X Faktors is the Latvian version of The X Factor, a series originating from the United Kingdom. Based on the original British show, the concept of the Latvian version, as is common with international installments, is to find new singing talent (solo or groups) contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. The Latvian version first aired on 3 September 2017.
Season summary To date, six seasons have been broadcast, as summarised below.
Team Reinis Sējāns Team Aija Auškāpa Team Intars Busulis Team Marats Ogļezņevs
Season Start Finish Winner Main judges 13 September 20173 December 2017Arturs GruzdiņšLīga RīdereAdriana MiglāneTautumeitasAija Auškāpa Markus Riva Reinis SējānsAija AuškāpaIntars Busulis 29 September 201816 December 2018KattieBaritoniRadio TrioDidzis Melderis 315 September 201915 December 2019Elīna GluzunovaDiāna PaškoKlāvs OzolsReinis LiepaReinis Sējāns Reinis SējānsAija AuškāpaIntars BusulisMarats Ogļezņevs 412 September 202112 December 2021Grēta GrantiņaViktors BuntovskisEduards RedikoDiona LiepiņaIntars Busulis 524 September 202310 December 2023Emilija Bērziņa LukaKatrīna KovaļukaTipaAija Auškāpa 628 September 202514 December 2025Jurģis Namejs ZvejnieksLotte EglīteDagmāra LaicāneMarkuss Daniels KolosovsReinis Sējāns
Judges' categories and their contestants In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three acts to progress to the live finals. This table shows, for each season, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live finals.
Key: – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.
Season Reinis Sējāns Aija Auškāpa Intars Busulis N/A 1 GroupsTautumeitasHypnoticThe StonesKoukie Band 16-24sArturs GruzdiņšAdriana MiglāneAlise HaijimaLauris Bergmanis Over 25sLīga RīdereEdgars KreilisNadežda MaņkevičaAivo Oskis 2 16-24sDidzis MelderisRoberts MemmēnsAnna UšakovaAmanda Maržecka Over 25sKattieReinis StraumeLaima DimantaOskars Millers GroupsBaritoniRadio TrioCarnelianSigne & Jānis Season Reinis Sējāns Aija Auškāpa Intars Busulis Marats Ogļezņevs 3 Over 25sElīna GluzunovaReinis LiepaPāvels Fomkins GirlsDiāna PaškoElīna Evelīna JansoneAnna Krista Ostrovska GroupsRozesThe GardensLimonāde BoysKlāvs OzolsArtis ZaķisKevin Dylan FeunangDagnis Roziņš 4 BoysViktors BuntovskisEduards RedikoTom Simo GroupsWeAudiokvartālsNeprāts GirlsGrēta GrantiņaDiona LiepiņaLoreta Klibiķe Over 25sEdgars KārkliņšDeniels BērziņšOlga Palušina 5 LukaReimaņiEstere Tauriņa Emilija BērziņaBekarsAlise Gamula Katrīna KovaļukaJānis MiglānsDaniels Širmanis TipaKrišjānis BrasliņšPatrīcija Spale 6 Jurģis Namejs ZvejnieksDaryn BlankKrista Špīse Dagmāra LaicāneJānis RugājsTikai Mēs Markuss Daniels KolosovsAnastasija ChernehaSkvirl'Boizz Lotte EglīteDenijs GriezeNiklāss
Season 1
Contestants Key:
– Winner – Runner-up – Third Place
Category (mentor)Acts 16-24s (Auškāpa) Lauris Bergmanis Arturs Gruzdiņš Alise Haijima Adriana Miglāne Over 25s (Busulis) Edgars Kreilis Nadežda Maņkeviča Aivo Oskis Līga Rīdere Groups (Sējāns) Hypnotic Koukie Band The Stones Tautumeitas
Results summary Colour key –Contestant was in the bottom two or three and had to sing again in the final showdown –Contestant was in the bottom two or three but was immediately eliminated –Contestant received the most public votes
+ Weekly results per contestant Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Round 1 Round 2 Arturs Gruzdiņš 1st1st1st1st1st 2nd 2nd1stWinner Līga Rīdere 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th1st1st 2ndRunner-Up Adriana Miglāne 5th 4th9th 3rd 3rd 3rd3rd3rdEliminated(week 8) Tautumeitas 2nd 9th 6th 4th6th5th4thEliminated(week 7) Alise Haijima 10th11th 5th6th 2nd4thEliminated(week 6) Edgars Kreilis11th 3rd 3rd 5th5thEliminated(week 5) Hypnotic 4th 6th 4th7thEliminated(week 4) The Stones 6th 8th 7th8thEliminated(week 4) Koukie Band 7th 5th8thEliminated(week 3) Lauris Bergmanis 9th 7th10thEliminated(week 3) Nadežda Maņkeviča 8th10thEliminated(week 2) Aivo Oskis12thEliminated(week 1) Final showdown Edgars Kreilis,Aivo Oskis Alise Haijima,Nadežda Maņkeviča Adriana Miglāne,Koukie Band Alise Haijima,Hypnotic Edgars Kreilis,Tautumeitas Alise Haijima,Tautumeitas Adriana Miglāne,Tautumeitas No final showdown or judges' vote:results are based on public votes alone Judges voted to eliminate: Eliminate Sējāns's vote Aivo Oskis Nadežda Maņkeviča Adriana Miglāne Alise Haijima Edgars Kreilis Alise Haijima Adriana Miglāne Auškāpa's vote Edgars Kreilis Nadežda Maņkeviča Koukie Band Hypnotic Edgars Kreilis Tautumeitas Tautumeitas Busulis's vote Aivo Oskis Alise Haijima Koukie Band Hypnotic Tautumeitas Alise Haijima Tautumeitas Eliminated Aivo Oskis2 of 3 votesMajority Nadežda Maņkeviča2 of 3 votesMajority Lauris BergmanisPublic vote The StonesPublic vote Edgars Kreilis2 of 3 votesMajority Alise Haijima2 of 3 votesMajority Tautumeitas2 of 3 votesMajority Adriana MiglānePublic voteto win Līga RīderePublic voteto win Koukie Band2 of 3 votesMajority Hypnotic2 of 3 votesMajority
Season 2
Contestants Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Third Place
Category (mentor)Acts 16-24s (Sējāns) Amanda Maržecka Didzis Melderis Roberts Memmēns Anna Ušakova Over 25s (Auškāpa) Laima Dimanta Kattie Oskars Millers Reinis Straume Groups (Busulis)Baritoni Carnelian Radio Trio Signe & Jānis
Results summary Colour key –Contestant was in the bottom two or three and had to sing again in the final showdown –Contestant was in the bottom two or three but was immediately eliminated –Contestant received the most public votes
+ Weekly results per contestant Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Round 1 Round 2 Kattie 9th 7th9th1st1st 2nd1st1stWinner Baritoni1st 2nd 4th 5th 2nd4th 2nd 2ndRunner-Up Radio Trio 6th1st 2nd 4th5th1st3rd3rdEliminated(week 8) Didzis Melderis 4th 3rd 7th 2nd 4th 3rd4thEliminated(week 7) Carnelian 2nd 4th1st 3rd 3rd5thEliminated(week 6) Roberts Memmēns 10th11th 5th6th6thEliminated(week 5) Signe & Jānis 3rd 5th 6th7thEliminated(week 4) Reinis Straume 8th 6th 3rd8thEliminated(week 4) Laima Dimanta 5th 8th8thEliminated(week 3) Anna Ušakova 7th 9th10thEliminated(week 3) Amanda Maržecka11th10thEliminated(week 2) Oskars Millers12thEliminated(week 1) Final showdown Amanda Maržecka,Oskars Millers Amanda Maržecka,Roberts Memmēns Kattie,Laima Dimanta Roberts Memmēns,Signe & Jānis Roberts Memmēns,Radio Trio Baritoni,Carnelian Didzis Melderis,Radio Trio No final showdown or judges' vote:results are based on public votes alone Judges voted to: Eliminate Sējāns's vote Oskars Millers Amanda Maržecka Kattie Signe & Jānis Radio Trio Baritoni Radio Trio Auškāpa's vote Amanda Maržecka Amanda Maržecka Laima Dimanta Signe & Jānis Roberts Memmēns Carnelian Didzis Melderis Busulis's vote Oskars Millers Roberts Memmēns Laima Dimanta Roberts Memmēns Roberts Memmēns Carnelian Didzis Melderis Eliminated Oskars Millers2 of 3 votesMajority Amanda Maržecka2 of 3 votesMajority Anna UšakovaPublic vote Reinis StraumePublic vote Roberts Memmēns2 of 3 votesMajority Carnelian2 of 3 votesMajority Didzis Melderis2 of 3 votesMajority Radio TrioPublic voteto win BaritoniPublic voteto win Laima Dimanta2 of 3 votesMajority Signe & Jānis2 of 3 votesMajority
Season 3
Contestants Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Third Place
Category (mentor)Acts Boys (Ogļezņevs) Kevin Dylan Feunang Klāvs Ozols Dagnis Roziņš Artis Zaķis Girls (Auškāpa) Elīna Evelīna Jansone Anna Krista Ostrovska Diāna Paško Over 25s (Sējāns) Pāvels Fomkins Elīna Gluzunova Reinis Liepa Groups (Busulis) The Gardens Limonāde Rozes
Results summary Colour key –Contestant was in the bottom two or three and had to sing again in the final showdown –Contestant was in the bottom two or three but was immediately eliminated –Contestant received the most public votes
+ Weekly results per contestant Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Wildcard vote Elimination vote Round 1 Round 2 Elīna Gluzunova 8th 9th8th2nd1st1st1stWinner Diāna Paško 1st 2nd 7th1st 3rd3rd 2ndRunner-Up Klāvs Ozols 6th 4th 4th 3rd4th 2nd3rdEliminated(week 7) Reinis Liepa 12th 3rd 6th 4th 2nd4thEliminated(week 6) Artis Zaķis 5th 6th 3rd7th5thEliminated(week 5) Rozes 10th11th 2nd 5th6thEliminated(week 5) Elīna Evelīna Jansone 2nd1st1st6thEliminated(week 4) Anna Krista Ostrovska 3rd 5th 5th8thEliminated(week 4) The Gardens 9th 8th9thEliminated(week 3) Limonāde 7th 7th10thEliminated(week 3) Kevin Dylan Feunang1st35.0% 4th10thEliminated(week 2) Dagnis Roziņš 11th12thEliminated(week 2) Pāvels Fomkins 13thEliminated(week 1) Akvelīna Mārtinsone 2nd29.0% Not returned(week 1) Alekss Silvērs 3rd18.9% Not returned(week 1) CA Band 4th17.1% Not returned(week 1) Final showdown N/A Pāvels Fomkins,Reinis Liepa Kevin Dylan Feunang,Rozes The Gardens,Elīna Gluzunova Elīna Evelīna Jansone,Artis Zaķis Klāvs Ozols,Artis Zaķis Reinis Liepa,Diāna Paško No final showdown or judges' vote:results are based on public votes alone Judges voted to: Eliminate Sējāns's vote Pāvels Fomkins Kevin Dylan Feunang The Gardens Elīna Evelīna Jansone Artis Zaķis Diāna Paško Auškāpa's vote Reinis Liepa Kevin Dylan Feunang The Gardens Artis Zaķis Artis Zaķis Reinis Liepa Ogļezņevs's vote Pāvels Fomkins Rozes The Gardens Elīna Evelīna Jansone abstained Reinis Liepa Busulis's vote Pāvels Fomkins Kevin Dylan Feunang Elīna Gluzunova Elīna Evelīna Jansone Artis Zaķis Diāna Paško Eliminated Pāvels Fomkins3 of 4 votesMajority Dagnis RoziņšPublic vote LimonādePublic vote Anna Krista OstrovskaPublic vote RozesPublic vote Reinis Liepa2 of 4 votesDeadlock Klāvs OzolsPublic voteto win Diāna PaškoPublic voteto win Kevin Dylan Feunang3 of 4 votesMajority The Gardens3 of 4 votesMajority Elīna Evelīna Jansone3 of 4 votesMajority Artis Zaķis3 of 4 votesMajority
Season 4
Contestants Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Third Place
Category (mentor)Acts Boys (Sējāns)Viktors Buntovskis Eduards Rediko Tom Simo Girls (Busulis)Grēta Grantiņa Loreta Klibiķe Diona Liepiņa Over 25s (Ogļezņevs) Deniels Bērziņš Edgars Kārkliņš Olga Palušina Groups (Auškāpa) Audiokvartāls Neprāts We
Results summary Colour key –Contestant was in the bottom two or three and had to sing again in the final showdown –Contestant was in the bottom two or three but was immediately eliminated –Contestant received the most public votes
+ Weekly results per contestant Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Round 1 Round 2 Grēta Grantiņa 7th 2nd 4th1st 2nd1stWinner Viktors Buntovskis1st 4th 5th 2nd1st 2ndRunner-Up Eduards Rediko 9th 7th 3rd 3rd4th3rdEliminated(week 6) Diona Liepiņa 2nd1st1st4th3rdEliminated(week 5) Edgars Kārkliņš 3rd 5th 2nd5thEliminated(week 4) Deniels Bērziņš 8th 6th7th6thEliminated(week 4) We10th 3rd6thEliminated(week 3) Olga Palušina 6th9th8thEliminated(week 3) Audiokvartāls 4th8thEliminated(week 2) Loreta Klibiķe 5th10thEliminated(week 2) Tom Simo11thEliminated(week 1) Neprāts12thEliminated(week 1) Final showdown Tom Simo,We Audiokvartāls,Olga Palušina Deniels Bērziņš,We Edgars Kārkliņš,Diona Liepiņa Diona Liepiņa,Eduards Rediko No final showdown or judges' vote:results are based on public votes alone Judges voted to: Eliminate Sējāns's vote We Audiokvartāls We Edgars Kārkliņš Diona Liepiņa Auškāpa's vote Tom Simo Olga Palušina Deniels Bērziņš Edgars Kārkliņš Diona Liepiņa Ogļezņevs's vote Tom Simo Audiokvartāls We Diona Liepiņa Eduards Rediko Busulis's vote Tom Simo Audiokvartāls Deniels Bērziņš Edgars Kārkliņš Eduards Rediko Eliminated NeprātsPublic vote Loreta KlibiķePublic vote Olga PalušinaPublic vote Deniels BērziņšPublic vote Diona Liepiņa2 of 4 votesLifeline vote Eduards RedikoPublic voteto win Viktors BuntovskisPublic voteto win Tom Simo3 of 4 votesMajority Audiokvartāls3 of 4 votesMajority We2 of 4 votesLifeline vote Edgars Kārkliņš3 of 4 votesMajority
Season 5
Contestants Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Third Place – Withdrew