# X Factor (Polish TV series) season 2

The second series of Polish television music competition X Factor started on TVN on 3 March and will end in June 2012. The pre-auditions took place in December 2011 and filmed auditions began on 10 January 2012 in Zabrze. Two of the judges, Czesław Mozil and Kuba Wojewódzki returned, though Maja Sablewska had left the show after the first series. She was replaced by a new judge, Tatiana Okupnik. Jarosław Kuźniar returned to present the show.

## Judges and presenter

The judging panel line-up for the second series of X Factor was revealed on 5 January 2012. Kuba Wojewódzki and Czesław Mozil returned for the show and were joined by new judge, Tatiana Okupnik, who replaced Maja Sablewska.
In December 2012, media reported that Maja Sablewska would not return and would be replaced by a female singer. Monika Brodka, Ewa Farna and Tatiana Okupnik were said to be in the running for the job.
In October 2011, Adam Darski, better known by his stage name Nergal, was rumoured to join X Factor judging panel. He was a judge on the first series of The Voice of Poland, but was expected not to return for the next year due to the controversy caused by his appearance on the show. Darski was accused of spreading satanism by his behaviour on stage. That was why many catholic organisations wanted the public Polish Television (TVP) which broadcasts the show, to fire him. His contract with TVP expired after the final of the series in December 2011.
In November 2011, Fakt reported that Natalia Kukulska might join the judging panel, replacing Maja Sablewska. Kukulska was already rumoured as judge on the first series of X Factor in late 2010, but the network decided to hire Sablewska. According to some reports, Kukulska was interested in the judging role on the show.
On 8 November 2011, Fakt reported that Edyta Górniak was one of the favourites to become the permanent judge or only appear at the judges' houses stage of the show. Few days later, in an interview with Plejada she confirmed that she had been offered a judging role on X Factor and its rival show, Bitwa na głosy. She revealed that she was considering both offers, but not as seriously as media reports. She also added that she wanted to focus on her upcoming concerts and might not have enough time to serve as a judge. Later, Górniak was announced as the new coach on Bitwa na głosy.
On 21 November 2011, it was officially confirmed by TVN that Jarosław Kuźniar would return to present the second series of X Factor.

## Selection process
### Applications and auditions

The pre-auditions took place in December 2011 in four Polish cities: Gdańsk, Wrocław, Zabrze and Warsaw. These featured auditionees performing in front of the producers only, without judges' participation yet. The filming started with the judges' auditions, which began on 10 January 2012 in Zabrze. These also continued on 11 and 12 January. The second part of Zabrze auditions took place on 25, 26 and 27 January.
| City | Venue | Pre-audition | Audition |
| Gdańsk | Hotel Mercure 'Heweliusz' | 2 December 2011 | — |
| Wrocław | Hotel Mercure 'Panorama' | 4 December 2011 | — |
| Zabrze | House of Music and Dance | 11 December 2011 | 10–12 January 2012; 25–27 January 2012 |
| Warsaw | Torwar Hall | 17 December 2011 | — |

### Bootcamp

Bootcamp took place on 31 January and 1 February in Warsaw. The episode was broadcast on 7 April 2012.
The fifteen chosen acts were:
* 16-24s - Anna Antonik, Ewelina Lisowska, Bożena Mazur, Dawid Podsiadło, Klaudia Szafrańska
* Over 25s - Paweł 'Biba' Binkiewicz, Thomas Grotto, Joanna Kwaśnik, Izabela Mytnik, Marcin Spenner
* Groups - Che Donne, De Facto, Okay, Soul City, The Chance

### Judges' houses

Tatiana Okupnik was joined by Verona Chard, who helped her to choose her final three acts. Kuba Wojewódzki invited Leszek Możdzer. Czesław Mozil was aided by Ewa Farna.
The six eliminated acts were:
* 16-24s: Klaudia Szafrańska, Bożena Mazur
* Over-25s: Izabela Mytnik, Thomas Grotto
* Groups: Che Donne, Okay
Contestants' performances on the judges' houses :
| Act | Song | Result |
| Over-25s |||
| Marcin Spenner | "Iris" | Through |
| Paweł Binkiewicz | "Maybe Tomorrow" | Through |
| Joanna Kwaśnik | "If I Ain't Got You" | Through |
| Izabela Mytnik | "True Colors" | Eliminated |
| Thomas Grotto | "Let Me Entertain You" | Eliminated |
| Groups |||
| Che Donne | "Sway" | Eliminated |
| The Chance | "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" | Through |
| Okay | "I Will Survive"/"Survivor" | Eliminated |
| Soul City | "Somebody That I Used To Know" | Through |
| De Facto | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" | Through |
| 16-24s |||
| Dawid Podsiadło | "Shape of My Heart" | Through |
| Anna Antonik | "Warwick Avenue" | Through |
| Ewelina Lisowska | "Beautiful" | Through |
| Klaudia Szafrańska | "Everybody Hurts" | Eliminated |
| Bożena Mazur | "Ain't Nobody" | Eliminated |

## Contestants

The top 9 contestants were confirmed as follows:
Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner up
    – Third Place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| 16-24s (Okupnik) | Anna Antonik | Ewelina Lisowska | Dawid Podsiadło |
| Over 25s (Wojewódzki) | Paweł Binkiewicz | Joanna Kwaśnik | Marcin Spenner |
| Groups (Mozil) | The Chance | De Facto | Soul City |

## Live shows
### Results summary

Contestants' colour key:
    – Kuba Wojewódzki's contestants (over 25s)  – Tatiana Okupnik's contestants (16–24s)  – Czesław Mozil's contestants (groups)
| | | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 |
| | Dawid Podsiadło | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner |
| | Marcin Spenner | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up |
| | The Chance | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | Third place |
| | Ewelina Lisowska | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 6) |
| | Soul City | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 5) | Eliminated (week 5) |
| | Joanna Kwaśnik | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) |
| | Anna Antonik | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) |
| | Paweł Binkiewicz | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) |
| | De Facto | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) |
| Bottom two | Bottom two | De Facto, The Chance | Paweł Binkiewicz, Joanna Kwaśnik | Anna Antonik, The Chance | Joanna Kwaśnik, Soul City | Soul City, The Chance | Ewelina Lisowska, The Chance | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone |
| | Mozil's's vote to save | The Chance | Joanna Kwaśnik | The Chance | Soul City | The Chance | The Chance | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone |
| | Okupnik's vote to save | The Chance | Joanna Kwaśnik | Anna Antonik | Soul City | The Chance | Ewelina Lisowska | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone |
| | Wojewódzki's vote to save | De Facto | — | The Chance | Joanna Kwaśnik | Soul City | The Chance | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone |
| Eliminated | Eliminated | De Facto 1 of 3 votes Minority | Paweł Binkiewicz 0 of 2 votes Minority | Anna Antonik 1 of 3 votes Minority | Joanna Kwaśnik 1 of 3 votes Minority | Soul City 1 of 3 votes Minority | Ewelina Lisowska 1 of 3 votes Minority | The Chance 11% to win |
| Eliminated | Eliminated | De Facto 1 of 3 votes Minority | Paweł Binkiewicz 0 of 2 votes Minority | Anna Antonik 1 of 3 votes Minority | Joanna Kwaśnik 1 of 3 votes Minority | Soul City 1 of 3 votes Minority | Ewelina Lisowska 1 of 3 votes Minority | Marcin Spenner 42% to win |
* ^1 Wojewódzki was not required to vote as there was already a majority.

### Live show details
#### Week 1 (21 April)

* Theme: Songs chosen by the contestants
Contestants' performances on the first live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| The Chance | 1 | "The Best" | Bottom two |
| Joanna Kwaśnik | 2 | "Someone Like You" | Safe |
| Ewelina Lisowska | 3 | "Just Like A Pill" | Safe |
| De Facto | 4 | "Closer" | Bottom two |
| Marcin Spenner | 5 | "Heaven" | Safe |
| Soul City | 6 | "Free Your Mind" | Safe |
| Anna Antonik | 7 | "Apologize" | Safe |
| Paweł Binkiewicz | 8 | "Fly Away" | Safe |
| Dawid Podsiadło | 9 | "With Or Without You" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| De Facto | 1 | "I Swear" | Eliminated |
| The Chance | 2 | "I'm So Excited" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to save

* Wojewódzki: De Facto
* Okupnik: The Chance
* Mozil: The Chance

#### Week 2 (28 April)

* Theme: Disco
Contestants' performances on the second live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Paweł Binkiewicz | 1 | "Kung Fu Fighting" | Bottom two |
| Anna Antonik | 2 | "Hot Stuff" | Safe |
| Soul City | 3 | "Celebration" | Safe |
| Joanna Kwaśnik | 4 | "September" | Bottom two |
| Dawid Podsiadło | 5 | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | Safe |
| The Chance | 6 | "Blame It on the Boogie" | Safe |
| Ewelina Lisowska | 7 | "I Will Survive" | Safe |
| Marcin Spenner | 8 | "Bad Girls" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Paweł Binkiewicz | 1 | "Cosmic Girl" | Eliminated |
| Joanna Kwaśnik | 2 | "Mercy" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to save

* Mozil: Joanna Kwaśnik
* Okupnik: Joanna Kwaśnik
* Wojewódzki: not required to vote as there was already a majority

#### Week 3 (5 May)

* Theme: Musical Giants
Contestants' performances on the third live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Musical Giant | Result |
| Ewelina Lisowska | 1 | "If I Could Turn Back Time" | Cher | Safe |
| The Chance | 2 | "Sorry" | Madonna | Bottom two |
| Marcin Spenner | 3 | "Always" | Bon Jovi | Safe |
| Anna Antonik | 4 | "Imagine" | John Lennon | Bottom two |
| Soul City | 5 | "They Don't Care About Us" | Michael Jackson | Safe |
| Joanna Kwaśnik | 6 | "Think" | Aretha Franklin | Safe |
| Dawid Podsiadło | 7 | "Your Song" | Elton John | Safe |
| Final showdown details |||||
| Anna Antonik | 1 | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | Eliminated |
| The Chance | 2 | "Mercedes Benz" | "Mercedes Benz" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to save

* Mozil: The Chance - backed his own act
* Okupnik: Anna Antonik - backed her own act
* Wojewódzki: The Chance - stated he couldn't imagine the show without this group, but said a lot of good words about Antonik

#### Week 4 (12 May)

* Theme: Songs from films
* Group performance: "It's Raining Men"
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Film / TV Series | Result |
| Soul City | 1 | "I'll Be There for You" | Friends | Bottom two |
| Joanna Kwaśnik | 2 | "Another Way to Die" | Quantum of Solace | Bottom two |
| Dawid Podsiadło | 3 | "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" | Pulp Fiction | Safe |
| The Chance | 4 | "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" | Mermaids | Safe |
| Marcin Spenner | 5 | "She's Like the Wind" | Dirty Dancing | Safe |
| Ewelina Lisowska | 6 | "Bring Me to Life" | Daredevil | Safe |
| Final showdown details |||||
| Joanna Kwaśnik | 1 | "Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me)" | "Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me)" | Eliminated |
| Soul City | 2 | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to save

* Mozil: Soul City
* Wojewódzki: Joanna Kwaśnik
* Okupnik: Soul City

#### Week 5 (19 May)

* Themes: Big band, Polish songs
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show :
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
| Ewelina Lisowska | 1 | "Candyman" | 6 | "Winna" | Safe |
| The Chance | 2 | "I Say a Little Prayer" | 10 | "Sic!" | Bottom two |
| Dawid Podsiadło | 3 | "Cry Me a River" | 9 | "Cichosza" | Safe |
| Marcin Spenner | 4 | "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" | 7 | "Do kołyski" | Safe |
| Soul City | 5 | "What a Wonderful World" | 8 | "Mamona" | Bottom two |
| Final showdown details ||||||
| The Chance | 1 | "Stand by Me" | "Stand by Me" | "Stand by Me" | Safe |
| Soul City | 2 | "This World" | "This World" | "This World" | Eliminated |

##### Judges' votes to save

* Wojewódzki: Soul City
* Okupnik: The Chance
* Mozil: The Chance

#### Week 6: Semi-final (26 May)

* Themes: Songs chosen by mentors; songs by Adele
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show :
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
| Dawid Podsiadło | 1 | "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" | 6 | "One and Only" | Safe |
| The Chance | 2 | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" | 5 | "Set Fire to the Rain" | Bottom two |
| Ewelina Lisowska | 3 | "If I Were a Boy" | 7 | "Rumour Has It" | Bottom two |
| Marcin Spenner | 4 | "I Want to Know What Love Is" | 8 | "Rolling in the Deep" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||||
| Ewelina Lisowska | 1 | "Sweet Dreams" | "Sweet Dreams" | "Sweet Dreams" | Eliminated |
| The Chance | 2 | "Eye of the Tiger" | "Eye of the Tiger" | "Eye of the Tiger" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to save

* Mozil: The Chance
* Okupnik: Ewelina Lisowska
* Wojewódzki: The Chance

#### Week 7: Final (2 June)

* Themes: No theme (songs the mentor and contestants believe will get them through the final); celebrity duets
* Celebrity duet performers:
** Katie Melua with Dawid Podsiadło
** Amy Macdonald with The Chance
** Brainstorm with Marcin Spenner
* Celebrity performers: Tatiana Okupnik (vocal), Czesław Mozil (accordion), Kuba Wojewódzki (percussion) ("Fever")
Contestants' performances on the final live show :
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song (duet) | Result |
| The Chance | 1 | "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" | 4 | "Slow It Down" (with Amy Macdonald) | Third place |
| Marcin Spenner | 2 | "Do kołyski" | 5 | "Thunder Without Rain" (with Brainstorm) | Runner-up |
| Dawid Podsiadło | 3 | "With Or Without You" | 6 | "Better Than a Dream" (with Katie Melua) | Winner |

## Ratings

| Episode | Date | Official rating (millions) | Weekly rank | Weekend rank | Share (%) | Share 16-49 (%) |
| Auditions 1 | 3 March | 3.30 | | 18 | 20.7 | 25.6 |
| Auditions 2 | 10 March | 4.01 | 12 | 8 | 24.8 | 30.9 |
| Auditions 3 | 17 March | 3.73 | 15 | | 24.1 | 29.5 |
| Auditions 4 | 24 March | 3.85 | 12 | 6 | 24.9 | 31.2 |
| Auditions 5 | 31 March | 3.74 | | | | |
| Bootcamp | 7 April | 3.48 | | | | |
| Judges' houses | 14 April | 3.05 | | | | |
| Live show 1 | 21 April | 2.92 | | | | |
| Live show 2 | 28 April | 2.36 | | | | |
| Live show 3 | 5 May | 2.56 | | | | |
| Live show 4 | 12 May | 2.76 | | | | |
| Live show 5 | 19 May | 2.67 | | | | |
| Live show 6 | 26 May | 2.38 | | | | |
| Live show 7 | 2 June | 3.12 | | | | |
| Average | 2012 | 3.14 | | | | |