# 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 twelfth 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 Little G Weevil 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 (Istenes hosted the season 7 finale, because Kiss wasn't available). 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 (member of VALMAR) and Andi Tóth (season 5 winner).
There have been twelve 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 and Krisztián Fehér.

## 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
| Series | Start | Finish | Winner | Runner up | Third place | Fourth place | Winning mentor | Presenter(s) | Main judges (no order) | Main judges (no order) | Main judges (no order) | Main judges (no order) |
| Series | Start | Finish | Winner | Runner up | Third place | Fourth place | Winning mentor | Presenter(s) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 28 August 2010 | 19 December 2010 | Csaba Vastag | Nikolas Takács | Norbi L. Király | Veca Janicsák | Feró Nagy | Nóra Ördög Balázs Sebestyén | Péter Geszti | Ildikó Keresztes | Miklós Malek | Feró Nagy |
| 2 | 3 September 2011 | 18 December 2011 | Tibor Kocsis | Enikő Muri | Gergő Baricz | Tamás Tarány | Miklós Malek | Nóra Ördög | Péter Geszti | Ildikó Keresztes | Miklós Malek | Feró Nagy |
| 3 | 1 September 2012 | 16 December 2012 | Gergő Oláh | Tímea Antal | Adél Csobot | Dávid Szabó | Péter Geszti | Nóra Ördög | Péter Geszti | Ildikó Keresztes | Miklós Malek | Feró Nagy |
| 4 | 7 September 2013 | 15 December 2013 | Dóra Danics | ByTheWay | Tünde Krasznai | Ákos Csordás | Péter Geszti | Lilu Bence Istenes | Péter Geszti | Róbert Szikora | Gabi Tóth | Róbert Alföldi |
| 5 | 6 September 2014 | 21 December 2014 | Andrea Tóth | Juli Horányi | Benji | Richárd Nagy | Róbert Szikora | Bence Istenes | Gábor Szűcs | Róbert Szikora | Gabi Tóth | Róbert Alföldi |
| 6 | 24 September 2016 | 17 December 2016 | Barbara Opitz | Ricsi Mata | Dmitrij Gorbunov | Ham ko Ham | Gabi Tóth | Bence Istenes | Laci Gáspár | ByeAlex | Gabi Tóth | Péter Puskás |
| 7 | 2 September 2017 | 25 November 2017 | Ricco & Claudia | Serena Rigacci | Roland Gulyás | Bettina Tóth | Laci Gáspár | Ramóna Kiss | Laci Gáspár | ByeAlex | Gigi Radics | Péter Puskás |
| 8 | 6 October 2018 | 15 December 2018 | USNK | Stolen Beat | Gabriella Tamáska | Tímea Arany | ByeAlex | Ramóna Kiss | Laci Gáspár | ByeAlex | Gigi Radics | Péter Puskás |
| 9 | 5 October 2019 | 14 December 2019 | Tibor Ruszó | Andor Vanek | Patrik Zdroba | Emánuel Gödöllei | ByeAlex | Ramóna Kiss | Laci Gáspár | ByeAlex | Bogi Dallos | Péter Puskás |
| 10 | 9 October 2021 | 18 December 2021 | Alex Balázs (ALEE) | Paulina Kocsis | Kamilla Ferenczi | Marci Mehringer | ByeAlex | Dávid Miller | Laci Gáspár | ByeAlex | Adél Csobot | Péter Puskás |
| 11 | 3 September 2022 | 19 November 2022 | Bernadett Solyom | Kevin Kiss | Luca Mihályfi | Alexa Helfy | ByeAlex | Dávid Miller | Laci Gáspár | ByeAlex | Erika Herceg | Péter Puskás |
| 12 | 7 September 2024 | 7 December 2024 | Krisztián Fehér | Roland Sárközi | Éberkóma | Nóra Zilincki | Milán Valkusz | Dávid Miller Joci Pápai | Laci Gáspár | Milán Valkusz | Andrea Tóth | Péter Majoros |

### Notes

* ^ In the Finale of the series 7 the presenter was Bence Istenes.
| Hosts | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2024 |
| Joci Pápai | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dávid Miller | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ramóna Kiss | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bence Istenes | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lilu | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nóra Ördög | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Balázs Sebestyén | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Judges | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2024 |
| Andrea Tóth | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Milán Valkusz | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Péter Majoros | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Laci Gáspár | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Erika Herceg | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Peti Puskás | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ByeAlex | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Adél Csobot | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bogi Dallos | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Gigi Radics | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Gabi Tóth | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Little G. Weevil | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Róbert Alföldi | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Róbert Szikora | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Péter Geszti | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ildikó Keresztes | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Miklós Malek | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Feró Nagy | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## 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 | Péter Geszti | Ildikó Keresztes | Miklós Malek | Feró Nagy |
| 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 | Péter Geszti | Gabi Tóth | Róbert Szikora | Róbert Alföldi |
| 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 | Gábor Szűcs | Gabi Tóth | Róbert Szikora | Róbert Alföldi |
| 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 | Laci Gáspár | Gabi Tóth | ByeAlex | Peti Puskás |
| 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 | Laci Gáspár | Gigi Radics | ByeAlex | Peti Puskás |
| 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 | Laci Gáspár | Bogi Dallos | ByeAlex | Peti Puskás |
| 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 | Laci Gáspár | Adél Csobot | ByeAlex | Peti Puskás |
| Ten | Over 22s Paulina Kocsis Mardoll Imi Plaza | Groups The Harmonies The Palace Beneath My Skin | Boys Alex Balázs (ALEE) Marci Mehringer Roland Tóth | Girls Kamilla Ferenczi Regina Nagy Flóra Tabatabai |
| Season | Laci Gáspár | Erika Herceg | ByeAlex | Peti Puskás |
| 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 | Laci Gáspár | Andrea Tóth | Milán Valkusz | Péter Majoros |
| Twelve | Roland Sárközi Sándor Toldi Bence Szabó | Nóra Zilincki Zsombor Kundra Monica Pike | Krisztián Fehér Henn Steve Major | Éberkóma Koren Vivien Miklós |

## 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:
    – Winner
    – Runner-up
    – Third place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| Boys (Keresztes) | Norbi L. Király | Nikolas Takács | Tamás Vastag |
| Girls (Geszti) | Fanni Domokos | Veca Janicsák | Dorka Shodeinde |
| Over 25s (Nagy) | Mariann Szabó | Csaba Vastag | Kati Wolf |
| Groups (Malek) | Mimi és Gergő | Non Stop | Summer Sisters |

## Season 2 (2011)

The auditions started in the spring of 2011, with thousands of candidates for the second series in Hungary.

### Contestants

Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner-up
    – Third place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| Boys (Keresztes) | Gergő Baricz | Tamás Demes | Lil C. |
| Girls (Nagy) | Alexa Bagosi | Vera Kováts | Enikő Muri |
| Over 25s (Malek) | Tibor Gyurcsík | Tibor Kocsis | Tamás Tarány |
| Groups (Geszti) | Apollo23 | Ikrek | Rocktenors |

## 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:
    – Winner
    – Runner-up
    – Third place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| Boys (Geszti) | Zoltán Fehér | Gergő Oláh | Dávid Szabó |
| Girls (Malek) | Tímea Antal | Adél Csobot | Andrea Kvaka |
| Over 25s (Keresztes) | László Kovács | Bea Lass | Krisztián Zámbó |
| Groups (Nagy) | Like | P.J.Z. | Spirit |

## 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:
    – Winner
    – Runner-up
    – Third place
    – Withdrew
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| Boys (Tóth) | Ákos Csordás | Ádám Szabó | Marcell Tóth |
| Girls (Alföldi) | Lili Batánovics | Anikó Eckert | Lili Péterffy |
| Over 25s (Geszti) | Márk Bozsek | Dóra Danics | Tünde Krasznai |
| Groups (Szikora) | ByTheWay | Fat Phoenix | MDC |

## 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:
    – Winner
    – Runner-Up
    – Third place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| Boys (Alföldi) | Benji | Richárd Borbély | Richárd Nagy | Richárd Szabó |
| Girls (Szikora) | Jenifer Ilyés | Izabella Jakab-Péter | Andrea Tóth | |
| Over 25s (Szűcs) | Jonathan Andelic | Juli Horányi | Zsófi Kállai-Kiss | |
| Groups (Tóth) | Pálinka Republik | Spoon | Tha Shudras | |

## Season 6 (2016)
### Contestants

Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner-Up
    – Third place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| Boys (Puskás) | Gergő Dánielfy | Dmitrij Gorbunov | Ricsi Mata |
| Girls (Tóth) | Kinga Jáger | Barbara Opitz | Liza Vince Aliz |
| Over 25s (Gáspár) | Eszter Balogh | Szandra Fejes | János Ónodi |
| Groups (ByeAlex) | Ham ko Ham | Jaggers | Soulbreakers |
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:
    – Winner
    – Runner-Up
    – Third place
    – Withdrawn
| Category (mentor) | Chosen by mentor | Chosen by mentor | Chosen by other mentors | Chosen by other mentors |
| Boys (Radics) | Roland Gulyás | Krisztián Nagy$^1$ | Norbert Mézes | Dániel Bereznay |
| Girls (ByeAlex) | Viola Erdős | Bettina Tóth | Serena Rigacci | |
| Over 25s (Puskás) | Lívia Abaházi Nagy | Dániel Berta | Péter Hegedűs | |
| Groups (Gáspár) | Radio Mobster | Ricco & Claudia | London Kids | |
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:
    – Winner
    – Runner-Up
    – Third Place
    – Withdrawn
| Category (mentor) | Chosen by mentor | Chosen by mentor | Chosen by other mentors |
| Boys (Puskás) | Krisztián Nagy | Gergő Szekér | Pál Kovács |
| Girls (Gáspár) | Tímea Arany | Gabriella Tamáska | Vivien Urbanovics |
| Over 25s (Radics) | János Balog | László Ölveti | Taka Kurokava |
| Groups (ByeAlex) | Stolen Beat | USNK | Ricky and the Drunken Sailors |
At the X-Factor press conference on 14 November, Krisztián Nagy announced that he was withdrawing from the competition.

## Season 9 (2019)
### Contestants

Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner-Up
    – Third Place
| Category (mentor) | Chosen by mentor | Chosen by mentor | Chosen by other mentors |
| Boys (ByeAlex) | Emánuel Gödöllei | Andor Vanek | Tibor Ruszó |
| Girls (Dallos) | Enikő Bagdi | Blanka Dárdai | Aletta Huszár |
| Over 25s (Gáspár) | Renátó Burai | Patrik Zdroba | Antal Balogh |
| Groups (Puskás) | C.O.O.L | Take 3 | Speranta |

## Series 10 (2021)

On 20 October 2020, RTL Klub announced that they would not return in 2020, due to COVID-19. They stated that the pandemic would not allow them to start the auditions in time. Around the same time it was announced that the show would return in 2021.

### Contestants

Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner-Up
    – Third Place
| Category (mentor) | Chosen by mentor | Chosen by mentor | Chosen by other mentors |
| Boys (ByeAlex) | ALEE | Marci Mehringer | Roland Tóth |
| Girls (Puskás) | Kamilla Ferenczi | Regina Nagy | Flóra Tabatabai Nejat |
| Over 22s (Gáspár) | Paulina | Imi Plaza | Mardoll |
| Groups (Csobot) | The Harmonies | The Palace | Beneath My Skin |

## Series 11 (2022)
### Contestants

Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner-Up
    – Third Place
| Mentor | Chosen by mentor | Chosen by mentor | Chosen by other mentors |
| Laci Gáspár | Luca Mihályfi | Szebasztián Serbán | Sophia Khan |
| ByeAlex | Isky & Szkym | Bernadett Solyom | Ádám Beretka |
| Erika Herceg | Enikő Bodrogi | Synergy | Alexa Helfy |
| Peti Puskás | Marcell Boros | Kevin Kiss | Ábel Váradi |

## Series 12 (2024)
### Contestants

Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner-Up
    – Third Place
| Mentor | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| Laci Gáspár | Roland Sárközi | Bence Szabó | Sándor Toldi |
| Milán Valkusz | Krisztián Fehér | Henn | Steve Major |
| Andi Tóth | Zsombor Kundra | Monica Pike | Nóra Zilincki |
| Péter Majoros | Éberkóma | Koren | Vivien Miklós |

## Series averages

| Series | Series premiere | Series finale | Episodes (inc. results shows) | Average Hungary viewers in millions (inc. results shows) |
| Series 1 | 28 August 2010 | 19 December 2010 | 19 | 2.26 |
| Series 2 | 3 September 2011 | 18 December 2011 | 19 | 2.13 |
| Series 3 | 1 September 2012 | 16 December 2012 | 19 | 2.09 |
| Series 4 | 7 September 2013 | 15 December 2013 | 28 | 1.89 |
| Series 5 | 6 September 2014 | 21 December 2014 | 19 | 1.44 |
| Series 6 | 24 September 2016 | 17 December 2016 | 15 | 1.06 |
| Series 7 | 2 September 2017 | 25 November 2017 | 15 | 0.79 |
| Series 8 | 6 October 2018 | 15 December 2018 | 13 | 1.10 |
| Series 9 | 5 October 2019 | 14 December 2019 | 13 | 1.08 |
| Series 10 | 9 October 2021 | 18 December 2021 | 13 | 0.92 |
| Series 11 | 3 September 2022 | 19 November 2022 | 13 | 0.74 |
| Series 12 | 7 September 2024 | 7 December 2024 | 15 | |