X Factor | |
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Created by | Simon Cowell |
Presented by | Heikki Paasonen (2010) Jukka Rossi (2010) Ile Uusivuori (2018–) Viivi Pumpanen (2018–) |
Judges | Michael Monroe (2018–) Saara Aalto (2018–) Suvi Teräsniska (2018–) Mikael Gabriel (2018–) Linda Brava (2010) Renne Korppila (2010) Gugi Kokljuschkin (2010) |
Original language | Finnish |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 17 |
Original release | |
Network | MTV3 |
Release | 24 January – 23 May 2010 |
Release | 4 February – 6 May 2018 |
X Factor is the Finnish version of X Factor , a show originating from the United Kingdom. It is a television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. The first season concluded in May 2010. On 13 June 2017, it was revealed that the show would be revived for a second season which began airing in 2018. [1]
In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three acts to progress to the live shows. This table shows, for each season, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live shows.
Key:
Season | Linda Brava | Renne Korppila | Gugi Kokljuschkin | — |
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One | Groups Enchant Soul Sisters Fearless | Over 25s Leena Tirronen Yrjänä Salmela Christian Palin | 16-24s Elias Hämäläinen Samuli Taskinen Merja Niekka | |
Season | Michael Monroe | Saara Aalto | Suvi Teräsniska | Mikael Gabriel |
Two | Groups 6G SANA | Girls Tika Liljegren Fanny Falk | Over 25s Hanna-Maaria Tuomela Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen | Boys Raid Amiri Viktorio Angelov |
Contestant in (or mentor of) "16–24s" category
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Boys" category
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Girls" category
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Over 25s" category
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Groups" category
Season | Start | Finish | Winner | Runner-up | Winning mentor | Host |
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1 | 24 January 2010 | 23 May 2010 | Elias Hämäläinen 16-24s | Samuli Taskinen 16-24s | Gugi Kokljuschkine | Heikki Paasonen (main) Jukka Rossi (Xtra Factor) |
2 | 4 February 2018 | 6 May 2018 | Tika Liljegren Girls | Hanna-Maaria Tuomela Over 25s | Saara Aalto | Ile Uusivuori Viivi Pumpanen |
The show's inaugural Finnish season was in 2010. It was broadcast on MTV3 television station and hosted by Heikki Paasonen with Jukka Rossi hosting the affiliated Xtra Factor. The three judges were Linda Brava (groups), Gugi Kokljuschkin (16- to 24-year-olds) and Renne Korppila (25 and over). And the finalists for each category were chosen by the judges on 28 March.
Auditions were held 24 January to 28 February 2010, and the camps on 7, 14 and 21 March. The nine finalists, three in each category (groups, 16- to 24-year-old, 25 and over) were chosen end of March 2010.
Episode Air Date | Audition City | Date |
January 24, 2010 | Kuopio | November 7, 2009 |
January 31, 2010 | Helsinki | November 14, 2009 |
February 7, 2010 | Tampere | November 28, 2009 |
February 14, 2010 | Rovaniemi | December 5, 2009 |
February 21, 2010 | Helsinki | December 12, 2009 |
February 28, 2010 | Tampere | December 17, 2009 |
Guest performers included Anna Abreu, Anna Puu, Maija Vilkkumaa, Adam Lambert, Amy Macdonald and Paloma Faith.
Key:
Category (mentor) | Acts | ||
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16-24s (Kokljuschkin) | Elias Hämäläinen | Merja Niekka | Samuli Taskinen |
Over 25s (Korppila) | Christian Palin | Yrjänä Salmela | Leena Tirronen |
Groups (Brava) | Enchant | Fearless | Soul Sisters |
Contestants' colour key:
– Korppila's contestants (Over 25s) |
– Kokljuschkin's contestants (16–24s) |
– Brava's contestants (Groups) |
– Bottom two |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | ||
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Elias Hämäläinen | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner (Week 8) | |
Samuli Taskinen | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up (Week 8) | |
Leena Tirronen | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | Eliminated (Week 7) | |
Enchant | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | 4th | Eliminated (Week 6) | ||
Yrjänä Salmela | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 5) | |||
Soul Sisters | Bottom two | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 4) | ||||
Christian Palin | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 3) | |||||
Merja Niekka | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 2) | ||||||
Fearless | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 1) | |||||||
Bottom two | Fearless, Soul Sisters | Merja Niekka, Soul Sisters | Christian Palin, Leena Tirronen | Enchant, Soul Sisters | Enchant, Yrjänä Salmela | - | - | - | |
Korpilla's vote to eliminate | Merja Niekka | Christian Palin | Enchant | - | - | - | |||
Kokljuschkin's vote to eliminate | Soul Sisters | Christian Palin | Yrjänä Salmela | ||||||
Brava's vote to eliminate | Merja Niekka | Christian Palin | Yrjänä Salmela | ||||||
Eliminated | Fearless ? of 3 Votes | Merja Niekka 2 of 3 Votes | Christian Palin 3 of 3 Votes | Soul Sisters ? of 3 Votes | Yrjänä Salmela 2 of 3 Votes | Enchant Bottom | Leena Tirronen Bottom | Samuli Taskinen Runner-up | |
Elias Hämäläinen Winner |
On 13 June 2017, it was announced that Michael Monroe, Saara Aalto, Suvi Teräsniska and Mikael Gabriel would judge the 2nd season. The hosts are Ile Uusivuori and Viivi Pumpanen.
Key:
Category (mentor) | Acts | |
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Boys (Gabriel) | Raid Amiri | Viktorio Angelov |
Girls (Aalto) | Fanny Falk | Tika Liljegren |
Over 25s (Teräsniska) | Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen | Hanna-Maaria Tuomela |
Groups (Monroe) | 6G | SANA |
Contestants' colour key:
– Gabriel's contestants (Boys) |
– Aalto's contestants (Girls) |
– Teräsniska's contestants (Over 25s) |
– Monroe's contestants (Groups) |
– Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown |
– Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown) |
– Contestant received the most public votes |
Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | ||||
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Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||||
Tika Liljegren | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner | |||
Hanna-Maaria Tuomela | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-Up | |||
Raid Amiri | Safe | Bottom three | Safe | 3rd | Eliminated (Week 4) | |||
Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen | Safe | Safe | 4th | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||
6G | Safe | Bottom three | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||
Fanny Falk | Bottom three | 6th | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||
Viktorio Angelov | Bottom three | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||
SANA | 8th | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||
Final Showdown | Fanny Falk, Viktorio Angelov | Raid Amiri, 6G | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. | |||||
Monroe's vote to eliminate | Viktorio Angelov | Raid Amiri | ||||||
Aalto's vote to eliminate | Viktorio Angelov | 6G | ||||||
Teräsniska's vote to eliminate | Viktorio Angelov | 6G | ||||||
Gabriel's vote to eliminate | Fanny Falk | 6G | ||||||
Eliminated | Viktorio Angelov 3 of 4 votes Majority | 6G 3 of 4 votes Majority | Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen Public vote to save | Raid Amiri Public vote to save | Hanna-Maaria Tuomela Public vote to win | |||
SANA Public vote to save | Fanny Falk Public vote to save |
Act | Order | Song | Result |
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Tika Liljegren | 1 | "Symphony" | Safe |
6G | 2 | "Yö kuuluu meille" | Safe |
Raid Amiri | 3 | "Antaudun" | Safe |
Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen | 4 | "Olet puolisoni nyt" | Safe |
Fanny Falk | 5 | "What About Us" | Bottom three |
SANA | 6 | "Parasta just nyt" | Eliminated |
Viktorio Angelov | 7 | "Havana" | Eliminated |
Hanna-Maaria Tuomela | 8 | "Älä jätä roikkuu" | Safe |
Act | Order | Song | Result |
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Raid Amiri | 1 | "Drag Me Down" | Bottom three |
Hanna-Maaria Tuomela | 2 | "Meri Keinuttaa" (original song) | Safe |
Fanny Falk | 3 | "2080-luvulla" | Eliminated |
6G | 4 | "Tarzan ja Jane" (original song) | Eliminated |
Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen | 5 | "Sign of the Times" | Safe |
Tika Liljegren | 6 | "Bang Bang" | Safe |
Act | Order | Song | Result |
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Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen | 1 | "Human" | Eliminated |
Raid Amiri | 2 | "When We Were Young" | Safe |
Hanna-Maaria Tuomela | 3 | "Ainoo oikee" (original song) | Safe |
Tika Liljegren | 4 | "All by Myself" | Safe |
Act | Order | Duet | Order | Song | Result |
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Raid Amiri | N/A (Already eliminated) | Eliminated | |||
Tika Liljegren | 1 | "Täydellinen elämä" (with Suvi Teräsniska) | 3 | "Alive" | Winner |
Hanna-Maaria Tuomela | 2 | "Ytimeen" (with Reino Nordin) | 4 | "Addicted to You" | Runner-up |
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