This is the fourth season of Hungarian version of The X Factor. The fourth season premiered on 7 September 2013 on the commercial channel RTL Klub.[1] The show was hosted by Lilu and Bence Istenes. The original host Nóra Ördög left the show due to her pregnancy. The line up also changed this year. The only original judge, who returned for season 4 was Péter Geszti. Joined him on the panel Róbert Szikora, Gabi Tóth and Róbert Alföldi.

X-Faktor
Series 4
Hosted byLilu
Bence Istenes
JudgesPéter Geszti
Róbert Szikora
Gabi Tóth
Róbert Alföldi
WinnerDóra Danics
Winning mentorPéter Geszti
Runner-upByTheWay
Release
Original networkRTL Klub
Original release7 September (2013-09-07) –
15 December 2013 (2013-12-15)
Series chronology
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Series 3
Next →
Series 5

On 16 December 2012 the show's host Nóra Ördög announced, that the show would be back for its 4th season in 2013. The apply for the auditions started on the same day.

Judges and hosts

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On 29 April the new judges were announced as returning judge Péter Geszti and new judges Róbert Szikora, Gabi Tóth and Róbert Alföldi.[2] Miklós Malek confirmed his exit on 16 December 2012.[3] Later Ildikó Keresztes also confirmed, that she will not return to the show for another season.[4] In April Feró Nagy also announced his exit.[5]

On 17 May 2013 RTL Klub confirmed that the new hosts were Lilu and Bence Istenes. The previous host, Nóra Ördög left the show due to her pregnancy.[6]

Auditions

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Auditions began on 25 May 2013. The contestants came in their thousands.

Bootcamp

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The Bootcamp was aired on 28 and 29 September.

The contestants 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 boys category had an extra, 7th acts. And the judges found out, which category they would be mentoring.

Judges' houses

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At this stage of the competition each judge mentored six acts. 25 acts (7 in the boys category) went through for this stage of the show. Each judge had help from a guest judge to choose their final acts.

The thirteen eliminated acts were:

  • Boys: Manó Ráduly Botond, David Horvath, Kristóf Karapándzsity, Richárd Nagy
  • Girls: Melina Molnár, Nóra Nagy, Eszter Olajos
  • Over 25s: Zoltán Bátky, Lia Komondi, Nelli Nagyváradi
  • Groups: SPEAK UP!, Sunset Strip, Wild Rhythm Smokers

Contestants

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Twelve acts go through to this stage of the show.

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third Place
  – Withdrew
Category (mentor) Acts
Boys (Tóth) Ákos Csordás Ádám Szabó Marcell Tóth
Girls (Alföldi) Lili Batánovics Anikó Eckert Lili Péterffy
Over 25s (Geszti) Márk Bozsek Dóra Danics Tünde Krasznai
Groups (Szikora) ByTheWay Fat Phoenix MDC

Results summary

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  – mentored by Róbert Alföldi (Girls)   – Bottom two
  – mentored by Gabi Tóth (Boys)   – Most public votes that week
  – mentored by Róbert Szikora (Groups)   – Withdrew
  – mentored by Péter Geszti (Over 25s)
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Final Week 10
Round 1 Round 2
Dóra Danics 1st
15.77%
1st
12.69%
1st
17.47%
2nd
14.44%
2nd
14.49%
3rd
17.04%
3rd
16.15%
2nd
20.70%
2nd
29.96%
2nd
33.44%
Winner
56.34%
ByTheWay 6th
7.83%
5th
10.11%
5th
9.12%
9th
8.45%
1st
37.24%
1st
21.27%
1st
24.58%
1st
28.90%
1st
33.30%
1st
34.32%
Runner-Up
43.66%
Tünde Krasznai 4th
9.17%
3rd
10.91%
6th
9.06%
6th
9.30%
4th
8.99%
6th
11.19%
2nd
22.02%
3rd
20.60%
3rd
20.47%
3rd
32.34%
Eliminated
(Week 10)
Ákos Csordás 3rd
11.69%
7th
9.05%
8th
8.15%
8th
8.85%
3rd
11.82%
5th
12.04%
4th
14.53%
5th
10.68%
4th
16.27%
Eliminated
(Week 9)
Ádám Szabó 5th
8.57%
6th
10.06%
4th
10.81%
7th
9.19%
7th
6.71%
2nd
18.62%
5th
11.96%
4th
19.12%
Eliminated
(Week 8)
Lili Péterffy 10th
4.92%
10th
5.43%
7th
8.19%
5th
10.90%
6th
7.78%
4th
12.27%
6th
10.76%
Eliminated
(Week 7)
Fat Phoenix 8th
6.46%
2nd
11.73%
2nd
12.16%
3rd
12.91%
5th
8.18%
7th
7.56%
Eliminated
(Week 6)
Lili Batánovics 7th
7.49%
8th
7.35%
9th
7.25%
4th
11.26%
8th
6.36%
Eliminated
(Week 5)
Márk Bozsek 2nd
12.68%
4th
10.35%
3rd
10.83%
1st
14.82%
Withdrew
(Week 5)
Anikó Eckert 12th
4.35%
9th
7.03%
10th
6.98%
Eliminated
(Week 3)
Marcell Tóth 9th
6.21%
11th
5.28%
Eliminated
(Week 2)
MDC 11th
4.88%
Eliminated
(Week 1)
Bottom Two MDC,
Anikó Eckert
Marcell Tóth,
Lili Péterffy
Anikó Eckert,
Lili Batánovics
ByTheWay,
Ákos Csordás
Lili Batánovics,
Ádám Szabó
Fat Phoenix,
Tünde Krasznai
Lili Péterffy,
Ádám Szabó
Ádám Szabó,
Ákos Csordás
Ákos Csordás,
Tünde Krasznai
No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins
Geszti's vote to eliminate MDC Lili Péterffy Anikó Eckert Ákos Csordás Lili Batánovics Fat Phoenix Lili Péterffy Ádám Szabó Ákos Csordás
Szikora's vote to eliminate Anikó Eckert Marcell Tóth Anikó Eckert Ákos Csordás Lili Batánovics Tünde Krasznai Ádám Szabó Ákos Csordás Tünde Krasznai
Tóth's vote to eliminate MDC Lili Péterffy Lili Batánovics ByTheWay Lili Batánovics Fat Phoenix Lili Péterffy Ádám Szabó Tünde Krasznai
Alföldi's vote to eliminate MDC Marcell Tóth Anikó Eckert ByTheWay Ádám Szabó Fat Phoenix Ádám Szabó Ádám Szabó Ákos Csordás
Eliminated MDC
3 from 4 votes
Majority
Marcell Tóth
2 from 4 votes
Deadlock
Anikó Eckert
3 from 4 votes
Majority
ByTheWay
2 from 4 votes
Deadlock
Lili Batánovics
3 from 4 votes
Majority
Fat Phoenix
3 from 4 votes
Majority
Lili Péterffy
2 from 4 votes
Deadlock
Ádám Szabó
3 from 4 votes
Majority
Ákos Csordás
2 from 4 votes
Deadlock
Tünde Krasznai
3rd Place
ByTheWay
2nd Place
Dóra Danics
1st Place

Live Shows

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Week 1 (12–13 October)

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  • Theme: Songs from the toplists
  • Celebrity performer: Gergő Oláh ("Érted élek")
  • Group performance: "We Own the Night" and "Valami más"
A summary of the contestants' performances on the first live show and results show, along with the results.
Act Order Song Result
MDC 1 "Help!" Bottom two
Lili Péterffy 2 "Wrecking Ball" Safe
Marcell Tóth 3 "Don't You Worry Child" Safe
Márk Bozsek 4 "Can't Hold Us" Safe
Lili Batánovics 5 "Son of a Preacher Man" Safe
Ádám Szabó 6 "Love Me Again" Safe
Anikó Eckert 7 "The Golden Age" Bottom two
Ákos Csordás 8 "Superstition" Safe
Fat Phoenix 9 "Humpin' Around" Safe
Tünde Krasznai 10 "Crazy" Safe
ByTheWay 11 "Blurred Lines" Safe
Dóra Danics 12 "The House of the Rising Sun" Safe
Final showdown details
MDC 1 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Eliminated
Anikó Eckert 2 "Turning Tables" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate
  • Alföldi: MDC
  • Szikora: Anikó Eckert
  • Tóth: MDC
  • Geszti: MDC

Week 2 (19–20 October)

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A summary of the contestants' performances on the second live show and results show, along with the results.
Act Order Song Result
Marcell Tóth 1 "I Knew You Were Trouble" Bottom two
Lili Batánovics 2 "Something's Got a Hold on Me" Safe
ByTheWay 3 "Cups" Safe
Anikó Eckert 4 "Black Heart" Safe
Márk Bozsek 5 "The Lazy Song" Safe
Lili Péterffy 6 "Monday Morning" Bottom two
Ákos Csordás 7 "She's Like the Wind" Safe
Tünde Krasznai 8 "Don't Cry for Louie" Safe
Fat Phoenix 9 "Crucified" Safe
Dóra Danics 10 "Valerie" Safe
Ádám Szabó 11 "Álomarcú lány" Safe
Final showdown details
Marcell Tóth 1 "Here Without You" Eliminated
Lili Péterffy 2 "Varázsolj a szívemmel" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate
  • Alföldi: Marcell Tóth
  • Tóth: Lili Péterffy
  • Szikora: Marcell Tóth
  • Geszti: Lili Péterffy

As both acts got 2 votes, they went to deadlock and Marcell Tóth was eliminated.

Week 3 (26–27 October)

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  • Theme: Autumn legends
  • Celebrity performer: Bermuda ("London"), Enikő Muri ("Maradj még!")
  • Group performance: "Best Song Ever"
A summary of the contestants' performances on the third live show and results show, along with the results.
Act Order Song Result
Fat Phoenix 1 "Can't Get You Out of My Head" Safe
Anikó Eckert 2 "Back to Black" Bottom two
Ákos Csordás 3 "Thnks fr th Mmrs" Safe
Lili Péterffy 4 "Mikor" Safe
Márk Bozsek 5 "Sex on Fire" Safe
Lili Batánovics 6 "Unfaithful" Bottom two
Ádám Szabó 7 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Safe
Dóra Danics 8 "Márti dala" Safe
ByTheWay 9 "Africa" Safe
Tünde Krasznai 10 "Blue Jeans" Safe
Final showdown details
Anikó Eckert 1 "When You're Gone" Eliminated
Lili Batánovics 2 "És mégis" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate
  • Alföldi: Anikó Eckert
  • Tóth: Lili Batánovics
  • Szikora: Anikó Eckert
  • Geszti: Anikó Eckert

Week 4 (2–3 November)

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  • Theme: Quiet songs
  • Celebrity performer: Animal Cannibals ("Minden változik")
  • Group performance: "Perfect Day", "Nincs baj! Tűz van!"
A summary of the contestants' performances on the fourth live show and results show, along with the results.
Act Order Song Result
Lili Batánovics 1 "Queen of the Night" Safe
Ákos Csordás 2 "Never Tear Us Apart" Bottom two
ByTheWay 3 "Radioactive" Bottom two
Tünde Krasznai 4 "Family Portrait" Safe
Ádám Szabó 5 "Ladies' Choice" Safe
Fat Phoenix 6 "Éjjel-nappal Budapest" Safe
Dóra Danics 7 "Piece of My Heart" Safe
Lili Péterffy 8 "Je Veux" Safe
Márk Bozsek 9 "Féltelek" Safe
Final showdown details
Ákos Csordás 1 "Jelenés" Safe
ByTheWay 2 "Read All About It, Pt. III" Return
Judge's vote to eliminate
  • Tóth: ByTheWay
  • Szikora: Ákos Csordás
  • Alföldi: ByTheWay
  • Geszti: Ákos Csordás

As both acts got 2 votes, they went to deadlock and ByTheWay were eliminated.

Week 5 (9–10 November)

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A summary of the contestants' performances on the fifth live show and results show, along with the results.
Act Order Song Result
Lili Péterffy 1 "Welcome to Burlesque" Safe
Ádám Szabó 2 "Szállj velem!" Bottom two
Ákos Csordás 3 "Csillag vagy fecske" Safe
Lili Batánovics 4 "Left Outside Alone" Bottom two
Fat Phoenix 5 "Survivor" Safe
Dóra Danics 6 "Itt és most" Safe
Tünde Krasznai 7 "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Safe
ByTheWay 8 "Locked Out of Heaven" Safe
Duet
Lili Batánovics & Ádám Szabó 1 "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely"
Dóra Danics & Ákos Csordás 2 "The Lady Is a Tramp"
Tünde Krasznai & Fat Phoenix 3 "Summer Wine"
Lili Péterffy & ByTheWay 4 "Broken Strings"
Final showdown details
Lili Batánovics 1 "I Will Always Love You" Eliminated
Ádám Szabó 2 "Rule the World" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate
  • Alföldi: Ádám Szabó
  • Tóth: Lili Batánovics
  • Szikora: Lili Batánovics
  • Geszti: Lili Batánovics

Márk Bozsek withdrew this week after deciding he could not commit to the competition. Therefore, ByTheWay returned to the competition.

Week 6 (16–17 November)

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  • Theme: Brilliance, luster and beauty
  • Celebrity performers: Roy & Ádám feat. Maszkura ("Visszasírom"), Adél Csobot ("Forog a film")
  • Group performance: "Éld át"
A summary of the contestants' performances on the sixth live show and results show, along with the results.
Act Order Song Result
ByTheWay 1 "Szabadítsd fel!" Safe
Lili Péterffy 2 "Beauty and a Beat" Safe
Ákos Csordás 3 "Rumour Has It"/"Someone like You" Safe
Dóra Danics 4 "Believe" Safe
Fat Phoenix 5 "Why You Wanna Trip on Me" Bottom two
Tünde Krasznai 6 "I Say a Little Prayer" (Hungarian) Bottom two
Ádám Szabó 7 "When I Was Your Man" Safe
Final showdown details
Fat Phoenix 1 "Stop!" Eliminated
Tünde Krasznai 2 "Úgy fáj" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate
  • Geszti: Fat Phoenix
  • Szikora: Tünde Krasznai
  • Tóth: Fat Phoenix
  • Alföldi: Fat Phoenix

Week 7 (23–24 November)

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  • Theme: Mentors Night
  • Celebrity performers: Fábián Juli & Zoohacker
  • Group performance: "Shine"
A summary of the contestants' performances on the seventh live show and results show, along with the results.
Act Order First song Order Second song Result
Dóra Danics 1 "Look at Me" 9 "Nem a miénk az ég" Safe
Ádám Szabó 2 "Jöjj még" 8 "Dear Darlin'" Bottom two
Lili Péterffy 3 "Something New" 7 "Hello édes" Bottom two
ByTheWay 4 "Torn" 12 "Létezem" Safe
Tünde Krasznai 5 "Gyere kislány" 11 "The Silence" Safe
Ákos Csordás 6 "More" 10 "A csapból is én folyok" Safe
Final showdown details
Lili Péterffy 1 "Everytime We Touch" Eliminated
Ádám Szabó 2 "Mindhalálig várni rád" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate
  • Alföldi: Ádám Szabó
  • Tóth: Lili Péterffy
  • Szikora: Ádám Szabó
  • Geszti: Lili Péterffy

As both acts got 2 votes, they went to deadlock and Lili Péterffy was eliminated.

Week 8 (30 November-1 December)

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  • Theme: Party anthems
  • Celebrity performers: Zséda ("Hétköznapi Mennyország"/"Dance"), Tibor Kocsis ("Új holnap")
  • Group performance: "No Worries"
A summary of the contestants' performances on the eighth live show and results show, along with the results.
Act Order First song Order Second song Result
Ákos Csordás 1 "Induljon a banzáj!" 6 "Get Lucky" Bottom two
Dóra Danics 2 "Firework" 7 "Egy elfelejtett dal" Safe
ByTheWay 3 "Embertelen dal" 8 "Lady Marmalade" Safe
Ádám Szabó 4 "Personal Jesus" 10 "Pálinka dal" Bottom two
Tünde Krasznai 5 "Popzene" 9 "Express Yourself" Safe
Final showdown details
Ádám Szabó 1 "Still Got the Blues (For You)" Eliminated
Ákos Csordás 2 "Titkos szobák szerelme" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate
  • Tóth: Ádám Szabó
  • Alföldi: Ádám Szabó
  • Szikora: Ákos Csordás
  • Geszti: Ádám Szabó

Week 9 (7–8 December)

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  • Theme: Mentor's favourite song & Contestant's favourite song
  • Celebrity performers: Beatrice ("8 óra munka"/"Azok a boldog szép napok"), Hooligans ("Mindörökké")
  • Group performance: "Wake Me Up"
A summary of the contestants' performances on the ninth live show and results show, along with the results.
Act Order First song Order Second song Result
Tünde Krasznai 1 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" 6 "Örökké tart" Bottom two
Ákos Csordás 2 "Egy elfelejtett szó" 5 "Nothing Else Matters" Bottom two
Dóra Danics 3 "Set Fire to the Rain" 8 "Egyszer" Safe
ByTheWay 4 "Ilyenek voltunk" 7 "Bohemian Rhapsody" Safe
Duet
Ákos Csordás & ByTheWay 1 "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)"
Dóra Danics & Tünde Krasznai 2 "Proud Mary"
Final showdown details
Ákos Csordás 1 "Nézz az ég felé" Eliminated
Tünde Krasznai 2 "Wild Horses" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate
  • Geszti: Ákos Csordás
  • Tóth: Tünde Krasznai
  • Szikora: Tünde Krasznai
  • Alföldi: Ákos Csordás

As both acts got 2 votes, they went to deadlock and Ákos Csordás was eliminated.

Week 10 (14/15 December)

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Saturday Night

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  • Theme: One with a surprise duet partner
  • Celebrity performers: Első Emelet ("A film forog tovább"), Kistehén Tánczenekar ("Milyen kár")
  • Duets:
    • Tünde Krasznai and Nikolas Takács
    • ByTheWay and Márk Bozsek
    • Dóra Danics and László Dés
A summary of the contestants' performances on the tenth live show and results show, along with the results.
Act Order First song Order Second song Order Third song Result
Tünde Krasznai 1 "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" 4 "Nothing Compares 2 U" 7 "Hallelujah" 3rd
ByTheWay 2 "Troublemaker" 5 "The Winner Takes It All" 8 "Bless That Body" Safe
Dóra Danics 3 "That Man" 6 "Nekem nem szabad" 9 "Hóesés" Safe

Sunday Night

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  • Theme: Finalist's favourite Hungarian and English, previously performed song, Winner's Song
  • Celebrity performers: Ildikó Keresztes & Recirquel ("Adj valamit"), Gabi Tóth ("Üdvözöl a Való Világ"), Csaba Vastag & Tibor Kocsis & Gergő Oláh
  • Group performance: "Az élet vár", "Csak állj mellém"
A summary of the contestants' performances on the finals and results show, along with the results.
Act Order First song Order Second song Order Third song Result
ByTheWay 1 "Létezem" 3 "Cups" 6 "Új út" Runner-Up
Dóra Danics 2 "The House of the Rising Sun" 4 "Márti dala" 7 "Új út" Winner
Duet
Dóra Danics & ByTheWay 5 "Ezt egy életen át kell játszani"

References

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  1. ^ "1st show". Hír24.
  2. ^ "new judging line up". Origo.
  3. ^ "Malek quits". Origo.
  4. ^ "Keresztes quits". Origo.
  5. ^ "judges might be replaced". Origo.
  6. ^ "new hosts". Origo.
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