This is the fourth season of Hungarian version of The X Factor. The fourth season premiered on 7 September 2013 on the commercial channel RTL Klub. The show was hosted by Lilu and Bence Istenes. The original host Nóra Ördög left the show due to her pregnancy. The line up also changed this year. The only original judge, who returned for season 4 was Péter Geszti. Joined him on the panel Róbert Szikora, Gabi Tóth and Róbert Alföldi.
On 16 December 2012 the show's host Nóra Ördög announced, that the show would be back for its 4th season in 2013. The apply for the auditions started on the same day.
Judges and hosts
On 29 April the new judges were announced as returning judge Péter Geszti and new judges Róbert Szikora, Gabi Tóth and Róbert Alföldi. Miklós Malek confirmed his exit on 16 December 2012. Later Ildikó Keresztes also confirmed, that she will not return to the show for another season. In April Feró Nagy also announced his exit.
On 17 May 2013 RTL Klub confirmed that the new hosts were Lilu and Bence Istenes. The previous host, Nóra Ördög left the show due to her pregnancy.
Auditions Auditions began on 25 May 2013. The contestants came in their thousands.
Bootcamp The Bootcamp was aired on 28 and 29 September.
The contestants 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 boys category had an extra, 7th acts. And the judges found out, which category they would be mentoring.
Judges' houses At this stage of the competition each judge mentored six acts. 25 acts (7 in the boys category) went through for this stage of the show. Each judge had help from a guest judge to choose their final acts.
The thirteen eliminated acts were: Boys: Manó Ráduly Botond, David Horvath, Kristóf Karapándzsity, Richárd Nagy Girls: Melina Molnár, Nóra Nagy, Eszter Olajos Over 25s: Zoltán Bátky, Lia Komondi, Nelli Nagyváradi Groups: SPEAK UP!, Sunset Strip, Wild Rhythm Smokers
Contestants Twelve acts go through to this stage of the show.
Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Third Place – Withdrew
Category (mentor) Acts Boys (Tóth) Ákos Csordás Ádám Szabó Marcell Tóth Girls (Alföldi) Lili Batánovics Anikó Eckert Lili Péterffy Over 25s (Geszti) Márk Bozsek Dóra Danics Tünde Krasznai Groups (Szikora) ByTheWay Fat Phoenix MDC
Results summary
| – mentored by Róbert Alföldi (Girls) || – Bottom two |- | – mentored by Gabi Tóth (Boys) | – Most public votes that week |- | – mentored by Róbert Szikora (Groups) || – Withdrew |- | – mentored by Péter Geszti (Over 25s) |} 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 Dóra Danics 1st15.77% 1st12.69% 1st17.47%2nd14.44% 2nd14.49% 3rd17.04% 3rd16.15% 2nd20.70% 2nd29.96% 2nd33.44% Winner56.34% ByTheWay 6th7.83% 5th10.11% 5th9.12% 9th8.45% 1st37.24% 1st21.27% 1st24.58% 1st28.90% 1st33.30% 1st34.32% Runner-Up43.66% Tünde Krasznai 4th9.17% 3rd10.91% 6th9.06% 6th9.30% 4th8.99% 6th11.19% 2nd22.02% 3rd20.60% 3rd20.47% 3rd32.34% Eliminated(Week 10) Ákos Csordás 3rd11.69% 7th9.05% 8th8.15% 8th8.85% 3rd11.82% 5th12.04% 4th14.53% 5th10.68% 4th16.27% Eliminated(Week 9) Ádám Szabó 5th8.57% 6th10.06% 4th10.81% 7th9.19% 7th6.71% 2nd18.62% 5th11.96% 4th19.12% Eliminated(Week 8) Lili Péterffy 10th4.92% 10th5.43% 7th8.19% 5th10.90% 6th7.78% 4th12.27% 6th10.76% Eliminated(Week 7) Fat Phoenix 8th6.46% 2nd11.73% 2nd12.16% 3rd12.91% 5th8.18% 7th7.56% Eliminated(Week 6) Lili Batánovics 7th7.49% 8th7.35% 9th7.25% 4th11.26% 8th6.36% Eliminated(Week 5) Márk Bozsek 2nd12.68% 4th10.35% 3rd10.83% 1st14.82% Withdrew(Week 5) Anikó Eckert 12th4.35% 9th7.03% 10th6.98% Eliminated(Week 3) Marcell Tóth 9th6.21% 11th5.28% Eliminated(Week 2) MDC 11th4.88% Eliminated(Week 1) Bottom Two MDC,Anikó Eckert Marcell Tóth,Lili Péterffy Anikó Eckert,Lili Batánovics ByTheWay,Ákos Csordás Lili Batánovics,Ádám Szabó Fat Phoenix,Tünde Krasznai Lili Péterffy,Ádám Szabó Ádám Szabó,Ákos Csordás Ákos Csordás,Tünde Krasznai No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins Geszti's vote to eliminate MDC Lili Péterffy Anikó Eckert Ákos Csordás Lili Batánovics Fat Phoenix Lili Péterffy Ádám Szabó Ákos Csordás Szikora's vote to eliminate Anikó Eckert Marcell Tóth Anikó Eckert Ákos Csordás Lili Batánovics Tünde Krasznai Ádám Szabó Ákos Csordás Tünde Krasznai Tóth's vote to eliminate MDC Lili Péterffy Lili Batánovics ByTheWay Lili Batánovics Fat Phoenix Lili Péterffy Ádám Szabó Tünde Krasznai Alföldi's vote to eliminate MDC Marcell Tóth Anikó Eckert ByTheWay Ádám Szabó Fat Phoenix Ádám Szabó Ádám Szabó Ákos Csordás Eliminated MDC3 from 4 votes Majority Marcell Tóth2 from 4 votes Deadlock Anikó Eckert3 from 4 votes Majority ByTheWay2 from 4 votes Deadlock Lili Batánovics3 from 4 votes Majority Fat Phoenix3 from 4 votes Majority Lili Péterffy2 from 4 votes Deadlock Ádám Szabó3 from 4 votes Majority Ákos Csordás2 from 4 votes Deadlock Tünde Krasznai3rd Place ByTheWay2nd Place Dóra Danics1st Place
Live Shows
Week 1 (12–13 October)
Theme: Songs from the toplists Celebrity performer: Gergő Oláh ("Érted élek") Group performance: "We Own the Night" and "Valami más"
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the first live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result MDC 1 "Help!" Bottom two Lili Péterffy 2 "Wrecking Ball" Safe Marcell Tóth 3 "Don't You Worry Child" Safe Márk Bozsek 4 "Can't Hold Us" Safe Lili Batánovics 5 "Son of a Preacher Man" Safe Ádám Szabó 6 "Love Me Again" Safe Anikó Eckert 7 "The Golden Age" Bottom two Ákos Csordás 8 "Superstition" Safe Fat Phoenix 9 "Humpin' Around" Safe Tünde Krasznai 10 "Crazy" Safe ByTheWay 11 "Blurred Lines" Safe Dóra Danics 12 "The House of the Rising Sun" Safe Final showdown details MDC 1 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Eliminated Anikó Eckert 2 "Turning Tables" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Alföldi: MDC Szikora: Anikó Eckert Tóth: MDC Geszti: MDC
Week 2 (19–20 October)
Theme: World tour Celebrity performer: Anima Sound System ("Wonder") Group performance: "Fire with Fire"
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the second live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Marcell Tóth 1 "I Knew You Were Trouble" Bottom two Lili Batánovics 2 "Something's Got a Hold on Me" Safe ByTheWay 3 "Cups" Safe Anikó Eckert 4 "Black Heart" Safe Márk Bozsek 5 "The Lazy Song" Safe Lili Péterffy 6 "Monday Morning" Bottom two Ákos Csordás 7 "She's Like the Wind" Safe Tünde Krasznai 8 "Don't Cry for Louie" Safe Fat Phoenix 9 "Crucified" Safe Dóra Danics 10 "Valerie" Safe Ádám Szabó 11 "Álomarcú lány" Safe Final showdown details Marcell Tóth 1 "Here Without You" Eliminated Lili Péterffy 2 "Varázsolj a szívemmel" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Alföldi: Marcell Tóth Tóth: Lili Péterffy Szikora: Marcell Tóth Geszti: Lili Péterffy
As both acts got 2 votes, they went to deadlock and Marcell Tóth was eliminated.
Week 3 (26–27 October)
Theme: Autumn legends Celebrity performer: Bermuda ("London"), Enikő Muri ("Maradj még!") Group performance: "Best Song Ever"
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the third live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Fat Phoenix 1 "Can't Get You Out of My Head" Safe Anikó Eckert 2 "Back to Black" Bottom two Ákos Csordás 3 "Thnks fr th Mmrs" Safe Lili Péterffy 4 "Mikor" Safe Márk Bozsek 5 "Sex on Fire" Safe Lili Batánovics 6 "Unfaithful" Bottom two Ádám Szabó 7 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Safe Dóra Danics 8 "Márti dala" Safe ByTheWay 9 "Africa" Safe Tünde Krasznai 10 "Blue Jeans" Safe Final showdown details Anikó Eckert 1 "When You're Gone"Eliminated Lili Batánovics 2 "És mégis" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Alföldi: Anikó Eckert Tóth: Lili Batánovics Szikora: Anikó Eckert Geszti: Anikó Eckert
Week 4 (2–3 November)
Theme: Quiet songs Celebrity performer: Animal Cannibals ("Minden változik") Group performance: "Perfect Day", "Nincs baj! Tűz van!"
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the fourth live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Lili Batánovics 1 "Queen of the Night" Safe Ákos Csordás 2 "Never Tear Us Apart" Bottom two ByTheWay 3 "Radioactive" Bottom two Tünde Krasznai 4 "Family Portrait" Safe Ádám Szabó 5 "Ladies' Choice" Safe Fat Phoenix 6 "Éjjel-nappal Budapest" Safe Dóra Danics 7 "Piece of My Heart" Safe Lili Péterffy 8 "Je Veux" Safe Márk Bozsek 9 "Féltelek" Safe Final showdown details Ákos Csordás 1 "Jelenés" Safe ByTheWay 2 "Read All About It, Pt. III" Return
Judge's vote to eliminate Tóth: ByTheWay Szikora: Ákos Csordás Alföldi: ByTheWay Geszti: Ákos Csordás
As both acts got 2 votes, they went to deadlock and ByTheWay were eliminated.
Week 5 (9–10 November)
Theme: Divas and Heartbreakers Celebrity performers: Sugarloaf and Csaba Vastag ("Megküzdök érted") Group performance: "When We Stand Together"
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the fifth live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Lili Péterffy 1 "Welcome to Burlesque" Safe Ádám Szabó 2 "Szállj velem!" Bottom two Ákos Csordás 3 "Csillag vagy fecske" Safe Lili Batánovics 4 "Left Outside Alone" Bottom two Fat Phoenix 5 "Survivor" Safe Dóra Danics 6 "Itt és most" Safe Tünde Krasznai 7 "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Safe ByTheWay 8 "Locked Out of Heaven" Safe Duet Lili Batánovics & Ádám Szabó 1 "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" Dóra Danics & Ákos Csordás 2 "The Lady Is a Tramp" Tünde Krasznai & Fat Phoenix 3 "Summer Wine" Lili Péterffy & ByTheWay 4 "Broken Strings" Final showdown details Lili Batánovics 1 "I Will Always Love You" Eliminated Ádám Szabó 2 "Rule the World" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Alföldi: Ádám Szabó Tóth: Lili Batánovics Szikora: Lili Batánovics Geszti: Lili Batánovics
Márk Bozsek withdrew this week after deciding he could not commit to the competition. Therefore, ByTheWay returned to the competition.
Week 6 (16–17 November)
Theme: Brilliance, luster and beauty Celebrity performers: Roy & Ádám feat. Maszkura ("Visszasírom"), Adél Csobot ("Forog a film") Group performance: "Éld át"
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the sixth live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result ByTheWay 1 "Szabadítsd fel!" Safe Lili Péterffy 2 "Beauty and a Beat" Safe Ákos Csordás 3 "Rumour Has It"/"Someone like You" Safe Dóra Danics 4 "Believe" Safe Fat Phoenix 5 "Why You Wanna Trip on Me" Bottom two Tünde Krasznai 6 "I Say a Little Prayer" (Hungarian) Bottom two Ádám Szabó 7 "When I Was Your Man" Safe Final showdown details Fat Phoenix 1 "Stop!" Eliminated Tünde Krasznai 2 "Úgy fáj" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Geszti: Fat Phoenix Szikora: Tünde Krasznai Tóth: Fat Phoenix Alföldi: Fat Phoenix
Week 7 (23–24 November)
Theme: Mentors Night Celebrity performers: Fábián Juli & Zoohacker Group performance: "Shine"
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the seventh live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order First song Order Second song Result Dóra Danics 1 "Look at Me" 9 "Nem a miénk az ég" Safe Ádám Szabó 2 "Jöjj még" 8 "Dear Darlin'" Bottom two Lili Péterffy 3 "Something New" 7 "Hello édes" Bottom two ByTheWay 4 "Torn" 12 "Létezem" Safe Tünde Krasznai 5 "Gyere kislány" 11 "The Silence" Safe Ákos Csordás 6 "More" 10 "A csapból is én folyok" Safe Final showdown details Lili Péterffy 1 "Everytime We Touch" Eliminated Ádám Szabó 2 "Mindhalálig várni rád" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Alföldi: Ádám Szabó Tóth: Lili Péterffy Szikora: Ádám Szabó Geszti: Lili Péterffy
As both acts got 2 votes, they went to deadlock and Lili Péterffy was eliminated.
Week 8 (30 November-1 December)
Theme: Party anthems Celebrity performers: Zséda ("Hétköznapi Mennyország"/"Dance"), Tibor Kocsis ("Új holnap") Group performance: "No Worries"