The second season of the Hungarian television music talent show X-Faktor ended on 18 December 2011. Tibor Kocsis was announced as the winner. It was broadcast on the privately owned RTL Klub television station.
Auditions started in spring 2011, with thousands of candidates.
Bootcamp was in Thalia Theatre where 150 singers competed. In the first round the contestants sang a song of their choice. The judges immediately told the contestants if they were safe or not. In the second round only 50 contestants competed and they chose a song for themselves from a list. After this, based on the judges decision, 24 contestants went to the third round called "Judges' houses".
At this stage of the competition, each judge mentored six acts. Each judge had help from a guest judge to choose their final acts. Keresztes was helped by László Kicska, Malek by Gabriella Tóth, Nagy by Kati Wolf and Geszti by Béla Patkó. Contestants performed one song for their respective judge. Each judge and their guest eliminated three acts, leaving twelve remaining. The judges' houses stage was broadcast in two episodes on 8 and 9 October 2011.
The twelve eliminated acts were:
Boys: Barna Gergely, Attila Oltyán, Arnold Tarsoly
Girls: Blanka Abodi-Nagy, Éva Farkas, Petra Gubik
Over 25s: András Géczi, Violetta Borzné Kovács, Beuka Luther
Groups: Angler Balázs and Simon Boglárka, Szilvia Csótó and Kitti Berta, Tamás Czékmány and Hajnalka Wunderli
Key:
– Winner
– Runner-up
– Third Place
Theme: Musical role models
Celebrity performer: Csaba Vastag ("Szállj!")
Group performance: "Egy másik nemzedék"
Judge's vote to eliminate
Nagy: Tibor Gyurcsík
Malek: Rocktenors
Keresztes: Rocktenors
Geszti: Tibor Gyurcsík
As both Acts got 2 Votes, they went to deadlock and Tibor Gyurcsík was eliminated.
Theme: Love songs
Celebrity performer: Gabi Tóth ("Jöjj még")
Group performance: "Tevagyazakitalegjobban"
Judge's vote to eliminate
Geszti: Lil C
Malek: Tamás Demes
Keresztes: Tamás Demes
Nagy: Tamás Demes
Theme: Rock
Celebrity performer: Veca Janicsák ("Labirintus")
Group performance: "Salalla"
Judge's vote to eliminate
Malek: Ikrek
Geszti: Ikrek
Nagy: Rocktenors
Keresztes: Ikrek
Theme: Cover Songs
Celebrity performer: Ary Bery ("A szavak eltalálnak ") and Vanilla Ágnes ("Ne higgy nekem")
Group performance: "Szabadulj fel"
Judge's vote to eliminate
Malek: Apollo23
Geszti: Rocktenors
Nagy: Apollo23
Keresztes: Rocktenors
As both Acts got 2 Votes, they went to deadlock and Apollo23 were eliminated.
Theme: Award-winning songs
Celebrity performer: Kati Wolf ("Vár a holnap)")
Group performance: "Sorskerék"
Judge's vote to eliminate
Keresztes: Alexa Bagosi
Malek: Alexa Bagosi
Nagy: Lil C
Geszti: Alexa Bagosi
Theme: Current party songs
Celebrity performer: The Carbonfools ("Hideaway") and Fluor ("Mizu" / "Lájk" / "Halenda")
Group performance: "A zenétől felforr a vérem"
Judge's vote to eliminate
Geszti: Tibor Kocsis
Keresztes: Tibor Kocsis
Malek: Lil C
Nagy: Lil C
As both Acts got 2 Votes, they went to deadlock and Lil C was eliminated.
Theme: Weather-themed songs
Celebrity performer: Norbi L. Király ("Valahol elveszett")
Group performance: "Az én órám másképp jár"
Judge's vote to eliminate
Keresztes: Rocktenors
Nagy: Rocktenors
Malek: Rocktenors
Geszti: Tamás Tarány
Theme: One English song & One Hungarian song
Celebrity performer: Aurea and Nikolas Takács ("Where Is The Love")
Group performance: "Careless Whisper" and "Sosem vagy egyedül"
Judge's vote to eliminate
Keresztes: Vera Kováts
Nagy: Gergő Baricz
Geszti: Vera Kováts
Malek: Gergő Baricz
As both Acts got 2 Votes, they went to deadlock and Vera Kováts was eliminated.
Theme: One English song & One Hungarian song
Celebrity performer: Anti Fitness Club, Anna Pásztor and Jonny K. Palmer ("Moves like Jagger"/"Satisfaction") and Ádám Szabó ("Magyarország")
Group performance: "Vidéki sanzon"
Judge's vote to eliminate
Geszti: Enikő Muri
Nagy: Tamás Tarány
Malek: Enikő Muri
Keresztes: Tamás Tarány
As both Acts got 2 Votes, they went to deadlock and Tamás Tarány was eliminated.
Theme: One chosen as the judges' favourite, one with a surprise duet partner, one song performed on the audition,
Duets:
Gergő Baricz and KFT
Enikő Muri and Attila Dolhai
Tibor Kocsis and Zséda
Theme: Finalist's favourite previously performed song, Christmas, Winner Song
