Underplayed Gems

X-Faktor (2010)

X-Faktor poster
Genre
talent show
Country
Hungary
Length
5 seasons, 104 episodes
Rated
12
Elsewhere
IMDb
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X-Faktor is the Hungarian version of the popular music talent show. Aspiring pop singers perform for a panel of judges and a live audience, competing to become the winner. The show has featured many different judges and hosts over its multiple seasons.

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What happens

X-Faktor is the Hungarian version of The X Factor, a show originating from the United Kingdom. It is a television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. The show premiered in 2010 and it continues its success nowadays in the thirteenth series. The original judging panel consisted of Feró Nagy, Miklós Malek, Ildikó Keresztes and Péter Geszti. Róbert Szikora, Gabi Tóth, and Róbert Alföldi joined the judging panel in the Fourth series replacing Nagy, Malek and Ildikó Keresztes, who left the show after the Third series, due to career commitments. In series 5 Little G Weevil took the place of original judge Geszti, who left the show to focus on his music career. In 2015 RTL Klub did not order a new season, instead they aired the first series of Hungary's Got Talent. The show returned in 2016, with new judges ByeAlex, Laci Gáspár and Peti Puskás replacing Alföldi, Szikora and Little G. The show was originally hosted by Balázs Sebestyén and Nóra Ördög. Sebestyén left the show after the First series. Nóra Ördög presented the show in the 2011 and in 2012 In 2013 she was replaced with Lilu and Bence Istenes. In 2014 Lilu left the show Istenes presents the show as a solo host onwards. After Istenes, the new host was Ramóna Kiss between and 2019 (Istenes hosted the season 7 finale, because Kiss wasn't available). The current host since 2021 is Dávid Miller, who's joined by Joci Pápai in 2024. The jury also had changes through the years, the current judges are: Laci Gáspár, Majka, Milán Valkusz (member of VALMAR) and Andi Tóth (season 5 winner). There have been thirteen winners of the show to date: Csaba Vastag, Tibor Kocsis, Gergő Oláh, Dóra Danics, Andi Tóth, Barbara Opitz, Ricco & Claudia, USNK, Tibor Ruszó, ALEE, Bernadett Solyom, Krisztián Fehér and Belano. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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