# X-Faktor series 7

X-Faktor is a Hungarian television music competition to find new singing talent. The seventh series aired on RTL Klub in 2017. Instead of Bence Istenes in Season 7, Kiss Ramona will be the new show host. ByeAlex, Laci Gáspár, Peti Puskás remained in the jury in the 7th season. After 3 years Gabi Tóth, left X-FaKtor, and was replaced by Gigi Radics. Ricco & Claudia won the competition and they became the first group to win the show and also they became the first foreign act to win the show.

## Judges' houses

The Judges' houses episodes aired on 7 October and 8 October 2017. As opposed to previous seasons, this was not the place for guest speakers, but every mentor listened to the performances of the four categories, then the mentor of that category would automatically choose two contestants for the live shows and leave one more contestant for the other three mentors to choose. The Hungarian X-Factor is the first where this format is used.
The twelve eliminated acts were:
* Boys: Martin Barna, Dániel Bereznay, Pál Kovács
* Girls: Boglárka Izsó, Anna Lengyel, Szandra Klarissza Oláh
* Over 25s: Snjezana Pecija, Dezső Rékasi, David Vardanov
* Groups: Catchy Workshop, Florián Kvintett, M&M

## 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    – Withdrawn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 October 11, 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.

## Results summary

    – mentored by ByeAlex (Girls)  – Bottom two/three  – mentored by Gigi Radics (Boys)  – Safe  – mentored by Laci Gáspár (Groups)  – Eliminated by SMS vote  – mentored by Peti Puskás (Over 25s)
| Contestant | Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Final Week 7 | Final Week 7 |
| Contestant | Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Round 1 | Round 2 |
| | Ricco & Claudia | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | Winners 50.93% |
| | Serena Rigacci | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | Runner-up 49.07% |
| | Roland Gulyás | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | Eliminated (Week 7) |
| | Bettina Tóth | 4th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | Eliminated (Week 6) | Eliminated (Week 6) |
| | Dániel Berta | 5th | 7th | 5th | 6th | 5th | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) |
| | Lívia Abaházi Nagy | 7th | 4th | 6th | 5th | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) |
| | Viola Erdős | 9th | 9th | 7th | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) |
| | Dániel Bereznay | 6th | 6th | 8th | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) |
| | London Kids | 10th | 8th | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) |
| | Norbert Mézes | 8th | 10th | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) |
| | Péter Hegedűs | 11th | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) |
| | Radio Mobster | 12th | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) |
| Final Showdown | Final Showdown | London Kids, Péter Hegedűs | London Kids, Viola Erdős | Lívia Abaházi Nagy, Viola Erdős | Lívia Abaházi Nagy, Dániel Berta | Dániel Berta, Bettina Tóth | Roland Gulyás, Bettina Tóth | 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 |
| Gáspár's vote to eliminate | Gáspár's vote to eliminate | Péter Hegedűs | Viola Erdős | Lívia Abaházi Nagy | Dániel Berta | Dániel Berta | Bettina Tóth | 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 |
| Puskás's vote to eliminate | Puskás's vote to eliminate | London Kids | London Kids | Viola Erdős | Lívia Abaházi Nagy | Bettina Tóth | Roland Gulyás | 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 |
| Radics's vote to eliminate | Radics's vote to eliminate | London Kids | London Kids | Viola Erdős | Lívia Abaházi Nagy | Dániel Berta | Bettina Tóth | 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 |
| ByeAlex's vote to eliminate | ByeAlex's vote to eliminate | Péter Hegedűs | London Kids | Lívia Abaházi Nagy | Lívia Abaházi Nagy | Dániel Berta | Roland Gulyás | 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 | Péter Hegedűs 2 from 4 votes Deadlock | London Kids 3 from 4 votes Majority | Viola Erdős 2 from 4 votes Deadlock | Lívia Abaházi Nagy 3 from 4 votes Majority | Dániel Berta 3 from 4 votes Majority | Bettina Tóth 2 from 4 votes Deadlock | Roland Gulyás 3rd Place | Serena Rigacci 2nd place |
| Eliminated | Eliminated | Radio Mobster SMS vote | Norbert Mézes SMS vote | Dániel Bereznay SMS vote | Lívia Abaházi Nagy 3 from 4 votes Majority | Dániel Berta 3 from 4 votes Majority | Bettina Tóth 2 from 4 votes Deadlock | Roland Gulyás 3rd Place | Ricco & Claudia 1st Place |

## Live Shows
### Week 1 (14 October)

* Celebrity performer: Gabi Tóth ("Ízedre vágyom")
* Group performance: "Love and Bass"/"Bababo"
A summary of the contestants' performances on the first live show and results show, along with the results. :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Dániel Berta | 1 | "Élvezd" | Safe |
| Bettina Tóth | 2 | "Mercy" | Safe |
| London Kids | 3 | "Into You" | Bottom three |
| Norbert Mézes | 4 | "Bodzavirág" | Safe |
| Dániel Bereznay | 5 | "Too Close" | Safe |
| Ricco & Claudia | 6 | "I Will Always Love You" | Safe |
| Viola Erdős | 7 | "Ha az életben" | Safe |
| Lívia Abaházi Nagy | 8 | "Nessun dorma" | Safe |
| Radio Mobster | 9 | "Anti Anti" | Eliminated |
| Roland Gulyás | 10 | "Thinking Out Loud" | Safe |
| Serena Rigacci | 11 | "Wrecking Ball" | Safe |
| Péter Hegedűs | 12 | "Freestyler" | Bottom three |
| Final showdown details ||||
| London Kids | 1 | "The One That Got Away" | Safe |
| Péter Hegedűs | 2 | "U Can't Touch This" | Eliminated |

#### Judge's vote to eliminate

* Gáspár: Péter Hegedűs
* Puskás: London Kids
* Radics: London Kids
* ByeAlex: Péter Hegedűs
With each act receiving two votes, the result was reverted to the earlier public vote. Péter Hegedűs received the fewest votes and was eliminated.

### Week 2 (21 October)

A summary of the contestants' performances on the second live show and results show, along with the results. :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Serena Rigacci | 1 | "Crawling" | Safe |
| Dániel Berta | 2 | "Canción del Mariachi" | Safe |
| London Kids | 3 | "Girls / Girls / Boys" | Bottom three |
| Dániel Bereznay | 4 | "When I Was Your Man" | Safe |
| Bettina Tóth | 5 | "Look What You Made Me Do" | Safe |
| Norbert Mézes | 6 | "The Winner Takes It All" | Eliminated |
| Roland Gulyás | 7 | "Uprising" | Safe |
| Ricco & Claudia | 8 | "Skyfall" | Safe |
| Viola Erdős | 9 | "Seven Nation Army" | Bottom three |
| Lívia Abaházi Nagy | 10 | "A csitári hegyek alatt" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| London Kids | 1 | "Sose" | Eliminated |
| Viola Erdős | 2 | "Hétköznapi" | Safe |

#### Judge's vote to eliminate

* Gáspár: Viola Erdős
* ByeAlex: London Kids
* Puskás: London Kids
* Radics: London Kids

### Week 3 (28 October)

* Celebrity performer: Dóra Danics ("A nagylány vidám")
A summary of the contestants' performances on the third live show and results show, along with the results. :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Ricco & Claudia | 1 | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" | Safe |
| Viola Erdős | 2 | "Earthquake" | Bottom three |
| Lívia Abaházi Nagy | 3 | "Habanera (carmen)" | Bottom three |
| Dániel Bereznay | 4 | "Shape of You"/"Galway Girl" | Eliminated |
| Bettina Tóth | 5 | "Humble" | Safe |
| Serena Rigacci | 6 | "All by Myself" | Safe |
| Dániel Berta | 7 | "Júlia nem akar a földön járni" | Safe |
| Roland Gulyás | 8 | "Álomarcú lány" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Viola Erdős | 1 | "Márti dala" | Eliminated |
| Lívia Abaházi Nagy | 2 | "I Dreamed a Dream" (Hungarian) | Safe |

#### Judge's vote to eliminate

* ByeAlex: Lívia Abaházi Nagy
* Radics: Viola Erdős
* Puskás: Viola Erdős
* Gáspár: Lívia Abaházi Nagy
With each act receiving two votes, the result was reverted to the earlier public vote. Viola Erdős received the fewest votes and was eliminated.

### Week 4 (4 November)

A summary of the contestants' performances on the fourth live show and results show, along with the results. :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Lívia Abaházi Nagy | 1 | "The Phantom of the Opera" | Bottom two |
| Bettina Tóth | 2 | "Zsolti, a béka" | Safe |
| Roland Gulyás | 3 | "Believer" | Safe |
| Ricco & Claudia | 4 | "Tears" | Safe |
| Dániel Berta | 5 | "They Don't Care About Us" | Bottom two |
| Serena Rigacci | 6 | "Tavaszi szél vizet áraszt" | Safe |
| Duet ||||
| Dániel Berta and Roland Gulyás | 1 | "Say Say Say" | "Say Say Say" |
| Lívia Abaházi Nagy & Ricco & Claudia | 2 | "Adagio" | "Adagio" |
| Serena Rigacci and Bettina Tóth | 3 | "Swalla" | "Swalla" |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Dániel Berta | 1 | "Vertigo" | Safe |
| Lívia Abaházi Nagy | 2 | "Egy rózsaszál" | Eliminated |

#### Judge's vote to eliminate

* ByeAlex: Lívia Abaházi Nagy
* Radics: Lívia Abaházi Nagy
* Gáspár: Dániel Berta
* Puskás: Lívia Abaházi Nagy

### Week 5 (11 November)

* Theme: One Hungarian song and one English song
A summary of the contestants' performances on the fifth live show and results show, along with the results. :
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
| Bettina Tóth | 1 | "Bodak Yellow" | 9 | "Zenebuddhizmus" | Bottom two |
| Ricco & Claudia | 2 | "Megtalállak" | 6 | "Shackles (Praise You)" | Safe |
| Roland Gulyás | 3 | "Fallin'" | 10 | "A boldogság Te vagy" | Safe |
| Dániel Berta | 4 | "Erre még meghívlak" | 7 | "Word Up!" | Bottom two |
| Serena Rigacci | 5 | "Over You" | 8 | "That’s What I Like" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||||
| Dániel Berta | 1 | "Call Me" | "Call Me" | "Call Me" | Eliminated |
| Bettina Tóth | 2 | "Egyszer fent, egyszer lent" | "Egyszer fent, egyszer lent" | "Egyszer fent, egyszer lent" | Safe |

#### Judge's vote to eliminate

* ByeAlex: Dániel Berta
* Radics: Dániel Berta
* Puskás: Bettina Tóth
* Gáspár: Dániel Berta

### Week 6 (18 November)

A summary of the contestants' performances on the sixth live show and results show, along with the results. :
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
| Serena Rigacci | 1 | "Toxic" | 5 | "Don't Let Me Down" | Safe |
| Ricco & Claudia | 2 | "Ajtók mögött" | 8 | "As" | Safe |
| Bettina Tóth | 3 | "H•A•M" | 7 | "Képkockák " | Bottom two |
| Roland Gulyás | 4 | "Kicsi, gyere velem rózsát szedni" | 6 | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Bottom two |
| Final showdown details ||||||
| Bettina Tóth | 1 | "New Slaves" | "New Slaves" | "New Slaves" | Eliminated |
| Roland Gulyás | 2 | "Take Me to Church" | "Take Me to Church" | "Take Me to Church" | Safe |

#### Judge's vote to eliminate

* ByeAlex: Roland Gulyás
* Radics: Bettina Tóth
* Puskás: Roland Gulyás
* Gáspár: Bettina Tóth
With each act receiving two votes, the result was reverted to the earlier public vote. Bettina Tóth received the fewest votes and was eliminated.

### Week 7 Final (25 November)

* Theme: mentor's choice, a duet with mentor, contestant's choice, winner's single
A summary of the contestants' performances on the seventh live show and results show, along with the results. :
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Order | Third song | Order | Fourth song | Result |
| Roland Gulyás | 1 | "Numb" | 6 | "Vadonatúj érzés" (with Gigi Radics) | N/A (Already Eliminated) | N/A (Already Eliminated) | N/A (Already Eliminated) | N/A (Already Eliminated) | 3rd Place |
| Ricco & Claudia | 2 | "Writing's on the Wall" | 5 | "És Mégis Forog a Föld" (with Laci Gáspár) | 8 | "Lay Me Down" | 9 | "Ha minden van, semmit sem látsz" | Winner |
| Serena Rigacci | 3 | "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" | 4 | "Az én rózsám"(with ByeAlex) | 7 | "Praying" | 10 | "Way Too Young" | Runner-up |