X-Faktor (series 1)
The show's inaugural Hungarian season ended on 19 December, 2010. Csaba Vastag was announced as the winner. It was broadcast on the commercial RTL Klub television station.
Auditions
The auditions started in the summer of 2010, with more than 5,000 candidates for the first series in Hungary.Bootcamp
The Bootcamp was in the 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 "Judge's houses".Judge's 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 Zoltán Ádok, Malek by his sister Andrea Malek, Nagy by Dániel Abebe, and Geszti by Mariann Falusi. 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 9 and 10 October 2010.
The twelve eliminated acts were:
- Boys: Dávid Hegyi, Teó Spiriev, Előd Szabó
- Girls: Enikő Muri, Katica Németh, Dzsenifer Szirota
- Over 25s: Kriszta Bakó, Dávid Nádor, Zsolt Wittmann
- Groups: Conformity, Karma, Nóra Réder és Kádár Szabolcs
Finalists
The following artists made it to the live shows.
Key:
Results summary
Live shows
Week 1 (16 October)
- Theme: 21st century
- Celebrity performer: Viktor Varga
- Group performance: "És megindul a föld"
- Nagy: Mimi és Gergő
- Malek: Mariann Szabó
- Keresztes: Mimi és Gergő
- Geszti: Mimi és Gergő
Week 2 (23 October)
- Theme: Divas and Heartbreakers
- Celebrity performer: Zséda
- Group performance: "Ha lemegy a Nap"
- Geszti: Summer Sisters
- Malek: Fanni Domokos
- Keresztes: Fanni Domokos
- Nagy: Fanni Domokos
Week 3 (30 October)
- Theme: Rock songs
- Celebrity performer: Gabi Tóth
- Group performance: "Ha zene szól"
- Malek: Veca Janicsák
- Geszti: Summer Sisters
- Nagy: Summer Sisters
- Keresztes: Summer Sisters
Week 4 (6 November)
- Theme: Movie themes
- Celebrity performer: Anti Fitness Club
- Group performance: "Tépj szét"
- Malek: Mariann Szabó
- Geszti: Mariann Szabó
- Nagy: Dorka Shodeinde
- Keresztes: Dorka Shodeinde
Week 5 (13 November)
- Theme: Songs from the toplists
- Celebrity performer: Back II Black
- Group performance: "Gyere kislány, gyere" and "8 óra munka"
- Keresztes: Non Stop
- Malek: Nikolas Takács
- Nagy: Non Stop
- Geszti: Non Stop
Week 6 (20 November)
- Theme: Party anthems
- Celebrity performer: András Csonka
- Group performance: "Ezt egy életen át kell játszani"
- Geszti: Tamás Vastag
- Keresztes: Dorka Shodeinde
- Malek: Dorka Shodeinde
- Nagy: Tamás Vastag
Week 7 (27 November)
- Theme: One-hit Wonders
- Celebrity performer: Up!, Adrien Szekeres
- Group performance: "Megtalállak"
- Keresztes: Kati Wolf
- Nagy: Nikolas Takács
- Malek: Nikolas Takács
- Geszti: Kati Wolf
Week 8 (4 December)
- Theme: One Hungarian and one English song
- Celebrity performer: Zoltán Bereczki
- Group performance: "Színezd újra!"
- Keresztes: Csaba Vastag
- Nagy: Tamás Vastag
- Geszti: Tamás Vastag
- Malek: Tamás Vastag
Week 9 (11 December)
- Theme: One Hungarian and one English song
- Celebrity performer: Ákos
- Group performance: "Bennünk a világ"
- Geszti: Csaba Vastag
- Nagy: Veca Janicsák
- Malek: Csaba Vastag
- Keresztes: Veca Janicsák
Week 10 (18–19 December)
Saturday
- Theme: One song performed on the audition, one with a surprise duet partner, one chosen as the judges' favourite
- Celebrity performer: István Tabáni
- Group performance : "Ajándék"
- Duets:
- *Norbi L. Király and Lajos D. Nagy
- *Nikolas Takács and Kati Kovács
- *Csaba Vastag and Tamás Vastag
Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Order | Third song | Result |
Csaba Vastag | 1 | "Let Me Entertain You" | 6 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | 8 | "Wherever You Will Go" | Safe |
Norbi L. Király | 2 | "You Can Leave Your Hat On" | 4 | "Közeli helyeken" | 9 | "All Summer Long" | 3rd |
Nikolas Takács | 3 | "Hallelujah" | 5 | "Ha legközelebb látlak" | 7 | "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" | Safe |
Sunday, Finals
- Theme: Christmas, finalist's favourite previously performed song, Winner Song
- Celebrity performers: Annamari Farkas and Zoli Ádok and Első Emelet
- Group performance : "Shake Up Christmas" and "A nagy találkozás"
Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Order | Third song | Result |
Csaba Vastag | 1 | "You" | 3 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | 5 | "Hangokba zárva" | Winner |
Nikolas Takács | 2 | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | 4 | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" | 6 | "Hangokba zárva" | Runner-up |
Ratings
Episode | Date | Viewers | Share | Weekly rank | Ref. |
Auditions 1 | 28 August 2010 | 1.770 | 38.4 | 2 | |
Auditions 2 | 4 September 2010 | 2.001 | 42.1 | 1 | |
Auditions 3 | 11 September 2010 | 2.031 | 41.3 | - | |
Auditions 4 | 18 September 2010 | 2.081 | 43.2 | - | |
Bootcamp 1 | 25 September 2010 | 1.991 | 39.7 | - | |
Bootcamp 2 | 2 October 2010 | 1.843 | 36.3 | - | |
Judges' houses 1 | 9 October 2010 | 1.476 | 29.1 | - | |
Judges' houses 2 | 10 October 2010 | 1.934 | 36.3 | - | |
Live show 1 | 16 October 2010 | 2.431 | 50.4 | - | |
Live show 2 | 23 October 2010 | 2.826 | 56 | 1 | |
Live show 3 | 30 October 2010 | 2.541 | 50.7 | 1 | |
Live show 4 | 6 November 2010 | 2.561 | 50.1 | 1 | |
Live show 5 | 13 November 2010 | - | - | - | |
Live show 6 | 20 November 2010 | - | - | - | |
Live show 7 | 27 November 2010 | - | - | - | |
Live show 8 | 4 December 2010 | - | - | - | |
Live show 9 | 11 December 2010 | - | - | - | |
Live show 10 | 18 December 2010 | - | - | - |