The X Factor (Greek TV series)

The X Factor is the Greek version of The X Factor, a show originating in the United Kingdom. It is a television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions.

The X Factor
Genre	Interactive reality talent show
Created by	Simon Cowell
Presented by	Sakis Rouvas Despina Vandi Co-Host Giorgos Lianos Despina Kampouri Maria Sinatsaki Evangelia Aravani Aris Makris
Judges	Giorgos Theofanous George Levendis Katerina Gagaki Nikos Mouratidis Tamta Peggy Zina Thodoris Marantinis Babis Stokas Giorgos Papadopoulos Giorgos Mazonakis Melina Aslanidou Christos Mastoras Michael Tsaousopoulos
Country of origin	Greece  Cyprus
Original language	Greek
No. of series	6
Production
Producers	ANT1 (1-3) Skai TV (4-5) Open TV (6)
Release
Original network	Greece ANT1 (1-3) Skai TV (4-5) Open TV (6) Cyprus ANT1 Cyprus (1-3) Sigma TV (4-5) Omega TV (6)
Picture format	16:9
Original release	ANT1 4 October 2008 – 11 February 2011 Skai TV 4 April 2016 – 20 July 2017 Open TV 11 September – 19 December 2019
External links
Website

Auditions are held in Greece in the cities of Athens and Thessaloniki, as well as in Cyprus in the city of Nicosia. Auditions for the third X Factor were also held in New York City. Applicants from the Greek diaspora are also accepted.

The show was broadcast live in Greece and Cyprus, as well as abroad via ANT1's international stations, for the first three seasons. For the fourth and fifth season was broadcast live in Greece via Skai TV and in Cyprus via Sigma TV. The sixth season was broadcast live in Greece via Open TV and in Cyprus via Omega.[1]

The winners of the show are: in the 1st season was Loukas Yorkas, in the 2nd was Stavros Michalakakos, in the 3rd was Harry Antoniou, in the 4th was Andreas Leontas, in the 5th was Panagiotis Koufogiannis and in the 6th was Giannis Grosis.

Stages

There are four stages to the competition:

• Stage 1: Judges' auditions – either in an audition room (series 1–3, 5) or an arena (series 4, 6)
• Stage 2: Bootcamp
• Stage 3: Judges Houses (Series 1–3)
• Stage 3: Four-Chair Challenge (Series 4–6)
• Stage 4: Live Shows (Finals)

Series overview

To date, five series have been broadcast, as summarised below.

  Contestant in "Nikos Mouratidis"
  Contestant in "Katarina Gagaki"
  Contestant in "George Levendis"
  Contestant in "Giorgos Theofanous"
  Contestant in "Tamta"
  Contestant in "Peggy Zina"
  Contestant in "Thodoris Marantinis"
  Contestant in "Babis Stokas"
  Contestant in "Giorgos Papadopoulos"
  Contestant in "Giorgos Mazonakis"
  Contestant in "Christos Mastoras"
  Contestant in "Melina Aslanidou"
  Contestant in "Michael Tsaousopoulos"

Series	First aired	Last aired	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place	Winning mentor	Presenter	Co-Host	Main judges (Seat order)
										1	2	3	4
1	4 October 2008	30 January 2009	Loukas Yorkas Boys 16-24s	Nikolas Metaxas Boys 16-24s	Triimitonio Groups	Kokkina Xalia Groups	Katerina Gagaki	Sakis Rouvas	Giorgos Lianos Despina Kampouri	Nikos	Katerina	George	Giorgos T.
2	2 October 2009	12 February 2010	Stavros Michalakakos Boys 16-24s	Nini Shermadini Girls 16-24s	48 Ores Groups	Eleni Alexandri Over 25s	Nikos Mouratidis
3	10 October 2010	11 February 2011	Haris Antoniou Boys 16-24s	Alexandros Notas Over 25s	Nikki Ponte Girls 16-24s	T.U. Groups	George Levendis		Giorgos Lianos Maria Sinatsaki
4	4 April 2016	8 July 2016	Andreas Leontas Boys 16-24s	Ian Stratis Boys 16-24s	Stereo Soul Groups	Tania Breazou Girls 16-24s	Giorgos Theofanous		Evangelia Aravani	Thodoris	Tamta	Peggy
5	27 April 2017	20 July 2017	Panagiotis Koufogiannis Over 25s	Soula Evagelou Girls 16-24s	Dee Vibes Groups	Vasilis Porfyrakis Over 25s	Giorgos Mazonakis			Babis	Giorgos P.	Tamta	Giorgos M.
6	11 September 2019	19 December 2019	Giannis Grosis Boys 16-24s	Dimitris Papatsakonas Boys 16-24s	AC² Groups	Konstantinos Stinis Over 25s	Christos Mastoras	Despina Vandi	Aris Makris	Michael	Christos	Melina	Giorgos T.

Judges' categories and their finalists

Key:

  – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, other contestants in small font.

Series	Nikos Mouratidis	Giorgos Theofanous	Katerina Gagaki	George Levendis
1	Over 25s Kelly Kaltsi Konstantinos Tsimouris Giorgos Klakoumanos Vasiliki Tsiomi	Groups Triimitonio Kokkina Halia Juke Box Crowns	Boys 16-24s Loukas Yorkas Nikolas Metaxas Louis Georgiou Christos Kalliatsas	Girls 16-24s Ioanna Protopappa Eirini Papadopoulou Polyxeni Bifsa Anthi Simiou
2	Boys 16-24s Stavros Michalakakos Hovig Demirjian Nikiforos Dimitris Maniatis	Girls 16-24s Nini Shermadini Ivi Adamou Eleftheria Eleftheriou Giouli Tassou	Over 25s Eleni Alexandri Polina Christodoulou Elena Andreou Harikleia Charitsavvidou	Groups 48 Ores Pale Faces 360 Moires X-odos
3	Over 25s Alexandros Notas Grigoris Georgiou Elena Anagiotou Patrick Guibert	Groups T.U The Burning Sticks Revolt Tik Tok	Girls 16-24s Nikki Ponte Maria Katikaridou Kirki Katsarou Elena Georgiou	Boys 16-24 Haris Antoniou Dimitris Theodorakoglou Kostantinos Anastasiadis Alexis Zafeirakis
4	Peggy Zina	Giorgos Theofanous	Tamta	Thodoris Marantinis
Over 25s Noena Alexandros Pitsanis Pilatos Kounatidis Giorgos Stefanou	Boys 16-24 Andreas Leontas Ian Stratis Antonis Fokas Giorgos Papanastasiou	Girls 16-24 Tania Breazou Christiana Mpounia Christina Zanti Eleni Koskina	Groups Stereo Soul Aftoi & Afti N.M.A. Gazoza
5	Babis Stokas	Giorgos Papadopoulos	Tamta	Giorgos Mazonakis
Groups Dee Vibes Coda Project Radiowaves Human Factory	Girls 16-24 Soula Evagelou Thalia Tsiatini Marianna Plachoura Kassiani Dalia	Boys 16-24 Konstantinos Notas Alexandros Sagouris Savas Savidis Angelos Provelegiadis	Over 25s Panagiotis Koufogiannis Vasilis Porfyrakis Marianna Georgiadou Alexandra Matsi
6	Michael Tsaousopoulos	Christos Mastoras	Melina Aslanidou	Giorgos Theofanous
	Girls 16-24 Zoi Misel Bakiri Konstantina Aresti Mary Vassiliadou Viky Mariolou	Boys 16-24 Giannis Grosis Dimitris Papatsakonas Giannis Tergiakis Giorgos Papanastasiou	Over 25s Konstantinos Stinis Lila Trianti Giannis Antzouris Nektarios Rigas	Groups AC² Ano Kato Liak and the Cover DAF

Series overview

Series 1 (2008–2009)

The first series of the Greek X Factor started airing in October 2008 on ANT1 and was hosted by singer Sakis Rouvas. The judges were Giorgos Levendis, songwriter Giorgos Theofanous, marketing executive of ANT1 TV, Katerina Gagaki and music critic Nikos Mouratidis.

The winner of the 1st X-Factor was Loukas Yorkas, who released his debut EP album in September 2009.

Series 2 (2009–2010)

A second series of X Factor was broadcated by ANT1 TV. The live shows debuted on October 30. The host and the judges remain the same as in the first series.The winner of the 2nd X-Factor was Stavros Michalakakos.

Series 3 (2010–2011)

A third season of X Factor was broadcast from October 2010 to February 2011. The third series of X Factor was won by Greek-Cypriot Haris Antoniou. The program was broadcast by ANT1 TV and the host and the judges remained the same as the previous year.

Series 4 (2016)

A fourth season of X Factor was broadcast from 4 April to 8 July 2016 on Skai TV. The host Sakis Rouvas remained with Evaggelia Aravani in backstage. Giorgos Theofanous remained from the judges of the past seasons with Peggy Zina, Tamta and Thodoris Marantinis from Onirama being the new judges. The winner of this series was Andreas Leontas from Cyprus.

Series 5 (2017)

A fifth season of X Factor was broadcast from April 27 to July 20, 2017 on Skai TV. The host Sakis Rouvas remained with Evaggelia Aravani in backstage. Tamta remained from the judges of the past seasons with Giorgos Mazonakis, Giorgos Papadopoulos and Babis Stokas being the new judges. The winner of this series was Panagiotis Koufogiannis from Cyprus.

Series 6 (2019)

A sixth season of X Factor began broadcast from 11 September 2019 on Open TV. The judges are Giorgos Theofanous, who returned for his fifth series as judge, former The Voice of Greece coach Melina Aslanidou, former Rising Star judge Christos Mastoras and Athens DeeJay Michael Tsaousopoulos. Despina Vandi will be the host, replacing Sakis Rouvas. Aris Makris is presenting the Backstage of Live Shows, replacing Evaggelia Aravani.[2][3]

See also

• Greek Idol
• The Voice of Greece

External links

• Official Website

References

1. "To ήθελε ο ΑΝΤ1, αλλά το πήρε το..." TV Nea. March 13, 2018.
2. "H Δέσποινα Βανδή στο Epsilon και στη σκηνή του "X-Factor"". Reader. June 25, 2018.
3. "X-factor: Οι πρώτες δηλώσεις της Βανδή και των κριτών του talent show". 2019-03-05.