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X-Faktor series 8

{{unreferenced|date=November 2017}}

{{Infobox television season

| image =

| image_upright = 1.13

| module1 = {{Infobox reality competition season

| host = Ramóna Kiss

| judges = {{unbulleted list|Laci Gáspár|Peti Puskás|Gigi Radics|ByeAlex}}

| winner = USNK

| winner_mentor = ByeAlex

| runner_up = Stolen Beat

}}

| network = RTL Klub

| first_aired = {{Start date|2018|10|06|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2018|12|15|df=yes}}

}}

X-Faktor is a Hungarian television music competition to find new singing talent. Kiss Ramona presented her second series of X-Faktor. The eighth series aired on RTL Klub in 2018. ByeAlex, Laci Gáspár, Peti Puskás, and Gigi Radics remained in the jury in the 8th season. USNK won the competition and became the second group to win and also for the first time on the show that the final two were from the groups category.

Auditions

Open auditions took place in Budapest on 16 February 2018. The judges' auditions started on June in Budapest.

Judges' houses

This year there were no guest speakers, but every mentor would hear the performances of the four categories, then the mentor of that category would automatically bring two contestants to the live broadcasts and the remaining contestants would be assigned to the other three mentors who would select the third lead.

The thirteen eliminated acts were:

  • Boys: Krisztofer László Balogh, Barnabás Erdélyi, Krisztián Váradi
  • Girls: Szofi Ádám, Rita Csányi, Dominika Király, Dominika Tasi
  • Over 25s: Ervin Kárász, Apolka Nagy, Patrik Zdroba
  • Groups: The Gentleman Band, Helo Zep!, What's Upci

Contestants

Key:

:{{Color box|#B4FB84;|border=darkgray}} – Winner

:{{Color box|pink;|border=darkgray}} – Runner-Up

:{{Color box|#d1e5f3;|border=darkgray}} – Third Place

:{{Color box|#DDA0DD;}} – Withdrawn

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
spope="col" style="width:150px;"| Category (mentor)

! scope="col" colspan="2" style="width:300px;"| Chosen by mentor

! style="width:300px;"| Chosen by other mentors

scope="col"| Boys (Puskás)

| bgcolor="#DDA0DD"|Krisztián Nagy

| Gergő Szekér

| Pál Kovács

scope="col"| Girls (Gáspár)

| Tímea Arany

| bgcolor="#d1e5f3"|Gabriella Tamáska

| Vivien Urbanovics

scope="col"| Over 25s (Radics)

| János Balog

| László Ölveti

| Taka Kurokava

scope="col"| Groups (ByeAlex)

| bgcolor="pink"|Stolen Beat

| bgcolor="#B4FB84"|USNK

| Ricky and the Drunken Sailors

At the X-Factor press conference on November 14, Krisztián Nagy announced that he was withdrawing from the competition.

Results summary

In the eighth season, new rules were introduced, four chairs were placed in the studio, which they can sit for, the mentors want to put forward to the next week, the seats on the chair may change during the show. Based on viewers' votes, another four contestants would be able to enter the next live show.

:

{{colorbox|#8ceb87;}} – mentored by Laci Gáspár (Girls){{colorbox|#fdfc8f;}} – Danger zone; Safe
{{colorbox|#ffdb58;}} – mentored by Peti Puskás (Boys)

|{{colorbox|#B0E0E6;}} – Safe

{{colorbox|#87ceeb;}} – mentored by ByeAlex (Groups)

|{{colorbox|Pink;}} – Eliminated by SMS vote

{{colorbox|#ff9999;}} – mentored by Gigi Radics (Over 25s)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
style="width:15%" rowspan=2 colspan=2 | Contestant

! style="width:8%" rowspan=2 scope="col" | Week 1

! style="width:8%" rowspan=2 scope="col" | Week 2

! style="width:8%" rowspan=2 scope="col" | Week 3

! style="width:8%" rowspan=2 scope="col" | Week 4

! style="width:8%" colspan=2 scope="col" | Final Week 5

Round 1

! Round 2

style="background:#87ceeb;"| || USNK

| bgcolor="#B0E0E6"|Safe

| bgcolor="#B0E0E6"|Safe

| bgcolor="#B0E0E6"|Safe

| bgcolor="#B0E0E6"|Safe

| bgcolor="#B0E0E6"|Safe

|bgcolor="gold"|Winners
62,95%

style="background:#87ceeb;"| || Stolen Beat

| bgcolor="#B0E0E6"|Safe

| bgcolor="#fdfc8f"|Safe

| bgcolor="#fdfc8f"|Safe

| bgcolor="#B0E0E6"|Safe

| bgcolor="#B0E0E6"|Safe

| bgcolor="silver"|Runner-up
37,05%

style="background:#8ceb87;"| || Gabriella Tamáska

| bgcolor="#B0E0E6"|Safe

| bgcolor="#B0E0E6"|Safe

| bgcolor="#B0E0E6"|Safe

| bgcolor="#fdfc8f"|Safe

| bgcolor="#C94"|3rd

| colspan="1" style="background:salmon;" | Eliminated
(Week 5)

style="background:#8ceb87;"| || Tímea Arany

| bgcolor="#fdfc8f"|Safe

| bgcolor="#fdfc8f"|Safe

| bgcolor="#fdfc8f"|Safe

|bgcolor="pink"|Eliminated

| colspan="2" style="background:salmon;" | Eliminated
(Week 4)

style="background:#ffdb58" | || Pál Kovács

| bgcolor="#fdfc8f"|Safe

| bgcolor="#fdfc8f"|Safe

|bgcolor="pink"|Eliminated

| colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="background:salmon;" | Eliminated
(Week 3)

style="background:#ff9999;"| || Taka Kurokava

| bgcolor="#fdfc8f"|Safe

| bgcolor="#B0E0E6"|Safe

|bgcolor="pink"|Eliminated

style="background:#ffdb58" | || Gergő Szekér

| bgcolor="#fdfc8f"|Safe

| bgcolor="pink"|Eliminated

| colspan="4" rowspan="2" style="background:salmon;" | Eliminated
(Week 2)

style="background:#87ceeb;"| || Ricky and the Drunken Sailors

| bgcolor="#B0E0E6"|Safe

| bgcolor="pink"|Eliminated

style="background:#ff9999;"| || László Ölveti

| bgcolor="pink"|Eliminated

| colspan="5" rowspan="3" style="background:salmon;" | Eliminated
(Week 1)

style="background:#ff9999;"| || Janó Balog

| bgcolor="pink"|Eliminated

style="background:#8ceb87;"| || Vivien Urbanovics

| bgcolor="pink"|Eliminated

style="background:#ffdb58" | || Krisztián Nagy

| colspan="6" style="background:#DDA0DD;" | Withdrawn
(Week 1)

style="background:#000;" colspan="8"|
rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Eliminated

| style="background:salmon;" | László Ölveti

| style="background:salmon;" rowspan="2"| Ricky and the Drunken Sailors

| style="background:salmon;" rowspan="2"| Taka Kurokava

| style="background:salmon;" rowspan="3"| Tímea Arany

| style="background:tan;" rowspan="3"|Gabriella Tamáska

| style="background:silver;" rowspan="3"|Stolen Beat

style="background:salmon;" | János Balog
style="background:salmon;" | Vivien Urbanovics

| style="background:salmon;" | Gergő Szekér

| style="background:salmon;" | Pál Kovács

Live Shows

=Week 1 (17 November)=

  • Celebrity performer: AK 26 ("Blöff")
  • Group performance: "Rise"

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the first live show and results show, along with the results.

! scope="col"| Act

! scope="col"| Order

! scope="col"| Song

! scope="col"| Result

bgcolor="pink"

! scope="row" | Janó Balog

| 1

| "Let Me Entertain You"

| Eliminated

bgcolor="pink"

! scope="row" | Vivien Urbanovics

| 2

| "Havana"

| Eliminated

bgcolor="pink"

! scope="row" | László Ölveti

| 3

| "Come Together"

| Eliminated

bgcolor="lightblue"

! scope="row" | Stolen Beat

| 4

| "Afrika"

| Safe

scope="row" | Tímea Arany

| 5

| "Focus"

| Danger zone; saved

scope="row" | Pál Kovács

| 6

| "Árnyékok"

| Danger zone; saved

bgcolor="lightblue"

! scope="row" | USNK

| 7

| "Posztolj" (original song)

| Safe

scope="row" | Taka Kurokava

| 8

| "Let Me Love You"

| Danger zone; saved

bgcolor="lightblue"

! scope="row" | Gabriella Tamáska

| 9

| "Jég dupla whiskyvel"

| Safe

bgcolor="lightblue"

! scope="row" | Ricky and the Drunken Sailors

| 10

| "Raggamoffin 2"

| Safe

scope="row" | Gergő Szekér

| 11

| "Altass el"

| Danger zone; saved

=Week 2 (24 November)=

  • Celebrity performer: Follow the Flow ("Anyám mondta")

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the second live show and results show, along with the results.

! scope="col"| Act

! scope="col"| Order

! scope="col"| Song

! scope="col"| Result

bgcolor="pink"

! scope="row" | Ricky and the Drunken Sailors

| 1

| "Hagyd meg nekem a dalt"

| Eliminated

bgcolor="pink"

! scope="row" | Gergő Szekér

| 2

| "Tous les mêmes"

| Eliminated

bgcolor="lightblue"

! scope="row" | Gabriella Tamáska

| 3

| "Queen"

| Safe

scope="row" | Pál Kovács

| 4

| "Tudnod kell" (original song)

| Danger zone; saved

scope="row" | Stolen Beat

| 5

| "Bulibáró"

| Danger zone; saved

scope="row" | Tímea Arany

| 6

| "What About Us"

| Danger zone; saved

bgcolor="lightblue"

! scope="row" | USNK

| 7

| "!FogyaszdEl!" (original song)

| Safe

bgcolor="lightblue"

! scope="row" | Taka Kurokava

| 8

| "Ha volna két életem"

| Safe

=Week 3 (1 December)=

  • Celebrity performer: Róbert Szikora & R-GO ("Ballag a katona"/"Szeretlek is meg nem is")

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the third live show and results show, along with the results.

! scope="col"| Act

! scope="col"| Order

! scope="col"| First song

! scope="col"| Order

! scope="col"| Second song

! scope="col"| Result

bgcolor="pink"

! scope="row" | Taka Kurokava

| 1

| "The Way You Make Me Feel"

| 10

| "Perfect"

| Eliminated

bgcolor="lightblue"

! scope="row" | USNK

| 2

| "#tevagya" (original song)

| 11

| "No Riches" (original song)

| Safe

bgcolor="pink"

! scope="row" | Pál Kovács

| 3

| "Nem tudja senki"

| N/A

| N/A (already eliminated)

| Eliminated

scope="row" | Stolen Beat

| 4

| "Hol vagy" (original song)

| 8

| "Kislány a zongoránál"

| Danger zone; saved

bgcolor="lightblue"

! scope="row" | Gabriella Tamáska

| 5

| "I Say a Little Prayer"

| 7

| "Fekete"

| Safe

scope="row" | Tímea Arany

| 6

| "Úgy szeretném meghálálni"

| 9

| "Sorry Not Sorry"

| Danger zone; saved

=Week 4 (8 December)=

  • Celebrity performer: Ofenbach ("Katchi"/"Paradise")

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the fourth live show and results show, along with the results.

! scope="col"| Act

! scope="col"| Order

! scope="col"| First song (Duet with a Celebrity)

! scope="col"| Order

! scope="col"| Second song

! scope="col"| Result

bgcolor="lightblue"

! scope="row" | Stolen Beat

| 1

| "Petőfi Sándor" (with Nemazalány)

| 2

| "Helló lányok"/"No Diggity"

| Safe

bgcolor="Pink"

! scope="row" | Tímea Arany

| 3

| "Nem kell végszó" (with Gabi Tóth)

| 4

| "Versace on the Floor"

| Eliminated

scope="row" | Gabriella Tamáska

| 5

| "#háttérzaj" (with Olivér Berkes)

| 6

| "Shallow"

| Danger zone; saved

bgcolor="lightblue"

! scope="row" | USNK

| 7

| "Beatbox"/"Freestyle" (with Tha Shudras)

| 8

| "Szétcsapom"

| Safe

=Week 5 Final (15 December)=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ A summary of the contestants' performances on the fifth live show and results show, along with the results.

! scope="col"| Act

! scope="col"| Order

! scope="col"| First song

! scope="col"| Order

! scope="col"| Second song

! scope="col"| Order

! scope="col"| Third song

! scope="col"| Order

! scope="col"| Fourth song

! scope="col"| Result

bgcolor="gold"

! scope="row" | USNK

| 1

| "Intro" (original song)

| 5

| "STOM" (original song)

| 7

| "Choppers" (original song)

| 10

| "See You Again" (with Gigi Radics)

|Winner

bgcolor="#c94"

! scope="row" | Gabriella Tamáska

| 2

| "7 Years"

| 4

| "Bárhol" (original song)

| colspan=4 |N/A (Already Eliminated)

|3rd Place

bgcolor="silver"

! scope="row" | Stolen Beat

| 3

| "U,U,U"

| 6

| "Instaszívek" (original song)

| 8

| "Gyöngyhajú lány"

| 9

| "Minden este" (with Peti Puskás)

| Runner-up

Ratings

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
scope="col" | Episode

! scope="col" | Air date

! scope="col" | Official rating
(millions)

! scope="col" | Weekly rank

scope="row" | Auditions 1

| {{dts| 6 October}} || 1.19 || 1

scope="row" | Auditions 2

| {{dts| 13 October}} || 1.29 || 1

scope="row" | Auditions 3

| {{dts| 20 October}} || 1.32 || 1

scope="row" | Auditions 4

| {{dts| 27 October}} || 1.35 || 1

scope="row" | Bootcamp

| {{dts| 3 November}} || 1.18 || 1

scope="row" | Six-chair challenge

| {{dts| 4 November}} || 1.02 || 2

scope="row" | Judges' houses 1

| {{dts| 10 November}} || 1.17 || 1

scope="row" | Judges' houses 2

| {{dts| 11 November}} || 0.89 || 2

scope="row" | Live show 1

| {{dts| 17 November}} || 1.01 || 1

scope="row" | Live show 2

| {{dts| 24 November}} || 0.97 || 2

scope="row" | Live show 3

| {{dts| 1 December}} || 0.86 || 4

scope="row" | Live show 4

| {{dts| 8 December}} || 1.01 || 1

scope="row" | Final

| {{dts| 15 December}} || 0.90 || 2

Hungary 08

Category:2018 Hungarian television seasons