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.
| X-Faktor | |
|---|---|
| Series 8 | |
| Hosted by | Ramóna Kiss |
| Judges | |
| Winner | USNK |
| Winning mentor | ByeAlex |
| Runner-up | Stolen Beat |
| Release | |
| Original network | RTL Klub |
| Original release | 6 October – 15 December 2018 |
| Series chronology | |
Auditions
editOpen auditions took place in Budapest on 16 February 2018. The judges' auditions started on June in Budapest.
Judges' houses
editThis 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
editKey:
- – 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- – Withdrawn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
editIn 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
editWeek 1 (17 November)
edit- Celebrity performer: AK 26 ("Blöff")
- Group performance: "Rise"
| 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)
edit- Celebrity performer: Follow the Flow ("Anyám mondta")
| 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)
edit- Celebrity performer: Róbert Szikora & R-GO ("Ballag a katona"/"Szeretlek is meg nem is")
| 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)
edit- Celebrity performer: Ofenbach ("Katchi"/"Paradise")
| 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)
edit| 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
edit| 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 |