X-Faktor (series 8)
X-Faktor is a Hungarian television music competition to find new singing talent. Kiss Ramona presented his second series of X-Faktor. The eighth series aired on RTL Klub in 2018. ByeAlex, Laci Gáspár, Peti Puskás, and Gigi Radics remained in the jury in the 8th season. USNK won the competition and became the second group to win and also for the first time on the show that the final two were from the groups category.
Auditions
Open auditions took place in Budapest on 16 February 2018. The judges' auditions started on June in Budapest.Judges' houses
This year there were no guest speakers, but every mentor would hear the performances of the four categories, then the mentor of that category would automatically bring two contestants to the live broadcasts and the remaining contestants would be assigned to the other three mentors who would select the third lead.The thirteen eliminated acts were:
- Boys: Krisztofer László Balogh, Barnabás Erdélyi, Krisztián Váradi
- Girls: Szofi Ádám, Rita Csányi, Dominika Király, Dominika Tasi
- Over 25s: Ervin Kárász, Apolka Nagy, Patrik Zdroba
- Groups: The Gentleman Band, Helo Zep!, What's Upci
Finalists
At the X-Factor press conference on November 14, Krisztián Nagy announced that he was withdrawing from the competition.
Results summary
In the eighth season, new rules were introduced, four chairs were placed in the studio, which they can sit for, the mentors want to put forward to the next week, the seats on the chair may change during the show. Based on viewers' votes, another four contestants would be able to enter the next live show.Live Shows
Week 1 (17 November)
- Celebrity performer: AK 26
- Group performance: "Rise"
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Janó Balog | 1 | "Let Me Entertain You" | Eliminated |
| Vivien Urbanovics | 2 | "Havana" | Eliminated |
| László Ölveti | 3 | "Come Together" | Eliminated |
| Stolen Beat | 4 | "Afrika" | Safe |
| Tímea Arany | 5 | "Focus" | Danger zone; saved |
| Pál Kovács | 6 | "Árnyékok" | Danger zone; saved |
| USNK | 7 | "Posztolj" | Safe |
| Taka Kurokava | 8 | "Let Me Love You" | Danger zone; saved |
| Gabriella Tamáska | 9 | "Jég dupla whiskyvel" | Safe |
| Ricky and the Drunken Sailors | 10 | "Raggamoffin 2" | Safe |
| Gergő Szekér | 11 | "Altass el" | Danger zone; saved |
Week 2 (24 November)
- Celebrity performer: Follow the Flow
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Ricky and the Drunken Sailors | 1 | "Hagyd meg nekem a dalt" | Eliminated |
| Gergő Szekér | 2 | "Tous les mêmes" | Eliminated |
| Gabriella Tamáska | 3 | "Queen" | Safe |
| Pál Kovács | 4 | "Tudnod kell" | Danger zone; saved |
| Stolen Beat | 5 | "Bulibáró" | Danger zone; saved |
| Tímea Arany | 6 | "What About Us" | Danger zone; saved |
| USNK | 7 | "!FogyaszdEl!" | Safe |
| Taka Kurokava | 8 | "Ha volna két életem" | Safe |
Week 3 (1 December)
- Celebrity performer: :hu:Szikora Róbert|Róbert Szikora & R-GO
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
| Taka Kurokava | 1 | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | 10 | "Perfect" | Eliminated |
| USNK | 2 | "#tevagya" | 11 | "No Riches" | Safe |
| Pál Kovács | 3 | "Nem tudja senki" | N/A | N/A | Eliminated |
| Stolen Beat | 4 | "Hol vagy" | 8 | "Kislány a zongoránál" | Danger zone; saved |
| Gabriella Tamáska | 5 | "I Say a Little Prayer" | 7 | "Fekete" | Safe |
| Tímea Arany | 6 | "Úgy szeretném meghálálni" | 9 | "Sorry Not Sorry" | Danger zone; saved |
Week 4 (8 December)
- Celebrity performer: Ofenbach
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
| Stolen Beat | 1 | "Petőfi Sándor" | 2 | "Helló lányok"/"No Diggity" | Safe |
| Tímea Arany | 3 | "Nem kell végszó" | 4 | "Versace on the Floor" | Eliminated |
| Gabriella Tamáska | 5 | "#háttérzaj" | 6 | "Shallow" | Danger zone; saved |
| USNK | 7 | "Beatbox"/"Freestyle" | 8 | "Szétcsapom" | Safe |