The X Factor (Greek series 5)
The X Factor is a Greek and Cypriot television music competition to find new singing talent. The fifth series began airing on Skai TV and Sigma TV on April 27, 2017.[1] Sakis Rouvas returned to present the main show on Skai TV for the fifth time and with Evagelia Aravani returned on Auditions Shows, Bootcamp, Chair Challenge and in Backstage at the Live Shows. Tamta was the only judge from the 4th series to return. Giorgos Mazonakis, Giorgos Papadopoulos and Babis Stokas are the new judges in the series, replacing George Theofanous, Peggy Zina and Thodoris Marantinis.
| The X Factor | |
|---|---|
| Series 5 | |
| Hosted by | Sakis Rouvas (Live Shows) Evagelia Aravani (Auditions Shows, Bootcamp, Chair Challenge, Live Shows - Backstage) |
| Judges | Giorgos Mazonakis Tamta Giorgos Papadopoulos Babis Stokas |
| Winner | Panagiotis Koufogiannis |
| Runner-up | Soula Evagelou |
| Release | |
| Original network | Skai TV Sigma TV |
| Original release | April 27 – July 20, 2017 |
| Series chronology | |
This year the teams are: the Boys with Tamta, the Girls with Giorgos Papadopoulos, the Overs with Giorgos Mazonakis and the Groups with Babis Stokas.
For the first time in The X Factor Greece the winner will not be from the Boys. The winner is Panagiotis Koufogiannis from the Overs.
Judges and presenters
On 22 November 2016, series 4 judge Peggy Zina announced that she would not come back for another series on the judging panel. On 15 February 2017, it was confirmed that Giorgos Theofanous would not return as a judge. Thodoris Marantinis confirmed he was leaving the judging panel on 17 February 2017. After 5 days, it was confirmed that three new judges Babis Stokas, Giorgos Papadopoulos and Giorgos Mazonakis may come to join Tamta on the judging panel.
In 9 March 2017, Sakis Rouvas 7 days after the final of The Voice of Greece where he was a coach of series 3 he confirmed that he would return to present for the fifth time The X Factor on Skai TV and Sigma TV. On 26 December 2016 it was confirmed that Evangelia Aravani would return to present the backstage of The X Factor Live for the second time.
Selection process
Auditions
The minimum age to audition this year was 16. Contestants needed three or more 'yeses' from the four judges to progress to Bootcamp.
Open Auditions
Producers auditions commenced on 14 January in Thessaloniki and ended on 23 January in Cyprus
| Audition city | Open audition date | Open audition venue |
|---|---|---|
| Thessaloniki | 14–15 January | Grand Hotel Palace |
| Cyprus | 21, 22 and 23 January | The Classic Hotel |
Open Call
The Open Call that you listen for the last time the contestants was on 26 March 2017 in Athens.
Judges Auditions
The Judges' auditions started filming in April 2017. Selected auditions were broadcast over five episodes, between 27 April 2017 to 6 May 2017.
Bootcamp
Bootcamp started filming in April 2017, at O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall. It was broadcast in an episode with the final audition after this the bootcamp began for one hour on 6 May 2017. The contestants all chose their favourite song to sing and then they put them in groups and one by one sang, in front of the judges. Immediately after each performance, the judges would either put the acts through or eliminate them immediately. 120 acts were successful in this part, and the judges then deliberated to cut the number of contestants down to forty, to decide who would reach the four-chair challenge. At the end of Bootcamp, the judges discovered which categories they would mentor: Papadopoulos was given the Girls, Tamta was given the Boys, Mazonakis was given the Over 25s and Stokas was given the Groups.
Four-Chair Challenge
The Four-chair challenge took place from 22 to 25 April, at O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall. It was broadcast over four episodes, between 11 May to 26 May. Tamta chose her final four acts during Thursday 11 May show, Papadopoulos chose his final four acts during Friday 12 May show, Mazonakis chose his final four acts during Thursday 25 May show and Stokas chose his final four acts during Friday 26 May show.
Live Shows
In first sixth weeks the Lives where in Thursdays and from seventh week there was and Mondays and Thursdays. All the Lives was at 21:00 (with Greece time).
The first live aired in Thursday 1 June, the second in Thursday 8 June, the third in Thursday 15 June, the fourth in Thursday 22 June, the fifth in Thursday 29 June, the sixth in Thursday 6 July, the seventh aired in Monday 10 July, the eight in Thursday 13 July. The Semi-Final in Monday 17 July and the Final Thursday 20 July.
Finalists
The final 16 acts were confirmed as follows:
Key;
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third Place
| Category (Mentor) | Acts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys 16-24 (Tamta) |
Angelos Provelegiadis | Alexandros Sagouris | Konstantinos Notas | Savas Savidis |
| Girls 16-24 (Papadopoulos) |
Kassiani Dalia | Marianna Plachoura | Soula Evagelou | Thalia Tsiatini |
| Over 25s (Mazonakis) |
Alexandra Matsi | Marianna Georgiadou | Panagiotis Koufogiannis | Vasilis Porfyrakis |
| Groups (Stokas) |
Dee Vibes | Radiowaves | Human Factory | Coda Project |
Results Table
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 |
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Thursday | Monday - Semi-Final |
Thursday - Final | |||||||||||||
| Round One | Round Two | |||||||||||||||
| Panagiotis Koufogiannis | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 6th | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Winner | |||||
| Soula Evagelou | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up | |||||
| Dee Vibes | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | Eliminated from Round Two | |||||
| Vasilis Porfyrakis | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom three | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 8) | ||||||
| Konstantinos Notas | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 7th | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Eliminated (Week 7) | |||||||
| Coda Project | Safe | Safe | Safe | 9th | Eliminated (Week 4) | Safe | 6th | Eliminated (Week 7) | ||||||||
| Thalia Tsiatini | Safe | Bottom three | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 7) | ||||||||
| Alexandros Sagouris | Safe | Safe | Safe | 8th | Safe | 7th | Eliminated (Week 6) | |||||||||
| Savas Savidis | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 8th | Eliminated (Week 5) | ||||||||||
| Marianna Georgiadou | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||||||||
| Marianna Plachoura | Safe | Bottom three | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||||||||
| Radiowaves | Safe | 12th | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||||||||
| Human Factory | 13th-16th | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||||||||
| Alexandra Matsi | 13th-16th | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||||||||
| Kassiani Dalia | 13th-16th | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||||||||
| Angelos Provelegiadis | 13th-16th | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||||||||
| Final showdown | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone | Marianna Plachoura | Vasilis Porfyrakis | Alexandros Sagouris | Konstantinos Notas | Alexandros Sagouris | Vasilis Porfyrakis | Vasilis Porfyrakis | Vasilis Porfyrakis | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone | ||||||
| Thalia Tsiatini | Marianna Georgiadou | Coda Project | Savas Savidis | Panagiotis Koufogiannis | Thalia Tsiatini | Konstantinos Notas | Panagiotis Koufogiannis | |||||||||
| Mazonakis's vote to eliminate | Marianna Plachoura | Marianna Georgiadou | Coda Project | Savas Savidis | Alexandros Sagouris | Thalia Tsiatini | Konstantinos Notas | Vasilis Porfyrakis | ||||||||
| Tamta's vote to eliminate | Marianna Plachoura | Vasilis Porfyrakis | Coda Project | Konstantinos Notas | Panagiotis Koufogiannis | Thalia Tsiatini | Vasilis Porfyrakis | Vasilis Porfyrakis | ||||||||
| Papadopoulos's vote to eliminate | N/A | Marianna Georgiadou | Alexandros Sagouris | Savas Savidis | Alexandros Sagouris | Vasilis Porfyrakis | Konstantinos Notas | Vasilis Porfyrakis | ||||||||
| Stokas's vote to eliminate | Marianna Plachoura | Marianna Georgiadou | Alexandros Sagouris | Konstantinos Notas | Panagiotis Koufogiannis | Thalia Tsiatini | Konstantinos Notas | Vasilis Porfyrakis | ||||||||
| Eliminated | Human Factory Public Votes |
Radiowaves Public Votes |
Marianna Georgiadou 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Coda Project 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Savas Savidis 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Alexandros Sagouris 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Thalia Tsiatini 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Coda Project Public Votes |
Vasilis Porfyrakis 4 of 4 votes Majority |
Dee Vibes 3rd Place |
Soula Evagelou Runner-up | |||||
| Alexandra Matsi Public Votes | ||||||||||||||||
| Kassiani Dalia Public Votes |
Marianna Plachoura 3 of 3 votes Majority |
Konstantinos Notas 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Panagiotis Koufogiannis Winner | |||||||||||||
| Angelos Provelegiadis Public Votes | ||||||||||||||||
- In Week 6 was announced that Coda Project will come back after public votes.
Final
Alone
| Act | Order | Song of the series | Order | Song to win | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dee Vibes | 1 | "All the time" | N/A already eliminated | 3rd Place | |
| Soula Evagelou | 2 | "Se Gireyo" | 4 | "Dipla se sena" | Runner-up |
| Panagiotis Koufogiannis | 3 | "Dream On" | 5 | "Can't Feel My Face" | Winner |
Duet
| Acts | Order | Song |
|---|---|---|
| Dee Vibes Panagiotis Koufogiannis |
1 | "See You Again" |
| Panagiotis Koufogiannis Soula Evagelou |
2 | "Isos" |
| Soula Evagelou Dee Vibes |
3 | "Nero kai xoma" "Pidao ta kimata" |
References
- "Το X-Factor επιστρέφει απόψε!". Gossip TV. April 27, 2016.