X Factor is a Ukrainian television music competition to find new singing talent and part of a British franchise The X Factor. The ninth series began on 1 September 2018 and concluded on 29 December 2018. The judging panel remained the same from last series of Oleg Vinnik, Anastasia Kamenskykh, Dmytro Shurov and Andriy Danylko. Andrey Bednyakov returned as presenter of the main show on STB.
ZBSband won the competition and for the first time on the Ukrainian version of the x factor a group won the show and Anastasia Kamenskykh became the winning for the first time.
Selection process Auditions
Judges' houses
Finalists – Winner – Runner-up – Third place
MentorActs Boys (Danylko) Ivan Ishchenko Oleksandr Ilykha Petro Harasymiv Dmytro Volkanov Girls (Vinnik) Palina Olha Zhmurina Margaryta Dvoynenko Over 30s (Shurov) Mark Savin Olha Tsepkalo Oleksandr Ryabenko Groups (Kamenskykh) Duke Time Jazzforacat ZBSband
Live Shows
Results summary
Colour key –Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to perform again in the sing-off –Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown) –Contestant received the most public votes
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 ZBSband Safe Safe Safe Safe SafeWinner Dmytro Volkanov Safe Safe Safe Safe SafeRunner-up Mark Savin Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rd Eliminated (week 5) Olha Zhmurina Safe Safe Bottom three Bottom three 4th Eliminated (week 5) Duke Time Safe Safe Safe Bottom three Eliminated (week 4) Petro Harasymiv Safe Safe Safe Bottom three Eliminated (week 4) Palina Safe Safe Bottom three Eliminated (week 3) Ivan Ishchenko Safe Safe Bottom three Eliminated (week 3) Jazzforacat Safe Bottom three Eliminated (week 2) Margaryta Dvoynenko Safe Bottom three Eliminated (week 2) Olha Tsepkalo Bottom three Bottom three Eliminated (week 2) Oleksandr Ilykha Bottom three Eliminated (week 1) Oleksandr Ryabenko Bottom three Eliminated (week 1) Bottom three Oleksandr Ilykha, Oleksandr Ryabenko, Olha Tsepkalo Jazzforacat, Margaryta Dvoynenko, Olha Tsepkalo Ivan Ishchenko, Olha Zhmurina, Palina Duke Time, Olha Zhmurina,Petro Harasymiv The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. Judges voted to: Save Shurov's vote to save: Olha Tsepkalo Olha Tsepkalo Palina Olha Zhmurina Vinnik's vote to save: Olha Tsepkalo Margaryta Dvoynenko Olha Zhmurina Olha Zhmurina Danylko's vote to save: Oleksandr Ilykha – Ivan Ishchenko Petro Harasymiv Kamenskykh's vote to save: Olha Tsepkalo Jazzforacat Olha Zhmurina Duke Time Eliminated Oleksandr Ilykha1 of 4 votes to saveMinority Jazzforacat1 of 4 votes to saveMinority Palina1 of 4 votes to saveMinority Duke Time1 of 4 votes to saveMinority Mark SavinFewest votesto save Dmytro VolkanovFewest votesto win Olha Tsepkalo1 of 4 votes to saveMinority Oleksandr Ryabenko0 of 4 votes to saveMinority Margaryta Dvoynenko1 of 4 votes to saveMinority Ivan Ishchenko1 of 4 votes to saveMinority Petro Harasymiv1 of 4 votes to saveMinority Olha ZhmurinaFewest votesto save
Live show details Week 1 (24 November) + Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result Olha Zhmurina 1 "Шкода" Safe Petro Harasymiv 2 "Очі на піску" Safe Olha Tsepkalo 3 "Журавлі" Bottom three Jazzforacat 4 "Вахтерам" Safe Mark Savin 5 "Whatever It Takes" Safe Ivan Ishchenko 6 "Де би я" Safe Dmytro Volkanov 7 "Une vie d'amour" Safe Margaryta Dvoynenko 8 "Плакала" Safe Oleksandr Ryabenko 9 "Дождь осенний" Bottom three ZBSband 10 "Ресницы" Safe Oleksandr Ilykha 11 "Secret" Bottom three Palina 12 "Тримай" Safe Duke Time 13 "Apologize" Safe Final showdown details Oleksandr Ryabenko 1 "О любви немало песен сложено" Eliminated Oleksandr Ilykha 2 "Helter Skelter" Eliminated Olha Tsepkalo 3 "Turn Around" Saved
Week 2 (1 December) + Contestants' performances on the second live show Act Order Song Result Dmytro Volkanov 1 "Тополиный Пух" Safe Palina 2 "Ариведерчи" Safe Duke Time 3 "Самба белого мотылька" Safe Ivan Ishchenko 4 "Careless Whisper" Safe Olha Tsepkalo 5 "Ney Na Na Na" Bottom three Jazzforacat 6 "Полковнику никто не пишет" Bottom three ZBSband 7 "Он тебя целует" Safe Olha Zhmurina 8 "Be My Lover" Safe Mark Savin 9 "Февраль" Safe Margaryta Dvoynenko 10 "Ночной Мотылек" Bottom three Petro Harasymiv 11 "Піду втоплюся" Safe Final showdown details Olha Tsepkalo 1 "Sweet Child O' Mine" Eliminated Margaryta Dvoynenko 2 "Стена" Eliminated Jazzforacat 3 "Кораблі" Eliminated
Week 3 (8 December) + Contestants' performances on the third live show Act Order Song Result Ivan Ishchenko 1 "Happy" Bottom three Olha Zhmurina 2 "Останусь" Bottom three Petro Harasymiv 3 "Чито-Грито" Safe Dmytro Volkanov 4 "Jamaica" Safe Palina 5 "Около тебя" Bottom three ZBSband 6 "CrazyMFlove" Safe Duke Time 7 "Bohemian Rhapsody" Safe Mark Savin 8 "Танцы на стеклах" Safe Final showdown details Palina 1 "Як ты" Eliminated Ivan Ishchenko 2 "О любвы" Eliminated Olha Zhmurina 3 "Highway to Hell" Saved
Week 4 (15 December) + Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Act Order First song Order Second song Result Duke Time 1"Цвет настроения синий"7"Осколки лета"Bottom threeDmytro Volkanov 2 "Біла голубка" 8 "Livin' la Vida Loca"SafeZBSband 3 "Будь, що буде" 9 "Пацик хоче у Львов" Safe Olha Zhmurina 4"Don't Speak" 10 "After Dark" Bottom three Petro Harasymiv 5"А липи цвітуть" 11 "Любов останньою ніколи не буває" Bottom three Mark Savin 6"Квіти у волоссі" 12 "Я тебя люблю" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Petro Harasymiv 1"Материнська любов" Eliminated Olha Zhmurina 2 "Неизвестно"Saved Duke Time 3 "The Final Countdown"Eliminated
Week 5 Semi-final (22 December)
+ Contestants' performances on the fifth live show Act Order First Song Order Second Song Order Third Song Result Dmytro Volkanov 1 "Historia de un amor" 5 "Зибен-Зибен, Ай-Лю-Лю" (With Andriy Danylko) 9 "Голуби" Safe ZBSband 2 "На морозі" 6 "Важно" (With Monatik) 10"Тралики"Safe Olha Zhmurina 3 "Whole Lotta Love" 7 "Viva Forever" (With Melanie C)11"О нём"Eliminated Mark Savin 4 "Iron Sky" 8 "Too Close" (With Alex Clare) 12"Бегу по небу"Eliminated
Week 6 Final (29 December) + Contestants' performances on the sixth live show Act Order First Song Order Second Song Result ZBSband 1 "Пацик хоче у Львов" 3"Птицы" Winner Dmytro Volkanov 2 "Тополиный Пух" 4 "Ну что же ты" Runner-up
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