The X Factor (Greek TV series) series 7

The X Factor is a Greek and Cypriot television music competition to find new singing talent. The seventh series began airing on Mega Channel on March 18, 2022.[1] Singer Christos Mastoras returned as judge for his second season, and three new judges joined, singer Mariza Rizou, singer and songwriter Stelios Rokkos and singer and songwriter Michalis Kouinelis, who replaced Giorgos Theofanous, Melina Aslanidou and Michael Tsaousopoulos. The director and actor Andreas Georgiou takes over the presentation of the live shows, who replaced Despina Vandi. Singer Ilias Bogdanos and singer Katerina Lioliou were the backstage-hosts, who replaced Aris Makris.[2] Ilias Psinakis was the guest judge only in the live shows.[3] Nikos Mouratidis was the guest judge only in the live shows since the fourth week.

The X Factor
Series 7
Hosted by
  • Andreas Georgiou
  • Ilias Bogdanos
  • Katerina Lioliou
Judges
WinnerKaterina Lazaridou
Runner-upAggelos Archaniotakis
Release
Original network
Original releaseMarch 18, 2022 (2022-03-18) –
present
Series chronology
← Previous
Series 6

Judges and presenters

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On February 1, 2022, Mega Channel announced that Christos Mastoras will return for his second season and with Mariza Rizou, Stelios Rokkos and Michalis Kouinelis, as the judges. Also the two backstage-hosts were announced, Ilias Bogdanos and Katerina Lioliou.[4][5][6] On February 15, 2022, it was announced that Andreas Georgiou will be the host of the live shows.[7]

Four-chair challenge

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40 acts faced the four-chair challenge, 10 from each team. The challenges were broadcast on 28 April, 29 April, 5 May and 12 May.

Key:

  – Contestant was immediately eliminated after performance without given a chair
  – Contestant was given a chair but swapped out later in the competition and eventually eliminated
  – Contestant was given a chair and made the final four of their own team
Episode Mentor Order Act Song Mentor's decision Swapped with
Episode 14
(28 April)
Mariza Rizou 1 Natalia Corvington "Read All About It" Put in chair 1
2 Evelina Katsiakou "Thalasses" Put in chair 2
3 Sokratis Xaris "Jealous" Put in chair 3
4 Tolis Papadopoulos "Megalos Erotas" Put in chair 4
5 Case Zero "Superstition" Put in chair 4 Tolis Papadopoulos
6 Aggelos Archaniotakis "No Time to Die" Put in chair 1 Natalia Corvington
7 Epoches "Mazi Sou" Eliminated
8 Artemis Kiriakopoulou "Stone Cold" Put in chair 3 Sokratis Xaris
9 Irodotos Miltiadous "Triadafilleni" Eliminated
10 Christos Adamopoulos "O Vithos sou" Put in chair 3 Artemis Kiriakopoulou
Episode 15
(29 May)
Michalis Kouinelis 1 Ilektra Asithianaki "You Don't Own Me" Put in chair 1
2 Nikolas Konstantinou "De Fevgo" Put in chair 2
3 Ioli Pedara "Dance Monkey" Put in chair 3
4 Vasilis Mitsios "Ela pou Fovamai" Put in chair 4
5 Anima "Adecho" Eliminated
6 Giannis Papapetrou "Billie Jean" Eliminated
7 Miltos Charovas "Another Love" Put in chair 2 Nikolas Konstantinou
8 Duke "Lose Yourself" Eliminated
9 Giname "Tetoia Nychta mi Rotisis" Put in chair 4 Vasilis Mitsios
10 Giannis Onisiforou "Dancing On My Own" Put in chair 1 Ilektra Asithianaki
Episode 16
(5 May)
Stelios Rokkos 1 Kristiana Chatzopoulou "Bad Romance" Put in chair 1
2 Despina Leodi "De Milame" Eliminated
3 Ocean DVST "Havana" Put in chair 2
4 Faith Pandac "Talking to the Moon" Put in chair 3
5 Lina Alatsidou "Parapono (I Xenitia)" Put in chair 4
6 Thanos Lambrou "Sign of the Times" Put in chair 3 Faith Pandac
7 Decho "Stis Ekklisias tin Porta"/"Wake Me Up" Put in chair 2 Ocean DVST
8 JCJO "Make It Rain" Put in chair 1 Kristiana Chatzopoulou
9 Sofia Salvaridou "Hello" Eliminated
10 Elena Panagiotidou "Emena Na Akous" Put in chair 4 Lina Alatsidou
Episode 17
(12 May)
Christos Mastoras 1 Shady "Sto Xthes tha Zeis" Put in chair 1
2 The Music Couple "Easy on Me" Put in chair 2
3 Pavlos Asprogerakas "Pou na 'sai" Put in chair 3
4 Elpida Aslanidou "She Used to Be Mine" Put in chair 4
5 Borek "Otan Se Eixa Protodei" Put in chair 1 Shady
6 Apostolia Andreadou "My Love" Eliminated
7 Aristea Alexandraki "River" Put in chair 2 The Music Couple
8 Alexandros Razis "Sigxorese Me" Eliminated
9 Konstantinos Ntasios "Rock n' Roll Sto Krevati" Put in chair 3 Pavlos Asprogerakas
10 Katerina Lazaridou "Ego S' Agapisa Edo" Put in chair 4 Elpida Aslanidou

Contestants

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The top 16 acts were confirmed as follows:

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
Contestant Age(s) Hometown Mentor Result
Katerina Lazaridou 24 Thessaloniki Christos Mastoras Winner
Aggelos Archaniotakis 19 Cyprus Mariza Rizou Runner-up
Elena Panagiotidou 23 Thessaloniki Stelios Rokkos 3rd Place
Christos Adamopoulos 25 Athens Mariza Rizou 4th place
Giname N/A Ioannina Michalis Kouinelis 5th place
Evelina Katsiakou 27 Nafplio Mariza Rizou 6th-8th place
Giannis Onisiforou 21 Cyprus Michalis Kouinelis
Thanos Lambrou 21 Athens Stelios Rokkos
Miltos Charovas 17 Rhodes Michalis Kouinelis 9th place
JCJO 27 Thessaloniki Stelios Rokkos 10th place
Konstantinos Ntasios 18 Epirus Christos Mastoras 11th place
Borek 35 Athens Christos Mastoras 12th place
Decho N/A N/A Stelios Rokkos 13th-14th place
Ioli Pedara 26 Thessaloniki Michalis Kouinelis
Aristea Alexandraki 21 Crete Christos Mastoras 15th-16th place
Case Zero N/A N/A Mariza Rizou

Live shows

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The contestants were announced after each team performed at Four-chair challenge. There were 16 contestants (4 from each team). The Live Shows began airing on 22 May 2022.

Results summary

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Colour key

  Act in team Mariza Rizou
  Act in team Christos Mastoras
  Act in team Michalis Kouinelis
  Act in team Stelios Rokkos

  – Act was in the bottom two and had to perform again in the sing-off
  – Act was in the bottom three but was saved by Ilias Psinakis and did not have to perform in the sing-off
  – Act received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no sing-off)
  – Act did not perform on that particular week
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Semi-Final Final
Katerina Lazaridou Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner
Aggelos Archaniotakis Saved Safe Bottom three Safe Safe Safe Runner-up
Elena Panagiotidou Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rd place
Christos Adamopoulos Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th place
Giname Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 5th place
Evelina Katsiakou Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 6th-8th Eliminated
(semi-final)
Giannis Onisiforou Safe Safe Bottom three Safe Bottom three 6th-8th
Thanos Lambrou Saved Safe Safe Bottom three Bottom three 6th-8th
Miltos Charovas Saved Safe Safe Bottom three Bottom three Eliminated
(week 6)
JCJO Safe Bottom three Safe Bottom three Eliminated
(week 5)
Konstantinos Ntasios Safe Bottom three Bottom three Eliminated
(week 4)
Borek Saved Bottom three Eliminated
(week 3)
Decho 13th-14th Eliminated
(week 2)
Ioli Pedara 13th-14th
Aristea Alexandraki 15th-16th Eliminated
(week 1)
Case Zero 15th-16th
Saved By Psinakis Aggelos Archaniotakis Miltos Charovas JCJO Aggelos Archaniotakis Miltos Charovas Thanos Lambrou No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone
Borek Thanos Lambrou
Final showdown No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone Borek Giannis Onisiforou JCJO Giannis Onisiforou
Konstantinos Ntasios Konstantinos Ntasios Thanos Lambrou Miltos Charovas
Judges voted to Eliminate
Rizou' vote Borek Konstantinos Ntasios Thanos Lambrou Giannis Onisiforou
Mastoras' vote Borek (×2) Giannis Onisiforou JCJO Giannis Onisiforou
Kouinelis' vote Konstantinos Ntasios Konstantinos Ntasios Thanos Lambrou Miltos Charovas (×2)
Rokkos' vote Konstantinos Ntasios Konstantinos Ntasios JCJO (×2) Miltos Charovas
Eliminated Aristea Alexandraki
Public Vote
Decho
Public Vote
Borek
3 of 5 votes
Majority
Konstantinos Ntasios
3 of 4 votes
Majority
JCJO
3 of 5 votes
Majority
Miltos Charovas
3 of 5 votes
Majority
Case Zero
Public Vote
Ioli Pedara
Public Vote

Live show details

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Week 1 (22 May)

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  • Opening Performance: Mariza Rizou and her team: ("Petao") and Christos Mastoras and his team: ("Ola moiazoun kalokairi"/"Sweat (A La La La La Long)")

In the first live show, only the teams of Christos Mastoras and Mariza Rizou competed. This week's results show featured a double elimination, one from each team. This week's judge Ilias Psinakis had the power to give immunity to two contestants from each team. The act with the fewest public votes was then automatically eliminated.

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Mentor Order Song Result
Aristea Alexandraki Christos Mastoras 1 "Fotiá" Eliminated
Konstantinos Ntasios 2 "I Wanna Be Your Slave" Safe
Evelina Katsiakou Mariza Rizou 3 "Xenos gia senane kai ehthros" Safe
Aggelos Archaniotakis 4 "Toxic" Saved By Psinakis
Case Zero 5 "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Eliminated
Katerina Lazaridou Christos Mastoras 6 "Ela Kai Ragise Ton Kosmo Mou" Safe
Borek 7 "Freestyler"/"Clint Eastwood" Saved By Psinakis
Christos Adamopoulos Mariza Rizou 8 "Melisses" Safe
No Final Showdown

Week 2 (29 May)

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In the second live show, only the teams of Stelios Rokkos and Michalis Kouinelis competed. This week's results show featured a double elimination, one from each team. This week's judge Ilias Psinakis had the power to give immunity to two contestants from each team. The act with the fewest public votes was then automatically eliminated.

Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act Mentor Order Song Result
Miltos Charovas Michalis Kouinelis 1 "Pio Poli" Saved By Psinakis
Decho Stelios Rokkos 2 "Opou Kai Na Pao"/"Maniac" Eliminated
JCJO 3 "My Life Is Going On" Safe
Ioli Pedara Michalis Kouinelis 4 "Break My Heart" Eliminated
Giname 5 "Diodia"/"Ebodia" Safe
Elena Panagiotidou Stelios Rokkos 6 "Gia pou to 'vales kardia mou" Safe
Thanos Lambrou 7 "Blinding Lights" Saved By Psinakis
Giannis Onisiforou Michalis Kouinelis 8 "Hallelujah" Safe
No Final Showdown

Week 3 (5 June)

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All the teams were to perform on the same night for first time this series. The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three, and judge Ilias Psinakis had the power to give immunity one of the acts of the bottom three. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.

Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Mentor Order Song Result
Borek Christos Mastoras 1 "Levitating" Bottom three
Christos Adamopoulos Mariza Rizou 2 "An" Safe
Miltos Charovas Michalis Kouinelis 3 "Love Yourself" Safe
Elena Panagiotidou Stelios Rokkos 4 "Edeka Para" Safe
Aggelos Archaniotakis Mariza Rizou 5 "It's a Sin" Safe
Katerina Lazaridou Christos Mastoras 6 "Amarties" Safe
JCJO Stelios Rokkos 7 "Way Down We Go" Bottom three; Saved By Psinakis
Thanos Lambrou 8 "Ragismena Gialia" Safe
Konstantinos Ntasios Christos Mastoras 9 "Esorouha" Bottom three
Giannis Onisiforou Michalis Kouinelis 10 "Arcade" Safe
Giname 11 "Mono Ex Epafis"/"Diiris Psihi" Safe
Evelina Katsiakou Mariza Rizou 12 "Afti i nyhta menei" Safe
Sing-off details
Konstantinos Ntasios Christos Mastoras 1 "Tosa Kalokairia" Saved
Borek 2 "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Rizou: Borek
  • Mastoras: Borek (×2)
  • Kouinelis: Konstantinos Ntasios
  • Rokkos: Konstantinos Ntasios

Week 4 (19 June)

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The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three, and judge Ilias Psinakis had the power to give immunity one of the acts of the bottom three. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Act Mentor Order Song Result
Giname Michalis Kouinelis 1 "Poso"/"Smooth" Safe
Christos Adamopoulos Mariza Rizou 2 "Oneiro Apatilo" Safe
Thanos Lambrou Stelios Rokkos 3 "One Way or Another" Safe
Konstantinos Ntasios Christos Mastoras 4 "Den Xoras Pouthena" Bottom three
Elena Panagiotidou Stelios Rokkos 5 "Etsi Agapao Ego" Safe
Katerina Lazaridou Christos Mastoras 6 "Mazi sou" Safe
Miltos Charovas Michalis Kouinelis 7 "Treat You Better" Safe
JCJO Stelios Rokkos 8 "To Palio Mou Palto" Safe
Aggelos Archaniotakis Mariza Rizou 9 "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" Bottom three; Saved By Psinakis
Evelina Katsiakou 10 "Otan Pinei mia Gynaika" Safe
Giannis Onisiforou Michalis Kouinelis 11 "Take Me to Church" Bottom three
Sing-off details
Giannis Onisiforou Michalis Kouinelis 1 "Fool's Gold" Saved
Konstantinos Ntasios Christos Mastoras 2 "Personal Jesus" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Rizou: Konstantinos Ntasios
  • Mastoras: Giannis Onisiforou
  • Kouinelis: Konstantinos Ntasios
  • Rokkos: Konstantinos Ntasios

Week 5 (26 June)

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The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three, and judge Ilias Psinakis had the power to give immunity one of the acts of the bottom three. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Act Mentor Order Song Result
Miltos Charovas Michalis Kouinelis 1 "Mia Zoi Mazi" Bottom three; Saved By Psinakis
Evelina Katsiakou Mariza Rizou 2 "Ta Kormia kai ta Maxairia" Safe
Thanos Lambrou Stelios Rokkos 3 "Tha pio apopse to Feggari" Bottom three
Giname Michalis Kouinelis 4 "Exotiko Harmani" Safe
Giannis Onisiforou 5 "Stay with Me" Safe
Katerina Lazaridou Christos Mastoras 6 "Ta Leme" Safe
JCJO Stelios Rokkos 7 "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" Bottom three
Christos Adamopoulos Mariza Rizou 8 "To Venzinadiko" Safe
Aggelos Archaniotakis 9 "Time Is Running Out" Safe
Elena Panagiotidou Stelios Rokkos 10 "Ti na to Kano" Safe
Sing-off details
JCJO Stelios Rokkos 1 "Beggin'" Eliminated
Thanos Lambrou 2 "Imagine" Saved
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Rizou: Thanos Lambrou
  • Mastoras: JCJO
  • Kouinelis: Thanos Lambrou
  • Rokkos: JCJO (×2)

Week 6 (3 July)

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The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three, and judge Ilias Psinakis had the power to give immunity one of the acts of the bottom three. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.

Due to personal reasons, the group Giname were unable to perform. They were given a bye to the following week.

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act Mentor Order Song Result
Elena Panagiotidou Stelios Rokkos 1 "Tha Spaso Koupes" Safe
Miltos Charovas Michalis Kouinelis 2 "Oti Pio Omorfo Eho Dei" Bottom three
Thanos Lambrou Stelios Rokkos 3 "S'eho Erotefthi" Bottom three; Saved By Psinakis
Aggelos Archaniotakis Mariza Rizou 4 "Bohemian Rhapsody" Safe
Giannis Onisiforou Michalis Kouinelis 5 "Always Remember Us This Way" Bottom three
Katerina Lazaridou Christos Mastoras 6 "Den Eho Idea" Safe
Christos Adamopoulos Mariza Rizou 7 "O Amlet Tis Selinis" Safe
Evelina Katsiakou 8 "To Dikio mou" Safe
Sing-off details
Giannis Onisiforou Michalis Kouinelis 1 "Too Close" Saved
Miltos Charovas 2 "Opos Ego" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Rizou: Giannis Onisiforou
  • Mastoras: Giannis Onisiforou
  • Kouinelis: Miltos Charovas (×2)
  • Rokkos: Miltos Charovas

Week 7: Semi-Final (8 July)

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Contestants' performances on the Semi-Final
Act Mentor Order Song Result
Thanos Lambrou Stelios Rokkos 1 "Hold Back the River"
Giannis Onisiforou Michalis Kouinelis 2 "Falling"
Evelina Katsiakou Mariza Rizou 3 "Lioma se Gkremo"
Christos Adamopoulos 4 "Fila me"
Katerina Lazaridou Christos Mastoras 5 "Trava Skandali"
Giname Michalis Kouinelis 6
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No Final Showdown

Week 8: Final (10 July)

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References

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  1. ^ "Πρεμιέρα την Παρασκευή 18 Μαρτίου για το X-Factor στο MEGA". 17 March 2022.
  2. ^ "X Factor: Ποιοί είναι οι κριτές, ο παρουσιαστής και οι συντελεστές στο backstage". 15 February 2022.
  3. ^ "X-Factor: Η εμφάνιση – έκπληξη του Ηλία Ψινάκη". 22 May 2022.
  4. ^ "X-FACTOR: Αποκαλύπτουμε το πρώτο μέλος της επιτροπής & ποιος θα παρουσιάζει το backstage!". February 2022.
  5. ^ "X- Factor: Μαρίζα Ρίζου και Χρήστος Μάστορας στην τελική ευθεία για την κριτική επιτροπή". February 2022.
  6. ^ "X-Factor: Αυτός είναι ο τέταρτος κριτής του σόου". February 2022.
  7. ^ "X-Factor: Παρουσιαστής του talent show, o Ανδρέας Γεωργίου". 15 February 2022.