# X Factor (Polish TV series) season 3

X Factor is a Polish television music competition to find new singing talent and part of a British franchise The X Factor. The third series began on 23 February 2013 and ended on 26 May 2013. All three judges known from the previous series including Czesław Mozil, Tatiana Okupnik and Kuba Wojewódzki returned. On 21 November 2012 it was announced that Jarosław Kuźniar would not be back to present the series for personal reasons and his commitments to TVN24. On 13 December 2012, Patricia Kazadi was confirmed as the new presenter. It was reported that Marcin Prokop, Szymon Majewski and Agnieszka Szulim had also been in running for the role.
The winner of the series was Klaudia Gawor, who received a recording contract with label Sony Music Poland, 100,000 PLN and a car funded by Sokołów, sponsor of the show. It was also revealed that MTV would produce her debut music video.

## Selection process
### Auditions

The pre-auditions began on 1 December in Wrocław and ended on 15 December 2012 in Warsaw. These were followed by judges' auditions held in Zabrze on 9–11 January 2013 and 23–25 January 2013.
| City | Venue | Pre-audition |
| Wrocław | Hotel Mercure 'Panorama' | 1 December 2012 |
| Zabrze | House of Music and Dance | 2 December 2012 |
| Gdańsk | Hotel Mercure 'Heweliusz' | 8 December 2012 |
| Warsaw | Torwar Hall | 15 December 2012 |

### Bootcamp

Bootcamp stage of the competition took place at the Polish Theatre in Warsaw on 5–6 February 2013. On the first day acts divided into groups gave performances in front of the judges. Each act sang a part of song, they had chosen. Selection of songs included: "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi, "Next To Me" by Emeli Sande, "Imagine" by John Lennon, Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", "Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz, "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction, "Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling, "Drive By" by Train and Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing".
At the end of the day judges chose forty acts, who got through to the second day of Botcamp. Each of them had to choose one song out of two given and prepare their solo performance overnight. After seeing all performances, the judges made the decision and selected fifteen acts, five in each category, who got through to the Judges' houses stage of the competition.
At the end of Bootcamp each judge received the category they would be mentoring. Wojewódzki was given the 16-24s, Mozil got the Over 25s and Okupnik was asked to look after the Groups.
The fifteen chosen acts were:
* 16-24s - Klaudia Gawor, Maja Hyży, Diana John, Marta Ławska, Filip Mettler
* Over 25s - Olga Barej, Wojciech Ezzat, Grzegorz Hyży, Zofia Szulakowska, Piotr 'Elton' Waśkowski
* Groups - Aicha and Asteya, Daddy's Prides, Girls On Fire, Kasia and Ewa, The Voices

### Judges' houses

The Judges' houses stage was filmed in various locations in the country throughout March 2013. Tatiana Okupnik was joined by musician and producer Radzimir Dębski, who helped her to choose her final three acts. Czesław Mozil was aided by musician known from YouTube CeZik, while Kuba Wojewódzki invited Katarzyna Nosowska.
The six eliminated acts were:
* 16-24s: Diana John, Marta Ławska
* Over-25s: Zofia Szulakowska, Piotr 'Elton' Waśkowski
* Groups: Daddy's Prides, Kasia and Ewa
Contestants' performances on the judges' houses :
| Act | Song | Result |
| Over-25s |||
| Wojciech Ezzat | "Love's Divine" | Through |
| Zofia Szulakowska | "Ta Noc Do Innych Jest Niepodobna" | Eliminated |
| Grzegorz Hyży | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Through |
| Olga Barej | "Titanium" | Through |
| Piotr 'Elton' Waśkowski | "One" | Eliminated |
| Groups |||
| The Voices | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Through |
| Aicha and Asteya | "I Try" | Through |
| Girls On Fire | "This World" | Through |
| Daddy's Prides | "Ain't No Other Man" | Eliminated |
| Kasia and Ewa | "Back to Black" | Eliminated |
| 16-24s |||
| Diana John | "1+1" | Eliminated |
| Klaudia Gawor | "Halo" | Through |
| Filip Mettler | "I'd Rather Go Blind" | Through |
| Marta Ławska | "There You'll Be" | Eliminated |
| Maja Hyży | "A Woman's Worth" | Through |

## Contestants

The contestants were announced during the episode broadcast on 6 April 2013.
Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner up
    – Third Place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| 16-24s (Wojewódzki) | Klaudia Gawor | Maja Hyży | Filip Mettler |
| Over 25s (Mozil) | Olga Barej | Wojciech Ezzat | Grzegorz Hyży |
| Groups (Okupnik) | Aicha and Asteya | Girls On Fire | The Voices |

## Live shows
### Results summary

Contestants' colour key:
    – Czesław Mozil's contestants (over 25s)  – Kuba Wojewódzki's contestants (16–24s)  – Tatiana Okupnik's contestants (groups)
| | | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 |
| | Klaudia Gawor | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner |
| | Grzegorz Hyży | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Runner-up |
| | Wojciech Ezzat | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Third place |
| | Maja Hyży | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 6) |
| | Girls On Fire | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 5) | Eliminated (week 5) |
| | Aicha and Asteya | Bottom two | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) |
| | Filip Mettler | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) |
| | Olga Barej | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) |
| | The Voices | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) |
| Bottom two | Bottom two | Aicha and Asteya, The Voices | Aicha and Asteya, Olga Barej | Filip Mettler, Girls On Fire | Aicha and Asteya, Girls On Fire | Girls On Fire, Maja Hyży | Grzegorz Hyży, Maja Hyży | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone |
| | Mozil's's vote to save | The Voices | Olga Barej | Girls On Fire | Girls On Fire | Maja Hyży | Grzegorz Hyży | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone |
| | Okupnik's vote to save | Aicha and Asteya | Aicha and Asteya | Girls On Fire | Girls On Fire | Girls On Fire | Grzegorz Hyży | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone |
| | Wojewódzki's vote to save | Aicha and Asteya | Aicha and Asteya | Filip Mettler | Aicha and Asteya | Maja Hyży | Maja Hyży | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone |
| Eliminated | Eliminated | The Voices 1 of 3 votes Minority | Olga Barej 1 of 3 votes Minority | Filip Mettler 1 of 3 votes Minority | Aicha and Asteya 1 of 3 votes Minority | Girls On Fire 1 of 3 votes Minority | Maja Hyży 1 of 3 votes Minority | Wojciech Ezzat |
| Eliminated | Eliminated | The Voices 1 of 3 votes Minority | Olga Barej 1 of 3 votes Minority | Filip Mettler 1 of 3 votes Minority | Aicha and Asteya 1 of 3 votes Minority | Girls On Fire 1 of 3 votes Minority | Maja Hyży 1 of 3 votes Minority | Grzegorz Hyży |

### Live show details
#### Week 1 (13 April)

* Theme: Number-one singles
* Musical guests: Dawid Podsiadło ("Nieznajomy") and M. Pokora featuring Patricia Kazadi ("Wanna Feel You Now")
Contestants' performances on the first live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Aicha and Asteya | 1 | "Move in the Right Direction" | Bottom two |
| Olga Barej | 2 | "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" | Safe |
| Filip Mettler | 3 | "When I Was Your Man" | Safe |
| Girls On Fire | 4 | "Scream & Shout" | Safe |
| Wojciech Ezzat | 5 | "Heaven" | Safe |
| Klaudia Gawor | 6 | "Just Give Me a Reason" | Safe |
| The Voices | 7 | "Mirrors" | Bottom two |
| Grzegorz Hyży | 8 | "Troublemaker" | Safe |
| Maja Hyży | 9 | "Summertime Sadness" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Aicha and Asteya | 1 | "I Follow Rivers" | Safe |
| The Voices | 2 | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | Eliminated |

##### Judges' votes to save

* Wojewódzki: Aicha and Asteya
* Mozil: The Voices
* Okupnik: Aicha and Asteya

#### Week 2 (20 April)

* Theme: Rock
Contestants' performances on the second live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Grzegorz Hyży | 1 | "Seven Nation Army" | Safe |
| Filip Mettler | 2 | "Cry Me a River" | Safe |
| Aicha and Asteya | 3 | "Toxic" | Bottom two |
| Wojciech Ezzat | 4 | "With a Little Help from My Friends" | Safe |
| Maja Hyży | 5 | "It's My Life" | Safe |
| Girls On Fire | 6 | "The Final Countdown" | Safe |
| Olga Barej | 7 | "Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)" | Bottom two |
| Klaudia Gawor | 8 | "Listen to Your Heart" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Olga Barej | 1 | "Rescue Me" | Eliminated |
| Aicha and Asteya | 2 | "One Day / Reckoning Song" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to save

* Okupnik: Aicha and Asteya - thought Barej's final showdown performance was better than her first performance, but backed her own act, Aicha and Asteya
* Mozil: Olga Barej - said Barej sang better in the final showdown performance, effectively backing his own act, Olga Barej
* Wojewódzki: Aicha and Asteya - gave no reason

#### Week 3 (27 April)

* Theme: Disco
Contestants' performances on the third live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Filip Mettler | 1 | "Without You" | Bottom two |
| Maja Hyży | 2 | "Only Girl (In the World)" | Safe |
| Girls On Fire | 3 | "I Should Be So Lucky" / "Can't Get You Out of My Head" | Bottom two |
| Wojciech Ezzat | 4 | "Treasure" | Safe |
| Klaudia Gawor | 5 | "Like a Prayer" | Safe |
| Aicha and Asteya | 6 | "Poker Face" | Safe |
| Grzegorz Hyży | 7 | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Filip Mettler | 1 | "Locked Out of Heaven" | Eliminated |
| Girls On Fire | 2 | "Girl on Fire" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to save

* Wojewódzki: Filip Mettler - thought both acts sang better in the final showdown performance than before, but backed his own act, Filip Mettler
* Okupnik: Girls On Fire - said she was disappointed Girls On Fire were in bottom two, effectively backing her own act, Girls On Fire
* Mozil: Girls On Fire - praised Mettler's confidence in the final showdown performance, but stated it was not enough and backed Girls On Fire

#### Week 4 (4 May)

* Theme: Songs by Queen or Michael Jackson
* Group performances: "Somebody to Love" and "Heal the world"
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Aicha and Asteya | 1 | "Thriller" | Bottom two |
| Maja Hyży | 2 | "You Are Not Alone" | Safe |
| Grzegorz Hyży | 3 | "Too Much Love Will Kill You" | Safe |
| Girls On Fire | 4 | "We Will Rock You" | Bottom two |
| Klaudia Gawor | 5 | "I'll Be There" | Safe |
| Wojciech Ezzat | 6 | "Who Wants to Live Forever" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Aicha and Asteya | 1 | "Stay" | Eliminated |
| Girls On Fire | 2 | "Don't Let Go (Love)" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to save

* Mozil: Girls On Fire - thought Aicha and Asteya don't work as a duo and backed Girls On Fire
* Wojewódzki: Aicha and Asteya - praised Girls on Fire for their final showdown performance, though decided to back Aicha and Asteya
* Okupnik: Girls On Fire - gave no reason

#### Week 5 (11 May)

* Theme: Pop songs; Polish songs
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show :
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
| Wojciech Ezzat | 1 | "Angels" | 6 | "C'est la vie" | Safe |
| Maja Hyży | 2 | "Everything at Once" | 7 | "Testosteron" | Bottom two |
| Girls On Fire | 3 | "Crazy in Love" / "Crazy" | 8 | "Supermenka" | Bottom two |
| Grzegorz Hyży | 4 | "This Love" | 9 | "Za szkłem" | Safe |
| Klaudia Gawor | 5 | "Because You Loved Me" | 10 | "Ja wysiadam" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||||
| Maja Hyży | 1 | "Schoolin' Life" | "Schoolin' Life" | "Schoolin' Life" | Safe |
| Girls On Fire | 2 | "Proud Mary" | "Proud Mary" | "Proud Mary" | Eliminated |

##### Judges' votes to save

* Wojewódzki: Maja Hyży - backed his own act
* Okupnik: Girls On Fire - backed her own act
* Mozil: Maja Hyży - thought Hyży had better connection with audience

#### Week 6: Semi-final (18 May)

* Theme: Soul; Big Band
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show :
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
| Klaudia Gawor | 1 | "Lady Marmalade" | 5 | "All the Man That I Need" | Safe |
| Grzegorz Hyży | 2 | "I Need a Dollar" | 6 | "If You Don't Know Me by Now" | Bottom two |
| Maja Hyży | 3 | "Smooth Operator" | 7 | "If I Ain't Got You" | Bottom two |
| Wojciech Ezzat | 4 | "Georgia on My Mind" | 8 | "Don't Stop the Music" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||||
| Maja Hyży | 1 | "The Best" | "The Best" | "The Best" | Eliminated |
| Grzegorz Hyży | 2 | "She Will Be Loved" | "She Will Be Loved" | "She Will Be Loved" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to save

* Wojewódzki: Maja Hyży - stated his vote was not against Grzegorz Hyży, but had to back his own act, Maja Hyży
* Mozil: Grzegorz Hyży - backed his own act
* Okupnik: Grzegorz Hyży - thought there were some weaknesses in Maja Hyży's performances and decided to back Grzegorz Hyży

#### Week 7: Final (26 May)

* Theme: Favourite performance; winner's single; celebrity duets
* Group performance: "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" (all finalists)
Contestants' performances on the seventh live show :
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Order | Third song (duet) | Result |
| Grzegorz Hyży | 1 | "Seven Nation Army" | 4 | "Pragnienie" | 7 | "Wild Love" (with Rea Garvey) | Runner-up |
| Wojciech Ezzat | 2 | "With a Little Help from My Friends" | 5 | "Ilu" | 8 | "Twist In My Sobriety" (with Tanita Tikaram) | Third Place |
| Klaudia Gawor | 3 | "Because You Loved Me" | 6 | "Lekkość życia bez słów" | 9 | "List" (with Edyta Górniak) | Winner |

## Winner

On 26 May 2013 in the final episode of the series Klaudia Gawor was crowned the winner.
Klaudia Gawor (born 1995) is a singer from Kraków. She has been singing for five years, after her primary school music teacher encouraged her to take vocal lessons. She graduated from a two-year vocal-acting school. In 2011 Gawor won „Talenty Małopolski 2011” competition and „Festiwal Małych Form Teatralnych”. Now she is taking classical vocal lessons. Since 2011 she is a member of Kraków Gospel Choir. Her favourite music genres are jazz, soul and 60's blues.

## Ratings

Summary of episode ratings :
| Episode | Date | Official rating (millions) | Share (%) | Share 16-49 (%) |
| Auditions 1 | 23 February | 3 795 983 | 24,40% | 28,60% |
| Auditions 2 | 2 March | 3 739 828 | 23,10% | 27,40% |
| Auditions 3 | 9 March | 3 533 616 | 21,60% | 25,50% |
| Auditions 4 | 16 March | 3 516 578 | 22,00% | 26,10% |
| Auditions 5 | 23 March | 3 835 956 | 24,10% | 28,70% |
| Bootcamp | 30 March | 3 075 405 | 21,70% | 25,40% |
| Judges' houses | 6 April | 2 660 557 | 16,80% | 20,80% |
| Live show 1 | 13 April | 2 997 794 | 19,80% | 25,70% |
| Live show 2 | 20 April | 2 478 378 | 16,90% | 21,60% |
| Live show 3 | 27 April | 2 368 109 | 16,50% | 21,20% |
| Live show 4 | 4 May | 2 391 181 | 17,40% | 20,60% |
| Live show 5 | 11 May | 2 426 957 | 18,30% | 22,40% |
| Live Semi-final | 18 May | 2 252 811 | 17,50% | 22,70% |
| Live Final | 26 May | 3 126 014 | 19,50% | 22,50% |
| Series average | 2013 | 2 966 146 | 19,89% | 24,22% |