The X Factor | |
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Series 3 | |
Hosted by | Sakis Rouvas (Live Shows) Giorgos Lianos (Audition Shows) Maria Sinatsaki (Audition Shows) |
Judges | George Levendis Giorgos Theofanous Katerina Gagaki Nikos Mouratidis |
Winner | Haris Antoniou |
Runner-up | Alexandros Notas |
Release | |
Original network | ANT1 |
Original release | 1 October 2010 – 11 February 2011 |
Series chronology |
The X Factor is a Greek television reality music competition, based on the original series in the UK, to find new singing talent. The winner of which receives a recording contract with Sony Music Greece is Haris Antoniou. The third series began airing on ANT1 on 1 October 2010 and ended on 11 February 2011. The show was presented by Sakis Rouvas, with Giorgos Lianos and Maria Sinatsaki hosting the audition shows. The competition is split into several stages: auditions, bootcamp, judges' houses and live shows. Auditions took place throughout July and September 2010, with George Levendis, Giorgos Theofanous, Katerina Gagaki and Nikos Mouratidis returning as judges. Following bootcamp, successful acts were split into four categories: Boys (male soloists aged 16 to 24), Girls (female soloists aged 16 to 24), Over-25s (soloists aged 25 and over) and Groups. The live shows started on 29 October 2010. It is also broadcast abroad via ANT1's international stations.
The first appeal for auditions occurred on June. The Auditions began in Nicosia on 23 July 2010 and concluded in New York City for the first time in the history of the Greek X Factor, on 12 September 2010.
Audition city | Dates | Venue |
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Nicosia | 24–25 July 2010 | Hilton Park |
Athens | 18–20 August 2010 | Studio Kappa |
Thessaloniki | 24–26 August 2010 | Μet Hotel |
New York City | 10–12 September 2010 | NEP Midtown Studios [1] |
The "bootcamp" stage of the competition began on 20 September 2010 at the Goudi Olympic Complex, which is now the site of the ultra-modern Badminton Theater, hosting major theatrical productions and completed on 23 September 2010. This stage of the competition was aired on 22 October 2010. In this stage, the judges decided at each category the top 20 acts and finally the top 8 acts who qualified to the Judges' Houses. Katerina Gagaki will mentor Girls Under 24, George Levendis has the Boys Under 24, Nikos Mouratidis was given the 25s and Over and Giorgos Theofanous the Groups category.
In the next round the judges reduced their 8 acts to locations around Greece. Nikos Mouratidis decided the 4 acts that will follow him to the live shows in Athens, Katerina Gagaki in Santorini, George Levendis in Ithaca and Giorgos Theofanous in Athens.This stage of the competition aired on 27 October 2010. After the judges, narrowed down the contestants to four each.
The sixteen eliminated acts were:
The top 16 acts were confirmed as follows:
Key:
Category (mentor) | Acts | |||
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Over 25s (Nikos Mouratidis) | Elena Anagiotou | Alexandros Notas | Grigoris Georgiou | Patrick Guibert |
Girls 16-24 (Katerina Gagaki) | Nikki Ponte | Maria Katikaridou | Elena Georgiou | Kirki Katsarou |
Boys 16-24 (George Levendis) | Alexis Zafeirakis | Dimitris Theodorakoglou | Haris Antoniou | Kostantinos Anastasiadis |
Groups (Giorgos Theofanous) | The Burning Sticks | Revolt | T.U. | Tik Tok |
– | Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | |||
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Haris Antoniou | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Safe | Winner | ||
Alexandros Notas | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-Up | ||
Nikki Ponte | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | Third | ||
T.U. | 15th | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Safe | Bottom 2 | Safe | Bottom 2 | Safe | Bottom 2 | Bottom 2 | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 13) | |||
Dimitris Theodorakoglou | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 8th | Safe | Bottom 2 | Safe | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 12) | ||||
Grigoris Georgiou | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 11) | |||||
Konstantinos Anastasiadis | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 10) | ||||||
Elena Anagiotou | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 9) | |||||||
Maria Katikaridou | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Safe | 9th | Eliminated (week 8) | ||||||||
The Burning Sticks | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 7) | |||||||||
Patrick Guibert | Safe | Bottom 2 | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 6) | ||||||||||
Revolt | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 5) | |||||||||||
Kirki Katsarou | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||||||||||
Alexis Zafeirakis | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 3) | |||||||||||||
Tik Tok | Safe | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 2) | ||||||||||||||
Elena Georgiou | 16th | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||||||||||
Final showdown | Elena Georgiou, T.U. | Patrick Guibert, Tik Tok | Alexis Zafeirakis, The Burning Sticks | Kirki Katsarou, Revolt | Revolt, T.U. | Maria Katikardiou, Patrick Guibert | The Burning Sticks, T.U. | Maria Katikardiou, Dimitris Theodorakoglou | Elena Anagiotou, T.U. | Konstantinos Anastasiadis, Dimitris Theodorakoglou | Grigoris Georgiou, T.U. | Dimitris Theodorakoglou, T.U. | Harris Antoniou, T.U. | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone | |||
Mouratidis's vote to eliminate | T.U. | Tik Tok | Alexis Zafeirakis | Kirki Katsarou | Revolt | Maria Katikardiou | The Burning Sticks | Dimitris Theodorakoglou | T.U. | Konstantinos Anastasiadis | T.U. | Dimitris Theodorakoglou | T.U. | ||||
Gagaki's vote to eliminate | T.U. | Tik Tok | Alexis Zafeirakis | Revolt | Revolt | Patrick Guibert | T.U. | Dimitris Theodorakoglou | Elena Anagiotou | Konstantinos Anastasiadis | Grigoris Georgiou | Dimitris Theodorakoglou | T.U. | ||||
Levendis's vote to eliminate | Elena Georgiou | Tik Tok | The Burning Sticks | Kirki Katsarou | Revolt | Patrick Guibert | The Burning Sticks | Maria Katikardiou | Elena Anagiotou | Konstantinos Anastasiadis(x2) | Grigoris Georgiou | T.U. | T.U. | ||||
Theofanous's vote to eliminate | Elena Gerogiou | Patrick Guibert | Alexis Zafeirakis | Kirki Katsarou | N/A | Patrick Guibert | The Burning Sticks (x2) | Maria Katikardiou | Elena Anagiotou | Dimitris Theodorakoglou | Grigoris Georgiou | Dimitris Theodorakoglou | Harris Antoniou | ||||
Eliminated | Elena Georgiou 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Tik Tok 3 of 4 votes Majority | Alexis Zafeirakis 3 of 4 votes Majority | Kirki Katsarou 3 of 4 votes Majority | Revolt 3 of 3 votes Majority | Patrick Guibert 3 of 4 votes Majority | The Burning Sticks 4 of 5 votes Majority | Maria Katikardiou 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Elena Anagiotou 3 of 4 votes Majority | Konstantinos Anastasiadis 4 of 5 votes | Grigoris Georgiou 3 of 4 votes | Dimitris Theodorakoglou 3 of 4 votes | T.U. 3 of 4 votes | Niki Ponte Third Place | Alexandros Notas Runner-Up | ||
Harris Antoniou Winner |
The live shows began on 29 October 2009, with contestants performing on the Friday night shows and the results being announced later on the same day, and continued through to the finale on 11 February 2011. Like the previous series, the televoters had the chance to vote from the beginning of the show.
Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
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Alexis Zafeirakis | 1 | "Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)" | Safe | ||
Nikki Ponte | 2 | "Teenage Dream" | Safe | ||
Grigoris Georgiou | 3 | "Se Thelo San Trelos" | Safe | ||
Tik Tok | 4 | "Tik Tok" | Safe | ||
Kostantinos Anastasiadis | 5 | "To Kalokairi Mou" | Safe | ||
Maria Katikaridou | 6 | "Den Ehi Sidera I Kardia Sou" | Safe | ||
The Burning Sticks | 7 | "Earth Song" | Safe | ||
Patrick Guibert | 8 | "Sympathique" | Safe | ||
Dimitris Theodorakoglou | 9 | "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" | Safe | ||
T.U | 10 | "Andexa" | Bottom two | ||
Alexandros Notas | 11 | "Prigipessa" | Safe | ||
Kirki Katsarou | 12 | "Ayo Technology" | Safe | ||
Haris Antoniou | 13 | "S'eho Erotefthi" | Safe | ||
Revolt | 14 | "Kryfa" | Safe | ||
Elena Georgiou | 15 | "Oti Axizei" | Bottom two | ||
Elena Anagiotou | 16 | "Aperanto Keno" | Safe | ||
Final showdown details | |||||
T.U | 1 | N/A | Safe | ||
Elena Georgiou | 2 | N/A | Eliminated |
The result went to deadlock, and Elena Georgiou was eliminated from the competition.
Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
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Dimitris Theodorakoglou | 1 | "To the Moon and Back" | Safe | ||
Maria Katikaridou | 2 | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" | Safe | ||
T.U | 3 | "Song 2" | Safe | ||
Patrick Guibert | 4 | "Wonderwall" | Bottom two | ||
Haris Antoniou | 5 | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | Safe | ||
Nikki Ponte | 6 | "Mamma Mia" | Safe | ||
The Burning Sticks | 7 | "Seven Nation Army" | Safe | ||
Elena Anagiotou | 8 | "To Maxairi" | Safe | ||
Alexis Zafeirakis | 9 | "Personal Jesus" | Safe | ||
Tik Tok | 10 | "Hung Up"/"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" | Bottom two | ||
Kostantinos Anastasiadis | 11 | "Wonderful Life" | Safe | ||
Kirki Katsarou | 12 | "Last Kiss" | Safe | ||
Alexandros Notas | 13 | "Feugo Gia Mena" | Safe | ||
Revolt | 14 | "Every You Every Me" | Safe | ||
Grigoris Georgiou | 15 | "Taxidevo To Ego Mou" | Safe | ||
Final showdown details | |||||
Tik Tok | 1 | N/A | Eliminated | ||
Patrick Guibert | 2 | N/A | Safe |
Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
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The Burning Sticks | 1 | "Take My Breath Away" | Bottom two | ||
Grigoris Georgiou | 2 | "Theos" | Safe | ||
Alexis Zafeirakis | 3 | "Den Eimai Allos" | Bottom two | ||
Maria Katikaridou | 4 | "An Isouna Agapi" | Safe | ||
T.U | 5 | "Feel" | Safe | ||
Haris Antoniou | 6 | "Into the Night" | Safe | ||
Patrick Guibert | 7 | "Etsi Eimai Ego" | Safe | ||
Revolt | 8 | "I Like the Way (You Move)"/"Klepsidra" | Safe | ||
Nikki Ponte | 9 | "You Lost Me" | Safe | ||
Dimitris Theodorakoglou | 10 | "Numb" | Safe | ||
Alexandros Notas | 11 | "Logia Filika" | Safe | ||
Kirki Katsarou | 12 | "Loca" | Safe | ||
Elena Anagiotou | 13 | "Oneiro Itane" | Safe | ||
Kostantinos Anastasiadis | 14 | "Spasmeno Karavi" | Safe | ||
Final showdown details | |||||
The Burning Sticks | 1 | N/A | Safe | ||
Alexis Zafeirakis | 2 | N/A | Eliminated |
Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
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Elena Anagiotou | 1 | "Kathreftizo To Nou" | Safe | ||
T.U | 2 | "Alors on danse" | Safe | ||
Haris Antoniou | 3 | "More Than Words" | Safe | ||
Grigoris Georgiou | 4 | "Smooth" | Safe | ||
Nikki Ponte | 5 | "Take It Off" | Safe | ||
Maria Katikaridou | 6 | "Bad Romance" | Safe | ||
Alexandros Notas | 7 | "Mia Nihta Zoriki" | Safe | ||
Revolt | 8 | "Kryptonite" | Bottom two | ||
Patrick Guibert | 9 | "Kissing a Fool" | Safe | ||
Dimitris Theodorakoglou | 10 | "Vertigo" | Safe | ||
Kirki Katsarou | 11 | "Satellite" | Bottom two | ||
Kostantinos Anastasiadis | 12 | "Emena Thes" | Safe | ||
The Burning Sticks | 13 | "Crazy in Love" | Safe | ||
Final showdown details | |||||
Revolt | 1 | N/A | Safe | ||
Kirki Katsarou | 2 | N/A | Eliminated |
Act | Order | Song (original artists) | Result | ||
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Elena Anagiotou | 1 | "Eisai Esi O Athropos Mou" | Safe | ||
Kostantinos Anastasiadis | 2 | "Soma me Soma" | Safe | ||
Revolt | 3 | "Lonely Day" | Bottom two | ||
Grigoris Georgiou | 4 | "Agapi" | Safe | ||
Maria Katikaridou | 5 | "The Unforgiven" | Safe | ||
The Burning Sticks | 6 | "Black Magic Woman" | Safe | ||
Haris Antoniou | 7 | "Rikse Kokkino Stin Nihta" | Safe | ||
T.U | 8 | "Omen" | Bottom two | ||
Nikki Ponte | 9 | "I (Who Have Nothing)" | Safe | ||
Dimitris Theodorakoglou | 10 | "O Imnos Ton Mavron Skilion" | Safe | ||
Patrick Guibert | 11 | "La Vie en rose" | Safe | ||
Alexandros Notas | 12 | "Anthropoi Monahoi" | Safe | ||
Final showdown details | |||||
T.U | 1 | N/A | Safe | ||
Revolt | 2 | N/A | Eliminated |
Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
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Haris Antoniou | 1 | "Too Funky" | Safe | ||
T.U | 2 | "Hero" | Safe | ||
Alexandros Notas | 3 | "Mono Mia Fora" | Safe | ||
Maria Katikaridou | 4 | "Maria Maria" | Bottom two | ||
Dimitris Theodorakoglou | 5 | "Come Together" | Safe | ||
Elena Anagiotou | 6 | "Eklaige Mazi Mou To Feggari" | Safe | ||
Kostantinos Anastasiadis | 7 | "Oti Agapo Einai Diko Sou" | Safe | ||
Grigoris Georgiou | 8 | "Paei I Agapi Mou" | Safe | ||
Nikki Ponte | 9 | "Children of Piraeus (The)" | Safe | ||
The Burning Sticks | 10 | "Valerie" | Safe | ||
Patrick Guibert | 11 | "Don't Stop the Music" | Bottom two | ||
Final showdown details | |||||
Patrick Guibert | 1 | N/A | Eliminateed | ||
Maria Katikardiou | 2 | N/A | Safe |
Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
T.U | 1 | "Killing in the Name" | Bottom two | ||
The Burning Sticks | 2 | "Whole Lotta Love" | Bottom two | ||
Alexandros Notas | 3 | "Ragizei Apopse" | Safe | ||
Haris Antoniou | 4 | "Corazón espinado" | Safe | ||
Maria Katikaridou | 5 | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | Safe | ||
Kostantinos Anastasiadis | 6 | "koita Ti Ekanes" | Safe | ||
Nikki Ponte | 7 | "Like a Prayer" | Safe | ||
Elena Anagiotou | 8 | "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" | Safe | ||
Grigoris Georgiou | 9 | "I Skoni" | Safe | ||
Dimitris Theodorakoglou | 10 | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Safe | ||
Final showdown details | |||||
T.U | 1 | N/A | Safe | ||
The Burning Sticks | 2 | N/A | Eliminated |
Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maria Katikaridou | 1 | "Tha 'Mai Allios" | Bottom two | ||
Dimitris Theodorakoglou | 2 | "Paradise City" | Bottom two | ||
Elena Anagiotou | 3 | "Ta Kormia Kai Ta Maheria" | Safe | ||
Haris Antoniou | 4 | "Sinaylia" | Safe | ||
Nikki Ponte | 5 | "Monday Morning" | Safe | ||
Alexandros Notas | 6 | "Oi Eleytheroi ki Wraioi" | Safe | ||
Kostantinos Anastasiadis | 7 | "Xoris Anapnoh" | Safe | ||
Grigoris Georgiou | 8 | "Zhleyei H Nyxta" | Safe | ||
T.U | 9 | "Diskolos Kairos Gia Prinkipes" | Safe | ||
Final showdown details | |||||
Dimitris Theodorakoglou | 1 | "Wanted Dead or Alive" | Safe | ||
Maria Katikaridou | 2 | "All the Man That I Need" | Eliminated |
The result went to deadlock, and Maria Katikaridou and was eliminated from the competition.
Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
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Grigoris Georgiou | 1 | "San Na Min Perase Mia Mera" | Safe | ||
Kostantinos Anastasiadis | 2 | "Xamogelase" | Safe | ||
Alexandros Notas | 3 | "Svise To Feggari" | Safe | ||
Haris Antoniou | 4 | "Superstition" | Safe | ||
Nikki Ponte | 5 | "Respect" | Safe | ||
T.U | 6 | "Bohemian Like You" | Bottom two | ||
Elena Anagiotou | 7 | "Exartatai" | Bottom two | ||
Dimitris Theodorakoglou | 8 | "Love Is Gone" | Safe | ||
Final showdown details | |||||
Elena Anagiotou | 1 | "An Den M'Agapas" | Eliminated | ||
T.U | 2 | "Written in the Stars" | Safe |
Act | Order | First song (Mentor's choice) | Order | Second song (Contestant's choice) | Result | |
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Kostantinos Anastasiadis | 1 | "Mi Svineis Ta Fota" | 14 | "O Bythos Sou" | Bottom two | |
Alexandros Notas | 2 | "Parallila" | 11 | "Liomeno Pagoto" | Safe | |
T.U | 3 | "Love the Way You Lie" | 8 | "Airplanes" | Safe | |
Dimitris Theodorakoglou | 4 | "Dani California" | 10 | "To Xrono Stamataw" | Bottom two | |
Nikki Ponte | 5 | "Only Girl (In the World)" | 9 | "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" | Safe | |
Haris Antoniou | 6 | "This Love" | 12 | "Beautiful Day" | Safe | |
Grigoris Georgiou | 7 | "Asimenia Sfika" | 13 | "The Blower's Daughter" | Safe | |
Final showdown details | ||||||
Kostantinos Anastasiadis | 1 | "Emeina Edw" | Eliminated | |||
Dimitris Theodorakoglou | 2 | "Feel" | Safe |
Act | Order | First song | Film or Musical | Order | Second song (Contestant's choice) | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grigoris Georgiou | 1 | "El Tango de Roxanne" | Moulin Rouge! | 7 | "Gia To Kalo Mou" | Bottom two |
Haris Antoniou | 2 | "She" | Notting Hill | 9 | "Just the Way You Are" | Safe |
T.U | 3 | "Stayin' Alive" | Saturday Night Fever | 8 | "Apologize" | Bottom two |
Alexandros Notas | 4 | "Ola Dika Sou" | N/A | 11 | "Pou Na 'Sai" | Safe |
Nikki Ponte | 5 | "All That Jazz" | Chicago | 10 | "Telephone" | Safe |
Dimitris Theodorakoglou | 6 | "Great Balls of Fire" | Great Balls of Fire! | 12 | "Tha Parw Fwra" | Safe |
Final showdown details | ||||||
Grigoris Georgiou | 1 | "Thalassa Platia" | Eliminated | |||
T.U | 2 | "Sweet Home Alabama" | Safe |
Act | Order | First song (90's) | Order | Second song (Contestant's choice) | Result | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dimitris Theodorakoglou | 1 | "Gangsta's Paradise" | 6 | "Highway to Hell" | Bottom two | |
T.U | 2 | "The Show Must Go On" | 7 | "Whataya Want from Me" | Bottom two | |
Alexandros Notas | 3 | "Epimenw" | 8 | "Poios Na Sygkrithei Mazi Sou" | Safe | |
Haris Antoniou | 4 | "Losing My Religion" | 9 | "What About Now" | Safe | |
Nikki Ponte | 5 | "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" | 10 | "Oops!... I Did It Again" | Safe | |
Final showdown details | ||||||
Dimitris Theodorakoglou | 1 | "I Don't Want to Be" | Eliminated | |||
T.U | 2 | "Where Is the Love?" | Safe |
Act | Order | First song (Mentor's choice) | Order | Second song (Contestant's choice) | Result | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T.U | 1 | "Pump It" | 5 | "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around" | Bottom two | |
Alexandros Notas | 2 | "Aporw" | 6 | "Ena Gramma" | Safe | |
Haris Antoniou | 3 | "Faith" | 7 | "All Along the Watchtower" | Bottom two | |
Nikki Ponte | 4 | "Woman in Love" | 8 | "Kommati Ap' Tin Kardia Sou" | Safe | |
Final showdown details | ||||||
Haris Antoniou | 1 | "Billie Jean" | Safe | |||
T.U | 2 | "H Kybwtos" | Eliminated |
Act | Order | First song (Mentor's choice) | Order | Second song (Contestant's choice) | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexandros Notas | 1 | "Eho Esena" | 6 | "Mikrh Patrida" | Safe |
Haris Antoniou | 2 | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" | 4 | "Einai Stigmes" | Safe |
Nikki Ponte | 3 | "Bad" | 5 | "Hurt" | Eliminated |
Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexandros Notas | 1 | " Mia Kokkini Grammi " | 3 | "Pote ksana (Con te partirò)" | Runner Up |
Haris Antoniou | 2 | "You Are So Beautiful" | 4 | "Ekeini" | Winner |
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The X Factor is a Greek and Cypriot television music competition to find new singing talent. The sixth series began airing on Open TV on September 11, 2019.
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. 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. Ilias Psinakis was the guest judge only in the live shows. Nikos Mouratidis was the guest judge only in the live shows since the fourth week.