X Faktorius is the Lithuanian version of The X Factor, a series originating from the United Kingdom. Based on the original UK show, the concept of the series is to find new singing talent (solo or groups) contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. The series first aired on 14 October 2012.
Series summary To date, eleven series have been broadcast, as summarised below.
Contestant in "Saulius Prūsaitis" Contestant in "Saulius Urbonavičius" Contestant in "Rūta Ščiogolevaitė" Contestant in "Vytautas Šapranauskas" Contestant in "Marijonas Mikutavičius" Contestant in "Justina Arlauskaité-Jazzu" Contestant in "Andrius Mamotovas"
Series Start Finish Winner Main judges Giedrė VokietytėRSPAleksandra MetalnikovaUgnė ValinčiūtėSaulius Urbonavičius Marijonas Mikutavičius Žygimantas GečasAndžela AdamovičAudrius PetrauskasIeva ŠčerbinskaitėRūta Ščiogolevaitė Martynas Starkus Monika PundziūtėAleksas AugaitisThomas Tumosa Marija BeržėJustina Arlauskaitė-Jazzu Iglė BernotaitytėGolden AgePaulina PaulauskaitėMindaugas AvižienisSaulius Prūsaitis 120Monika JuškevičiūtėJustė BaradulinaitėAlen Chicco Marijonas Mikutavičius Mindaugas Rainys & Mindaugas Stasiulis Good Time BoysRimvydas MatukynasKristina JurevičiūtėLukas ZažeckisSaulius Prūsaitis Milda MartinkėnaitėMartyna JezepčikaitėTitas & BenasNorbert LiatkovskiMarijonas Mikutavičius Milita DaikerytėDeimantė Vaičiūtė-DejmukasGiedrius LeškevičiusTwosomeJustina Arlauskaitė-Jazzu MandoLukrecija VasiliauskaitėGvidas RopėGabija AleknavičiūtėSaulius Prūsaitis SpurrVytautė GaižauskaitėDemian ShyianDomantas Rolis Atėnė RavinkaitėVytautė TamutytėKartu
Judges' categories and their contestants In each series, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three acts to progress to the live finals. This table shows, for each series, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live finals.
Key: – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.
Series Saulius Prūsaitis Saulius Urbonavičius-Samas Vytautas Šapranauskas Rūta Ščiogolevaitė N/A 1 GroupsRSP4 RosesRoxy 5GirlsGiedrė VokietytėUgnė ValinčiūtėKristina Radžiukynaitė BoysMartynas KavaliauskasNojus BartaškaPetras Daunys Over 25sAleksandra MetalnikovaSaulius ŠivickasJustas Ašmantas Series Saulius Prūsaitis Saulius Urbonavičius-Samas Marijonas Mikutavičius Rūta Ščiogolevaitė 2 GirlsIeva ŠčerbinskaitėNeringa GailiušaitėVaiva Kalinauskaitė GroupsŽemaitukaiBenjaminsSesės Over 25sAndžela AdamovičSkaistė KurnuševičiūtėEgidijus ŽižiūnasBoysŽygimantas GečasAudrius PetrauskasDovydas Buršteinas Series Saulius Prūsaitis Saulius Urbonavičius-Samas Marijonas Mikutavičius Justina Arlauskaitė-Jazzu 3 BoysAleksas AugaitisThomas TumosaJonatanas KazlauskasRihards Bērziņš GroupsOriginal CopyKA/VAZetaBeatEllse Over 25sMarija BeržėDomas ČesnulevičiusErika Astrauskaitė PoškienėPaulius Jonikas GirlsMonika PundziūtėMiglė PivoriūnaitėOdilija MurauskaitėJustė Gaižauskaitė 4 GirlsIglė BernotaitytėPaulina PaulauskaitėIeva VoverytėMarija Grabštaitė Over 25sSimona KlusienėAndis GrivaArtūras BalandinasEdgaras Morkevičius GroupsGolden AgeOnly OnceZetaBeatStrėlės BoysMindaugas AvižienisPaulius DrabulisDeividas ValmaAlgirdas Daumantas Ciūnys Series Saulius Prūsaitis Saulius Urbonavičius-Samas Marijonas Mikutavičius Justina Arlauskaitė-Jazzu Andrius Mamontovas 5 Over 25sMonika JuškevičiūtėAlen ChiccoAugustė Žičkutė BoysDeividas ValmaMantas SakalauskasMarius Mickus Groups120Lukrecija & VakarisEMDŽEJ GirlsJustė BaradulinaitėIveta SvilainytėDovilė Rimkevičiūtė UnderdogsDanas BerlinskasIndrė GrikšelytėEvolution Series Saulius Prūsaitis Saulius Urbonavičius-Samas Marijonas Mikutavičius Justina Arlauskaitė-Jazzu N/A 6 GroupsGood Time BoysRokas & LaurynasIntervalaiSenimo Beatas GirlsUgnė AudzevičiūtėElzė BorsteikaitėEmilija MisiūnaitėRūta BudreckaitėMeda Borisaitė BoysRimvydas MatukynasLukas ZažeckisSilvestras BelteRenaldas Malinauskas Over 25sKristina JurevičiūtėLukas JonaitisDaviti AdamashviliMilda Martinkėnaitė 7 TeensMartyna JezepčikaitėMykolas Kuan KeysVytautė Gaižauskaitė GroupsTitas & BenasJett StarNice Over 25sMilda MartinkėnaitėPaulius MscichauskasAlna Katinaitė Young AdultsNorbert LiatkovskiGerda ZaptoriūtėJolanta Labinskytė 8 BoysAinis StorpirštisGian Luca DemarcoGediminas Gabalis-Vėjas GroupsTwosomeRSAMarius Repšys & Inga Šepetkaitė SeniorsGiedrius LeškevičiusLina RastokaitėJokūbas Bareikis GirlsMilita DaikerytėDeimantė Vaičiūtė-DejmukasAustėja LukaitėJulija Žižė 9 GroupsMandoAquarium de ClaraBloom TeensLukrecija VasiliauskaitėAiridija BelorazaitėNojus Žebrauskas Over 25sLijana StakauskaitėPovilas ŽilionisAlika Keene Young AdultsGvidas RopėGabija AleknavičiūtėMarija Gevorkjan 10 GroupsSpurrSankabaMidnight Gents & Gabrea Young AdultsDomantas RolisGabrielė KalniškytėArnas Pelakauskas TeensVytautė GaižauskaitėDemian ShyianElvija Zvicevičiūtė Over 25sJausmė Elena StonkutėDovydas MisiūnasKarolis Mačėnas 11Atėnė RavinkaitėVytautė TamutytėAleksandras Stankevičius KartuViltė KirstukaitėJustė Osh KornihaMiglė MalkevičiūtėGrizlo Monika ŠvilpaitėGabriela ŽdanovičiūtėGintare Zenkevičiutė
Season 1
Contestants Key:
– Winner – Runner-up – Third Place
Category (mentor)Acts Boys (Šapranauskas) Nojus Bartaška Petras Daunys Martynas Kavaliauskas Girls (Urbonavičius) Kristina Radžiukynaitė Ugnė Valinčiūtė Giedrė Vokietytė Over 25s (Ščiogolevaitė) Justas Ašmantas Aleksandra Metalnikova Saulius Šivickas Groups (Prūsaitis) 4 Roses Roxy 5 RSP
Live shows The live shows started on 16 December 2012. Each week, the contestants perform and the voting lines open after the performances. When the results are announced, the bottom two contestants perform another song of their choice (the final showdown) and then judges choose which of the two to eliminate. If the judges' votes are tied, the vote goes to deadlock and the contestant with the fewest public votes that night is eliminated.
Each week while the voting is still in progress, there is a group performance by the remaining contestants or a musical performance from a guest (or a judge). Judge Saulius Prūsaitis performed on the first show with his group Happyendless, while the second one featured two group performances: one by the boys category and another without the boys. In week 3, Rūta Ščiogolevaitė sang "Run To You" and then "Proud Mary" duet with Kristina Radžiukynaitė, who was eliminated the previous week. KeyMono performed several songs the following week, while there was a group performance before the individual performances in week 5. Then the remaining contestants performed another one with presenter Marijonas Mikutavičius during the voting and Povilas Meškėla appeared on the sixth show with his group Rojaus Tūzai. Vaidas Baumila, a former contestant on the 2005 Lithuanian music competition "Dangus" performed the following week. He sang "'Til I Hear You Sing" from the Love Never Dies musical and then his own song called "Ieškok Manęs".
Results summary Colour key –Contestant did not perform or face the public vote –Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown –Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown) –Contestant received the most public votes
+ Weekly results per contestant Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Round 1 Round 2 Giedrė Vokietytė 8th5.80% 6th7.65%9th6.11% 2nd14.51% 2nd15.41%1st28.01%1st22.07%1st25.45% 3rd23.17% SafeWinner50.23% RSP 4th8.83% 4th10,49%1st21.02%1st24.94% 3rd14.73% 2nd19.56% 2nd19.73% 4th16.84% 2nd31.91% Safe Runner-up32.08% Aleksandra Metalnikova 5th7.70% 7th7.28% 5th8.12% 5th8.73% 5th11.51% 5th11.71% 3rd17.69% 3rd19.19%1st32.20% 3rd Eliminated (week 10) Ugnė Valinčiūtė1st20.40% 9th5.15% 4th9.03% 7th7.48% 4th13.31% 6th10.15% 2nd23.14% 4th12.71% Eliminated (week 9) 4 Roses 10th5.14% 8th6.46% 7th6.36% 8th7.34% 7th8.65% 3rd16.32% 4th16.73% 5th 15.37% Eliminated (week 8) Martynas Kavaliauskas 2nd15.73%1st18.99% 2nd19.96% 3rd12.51%1st18.14% 4th15.33% 5th13.62% Eliminated (week 7) Saulius Šivickas 6th7.42% 10th 4.92% 3rd10.34% 4th10.74% 6th10.70% 6th9.06% Eliminated (week 6) Roxy 5 7th5.80% 5th7.87% 8th6.32% 6th7.55% 8th 7.56% Eliminated (week 5) Nojus Bartaška 3rd12.18% 3rd11.40% 6th7.05% 9th 6.21% Eliminated (week 4) Petras Daunys 12th2.64% 2nd14.96% 10th5.70% Eliminated (week 3) Kristina Radžiukynaitė 9th5.16% 11th 4.81% Eliminated (week 2) Justas Ašmantas 11th3.14% Eliminated (week 1) Final showdown Justas Ašmantas,Petras Daunys Kristina Radžiukynaitė,Saulius Šivickas Giedrė Vokietytė,Petras Daunys 4 Roses,Nojus Bartaška 4 Roses,Roxy 5 Aleksandra Metalnikova,Saulius Šivickas Martynas Kavaliauskas,Ugnė Valinčiūtė 4 Roses,RSP No final showdown or judges' vote:results are based on public votes alone Judges voted to: Eliminate Prūsaitis's vote Justas Ašmantas Saulius Šivickas Petras Daunys Nojus Bartaška 4 Roses Saulius Šivickas Martynas Kavaliauskas RSP Urbonavičius's vote Justas Ašmantas Saulius Šivickas Petras Daunys 4 Roses Roxy 5 Saulius Šivickas Martynas Kavaliauskas 4 Roses Ščiogolevaitė's vote Petras Daunys Kristina Radžiukynaitė Petras Daunys Nojus Bartaška Roxy 5 Saulius Šivickas Martynas Kavaliauskas RSP Šapranauskas's vote Justas Ašmantas Kristina Radžiukynaitė Giedrė Vokietytė 4 Roses 4 Roses Saulius Šivickas Ugnė Valinčiūtė 4 Roses Eliminated Justas Ašmantas 3 of 4 votes Majority Kristina Radžiukynaitė 2 of 4 votes Deadlock Petras Daunys 3 or 4 votes Majority Nojus Bartaška 2 of 4 votes Deadlock Roxy 5 2 of 4 votes Deadlock Saulius Šivickas 4 of 4 votes Majority Martynas Kavaliauskas 3 or 4 votes Majority 4 Roses 2 of 4 votes Deadlock Ugnė Valinčiūtė 12.71% to save Aleksandra Metalnikova Public vote to win RSP 32.08% to win
Viktorija Vyšniauskaitė, a member of RSP, had vocal cord surgery and was absent from the group in weeks four and five. She returned to the competition in the second performance in week six. Valinčiūtė was absent in week six due to illness. After the elimination of Aleksandra Metalnikova, only her vote count was displayed and votes for the remaining two finalists were counted onwards. The voting percentages in week 10 for the second round do not add up to 100%, owing to the freezing of votes. Aleksandra Metalnikova received 17.68% of the final vote.
Season 2
Contestants Key:
– Winner – Runner-up – Third Place
Category (mentor)Acts Boys (Ščiogolevaitė) Dovydas Buršteinas Žygimantas Gečas Audrius Petrauskas Girls (Prūsaitis) Neringa Gailiušaitė Vaiva Kalinauskaitė Ieva Ščerbinskaitė Over 25s (Mikutavičius) Andžela Adamovič Skaistė Kurnuševičiūtė Egidijus Žižiūnas Groups (Urbonavičius) Benjamins Sesės Žemaitukai
Results summary Colour key –Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown –Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown) –Contestant received the most public votes