Factor X is the Portuguese version of the television music competition The X Factor, originally created by Simon Cowell. The first episode premiered on 6 October 2013 hosted by Bárbara Guimarães, João Manzarra, Carolina Torres and Tiago Silva. The three judges are Paulo Junqueiro, Sónia Tavares and Paulo Ventura.
Format Stages Stage 1: Producers' auditions – these auditions are un-televised, and decide who will sing in front of the judges Stage 2: Judges' auditions – in an arena (series 1–3) Stage 3: Bootcampo – either a series of challenges and knock out rounds and the seat challenge (series 1-3) Stage 4: Judges' houses – either pre-recorded (series 1–3) Stage 5: Live shows (1-3)
Series overview To date, two seasons have been broadcast, as summarised below.
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Boys" category Contestant in (or mentor of) "Girls" category Contestant in (or mentor of) "16–24s" category Contestant in (or mentor of) "Groups" category Contestant in (or mentor of) "Over 25s" category
Season Start Finish Winner Runner-up Third place Winning mentor Presenters Portugal sponsor Main judges One Berg Mariana D8 Sónia TavaresJoão ManzarraBárbara Guimarães OLX Sónia TavaresPaulo VenturaPaulo Junqueiro Two 7 September 2014 Kika Kardoso Rúben Mendes Inês Morais Paulo Junqueiro João ManzarraCláudia Vieira Coca-Cola Sónia TavaresPaulo VenturaMiguel GuedesPaulo Junqueiro
Judges' categories and their contestants
In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses 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 Paulo Junqueiro Sónia Tavares Paulo Ventura style="width:13%;" rowspan="2" One 16 to 24'sMarianaD8DiogoRitaMafaldaOver 25sBergJosé FreitasSaraJairDaduh King GroupsAuroraCupcakeX4UYeah!LandNetas do Fado Season Paulo Junqueiro Sónia Tavares Paulo Ventura Miguel Guedes Two Over 25sKika KardosoRúben MendesJorge BaptistaLúcia Mourinho BoysJoão DuarteJúnior OliveiraMatheus ParaízoRúben Pires GroupsBabelP.Y.T.POP4ROCXTAG GirlsInês MoraisMimi FroesIsabela NóbregaMarta Carvalho
Season 1
Contestants The categories and top 15 acts were as follows:
Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Third place
Category (mentor)Acts 16 to 24's (Junqueiro) Diogo D8 Mafalda Mariana Rita Over 25s (Tavares) Berg Daduh King Jair José Freitas Sara Groups (Ventura) Aurora Cupcake Netas do Fado X4U Yeah!Land
Results summary
– Contestant was in the bottom two Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Groups 16 to 24's Over 25s Berg Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 1st Mariana Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 2nd D8 Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Bottom two 3rd José Freitas Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated(Week 10) Aurora Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Bottom two Bottom two Eliminated(Week 9) Cupcake Bottom two Bottom two Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Bottom two Bottom two Eliminated(Week 8) Diogo Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated(Week 7) Sara Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated(Week 6) X4U Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Bottom two Eliminated(Week 5) Yeah!Land Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated(Week 4) Jair Bottom two Safe Bottom two Eliminated(Week 3) Rita Bottom two Bottom two Eliminated(Week 2) Daduh King Bottom two Eliminated(Week 1) Mafalda Bottom two Eliminated(Week 1) Netas do Fado Bottom two Eliminated(Week 1) Final showdown None Rita,Cupcake X4U,Jair Diogo,Yeah!Land X4U,Cupcake Aurora,Sara Diogo,Cupcake Aurora,Cupcake Aurora,D8 D8,José Freitas No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated Judges voted toSave Junqueiros's vote Rita Rita X4U Diogo Aurora Diogo Aurora D8 D8 Venturas's vote Cupcake Cupcake X4U Yeah!Land Cupcake Aurora Cupcake Aurora Aurora D8 Tavares's vote Jair Cupcake Jair Diogo Sara Cupcake Cupcake D8 José Freitas Eliminated Netas do Fadoby Ventura Mafaldaby Junqueiro Daduh Kingby Tavares Rita1 of 3 votesMinority Jair1 of 3 votesMinority Yeah!Land1 of 3 votesMinority X4UEliminated by mentor Sara1 of 3 votesMinority Diogo1 of 3 votesMinority Cupcake1 of 3 votesMinority Aurora1 of 3 votesMinority José Freitas1 of 3 votesMinority D8Third Place
Notes: 1 Ventura was the only mentor able to vote due to contestants in final showdown are both from groups category.
Season 2 Contestants The categories and top 16 acts were as follows:
Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Third place
Category (mentor)Acts Boys (Tavares) João Duarte Júnior Oliveira Matheus Paraízo Rúben Pires Girls (Guedes) Marta Carvalho Mimi Froes Inês Morais Isabela Nóbrega Over 25s (Junqueiro) Jorge Baptista Kika Kardoso Rúben Mendes Lúcia Mourinho Groups (Ventura) Babel POP4ROC P.Y.T. XTAG
Results summary – Contestant was in the bottom two or three – Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Boys Girls Over 25s Groups Kika Kardoso Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner Rúben Mendes Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Runner-up Inês Morais Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Safe 3rd Place Babel Safe Safe 10th Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th Bottom two Eliminated(Week 9) Mimi Froes Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 5th Eliminated(Week 8) Jorge Baptista Bottom two Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Bottom three Bottom two Eliminated(Week 7) João Duarte Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom three Eliminated(Week 6) Isabela Nóbrega Bottom two Safe Safe Safe Safe 8th Eliminated(Week 6) P.Y.T. Safe Safe Safe 9th Bottom two Eliminated(Week 5) Júnior Oliveira Bottom two Bottom two Safe 10th Eliminated(Week 4) POP4ROC Bottom two Safe 11th Eliminated(Week 3) Matheus Paraízo Safe Bottom two Eliminated(Week 2) Rúben Pires Bottom two Eliminated(Week 1) Ḿarta Carvalho Bottom two Eliminated(Week 1) Lúcia Mourinho Bottom two Eliminated(Week 1) XTAG Bottom two Eliminated(Week 1) Final showdown None Matheus ParaízoJúnior Oliveira POP4ROCBabel P.Y.T.Júnior Oliveira Jorge BaptistaP.Y.T. João DuarteJorge Baptista Jorge BaptistaInês Morais Mimi FroesBabel BabelRúben Mendes No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated Judges voted toSave Guedes's vote Isabela Nóbrega Matheus Paraízo POP4ROC Júnior Oliveira Jorge Baptista Jorge Baptista Inês Morais Mimi Froes Rúben Mendes Junqueiros's vote Jorge Baptista Júnior Oliveira POP4ROC P.Y.T. Jorge Baptista Jorge Baptista Jorge Baptista Mimi Froes Rúben Mendes Venturas's vote POP4ROC Júnior Oliveira Babel P.Y.T. P.Y.T. Jorge Baptista Inês Morais Babel Babel Tavares's vote Júnior Oliveira Júnior Oliveira Babel Júnior Oliveira Jorge Baptista João Duarte Inês Morais Babel Rúben Mendes Eliminated Rúben Piresby Tavares Marta Carvalhoby Guedes Lúcia Mourinhoby Junqueiro XTAGby Ventura Matheus Paraízo1 of 4 votesMinority POP4ROC2 of 4 votesDeadlock Júnior Oliveira2 of 4 votesDeadlock P.Y.T.1 of 4 votesMinority Isabela NóbregaFewest votesto save Jorge Baptista1 of 4 votesMinority Mimi Froes2 of 4 votesDeadlock Babel1 of 4 votesMinority Inês MoraisThird Place João Duarte1 of 4 votesMinority
Live shows
Week 1 (2 November 2014)
+ Contestants performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result Júnior Oliveira 1 "Feeling Good" Bottom two Matheus Paraízo 2 "Breezeblocks" Safe João Duarte 3 "Moves like Jagger" Safe Rúben Pires 4 "Chandelier" Eliminated Jorge Baptista 5 "Alive" Bottom two Rúben Mendes 6 "Kiss from a Rose" Safe Kika Kardoso 7 "Respect" Safe Lúcia Mourinho 8 "Alfama" Eliminated XTAG 9 "Bang Bang" Eliminated Babel 10 "Everybody Hurts" Safe P.Y.T. 11 "All About That Bass" Safe POP4ROC 12 "The Look" Bottom two Isabela Nóbrega 13 "Stay" Bottom two Ḿarta Carvalho 14 "Roar" Eliminated Mimi Froes 15 "Believe" Safe Inês Morais 16 "One and Only" Safe
Week 2 (9 November 2014)
+ Contestants performances on the second live show Act Order Song Result POP4ROC 1 "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" Safe Mimi Froes 2 "Count On Me" Safe Kika Kardoso 3 "I Will Always Love You" Safe João Duarte 4 "Love On Top" Safe Babel 5 "Rude" Safe Jorge Baptista 6 "She" Safe Isabela Nóbrega 7 "Fix You" Safe Matheus Paraízo 8 "Sozinho" Bottom two P.Y.T. 9 "Best Day of My Life" Safe Inês Morais 10 "Try" Safe Júnior Oliveira 11 "Only Girl (In the World)" Bottom two Rúben Mendes 12 "Treasure" Safe Final showdown details Matheus Paraízo 1 "Landfill" Eliminated Júnior Oliveira 2 "" Safe
Week 3 (16 November 2014)
+ Contestants performances on the third live show Act Order Song Result P.Y.T. 1 "Shake It Off" Safe Inês Morais 2 "You Give Me Something" Safe Rúben Mendes 3 "Wake Me Up" Safe Isabela Nóbrega 4 "Stay With Me" Safe Kika Kardoso 5 "Rolling in the Deep" Safe João Duarte 6 "Cannonball" Safe POP4ROC 7 "21 Guns" Bottom two Mimi Froes 8 "You Got the Love" Safe Júnior Oliveira 9 "Paparazzi" Safe Babel 10 "Blurred Lines" Bottom two Jorge Baptista 11 "Use Somebody" Safe Final showdown details POP4ROC 1 "Say Something" Eliminated Babel 2 "Gravity" Safe
Week 4 (23 November 2014)
+ Contestants performances on the fourth live show Act Order Song Result Kika Kardoso 1 "It's Raining Men" Safe Isabela Nóbrega 2 "Ordinary Love" Safe P.Y.T. 3 "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" Bottom two Mimi Froes 4 "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Safe Júnior Oliveira 5 "I Will Survive" Bottom two Inês Morais 6 "Who Wants to Live Forever" Safe Jorge Baptista 7 "Iris" Safe João Duarte 8 "Over the Rainbow" Safe Babel 9 "Oh, Pretty Woman" Safe Rúben Mendes 10 "When a Man Loves a Woman" Safe Final showdown details P.Y.T. 1 "Pompeii" Safe Júnior Oliveira 2 "Oh Happy Day" Eliminated
Week 5 (30 November 2014)
+ Contestants performances on the fifth live show Act Order Song Result Jorge Baptista 1 "The Best" Bottom two Mimi Froes 2 "Diamonds" Safe João Duarte 3 "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Safe Rúben Mendes 4 "Killing Me Softly with His Song" Safe Babel 5 "The One That Got Away" Safe Isabela Nóbrega 6 "Back to Black" Safe P.Y.T. 7 "Give Me All Your Luvin'" Bottom two Kika Kardoso 8 "Hero" Safe Inês Morais 9 "Crazy in Love" Safe Final showdown details Jorge Baptista 1 "Wicked Game" Safe P.Y.T. 2 "Counting Stars" Eliminated
Week 6 (7 December 2014) Theme: Songs from The Beatles + Contestants performances on the sixth live show Act Order Song Result Rúben Mendes 1 "Come Together" Safe João Duarte 2 "Let It Be" Bottom three Isabela Nóbrega 3 "A Hard Day's Night" Eliminated Kika Kardoso 4 "With a Little Help from My Friends" Safe Babel 5 "Hey Jude" Safe Inês Morais 6 "Something" Safe Jorge Baptista 7 "Yesterday" Bottom three Mimi Froes 8 "Don't Let Me Down" Safe Final showdown details João Duarte 1 "A Moment Like This" Eliminated Jorge Baptista 2 "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes" Safe
Week 7 (14 December 2014)
+ Contestants performances on the seventh live show Act Order First Song Order Second Song Result Jorge Baptista 1 "Magic" 7 "Dancing in the Dark" Bottom two Inês Morais 2 "Prayer in C" 10 "The Power of Love" Bottom two Mimi Froes 3 "Balada do Desajeitado" 8 "Like a Prayer" Safe Kika Kardoso 4 "Story of My Life" 9 "Thriller" Safe Rúben Mendes 5 "Budapest" 11 "Somebody to Love" Safe Babel 6 "Say Something" 12 "With or Without You" Safe Final showdown details Jorge Baptista 1 "Karma Police" Eliminated Inês Morais 2 "I Was Here" Safe
Week 8 (21 December 2014)