| X-Faktor | |
|---|---|
| Series 9 | |
| Hosted by | Ramóna Kiss |
| Judges | |
| Winner | Tibor Ruszó |
| Winning mentor | ByeAlex |
| Runner-up | Andor Vanek |
| Release | |
| Original network | RTL Klub |
| Original release | 5 October – 14 December 2019 |
| Series chronology | |
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, the boys category.
Auditions
Open auditions took place in Budapest in March 2019. The judges' auditions started on July 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 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 Gödöllei | Andor Vanek | Tibor Ruszó |
| Girls (Dallos) | Enikő Bagdi | Blanka Dárdai | Aletta Huszár |
| Over 25s (Gáspár) | Renátó Burai | Patrik 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 Ruszó | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner 63.00% | |||||
| Andor Vanek | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up 37.00% | |||||
| Patrik Zdroba | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | Eliminated (Week 5) | |||||
| Emánuel Gödöllei | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 4) | ||||||
| Renátó Burai | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 3) | |||||||
| Enikő Bagdi | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Blanka Dárdai | Safe | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 2) | ||||||||
| Take 3 | Safe | Eliminated | |||||||||
| C.O.O.L | Eliminated | Eliminated (Week 1) | |||||||||
| Speranta | Eliminated | ||||||||||
| Antal Balogh | Eliminated | ||||||||||
| Aletta Huszár | Eliminated | ||||||||||
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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
| 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 | 5 October | 1.00 | 2 |
| Auditions 2 | 12 October | 1.18 | 1 |
| Auditions 3 | 19 October | 1.23 | 1 |
| Auditions 4 | 26 October | 1.40 | 1 |
| Bootcamp | 2 November | 1.18 | 1 |
| Six-chair challenge | 3 November | 0.93 | 3 |
| Judges' houses 1 | 9 November | 1.13 | 1 |
| Judges' houses 2 | 10 November | 0.98 | 2 |
| Live show 1 | 16 November | 1.10 | 1 |
| Live show 2 | 23 November | 1.06 | 1 |
| Live show 3 | 30 November | 0.94 | 2 |
| Live show 4 | 7 December | 0.87 | 3 |
| Final | 14 December | 1.05 | 1 |