# X Factor (Polish TV series) season 4

X Factor is a Polish television music competition to find new singing talent. The fourth series began airing on TVN on 1 March 2014 and ended on 31 May 2014. Kuba Wojewódzki, Tatiana Okupnik and Czesław Mozil returned as judges. Ewa Farna joined the judging panel as the fourth judge. Patricia Kazadi presents the show.
This series saw a number of changes to the format, most notably the possibility of auditioning for bands with not all members singing and the increase in the number of categories from three to four, resulting from the division of the 16-24s category into separate male and female categories.
The winner of the series was Artem Furman, who received a recording contract with Sony Music, PLN 100,000, and a car. Marta Bijan, the runner-up of the competition, was given a special prize funded by MTV Poland, who will produce her debut music video. Anna Tacikowska took the third place.

## Judges and presenter

After the end of the third series, media speculated about changes in the judging panel for the possible next series. Show's director Wojciech Iwański spoke about possible changes to the format, including extending the panel.
On 14 November 2013 it was announced that the judging panel would be extended as the three judges from the previous series, including Kuba Wojewódzki, Tatiana Okupnik and Czesław Mozil, would be joined by a fourth judge. Singers Ewa Farna, Sylwia Grzeszczak, Ewelina Lisowska, Monika Brodka, Katarzyna Nosowska and Margaret were rumoured to join the panel. Later that day, Ewa Farna was confirmed by TVN as the new judge.
However, on 3 December 2013 Ewa Farna posted a note on her Facebook page saying she could not confirm or deny anything yet as the final decision regarding her participation in the show had not been made yet. Later, TVN admitted that negotiations with Farna's management were still in progress. On 20 December 2013, Farna announced that she had decided to take part in the series and was about to sign her contract.
Patricia Kazadi returned to present the show for her second series.

## Selection process
### Auditions
#### Open auditions

Open auditions in front of the show's producers began in Hotel Mercure Wrocław Centre in Wrocław on 7 December 2013 and continued in Zabrze (House of Music and Dance) on 8 December and Gdańsk (Hotel Mercure Gdańsk Old Town) on 13 December, before concluding in Warsaw (Torwar Hall) on 15 December.

#### Judges' auditions

Judges' auditions were held in House of Music and Dance in Zabrze in two parts: from 9 to 11 January 2014 and from 23 to 25 January 2014. Each day of auditions consisted of two sessions: afternoon and evening.
Auditionees needed a minimum of three "yes" votes (previously two) from the judges to proceed to the next round.

### Bootcamp

Bootcamp stage of the competition took place in Transcolor Studio in Szeligi over two days, on 3 and 4 February 2014. In a change to the usual format, the judges were allocated their categories before bootcamp. Farna has the girls, Mozil has the boys, Okupnik has the over 25s and Wojewódzki has the groups and bands. On the first day of bootcamp, 118 acts who successfully got through the auditions, were put into groups of three or four within their category. They had to perform within that group, and the category judge, after being advised by other judges, would then decide who would continue. The contestants could choose among several songs, including "Dear Darlin'" by Olly Murs, "Love Me Again" by John Newman and "Sweet Dreams" by Beyoncé. At the end of the day, 40 contestants remained, who had to prepare their solo bootcamp performance overnight.
There was then a change in the format, that followed the idea of 'musical chairs', which was first introduced in the original British series in 2013. It involved the judges choosing the acts to advance to judges' houses immediately after their bootcamp performance, instead of waiting until everyone had performed. Each judge had five places to their judges house, and they granted a 'seat' to the performers they wanted to advance in their category. However, if a judge already chose five acts for their category, they could replace them if they preferred a later performer. Selection of songs included "Beneath Your Beautiful" by Labrinth and Emeli Sande, "She's the One" by World Party, "Who Wants To Live Forever" by Queen, "You Are So Beautiful" by Joe Cocker, "I Believe I Can Fly" by R. Kelly, "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, "Wake Me Up" by Avicii, "Stacja Warszawa" by Lady Pank, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Whitney Houston, "Firework" by Katy Perry, "Znak" by Ewa Farna and "Alone Again" by Alyssa Reid. Bootcamp was broadcast over two episodes, each of 90 minutes, on 5 and 12 April.
The 20 successful acts were:
* Boys: Artem Furman, Kacper Gołda, Jakub Jonkisz, Kuba Jurzyk, Aleksander Kamiński
* Girls: Magdalena Bal, Marta Bijan, Agata Dziarmagowska, Beata Spychalska, Daria Zawiałow
* Over 25s: Karolina Duszkiewicz, Małgorzata Markowska, Joao de Sousa, Anna Tacikowska, Małgorzata Uściłowska
* Groups and Bands: Cała Góra Barwinków, Hatbreakers, Pop It Up, Poprzytula, Trzynasta w Samo Południe

### Judges' houses

Judges' houses took place in March and April. Each judge took the remaining members of their category to an abroad location, and had guests to assist them in their decisions. Farna's part was filmed on 3 and 4 March in Prague, Czech Republic, where she mentored the Girls, and was joined by Jakub Badach. Okupnik took the Over 25s to San Gimignano, Italy on 1 and 2 April and was assisted by Andrzej Piaseczny. Wojewódzki mentored the Groups and Bands in Alvernia Studios in Alwernia near Kraków with his guest judge Tomasz "Titus" Pukacki of Acid Drinkers. Mozil took the Boys to Volterra, Italy and was aided by Stanisław Sojka. Judges' houses was broadcast on 19 April.
Contestants' performances on the judges' houses :
| Act | Song | Result |
| Boys |||
| Artem Furman | "Too Close" | Through |
| Aleksander Kamiński | "Just Give Me a Reason" | Eliminated |
| Kacper Gołda | "I Won't Give Up" | Eliminated |
| Kuba Jurzyk | "Hello" | Through |
| Jakub Jonkisz | "A Change Is Gonna Come" | Through |
| Groups and Bands |||
| Pop It Up | "Sweet Harmony" | Eliminated |
| Cała Góra Barwinków | "Take On Me" | Through |
| Poprzytula | "Message in a Bottle" | Eliminated |
| Hatbreakers | "She Wants to Move" | Through |
| Trzynasta w Samo Południe | "T.N.T." | Through |
| Over 25s |||
| Małgorzata Uściłowska | "When I Was Your Man" | Eliminated |
| Małgorzata Markowska | "I Wanna Be the Only One" | Eliminated |
| Joao de Sousa | "Porque Te Vas" | Through |
| Anna Tacikowska | "Listen" | Through |
| Karolina Duszkiewicz | "True Colors" | Through |
| Girls |||
| Marta Bijan | "I Have Nothing" | Through |
| Magdalena Bal | "This World" | Through |
| Beata Spychalska | "What a Wonderful World" | Eliminated |
| Agata Dziarmagowska | "Can't Remember to Forget You" | Eliminated |
| Daria Zawiałow | "Purple Rain" | Through |
Summary of judges' houses :
| Judge | Category | Location | Assistant | Contestants eliminated |
| Farna | Girls | Prague, Czech Republic | Jakub Badach | Agata Dziarmagowska, Beata Spychalska |
| Mozil | Boys | Volterra, Italy | Stanisław Sojka | Kacper Gołda, Aleksander Kamiński |
| Okupnik | Over 25s | San Gimignano, Italy | Andrzej Piaseczny | Małgorzata Markowska, Małgorzata Uściłowska |
| Wojewódzki | Groups and Bands | Alvernia Studios, Alwernia, Poland | Tomasz "Titus" Pukacki | Pop It Up, Poprzytula |

## Contestants

The top 12 contestants were announced during the episode broadcast on 19 April 2014.
Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner up
    – Third Place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| Boys (Mozil) | Artem Furman | Jakub Jonkisz | Kuba Jurzyk |
| Girls (Farna) | Magdalena Bal | Marta Bijan | Daria Zawiałow |
| Over 25s (Okupnik) | Karolina Duszkiewicz | Joao de Sousa | Anna Tacikowska |
| Groups and Bands (Wojewódzki) | Cała Góra Barwinków | Hatbreakers | Trzynasta w Samo Południe |

## Live Shows

The live shows began on 26 April 2014.

### Results summary
#### Colour key

| – | Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated |
| – | Contestant received the most public votes |
Weekly results per contestant :
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 |
| Artem Furman | 10th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | Winner (week 6) |
| Marta Bijan | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | Runner-up (week 6) |
| Anna Tacikowska | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | Third Place (week 6) |
| Jakub Jonkisz | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | Eliminated (week 5) |
| Trzynasta w Samo Południe | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 5th | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) |
| Cała Góra Barwinków | 5th | 6th | 4th | 6th | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) |
| Hatbreakers | 6th | 9th | 7th | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) |
| Magdalena Bal | 8th | 7th | 8th | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) |
| Daria Zawiałow | 7th | 8th | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) |
| Kuba Jurzyk | 9th | 10th | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) |
| Joao de Sousa | 11th | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) |
| Karolina Duszkiewicz | 12th | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) |
| Sing-off | Artem Furman, Joao de Sousa | Hatbreakers, Daria Zawiałow | Marta Bijan, Hatbreakers | Jakub Jonkisz, Trzynasta w Samo Południe | Marta Bijan, Jakub Jonkisz | No sing-off or judges' votes: results based on public votes alone |
| Judges voted to | Save | Save | Save | Save | Save | | No sing-off or judges' votes: results based on public votes alone |
| Mozil's vote | Artem Furman | Hatbreakers | Marta Bijan | Jakub Jonkisz | Jakub Jonkisz | No sing-off or judges' votes: results based on public votes alone |
| Okupnik's vote | Joao de Sousa | Hatbreakers | Hatbreakers | Trzynasta w Samo Południe | Marta Bijan | No sing-off or judges' votes: results based on public votes alone |
| Farna's vote | Artem Furman | Daria Zawiałow | Marta Bijan | Jakub Jonkisz | Marta Bijan | No sing-off or judges' votes: results based on public votes alone |
| Wojewódzki's vote | Artem Furman | Hatbreakers | Hatbreakers | Trzynasta w Samo Południe | Marta Bijan | No sing-off or judges' votes: results based on public votes alone |
| Eliminated | Karolina Duszkiewicz 2.7% to save | Kuba Jurzyk 2.2% to save | Magdalena Bal 5.6% to save | Cała Góra Barwinków 10.1% to save | Jakub Jonkisz 1 of 4 votes Minority | Anna Tacikowska |
| Eliminated | Joao de Sousa 1 of 4 votes Minority | Daria Zawiałow 1 of 4 votes Minority | Hatbreakers 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Trzynasta w Samo Południe 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Jakub Jonkisz 1 of 4 votes Minority | Marta Bijan |
| Reference(s) | | | | | | |

### Live show details
#### Week 1 (26 April)

* Theme: Songs chosen by the contestants
* Musical guests: Grzegorz Hyży ("Na Chwilę")
Contestants' performances on the first live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Cała Góra Barwinków | 1 | "Locked Out of Heaven" | Safe |
| Magdalena Bal | 2 | "Piece of My Heart" | Safe |
| Artem Furman | 3 | "The Lazy Song" | Bottom three |
| Anna Tacikowska | 4 | "I Will Love Again" | Safe |
| Hatbreakers | 5 | "Ain't No Sunshine" | Safe |
| Kuba Jurzyk | 6 | "Use Somebody" | Safe |
| Marta Bijan | 7 | "Skyscraper" | Safe |
| Joao de Sousa | 8 | "Garota de Ipanema" | Bottom three |
| Trzynasta w Samo Południe | 9 | "Sweet Home Alabama" | Safe |
| Karolina Duszkiewicz | 10 | "Since U Been Gone" | Eliminated |
| Jakub Jonkisz | 11 | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" | Safe |
| Daria Zawiałow | 12 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Artem Furman | 1 | "Wicked Game" | Safe |
| Joao de Sousa | 2 | "Friday I'm in Love" | Eliminated |

##### Judges' votes to save

* Mozil: Artem Furman - backed his own act
* Okupnik: Joao de Sousa - backed her own act
* Farna: Artem Furman - gave no reason, but praised both final showdown performances
* Wojewódzki: Artem Furman - gave no reason

#### Week 2 (3 May)

* Theme: Songs from the 1980s
* Musical guests: Ewa Farna ("Ulubiona Rzecz"/"Znak")
Contestants' performances on the second live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Trzynasta w Samo Południe | 1 | "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" | Safe |
| Daria Zawiałow | 2 | "Stop!" | Bottom three |
| Kuba Jurzyk | 3 | "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | Eliminated |
| Anna Tacikowska | 4 | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | Safe |
| Magdalena Bal | 5 | "You Shook Me All Night Long" | Safe |
| Hatbreakers | 6 | "Let's Dance" | Bottom three |
| Artem Furman | 7 | "Wind Of Change" | Safe |
| Cała Góra Barwinków | 8 | "Material Girl" | Safe |
| Jakub Jonkisz | 9 | "I Want to Know What Love Is" | Safe |
| Marta Bijan | 10 | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Daria Zawiałow | 1 | "Sex on Fire" | Eliminated |
| Hatbreakers | 2 | "Brown Sugar" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to save

* Wojewódzki: Hatbreakers - backed his own act
* Okupnik: Hatbreakers - praised Zawiałow, but decided to back Hatbreakers
* Farna: Daria Zawiałow - backed her own act, but stated that Hatbreakers were her favourites from the beginning
* Mozil: Hatbreakers - thought that Hatbreakers showed new quality of cover songs

#### Week 3 (10 May)

* Theme: Songs from years 2013-2014
Contestants' performances on the third live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Cała Góra Barwinków | 1 | "Can't Remember to Forget You" | Safe |
| Hatbreakers | 2 | "Happy" | Bottom three |
| Jakub Jonkisz | 3 | "All of Me" | Safe |
| Magdalena Bal | 4 | "Addicted to You" | Eliminated |
| Trzynasta w Samo Południe | 5 | "Ordinary Love" | Safe |
| Marta Bijan | 6 | "Unconditionally" | Bottom three |
| Artem Furman | 7 | "I See Fire" | Safe |
| Anna Tacikowska | 8 | "Rather Be" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Marta Bijan | 1 | "People Help the People" | Safe |
| Hatbreakers | 2 | "Roxanne" | Eliminated |

##### Judges' votes to save

* Wojewódzki: Hatbreakers - backed his own act
* Farna: Marta Bijan - backed her own act
* Mozil: Marta Bijan - due to the fact that Hatbreakers were in bottom three for the second time in a row
* Okupnik: Hatbreakers - gave no reason
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Hatbreakers were eliminated as the act with fewer public votes.

#### Week 4 (17 May)

* Themes: Songs chosen by mentors; Polish songs
* Musical guest: Tatiana Okupnik ("Oczy Na Zapałki")
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show :
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
| Trzynasta w Samo Południe | 1 | "Sexy and I Know It" | 7 | "Niepokonani" | Bottom three |
| Cała Góra Barwinków | 2 | "Starlight" | 9 | "Byłaś Serca Biciem" | Eliminated |
| Jakub Jonkisz | 3 | "When a Man Loves a Woman" | 10 | "Jednego Serca" | Bottom three |
| Marta Bijan | 4 | "Set Fire to the Rain" | 8 | "Miałeś Być" | Safe |
| Artem Furman | 5 | "Jolene" | 12 | "Ostatni" | Safe |
| Anna Tacikowska | 6 | "Halo" | 11 | "Testosteron" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||||
| Jakub Jonkisz | 1 | "Heaven" | "Heaven" | "Heaven" | Safe |
| Trzynasta w Samo Południe | 2 | "Deuce" | "Deuce" | "Deuce" | Eliminated |

##### Judges' votes to save

* Mozil: Jakub Jonkisz - backed his own act
* Okupnik: Trzynasta w Samo Południe - based on the final showdown performance
* Wojewódzki: Trzynasta w Samo Południe - backed his own act
* Farna: Jakub Jonkisz - thought it would be easier for Trzynasta w Samo Południe to launch their career, whilst Jonkisz needs to stay in the competition
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Trzynasta w Samo Południe were eliminated as the act with fewer public votes.

#### Week 5: Semi-final (24 May)

* Themes: Songs by The Beatles; The Greatest Hits
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show :
| Act | Order | First song | Theme | Order | Second song | Theme | Result |
| Marta Bijan | 1 | "All My Loving" | Songs by The Beatles | 5 | "The Show Must Go On" | The Greatest Hits | Bottom two |
| Anna Tacikowska | 2 | "Proud Mary" | The Greatest Hits | 8 | "With a Little Help from My Friends" | Songs by The Beatles | Safe |
| Artem Furman | 3 | "Eleanor Rigby" | Songs by The Beatles | 7 | "Tears in Heaven" | The Greatest Hits | Safe |
| Jakub Jonkisz | 4 | "Love's Divine" | The Greatest Hits | 6 | "Something" | Songs by The Beatles | Bottom two |
| Final showdown details ||||||||
| Jakub Jonkisz | 1 | "Angels" | "Angels" | "Angels" | "Angels" | "Angels" | Eliminated |
| Marta Bijan | 2 | "Say Something" | "Say Something" | "Say Something" | "Say Something" | "Say Something" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to save

* Mozil: Jakub Jonkisz - backed his own act
* Farna: Marta Bijan - backed her own act
* Wojewódzki: Marta Bijan - stated that she was his favourite from the beginning
* Okupnik: Marta Bijan - thought she made the biggest progress throughout the competition

#### Week 6: Final (31 May)

* Themes: Audition songs; favourite performance; celebrity duets
* Group performance: "Get Lucky" (performed by all finalists)
Contestants' performances on the final live show :
| Act | Order | Audition song | Order | Favourite song | Order | Duet | Result |
| Artem Furman | 1 | "Strielaj" | 4 | "The Lazy Song" | 9 | "Wildest Moments" (with Jessie Ware) | Winner |
| Anna Tacikowska | 2 | "Only Girl (in the World)" | 5 | "Rather Be" | 7 | "Deeper" (with Ella Eyre) | Third place |
| Marta Bijan | 3 | "Wrecking Ball" | 6 | "Skyscraper" | 8 | "Liar Liar" (with Cris Cab) | Runner-up |

## Ratings

Summary of episode ratings :
| Episode | Date | Duration (minutes)^1 | Official rating (millions) | Weekly rank | Share (%) | Weekly rank (16-49) | Share 16-49 (%) |
| Auditions 1 | 1 March | 90 | 2.48 | >20 | 15.8 | | 20.6 |
| Auditions 2 | 8 March | 90 | 2.56 | >20 | 16.1 | | 20.0 |
| Auditions 3 | 15 March | 90 | 2.81 | >20 | 17.9 | 7 | 23.7 |
| Auditions 4 | 22 March | 90 | 2.52 | >20 | 16.6 | 20 | 21.2 |
| Auditions 5 | 29 March | 90 | 3.08 | 15 | 19.6 | 8 | 22.4 |
| Bootcamp 1 | 5 April | 90 | 2.52 | >20 | 16.5 | 12 | 20.9 |
| Bootcamp 2 | 12 April | 90 | 2.63 | >20 | 17.2 | 9 | 23.1 |
| Judges' houses | 19 April | 110 | 1.81 | >20 | | | 17.3 |
| Live Show 1 | 26 April | 135 | 1.80 | >20 | | | |
| Live Show 2 | 3 May | 135 | 2.27 | >20 | | 12 | 18.2 |
| Live Show 3 | 10 May | 110 | 1.64 | >20 | | >20 | |
| Live Show 4 | 17 May | 135 | 1.83 | >20 | | >20 | |
| Live Semi-final | 24 May | 110 | 1.69 | >20 | | >20 | |
| Live Final | 31 May | 135 | 1.85 | >20 | | >20 | |
| Series average | 2014 | - | 2.25 | | 14.7 | | 18.1 |
Includes advert breaks