X-Faktor is a Hungarian television music competition to find new singing talent. Kiss Ramona presented her third series of X-Faktor. The ninth series aired on RTL Klub in 2019. ByeAlex, Laci Gáspár, Peti Puskás remained in the jury in the 9th season. After 2 years Gigi Radics, left X-Faktor, and was replaced by Bogi Dallos. Tibor Ruszó won the competition, in the boys category.

Auditions Open auditions took place in Budapest in March 2019. The judges' auditions started in July.

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 twelve eliminated acts were: Boys: Ferenc Bottka Dominik, Alfréd Hadas, Kristóf Markovics Girls: Zita Antal Melánia, Eszter Bojás, Cintia Ács Over 25s: Barbara Bujtor, Helbert Shaw, Maria Mamah Groups: Kalandor zenekar, Inverz Duo, Plan B

Contestants Key: – Winner – Runner-Up – Third Place Category (mentor) Chosen by mentor Chosen by other mentors Boys (ByeAlex) Emánuel GödölleiAndor VanekTibor Ruszó Girls (Dallos) Enikő Bagdi Blanka Dárdai Aletta Huszár Over 25s (Gáspár) Renátó BuraiPatrik Zdroba Antal Balogh Groups (Puskás) C.O.O.L Take 3 Speranta

Results summary In season nine, the rule from last season remained, four chairs wear place 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 Bogi Dallos (Girls) || – Danger zone; Safe |- | – mentored by Byealex (Boys) | – Safe |- | – mentored by Peti Puskás (Groups) | – Eliminated by SMS vote |- | – mentored by Laci Gáspár (Over 25s) |} Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Final Week 5 Round 1 Round 2 Tibor RuszóSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeWinner63.00% Andor VanekSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeRunner-up37.00% Patrik ZdrobaSafeSafeSafeSafe3rd Eliminated(Week 5) Emánuel GödölleiSafeSafeSafeEliminated Eliminated(Week 4) Enikő BagdiSafeSafeEliminated Eliminated(Week 3) Renátó BuraiSafeSafeEliminated Take 3SafeEliminated Eliminated(Week 2) Blanka DárdaiSafeEliminated Aletta HuszárEliminated Eliminated(Week 1) Antal BaloghEliminated C.O.O.LEliminated SperantaEliminated Eliminated Aletta Huszár Blanka Dárdai Enikő Bagdi Emánuel Gödöllei Patrik Zdroba Andor Vanek Speranta C.O.O.L Antal Balogh Take 3 Renátó Burai

Live Shows

Week 1 (16 November) Group performance: "Nem elég" – Get a chair, safe and go to the next live show

In the first live show, four chairs are placed, and the juries vote at least three yes, the competitors sit down. If each was full and another competitor has come, and the juries vote at least again three yes, the competitor with the lowest number of votes in the public vote would hand over the chair.

+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the first live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Patrik Zdroba 1 "Maniac" Safe→danger zone; Saved Aletta Huszár 2 "Csillag vagy fecske" Safe→danger zone; Eliminated Andor Vanek 3 "Diamonds" Danger zone; Saved Speranta 4 "Azt gondoltam, eső esik" Safe→danger zone; Eliminated Renátó Burai 5 "Love Runs Out" Safe C.O.O.L 6 "A folyó" (original song) Danger zone; Eliminated Enikő Bagdi 7 "Mindenkit elhagyunk" (original song) Danger zone; Saved Tibor Ruszó 8 "Apám sírjánál" Safe Blanka Dárdai 9 "Meg kell a búzának érni" Safe Take 3 10 "Blöff" danger zone; Saved Emánuel Gödöllei 11 "Mint egy filmben" (original song) Safe Antal Balogh 12 "Ne felejsd el" Danger zone; Eliminated

Week 2 (23 November)

– Get a chair, safe and go to the next live show

In the second live show, three chairs are placed, and the juries vote at least three yes, the competitors sit down. If each was full and another competitor has come, and the juries vote at least again three yes, the competitor with the lowest number of votes in the public vote would hand over the chair.

+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the second live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Take 3 1 "7 Rings/God Is a Woman" Safe→danger zone; Eliminated Renátó Burai 2 "Világítótorony" Safe→danger zone; Saved Enikő Bagdi 3 "Another Brick in the Wall" Safe→danger zone; Saved Andor Vanek 4 "Hétköznapi" Safe→danger zone; Saved Blanka Dárdai 5 "Pillangó" (original song) Danger zone; Eliminated Emánuel Gödöllei 6 "Anyu büszke" (original song) Safe Patrik Zdroba 7 "Never Ending Story" Safe Tibor Ruszó 8 "Megtalállak" (original song) Safe

Week 3 (30 November) In the first round, there is only a vote and 1 competitor will be eliminated

– Get a chair, safe and go to the next live show

In the third live show, two chairs are placed, and the juries vote at least three yes, the competitors sit down. If each was full and another competitor has come, and the juries vote at least again three yes, the competitor with the lowest number of votes in the public vote would hand over the chair.

+ 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 Patrik Zdroba 1 "Eye of the Tiger" 10 "What Do You Mean?" Safe Andor Vanek 2 "Idontwannabeyouanymore" 8 "Vén Európa" Safe→danger zone; Saved Tibor Ruszó 3 "Despacito" 9 "Szabadíts fel!" Safe Renátó Burai 4 "I Was Here" 7 "Bolond vagyok mert téged szeretlek" Danger zone; Eliminated Enikő Bagdi 5 "Egyszer" N/A N/A (already eliminated) Eliminated Emánuel Gödöllei 6 "Kicsi lány" (original song) 11 "Emojies" Danger zone; Saved

Week 4 (7 December)

– Get a chair, safe and go to the next live show

Week 4 changes the rules for the chair. In the event tie between the mentors' votes, the spectators' vote will determine whether or not the competitor is allowed to sit on the chair. In the fourth live show, two chairs are placed again, and the juries vote at least three yes, the competitors sit down. If each was full and another competitor has come, and the juries vote at least again three yes, the competitor with the lowest number of votes in the public vote would hand over the chair.

+ 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 Tibor Ruszó 1 "Nincs semmi másom" (with Attila Kökény) 2 "Van még más út" Safe Emánuel Gödöllei 3 "Téged" (with András Kállay-Saunders) 4 "Look Back at It" Safe→danger zone; Eliminated Andor Vanek 5 "A csönd éve" (with Ildikó Keresztes) 6 "Bruises" Safe→danger zone; Saved Patrik Zdroba 7 "Caruso" (with Erika Miklósa) 8 "The Show Must Go On" Safe

Week 5 Final (14 December)

Celebrity performer: USNK and Gigi Radics

+ 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 Tibor Ruszó 1 "Love Story" 4 "Túl az álmokon" (original song) 7 "A szívem udvarában" (with ByeAlex) 9 "Rád gondolok" Winner Patrik Zdroba 2 "Ashes" 5 "Kevés a szó" (original song)N/A (Already Eliminated) 3rd Place Andor Vanek 3 "Álomarcú lány" 6 "Még nem" (original song) 8 "Még mindig rólad írok dalt" (with ByeAlex) 10 "Never Enough" Runner-up

Ratings Episode Air date Official rating(millions) Weekly rank Auditions 1 1.00 2 Auditions 2 1.18 1 Auditions 3 1.23 1 Auditions 4 1.40 1 Bootcamp 1.18 1 Six-chair challenge 0.93 3 Judges' houses 1 1.13 1 Judges' houses 2 0.98 2 Live show 1 1.10 1 Live show 2 1.06 1 Live show 3 0.94 2 Live show 4 0.87 3 Final 1.05 1

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