X-Faktor series 5
| X-Faktor | |
|---|---|
| Series 5 | |
 | |
| Hosted by | Bence Istenes |
| Judges | |
| Winner | Andrea Tóth |
| Winning mentor | Robert Szikora |
| Runner-up | Juli Horányi |
| Release | |
| Original network | RTL Klub |
| Original release | 6 September – 21 December 2014 |
| Series chronology | |
X-Faktor is a Hungarian television music competition to find new singing talent. The fifth series was broadcast on RTL Klub in 2014. Bence Istenes presented his second series of X-Faktor. Róbert Szikora, Gabi Tóth and Róbert Alföldi all returned to judge the talent for the second time. Gábor Szűcs, a new judge joined them, replacing the original judge Péter Geszti.
The series lowered the age limit from 16 to 14.
Judges and presenters
[edit]Geszti, the only original judge left, announced his intention to leave the show after the fourth series to concentrate on his music career. The three other judges returned for a second series with the new judge Szűcs whose stage name is Little G. Weevil.[1]
The original host, Nóra Ördög, was to return to the show for this series, but she became pregnant.[2] RTL asked Bence Istenes back to host the show for a second run.[3]
Auditions
[edit]Open auditions took place in Budapest on 10 May 2014. The judges' auditions started on 31 May in Budapest.
Bootcamp
[edit]The bootcamp was broadcast on 4 and 5 October.
The contestants sang live for an audience and the judges. At the end of the day, the judges revealed the 24 remaining acts for the judges' houses.
Judges' houses
[edit]At this stage of the competition each judge mentored six acts. Each judge had help from a guest judge to choose their final acts.
The twelve eliminated acts were:
- Boys: Balázs Karancs, Benji (Le Quang Huy), László Sallai
- Girls: Anasztázia Bordás, Andrea Cseh, Gwendolin Krizsma
- Over 25s: Erika Albero, Ági Horváth, Krisztián Horváth
- Groups: Phoenix Rt, Rock-Inger, Rosewood
Contestants
[edit]Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (Alföldi) | Benji | Richárd Borbély | Richárd Nagy | Richárd Szabó |
| Girls (Szikora) | Jenifer Ilyés | Izabella Jakab-Péter | Andrea Tóth | |
| Over 25s (Szűcs) | Jonathan Andelic | Juli Horányi | Zsófi Kállai-Kiss | |
| Groups (Tóth) | Pálinka Republik | Spoon | Tha Shudras | |
Results summary
[edit]– mentored by Róbert Szikora (girls) – Bottom two – mentored by Róbert Alföldi (boys) – Safe – mentored by Gabi Tóth (groups) – mentored by Gábor Szűcs (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 | Round 3 | |||||||||||
| Andrea Tóth | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | Winner 63.00% | |
| Juli Horányi | 4th | 3rd | 11th | 5th | 9th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | Runner-Up 37.00% | |
| Benji | 7th | 10th | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 4th | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | Eliminated (Week 10) | |
| Richárd Nagy | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | Eliminated (Week 10) | ||
| Tha Shudras | 11th | 9th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 2nd | 5th | Eliminated (Week 9) | |||
| Spoon | 10th | 8th | 9th | 8th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 5th | Eliminated (Week 8) | ||||
| Richárd Borbély | 8th | 7th | 4th | 10th | 5th | 2nd | 7th | Eliminated (Week 7) | |||||
| Izabella Jakab-Péter | 12th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 8th | Eliminated (Week 6) | ||||||
| Jonathan Andelic | 9th | 12th | 7th | 4th | 8th | Eliminated (Week 5) | |||||||
| Richárd Szabó | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 9th | Eliminated (Week 4) | ||||||||
| Zsófi Kállai-Kiss | 6th |
4th | 10th | Eliminated (Week 3) | |||||||||
| Jenifer Ilyés | 5th |
11th | Eliminated (Week 2) | ||||||||||
| Pálinka Republik | 13th |
Eliminated (Week 1) | |||||||||||
| Bottom Two | Pálinka Republik, Izabella Jakab-Péter |
Jenifer Ilyés, Jonathan Andelic |
Juli Horányi, Zsófi Kállai-Kiss |
Richárd Borbély, Richárd Szabó |
Juli Horányi, Jonathan Andelic |
Izabella Jakab-Péter, Tha Shudras |
Tha Shudras, Richárd Borbély |
Benji-Huy Le Quang, Spoon |
Benji-Huy Le Quang, Tha Shudras |
No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins | |||
| Szűcs's vote to eliminate | Pálinka Republik | Jenifer Ilyés | Zsófi Kállai-Kiss | Richárd Szabó | Jonathan Andelic | Tha Shudras | Tha Shudras | Spoon | Tha Shudras | ||||
| Szikora's vote to eliminate | Pálinka Republik | Jonathan Andelic | Zsófi Kállai-Kiss | Richárd Borbély | Jonathan Andelic | Tha Shudras | Richárd Borbély | Spoon | Benji | ||||
| Tóth's vote to eliminate | Izabella Jakab-Péter | Jenifer Ilyés | Zsófi Kállai-Kiss | Richárd Szabó | Juli Horányi | Izabella Jakab-Péter | Richárd Borbély | Benji | Benji | ||||
| Alföldi's vote to eliminate | Pálinka Republik | Jenifer Ilyés | Zsófi Kállai-Kiss | Richárd Szabó | Jonathan Andelic | Izabella Jakab-Péter | Tha Shudras | Spoon | Tha Shudras | ||||
| Eliminated | Pálinka Republik 3 from 4 votes Majority |
Jenifer Ilyés 3 from 4 votes Majority |
Zsófi Kállai-Kiss 4 from 4 votes Majority |
Richárd Szabó 3 from 4 votes Majority |
Jonathan Andelic 3 from 4 votes Majority |
Izabella Jakab-Péter 2 from 4 votes Deadlock |
Richárd Borbély 2 from 4 votes Deadlock |
Spoon 3 from 4 votes Majority |
Tha Shudras 2 from 4 votes Deadlock |
Richárd Nagy Fewest votes to win |
Benji 3rd Place |
Juli Horányi 2nd Place | |
| Andrea Tóth 1st Place | |||||||||||||
Live shows
[edit]Week 1 (18 October)
[edit]- Theme: Songs that describe the contestants
- Celebrity performer: Dóra Danics ("Jelenidő")
- Group performance: "Lay Me Down"
| Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pálinka Republik | 1 | "Disko Partizani"/"Smooth"/"Represent Cuba" | Bottom two | ||
| Izabella Jakab-Péter | 2 | "Titanium" | Bottom two | ||
| Tha Shudras | 3 | "Music" | Safe | ||
| Zsófi Kállai-Kiss | 4 | "The Best" | Safe | ||
| Richárd Borbély | 5 | "Dream On" | Safe | ||
| Jonathan Andelic | 6 | "With a Little Help from My Friends" | Safe | ||
| Jenifer Ilyés | 7 | "Listen" | Safe | ||
| Spoon | 8 | "Freedom" | Safe | ||
| Juli Horányi | 9 | "Skinny Love" | Safe | ||
| Richárd Szabó | 10 | "Unchained Melody" | Safe | ||
| Benji | 11 | "Mad World" | Safe | ||
| Andrea Tóth | 12 | "Walk This Way" | Safe | ||
| Richárd Nagy | 13 | "Belehalok" | Safe | ||
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Pálinka Republik | 1 | "Uprising" | Eliminated | ||
| Izabella Jakab-Péter | 2 | "Your Song" | Safe | ||
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Tóth: Izabella Jakab-Péter
- Szikora: Pálinka Republik
- Alföldi: Pálinka Republik
- Szűcs: Pálinka Republik
Week 2 (25 October)
[edit]- Theme: Love songs
- Celebrity performer: Gergő Rácz ("Shotgun")
- Group performance: "One"
| Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richárd Szabó | 1 | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Safe | ||
| Jenifer Ilyés | 2 | "Bleeding Love" | Bottom two | ||
| Spoon | 3 | "It Will Rain" | Safe | ||
| Jonathan Andelic | 4 | "Mercy" | Bottom two | ||
| Tha Shudras | 5 | "She's a Lady" | Safe | ||
| Juli Horányi | 6 | "Bridge over Troubled Water" | Safe | ||
| Richárd Borbély | 7 | "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" | Safe | ||
| Andrea Tóth | 8 | "Right Here Waiting" | Safe | ||
| Benji | 9 | "Every Breath You Take" | Safe | ||
| Izabella Jakab-Péter | 10 | "Ég veled" | Safe | ||
| Richárd Nagy | 11 | "Love Somebody" | Safe | ||
| Zsófi Kállai-Kiss | 12 | "Lelketlen ember" | Safe | ||
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Jenifer Ilyés | 1 | "I Have Nothing" | Eliminated | ||
| Jonathan Andelic | 2 | "Recovery" | Safe | ||
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Szűcs: Jenifer Ilyés
- Szikora: Jonathan Andelic
- Tóth: Jenifer Ilyés
- Alföldi: Jenifer Ilyés
Week 3 (1 November)
[edit]- Theme: Songs by deceased artists
- Celebrity performer: ByeAlex ("Az én rózsám")
- Group performance: "Imádok élni" with the judges
| Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richárd Nagy | 1 | "T.N.T." | Safe | ||
| Juli Horányi | 2 | "Kék és narancssárga" | Bottom two | ||
| Jonathan Andelic | 3 | "My Love Is Your Love" | Safe | ||
| Izabella Jakab-Péter | 4 | "Még nem veszíthetek" | Safe | ||
| Benji | 5 | "Smile" | Safe | ||
| Tha Shudras | 6 | "Hit the Road Jack" | Safe | ||
| Richárd Borbély | 7 | "Hosszú az a nap" | Safe | ||
| Zsófi Kállai-Kiss | 8 | "Earth Song" | Bottom two | ||
| Spoon | 9 | "Azért vannak a jó barátok" | Safe | ||
| Richárd Szabó | 10 | "What a Wonderful World" | Safe | ||
| Andrea Tóth | 11 | "The Show Must Go On" | Safe | ||
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Zsófi Kállai-Kiss | 1 | "Who Wants to Live Forever" | Eliminated | ||
| Juli Horányi | 2 | "Játssz még!" | Safe | ||
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Szűcs: Zsófi Kállai-Kiss
- Szikora: Zsófi Kállai-Kiss
- Tóth: Zsófi Kállai-Kiss
- Alföldi: Zsósi Kállai-Kiss
Week 4 (8 November)
[edit]- Theme: Current party songs
- Celebrity performer: Kelemen Kabátban ("Maradjatok gyerekek")
- Group performance: "Bang Bang"
| Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Tóth | 1 | "Free Your Mind" | Safe | ||
| Richárd Szabó | 2 | "Cheating" | Bottom two | ||
| Spoon | 3 | "Thrift Shop" | Safe | ||
| Benji | 4 | "Faith" | Safe | ||
| Izabella Jakab-Péter | 5 | "Burn" | Safe | ||
| Tha Shudras | 6 | "I Want It That Way"/"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" | Safe | ||
| Jonathan Andelic | 7 | "Szólj rám, ha hangosan énekelek" | Safe | ||
| Richárd Nagy | 8 | "Gangnam Style" | Safe | ||
| Juli Horányi | 9 | "The Edge of Glory" | Safe | ||
| Richárd Borbély | 10 | "Kiss" | Bottom two | ||
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Richárd Szabó | 1 | "Freedom" | Eliminated | ||
| Richárd Borbély | 2 | "Billie Jean" | Safe | ||
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Alföldi: Richárd Szabó
- Tóth: Richárd Szabó
- Szikora: Richárd Borbély
- Szűcs: Richárd Szabó
Week 5 (15 November)
[edit]- Theme: Songs sung by the contestants opposite sex
- Celebrity performer: Honeybeast ("Egyedül")
- Group performance: "Little Talks"
| Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juli Horányi | 1 | "Moves like Jagger" | Bottom two | ||
| Richárd Borbély | 2 | "Hello" | Safe | ||
| Izabella Jakab-Péter | 3 | "Billionaire" | Safe | ||
| Tha Shudras | 4 | "Boldogság, gyere haza" | Safe | ||
| Jonathan Andelic | 5 | "Next to Me" | Bottom two | ||
| Andrea Tóth | 6 | "Jailhouse Rock" | Safe | ||
| Richárd Nagy | 7 | "Félteni kell" | Safe | ||
| Spoon | 8 | "Wannabe" | Safe | ||
| Benji | 9 | "Ha én rózsa volnék..." | Safe | ||
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Jonathan Andelic | 1 | "Change the World" | Eliminated | ||
| Juli Horányi | 2 | "All by Myself" | Safe | ||
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Szűcs: Jonathan Andelic
- Szikora: Jonathan Andelic
- Tóth: Juli Horányi
- Alföldi: Jonathan Andelic
Week 6 (22 November)
[edit]- Theme: Success, money, glamour
- Celebrity performer: Gergő Oláh ("A tükör előtt")
- Group performance: "Hall of Fame"
| Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benji | 1 | "Happy" | Safe | ||
| Juli Horányi | 2 | "Hero" | Safe | ||
| Richárd Borbély | 3 | "Fame" | Safe | ||
| Spoon | 4 | "Eye of the Tiger" | Safe | ||
| Izabella Jakab-Péter | 5 | "Material Girl" | Bottom two | ||
| Richárd Nagy | 6 | "Shape of My Heart" | Safe | ||
| Tha Shudras | 7 | "Money, Money, Money" | Bottom two | ||
| Andrea Tóth | 8 | "Cabaret" | Safe | ||
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Tha Shudras | 1 | "Szomorú vasárnap" | Safe | ||
| Izabella Jakab-Péter | 2 | "A szabadság vándorai" | Eliminated | ||
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Tóth: Izabella Jakab-Péter
- Szikora: Tha Shudras
- Alföldi: Izabella Jakab-Péter
- Szűcs: Tha Shudras
Week 7 (29 November)
[edit]- Theme: Rock
- Celebrity performer: Illés-együttes" ("Miért hagytuk, hogy így legyen?"), Bea Palya ("Szabadon")
- Group performance: "Amikor én még kissrác voltam", "Hé’ 67’" with András Kern
| Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tha Shudras | 1 | "Come Together" | Bottom two | ||
| Richárd Nagy | 2 | "You Really Got Me" | Safe | ||
| Benji | 3 | "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" | Safe | ||
| Andrea Tóth | 4 | "Ő még csak most 14" | Safe | ||
| Richárd Borbély | 5 | "Paint it Black" | Bottom two | ||
| Spoon | 6 | "Ne gondold"/"Az utcán" | Safe | ||
| Juli Horányi | 7 | "Nem leszek a játékszered" | Safe | ||
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Tha Shudras | 1 | "We Are the Champions" | Safe | ||
| Richárd Borbély | 2 | "Iris" | Eliminated | ||
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Alföldi: Tha Shudras
- Tóth: Richárd Borbély
- Szikora: Richárd Borbély
- Szűcs: Tha Shudras
Week 8 (6 December)
[edit]- Theme: All that jazz
- Celebrity performer: Tibor Kocsis ("Hello Budapest")
- Group performance: "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spoon | 1 | "Get Lucky" | Bottom two | |||
| Juli Horányi | 2 | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" | Safe | |||
| Richárd Nagy | 3 | "Welcome to the Jungle" | Safe | |||
| Tha Shudras | 4 | "Stayin' Alive" | Safe | |||
| Andrea Tóth | 5 | "Sweet Child o' Mine" | Safe | |||
| Benji | 6 | "Wonderwall" | Bottom two | |||
| Duet | ||||||
| Andrea Tóth & Tha Shudras | 1 | "Shout" | ||||
| Benji & Spoon | 2 | "Rise & Fall" | ||||
| Juli Horányi & Richárd Nagy | 3 | "Just Give Me a Reason" | ||||
| Final showdown details | ||||||
| Spoon | 1 | "Felnőtt gyermekek" | Eliminated | |||
| Benji | 2 | "The Climb" | Safe | |||
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Alföldi: Spoon
- Tóth: Benji
- Szikora: Spoon
- Szűcs: Spoon
Week 9 (13 December)
[edit]- Theme: Film songs
- Celebrity performer: The Biebers ("Memories")
- Group performance: "Changing"
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richárd Nagy | 1 | "Love Runs Out" | 10 | "Legyen úgy" | Safe | |
| Juli Horányi | 2 | "Szerelem első vérig" | 9 | "Someone like You" | Safe | |
| Tha Shudras | 3 | "S&M" | 6 | "Egy új élmény" | Bottom two | |
| Benji | 4 | "A Thousand Years" | 7 | "My Baby" | Bottom two | |
| Andrea Tóth | 5 | "Elég volt!" | 8 | "I Will Always Love You" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||||
| Tha Shudras | 1 | "Enough" (original song) | Eliminated | |||
| Benji | 2 | "Open Arms" | Safe | |||
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Alföldi: Tha Shudras
- Tóth: Benji
- Szikora: Benji
- Szűcs: Tha Shudras
Week 10 (20/21 December)
[edit]- Saturday
- Theme: Mentors' favourite song of the series, duet with a surprise partner
- Celebrity performer: Szabó Balázs Bandája feat. Julie Rens ("Hétköznapi")
- Group performance: "Animals"
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Order | Third song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richárd Nagy | 1 | "Love Somebody" | 5 | "Álmodtam egy világot" | 9 | "Holnapra kiderül" (with Viktor Varga) | Eliminated |
| Juli Horányi | 2 | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | 6 | "Chandelier" | 10 | "Like a Child" (with Juli Fábián) | Safe |
| Andrea Tóth | 3 | "Cabaret" | 8 | "One Night Only" | 12 | "Játszom" (with Csipa) | Safe |
| Benji | 4 | "Ha én rózsa volnék..." | 7 | "Don't You Remember" | 11 | "We All" (with Bogi) | Safe |
- Sunday
- Theme: Act's choice, Christmas, contestants' favorite performance, winner's single
- Celebrity performer: Dóra Danics, Csaba Vastag
- Group performance: "Meglepetés" (all finalists)
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Tóth | 1 | "Legyen valami" | 4 | "Shake Up Christmas" | Safe |
| Benji | 2 | "Too Close" | 5 | "All I Want for Christmas is You" | Third place |
| Juli Horányi | 3 | "Soon We'll Be Found" | 6 | "Legyen ünnep" | Safe |
| Act | Order | Third song | Order | Fourth song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Tóth | 8 | "The Show Must Go On" | 10 | "Legyek én" | Winner |
| Juli Horányi | 7 | "The Edge of Glory" | 9 | "Legyek én" | Runner-Up |