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.
Judges' categories and their contestants 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: – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.
Season Linda Brava Renne Korppila Gugi Kokljuschkin style="width:13%;" rowspan="2" One GroupsEnchantSoul SistersFearless Over 25sLeena TirronenYrjänä SalmelaChristian Palin16-24sElias HämäläinenSamuli TaskinenMerja Niekka Season Michael Monroe Saara Aalto Suvi Teräsniska Mikael Gabriel Two Groups6GSANA GirlsTika LiljegrenFanny Falk Over 25sHanna-Maaria TuomelaHenri-Aleksi Pietiläinen BoysRaid AmiriViktorio Angelov
Series summary 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 1 24 January 2010 23 May 2010 Elias Hämäläinen16-24s Samuli Taskinen16-24s Gugi Kokljuschkine Heikki Paasonen (main) Jukka Rossi (Xtra Factor) 2 4 February 2018 6 May 2018 Tika LiljegrenGirls Hanna-Maaria TuomelaOver 25s Saara Aalto Ile UusivuoriViivi Pumpanen
Season 1 (2010) 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 DateAudition CityDateJanuary 24, 2010KuopioNovember 7, 2009January 31, 2010HelsinkiNovember 14, 2009February 7, 2010TampereNovember 28, 2009February 14, 2010RovaniemiDecember 5, 2009February 21, 2010HelsinkiDecember 12, 2009February 28, 2010TampereDecember 17, 2009
Guest performers Guest performers included Anna Abreu, Anna Puu, Maija Vilkkumaa, Adam Lambert, Amy Macdonald and Paloma Faith.
Contestants
Key: – Winner – Runner-up Category (mentor)Acts 16-24s (Kokljuschkin) Elias Hämäläinen Merja Niekka Samuli Taskinen Over 25s (Korppila) Christian Palin Yrjänä Salmela Leena Tirronen Groups (Brava) Enchant Fearless Soul Sisters
Live shows
Results table
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 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 Bottomtwo Safe Safe Safe 3rd Eliminated(Week 7) Enchant Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Bottomtwo 4th Eliminated(Week 6) Yrjänä Salmela Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 5) Soul Sisters Bottomtwo Bottomtwo Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 4) Christian Palin Safe Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 3) Merja Niekka Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated(Week 2) Fearless Bottomtwo 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 3Votes Merja Niekka2 of 3Votes Christian Palin3 of 3Votes Soul Sisters? of 3Votes Yrjänä Salmela2 of 3Votes EnchantBottom Leena TirronenBottom Samuli TaskinenRunner-up Elias HämäläinenWinner
Season 2 (2018)
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.
Contestants
Key: – Winner – Runner-up Category (mentor)Acts 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
Live shows
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 Round 1 Round 2 Tika Liljegren Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner Hanna-Maaria Tuomela Safe Safe Safe SafeRunner-Up Raid Amiri SafeBottom three Safe3rdEliminated(Week 4) Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen Safe Safe4thEliminated(Week 3) 6G SafeBottom threeEliminated(Week 2) Fanny FalkBottom three6thEliminated(Week 2) Viktorio AngelovBottom threeEliminated(Week 1) SANA8thEliminated(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 Angelov3 of 4 votesMajority 6G3 of 4 votesMajority Henri-Aleksi PietiläinenPublic voteto save Raid AmiriPublic voteto save Hanna-Maaria TuomelaPublic voteto win SANAPublic voteto save Fanny FalkPublic voteto save
Live show details Week 1 (15 April 2018)
+ Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result 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 Judges' votes to eliminate Gabriel: Fanny Falk Teräsniska: Viktorio Angelov Aalto: Viktorio Angelov Monroe: Viktorio Angelov
Week 2 (22 April 2018)
+ Contestants' performances on the second live show Act Order Song Result 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 Judges' votes to eliminate Monroe: Raid Amiri Gabriel: 6G Teräsniska: 6G Aalto: 6G
Week 3: Semi-final (29 April 2018)
+ Contestants' performances on the third live show Act Order Song Result 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
Week 4: Final (6 May 2018)
+ Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Act Order Duet Order Song Result Raid AmiriN/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
References
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