The X Factor is a Greek television reality music competition, based on the original series in the UK, to find new singing talent. The winner of which receives a recording contract with Sony Music Greece is Haris Antoniou. The third series began airing on ANT1 on 1 October 2010 and ended on 11 February 2011. The show was presented by Sakis Rouvas, with Giorgos Lianos and Maria Sinatsaki hosting the audition shows. The competition is split into several stages: auditions, bootcamp, judges' houses and live shows. Auditions took place throughout July and September 2010, with George Levendis, Giorgos Theofanous, Katerina Gagaki and Nikos Mouratidis returning as judges. Following bootcamp, successful acts were split into four categories: Boys (male soloists aged 16 to 24), Girls (female soloists aged 16 to 24), Over-25s (soloists aged 25 and over) and Groups. The live shows started on 29 October 2010. It is also broadcast abroad via ANT1's international stations.
Selection process
Auditions The first appeal for auditions occurred on June. The Auditions began in Nicosia on 23 July 2010 and concluded in New York City for the first time in the history of the Greek X Factor, on 12 September 2010.
Audition Venues Audition city Dates Venue Nicosia 24–25 July 2010 Hilton Park Athens 18–20 August 2010 Studio Kappa Thessaloniki 24–26 August 2010 Μet Hotel New York City 10–12 September 2010 NEP Midtown Studios
Bootcamp The "bootcamp" stage of the competition began on 20 September 2010 at the Goudi Olympic Complex, which is now the site of the ultra-modern Badminton Theater, hosting major theatrical productions and completed on 23 September 2010. This stage of the competition was aired on 22 October 2010. In this stage, the judges decided at each category the top 20 acts and finally the top 8 acts who qualified to the Judges' Houses. Katerina Gagaki will mentor Girls Under 24, George Levendis has the Boys Under 24, Nikos Mouratidis was given the 25s and Over and Giorgos Theofanous the Groups category.
Judges Houses In the next round the judges reduced their 8 acts to locations around Greece. Nikos Mouratidis decided the 4 acts that will follow him to the live shows in Athens, Katerina Gagaki in Santorini, George Levendis in Ithaca and Giorgos Theofanous in Athens.This stage of the competition aired on 27 October 2010. After the judges, narrowed down the contestants to four each.
The sixteen eliminated acts were:
Under 24 Boys – Giorgos Livanis, Aristotelis Ziberd, Platonas Tsipidis, Vikedios Kavalieratos Under 24 Girls – Eleni Plaxoura, Ifigenia Alkison, Kaliopi Papas, Mpela Mary 25 and Overs – Rania Tekou, Elpida Vitellas, Amy Rivard, Xristos Groups – Jocker, D7, Kapnos, Illusion
Contestants and categories The top 16 acts were confirmed as follows:
Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Third Place Category (mentor) Acts Over 25s (Nikos Mouratidis) Elena Anagiotou Alexandros Notas Grigoris Georgiou Patrick Guibert Girls 16-24 (Katerina Gagaki) Nikki Ponte Maria Katikaridou Elena Georgiou Kirki Katsarou Boys 16-24 (George Levendis) Alexis Zafeirakis Dimitris Theodorakoglou Haris Antoniou Kostantinos Anastasiadis Groups (Giorgos Theofanous) The Burning Sticks Revolt T.U. Tik Tok
Results summary Colour key –Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown
+ Table showing weekly results, indicating which contestants were eliminated or safe, how each judge voted, and positions in each week's public vote where known. Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 Haris Antoniou Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 SafeWinner Alexandros Notas Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe SafeRunner-Up Nikki Ponte Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rd Third T.U. 15th Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Safe Bottom 2 Safe Bottom 2 Safe Bottom 2 Bottom 2 Bottom 2 Eliminated (week 13) Dimitris Theodorakoglou Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 8th Safe Bottom 2 Safe Bottom 2 Eliminated (week 12) Grigoris Georgiou Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Eliminated (week 11) Konstantinos Anastasiadis Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Eliminated (week 10) Elena Anagiotou Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Eliminated (week 9) Maria Katikaridou Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Safe 9th Eliminated (week 8) The Burning Sticks Safe Safe Bottom 2 Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Eliminated (week 7) Patrick Guibert Safe Bottom 2 Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Eliminated (week 6) Revolt Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Bottom 2 Eliminated (week 5) Kirki Katsarou Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Eliminated (week 4) Alexis Zafeirakis Safe Safe Bottom 2 Eliminated (week 3) Tik Tok Safe Bottom 2 Eliminated (week 2) Elena Georgiou 16th Eliminated (week 1) Final showdown Elena Georgiou,T.U. Patrick Guibert,Tik Tok Alexis Zafeirakis,The Burning Sticks Kirki Katsarou,Revolt Revolt,T.U. Maria Katikardiou,Patrick Guibert The Burning Sticks,T.U. Maria Katikardiou, Dimitris Theodorakoglou Elena Anagiotou,T.U. Konstantinos Anastasiadis, Dimitris Theodorakoglou Grigoris Georgiou,T.U. Dimitris Theodorakoglou,T.U. Harris Antoniou,T.U. No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone Mouratidis's vote to eliminate T.U. Tik Tok Alexis Zafeirakis Kirki Katsarou Revolt Maria Katikardiou The Burning Sticks Dimitris Theodorakoglou T.U. Konstantinos Anastasiadis T.U. Dimitris Theodorakoglou T.U. Gagaki's vote to eliminate T.U. Tik Tok Alexis Zafeirakis Revolt Revolt Patrick Guibert T.U. Dimitris Theodorakoglou Elena Anagiotou Konstantinos Anastasiadis Grigoris Georgiou Dimitris Theodorakoglou T.U. Levendis's vote to eliminate Elena Georgiou Tik Tok The Burning Sticks Kirki Katsarou Revolt Patrick Guibert The Burning Sticks Maria Katikardiou Elena Anagiotou Konstantinos Anastasiadis(x2) Grigoris Georgiou T.U. T.U. Theofanous's vote to eliminate Elena Gerogiou Patrick Guibert Alexis Zafeirakis Kirki Katsarou N/A Patrick Guibert The Burning Sticks (x2) Maria Katikardiou Elena Anagiotou Dimitris Theodorakoglou Grigoris Georgiou Dimitris Theodorakoglou Harris Antoniou Eliminated Elena Georgiou2 of 4 votesDeadlock Tik Tok3 of 4 votesMajority Alexis Zafeirakis3 of 4 votesMajority Kirki Katsarou3 of 4 votesMajority Revolt3 of 3 votesMajority Patrick Guibert3 of 4 votesMajority The Burning Sticks4 of 5 votesMajority Maria Katikardiou2 of 4 votesDeadlock Elena Anagiotou3 of 4 votesMajority Konstantinos Anastasiadis4 of 5 votes Grigoris Georgiou3 of 4 votes Dimitris Theodorakoglou3 of 4 votes T.U.3 of 4 votes Niki PonteThird Place Alexandros NotasRunner-Up Harris AntoniouWinner
Live shows The live shows began on 29 October 2009, with contestants performing on the Friday night shows and the results being announced later on the same day, and continued through to the finale on 11 February 2011. Like the previous series, the televoters had the chance to vote from the beginning of the show.
Week 1 (29 October 2010)
Theme: Mentor's choice and Sakis Rouvas songs Celebrity performers: Pauline Kamusewu "Never Said I Was A Angel", "Give Me A Call" / Sakis Rouvas "Parafora" Group performance: Fysika Mazi – Together Forever, Gettin' Over
+ Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result Alexis Zafeirakis 1 "Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)" Safe Nikki Ponte 2 "Teenage Dream" Safe Grigoris Georgiou 3 "Se Thelo San Trelos" Safe Tik Tok 4 "Tik Tok" Safe Kostantinos Anastasiadis 5 "To Kalokairi Mou" Safe Maria Katikaridou 6 "Den Ehi Sidera I Kardia Sou" Safe The Burning Sticks 7 "Earth Song" Safe Patrick Guibert 8 "Sympathique" Safe Dimitris Theodorakoglou 9 "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" Safe T.U 10 "Andexa" Bottom two Alexandros Notas 11 "Prigipessa" Safe Kirki Katsarou 12 "Ayo Technology" Safe Haris Antoniou 13 "S'eho Erotefthi" Safe Revolt 14 "Kryfa" Safe Elena Georgiou 15 "Oti Axizei" Bottom two Elena Anagiotou 16 "Aperanto Keno" Safe Final showdown details T.U 1 N/A Safe Elena Georgiou 2 N/A Eliminated Judges' votes to eliminate Giorgos Theofanous: Elena Georgiou Katerina Gagaki: T.U George Levendis: Elena Georgiou Nikos Mouratidis: T.U The result went to deadlock, and Elena Georgiou was eliminated from the competition.
Week 2 (5 November 2010)
Theme: Mentor's choice Celebrity performers: Ivi Adamou "Το Mistiko Mou Na Vreis (I Can't Help It)" / 48 Ores "Ignorant With Guns" + Contestants' performances on the second live show Act Order Song Result Dimitris Theodorakoglou 1 "To the Moon and Back" Safe Maria Katikaridou 2 "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" Safe T.U 3 "Song 2" Safe Patrick Guibert 4 "Wonderwall" Bottom two Haris Antoniou 5 "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Safe Nikki Ponte 6 "Mamma Mia" Safe The Burning Sticks 7 "Seven Nation Army" Safe Elena Anagiotou 8 "To Maxairi" Safe Alexis Zafeirakis 9 "Personal Jesus" Safe Tik Tok 10 "Hung Up"/"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" Bottom two Kostantinos Anastasiadis 11 "Wonderful Life" Safe Kirki Katsarou 12 "Last Kiss" Safe Alexandros Notas 13 "Feugo Gia Mena" Safe Revolt 14 "Every You Every Me" Safe Grigoris Georgiou 15 "Taxidevo To Ego Mou" Safe Final showdown details Tik Tok 1 N/A Eliminated Patrick Guibert 2 N/A Safe Judges' votes to eliminate Giorgos Theofanous: Patrick Guibert Katerina Gagaki: Tik Tok George Levendis: Tik Tok Nikos Mouratidis: Tik Tok
Week 3 (12 November 2010)
Theme: Mentor's choice Celebrity performers: Nikiforos "Iposhesou", "Se Ena Fili Sou" / RENT "Agapi" + Contestants' performances on the third live show Act Order Song Result The Burning Sticks 1 "Take My Breath Away" Bottom two Grigoris Georgiou 2 "Theos" Safe Alexis Zafeirakis 3 "Den Eimai Allos" Bottom two Maria Katikaridou 4 "An Isouna Agapi" Safe T.U 5 "Feel" Safe Haris Antoniou 6 "Into the Night" Safe Patrick Guibert 7 "Etsi Eimai Ego" Safe Revolt 8 "I Like the Way (You Move)"/"Klepsidra" Safe Nikki Ponte 9 "You Lost Me" Safe Dimitris Theodorakoglou 10 "Numb" Safe Alexandros Notas 11 "Logia Filika" Safe Kirki Katsarou 12 "Loca" Safe Elena Anagiotou 13 "Oneiro Itane" Safe Kostantinos Anastasiadis 14 "Spasmeno Karavi" Safe Final showdown details The Burning Sticks 1 N/A Safe Alexis Zafeirakis 2 N/A Eliminated Judges' votes to eliminate Giorgos Theofanous: Alexis Zafeirakis Katerina Gagaki: Alexis Zafeirakis George Levendis: The Burning Sticks Nikos Mouratidis: Alexis Zafeirakis
Week 4 (19 November 2010)
Theme: Mentor's choice Celebrity performers: Kokkina Xalia "Emeis", "Se Thelw Apopse" + Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Act Order Song Result Elena Anagiotou 1 "Kathreftizo To Nou" Safe T.U 2 "Alors on danse" Safe Haris Antoniou 3 "More Than Words" Safe Grigoris Georgiou 4 "Smooth" Safe Nikki Ponte 5 "Take It Off" Safe Maria Katikaridou 6 "Bad Romance" Safe Alexandros Notas 7 "Mia Nihta Zoriki" Safe Revolt 8 "Kryptonite" Bottom two Patrick Guibert 9 "Kissing a Fool" Safe Dimitris Theodorakoglou 10 "Vertigo" Safe Kirki Katsarou 11 "Satellite" Bottom two Kostantinos Anastasiadis 12 "Emena Thes" Safe The Burning Sticks 13 "Crazy in Love" Safe Final showdown details Revolt 1 N/A Safe Kirki Katsarou 2 N/A Eliminated Judges' votes to eliminate Giorgos Theofanous: Kirki Katsarou Katerina Gagaki: Revolt George Levendis: Kirki Katsarou Nikos Mouratidis: Kirki Katsarou
Week 5 (26 November 2010)
Theme: Mentor's choice Celebrity performers: Stavros Michalakakos "Na Me Katastrepseis Glika", "Vres To Nisi (Find the island)" / Mironas Stratis "I Skotini Mou Plevra", "Prin Mas Dei Kaneis"