X Factor is a Kazakh music talent show for aspiring pop stars across the nation and is based on the international franchise. The first season in Kazakhstan started in January 2011. Auditions were held in 12 Kazakh cities and started on 2 October 2010. The Judges were the three music producers Nagima Eskalieva, who was the already the chairwoman of the panel of SuperStar KZ, Sultana Karazhigitova and Alexander Shevchenko.
On 22 May 2011, the back then-22-year-old Daria Gabdull (Дария Габдулл), labeled by the judges as the "Kazakh Beyoncé", won the show ahead of the trio Spasibo. Gabdull won a two-years-contract with Sony Music.
Selection process
Applications and auditions
Bootcamp
Judges' houses and wildcards After the auditions, twenty-four candidates were chosen, eight in each of three categories. They were: 16-24s: Daria Akparova, Ruslan Berdimatov, Eliza Dzhakereeva, Alexander Filatov, Daria Gabdull, Louise Karimbaeva, Abdulkarim Karimov, Ruslan Krivenkov 25 and over: Maral Dzhusupova, Asel Karsybaeva, Eldar Myrzakhanov, Yuri Mukhortov, Gulzhiyan Ospanova, Julia Pereima, Dmitry Tsoi, Margarita Tumanyan Vocal groups: Musaev sisters, Vladimir Kim & Marina Beysehanova, Ansari, Dee Kree, Spasibo, Sweet, National, Faith Kahn & Serik Salmakeev
The twelve eliminated acts were: 16-24s: Eliza Dzhakereeva, Alexander Filatov, Louise Karimbaeva, Ruslan Krivenkov 25 and over: Maral Dzhusupova, Eldar Myrzakhanov, Julia Pereima, Dmitry Tsoi Vocal groups: Musaev sisters, Vladimir Kim & Marina Beysehanova, Ansari, Sweet
Although they were eliminated in the judges' house stage, Musaev Sisters, Eldar Myrzahanov and Ruslan Krivenkov were brought back as wildcards.
Contestants After the wildcards were revealed in the first live show, the final fifteen acts were confirmed as follows:
Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Third Place
Category (mentor)Acts 16-24s (Shevchenko) Daria Akparova Ruslan Berdimatov Daria Gabdull Abdulkarim Karimov Ruslan Krivenkov Over-25s (Eskalieva)Asel Karsybaeva Yuri Mukhortov Eldar Myrzahanov Gulzhiyan Ospanov Margarita Tumanyan Groups (Karazhigitova) Astana Dee Kree Musaev Sisters National Spasibo
Live shows
Format
Results summary Colour key –Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown –Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated –Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown) –Contestant received the most public votes
+ Weekly results per contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Daria Gabdull Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner(Week 11) Spasibo Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-Up(Week 11) Asel Karsybaeva Safe SafeBottom three Safe Safe Safe SafeBottom two Safe 3rd Eliminated(week 10) Ruslan Krivenkov Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th Eliminated(week 9) National SafeBottom three Safe Safe Safe SafeBottom twoBottom two Eliminated(week 8) Yuri MukhortovBottom three Safe SafeBottom two SafeBottom twoBottom two Eliminated(week 7)Abdulkarim Karimov Safe Safe Safe SafeBottom twoBottom two Eliminated(week 6) Musaev Sisters Safe Safe Safe SafeBottom two Eliminated(week 5) Eldar Myrzahanov Safe Safe SafeBottom two Eliminated(week 4) Margarita Tumanyan Safe SafeBottom three Eliminated(week 3) Daria Akparova Safe Safe 11th Eliminated(week 3) Gulzhiyan Ospanova SafeBottom three Eliminated(week 2) Dee Kree Safe 13th Eliminated(week 2) Ruslan BerdimatovBottom three Eliminated(week 1) Astana 15th Eliminated(week 1) Final showdown Ruslan Berdimatov,Yuri Mukhortov Gulzhiyan Ospanova,National Asel Karsybaeva,Margarita Tumanyan Eldar Myrzahanov,Yuri Mukhortov Abdulkarim Karimov,Musaev Sisters Abdulkarim Karimov,Yuri Mukhortov National,Yuri Mukhortov Asel Karsybaeva,National No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone Shevchenko's vote Yuri Mukhortov Gulzhiyan Ospanova Margarita Tumanyan Eldar Myrzahanov Musaev Sisters Yuri Mukhortov Yuri Mukhortov National Eskalieva's vote Ruslan Berdimatov National None (refused) None (refused) Musaev Sisters Abdulkarim Karimov National National Karazhigitova's vote Ruslan Berdimatov Gulzhiyan Ospanova Margarita Tumanyan Eldar Myrzahanov Abdulkarim Karimov Abdulkarim Karimov Yuri Mukhortov Asel Karsybaeva Eliminated Astana Dee Kree Daria Akparova Eldar Myrzahanov2 of 2 votes Musaev Sisters2 of 3 votes Abdulkarim Karimov2 of 3 votes Yuri Mukhortov2 of 3 votes National2 of 3 votes Ruslan Krivenkov Asel Karsybaeva Spasibo Ruslan Berdimatov2 of 3 votes Gulzhiyan Ospanov2 of 3 votes Margarita Tumanyan2 of 2 votes Daria Gabdulla
Live show details
Week 1 (12/13 March) Theme: American Songs + A summary of the contestants' performances on the first live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Ruslan Krivenko 1 "It's My Life"Safe Margarita Tumanyan 2 "New York, New York"Safe Astana 3 "This Love"Eliminated Abdulkarim Karimov 4 "Love To See You Cry"Safe Spasibo 5 "Hit the Road Jack"Safe Asel Karsybaeva 6 "Run To You"Safe Daria Gabdull 7 "If I Were a Boy"Safe Yuri Mukhortov 8 "Puttin On The Ritz"Bottom Three National 9 "Tears in Heaven"Safe Ruslan Berdimatov 10 "Baby"Bottom Three Eldar Myrzahanov 11 "End of the Road"Safe Musaev Sisters 12 "It's Raining Men"Safe Gulzhiyan Ospanova 13 "Left Outside Alone"Safe Dee Kree 14 "Beautiful Liar"Safe Daria Akparova 15 "Lady Marmalade"Safe Final showdown details Yuri Mukhortov TBA TBASafe Ruslan Berdimatov TBA TBAEliminated Judges' votes to eliminate Nagima Eskalieva: Ruslan Berdimatov, backed her own act Sultana Karazhigitova: Ruslan Berdimatov Alexander Shevchenko: Yuri Mukhortov, backed his own act
Week 2 (19/20 March) Theme: TBA + A summary of the contestants' performances on the second live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song ResultGulzhiyan Ospanova 1 "Crank"Bottom three National 2 TBABottom three Daria Gabdull 3 TBASafe Dee Kree 4 "Sun"Eliminated Eldar Myrzahanov 5 "Семь тысяч над землей"Safe Daria Akparova 6 "Fashion Girl"Safe Musaev Sisters 7 "Solitude"Safe Yuri Mukhortov 8 TBASafe Abdulkarim Karimov 9 TBASafe Spasibo 10 TBASafe Margarita Tumanyan 11 TBASafe Ruslan Krivenkov 12 "Boombox"Safe Asel Karsybaeva 13 "Best"Safe Final showdown details Gulzhiyan Ospanova TBA TBAEliminated National TBA TBAEliminated Judges' votes to eliminate Nagima Eskalieva: National, backed her own act Sultana Karazhigitova: Gulzhiyan Ospanova, backed her own act Alexander Shevchenko: Gulzhiyan Ospanova
Week 3 (26/27 March) Theme: Kazakh Songs + A summary of the contestants' performances on the third live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song ResultYuri Mukhortov 1 TBASafe Daria Gabdull 2 TBASafe Musaev Sisters 3 TBASafe National 4 TBASafe Ruslan Krivenkov 5 TBASafe Eldar Myrzahanov 6 TBASafe Margarita Tumanyan 7 "TBA"Bottom Three Asel Karsybaeva 8 TBABottom Three Daria Akparova 9 TBAEliminated Abdulkarim Karimov 10 TBASafe Spasibo 11 TBASafe Final showdown details Margarita Tumanyan TBA TBAEliminatedAsel Karsybaeva TBA TBAEliminated Judges' votes to eliminate Nagima Eskalieva: refused to vote Sultana Karazhigitova: Margarita Tumanyan Alexander Shevchenko: Margarita Tumanyan
Week 4 (4/5 April) Theme: Movie Songs + A summary of the contestants' performances on the fourth live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Movie ResultNational 1 "Men in Black" Men in BlackSafe Asel Karsybaeva 2 "Stop!" 9½ WeeksSafe Ruslan Krivenkov 3 "She's Like The Wind" Dirty DancingSafe Spasibo 4 "The Money Song" CabaretSafe Abdulkarim Karimow 5 "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" Love StorySafe Eldar Myrzahanov 6 "About Hares" The Diamond ArmBottom two Daria Gabdull 7 "Unchained Melody" GhostSafe Yuri Mukhortov 8 "You Never Can Tell" Pulp FictionBottom two Musaev Sisters 9 "Jimmy Jimmy" Disco DancerSafe Final showdown details Eldar Myrzahanov TBA TBA N/AEliminatedYuri Mukhortov TBA TBA N/ASafe Judges' votes to eliminate Nagima Eskalieva: Eldar Myrzahanov Sultana Karazhigitova: Eldar Myrzahanov Alexander Shevchenko: refused to vote
References
External links Official website