaela Fileva ("Последни думи")
** Slavin Slavchev and Julian's Laughter
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Yoana Dimitrova | 1 | "Mamma Knows Best" | Saved |
| 4 Magic | 2 | "Chained to the Rhythm" | Bottom two |
| Virginia Subeva | 3 | "Uptown Funk" | Bottom two |
| Eva Parmakova | 4 | "Ex's & Oh's" | Saved |
| Miroslava Todorova | 5 | "Sway" | Saved |
| Mario & Viktoria | 6 | "La Tortura" | Saved |
| Milena Tsanova | 7 | "Don't Let Me Down" | Saved |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Virginia Subeva | 1 | "Proud Mary" | Eliminated |
| 4 Magic | 2 | "Who's Lovin' You" | Saved |

#### Week 7 (3 December)

* Theme: "Evergreen Songs and Duets"
* Musical guests: Mihaela Marinova ("Листата падат"), ("Един срещу друг")
Contestants' performances on the seventh live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| First song (Individual performance) ||||
| Eva Parmakova | 1 | "Ain't No Other Man" | Bottom two |
| Mario & Viktoria | 2 | "Cose Della Vita" | Bottom two |
| Miroslava Todorova | 3 | "Imagine" | Saved |
| Milena Tsanova | 4 | "The Show Must Go On" | Saved |
| 4 Magic | 5 | "Man in the Mirror" | Saved |
| Yoana Dimitrova | 6 | "Think" | Saved |
| Second song (Duet) ||||
| Mario & Viktoria | 1 | "If I Ain't Got You" | N/A |
| Milena Tsanova | 1 | "If I Ain't Got You" | N/A |
| Eva Parmakova | 2 | "When You Believe" | N/A |
| Yoana Dimitrova | 2 | "When You Believe" | N/A |
| 4 Magic | 3 | "I Will Survive" / "Survivor" | N/A |
| Miroslava Todorova | 3 | "I Will Survive" / "Survivor" | N/A |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Eva Parmakova | 1 | "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" | Saved |
| Mario & Viktoria | 2 | "Broken Strings" | Eliminated |

#### Week 8: Semi-final (10 December)

* Theme: Bulgaria vs. The Rest of the World
* Musical guests: TITA ("Антилопа")
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show :
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
| Milena Tsanova | 1 | "Истина" | 10 | "Nobody's Perfect" | Bottom three |
| Miroslava Todorova | 2 | "Недей" | 6 | "Writing's on the Wall" | Bottom three |
| Yoana Dimitrova | 3 | "Once Upon a December" | 8 | "Играя стилно" | Bottom three |
| Eva Parmakova | 4 | "И аз съм тук" | 7 | "Russian Roulette" | Saved |
| 4 Magic | 5 | "Зайди, зайди" | 9 | "Love the Way You Lie" | Saved |
| Final showdown details ||||||
| Milena Tsanova | 1 | "It's a Man's World" | "It's a Man's World" | "It's a Man's World" | Eliminated |
| Yoana Dimitrova | 2 | "I Care" | "I Care" | "I Care" | Saved |
| Miroslava Todorova | 3 | "Fallin'" | "Fallin'" | "Fallin'" | Eliminated |
This week's results show featured a double elimination. The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three and will perform in the final showdown then the public decide who they want to save.

#### Week 9: Final (17 December)

* Musical guests: Christiana Louizu, Kristian Kostov, Margarita Hranova, Mihaela Marinova
Contestants' performances on the ninth live show :
| Act | Order | First song (Individual performance) | Order | Second song (Duet) | Result |
| Round One ||||||
| Eva Parmakova | 1 | "Make You Feel My Love" | 4 | "My Kind Of Love" (with Mihaela Marinova) | Eliminated |
| 4 Magic | 2 | "Вечерай, Радо" | 5 | "Feeling Good" (with Christiana Louizu) | Saved |
| Yoana Dimitrova | 3 | "Think" | 6 | "Болката отляво" (with Kristian Kostov) | Saved |
| Round Two ||||||
| 4 Magic | 1 | "Set Fire to the Rain" | "Set Fire to the Rain" | "Set Fire to the Rain" | Winner |
| Yoana Dimitrova | 2 | "All by Myself" | "All by Myself" | "All by Myself" | Runner-up |