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X-Faktor series 8

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X-Faktor
Series 8
Hosted byRamóna Kiss
Judges
WinnerUSNK
Winning mentorByeAlex
Runner-upStolen Beat
Release
Original networkRTL Klub
Original release6 October (2018-10-06) –
15 December 2018 (2018-12-15)
Series chronology
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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

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

Judges' houses

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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

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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  – Withdrawn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 Arany Gabriella Tamáska Vivien Urbanovics
Over 25s (Radics) János Balog László Ölveti Taka Kurokava
Groups (ByeAlex) Stolen Beat USNK 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

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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
USNK Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winners
62,95%
Stolen Beat Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up
37,05%
Gabriella Tamáska Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rd Eliminated
(Week 5)
Tímea Arany Safe Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated
(Week 4)
Pál Kovács Safe Safe Eliminated Eliminated
(Week 3)
Taka Kurokava Safe Safe Eliminated
Gergő Szekér Safe Eliminated Eliminated
(Week 2)
Ricky and the Drunken Sailors Safe Eliminated
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 Arany Gabriella Tamáska Stolen Beat
János Balog
Vivien Urbanovics Gergő Szekér Pál Kovács

Live Shows

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Week 1 (17 November)

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  • 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)

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  • 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)

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  • 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)

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  • 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)

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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

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Episode Air date Official rating
(millions)
Weekly rank
Auditions 1 6 October 1.19 1
Auditions 2 13 October 1.29 1
Auditions 3 20 October 1.32 1
Auditions 4 27 October 1.35 1
Bootcamp 3 November 1.18 1
Six-chair challenge 4 November 1.02 2
Judges' houses 1 10 November 1.17 1
Judges' houses 2 11 November 0.89 2
Live show 1 17 November 1.01 1
Live show 2 24 November 0.97 2
Live show 3 1 December 0.86 4
Live show 4 8 December 1.01 1
Final 15 December 0.90 2