X-Faktor is a Hungarian television music competition to find new singing talent. The sixth series aired on RTL Klub in 2016. Bence Istenes presented his third series of X-Faktor. Gabi Tóth returned as a judge for the third time. Laci Gáspár, Peti Puskás and ByeAlex, joined her, who replaced judges Róbert Alföldi, Róbert Szikora and Gábor Szűcs (Little G. Weewil).
The series also saw the age limit decreased from 14 to 12.
Judges' houses At this stage of the competition each judge mentored six acts. 24 acts went through for this stage of the show. Each judge had help from a guest judge to choose their final acts.
The twelve eliminated acts were: Boys: József Berki, Kristóf Petics, Máté Türk Girls: Cintia Laszló, Stephanie Semeniuc, Fanni Sorbán Over 25s: Laszlo Brantner, Nikoletta Colette Horváth, Anita Anissza Sárosi Groups: Atomic Playboyz, Dynamite Dudes, The Wedding at the Slaughterhouse
Contestants
Key: – Winner – Runner-Up – Third place Category (mentor) Acts Boys (Puskás) Gergő DánielfyDmitrij GorbunovRicsi Mata Girls (Tóth) Kinga JágerBarbara Opitz Liza Vince Aliz Over 25s (Gáspár) Eszter Balogh Szandra Fejes János Ónodi Groups (ByeAlex) Ham ko Ham Jaggers Soulbreakers
Kristóf Petics had originally been chosen for the live shows, but was disqualified from the competition due to him performing fighting and problematic behavior. He was replaced by Ricsi Mata.
Results summary
| – mentored by Gabi Tóth (Girls) || – Bottom two/three |- | – mentored by Peti Puskás (Boys) | – Safe |- | – mentored by ByeAlex (Groups) || – Eliminated by SMS vote |- | – mentored by Laci Gáspár (Over 25s) |} Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Final Week 7 Round 1 Round 2 Barbara Opitz 6th 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 2ndWinner57,36% Ricsi Mata 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1stRunner-up42,64% Dmitrij Gorbunov 3rd 3rd3rd 4th 4th 3rd 3rd Eliminated(Week 7) Ham ko Ham 2nd 5th 4th 2nd 3rd 4th Eliminated(Week 6) Szandra Fejes 11th 6th 6th5th 5th Eliminated(Week 5) Liza Vince Aliz 4th 8th 5th6th Eliminated(Week 4) János Ónodi 8th7th7th Eliminated(Week 3) Kinga Jáger 5th 4th 8th Eliminated(Week 3) Gergő Dánielfy 7th 9th Eliminated(Week 2) Soulbreakers 9th 10th Eliminated(Week 2) Jaggers 10th Eliminated(Week 1) Eszter Balogh 12th Eliminated(Week 1) Final Showdown Jaggers,Szandra Fejes Gergő Dánielfy,Líza Vince Alíz Szandra Fejes,János Ónodi Szandra Fejes,Liza Vince Alíz Szandra Fejes,Dmitrij Gorbunov Ham ko Ham,Dmitrij Gorbunov No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins Gáspár's vote to eliminate Jaggers Gergő Dánielfy János Ónodi Liza Vince Alíz Dmitrij Gorbunov Dmitrij Gorbunov Puskás's vote to eliminate Jaggers Liza Vince Aliz János Ónodi Liza Vince Alíz Szandra Fejes Ham ko Ham Tóth's vote to eliminate Jaggers Gergő Dánielfy János Ónodi Szandra Fejes Szandra Fejes Ham ko Ham ByeAlex's vote to eliminate Szandra Fejes Gergő Dánielfy Szandra Fejes Szandra Fejes Szandra Fejes Dmitrij Gorbunov Eliminated Jaggers 3 from 4 votes Majority Gergő Dánielfy 3 from 4 votes Majority János Ónodi 3 from 4 votes Majority Liza Vince Alíz 2 from 4 votes Deadblock Szandra Fejes 3 from 4 votes Majority Ham ko Ham 2 from 4 votes Deadblock Dmitrij Gorbunov3rd Place Risci Mata2nd place Eszter Balogh SMS vote Soulbreakers SMS vote Kinga Jáger SMS vote Barbara Optiz1st Place
Live Shows
Week 1 (5 November) Theme: Songs that describe the contestants Celebrity performer: Spoon 21 & Dirty LED Light Crew ("Deák") Group performance: "Minden a miénk"
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the first live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Soulbreakers 1 "Are You Gonna Go My Way" Safe Kinga Jáger 2 "Hagylak menni" Safe János Ónodi 3 "I Won't Give Up" Safe Ricsi Mata 4 "Lélekdonor" Safe Barbara Opitz 5 "Cry Baby" Safe Eszter Balogh 6 "I Wish" Eliminated Dmitrij Gorbunov 7 "True Colors" Safe Ham ko Ham 8 "Ott várok rád" Safe Liza Vince Aliz 9 "Nekem senkim sincsen" Safe Szandra Fejes 10 "Dream On" Bottom three Gergő Dánielfy 11 "Say Something" Safe Jaggers 12 "Sex on Fire" Bottom three Final showdown details Jaggers 1 "You Could Be Mine" Eliminated Szandra Fejes 2 "Too Much Love Will Kill You" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Gáspár: Jaggers ByeAlex: Szandra Fejes Puskás: Jaggers Tóth: Jaggers
Week 2 (12 November) Theme: Love songs Celebrity performer: Margaret Island ("Sárga levelek") Group performance: "Sugar"
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the second live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Gergő Dánielfy 1 "Fever"/"Hit the Road Jack" Bottom three Liza Vince Aliz 2 "Across the Universe" Bottom three Ham ko Ham 3 "Mikor" Safe János Ónodi 4 "Stitches" Safe Kinga Jáger 5 "Rise Like a Phoenix" Safe Szandra Fejes 6 "Hush Hush" Safe Dmitrij Gorbunov 7 "Shine" Safe Soulbreakers 8 "Bad" Eliminated Ricsi Mata 9 "As Long as You Love Me" Safe Barbara Opitz 10 "Utánam a vízözön" Safe Final showdown details Gergő Dánielfy 1 "Give In to Me" Eliminated Liza Vince Aliz 2 "The Sound of Silence" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Puskás: Liza Vince Aliz Tóth: Gergő Dánielfy Gáspár: Gergő Dánielfy ByeAlex: Gergő Dánielfy
Week 3 (19 November) Theme: When Calling the City Celebrity performer: The KOLIN ("Soda & Lime") Group performance: "Can't Stop the Feeling!"
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the third live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Ricsi Mata 1 "King" Safe Liza Vince Aliz 2 "Reckoning Song" Safe Szandra Fejes 3 "A város másik oldalán" Bottom three Ham Ko Ham 4 "Apuveddmeg" Safe Barbara Opitz 5 "Addicted to You" Safe Kinga Jáger 6 "Crazy in Love" Eliminated János Ónodi 7 "Some Nights" Bottom three Dmitrij Gorbunov 8 "Diamonds" Safe Final showdown details János Ónodi 1 "When We Were Young" Eliminated Szandra Fejes 2 "Egyedül blues" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Gáspár: János Ónodi Puskás: János Ónodi Tóth: János Ónodi ByeAlex: not required to vote as there was already a majority, but stated that he would have eliminated Szandra Fejes
Week 4 (26 November) Celebrity performer: JETLAG ("Karszalagok") Group performance: "Up"
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the fourth live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order Song Result Dmitrij Gorbunov 1 "Oops!... I Did It Again" Safe Barbara Opitz 2 "Találkozás egy régi szerelemmel" Safe Szandra Fejes 3 "GoldenEye" Bottom two Ricsi Mata 4 "Keresem a lányt" Safe Liza Vince Aliz 5 "Tudományos Fantasztikus Pop" Bottom two Ham Ko Ham 6 "Hajolj bele a hajamba (Labamba)" Safe Duet Dmitrij Gorbunov & Liza Vince Alíz 1 "Somebody That I Used to Know" Ricsi Mata & Ham ko Ham 2 "Valami van a levegőben" Barbara Opitz & Szandra Fejes 3 "Paint It Black" Final showdown details Szandra Fejes 1 "Nincs semmi másom" Safe Liza Vince Aliz 2 Original song Eliminated
Judge's vote to eliminate Gáspár: Liza Vince Aliz Tóth: Szandra Fejes Puskás: Liza Vince Aliz ByeAlex: Szandra Fejes
With each act receiving two votes, the result was reverted to the earlier public vote. Liza Vince Aliz received the fewest votes and was eliminated.
Week 5 (3 December) Theme: One Hungarian song and one English song
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the fifth live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order First song Order Second song Result Szandra Fejes 1 "Think"9 "Késő már" Bottom two Barbara Optiz 2 "Erdő közepében" 6 "Spectrum (Say My Name)" Safe Risci Mata 3 "Can't Feel My Face" 10 "Maradj velem" Safe Ham Ko Ham 4 "Gelem, Gelem" 8 "Emanuelle" Safe Dmitrij Gorbunov 5 "Uptown Funk" 7 "Várj reám" Bottom two Final showdown details Szandra Fejes 1 "Régi vágy" Eliminated Dmitrij Gorbunov 2 "Unstoppable" Safe Judge's vote to eliminate Gáspár: Dmitrij Gorbunov Puskás: Szandra Fejes ByeAlex: Szandra Fejes Tóth: Szandra Fejes
Week 6 (10 December) Theme: Contestant's choice and Mentor's choice
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the sixth live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order First song Order Second song Result Ham ko Ham 1 "Szerelem"6 "Szájbergyerek" Bottom two Risci Mata 2 "Szállj fel magasra" 5 "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" Safe Barbara Optiz 3 "Gondolsz-e majd rám?" 8 "May It Be" Safe Dmitrij Gorbunov 4 "Human" 7 "Rule the World" Bottom two Final showdown details Ham ko Ham 1 title of the song not announced Eliminated Dmitrij Gorbunov 2 "Another Love" Safe Judge's vote to eliminate ByeAlex: Dmitrij Gorbunov Puskás: Ham ko Ham Tóth: Ham ko Ham Gáspár: Dmitrij Gorbunov
With each act receiving two votes, the result was reverted to the earlier public vote. Ham ko Ham received the fewest votes and was eliminated.
Week 7 Final (17 December) Theme: mentor's choice, a duet with mentor, contestant's choice, winner's single
+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the seventh live show and results show, along with the results. Act Order First song Order Second song Order Third song Order Fourth song Result Dmitrij Gorbunov 1 "Can't Pretend"4 "Sorry" (with Peti Puskás)N/A (Already Eliminated) 3rd Place Ricsi Mata 2 "Jealous" 6 "Léggömb" (with Peti Puskás) 7 "Dancing On My Own" 9 "Csillanj fel" Runner-up Barbara Opitz 3 "Chandelier" 5 "Jöjj még" (with Gabi Tóth) 8 "You Lost Me" 10 "Csillanj fel" Winner
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