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 judges were Giorgos Theofanous, who returned for his fifth series after a one-series hiatus as judge, former The Voice of Greece coach Melina Aslanidou, former Rising Star judge Christos Mastoras and Athens DeeJay Michael Tsaousopoulos. For the first time the presenter was replaced by Despina Vandi, she was presenting the live shows and the four-chair challenges. Aris Makris was presenting the Backstage at the live shows and also he was on auditions, bootcamps and four-chair challenges.
Giannis Grosis won the competition on December 18, 2019, and he became the fifth boy to win the competition, he received €50,000 and a record deal with Panik Records and Christos Mastoras became the winning mentor for the first time.
Judges and presenters Giorgos Liagkas, who also hosted the Greek version of The Voice, was rumored to be the host of the show. On June 25, 2018, it was confirmed from Epsilon TV (Open TV now) that Despina Vandi will be the host of Live Shows, replacing Sakis Rouvas. It was rumored that Evelyn Kazatzoglou will be at the Backstage of Live Shows. Evangelia Aravani was rumored that she will be for a third time a backstage host. On the running was also Aris Makris and on February 22 was confirmed that he will be at the Backstage of Auditions, Bootcamp, Four-Chair Challenge and Live Shows.
Several artists were rumored to be part of the judging panel once Open TV announced the show. Fotis Sergoulopoulos was the first to be rumored. Tamta that was in fourth and fifth series was rumored to be again in the show, after some weeks was announced that she will represent Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 and so she can't be this year a judge. It was rumored also that Paola will be in the judging panel. Eleni Foureira, was rumored also but a program on Open TV they told that there was never a proposal in Foureira. On the running were also Antonis Remos, Melina Aslanidou, Konstantinos Argyros, Christos Mastoras and Giorgos Theofanous. On February 18, 2019, Giorgos Theofanous was confirmed to be returning for his fifth series followed by new judges, Melina Aslanidou and Christos Mastoras. On February 20, was confirmed that the fourth judge will be Michael Tsaousopoulos.
Selection process
Judges Auditions The minimum age to audition was 16. After one series the auditions was again held in front of an audience. Contestants needed three or more 'yeses' from the four judges to progress to Bootcamp. The auditions began on 22 May 2019, in Athens and ended on 12 June 2019, in Thessaloniki.
+Summary of judges' auditions City Date(s) Venue Athens 21–23, 27–30 May 2019 «Theater», Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Center Thessaloniki 11–12 June 2019 Monastery of Lazariston Theater
The Auditions were aired over nine episodes from September 11, 2019, until September 27, 2019.
Bootcamp Bootcamp took place at «Theater», Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Center from 10 to 11 July 2019. The challenge of bootcamp was to perform in groups of five acts, with a mix of at least three categories in each group, and perform a song from a list. The judges would decide immediately after each performance which of the 110 acts would pass the challenge and which would be eliminated.
At the end of the Bootcamp challenge, the judges discovered which categories they would mentor: Tsaousopoulos was given the Girls, Mastoras was given the Boys, Aslanidou was given Overs, and Theofanous was given the Groups.
Bootcamp was aired on September 27, 2019.
Four-chair challenge The four-chair challenge took place over the course of three days, from 3 to 5 September 2019, at Kapa Studios 2 Athens. 40 acts faced the four-chair challenge, 10 from each category. The challenge will broadcast on 2, 3, 9 and 10 October.
Key: – Contestant was immediately eliminated after performance without given a chair – Contestant was given a chair but swapped out later in the competition and eventually eliminated – Contestant was given a chair and made the final four of their own category
Episode Category (mentor) Order Act Song Mentor's decision Swapped with Episode 10 Groups (Theofanous) 1 DAF "Believer" Put in chair 1 – 2 What Ells? "Beautiful Liar" Eliminated – 3 Liak and the Cover "Ki Emeina Edo" Put in chair 2 – 4 Duo Liba "Save Tonight" Put in chair 3 – 5 Enorasis "Stin Diskotek" Put in chair 4 – 6 Three Ways "What Makes You Beautiful" Eliminated – 7 Ano Kato "Venzinadiko" Put in chair 4 Enorasis 8 Appartia "Fever"/"The Passenger" Put in chair 3 – 9 Dreamwalkers Triangle "Okytokinh"/"Wire to Wire" Eliminated – 10 AC² "Rewrite the Stars" Put in chair 4 Ano Kato Episode 11 Over 25s (Aslanidou) 1 Kyriaki Nikolaou "To Dikio Mou" Put in chair 1 – 2 Elisavet Athanasiadou "Piece of My Heart" Put in chair 2 – 3 Nektarios Rigas "Xamopoulia" Put in chair 3 – 4 Basilikh Xoursoutoglou "Diamonds" Eliminated – 5 Maria Kiou "Duo meres mono" Put in chair 4 – 6 Xristoforos Katrnara Ompioma "LoveStoned" Put in chair 4 Maria Kiou 7 Romaios Papadopoulos "Duomisi" Eliminated – 8 Giannis Antzouris "Auth h nuxta nenei" Put in chair 2 Elisavet Athanasiadou 9 Lila Trianti "Sto theo me paei" Put in chair 1 Kyriaki Nikolaou 10 Konstantinos Stinis "Sex on Fire" Put in chair 4 Xristoforos Katrnara Ompioma (Obi) Episode 12 Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 1 Mary Vassiliadou "Stay" Put in chair 1 – 2 Dimitra Dimitriou "Just Give Me a Reason" Put in chair 2 – 3 Maria Papadopoulou "Mia pista apo fosforo" Put in chair 3 – 4 Maria Kosmatou "Stop!" Put in chair 4 – 5 Eirini Perikleous "Anthrope" Eliminated – 6 Konstantina Aresti "Rise Up" Put in chair 2 Dimitra Dimitriou 7 Zoi Misel Bakiri "Fallin'" Put in chair 3 Maria Papadopoulou 8 Viky Mariolou "Ego s’ agapisa edo" Put in chair 4 Maria Kosmatou 9 Jody Lulati "Jolene" Eliminated – 10 Chrystalla Karapitta "Do It like a Dude" Eliminated – Episode 13 Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 1 Alex Diamantis "When We Were Young" Put in chair 1 – 2 Dimitris Peronis "Apotypomata" Put in chair 2 – 3 Frankisko Giannisopoulos "O vythos sou" Put in chair 3 – 4 Giannis Tergiakis "Read All About It, Pt. III" Put in chair 4 – 5 Giorgos Konstantinidis "O Amlet tis selinis" Put in chair 2 Dimitris Peronis 6 Giorgos Papanastasiou "Airplanes" Put in chair 2 Giorgo Konstantinidis 7 Anastasis Oikonomou "I zoi allios" Eliminated – 8 Grigoris Tsavdaridis "S&M" Eliminated – 9 Giannis Grosis "Nychta zoriki" Put in chair 1 Alex Diamantis 10 Dimitris Papatsakonas "The House of the Rising Sun" Put in chair 3 Frankisko Giannisopoulos
Contestants The top 16 acts were confirmed as follows:
Key: – Winner – Runner-up
ContestantAge(s)HometownCategory (mentor)ResultGiannis Grosis20ThessalonikiBoys 16-24 (Mastoras)WinnerDimitris Papatsakonas19KarditsaBoys 16-24 (Mastoras)2nd place Runner-upAC²17/24AthensGroups (Theofanous)3rd placeKonstantinos Stinis26AthensOver 25s (Aslanidou)4th placeAno KatoThessalonikiGroups (Theofanous)5th placeLiak and the Cover16/31/31Crete / ThessalonikiGroups (Theofanous)6th placeZoi Misel Bakiri19RhodesGirls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos)7th placeGiannis Tergiakis17AthensBoys 16-24 (Mastoras)8th placeLila Trianti26AthensOver 25s (Aslanidou)9th placeKonstantina Aresti16NicosiaGirls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos)10th placeGiannis Antzouris31VolosOver 25s (Aslanidou)11th placeMary Vassiliadou18ThessalonikiGirls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos)12th placeViky Mariolou23TripoliGirls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 13th-16th placeGiorgos Papanastasiou22ThessalonikiBoys 16-24 (Mastoras)Nektarios Rigas31VolosOver 25s (Aslanidou)DAFAthensGroups (Theofanous)
Live shows The contestants were announced after each category performed at Four-chair challenge. There were 16 contestants (4 from each category) this year. The Live Shows were broadcast for 10 weeks from 17 October.
Results summary Colour key –Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown –Contestant was in the bottom three/four but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated
Giannis Grosis Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe SafeWinner Dimitris Papatsakonas Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe SafeRunner-up AC² Safe Safe 10th Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe 3rd 3rd PlaceEliminated (week 10) Konstantinos Stinis Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th Eliminated (week 9) Ano Kato Safe Safe Safe Safe 8th Safe Safe Bottom two 5th Eliminated (week 9) Liak and the Cover Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated (week 8) Zoi Misel Bakiri Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe 7th Bottom two Eliminated (week 7) Giannis Tergiakis Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 8th Eliminated (week 6) Lila Trianti Safe Safe Safe Safe 9th Eliminated (week 5) Konstantina Aresti Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated (week 4) Giannis Antzouris Safe 11th 11th Eliminated (week 3) Mary Vassiliadou Safe 12th Eliminated (week 2) Viky Mariolou 13-16th Eliminated (week 1) Giorgos Papanastasiou 13-16th Eliminated (week 1) Nektarios Rigas 13-16th Eliminated (week 1) DAF 13-16th Eliminated (week 1) Final showdown No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone Mary Vassiliadou AC² Konstantina Aresti Ano Kato Zoi Misel Bakiri Zoi Misel Bakiri Ano Kato AC² No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone Giannis Antzouris Giannis Antzouris Zoi Misel Bakiri Lila Trianti Giannis Tergiakis AC² Liak and the Cover Konstantinos Stinis Judges voted to Eliminate Send Through Theofanous' vote Giannis Antzouris Giannis Antzouris Zoi Misel Bakiri Lila Trianti Giannis Tergiakis Zoi Misel Bakiri AC² Aslanidou's vote Mary Vassiliadou AC² Konstantina Aresti Ano Kato Zoi Misel Bakiri Zoi Misel Bakiri Liak and the Cover Konstantinos Stinis Mastoras' vote Mary Vassiliadou Giannis Antzouris Zoi Misel Bakiri Ano Kato Zoi Misel Bakiri Zoi Misel Bakiri Liak and the Cover Konstantinos Stinis Tsaousopoulos' vote Giannis Antzouris AC² Konstantina Aresti (×2) Lila Trianti Giannis Tergiakis AC² Liak and the Cover AC² Eliminated Viky MariolouPublic Vote Mary Vassiliadou 2 of 4 votes Deadlock Giannis Antzouris 2 of 4 votes Deadlock Konstantina Aresti 3 of 5 votes Majority Lila Trianti 2 of 4 votes Deadlock Giannis Tergiakis 2 of 4 votes Deadlock Bakiri 3 of 4 votes Majority Liak and 3 of 3 votes Majority Ano Kato Public Vote AC²3rd Place Dimitris PapatsakonasRunner-up Giorgos Papanastasiou Public Vote Nektarios Rigas Public Vote Konstantinos Stinis 2 of 4 votes Deadlock Giannis GrosisWinner DAF Public Vote
Theofanous was not required to vote as there was already a majority.
Live show details
Week 1 (17 October) + Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Category (mentor) Order Song Result Zoi Misel Bakiri Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 1 "I Kardia Sou Petra" Safe DAF Groups (Theofanous) 2 "Cake by the Ocean" Eliminated Giannis Tergiakis Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 3 "Love Yourself" Safe Giannis Antzouris Over 25s (Aslanidou) 4 "Stin Kardia" Safe Giorgos Papanastasiou Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 5 "Talk Dirty" Eliminated Viky Mariolou Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 6 "I Epimoni Soy" Eliminated Lila Trianti Over 25s (Aslanidou) 7 "Ain't Your Mama" Safe Giannis Grosis Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 8 "Pou na Exigo" Safe Konstantina Aresti Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 9 "Sweet but Psycho" Safe Konstantinos Stinis Over 25s (Aslanidou) 10 "Sign of the Times" Safe Liak and the Cover Groups (Theofanous) 11 "Den Eimai Allos"/"Emeis oi Alloi" Safe Dimitris Papatsakonas Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 12 "Human" Safe Ano Kato Groups (Theofanous) 13 "Giati"/"Astin Na Leei" Safe AC² Groups (Theofanous) 14 "Shallow" Safe Nektarios Rigas Over 25s (Aslanidou) 15 "Ta Smyrneika Tragoudia" Eliminated Mary Vassiliadou Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 16 "Love on the Brain" Safe No Final Showdown
Week 2 (24 October)