The second series of Polish television music competition X Factor started on TVN on 3 March and will end in June 2012. The pre-auditions took place in December 2011 and filmed auditions began on 10 January 2012 in Zabrze. Two of the judges, Czesław Mozil and Kuba Wojewódzki returned, though Maja Sablewska had left the show after the first series. She was replaced by a new judge, Tatiana Okupnik. Jarosław Kuźniar returned to present the show.
Judges and presenter
The judging panel line-up for the second series of X Factor was revealed on 5 January 2012. Kuba Wojewódzki and Czesław Mozil returned for the show and were joined by new judge, Tatiana Okupnik, who replaced Maja Sablewska.
In December 2012, media reported that Maja Sablewska would not return and would be replaced by a female singer. Monika Brodka, Ewa Farna and Tatiana Okupnik were said to be in the running for the job.
In October 2011, Adam Darski, better known by his stage name Nergal, was rumoured to join X Factor judging panel. He was a judge on the first series of The Voice of Poland, but was expected not to return for the next year due to the controversy caused by his appearance on the show. Darski was accused of spreading satanism by his behaviour on stage. That was why many catholic organisations wanted the public Polish Television (TVP) which broadcasts the show, to fire him. His contract with TVP expired after the final of the series in December 2011.
In November 2011, Fakt reported that Natalia Kukulska might join the judging panel, replacing Maja Sablewska. Kukulska was already rumoured as judge on the first series of X Factor in late 2010, but the network decided to hire Sablewska. According to some reports, Kukulska was interested in the judging role on the show.
On 8 November 2011, Fakt reported that Edyta Górniak was one of the favourites to become the permanent judge or only appear at the judges' houses stage of the show. Few days later, in an interview with Plejada she confirmed that she had been offered a judging role on X Factor and its rival show, Bitwa na głosy. She revealed that she was considering both offers, but not as seriously as media reports. She also added that she wanted to focus on her upcoming concerts and might not have enough time to serve as a judge. Later, Górniak was announced as the new coach on Bitwa na głosy.
On 21 November 2011, it was officially confirmed by TVN that Jarosław Kuźniar would return to present the second series of X Factor.
Selection process
Applications and auditions The pre-auditions took place in December 2011 in four Polish cities: Gdańsk, Wrocław, Zabrze and Warsaw. These featured auditionees performing in front of the producers only, without judges' participation yet. The filming started with the judges' auditions, which began on 10 January 2012 in Zabrze. These also continued on 11 and 12 January. The second part of Zabrze auditions took place on 25, 26 and 27 January.
City Venue Pre-audition Audition Gdańsk Hotel Mercure 'Heweliusz' 2 December 2011 rowspan="2" Wrocław Hotel Mercure 'Panorama' 4 December 2011 Zabrze House of Music and Dance 11 December 2011 10–12 January 2012; 25–27 January 2012 Warsaw Torwar Hall 17 December 2011
Bootcamp Bootcamp took place on 31 January and 1 February in Warsaw. The episode was broadcast on 7 April 2012.
The fifteen chosen acts were: 16-24s - Anna Antonik, Ewelina Lisowska, Bożena Mazur, Dawid Podsiadło, Klaudia Szafrańska Over 25s - Paweł 'Biba' Binkiewicz, Thomas Grotto, Joanna Kwaśnik, Izabela Mytnik, Marcin Spenner Groups - Che Donne, De Facto, Okay, Soul City, The Chance
Judges' houses Tatiana Okupnik was joined by Verona Chard, who helped her to choose her final three acts. Kuba Wojewódzki invited Leszek Możdzer. Czesław Mozil was aided by Ewa Farna.
The six eliminated acts were: 16-24s: Klaudia Szafrańska, Bożena Mazur Over-25s: Izabela Mytnik, Thomas Grotto Groups: Che Donne, Okay
+ Contestants' performances on the judges' houses Act Song Result Over-25s Marcin Spenner "Iris" Through Paweł Binkiewicz "Maybe Tomorrow" Through Joanna Kwaśnik "If I Ain't Got You" Through Izabela Mytnik "True Colors" Eliminated Thomas Grotto "Let Me Entertain You" Eliminated Groups Che Donne "Sway" Eliminated The Chance "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" Through Okay "I Will Survive"/"Survivor" Eliminated Soul City "Somebody That I Used To Know" Through De Facto "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" Through 16-24s Dawid Podsiadło "Shape of My Heart" Through Anna Antonik "Warwick Avenue" Through Ewelina Lisowska "Beautiful" Through Klaudia Szafrańska "Everybody Hurts" Eliminated Bożena Mazur "Ain't Nobody" Eliminated
Contestants The top 9 contestants were confirmed as follows:
Key: – Winner – Runner up – Third Place
Category (mentor)Acts 16-24s (Okupnik) Anna Antonik Ewelina Lisowska Dawid Podsiadło Over 25s (Wojewódzki) Paweł Binkiewicz Joanna Kwaśnik Marcin Spenner Groups (Mozil)The Chance De Facto Soul City
Live shows
Results summary Contestants' colour key:
| – Kuba Wojewódzki's contestants (over 25s) |- | – Tatiana Okupnik's contestants (16–24s) |- | – Czesław Mozil's contestants (groups)
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Dawid Podsiadło Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner Marcin Spenner Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up The ChanceBottom two SafeBottom two SafeBottom twoBottom two Third place Ewelina Lisowska Safe Safe Safe Safe SafeBottom two Eliminated(week 6) Soul City Safe Safe SafeBottom twoBottom two Eliminated(week 5) Joanna Kwaśnik SafeBottom two SafeBottom two Eliminated(week 4) Anna Antonik Safe SafeBottom two Eliminated(week 3) Paweł Binkiewicz SafeBottom two Eliminated(week 2) De FactoBottom two Eliminated(week 1) Bottom two De Facto,The Chance Paweł Binkiewicz,Joanna Kwaśnik Anna Antonik,The Chance Joanna Kwaśnik,Soul City Soul City,The Chance Ewelina Lisowska,The Chance No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone Mozil's's vote to save The Chance Joanna Kwaśnik The Chance Soul City The Chance The Chance Okupnik's vote to save The Chance Joanna Kwaśnik Anna Antonik Soul City The Chance Ewelina Lisowska Wojewódzki's vote to save De Facto The Chance Joanna Kwaśnik Soul City The Chance EliminatedDe Facto1 of 3 votesMinorityPaweł Binkiewicz0 of 2 votesMinorityAnna Antonik1 of 3 votesMinorityJoanna Kwaśnik1 of 3 votesMinoritySoul City1 of 3 votesMinorityEwelina Lisowska1 of 3 votesMinority The Chance11% to win Marcin Spenner42% to win
Wojewódzki was not required to vote as there was already a majority.
Live show details
Week 1 (21 April) Theme: Songs chosen by the contestants + Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result The Chance 1 "The Best" Bottom two Joanna Kwaśnik 2 "Someone Like You"Safe Ewelina Lisowska 3 "Just Like A Pill" Safe De Facto 4 "Closer" Bottom two Marcin Spenner 5 "Heaven" Safe Soul City 6 "Free Your Mind" Safe Anna Antonik 7 "Apologize" Safe Paweł Binkiewicz 8 "Fly Away" Safe Dawid Podsiadło 9 "With Or Without You" SafeFinal showdown details De Facto 1 "I Swear" Eliminated The Chance 2 "I'm So Excited" Safe
Judges' votes to save Wojewódzki: De Facto Okupnik: The Chance Mozil: The Chance
Week 2 (28 April) Theme: Disco + Contestants' performances on the second live show Act Order Song Result Paweł Binkiewicz 1 "Kung Fu Fighting" Bottom two Anna Antonik 2 "Hot Stuff" Safe Soul City 3 "Celebration" Safe Joanna Kwaśnik 4 "September" Bottom two Dawid Podsiadło 5 "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Safe The Chance 6 "Blame It on the Boogie" Safe Ewelina Lisowska 7 "I Will Survive" Safe Marcin Spenner 8 "Bad Girls" SafeFinal showdown details Paweł Binkiewicz 1 "Cosmic Girl" Eliminated Joanna Kwaśnik 2 "Mercy" Safe
Judges' votes to save Mozil: Joanna Kwaśnik Okupnik: Joanna Kwaśnik Wojewódzki: not required to vote as there was already a majority
Week 3 (5 May) Theme: Musical Giants + Contestants' performances on the third live show Act Order Song Musical Giant Result Ewelina Lisowska 1 "If I Could Turn Back Time" Cher Safe The Chance 2 "Sorry" Madonna Bottom two Marcin Spenner 3 "Always" Bon Jovi Safe Anna Antonik 4 "Imagine" John Lennon Bottom two Soul City 5 "They Don't Care About Us" Michael Jackson Safe Joanna Kwaśnik 6 "Think" Aretha Franklin Safe Dawid Podsiadło 7 "Your Song" Elton John SafeFinal showdown details Anna Antonik 1"Killing Me Softly with His Song" Eliminated The Chance 2"Mercedes Benz" Safe
Judges' votes to save Mozil: The Chance - backed his own act Okupnik: Anna Antonik - backed her own act Wojewódzki: The Chance - stated he couldn't imagine the show without this group, but said a lot of good words about Antonik
Week 4 (12 May) Theme: Songs from films Group performance: "It's Raining Men"
+ Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Act Order Song Film / TV Series Result Soul City 1 "I'll Be There for You" Friends Bottom two Joanna Kwaśnik 2 "Another Way to Die"Quantum of Solace Bottom two Dawid Podsiadło 3 "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" Pulp Fiction Safe The Chance 4 "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" Mermaids Safe Marcin Spenner 5 "She's Like the Wind" Dirty Dancing Safe Ewelina Lisowska 6 "Bring Me to Life" Daredevil SafeFinal showdown details Joanna Kwaśnik 1"Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me)" Eliminated Soul City 2"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Safe
Judges' votes to save Mozil: Soul City Wojewódzki: Joanna Kwaśnik Okupnik: Soul City
Week 5 (19 May) Themes: Big band, Polish songs
+ Contestants' performances on the fifth live show Act Order First song Order Second song Result Ewelina Lisowska 1 "Candyman" 6 "Winna" Safe The Chance 2 "I Say a Little Prayer" 10 "Sic!" Bottom two Dawid Podsiadło 3 "Cry Me a River" 9 "Cichosza" Safe Marcin Spenner 4 "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" 7 "Do kołyski" Safe Soul City 5 "What a Wonderful World" 8 "Mamona" Bottom two Final showdown details The Chance 1 "Stand by Me" Safe Soul City 2 "This World" Eliminated
Judges' votes to save Wojewódzki: Soul City Okupnik: The Chance Mozil: The Chance
Week 6: Semi-final (26 May) Themes: Songs chosen by mentors; songs by Adele
+ Contestants' performances on the sixth live show Act Order First song Order Second song Result Dawid Podsiadło 1 "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" 6 "One and Only" Safe The Chance 2 "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" 5 "Set Fire to the Rain" Bottom two Ewelina Lisowska 3 "If I Were a Boy" 7 "Rumour Has It" Bottom two Marcin Spenner 4 "I Want to Know What Love Is" 8 "Rolling in the Deep" Safe Final showdown details Ewelina Lisowska 1 "Sweet Dreams" Eliminated The Chance 2 "Eye of the Tiger" Safe
Judges' votes to save Mozil: The Chance Okupnik: Ewelina Lisowska Wojewódzki: The Chance
Week 7: Final (2 June) Themes: No theme (songs the mentor and contestants believe will get them through the final); celebrity duets Celebrity duet performers: Katie Melua with Dawid Podsiadło Amy Macdonald with The Chance Brainstorm with Marcin Spenner Celebrity performers: Tatiana Okupnik (vocal), Czesław Mozil (accordion), Kuba Wojewódzki (percussion) ("Fever")
+ Contestants' performances on the final live show Act Order First song Order Second song (duet) Result The Chance 1 "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" 4 "Slow It Down" (with Amy Macdonald) Third place Marcin Spenner 2 "Do kołyski" 5 "Thunder Without Rain" (with Brainstorm) Runner-up Dawid Podsiadło 3 "With Or Without You" 6 "Better Than a Dream" (with Katie Melua) Winner
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