This is the third season of Hungarian version of The X Factor.
The first promo for applying was broadcast in April, 2012. Nóra Ördög returned to host the show. RTL KLUB confirmed the judges on 25 June, all of the four judges would be back for season 3. The show started the Fall of 2012. The producers promised it would be the best and the biggest season of the show. In this series the production used the new X Faktor logo and styling and also changed the judges place on the panel.
First time it would be the rival show of TV2 (Hungary)'s Voice. The Voice would be a real rival, because Miklós Malek's sister Andrea Malek was joining to the Voice's line up. X Faktor is the most viewed talent show in Hungarian TV history.
The first promo was aired on 9 August. The channel announced 16 August, that X-Faktor would return on 1 September 2012.
Auditions
The auditions started in the summer of 2012, with more than 5,000 candidates for the third series in Hungary. The judges auditions took place in Budapest on 25–28 June. This is the first time when the judges' auditions take more than one day.
Bootcamp The Bootcamp stage of the show also took place in Budapest. Some 130 acts were invited for singing. The taping of the session started 16 July, and finished 20 July. One of the judges Ildikó Keresztes, said it was a really hard, but also a really dramatic Bootcamp. The Bootcamp was aired on 29 and 30 September. On the first day the 130 hopefuls sang a song in groups. The songs were chosen by the judges. At the end of the day 30 acts were sent home. On the second day, the contestants has a dance lesson, the judges saw the rehearsal, and after that the contestants of the four category (Girls, Boys, Groups and Over 28s) made a presentation of their dancing knowledge. At the end of the day, the judges revealed the 50 acts, who went through for the last day of the Bootcamp. On the third day, the contestantas sang live for an audience and the judges. The hopefuls chose a song, what they wanted to sing. At the end of the day, the judges revealed the 25 remaining acts for the Judges' Homes. the girls category has an extra, 7th acts. And the judges find out, which category will they mentoring.
Judges' houses At this stage of the competition each judge mentored six acts. Each judge had help from a guest judge to choose their final acts. Keresztes was helped by Balázs Fehér, Malek by Gabi Tóth, Nagy by Tamás Molnár, and Geszti by Titusz Tiszttartó. Contestants performed one song for their respective judge. Each judge and their guest eliminated three acts, leaving twelve remaining. The judges' houses stage was broadcast in two episodes on 6 and 7 October 2012.
The thirteen eliminated acts were: Boys: Emota Bálint Ekanem, Csaba Meggyes, Szilárd Nagy Girls: Réka Balla, Dóra Danics, Kinga Jáger, Loretta Pál Over 28s: Sándor Horváth, Zsolt Ernő Kiss, Erika Kovács Groups: ByTheWay, Soldiers, Wonderfool
Contestants Twelve acts go through to this stage of the show.
Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Third Place
Category (mentor) Acts Boys (Geszti) Zoltán Fehér Gergő Oláh Dávid Szabó Girls (Malek)Tímea AntalAdél Csobot Andrea Kvaka Over 28s (Keresztes) László Kovács Bea Lass Krisztián Zámbó Groups (Nagy) Like P.J.Z. Spirit
Results summary
| – mentored by Miklós Malek (Girls) || – Bottom two |- | – mentored by Péter Geszti (Boys) | – Most public votes that week |- | – mentored by Feró Nagy (Groups) |- | – mentored by Ildikó Keresztes (Over 28s) |} Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Final Week 10 Round 1 Round 2 Gergő Oláh 1st30.27% 1st35.24% 1st37.89% 1st31.85% 1st34.35% 1st36.57% 1st38.01% 1st33.42% 1st38.23% 1st46.66% 1st50.56% Tímea Antal3rd11.79%2nd12.69%2nd13.08%4th12.52%4th10.20%2nd22.36%2nd20.63%2nd27.19%2nd29.82%2nd31.95% 2nd49.44% Adél Csobot2nd11.98%4th11.15%3rd12.80%2nd13.92%2nd14.13%3rd13.82%3rd14.82%3rd15.09% 3rd17.77% 3rd21.39% Eliminated(Week 10) Dávid Szabó5th8.49%8th4.56%8th4.21%7th5.66%5th8.25% 6th6.19%4th11.87% 4th15.00% 4th14.17% Eliminated(Week 9) László Kovács7th5.64%6th5.92%7th4,52% 8th4.24% 8th7.13%5th6.61% 6th5.31% 5th9.29% Eliminated(Week 8) Krisztián Zámbó4th10.35%3rd11.96%4th9.00%3rd13.82%3rd10.69%4th8.76% 5th9.36% Eliminated(Week 7) Like8th3.89%5th5.95%6th4.78%6th5.85%6th8.09% 7th5.70% Eliminated(Week 6) Zoltán Fehér 11th2.41%7th4.60% 10th3.17%5th8.02% 7th7.17% Eliminated(Week 5) Bea Lass10th2.81% 11th1.46%5th7.03% 9th4.12% Eliminated(Week 4) Spirit 6th6.27%9th3.38% 9th3.52% Eliminated(Week 3) P.J.Z.9th3.89% 10th3.11% Eliminated(Week 2) Andrea Kvaka 12th2.21% Eliminated(Week 1) Bottom Two Zoltán Fehér,Andrea Kvaka P.J.Z.,Bea Lass Spirit,Zoltán Fehér László Kovács,Bea Lass László Kovács,Zoltán Fehér Like,Dávid Szabó László Kovács,Krisztián Zámbó László Kovács,Dávid Szabó Adél Csobot,Dávid Szabó No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins Geszti's vote to eliminateAndrea Kvaka P.J.Z. Spirit László Kovács László Kovács Like Krisztián Zámbó László Kovács Adél Csobot Keresztes's vote to eliminateAndrea Kvaka P.J.Z. Spirit László Kovács Zoltán Fehér Like - Dávid Szabó Adél Csobot Malek's vote to eliminateZoltán Fehér P.J.Z. Spirit Bea Lass Zoltán Fehér Like Krisztián Zámbó László Kovács Dávid Szabó Nagy's vote to eliminateAndrea Kvaka Bea Lass Zoltán Fehér Bea Lass Zoltán Fehér Dávid Szabó Krisztián Zámbó László Kovács Dávid Szabó Eliminated Andrea Kvaka3 from 4 votes Majority P.J.Z.3 from 4 votes Majority Spirit3 from 4 votes Majority Bea Lass2 from 4 votes Deadlock Zoltán Fehér3 from 4 votes Majority Like3 from 4 votes Majority Krisztián Zámbó3 from 3 votes Majority László Kovács 3 from 4 votes Majority Dávid Szabó 2 from 4 votes Deadlock Adél Csobot3rd Place Tímea Antal2nd Place Gergő Oláh1st Place
Live Shows
Week 1 (13 October)
Theme: Songs chosen by the contestants
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the first live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result P.J.Z. 1 "Let's Get It Started" Safe Andrea Kvaka 2 "Sweet Child o' Mine" Bottom two Zoltán Fehér 3 "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" Bottom two László Kovács 4 "Nem vagyok tökéletes" Safe Tímea Antal 5 "All the Man That I Need" Safe Like 6 "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Safe Krisztián Zámbó 7 "Incomplete" Safe Spirit 8 "We Are Young" Safe Gergő Oláh 9 "Runaway Baby" Safe Adél Csobot 10 "Back It Up" Safe Dávid Szabó 11 "Hero" Safe Bea Lass 12 "Speechless" Safe Final showdown details Zoltán Fehér 1 "Mondd, mit tegyek, hogy érezd?" Safe Andrea Kvaka 2 "Végső vallomás " Eliminated
Judge's vote to eliminate Nagy: Andrea Kvaka Malek: Zoltán Fehér Keresztes: Andrea Kvaka Geszti: Andrea Kvaka
Week 2 (20 October)
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the second live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Bea Lass 1 "Get the Party Started" Bottom two Spirit 2 "Save the World" Safe Tímea Antal 3 "Euphoria" Safe Dávid Szabó 4 "Rock DJ" Safe László Kovács 5 "Hello" Safe P.J.Z. 6 "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" Bottom two Zoltán Fehér 7 "When I Get You Alone" Safe Like 8 "Stay" Safe Krisztián Zámbó 9 "Harc és vágy" Safe Adél Csobot 10 "Call Me Maybe" Safe Gergő Oláh 11 "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" Safe Final showdown details P.J.Z. 1 "Love the Way You Lie" Eliminated Bea Lass 2 "Egészen, mert félig nem tudok" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Geszti: P.J.Z. Malek: P.J.Z. Keresztes: P.J.Z. Nagy: Lass Bea
Week 3 (27 October)
Theme: Movie themes
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the third live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Krisztián Zámbó 1 "GoldenEye" Safe Adél Csobot 2 "Hanky Panky" Safe Bea Lass 3 "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" Safe Zoltán Fehér 4 "Licence to Kill" Bottom two Spirit 5 "Tainted Love" Bottom two Dávid Szabó 6 "Millennium" Safe László Kovács 7 "You Know My Name" Safe Gergő Oláh 8 "If I Only Knew" Safe Tímea Antal 9 "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" Safe Like 10 "Live and Let Die" Safe Final showdown details Spirit 1 "Csepp a tengerben" Eliminated Zoltán Fehér 2 "Valahol elrontottam" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Malek: Spirit Geszti: Spirit Nagy: Zoltán Fehér Keresztes: Spirit
Week 4 (3 November)
Theme: Life is beautiful
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the fourth live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result László Kovács 1 "Mid nem voltam még neked" Bottom two Like 2 "California King Bed" Safe Dávid Szabó 3 "Csillagok" Safe Bea Lass 4 "A szerelem sivataga" Bottom two Zoltán Fehér 5 "Marry You" Safe Tímea Antal 6 "A szerelem fáj" Safe Gergő Oláh 7 "Hall of Fame" Safe Krisztián Zámbó 8 "Dance with My Father" Safe Adél Csobot 9 "99 Red Balloons" Safe Final showdown details László Kovács 1 "Utolsó érintés" Safe Bea Lass 2 "Vadvirág" Eliminated
Judge's vote to eliminate Malek: Bea Lass Geszti: László Kovács Nagy: Bea Lass Keresztes: László Kovács
As both Acts got 2 Votes, they went to deadlock and Bea Lass was eliminated.
Week 5 (10 November)
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the fifth live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Dávid Szabó 1 "Fairytale" Safe Krisztián Zámbó 2 "Keep the Faith" Safe Adél Csobot 3 "Eternal Flame" Safe László Kovács 4 "Vágtass velem! (Kő kövön...)" Bottom two Tímea Antal 5 "Behind These Hazel Eyes" Safe Zoltán Fehér 6 "Bennünk a világ" Bottom two Gergő Oláh 7 "Too Close" Safe Like 8 "Ez az a perc" Safe Final showdown details Zoltán Fehér 1 "Mondd, miért fáj ugyanúgy?" Eliminated László Kovács 2 "Érints meg" Safe Judge's vote to eliminate Geszti: László Kovács Keresztes: Zoltán Fehér Nagy: Zoltán Fehér Malek: Zoltán Fehér
Week 6 (17 November)
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the sixth live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Like 1 "I'll Be There for You" Bottom two László Kovács 2 "Soha még" Safe Dávid Szabó 3 "Kerek egész" Bottom two Tímea Antal 4 "Over the Rainbow" Safe Krisztián Zámbó 5 "Hagyd meg nekem a dalt" Safe Adél Csobot 6 "Fekete rúzs" Safe Gergő Oláh 7 "Wild Wild West" Safe Final showdown details Dávid Szabó 1 "The Climb" Safe Like 2 "Russian Roulette" Eliminated Judge's vote to eliminate Geszti: Like Keresztes: Like Nagy: Dávid Szabó Malek: Like
Week 7 (24 November)
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the seventh live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result László Kovács 1 "Pancsoló kislány" Bottom two Adél Csobot 2 "Mama" Safe Gergő Oláh 3 "Szállj fel magasra!" Safe Krisztián Zámbó 4 "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" Bottom two Tímea Antal 5 "Domino" Safe Dávid Szabó 6 "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Safe Duet Tímea Antal & Dávid Szabó 1 "Moves like Jagger" Krisztián Zámbó & László Kovács 2 "Feketén a hófehér" Adél Csobot & Gergő Oláh 3 "The Way You Make Me Feel" Final showdown details László Kovács 1 "November" Safe Krisztián Zámbó 2 "Még nem veszíthetek" Eliminated Judge's vote to eliminate Geszti: Krisztián Zámbó Keresztes: no need to vote Nagy: Krisztián Zámbó Malek: Krisztián Zámbó
Week 8 (1 December)
Theme: One English song & One Hungarian song
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the eighth live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order First song Order Second song Result Gergő Oláh 1 "The Other Side" 6 "Nagy utazás" Safe Adél Csobot 2 "Például te" 7 "The Loco-Motion" Safe László Kovács 3 "Mindenki valakié" 8 "Send Me an Angel" Bottom two Dávid Szabó 4 "Livin' la Vida Loca" 10 "Hogyan tudnék élni nélküled" Bottom two Tímea Antal 5 "Ez a vonat, ha elindult, hadd menjen..." 9 "Crazy in Love"/"Crazy" Safe Final showdown details László Kovács 1 "Hol van a szó" Eliminated Dávid Szabó 2 "Eskünk" Safe Judge's vote to eliminate Geszti: László Kovács Keresztes: Dávid Szabó Nagy: László Kovács Malek: László Kovács
Week 9 (8 December)