Host(s) Nóra Ördög Song "Törj ki a csendből" | Broadcaster RTL Klub Mentor Péter Geszti | |
Broadcast from 1 September – 16 December 2012 Judges Feró Nagy
Ildikó Keresztes
Miklós Malek
Péter Geszti | ||
This is the third season of Hungarian version of The X Factor.
Contents
- Auditions
- Bootcamp
- Judges houses
- Finalists
- Week 1 13 October
- Week 2 20 October
- Week 3 27 October
- Week 4 3 November
- Week 5 10 November
- Week 6 17 November
- Week 7 24 November
- Week 8 1 December
- Week 9 8 December
- Saturday Night
- Sunday Night
- References
The first promo for applying was broadcast in April, 2012. Nóra Ördög returned to host the show. RTL KLUB confirmed the judges on 25 June, all of the four judges would be back for season 3. The show started the Fall of 2012. The producers promised it would be the best and the biggest season of the show. In this series the production used the new X Faktor logo and styling and also changed the judges place on the panel.
First time it would be the rival show of TV2 (Hungary)'s Voice. The Voice would be a real rival, because Miklós Malek's sister Andrea Malek was joining to the Voice's line up. X Faktor is the most viewed talent show in Hungarian TV history.
The first promo was aired on 9 August. The channel announced 16 August, that X-Faktor would return on 1 September 2012.
Auditions
The auditions started in the summer of 2012, with more than 5,000 candidates for the third series in Hungary. The judges auditions took place in Budapest on 25–28 June. This is the first time when the judges' auditions take more than one day.
Bootcamp
The Bootcamp stage of the show also took place in Budapest. Some 130 acts were invited for singing. The taping of the session started 16 July, and finished 20 July. One of the judges Ildikó Keresztes, said it was a really hard, but also a really dramatic Bootcamp. The Bootcamp was aired on 29 and 30 September. On the first day the 130 hopefuls sang a song in groups. The songs were chosen by the judges. At the end of the day 30 acts were sent home. On the second day, the contestants has a dance lesson, the judges saw the rehearsel, and after that the contestants of the four category (Girls, Boys, Groups and Over 28s) made a presentation of their dancing knowledge. At the end of the day, the judges revealed the 50 acts, who went through for the last day of the Bootcamp. On the third day, the contestantas sang live for an audience and the judges. The hopefuls chose a song, what they wanted to sing. At the end of the day, the judges revealed the 25 remaining acts for the Judges' Homes. the girls category has an extra, 7th acts. And the judges find out, which category will they mentoring.
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 Balázs Fehér, Malek by Gabi Tóth, Nagy by Tamás Molnár, and Geszti by Titusz Tiszttartó. 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 6 and 7 October 2012.
The thirteen eliminated acts were:
Finalists
Twelve acts go through to this stage of the show.
Key:
– Winner – Runner-up – Third PlaceWeek 1 (13 October)
Week 2 (20 October)
Week 3 (27 October)
Week 4 (3 November)
As both Acts got 2 Votes, they went to deadlock and Bea Lass was eliminated.
Week 5 (10 November)
Week 6 (17 November)
Week 7 (24 November)
Week 8 (1 December)
Week 9 (8 December)
As both Acts got 2 Votes, they went to deadlock and Dávid Szabó was eliminated.