X-Factor () is the Armenian adaptation of the British television music talent show The X Factor. It is a televised music talent show featuring aspiring pop singers who are selected through public auditions held in Armenia and among the Armenian diaspora. In its inaugural year, the show was broadcast on Shant TV, the same station that airs the Armenian Idol series Hay Superstar.
Series overview Contestant in (or mentor of) "Boys" category Contestant in (or mentor of) "Girls" category Contestant in (or mentor of) "Over 25s" category Contestant in (or mentor of) "Groups" category
Season Start Finish Winner Runner-up Third place Winning mentor Judges Host One6 November 201015 May 2011Vrezh KirakosyanSrbuhi SargsyanGigabeatGisané Palyan Egor GlumovGarik PapoyanGisané PalyanNaira GyurjinyanAram Mp3 Two10 October 201212 May 2013Kim GrigoryanArmen YedigaryanLena GhazaryanGarik Papoyan AndréGarik PapoyanGisané PalyanNaira Gyurjinyan Three26 April 20142 November 2014Vahe MargaryanNarek VardanyanHayk HunanyanAndré AndréGarik PapoyanEgor GlumovEmmy Grisha AghakhanyanAvet Barseghyan Four9 October 20169 April 2017Edgar GhandilyanInna SayadyanEmmanuel & Mariam AndréGarik PapoyanErikShushan Arevshatyan Grisha Aghakhanyan
Judges' categories and their contestants
Key: – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.
Season Egor Glumov Naira Gyurjinyan Garik Papoyan Gisané PalyanOne Groups GigabeatP.S.Mars-On Boys Artsrun KhangeldyanArthur-Alek QosbekianVahé Aleksanyan Girls Srbuhi SargsyanArminé KocharyanNelly GhazaryanOver 25sVrezh KirakosyanYeva SujyanEdvin SultanyanNelly Khosrovyan Season André Naira Gyurjinyan Garik Papoyan Gisané PalyanTwo Girls Lena GhazaryanMarianna Shanoyan Karina Khachatryan Over 25s Asya PoghosyanMihran PetrosyanSvetlana VoskanyanBoysKim GrigoryanArmen YedigaryanGevorg Harutyunyan Groups InternationalDiamondsStorm Season André Emmy Garik Papoyan Egor GlumovThreeBoys Vahé MargaryanNarek VardanyanHayk HunanyanNarek Khachatryan Girls Zhanna DavtyanMary AvetisyanAnahit HakobyanSyuzanna Melqonyan Groups DaDu (Sona Dunoyan & Hambik Daniel)MiKADOThe NanosArthur and Aram Over 24s Gagik HarutyunyanVahé HovakimyanAnahit YengibaryanSargis Harutyunyan Season André Shushanik Arevshatyan Garik Papoyan ErikFourBoysEdgar GhandilyanAbraham KhublaryanYuri AdamyanQerob Hovelyan Over 22s Tyom HakobyanDavid ChakhalyanHarutyun HakobyanValeria Baltaeva Groups Emmanuel & MariamAlternativeThe Steps Band Girls Inna SayadyanHasmik KarapetyanDiana HarutyunyanMané Baghdasaryan
Season 1 (2010-2011) The program was broadcast on Saturday nights at 22:30 with repetitions on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays. Shant TV also broadcasts various chronicles and updates under the title "Oragir" on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 17:50 local time.
The first auditions were broadcast on Shant TV on 11 November 2010, with the eighth auditions on 25 December 2010.
Naira Gyurjinyan was assigned the Boys (16-25) category, Garik Paboyan the Girls (16-25), Egor Glumov the Groups, and Gisané Palyan the Over 25s.
Bootcamp and Judges' houses
At bootcamp stage, the candidates that were chosen for Judges' Houses were: 16-24 Boys (mentor Naira Gyurjinyan): Artsrun Khangeldyan, Arthur-Alek Tosbekian (born in Lebanon), Georgi Bunyatyan, Vahé Aleksanyan, Hayk Avetisyan, Gevorg Harutyunyan 16-24 Girls (mentor Garik Papoyan): Anoush, Arminé Kocharyan, Nelly Ghazaryan, Mariam, Sona, Srbuhi Sargsyan Over 25 (mentor Gisané Palyan): Yeva, Edvin, Hayk, Nelly, Sona, Vrezh Groups (mentor Egor Glumov): (6 groups) GigaBeat, P.S., Mars-On
At Judges' Houses (broadcast on 29 January and 5 February 2011), only 3 from each of the 4 categories continued on to the live shows. Naira Gyurjiniyan was assisted by Haik, Garik Papoyan by Gor Sujyan, Gisané Palyan by Sargis.
Contestants
Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Withdrew
Category (mentor)Acts Boys (Gyurjinyan) Arthur-Alek Tosbekian Artsrun Khangeldyan Vahé Aleksanyan Girls (Papoyan)Arminé Kocharyan Nelly Ghazaryan Srbuhi Sargsyan Over 25s (Palyan) Edvin Sultanyan Nelly Khosrovyan Vrezh Kirakosyan Yeva Sujyan Groups (Glumov)GigaBeat Mars-On P.S.
Live shows
Results summary
Contestants' colour key: – Mentored by Gyurjinyan (Boys) – Mentored by Papoyan (Girls) – Mentored by Palyan (Over 25s) – Mentored by Glumov (Groups) – Contestant announced as safe (no particular order) – Contestant in the bottom two and had to perform in the sing-off – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no bottom two)
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Semifinal Final Vrezh Kirakosyan Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner Srbuhi Sargsyan Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-Up GigaBeat Bottomtwo Safe Safe Safe Safe 6th Safe Safe Safe 3rd Eliminated (Semifinal) Artsrun Khangeldyan Safe Safe Bottomtwo Safe Safe Safe 5th Safe 4th Eliminated (Week 9) Arminé Kocharyan Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 5th Eliminated (Week 8) Yeva Sujyan Safe 10th Safe Safe Safe Safe 6th Eliminated (Week 7) Arthur-Alek Tosbekian Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Bottomtwo 7th Eliminated (Week 6) Nelly Ghazaryan Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated (Week 5) Edvin Sultanyan Not in Live Shows Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated (Week 4) P.S. Safe Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated (Week 3) Nelly Khosrovyan Safe Safe Withdrew (Week 2) Mars-On Safe 11th Eliminated (Week 2) Vahé Aleksanyan Bottomtwo Eliminated (Week 1) Withdrew None Nelly Khosrovyan None Bottom two Vahé Aleksanyan,GigaBeat Mars-On,Yeya Sujyan P.S.,Artsrun Khangeldyan Edvin Sultanyan,Arthur-Alek Tosbekian Nelly Ghazaryan,Arthur-Alek Tosbekian Arthur-Alek Tosbekian,GigaBeat Yeva Sujyan,Artsrun Khangeldyan No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated. Judges voted to Save Papoyan's vote GigaBeat Yeya Sujyan Artsrun Khangeldyan Arthur-Alek Tosbekian Nelly Ghazaryan GigaBeat Yeya Sujyan Glumov's vote GigaBeat Mars-On P.S. -- Arthur-Alek Tosbekian GigaBeat Artsrun Khangeldyan Gyurjinyan's vote Vahé Aleksanyan Mars-On Artsrun Khangeldyan Arthur-Alek Tosbekian Arthur-Alek Tosbekian Arthur-Alek Tosbekian Artsrun Khangeldyan Palyan's vote GigaBeat Yeva Sujyan Artsrun Khangeldyan Edvin Sultanyan Arthur-Alek Tosbekian Arthur-Alek Tosbekian Yeya Sujyan Eliminated Vahé Aleksanyan1 of 4 votes Minority Mars-On2 of 4 votes Deadlock P.S.1 of 4 votes Minority Edvin Sultanyan1 of 3 votes Minority Nelly Ghazaryan1 of 4 votes Minority Arthur-Alek Tosbekian2 of 4 votes Deadlock Yeva Sujyan2 of 4 votes Deadlock Arminé Kocharyan5th Place Artsrun Khangeldyan4th Place GigaBeat3rd Place Srbuhi SargsyanRunner-Up Vrezh KirakosyanWinner
Season 2 (2012-2013)
Garik Papoyan was assigned the Boys category, André the Girls, Gisané Palyan the Groups, and Naira Gyurjinyan the Over 25s.
Contestants
Key: – Winner – Runner-up
Category (mentor)Acts Boys (Papoyan)Armen Yedigaryan Gevorg Harutyunyan Kim Grigoryan Girls (André) Karina Khachatryan Lena Ghazaryan Marianna Shanoyan Over 25s (Gyurjinyan) Asya Poghosyan Mihran Petrosyan Svetlana Voskanyan Groups (Palyan) Diamonds International Storm
Live shows
Results summary
Contestants' colour key: – Mentored by Papoyan (Boys) – Mentored by André (Girls) – Mentored by Gyurjinyan (Over 25s) – Mentored by Palyan (Groups) – Contestant announced as safe (no particular order) – Contestant in the bottom two and had to perform in the sing-off – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no bottom two)
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Semifinal Final Kim Grigoryan Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner Armen Yedigaryan Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-Up Lena Ghazaryan Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Safe Safe 3rd Eliminated (Semifinal) Marianna Shanoyan Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th Eliminated (Week 9) Gevorg Harutyunyan Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 5th Eliminated (Week 8) Asya Poghosyan Safe Safe Safe Safe 7th Bottomtwo Bottomtwo Eliminated (Week 7) International Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated (Week 6) Karina Khachatryan Safe Bottomtwo Safe Safe 8th Eliminated (Week 5) Diamonds Safe Safe Bottomtwo Bottomtwo Eliminated (Week 4) Mihran Petrosyan 11th Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated (Week 3) Svetlana Voskanyan Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated (Week 2) Storm 12th Eliminated (Week 1) Bottom two Storm,Mihran Petrosyan Sveltana Voskanyan,Karina Khachatryan Mihran Petrosyan,Diamonds Diamonds,Marianna Shanoyan Karina Khachatryan,Asya Poghosyan International, Asya Poghosyan Asya Poghosyan, Lena Ghazarayn No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated. Judges voted to Save Papoyan's vote Mihran Petrosyan - Diamonds Marianna Shanoyan Karina Khachatryan Asya Poghoysan Lena Ghazaryan André's vote Storm Karina Khachatryan Diamonds Marianna Shanoyan Karina Khachatryan Asya Poghosyan Lena Ghazaryan Gyurjinyan's vote Mihran Petrosyan Svetlana Voskanyan Mihran Petrosyan Marianna Shanoyan Asya Poghosyan Asya Poghoysan Asya Poghosyan Palyan's vote Storm Karina Khachatryan Diamonds Diamonds Asya Poghosyan International Lena Ghazaryan Eliminated Storm2 of 4 votes Deadlock Svetlana Voskanyan1 of 3 votes Minority Mihran Petrosyan1 of 4 votes Minority Diamonds1 of 4 votes Minority Karina Khachatryan 2 of 4 votes Deadlock International1 of 4 votes Minority Asya Poghosyan1 of 4 votes Minority Gevorg Harutyunyan5th Place Marianna Shanoyan4th Place Lena Ghazaryan3rd Place Armen YedigaryanRunner-Up Kim GrigoryanWinner
Season 3 (2014)
Simon Cowell made an appearance and told the judges what categories they would mentor. André will be mentoring the Boys, Emmy has the Girls, Garik Papoyan will look after the Groups and Egor Glumov has been assigned the Over 24s.
Four-Chair challenge For this season of The X Factor, Cowell confirmed that the boot camp and judges' houses sections of the competition, which traditionally followed the audition rounds, had been dropped and replaced with a brand new stage called "The Four-Chair challenge". Speaking on the change, he said "It [boot camp and Judges' houses] was the one element of the show I wasn't happy with, and it looked too similar to what everybody else is doing." He went on to describe the new "middle section" as "really dramatic, very tough on us and the contestants, and very high pressure", and compared the new round as similar to the live shows.
Key: – Contestant was immediately eliminated after performance without switch – Contestant was switched out later in the competition and eventually eliminated – Contestant was not switched out and made the final four of their own category