# X-Faktor series 3

This is the third season of Hungarian version of The X Factor.
The first promo for applying was broadcast in April, 2012. Nóra Ördög returned to host the show. RTL KLUB confirmed the judges on 25 June, all of the four judges would be back for season 3.
The show started the Fall of 2012. The producers promised it would be the best and the biggest season of the show. In this series the production used the new X Faktor logo and styling and also changed the judges place on the panel.
First time it would be the rival show of TV2 (Hungary)'s Voice. The Voice would be a real rival, because Miklós Malek's sister Andrea Malek was joining to the Voice's line up. X Faktor is the most viewed talent show in Hungarian TV history.
The first promo was aired on 9 August. The channel announced 16 August, that X-Faktor would return on 1 September 2012.

## Auditions

The auditions started in the summer of 2012, with more than 5,000 candidates for the third series in Hungary. The judges auditions took place in Budapest on 25–28 June. This is the first time when the judges' auditions take more than one day.

## Bootcamp

The Bootcamp stage of the show also took place in Budapest. Some 130 acts were invited for singing. The taping of the session started 16 July, and finished 20 July. One of the judges Ildikó Keresztes, said it was a really hard, but also a really dramatic Bootcamp. The Bootcamp was aired on 29 and 30 September. On the first day the 130 hopefuls sang a song in groups. The songs were chosen by the judges. At the end of the day 30 acts were sent home. On the second day, the contestants has a dance lesson, the judges saw the rehearsal, and after that the contestants of the four category (Girls, Boys, Groups and Over 28s) made a presentation of their dancing knowledge. At the end of the day, the judges revealed the 50 acts, who went through for the last day of the Bootcamp. On the third day, the contestantas sang live for an audience and the judges. The hopefuls chose a song, what they wanted to sing. At the end of the day, the judges revealed the 25 remaining acts for the Judges' Homes. the girls category has an extra, 7th acts. And the judges find out, which category will they mentoring.

## Judges' houses

At this stage of the competition each judge mentored six acts. Each judge had help from a guest judge to choose their final acts. Keresztes was helped by Balázs Fehér, Malek by Gabi Tóth, Nagy by Tamás Molnár, and Geszti by Titusz Tiszttartó. Contestants performed one song for their respective judge. Each judge and their guest eliminated three acts, leaving twelve remaining. The judges' houses stage was broadcast in two episodes on 6 and 7 October 2012.
The thirteen eliminated acts were:
* Boys: Emota Bálint Ekanem, Csaba Meggyes, Szilárd Nagy
* Girls: Réka Balla, Dóra Danics, Kinga Jáger, Loretta Pál
* Over 28s: Sándor Horváth, Zsolt Ernő Kiss, Erika Kovács
* Groups: ByTheWay, Soldiers, Wonderfool

## Contestants

Twelve acts go through to this stage of the show.
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 28s (Keresztes) | László Kovács | Bea Lass | Krisztián Zámbó |
| Groups (Nagy) | Like | P.J.Z. | Spirit |

## Results summary

    – mentored by Miklós Malek (Girls)  – Bottom two  – mentored by Péter Geszti (Boys)  – Most public votes that week  – mentored by Feró Nagy (Groups)  – mentored by Ildikó Keresztes (Over 28s)
| | | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Final Week 10 | Final Week 10 |
| | | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Round 1 | Round 2 |
| | Gergő Oláh | 1st 30.27% | 1st 35.24% | 1st 37.89% | 1st 31.85% | 1st 34.35% | 1st 36.57% | 1st 38.01% | 1st 33.42% | 1st 38.23% | 1st 46.66% | 1st 50.56% |
| | Tímea Antal | 3rd 11.79% | 2nd 12.69% | 2nd 13.08% | 4th 12.52% | 4th 10.20% | 2nd 22.36% | 2nd 20.63% | 2nd 27.19% | 2nd 29.82% | 2nd 31.95% | 2nd 49.44% |
| | Adél Csobot | 2nd 11.98% | 4th 11.15% | 3rd 12.80% | 2nd 13.92% | 2nd 14.13% | 3rd 13.82% | 3rd 14.82% | 3rd 15.09% | 3rd 17.77% | 3rd 21.39% | Eliminated (Week 10) |
| | Dávid Szabó | 5th 8.49% | 8th 4.56% | 8th 4.21% | 7th 5.66% | 5th 8.25% | 6th 6.19% | 4th 11.87% | 4th 15.00% | 4th 14.17% | Eliminated (Week 9) | Eliminated (Week 9) |
| | László Kovács | 7th 5.64% | 6th 5.92% | 7th 4,52% | 8th 4.24% | 8th 7.13% | 5th 6.61% | 6th 5.31% | 5th 9.29% | Eliminated (Week 8) | Eliminated (Week 8) | Eliminated (Week 8) |
| | Krisztián Zámbó | 4th 10.35% | 3rd 11.96% | 4th 9.00% | 3rd 13.82% | 3rd 10.69% | 4th 8.76% | 5th 9.36% | Eliminated (Week 7) | Eliminated (Week 7) | Eliminated (Week 7) | Eliminated (Week 7) |
| | Like | 8th 3.89% | 5th 5.95% | 6th 4.78% | 6th 5.85% | 6th 8.09% | 7th 5.70% | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) |
| | Zoltán Fehér | 11th 2.41% | 7th 4.60% | 10th 3.17% | 5th 8.02% | 7th 7.17% | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) |
| | Bea Lass | 10th 2.81% | 11th 1.46% | 5th 7.03% | 9th 4.12% | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) |
| | Spirit | 6th 6.27% | 9th 3.38% | 9th 3.52% | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) |
| | P.J.Z. | 9th 3.89% | 10th 3.11% | 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) |
| | Andrea Kvaka | 12th 2.21% | 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 | Zoltán Fehér, Andrea Kvaka | P.J.Z., Bea Lass | Spirit, Zoltán Fehér | László Kovács, Bea Lass | László Kovács, Zoltán Fehér | Like, Dávid Szabó | László Kovács, Krisztián Zámbó | László Kovács, Dávid Szabó | Adél Csobot, Dávid Szabó | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins |
| Geszti's vote to eliminate | Geszti's vote to eliminate | Andrea Kvaka | P.J.Z. | Spirit | László Kovács | László Kovács | Like | Krisztián Zámbó | László Kovács | Adél Csobot | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins |
| Keresztes's vote to eliminate | Keresztes's vote to eliminate | Andrea Kvaka | P.J.Z. | Spirit | László Kovács | Zoltán Fehér | Like | - | Dávid Szabó | Adél Csobot | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins |
| Malek's vote to eliminate | Malek's vote to eliminate | Zoltán Fehér | P.J.Z. | Spirit | Bea Lass | Zoltán Fehér | Like | Krisztián Zámbó | László Kovács | Dávid Szabó | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins |
| Nagy's vote to eliminate | Nagy's vote to eliminate | Andrea Kvaka | Bea Lass | Zoltán Fehér | Bea Lass | Zoltán Fehér | Dávid Szabó | Krisztián Zámbó | László Kovács | Dávid Szabó | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins | No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins |
| Eliminated | Eliminated | Andrea Kvaka 3 from 4 votes Majority | P.J.Z. 3 from 4 votes Majority | Spirit 3 from 4 votes Majority | Bea Lass 2 from 4 votes Deadlock | Zoltán Fehér 3 from 4 votes Majority | Like 3 from 4 votes Majority | Krisztián Zámbó 3 from 3 votes Majority | László Kovács 3 from 4 votes Majority | Dávid Szabó 2 from 4 votes Deadlock | Adél Csobot 3rd Place | Tímea Antal 2nd Place |
| Eliminated | Eliminated | Andrea Kvaka 3 from 4 votes Majority | P.J.Z. 3 from 4 votes Majority | Spirit 3 from 4 votes Majority | Bea Lass 2 from 4 votes Deadlock | Zoltán Fehér 3 from 4 votes Majority | Like 3 from 4 votes Majority | Krisztián Zámbó 3 from 3 votes Majority | László Kovács 3 from 4 votes Majority | Dávid Szabó 2 from 4 votes Deadlock | Adél Csobot 3rd Place | Gergő Oláh 1st Place |

## Live Shows
### Week 1 (13 October)

* Theme: Songs chosen by the contestants
A summary of the contestants' performances on the first live show and results show, along with the results. :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| P.J.Z. | 1 | "Let's Get It Started" | Safe |
| Andrea Kvaka | 2 | "Sweet Child o' Mine" | Bottom two |
| Zoltán Fehér | 3 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | Bottom two |
| László Kovács | 4 | "Nem vagyok tökéletes" | Safe |
| Tímea Antal | 5 | "All the Man That I Need" | Safe |
| Like | 6 | "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" | Safe |
| Krisztián Zámbó | 7 | "Incomplete" | Safe |
| Spirit | 8 | "We Are Young" | Safe |
| Gergő Oláh | 9 | "Runaway Baby" | Safe |
| Adél Csobot | 10 | "Back It Up" | Safe |
| Dávid Szabó | 11 | "Hero" | Safe |
| Bea Lass | 12 | "Speechless" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Zoltán Fehér | 1 | "Mondd, mit tegyek, hogy érezd?" | Safe |
| Andrea Kvaka | 2 | "Végső vallomás " | Eliminated |

#### Judge's vote to eliminate

* Nagy: Andrea Kvaka
* Malek: Zoltán Fehér
* Keresztes: Andrea Kvaka
* Geszti: Andrea Kvaka

### Week 2 (20 October)

A summary of the contestants' performances on the second live show and results show, along with the results. :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Bea Lass | 1 | "Get the Party Started" | Bottom two |
| Spirit | 2 | "Save the World" | Safe |
| Tímea Antal | 3 | "Euphoria" | Safe |
| Dávid Szabó | 4 | "Rock DJ" | Safe |
| László Kovács | 5 | "Hello" | Safe |
| P.J.Z. | 6 | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" | Bottom two |
| Zoltán Fehér | 7 | "When I Get You Alone" | Safe |
| Like | 8 | "Stay" | Safe |
| Krisztián Zámbó | 9 | "Harc és vágy" | Safe |
| Adél Csobot | 10 | "Call Me Maybe" | Safe |
| Gergő Oláh | 11 | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| P.J.Z. | 1 | "Love the Way You Lie" | Eliminated |
| Bea Lass | 2 | "Egészen, mert félig nem tudok" | Safe |

#### Judge's vote to eliminate

* Geszti: P.J.Z.
* Malek: P.J.Z.
* Keresztes: P.J.Z.
* Nagy: Lass Bea

### Week 3 (27 October)

* Theme: Movie themes
A summary of the contestants' performances on the third live show and results show, along with the results. :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Krisztián Zámbó | 1 | "GoldenEye" | Safe |
| Adél Csobot | 2 | "Hanky Panky" | Safe |
| Bea Lass | 3 | "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" | Safe |
| Zoltán Fehér | 4 | "Licence to Kill" | Bottom two |
| Spirit | 5 | "Tainted Love" | Bottom two |
| Dávid Szabó | 6 | "Millennium" | Safe |
| László Kovács | 7 | "You Know My Name" | Safe |
| Gergő Oláh | 8 | "If I Only Knew" | Safe |
| Tímea Antal | 9 | "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" | Safe |
| Like | 10 | "Live and Let Die" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Spirit | 1 | "Csepp a tengerben" | Eliminated |
| Zoltán Fehér | 2 | "Valahol elrontottam" | Safe |

#### Judge's vote to eliminate

* Malek: Spirit
* Geszti: Spirit
* Nagy: Zoltán Fehér
* Keresztes: Spirit

### Week 4 (3 November)

* Theme: Life is beautiful
A summary of the contestants' performances on the fourth live show and results show, along with the results. :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| László Kovács | 1 | "Mid nem voltam még neked" | Bottom two |
| Like | 2 | "California King Bed" | Safe |
| Dávid Szabó | 3 | "Csillagok" | Safe |
| Bea Lass | 4 | "A szerelem sivataga" | Bottom two |
| Zoltán Fehér | 5 | "Marry You" | Safe |
| Tímea Antal | 6 | "A szerelem fáj" | Safe |
| Gergő Oláh | 7 | "Hall of Fame" | Safe |
| Krisztián Zámbó | 8 | "Dance with My Father" | Safe |
| Adél Csobot | 9 | "99 Red Balloons" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| László Kovács | 1 | "Utolsó érintés" | Safe |
| Bea Lass | 2 | "Vadvirág" | Eliminated |

#### Judge's vote to eliminate

* Malek: Bea Lass
* Geszti: László Kovács
* Nagy: Bea Lass
* Keresztes: László Kovács
As both Acts got 2 Votes, they went to deadlock and Bea Lass was eliminated.

### Week 5 (10 November)

A summary of the contestants' performances on the fifth live show and results show, along with the results. :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Dávid Szabó | 1 | "Fairytale" | Safe |
| Krisztián Zámbó | 2 | "Keep the Faith" | Safe |
| Adél Csobot | 3 | "Eternal Flame" | Safe |
| László Kovács | 4 | "Vágtass velem! (Kő kövön...)" | Bottom two |
| Tímea Antal | 5 | "Behind These Hazel Eyes" | Safe |
| Zoltán Fehér | 6 | "Bennünk a világ" | Bottom two |
| Gergő Oláh | 7 | "Too Close" | Safe |
| Like | 8 | "Ez az a perc" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Zoltán Fehér | 1 | "Mondd, miért fáj ugyanúgy?" | Eliminated |
| László Kovács | 2 | "Érints meg" | Safe |

#### Judge's vote to eliminate

* Geszti: László Kovács
* Keresztes: Zoltán Fehér
* Nagy: Zoltán Fehér
* Malek: Zoltán Fehér

### Week 6 (17 November)

A summary of the contestants' performances on the sixth live show and results show, along with the results. :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Like | 1 | "I'll Be There for You" | Bottom two |
| László Kovács | 2 | "Soha még" | Safe |
| Dávid Szabó | 3 | "Kerek egész" | Bottom two |
| Tímea Antal | 4 | "Over the Rainbow" | Safe |
| Krisztián Zámbó | 5 | "Hagyd meg nekem a dalt" | Safe |
| Adél Csobot | 6 | "Fekete rúzs" | Safe |
| Gergő Oláh | 7 | "Wild Wild West" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Dávid Szabó | 1 | "The Climb" | Safe |
| Like | 2 | "Russian Roulette" | Eliminated |

#### Judge's vote to eliminate

* Geszti: Like
* Keresztes: Like
* Nagy: Dávid Szabó
* Malek: Like

### Week 7 (24 November)

A summary of the contestants' performances on the seventh live show and results show, along with the results. :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| László Kovács | 1 | "Pancsoló kislány" | Bottom two |
| Adél Csobot | 2 | "Mama" | Safe |
| Gergő Oláh | 3 | "Szállj fel magasra!" | Safe |
| Krisztián Zámbó | 4 | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" | Bottom two |
| Tímea Antal | 5 | "Domino" | Safe |
| Dávid Szabó | 6 | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | Safe |
| Duet ||||
| Tímea Antal & Dávid Szabó | 1 | "Moves like Jagger" | "Moves like Jagger" |
| Krisztián Zámbó & László Kovács | 2 | "Feketén a hófehér" | "Feketén a hófehér" |
| Adél Csobot & Gergő Oláh | 3 | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | "The Way You Make Me Feel" |
| Final showdown details ||||
| László Kovács | 1 | "November" | Safe |
| Krisztián Zámbó | 2 | "Még nem veszíthetek" | Eliminated |

#### Judge's vote to eliminate

* Geszti: Krisztián Zámbó
* Keresztes: no need to vote
* Nagy: Krisztián Zámbó
* Malek: Krisztián Zámbó

### Week 8 (1 December)

* Theme: One English song & One Hungarian song
A summary of the contestants' performances on the eighth live show and results show, along with the results. :
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
| Gergő Oláh | 1 | "The Other Side" | 6 | "Nagy utazás" | Safe |
| Adél Csobot | 2 | "Például te" | 7 | "The Loco-Motion" | Safe |
| László Kovács | 3 | "Mindenki valakié" | 8 | "Send Me an Angel" | Bottom two |
| Dávid Szabó | 4 | "Livin' la Vida Loca" | 10 | "Hogyan tudnék élni nélküled" | Bottom two |
| Tímea Antal | 5 | "Ez a vonat, ha elindult, hadd menjen..." | 9 | "Crazy in Love"/"Crazy" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||||
| László Kovács | 1 | "Hol van a szó" | "Hol van a szó" | "Hol van a szó" | Eliminated |
| Dávid Szabó | 2 | "Eskünk" | "Eskünk" | "Eskünk" | Safe |

#### Judge's vote to eliminate

* Geszti: László Kovács
* Keresztes: Dávid Szabó
* Nagy: László Kovács
* Malek: László Kovács

### Week 9 (8 December)

* Theme: One English song & One Hungarian song
A summary of the contestants' performances on the ninth live show and results show, along with the results. :
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
| Adél Csobot | 1 | "Szívemben bomba van"/"Sohase mondd" | 6 | "Imagine" | Bottom two |
| Gergő Oláh | 2 | "Tartozom" | 5 | "Don't Stop Me Now" | Safe |
| Dávid Szabó | 3 | "Circle of Life" | 7 | "Megtalállak még"/"A zene kísér majd az úton" | Bottom two |
| Tímea Antal | 4 | "Szerelem, miért múlsz?" | 8 | "All by Myself" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||||
| Dávid Szabó | 1 | "Valahol" | "Valahol" | "Valahol" | Eliminated |
| Adél Csobot | 2 | "My Funny Valentine" | "My Funny Valentine" | "My Funny Valentine" | Safe |

#### Judge's vote to eliminate

* Geszti: Adél Csobot
* Keresztes: Adél Csobot
* Nagy: Dávid Szabó
* Malek: Dávid Szabó
As both Acts got 2 Votes, they went to deadlock and Dávid Szabó was eliminated.

### Week 10 (15/16 December)
#### Saturday Night

* Theme: One with a surprise duet partner
* Duets:
** Tímea Antal and Tibor Kasza
** Gergő Oláh and Bebe
** Adél Csobot and Bery
A summary of the contestants' performances on the tenth live show and results show, along with the results. :
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Order | Third song | Result |
| Tímea Antal | 1 | "Mercy" | 4 | "Amíg csak élek" | 7 | "Run to You" | Safe |
| Gergő Oláh | 2 | "Part-Time Lover" | 5 | "Tevagyazakitalegjobban" | 8 | "Billie Jean" | Safe |
| Adél Csobot | 3 | "That Man" | 6 | "Egyedül" | 9 | "What a Wonderful World" | 3rd |

#### Sunday Night

* Theme: Finalist's favourite previously performed song, one with a surprise duet partner, Winner Song
* Duets:
** Tímea Antal and Tibor Kocsis
** Gergő Oláh and Csaba Vastag
A summary of the contestants' performances on the finals and results show, along with the results. :
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Order | Third song | Result |
| Gergő Oláh | 1 | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" | 3 | "Őrizd az álmod" | 5 | "Törj ki a csendből!" | Winner |
| Tímea Antal | 2 | "Over the Rainbow" | 4 | "Lásd a csodát" | 6 | "Törj ki a csendből!" | Runner-Up |