X-Faktor is a Hungarian television music competition to find new singing talent. Kiss Ramona presented her second series of X-Faktor. The eighth series aired on RTL Klub in 2018. ByeAlex, Laci Gáspár, Peti Puskás, and Gigi Radics remained in the jury in the 8th season. USNK won the competition and became the second group to win and also for the first time on the show that the final two were from the groups category.

Auditions Open auditions took place in Budapest on 16 February 2018. The judges' auditions started on June in Budapest.

Judges' houses This year there were no guest speakers, but every mentor would hear the performances of the four categories, then the mentor of that category would automatically bring two contestants to the live broadcasts and the remaining contestants would be assigned to the other three mentors who would select the third lead.

The thirteen eliminated acts were: Boys: Krisztofer László Balogh, Barnabás Erdélyi, Krisztián Váradi Girls: Szofi Ádám, Rita Csányi, Dominika Király, Dominika Tasi Over 25s: Ervin Kárász, Apolka Nagy, Patrik Zdroba Groups: The Gentleman Band, Helo Zep!, What's Upci

Contestants Key: – Winner – Runner-Up – Third Place – Withdrawn Category (mentor) Chosen by mentor Chosen by other mentors Boys (Puskás)Krisztián Nagy Gergő Szekér Pál Kovács Girls (Gáspár) Tímea AranyGabriella Tamáska Vivien Urbanovics Over 25s (Radics) János Balog László Ölveti Taka Kurokava Groups (ByeAlex)Stolen BeatUSNK Ricky and the Drunken Sailors At the X-Factor press conference on November 14, Krisztián Nagy announced that he was withdrawing from the competition.

Results summary

In the eighth season, new rules were introduced, four chairs were placed in the studio, which they can sit for, the mentors want to put forward to the next week, the seats on the chair may change during the show. Based on viewers' votes, another four contestants would be able to enter the next live show.

| – mentored by Laci Gáspár (Girls) || – Danger zone; Safe |- | – mentored by Peti Puskás (Boys) | – Safe |- | – mentored by ByeAlex (Groups) | – Eliminated by SMS vote |- | – mentored by Gigi Radics (Over 25s) |} Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Final Week 5 Round 1 Round 2 USNKSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeWinners62,95% Stolen BeatSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeRunner-up37,05% Gabriella Tamáska SafeSafeSafeSafe3rd Eliminated(Week 5) Tímea AranySafeSafeSafeEliminated Eliminated(Week 4) Pál Kovács SafeSafeEliminated Eliminated(Week 3) Taka Kurokava SafeSafeEliminated Gergő Szekér SafeEliminated Eliminated(Week 2) Ricky and the Drunken SailorsSafeEliminated László Ölveti Eliminated Eliminated(Week 1) Janó Balog Eliminated Vivien Urbanovics Eliminated Krisztián Nagy Withdrawn(Week 1) Eliminated László Ölveti Ricky and the Drunken Sailors Taka Kurokava Tímea AranyGabriella TamáskaStolen Beat János Balog Vivien Urbanovics Gergő Szekér Pál Kovács

Live Shows

Week 1 (17 November) Celebrity performer: AK 26 ("Blöff") Group performance: "Rise"

+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the first live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Janó Balog 1 "Let Me Entertain You" Eliminated Vivien Urbanovics 2 "Havana" Eliminated László Ölveti 3 "Come Together" Eliminated Stolen Beat 4 "Afrika" Safe Tímea Arany 5 "Focus" Danger zone; saved Pál Kovács 6 "Árnyékok" Danger zone; saved USNK 7 "Posztolj" (original song) Safe Taka Kurokava 8 "Let Me Love You" Danger zone; saved Gabriella Tamáska 9 "Jég dupla whiskyvel" Safe Ricky and the Drunken Sailors 10 "Raggamoffin 2" Safe Gergő Szekér 11 "Altass el" Danger zone; saved

Week 2 (24 November) Celebrity performer: Follow the Flow ("Anyám mondta")

+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the second live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Ricky and the Drunken Sailors 1 "Hagyd meg nekem a dalt" Eliminated Gergő Szekér 2 "Tous les mêmes" Eliminated Gabriella Tamáska 3 "Queen" Safe Pál Kovács 4 "Tudnod kell" (original song) Danger zone; saved Stolen Beat 5 "Bulibáró" Danger zone; saved Tímea Arany 6 "What About Us" Danger zone; saved USNK 7 "!FogyaszdEl!" (original song) Safe Taka Kurokava 8 "Ha volna két életem" Safe

Week 3 (1 December) Celebrity performer: Róbert Szikora & R-GO ("Ballag a katona"/"Szeretlek is meg nem is")

+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the third live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order First song Order Second song Result Taka Kurokava 1 "The Way You Make Me Feel" 10 "Perfect" Eliminated USNK 2 "#tevagya" (original song) 11 "No Riches" (original song) Safe Pál Kovács 3 "Nem tudja senki" N/A N/A (already eliminated) Eliminated Stolen Beat 4 "Hol vagy" (original song) 8 "Kislány a zongoránál" Danger zone; saved Gabriella Tamáska 5 "I Say a Little Prayer" 7 "Fekete" Safe Tímea Arany 6 "Úgy szeretném meghálálni" 9 "Sorry Not Sorry" Danger zone; saved

Week 4 (8 December) Celebrity performer: Ofenbach ("Katchi"/"Paradise")

+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the fourth live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order First song (Duet with a Celebrity) Order Second song Result Stolen Beat 1 "Petőfi Sándor" (with Nemazalány) 2 "Helló lányok"/"No Diggity" Safe Tímea Arany 3 "Nem kell végszó" (with Gabi Tóth) 4 "Versace on the Floor" Eliminated Gabriella Tamáska 5 "#háttérzaj" (with Olivér Berkes) 6 "Shallow" Danger zone; saved USNK 7 "Beatbox"/"Freestyle" (with Tha Shudras) 8 "Szétcsapom" Safe

Week 5 Final (15 December)

+ 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 Order Third song Order Fourth song Result USNK 1 "Intro" (original song) 5 "STOM" (original song) 7 "Choppers" (original song) 10 "See You Again" (with Gigi Radics)Winner Gabriella Tamáska 2 "7 Years" 4 "Bárhol" (original song)N/A (Already Eliminated)3rd Place Stolen Beat 3 "U,U,U" 6 "Instaszívek" (original song) 8 "Gyöngyhajú lány" 9 "Minden este" (with Peti Puskás) Runner-up

Ratings Episode Air date Official rating(millions) Weekly rank Auditions 1 1.19 1 Auditions 2 1.29 1 Auditions 3 1.32 1 Auditions 4 1.35 1 Bootcamp 1.18 1 Six-chair challenge 1.02 2 Judges' houses 1 1.17 1 Judges' houses 2 0.89 2 Live show 1 1.01 1 Live show 2 0.97 2 Live show 3 0.86 4 Live show 4 1.01 1 Final 0.90 2

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