X-Faktor is a Hungarian television music competition to find new singing talent. The seventh series aired on RTL Klub in 2017. Instead of Bence Istenes in Season 7, Kiss Ramona was the new show host. ByeAlex, Laci Gáspár, Peti Puskás remained in the jury in the 7th season. After 3 years Gabi Tóth, left X-FaKtor, and was replaced by Gigi Radics. Ricco & Claudia won the competition and they became the first group to win the show and also they became the first foreign act to win the show.
Judges' houses The Judges' houses episodes aired on 7 October and 8 October 2017. As opposed to previous seasons, this was not the place for guest speakers, but every mentor listened to the performances of the four categories, then the mentor of that category would automatically choose two contestants for the live shows and leave one more contestant for the other three mentors to choose. The Hungarian X-Factor is the first where this format is used.
The twelve eliminated acts were: Boys: Martin Barna, Dániel Bereznay, Pál Kovács Girls: Boglárka Izsó, Anna Lengyel, Szandra Klarissza Oláh Over 25s: Snjezana Pecija, Dezső Rékasi, David Vardanov Groups: Catchy Workshop, Florián Kvintett, M&M
Contestants Key: – Winner – Runner-Up – Third place – Withdrawn Category (mentor) Chosen by mentor Chosen by other mentors Boys (Radics) Roland GulyásKrisztián Nagy1 Norbert Mézes Dániel Bereznay Girls (ByeAlex) Viola Erdős Bettina TóthSerena Rigacci Over 25s (Puskás) Lívia Abaházi Nagy Dániel Berta Péter Hegedűs Groups (Gáspár) Radio MobsterRicco & Claudia London Kids
At the X-Factor press conference on October 11, Krisztián Nagy announced that he was withdrawing from the competition due to difficulties he was having during the preparation period. He was replaced by Daniel Bereznay.
Results summary
| – mentored by ByeAlex (Girls) || – Bottom two/three |- | – mentored by Gigi Radics (Boys) | – Safe |- | – mentored by Laci Gáspár (Groups) | – Eliminated by SMS vote |- | – mentored by Peti Puskás (Over 25s) |} Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Final Week 7 Round 1 Round 2 Ricco & Claudia 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st Winners50.93% Serena Rigacci 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd Runner-up49.07% Roland Gulyás 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd Eliminated(Week 7) Bettina Tóth 4th 5th 4th 4th 4th 4th Eliminated(Week 6) Dániel Berta 5th 7th 5th 6th 5th Eliminated(Week 5) Lívia Abaházi Nagy 7th 4th 6th 5th Eliminated(Week 4) Viola Erdős 9th 9th 7th Eliminated(Week 3) Dániel Bereznay 6th 6th 8th Eliminated(Week 3) London Kids 10th 8th Eliminated(Week 2) Norbert Mézes 8th 10th Eliminated(Week 2) Péter Hegedűs 11th Eliminated(Week 1) Radio Mobster 12th Eliminated(Week 1) Final Showdown London Kids,Péter Hegedűs London Kids,Viola Erdős Lívia Abaházi Nagy,Viola Erdős Lívia Abaházi Nagy,Dániel Berta Dániel Berta,Bettina Tóth Roland Gulyás,Bettina Tóth No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins Gáspár's vote to eliminate Péter Hegedűs Viola Erdős Lívia Abaházi Nagy Dániel Berta Dániel Berta Bettina Tóth Puskás's vote to eliminate London Kids London Kids Viola Erdős Lívia Abaházi Nagy Bettina Tóth Roland Gulyás Radics's vote to eliminate London Kids London Kids Viola Erdős Lívia Abaházi Nagy Dániel Berta Bettina Tóth ByeAlex's vote to eliminate Péter Hegedűs London Kids Lívia Abaházi Nagy Lívia Abaházi Nagy Dániel Berta Roland Gulyás Eliminated Péter Hegedűs2 from 4 votesDeadlock London Kids3 from 4 votes Majority Viola Erdős2 from 4 votes Deadlock Lívia Abaházi Nagy3 from 4 votes MajorityDániel Berta 3 from 4 votes Majority Bettina Tóth2 from 4 votes Deadlock Roland Gulyás3rd Place Serena Rigacci2nd place Radio Mobster SMS vote Norbert Mézes SMS vote Dániel Bereznay SMS vote Ricco & Claudia1st Place
Live Shows
Week 1 (14 October) Celebrity performer: Gabi Tóth ("Ízedre vágyom") Group performance: "Love and Bass"/"Bababo"
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the first live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Dániel Berta 1 "Élvezd" Safe Bettina Tóth 2 "Mercy" Safe London Kids 3 "Into You" Bottom three Norbert Mézes 4 "Bodzavirág" Safe Dániel Bereznay 5 "Too Close" Safe Ricco & Claudia 6 "I Will Always Love You" Safe Viola Erdős 7 "Ha az életben" Safe Lívia Abaházi Nagy 8 "Nessun dorma" Safe Radio Mobster 9 "Anti Anti" Eliminated Roland Gulyás 10 "Thinking Out Loud" Safe Serena Rigacci 11 "Wrecking Ball" Safe Péter Hegedűs 12 "Freestyler" Bottom three Final showdown details London Kids 1 "The One That Got Away" Safe Péter Hegedűs 2 "U Can't Touch This" Eliminated
Judge's vote to eliminate Gáspár: Péter Hegedűs Puskás: London Kids Radics: London Kids ByeAlex: Péter Hegedűs
With each act receiving two votes, the result was reverted to the earlier public vote. Péter Hegedűs received the fewest votes and was eliminated.
Week 2 (21 October)
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the second live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Serena Rigacci 1 "Crawling" Safe Dániel Berta 2 "Canción del Mariachi" Safe London Kids 3 "Girls / Girls / Boys" Bottom three Dániel Bereznay 4 "When I Was Your Man" Safe Bettina Tóth 5 "Look What You Made Me Do" Safe Norbert Mézes 6 "The Winner Takes It All" Eliminated Roland Gulyás 7 "Uprising" Safe Ricco & Claudia 8 "Skyfall" Safe Viola Erdős 9 "Seven Nation Army" Bottom three Lívia Abaházi Nagy 10 "A csitári hegyek alatt" Safe Final showdown details London Kids 1 "Sose" Eliminated Viola Erdős 2 "Hétköznapi" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Gáspár: Viola Erdős ByeAlex: London Kids Puskás: London Kids Radics: London Kids
Week 3 (28 October) Celebrity performer: Dóra Danics ("A nagylány vidám")
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the third live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Ricco & Claudia 1 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Safe Viola Erdős 2 "Earthquake" Bottom three Lívia Abaházi Nagy 3 "Habanera (carmen)" Bottom three Dániel Bereznay 4 "Shape of You"/"Galway Girl" Eliminated Bettina Tóth 5 "Humble" Safe Serena Rigacci 6 "All by Myself" Safe Dániel Berta 7 "Júlia nem akar a földön járni" Safe Roland Gulyás 8 "Álomarcú lány" Safe Final showdown details Viola Erdős 1 "Márti dala" Eliminated Lívia Abaházi Nagy 2 "I Dreamed a Dream" (Hungarian) Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate ByeAlex: Lívia Abaházi Nagy Radics: Viola Erdős Puskás: Viola Erdős Gáspár: Lívia Abaházi Nagy
With each act receiving two votes, the result was reverted to the earlier public vote. Viola Erdős received the fewest votes and was eliminated.
Week 4 (4 November)
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the fourth live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Lívia Abaházi Nagy 1 "The Phantom of the Opera" Bottom two Bettina Tóth 2 "Zsolti, a béka" Safe Roland Gulyás 3 "Believer" Safe Ricco & Claudia 4 "Tears" Safe Dániel Berta 5 "They Don't Care About Us" Bottom two Serena Rigacci 6 "Tavaszi szél vizet áraszt" Safe Duet Dániel Berta and Roland Gulyás 1 "Say Say Say" Lívia Abaházi Nagy & Ricco & Claudia 2 "Adagio" Serena Rigacci and Bettina Tóth 3 "Swalla" Final showdown details Dániel Berta 1 "Vertigo" Safe Lívia Abaházi Nagy 2 "Egy rózsaszál" Eliminated
Judge's vote to eliminate ByeAlex: Lívia Abaházi Nagy Radics: Lívia Abaházi Nagy Gáspár: Dániel Berta Puskás: Lívia Abaházi Nagy
Week 5 (11 November) Theme: One Hungarian song and one English song
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the fifth live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order First song Order Second song Result Bettina Tóth 1 "Bodak Yellow" 9 "Zenebuddhizmus" Bottom two Ricco & Claudia 2 "Megtalállak" 6 "Shackles (Praise You)" Safe Roland Gulyás 3 "Fallin'" 10 "A boldogság Te vagy" Safe Dániel Berta 4 "Erre még meghívlak" 7 "Word Up!" Bottom two Serena Rigacci 5 "Over You" 8 "That’s What I Like" Safe Final showdown details Dániel Berta 1 "Call Me" Eliminated Bettina Tóth 2 "Egyszer fent, egyszer lent" Safe Judge's vote to eliminate ByeAlex: Dániel Berta Radics: Dániel Berta Puskás: Bettina Tóth Gáspár: Dániel Berta
Week 6 (18 November)
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the sixth live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order First song Order Second song Result Serena Rigacci 1 "Toxic" 5 "Don't Let Me Down" Safe Ricco & Claudia 2 "Ajtók mögött" 8 "As" Safe Bettina Tóth 3 "H•A•M" 7 "Képkockák " Bottom two Roland Gulyás 4 "Kicsi, gyere velem rózsát szedni" 6 "Livin' on a Prayer" Bottom two Final showdown details Bettina Tóth 1 "New Slaves" Eliminated Roland Gulyás 2 "Take Me to Church" Safe Judge's vote to eliminate ByeAlex: Roland Gulyás Radics: Bettina Tóth Puskás: Roland Gulyás Gáspár: Bettina Tóth With each act receiving two votes, the result was reverted to the earlier public vote. Bettina Tóth received the fewest votes and was eliminated.
Week 7 Final (25 November) Theme: mentor's choice, a duet with mentor, contestant's choice, winner's single
+ 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 Order Third song Order Fourth song Result Roland Gulyás 1 "Numb" 6 "Vadonatúj érzés" (with Gigi Radics)N/A (Already Eliminated) 3rd PlaceRicco & Claudia 2 "Writing's on the Wall" 5 "És Mégis Forog a Föld" (with Laci Gáspár) 8 "Lay Me Down" 9 "Ha minden van, semmit sem látsz" Winner Serena Rigacci 3 "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" 4 "Az én rózsám"(with ByeAlex) 7 "Praying" 10 "Way Too Young" Runner-up
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