The X Factor (Greek series 6)

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.[1][2]

The X Factor
Series 6
Hosted by
Judges
WinnerGiannis Grosis
Runner-upDimitris Papatsakonas
Release
Original networkOpen TV
Omega TV
Original releaseSeptember 11 (2019-09-11) 
December 18, 2019 (2019-12-18)
Series chronology

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.[3]

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.[4]

Judges and presenters

Giorgos Liagkas, who also hosted the Greek version of The Voice, was rumored to be the host of the show.[5] 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.[6][7] It was rumored that Evelyn Kazatzoglou will be at the Backstage of Live Shows.[8] Evangelia Aravani was rumored that she will be for a third time a backstage host.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11] 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.[12] It was rumored also that Paola will be in the judging panel.[13] Eleni Foureira, was rumored also but a program on Open TV they told that there was never a proposal in Foureira.[14] On the running were also Antonis Remos, Melina Aslanidou, Konstantinos Argyros, Christos Mastoras and Giorgos Theofanous.[15][16] On February 18, 2019, Giorgos Theofanous was confirmed to be returning for his fifth series followed by new judges, Melina Aslanidou and Christos Mastoras.[17] On February 20, was confirmed that the fourth judge will be Michael Tsaousopoulos.[18]

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.[19]

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.[20]

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
(2 October)
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[lower-alpha 1] "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[lower-alpha 1] "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
(3 October)
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
(9 October)
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
(10 October)
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
  1. Theofanous decided to put Duo Liba and Appartia together as a group and to move in Live Shows as one, with the name Appartia. However, before the live shows, Appartia withdrew from the competition and were replaced by Ano Kato.

Finalists

The final 16 acts were confirmed as follows:

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third place
Contestant Age(s) Hometown Category (Mentor) Result
Giannis Grosis 20 Thessaloniki Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) Winner
Dimitris Papatsakonas 19 Karditsa Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) Runner-up
AC² 17/24 Athens Groups (Theofanous) 3rd place
Konstantinos Stinis 26 Athens Over 25s (Aslanidou) 4th place
Ano Kato Thessaloniki Groups (Theofanous) 5th place
Liak and the Cover 16/31/31 Crete / Thessaloniki Groups (Theofanous) 6th place
Zoi Misel Bakiri 19 Rhodes Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 7th place
Giannis Tergiakis 17 Athens Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 8th place
Lila Trianti 26 Athens Over 25s (Aslanidou) 9th place
Konstantina Aresti 16 Nicosia Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 10th place
Giannis Antzouris 31 Volos Over 25s (Aslanidou) 11th place
Mary Vassiliadou 18 Thessaloniki Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 12th place
Viky Mariolou 23 Tripoli Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 13th-16th place
Giorgos Papanastasiou 22 Thessaloniki Boys 16-24 (Mastoras)
Nektarios Rigas 31 Volos Over 25s (Aslanidou)
DAF Athens Groups (Theofanous)

Live shows

The finalists were announced after each category performed at Four-chair challenge. There will be 16 finalists (4 from each category) this year. The Live Shows will be 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
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10
Round one Round two
Giannis Grosis Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner
Dimitris Papatsakonas Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up
AC² Safe Safe 10th Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe 3rd 3rd Place Eliminated (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 AntzourisGiannis AntzourisZoi Misel BakiriLila TriantiGiannis TergiakisZoi Misel BakiriN/A1AC²
Aslanidou's vote Mary VassiliadouAC²Konstantina ArestiAno KatoZoi Misel BakiriZoi Misel BakiriLiak and the CoverKonstantinos Stinis
Mastoras' vote Mary VassiliadouGiannis AntzourisZoi Misel BakiriAno KatoZoi Misel BakiriZoi Misel BakiriLiak and the CoverKonstantinos Stinis
Tsaousopoulos' vote Giannis AntzourisAC²Konstantina Aresti (×2)Lila TriantiGiannis TergiakisAC²Liak and the CoverAC²
Eliminated Viky Mariolou
Public 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
Zoi Misel Bakiri
3 of 4 votes Majority
Liak and the Cover
3 of 3 votes Majority
Ano Kato
Public Vote
AC²
3rd Place
Dimitris Papatsakonas
Runner-up
Giorgos Papanastasiou
Public Vote
Nektarios Rigas
Public Vote
Konstantinos Stinis
2 of 4 votes Deadlock
Giannis Grosis
Winner
DAF
Public Vote
  • ^1 Theofanous was not required to vote as there was already a majority.

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)

Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song Result
Mary Vassiliadou Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 1 "Say My Name" Bottom two
Konstantinos Stinis Over 25s (Aslanidou) 2 "Frozen" Safe
Giannis Tergiakis Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 3 "Emena Thes" Safe
AC² Groups (Theofanous) 4 "Stay with Me" Safe
Lila Trianti Over 25s (Aslanidou) 5 "Where Have You Been" Safe
Giannis Grosis Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 6 "Thes" Safe
Konstantina Aresti Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 7 "New Rules" Safe
Liak and the Cover Groups (Theofanous) 8 "To Metrima" Safe
Dimitris Papatsakonas Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 9 "Wicked Game" Safe
Ano Kato Groups (Theofanous) 10 "Pame Psihi Mou" Safe
Zoi Misel Bakiri Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 11 "Because the Night" Safe
Giannis Antzouris Over 25s (Aslanidou) 12 "Thelo Na Me Nioseis" Bottom two
Sing-off details
Mary Vassiliadou Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 1 "(Simply) The Best" Eliminated
Giannis Antzouris Over 25s (Aslanidou) 2 "Giati to Metanioneis" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Tsaousopoulos: Giannis Antzouris
  • Aslanidou: Mary Vassiliadou
  • Mastoras: Mary Vassiliadou
  • Theofanous: Giannis Antzouris

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Mary Vassiliadou was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 3 (31 October)

Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song Result
AC² Groups (Theofanous) 1 "Dream On" Bottom two
Giannis Tergiakis Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 2 "To Kyma" Safe
Lila Trianti Over 25s (Aslanidou) 3 "Malo" Safe
Zoi Misel Bakiri Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 4 "Sta 'Dosa Ola" Safe
Dimitris Papatsakonas Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 5 "Zombie" Safe
Giannis Antzouris Over 25s (Aslanidou) 6 "Tora Ti Na To Kano" Bottom two
Konstantina Aresti Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 7 "Be My Baby" Safe
Liak and the Cover Groups (Theofanous) 8 "Tis Lithis To Pigadi" Safe
Konstantinos Stinis Over 25s (Aslanidou) 9 "Whole Lotta Love" Safe
Giannis Grosis Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 10 "Pou Na 'Sai" Safe
Ano Kato Groups (Theofanous) 11 "Psithiroi Kardias" Safe
Sing-off details
AC² Groups (Theofanous) 1 "Say Something" Safe
Giannis Antzouris Over 25s (Aslanidou) 2 "Ola S' Agapane" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Theofanous: Giannis Antzouris
  • Aslanidou: AC²
  • Mastoras: Giannis Antzouris
  • Tsaousopoulos: AC²

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Giannis Antzouris was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 4 (7 November)

  • Group Performance, in memory of Giorgos Spanos (Top 10): "Anthropoi Monahoi"/"Tha Se Thimamai"/"An M' Agapas"/"San Me Koitas"/"Epidi S' Agapo"/"Fteme Ki Oi Dio"/"Spasmeno Karavi"/"Odos Aristotelous"/"Prosopika"/"Tha Me Thimithis"/"Aspra Karavia"
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song Result
Dimitris Papatsakonas Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 1 "Way Down We Go" Safe
Ano Kato Groups (Theofanous) 2 "Milo Gia Sena" Safe
Zoi Misel Bakiri Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 3 "Whenever, Wherever" Bottom two
AC² Groups (Theofanous) 4 "Hello" Safe
Konstantinos Stinis Over 25s (Aslanidou) 5 "Madame (Padam Padam)"/"Je ne veux pas travailler" Safe
Giannis Tergiakis Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 6 "Call Out My Name" Safe
Liak and the Cover Groups (Theofanous) 7 "Ela Psihoula Mou" Safe
Lila Trianti Over 25s (Aslanidou) 8 "Rolling in the Deep" Safe
Giannis Grosis Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 9 "Xenos Gia Senane Ki Ehthros" Safe
Konstantina Aresti Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 10 "My Kind of Love" Bottom two
Sing-off details
Zoi Misel Bakiri Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 1 "Black Velvet" Safe
Konstantina Aresti Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 2 "Someone like You" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Tsaousopoulos: Konstantina Aresti (×2)
  • Mastoras: Zoi Misel Bakiri
  • Aslanidou: Konstantina Aresti
  • Theofanous: Zoi Misel Bakiri

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result went to Tsaousopoulos and he had to choose who should leave his team. Konstantina Aresti was eliminated.

Week 5 (14 November)

  • Group Performance (Top 9): "Last Christmas"
  • Musical guests: FY: "No IQ"/"Celebrity"/"De me Theloun"
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song Result
Giannis Tergiakis Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 1 "Counting Stars" Safe
Liak and the Cover Groups (Theofanous) 2 "Shima Logou" Safe
Lila Trianti Over 25s (Aslanidou) 3 "Lost on You" Bottom two
Dimitris Papatsakonas Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 4 "Oneiro Itane" Safe
Ano Kato Groups (Theofanous) 5 "Ki An Se Thelo" Bottom two
Zoi Misel Bakiri Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 6 "The Power of Love" Safe
Konstantinos Stinis Over 25s (Aslanidou) 7 "Fila Me" Safe
AC² Groups (Theofanous) 8 "Purple Rain" Safe
Giannis Grosis Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 9 "Poia Nyhta S' Eklepse" Safe
Sing-off details
Ano Kato Groups (Theofanous) 1 "Patrida M' Araeyo se" Safe
Lila Trianti Over 25s (Aslanidou) 2 "Misise Me" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Theofanous: Lila Trianti
  • Aslanidou: Ano Kato
  • Mastoras: Ano Kato
  • Tsaousopoulos: Lila Trianti

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Lila Trianti was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 6 (21 November)

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song Result
Liak and the Cover Groups (Theofanous) 1 "Melisses" Safe
Zoi Misel Bakiri Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 2 "Against All Odds" Bottom two
Ano Kato Groups (Theofanous) 3 "Giftisa Mera" Safe
Giannis Tergiakis Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 4 "Akatallili Skini" Bottom two
AC² Groups (Theofanous) 5 "The Time of My Life" Safe
Dimitris Papatsakonas Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 6 "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" Safe
Konstantinos Stinis Over 25s (Aslanidou) 7 "Mikri Patrida" Safe
Giannis Grosis Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 8 "Ela Poy Fovamai" Safe
Sing-off details
Zoi Misel Bakiri Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 1 "Hurt" Safe
Giannis Tergiakis Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 2 "Ki Emeina Edo" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Tsaousopoulos: Giannis Tergiakis
  • Mastoras: Zoi Misel Bakiri
  • Aslanidou: Zoi Misel Bakiri
  • Theofanous: Giannis Tergiakis

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Giannis Tergiakis was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 7 (28 November)

  • Group Performance
  1. Christos Mastoras with Giannis Grosis and Dimitris Papatsakonas: "Kai Ti Zitao"
  2. Michael Tsaousopoulos with Zoi Misel Bakiri: "Levels"
  3. Giorgos Theofanous with AC², Ano Kato and Liak and the Cover: "S' Agapo"
  4. Melina Aslanidou with Konstantinos Stinis: "Poso Se Thelo"
  • Musical guests: Melisses: "To Kyma"/"Giati"/ "Ena"/"Ola Moiazoun Kalokairi"
Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song Result
AC² Groups (Theofanous) 1 "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" Bottom two
Dimitris Papatsakonas Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 2 "Ayti einai i zoi" Safe
Konstantinos Stinis Over 25s (Aslanidou) 3 "The Blower's Daughter" Safe
Zoi Misel Bakiri Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 4 "I Have Nothing" Bottom two
Giannis Grosis Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 5 "Ta Savvata" Safe
Liak and the Cover Groups (Theofanous) 6 "Siga Min Klapso" Safe
Ano Kato Groups (Theofanous) 7 "Kaigomai kai Sigoliono" Safe
Sing-off details
Zoi Misel Bakiri Girls 16-24 (Tsaousopoulos) 1 "Je suis malade" Eliminated
AC² Groups (Theofanous) 2 "Hallelujah" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Tsaousopoulos: AC²
  • Theofanous: Zoi Misel Bakiri
  • Mastoras: Zoi Misel Bakiri
  • Aslanidou: Zoi Misel Bakiri

Week 8 (5 December)

Contestants' performances on the eighth live show
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song (Judges choice) Order Song (own choice) Result
Ano Kato Groups (Theofanous) 1 "Den Exo Polla" 7 "Madissa" Bottom two
AC² Groups (Theofanous) 2 "Perfect Duet" 8 "Imagine" Safe
Giannis Grosis Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 3 "Ximeroni" 9 "Poios na Sygkrithei Mazi sou" Safe
Konstantinos Stinis Over 25s (Aslanidou) 4 "Unchain My Heart" 10 "Mpagasas" Safe
Dimitris Papatsakonas Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 5 "Agapi" 11 "Dance with Somebody" Safe
Liak and the Cover Groups (Theofanous) 6 "Tha Xatho" 12 "Den Mporo" Bottom two
Sing-off details
Ano Kato Groups (Theofanous) 1 "Anestaki" Safe
Liak and the Cover Groups (Theofanous) 2 "Mia apo autes tis Meres" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Tsaousopoulos: Liak and the Cover
  • Mastoras: Liak and the Cover
  • Aslanidou: Liak and the Cover
  • Theofanous was not required to vote as there was already a majority.

Week 9: Semi-Final (11 December)

  • Musical guests: Dimitris Basis and Christos Mastoras: "Ena Lepto"
  • Musical guests: Tamta: "Replay"/"Sex With Your Ex"/"Senorita"
Contestants' performances on the ninth live show
Act Category (Mentor) Order First Song Order Second Song Result
Ano Kato Groups (Theofanous) 1 "Lene" 6 "Xafnikos Erotas" Eliminated
AC² Groups (Theofanous) 2 "Chandelier" 7 "Creep" Bottom three
Konstantinos Stinis Over 25s (Aslanidou) 3 "Hotel California" 8 "O Amlet Tis Selinis" Bottom three
Giannis Grosis Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 4 "Pote Tha Se Do" 9 "Grande amore" Safe
Dimitris Papatsakonas Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 5 "Rebel Yell" 10 "The Sound of Silence" Safe
Sing-off details
AC² Groups (Theofanous) 1 "Listen" Safe
Konstantinos Stinis Over 25s (Aslanidou) 2 "Angie" Eliminated
Judges' votes to send through to the final
  • Theofanous: AC²
  • Aslanidou: Konstantinos Stinis
  • Tsaousopoulos: AC²
  • Mastoras: Konstantinos Stinis

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Konstantinos Stinis was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 10: Final (18 December)

  • Opening act: Konstantinos Stinis, Giannis Tergiakis and Giorgos Papanastasiou: "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town", Zoi Misel Bakiri, Konstantina Aresti, Mary Vassiliadou and Lila Trianti: "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
  • Group Performance: Aris Makris, Mary Vassiliadou, Lila Trianti, Zoi Misel Bakiri, Konstantina Aresti, Konstantinos Stinis, Giannis Tergiakis, Ano Kato and Giorgos Papanastasiou: "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
  • Group Performance: Giorgos Theofanous, Melina Aslanidou, Christos Mastoras and Despina Vandi and with Aris Makris and some finalists of The X Factor Greece 6: "Adikrista"/"Den Teleiosame"/"Ela na me Teleioseis"/"Kokkini Grammi"/"Tha 'Prepe"/"Thymos"/"Misise Me"/"Pou na 'sai"/"Feggari Mou"/"Ekrypsa to Prosopo mou"/"Paliokairos"/"To Kyma"/"Noima"/"O Dikos mou o Dromos"/"De Milame"/"Den ehei Sidera i Kardia sou"/"Tremo"/"Hamogelase"/"S' Agapo"
Contestants' performances on the final live show
Act Category (Mentor) Order First song Order Song of the series Result
Dimitris Papatsakonas Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 1 "Take Me to Church" 7 "The House of the Rising Sun" Runner-up
AC² Groups (Theofanous) 2 "The Prayer" N/A N/A (already eliminated) Third place
Giannis Grosis Boys 16-24 (Mastoras) 3 "Ena Gramma" 8 "I Nyhta Dyo Kommatia" Winner
Contestants' sang duets between them
Act Order song
AC² & Dimitris Papatsakonas 4 "We Will Rock You"/"Let Me Entertain You"
Dimitris Papatsakonas & Giannis Grosis 5 "Tonight"/"Simera"
Giannis Grosis & AC² 6 "An Thimithis to Oneiro mou"/"The Honeymoon song"

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