X-Faktor is a Hungarian television music competition to find new singing talent. The fifth series was broadcast on RTL Klub in 2014. Bence Istenes presented his second series of X-Faktor. Róbert Szikora, Gabi Tóth and Róbert Alföldi all returned to judge the talent for the second time. Gábor Szűcs, a new judge joined them, replacing the original judge Péter Geszti.
The series lowered the age limit from 16 to 14.
Judges and presenters Geszti, the only original judge left, announced his intention to leave the show after the fourth series to concentrate on his music career. The three other judges returned for a second series with the new judge Szűcs whose stage name is Little G. Weevil.
The original host, Nóra Ördög, was to return to the show for this series, but she became pregnant. RTL asked Bence Istenes back to host the show for a second run.
Auditions Open auditions took place in Budapest on 10 May 2014. The judges' auditions started on 31 May in Budapest.
Bootcamp The bootcamp was broadcast on 4 and 5 October.
The contestants sang live for an audience and the judges. At the end of the day, the judges revealed the 24 remaining acts for the judges' houses.
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.
The twelve eliminated acts were: Boys: Balázs Karancs, Benji (Le Quang Huy), László Sallai Girls: Anasztázia Bordás, Andrea Cseh, Gwendolin Krizsma Over 25s: Erika Albero, Ági Horváth, Krisztián Horváth Groups: Phoenix Rt, Rock-Inger, Rosewood
Contestants Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Third place
Category (mentor) Acts Boys (Alföldi)Benji Richárd Borbély Richárd Nagy Richárd Szabó Girls (Szikora) Jenifer Ilyés Izabella Jakab-Péter Andrea Tóth Over 25s (Szűcs) Jonathan AndelicJuli Horányi Zsófi Kállai-Kiss Groups (Tóth) Pálinka Republik Spoon Tha Shudras
Results summary
| – mentored by Róbert Szikora (girls) || – Bottom two |- | – mentored by Róbert Alföldi (boys) | – Safe |- | – mentored by Gabi Tóth (groups) |- | – mentored by Gábor Szűcs (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 Round 3 Andrea Tóth 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Winner 63.00% Juli Horányi4th 3rd 11th 5th 9th 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd Runner-Up 37.00% Benji 7th 10th 6th 2nd 2nd 6th 4th6th 4th 2nd 3rd Eliminated(Week 10) Richárd Nagy 2nd 2nd 5th 6th 4th 3rd 2nd 4th 3rd 4th Eliminated(Week 10) Tha Shudras 11th 9th 8th 7th 6th 7th 6th 2nd 5th Eliminated(Week 9) Spoon 10th 8th 9th 8th 7th 5th 5th 5th Eliminated(Week 8) Richárd Borbély 8th 7th 4th 10th 5th 2nd 7th Eliminated(Week 7) Izabella Jakab-Péter 12th 5th2nd 3rd 3rd 8th Eliminated(Week 6) Jonathan Andelic 9th 12th 7th 4th 8th Eliminated(Week 5) Richárd Szabó 3rd 6th 3rd 9th Eliminated(Week 4) Zsófi Kállai-Kiss 6th 4th 10th Eliminated(Week 3) Jenifer Ilyés 5th 11th Eliminated(Week 2) Pálinka Republik 13th Eliminated(Week 1) Bottom Two Pálinka Republik,Izabella Jakab-Péter Jenifer Ilyés,Jonathan Andelic Juli Horányi,Zsófi Kállai-Kiss Richárd Borbély,Richárd Szabó Juli Horányi,Jonathan Andelic Izabella Jakab-Péter,Tha Shudras Tha Shudras,Richárd Borbély Benji-Huy Le Quang,Spoon Benji-Huy Le Quang,Tha Shudras No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins Szűcs's vote to eliminate Pálinka Republik Jenifer Ilyés Zsófi Kállai-Kiss Richárd Szabó Jonathan Andelic Tha Shudras Tha Shudras Spoon Tha Shudras Szikora's vote to eliminate Pálinka Republik Jonathan Andelic Zsófi Kállai-Kiss Richárd Borbély Jonathan Andelic Tha Shudras Richárd Borbély Spoon Benji Tóth's vote to eliminate Izabella Jakab-Péter Jenifer Ilyés Zsófi Kállai-Kiss Richárd Szabó Juli Horányi Izabella Jakab-Péter Richárd Borbély Benji Benji Alföldi's vote to eliminate Pálinka Republik Jenifer Ilyés Zsófi Kállai-Kiss Richárd Szabó Jonathan Andelic Izabella Jakab-Péter Tha Shudras Spoon Tha Shudras Eliminated Pálinka Republik3 from 4 votesMajority Jenifer Ilyés3 from 4 votes Majority Zsófi Kállai-Kiss4 from 4 votes Majority Richárd Szabó3 from 4 votes Majority Jonathan Andelic3 from 4 votes Majority Izabella Jakab-Péter2 from 4 votes Deadlock Richárd Borbély2 from 4 votes Deadlock Spoon3 from 4 votes Majority Tha Shudras2 from 4 votes Deadlock Richárd NagyFewest votesto win Benji3rd Place Juli Horányi2nd Place Andrea Tóth1st Place
Live shows
Week 1 (18 October) Theme: Songs that describe the contestants Celebrity performer: Dóra Danics ("Jelenidő") Group performance: "Lay Me Down"
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the first live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Pálinka Republik 1 "Disko Partizani"/"Smooth"/"Represent Cuba" Bottom two Izabella Jakab-Péter 2 "Titanium" Bottom two Tha Shudras 3 "Music" Safe Zsófi Kállai-Kiss 4 "The Best" Safe Richárd Borbély 5 "Dream On" Safe Jonathan Andelic 6 "With a Little Help from My Friends" Safe Jenifer Ilyés 7 "Listen" Safe Spoon 8 "Freedom" Safe Juli Horányi 9 "Skinny Love" Safe Richárd Szabó 10 "Unchained Melody" Safe Benji 11 "Mad World" Safe Andrea Tóth 12 "Walk This Way" Safe Richárd Nagy 13 "Belehalok" Safe Final showdown details Pálinka Republik 1 "Uprising" Eliminated Izabella Jakab-Péter 2 "Your Song" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Tóth: Izabella Jakab-Péter Szikora: Pálinka Republik Alföldi: Pálinka Republik Szűcs: Pálinka Republik
Week 2 (25 October) Theme: Love songs Celebrity performer: Gergő Rácz ("Shotgun") Group performance: "One"
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the second live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Richárd Szabó 1 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Safe Jenifer Ilyés 2 "Bleeding Love" Bottom two Spoon 3 "It Will Rain" Safe Jonathan Andelic 4 "Mercy" Bottom two Tha Shudras 5 "She's a Lady" Safe Juli Horányi 6 "Bridge over Troubled Water" Safe Richárd Borbély 7 "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" Safe Andrea Tóth 8 "Right Here Waiting" Safe Benji 9 "Every Breath You Take" Safe Izabella Jakab-Péter 10 "Ég veled" Safe Richárd Nagy 11 "Love Somebody" Safe Zsófi Kállai-Kiss 12 "Lelketlen ember" Safe Final showdown details Jenifer Ilyés 1 "I Have Nothing" Eliminated Jonathan Andelic 2 "Recovery" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Szűcs: Jenifer Ilyés Szikora: Jonathan Andelic Tóth: Jenifer Ilyés Alföldi: Jenifer Ilyés
Week 3 (1 November) Theme: Songs by deceased artists Celebrity performer: ByeAlex ("Az én rózsám") Group performance: "Imádok élni" with the judges
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the third live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Richárd Nagy 1 "T.N.T." Safe Juli Horányi 2 "Kék és narancssárga" Bottom two Jonathan Andelic 3 "My Love Is Your Love" Safe Izabella Jakab-Péter 4 "Még nem veszíthetek" Safe Benji 5 "Smile" Safe Tha Shudras 6 "Hit the Road Jack" Safe Richárd Borbély 7 "Hosszú az a nap" Safe Zsófi Kállai-Kiss 8 "Earth Song" Bottom two Spoon 9 "Azért vannak a jó barátok" Safe Richárd Szabó 10 "What a Wonderful World" Safe Andrea Tóth 11 "The Show Must Go On" Safe Final showdown details Zsófi Kállai-Kiss 1 "Who Wants to Live Forever" Eliminated Juli Horányi 2 "Játssz még!" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Szűcs: Zsófi Kállai-Kiss Szikora: Zsófi Kállai-Kiss Tóth: Zsófi Kállai-Kiss Alföldi: Zsósi Kállai-Kiss
Week 4 (8 November) Theme: Current party songs Celebrity performer: Kelemen Kabátban ("Maradjatok gyerekek") Group performance: "Bang Bang"
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the fourth live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Andrea Tóth 1 "Free Your Mind" Safe Richárd Szabó 2 "Cheating" Bottom two Spoon 3 "Thrift Shop" Safe Benji 4 "Faith" Safe Izabella Jakab-Péter 5 "Burn" Safe Tha Shudras 6 "I Want It That Way"/"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" Safe Jonathan Andelic 7 "Szólj rám, ha hangosan énekelek" Safe Richárd Nagy 8 "Gangnam Style" Safe Juli Horányi 9 "The Edge of Glory" Safe Richárd Borbély 10 "Kiss" Bottom two Final showdown details Richárd Szabó 1 "Freedom" Eliminated Richárd Borbély 2 "Billie Jean" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Alföldi: Richárd Szabó Tóth: Richárd Szabó Szikora: Richárd Borbély Szűcs: Richárd Szabó
Week 5 (15 November) Theme: Songs sung by the contestants opposite sex Celebrity performer: Honeybeast ("Egyedül") Group performance: "Little Talks"
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the fifth live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Juli Horányi 1 "Moves like Jagger" Bottom two Richárd Borbély 2 "Hello" Safe Izabella Jakab-Péter 3 "Billionaire" Safe Tha Shudras 4 "Boldogság, gyere haza" Safe Jonathan Andelic 5 "Next to Me" Bottom two Andrea Tóth 6 "Jailhouse Rock" Safe Richárd Nagy 7 "Félteni kell" Safe Spoon 8 "Wannabe" Safe Benji 9 "Ha én rózsa volnék..." Safe Final showdown details Jonathan Andelic 1 "Change the World" Eliminated Juli Horányi 2 "All by Myself" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Szűcs: Jonathan Andelic Szikora: Jonathan Andelic Tóth: Juli Horányi Alföldi: Jonathan Andelic
Week 6 (22 November) Theme: Success, money, glamour Celebrity performer: Gergő Oláh ("A tükör előtt") Group performance: "Hall of Fame"
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the sixth live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Benji 1 "Happy" Safe Juli Horányi 2 "Hero" Safe Richárd Borbély 3 "Fame" Safe Spoon 4 "Eye of the Tiger" Safe Izabella Jakab-Péter 5 "Material Girl" Bottom two Richárd Nagy 6 "Shape of My Heart" Safe Tha Shudras 7 "Money, Money, Money" Bottom two Andrea Tóth 8 "Cabaret" Safe Final showdown details Tha Shudras 1 "Szomorú vasárnap" Safe Izabella Jakab-Péter 2 "A szabadság vándorai" Eliminated
Judge's vote to eliminate Tóth: Izabella Jakab-Péter Szikora: Tha Shudras Alföldi: Izabella Jakab-Péter Szűcs: Tha Shudras
Week 7 (29 November) Theme: Rock Celebrity performer: Illés-együttes" ("Miért hagytuk, hogy így legyen?"), Bea Palya ("Szabadon") Group performance: "Amikor én még kissrác voltam", "Hé’ 67’" with András Kern
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the seventh live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Tha Shudras 1 "Come Together" Bottom two Richárd Nagy 2 "You Really Got Me" Safe Benji 3 "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" Safe Andrea Tóth 4 "Ő még csak most 14" Safe Richárd Borbély 5 "Paint it Black" Bottom two Spoon 6 "Ne gondold"/"Az utcán" Safe Juli Horányi 7 "Nem leszek a játékszered" Safe Final showdown details Tha Shudras 1 "We Are the Champions" Safe Richárd Borbély 2 "Iris" Eliminated
Judge's vote to eliminate Alföldi: Tha Shudras Tóth: Richárd Borbély Szikora: Richárd Borbély Szűcs: Tha Shudras
Week 8 (6 December) Theme: All that jazz Celebrity performer: Tibor Kocsis ("Hello Budapest") Group performance: "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the eighth live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Spoon 1 "Get Lucky" Bottom two Juli Horányi 2 "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" Safe Richárd Nagy 3 "Welcome to the Jungle" Safe Tha Shudras 4 "Stayin' Alive" Safe Andrea Tóth 5 "Sweet Child o' Mine" Safe Benji 6 "Wonderwall" Bottom two Duet Andrea Tóth & Tha Shudras 1 "Shout" Benji & Spoon 2 "Rise & Fall" Juli Horányi & Richárd Nagy 3 "Just Give Me a Reason" Final showdown details Spoon 1 "Felnőtt gyermekek" Eliminated Benji 2 "The Climb" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Alföldi: Spoon Tóth: Benji Szikora: Spoon Szűcs: Spoon
Week 9 (13 December) Theme: Film songs Celebrity performer: The Biebers ("Memories") Group performance: "Changing"