Presenter(s) Patricia Kazadi Origin Kraków | Broadcaster TVN | |
Broadcast from 23 February – 26 May 2013 Judges Czesław Mozil
Tatiana Okupnik
Kuba Wojewódzki Song "Lekkość życia bez słów" | ||
X Factor is a Polish television music competition to find new singing talent and part of a British franchise The X Factor. The third series began on 23 February 2013 and ended on 26 May 2013. All three judges known from the previous series including Czesław Mozil, Tatiana Okupnik and Kuba Wojewódzki returned. On 21 November 2012 it was announced that Jarosław Kuźniar would not be back to present the series due to personal reasons and his commitments to TVN24. On 13 December 2012, Patricia Kazadi was confirmed as the new presenter. It was reported that Marcin Prokop, Szymon Majewski and Agnieszka Szulim had also been in running for the role.
Contents
- Auditions
- Bootcamp
- Judges houses
- Finalists
- Results summary
- Week 1 13 April
- Week 2 20 April
- Week 3 27 April
- Week 4 4 May
- Week 5 11 May
- Week 6 Semi final 18 May
- Week 7 Final 26 May
- Winner
- References
The winner of the series was Klaudia Gawor, who received a recording contract with label Sony Music Poland, 100,000 PLN and a car funded by Sokołów, sponsor of the show. It was also revealed that MTV would produce her debut music video.
Auditions
The pre-auditions began on 1 December in Wrocław and ended on 15 December 2012 in Warsaw. These were followed by judges' auditions held in Zabrze on 9–11 January 2013 and 23–25 January 2013.
Bootcamp
Bootcamp stage of the competition took place at the Polish Theatre in Warsaw on 5–6 February 2013. On the first day acts divided into groups gave performances in front of the judges. Each act sang a part of song, they had chosen. Selection of songs included: "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi, "Next To Me" by Emeli Sande, "Imagine" by John Lennon, Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", "Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz, "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction, "Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling, "Drive By" by Train and Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing".
At the end of the day judges chose forty acts, who got through to the second day of Botcamp. Each of them had to choose one song out of two given and prepare their solo performance overnight. After seeing all performances, the judges made the decision and selected fifteen acts, five in each category, who got through to the Judges' houses stage of the competition.
At the end of Bootcamp each judge received the category they would be mentoring. Wojewódzki was given the 16-24s, Mozil got the Over 25s and Okupnik was asked to look after the Groups.
The fifteen chosen acts were:
Judges' houses
The Judges' houses stage was filmed in various locations in the country throughout March 2013. Tatiana Okupnik was joined by musician and producer Radzimir Dębski, who helped her to choose her final three acts. Czesław Mozil was aided by musician known from YouTube CeZik, while Kuba Wojewódzki invited Katarzyna Nosowska.
The six eliminated acts were:
Finalists
The finalists were announced during the episode broadcast on 6 April 2013.
Key:
– Winner – Runner up – Third PlaceResults summary
Contestants' colour key:
Week 1 (13 April)
Week 2 (20 April)
Week 3 (27 April)
Week 4 (4 May)
Week 5 (11 May)
Week 6: Semi-final (18 May)
Week 7: Final (26 May)
Winner
On 26 May 2013 in the final episode of the series Klaudia Gawor was crowned the winner.
Klaudia Gawor (born 1995) is a singer from Kraków. She has been singing for five years, after her primary school music teacher encouraged her to take vocal lessons. She graduated from a two-year vocal-acting school. In 2011 Gawor won „Talenty Małopolski 2011” competition and „Festiwal Małych Form Teatralnych”. Now she is taking classical vocal lessons. Since 2011 she is a member of Kraków Gospel Choir. Her favourite music genres are jazz, soul and 60's blues.