X-Faktor series 4
| X-Faktor | |
|---|---|
| Series 4 | |
| Hosted by | Lilu Bence Istenes |
| Judges | Péter Geszti Róbert Szikora Gabi Tóth Róbert Alföldi |
| Winner | Dóra Danics |
| Winning mentor | Péter Geszti |
| Runner-up | ByTheWay |
| Release | |
| Original network | RTL Klub |
| Original release | 7 September – 15 December 2013 |
| Series chronology | |
This is the fourth season of Hungarian version of The X Factor. The fourth season premiered on 7 September 2013 on the commercial channel RTL Klub.[1] The show was hosted by Lilu and Bence Istenes. The original host Nóra Ördög left the show due to her pregnancy. The line up also changed this year. The only original judge, who returned for season 4 was Péter Geszti. Joined him on the panel Róbert Szikora, Gabi Tóth and Róbert Alföldi.
On 16 December 2012 the show's host Nóra Ördög announced, that the show would be back for its 4th season in 2013. The apply for the auditions started on the same day.
Judges and hosts
On 29 April the new judges were announced as returning judge Péter Geszti and new judges Róbert Szikora, Gabi Tóth and Róbert Alföldi.[2] Miklós Malek confirmed his exit on 16 December 2012.[3] Later Ildikó Keresztes also confirmed, that she will not return to the show for another season.[4] In April Feró Nagy also announced his exit.[5]
On 17 May 2013 RTL Klub confirmed that the new hosts were Lilu and Bence Istenes. The previous host, Nóra Ördög left the show due to her pregnancy.[6]
Auditions
Auditions began on 25 May 2013. The contestants came in their thousands.
Bootcamp
The Bootcamp was aired on 28 and 29 September.
The contestants 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 boys category had an extra, 7th acts. And the judges found out, which category they would be mentoring.
Judges' houses
At this stage of the competition each judge mentored six acts. 25 acts (7 in the boys category) went through for this stage of the show. Each judge had help from a guest judge to choose their final acts.
The thirteen eliminated acts were:
- Boys: Manó Ráduly Botond, David Horvath, Kristóf Karapándzsity, Richárd Nagy
- Girls: Melina Molnár, Nóra Nagy, Eszter Olajos
- Over 25s: Zoltán Bátky, Lia Komondi, Nelli Nagyváradi
- Groups: SPEAK UP!, Sunset Strip, Wild Rhythm Smokers
Contestants
Twelve acts go through to this stage of the show.
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third Place
- – Withdrew
| Category (mentor) | 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 |
Results summary
– mentored by Róbert Alföldi (Girls) – Bottom two – mentored by Gabi Tóth (Boys) – Most public votes that week – mentored by Róbert Szikora (Groups) – Withdrew – mentored by Péter Geszti (Over 25s)
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Final Week 10 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||||||||
| Dóra Danics | 1st 15.77% |
1st 12.69% |
1st 17.47% |
2nd 14.44% |
2nd 14.49% |
3rd 17.04% |
3rd 16.15% |
2nd 20.70% |
2nd 29.96% |
2nd 33.44% |
Winner 56.34% | |
| ByTheWay | 6th 7.83% |
5th 10.11% |
5th 9.12% |
9th 8.45% |
1st 37.24% |
1st 21.27% |
1st 24.58% |
1st 28.90% |
1st 33.30% |
1st 34.32% |
Runner-Up 43.66% | |
| Tünde Krasznai | 4th 9.17% |
3rd 10.91% |
6th 9.06% |
6th 9.30% |
4th 8.99% |
6th 11.19% |
2nd 22.02% |
3rd 20.60% |
3rd 20.47% |
3rd 32.34% |
Eliminated (Week 10) | |
| Ákos Csordás | 3rd 11.69% |
7th 9.05% |
8th 8.15% |
8th 8.85% |
3rd 11.82% |
5th 12.04% |
4th 14.53% |
5th 10.68% |
4th 16.27% |
Eliminated (Week 9) | ||
| Ádám Szabó | 5th 8.57% |
6th 10.06% |
4th 10.81% |
7th 9.19% |
7th 6.71% |
2nd 18.62% |
5th 11.96% |
4th 19.12% |
Eliminated (Week 8) | |||
| Lili Péterffy | 10th 4.92% |
10th 5.43% |
7th 8.19% |
5th 10.90% |
6th 7.78% |
4th 12.27% |
6th 10.76% |
Eliminated (Week 7) | ||||
| Fat Phoenix | 8th 6.46% |
2nd 11.73% |
2nd 12.16% |
3rd 12.91% |
5th 8.18% |
7th 7.56% |
Eliminated (Week 6) | |||||
| Lili Batánovics | 7th 7.49% |
8th 7.35% |
9th 7.25% |
4th 11.26% |
8th 6.36% |
Eliminated (Week 5) | ||||||
| Márk Bozsek | 2nd 12.68% |
4th 10.35% |
3rd 10.83% |
1st 14.82% |
Withdrew (Week 5) | |||||||
| Anikó Eckert | 12th 4.35% |
9th 7.03% |
10th 6.98% |
Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||||
| Marcell Tóth | 9th 6.21% |
11th 5.28% |
Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||||
| MDC | 11th 4.88% |
Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||||
| Bottom Two | MDC, Anikó Eckert |
Marcell Tóth, Lili Péterffy |
Anikó Eckert, Lili Batánovics |
ByTheWay, Ákos Csordás |
Lili Batánovics, Ádám Szabó |
Fat Phoenix, Tünde Krasznai |
Lili Péterffy, Ádám Szabó |
Ádám Szabó, Ákos Csordás |
Ákos Csordás, Tünde Krasznai |
No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins | ||
| Geszti's vote to eliminate | MDC | Lili Péterffy | Anikó Eckert | Ákos Csordás | Lili Batánovics | Fat Phoenix | Lili Péterffy | Ádám Szabó | Ákos Csordás | |||
| Szikora's vote to eliminate | Anikó Eckert | Marcell Tóth | Anikó Eckert | Ákos Csordás | Lili Batánovics | Tünde Krasznai | Ádám Szabó | Ákos Csordás | Tünde Krasznai | |||
| Tóth's vote to eliminate | MDC | Lili Péterffy | Lili Batánovics | ByTheWay | Lili Batánovics | Fat Phoenix | Lili Péterffy | Ádám Szabó | Tünde Krasznai | |||
| Alföldi's vote to eliminate | MDC | Marcell Tóth | Anikó Eckert | ByTheWay | Ádám Szabó | Fat Phoenix | Ádám Szabó | Ádám Szabó | Ákos Csordás | |||
| Eliminated | MDC 3 from 4 votes Majority |
Marcell Tóth 2 from 4 votes Deadlock |
Anikó Eckert 3 from 4 votes Majority |
ByTheWay 2 from 4 votes Deadlock |
Lili Batánovics 3 from 4 votes Majority |
Fat Phoenix 3 from 4 votes Majority |
Lili Péterffy 2 from 4 votes Deadlock |
Ádám Szabó 3 from 4 votes Majority |
Ákos Csordás 2 from 4 votes Deadlock |
Tünde Krasznai 3rd Place |
ByTheWay 2nd Place | |
| Dóra Danics 1st Place | ||||||||||||
Live Shows
Week 1 (12–13 October)
- Theme: Songs from the toplists
- Celebrity performer: Gergő Oláh ("Érted élek")
- Group performance: "We Own the Night" and "Valami más"
| Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDC | 1 | "Help!" | Bottom two | ||
| Lili Péterffy | 2 | "Wrecking Ball" | Safe | ||
| Marcell Tóth | 3 | "Don't You Worry Child" | Safe | ||
| Márk Bozsek | 4 | "Can't Hold Us" | Safe | ||
| Lili Batánovics | 5 | "Son of a Preacher Man" | Safe | ||
| Ádám Szabó | 6 | "Love Me Again" | Safe | ||
| Anikó Eckert | 7 | "The Golden Age" | Bottom two | ||
| Ákos Csordás | 8 | "Superstition" | Safe | ||
| Fat Phoenix | 9 | "Humpin' Around" | Safe | ||
| Tünde Krasznai | 10 | "Crazy" | Safe | ||
| ByTheWay | 11 | "Blurred Lines" | Safe | ||
| Dóra Danics | 12 | "The House of the Rising Sun" | Safe | ||
| Final showdown details | |||||
| MDC | 1 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Eliminated | ||
| Anikó Eckert | 2 | "Turning Tables" | Safe | ||
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Alföldi: MDC
- Szikora: Anikó Eckert
- Tóth: MDC
- Geszti: MDC
Week 2 (19–20 October)
- Theme: World tour
- Celebrity performer: Anima Sound System ("Wonder")
- Group performance: "Fire with Fire"
| Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcell Tóth | 1 | "I Knew You Were Trouble" | Bottom two | ||
| Lili Batánovics | 2 | "Something's Got a Hold on Me" | Safe | ||
| ByTheWay | 3 | "Cups" | Safe | ||
| Anikó Eckert | 4 | "Black Heart" | Safe | ||
| Márk Bozsek | 5 | "The Lazy Song" | Safe | ||
| Lili Péterffy | 6 | "Monday Morning" | Bottom two | ||
| Ákos Csordás | 7 | "She's Like the Wind" | Safe | ||
| Tünde Krasznai | 8 | "Don't Cry for Louie" | Safe | ||
| Fat Phoenix | 9 | "Crucified" | Safe | ||
| Dóra Danics | 10 | "Valerie" | Safe | ||
| Ádám Szabó | 11 | "Álomarcú lány" | Safe | ||
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Marcell Tóth | 1 | "Here Without You" | Eliminated | ||
| Lili Péterffy | 2 | "Varázsolj a szívemmel" | Safe | ||
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Alföldi: Marcell Tóth
- Tóth: Lili Péterffy
- Szikora: Marcell Tóth
- Geszti: Lili Péterffy
As both acts got 2 votes, they went to deadlock and Marcell Tóth was eliminated.
Week 3 (26–27 October)
- Theme: Autumn legends
- Celebrity performer: Bermuda ("London"), Enikő Muri ("Maradj még!")
- Group performance: "Best Song Ever"
| Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fat Phoenix | 1 | "Can't Get You Out of My Head" | Safe | ||
| Anikó Eckert | 2 | "Back to Black" | Bottom two | ||
| Ákos Csordás | 3 | "Thnks fr th Mmrs" | Safe | ||
| Lili Péterffy | 4 | "Mikor" | Safe | ||
| Márk Bozsek | 5 | "Sex on Fire" | Safe | ||
| Lili Batánovics | 6 | "Unfaithful" | Bottom two | ||
| Ádám Szabó | 7 | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | Safe | ||
| Dóra Danics | 8 | "Márti dala" | Safe | ||
| ByTheWay | 9 | "Africa" | Safe | ||
| Tünde Krasznai | 10 | "Blue Jeans" | Safe | ||
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Anikó Eckert | 1 | "When You're Gone" | Eliminated | ||
| Lili Batánovics | 2 | "És mégis" | Safe | ||
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Alföldi: Anikó Eckert
- Tóth: Lili Batánovics
- Szikora: Anikó Eckert
- Geszti: Anikó Eckert
Week 4 (2–3 November)
- Theme: Quiet songs
- Celebrity performer: Animal Cannibals ("Minden változik")
- Group performance: "Perfect Day", "Nincs baj! Tűz van!"
| Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lili Batánovics | 1 | "Queen of the Night" | Safe | ||
| Ákos Csordás | 2 | "Never Tear Us Apart" | Bottom two | ||
| ByTheWay | 3 | "Radioactive" | Bottom two | ||
| Tünde Krasznai | 4 | "Family Portrait" | Safe | ||
| Ádám Szabó | 5 | "Ladies' Choice" | Safe | ||
| Fat Phoenix | 6 | "Éjjel-nappal Budapest" | Safe | ||
| Dóra Danics | 7 | "Piece of My Heart" | Safe | ||
| Lili Péterffy | 8 | "Je Veux" | Safe | ||
| Márk Bozsek | 9 | "Féltelek" | Safe | ||
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Ákos Csordás | 1 | "Jelenés" | Safe | ||
| ByTheWay | 2 | "Read All About It, Pt. III" | Return | ||
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Tóth: ByTheWay
- Szikora: Ákos Csordás
- Alföldi: ByTheWay
- Geszti: Ákos Csordás
As both acts got 2 votes, they went to deadlock and ByTheWay were eliminated.
Week 5 (9–10 November)
- Theme: Divas and Heartbreakers
- Celebrity performers: Sugarloaf and Csaba Vastag ("Megküzdök érted")
- Group performance: "When We Stand Together"
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lili Péterffy | 1 | "Welcome to Burlesque" | Safe | |||
| Ádám Szabó | 2 | "Szállj velem!" | Bottom two | |||
| Ákos Csordás | 3 | "Csillag vagy fecske" | Safe | |||
| Lili Batánovics | 4 | "Left Outside Alone" | Bottom two | |||
| Fat Phoenix | 5 | "Survivor" | Safe | |||
| Dóra Danics | 6 | "Itt és most" | Safe | |||
| Tünde Krasznai | 7 | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | Safe | |||
| ByTheWay | 8 | "Locked Out of Heaven" | Safe | |||
| Duet | ||||||
| Lili Batánovics & Ádám Szabó | 1 | "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" | ||||
| Dóra Danics & Ákos Csordás | 2 | "The Lady Is a Tramp" | ||||
| Tünde Krasznai & Fat Phoenix | 3 | "Summer Wine" | ||||
| Lili Péterffy & ByTheWay | 4 | "Broken Strings" | ||||
| Final showdown details | ||||||
| Lili Batánovics | 1 | "I Will Always Love You" | Eliminated | |||
| Ádám Szabó | 2 | "Rule the World" | Safe | |||
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Alföldi: Ádám Szabó
- Tóth: Lili Batánovics
- Szikora: Lili Batánovics
- Geszti: Lili Batánovics
Márk Bozsek withdrew this week after deciding he could not commit to the competition. Therefore, ByTheWay returned to the competition.
Week 6 (16–17 November)
- Theme: Brilliance, luster and beauty
- Celebrity performers: Roy & Ádám feat. Maszkura ("Visszasírom"), Adél Csobot ("Forog a film")
- Group performance: "Éld át"
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ByTheWay | 1 | "Szabadítsd fel!" | Safe | |||
| Lili Péterffy | 2 | "Beauty and a Beat" | Safe | |||
| Ákos Csordás | 3 | "Rumour Has It"/"Someone like You" | Safe | |||
| Dóra Danics | 4 | "Believe" | Safe | |||
| Fat Phoenix | 5 | "Why You Wanna Trip on Me" | Bottom two | |||
| Tünde Krasznai | 6 | "I Say a Little Prayer" (Hungarian) | Bottom two | |||
| Ádám Szabó | 7 | "When I Was Your Man" | Safe | |||
| Final showdown details | ||||||
| Fat Phoenix | 1 | "Stop!" | Eliminated | |||
| Tünde Krasznai | 2 | "Úgy fáj" | Safe | |||
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Geszti: Fat Phoenix
- Szikora: Tünde Krasznai
- Tóth: Fat Phoenix
- Alföldi: Fat Phoenix
Week 7 (23–24 November)
- Theme: Mentors Night
- Celebrity performers: Fábián Juli & Zoohacker
- Group performance: "Shine"
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dóra Danics | 1 | "Look at Me" | 9 | "Nem a miénk az ég" | Safe | |
| Ádám Szabó | 2 | "Jöjj még" | 8 | "Dear Darlin'" | Bottom two | |
| Lili Péterffy | 3 | "Something New" | 7 | "Hello édes" | Bottom two | |
| ByTheWay | 4 | "Torn" | 12 | "Létezem" | Safe | |
| Tünde Krasznai | 5 | "Gyere kislány" | 11 | "The Silence" | Safe | |
| Ákos Csordás | 6 | "More" | 10 | "A csapból is én folyok" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||||
| Lili Péterffy | 1 | "Everytime We Touch" | Eliminated | |||
| Ádám Szabó | 2 | "Mindhalálig várni rád" | Safe | |||
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Alföldi: Ádám Szabó
- Tóth: Lili Péterffy
- Szikora: Ádám Szabó
- Geszti: Lili Péterffy
As both acts got 2 votes, they went to deadlock and Lili Péterffy was eliminated.
Week 8 (30 November-1 December)
- Theme: Party anthems
- Celebrity performers: Zséda ("Hétköznapi Mennyország"/"Dance"), Tibor Kocsis ("Új holnap")
- Group performance: "No Worries"
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ákos Csordás | 1 | "Induljon a banzáj!" | 6 | "Get Lucky" | Bottom two | |
| Dóra Danics | 2 | "Firework" | 7 | "Egy elfelejtett dal" | Safe | |
| ByTheWay | 3 | "Embertelen dal" | 8 | "Lady Marmalade" | Safe | |
| Ádám Szabó | 4 | "Personal Jesus" | 10 | "Pálinka dal" | Bottom two | |
| Tünde Krasznai | 5 | "Popzene" | 9 | "Express Yourself" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||||
| Ádám Szabó | 1 | "Still Got the Blues (For You)" | Eliminated | |||
| Ákos Csordás | 2 | "Titkos szobák szerelme" | Safe | |||
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Tóth: Ádám Szabó
- Alföldi: Ádám Szabó
- Szikora: Ákos Csordás
- Geszti: Ádám Szabó
Week 9 (7–8 December)
- Theme: Mentor's favourite song & Contestant's favourite song
- Celebrity performers: Beatrice ("8 óra munka"/"Azok a boldog szép napok"), Hooligans ("Mindörökké")
- Group performance: "Wake Me Up"
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tünde Krasznai | 1 | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | 6 | "Örökké tart" | Bottom two | |
| Ákos Csordás | 2 | "Egy elfelejtett szó" | 5 | "Nothing Else Matters" | Bottom two | |
| Dóra Danics | 3 | "Set Fire to the Rain" | 8 | "Egyszer" | Safe | |
| ByTheWay | 4 | "Ilyenek voltunk" | 7 | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Safe | |
| Duet | ||||||
| Ákos Csordás & ByTheWay | 1 | "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" | ||||
| Dóra Danics & Tünde Krasznai | 2 | "Proud Mary" | ||||
| Final showdown details | ||||||
| Ákos Csordás | 1 | "Nézz az ég felé" | Eliminated | |||
| Tünde Krasznai | 2 | "Wild Horses" | Safe | |||
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Geszti: Ákos Csordás
- Tóth: Tünde Krasznai
- Szikora: Tünde Krasznai
- Alföldi: Ákos Csordás
As both acts got 2 votes, they went to deadlock and Ákos Csordás was eliminated.
Week 10 (14/15 December)
Saturday Night
- Theme: One with a surprise duet partner
- Celebrity performers: Első Emelet ("A film forog tovább"), Kistehén Tánczenekar ("Milyen kár")
- Duets:
- Tünde Krasznai and Nikolas Takács
- ByTheWay and Márk Bozsek
- Dóra Danics and László Dés
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Order | Third song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tünde Krasznai | 1 | "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" | 4 | "Nothing Compares 2 U" | 7 | "Hallelujah" | 3rd |
| ByTheWay | 2 | "Troublemaker" | 5 | "The Winner Takes It All" | 8 | "Bless That Body" | Safe |
| Dóra Danics | 3 | "That Man" | 6 | "Nekem nem szabad" | 9 | "Hóesés" | Safe |
Sunday Night
- Theme: Finalist's favourite Hungarian and English, previously performed song, Winner's Song
- Celebrity performers: Ildikó Keresztes & Recirquel ("Adj valamit"), Gabi Tóth ("Üdvözöl a Való Világ"), Csaba Vastag & Tibor Kocsis & Gergő Oláh
- Group performance: "Az élet vár", "Csak állj mellém"
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Order | Third song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ByTheWay | 1 | "Létezem" | 3 | "Cups" | 6 | "Új út" | Runner-Up |
| Dóra Danics | 2 | "The House of the Rising Sun" | 4 | "Márti dala" | 7 | "Új út" | Winner |
| Duet | |||||||
| Dóra Danics & ByTheWay | 5 | "Ezt egy életen át kell játszani" | |||||
References
- ^ "1st show". Hír24.
- ^ "new judging line up". Origo.
- ^ "Malek quits". Origo.
- ^ "Keresztes quits". Origo.
- ^ "judges might be replaced". Origo.
- ^ "new hosts". Origo.
External links
- Official website (in Hungarian)