X Factor (Finnish TV series)

X Factor is the Finnish version of X Factor, a show originating from the United Kingdom. It is a television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. The first season concluded in May 2010. On 13 June 2017, it was revealed that the show would be revived for a second season which began airing in 2018.[1]

X Factor
Created bySimon Cowell
Presented byHeikki Paasonen (2010)
Jukka Rossi (2010)
Ile Uusivuori (2018–)
Viivi Pumpanen (2018–)
JudgesMichael Monroe (2018–)
Saara Aalto (2018–)
Suvi Teräsniska (2018–)
Mikael Gabriel (2018–)
Linda Brava (2010)
Renne Korppila (2010)
Gugi Kokljuschkin (2010)
Original languageFinnish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes17
Release
Original networkMTV3
Original releaseOriginal:
24 January – 23 May 2010
Reboot:
4 February –
6 May 2018 (2018-05-06)
External links
Website

Judges' categories and their finalists

In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three acts to progress to the live shows. This table shows, for each season, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live shows.

Key:

  – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.


Season Linda Brava Renne Korppila Gugi Kokljuschkin N/A
One Groups
Enchant
Soul Sisters
Fearless		 Over 25s
Leena Tirronen
Yrjänä Salmela
Christian Palin		 16-24s
Elias Hämäläinen
Samuli Taskinen
Merja Niekka
Season Michael Monroe Saara Aalto Suvi Teräsniska Mikael Gabriel
Two Groups
6G
SANA		 Girls
Tika Liljegren
Fanny Falk		 Over 25s
Hanna-Maaria Tuomela
Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen		 Boys
Raid Amiri
Viktorio Angelov

Series summary

  Contestant in (or mentor of) "16–24s" category
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Boys" category
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Girls" category
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Over 25s" category
  Contestant in (or mentor of) "Groups" category

Season Start Finish Winner Runner-up Third place Winning mentor Host
1 24 January 2010 23 May 2010 Elias Hämäläinen
16-24s		 Samuli Taskinen
16-24s		 Leena Tirronen
Over 25s		 Gugi Kokljuschkine Heikki Paasonen (main)
Jukka Rossi (Xtra Factor)
2 4 February 2018 6 May 2018 Tika Liljegren
Girls		 Hanna-Maaria Tuomela
Over 25s		 Raid Amiri
Boys		 Saara Aalto Ile Uusivuori
Viivi Pumpanen

Season 1 (2010)

The show's inaugural Finnish season was in 2010. It was broadcast on MTV3 television station and hosted by Heikki Paasonen with Jukka Rossi hosting the affiliated Xtra Factor. The three judges were Linda Brava (groups), Gugi Kokljuschkin (16- to 24-year-olds) and Renne Korppila (25 and over). And the finalists for each category were chosen by the judges on 28 March.

Auditions were held 24 January to 28 February 2010, and the camps on 7, 14 and 21 March. The nine finalists, three in each category (groups, 16- to 24-year-old, 25 and over) were chosen end of March 2010.

Episode Air Date Audition City Date
January 24, 2010 Kuopio November 7, 2009
January 31, 2010 Helsinki November 14, 2009
February 7, 2010 Tampere November 28, 2009
February 14, 2010 Rovaniemi December 5, 2009
February 21, 2010 Helsinki December 12, 2009
February 28, 2010 Tampere December 17, 2009
Guest performers

Guest performers included Anna Abreu, Anna Puu, Maija Vilkkumaa, Adam Lambert, Amy Macdonald and Paloma Faith.

Finalists

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third place
Category (mentor) Acts
16-24s (Kokljuschkin) Elias HämäläinenMerja NiekkaSamuli Taskinen
Over 25s (Korppila) Christian PalinYrjänä SalmelaLeena Tirronen
Groups (Brava) EnchantFearlessSoul Sisters

Results table

Contestants' colour key:

  – Korppila's contestants (Over 25s)
  – Kokljuschkin's contestants (16–24s)
  – Brava's contestants (Groups)
  – Bottom two
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8
Elias Hämäläinen SafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeWinner
(Week 8)
Samuli Taskinen SafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeRunner-up
(Week 8)
Leena Tirronen SafeSafeBottom
two		SafeSafeSafe3rdEliminated
(Week 7)
Enchant SafeSafeSafeBottom
two		Bottom
two		4thEliminated
(Week 6)
Yrjänä Salmela SafeSafeSafeSafeBottom
two		Eliminated
(Week 5)
Soul Sisters Bottom
two		Bottom
two		SafeBottom
two		Eliminated
(Week 4)
Christian Palin SafeSafeBottom
two		Eliminated
(Week 3)
Merja Niekka SafeBottom
two		Eliminated
(Week 2)
Fearless Bottom
two		Eliminated
(Week 1)
Bottom two Fearless,
Soul Sisters		Merja Niekka,
Soul Sisters		Christian Palin,
Leena Tirronen		Enchant,
Soul Sisters		Enchant,
Yrjänä Salmela		---
Korpilla's vote to eliminate Merja NiekkaChristian PalinEnchant---
Kokljuschkin's vote to eliminate Soul SistersChristian PalinYrjänä Salmela
Brava's vote to eliminate Merja NiekkaChristian PalinYrjänä Salmela
Eliminated Fearless
? of 3
Votes		 Merja Niekka
2 of 3
Votes		 Christian Palin
3 of 3
Votes		 Soul Sisters
? of 3
Votes		 Yrjänä Salmela
2 of 3
Votes		 Enchant
Bottom		 Leena Tirronen
Bottom		 Samuli Taskinen
Runner-up
Elias Hämäläinen
Winner

Season 2 (2018)

On 13 June 2017, it was announced that Michael Monroe, Saara Aalto, Suvi Teräsniska and Mikael Gabriel would judge the 2nd season. The hosts are Ile Uusivuori and Viivi Pumpanen.

Finalists

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third place
Category (mentor) Acts
Boys (Gabriel) Raid AmiriViktorio Angelov
Girls (Aalto) Fanny FalkTika Liljegren
Over 25s (Teräsniska) Henri-Aleksi PietiläinenHanna-Maaria Tuomela
Groups (Monroe) 6GSANA

Live shows

Contestants' colour key:

  – Gabriel's contestants (Boys)
  – Aalto's contestants (Girls)
  – Teräsniska's contestants (Over 25s)
  – Monroe's contestants (Groups)
  – Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown
  – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown)
  – Contestant received the most public votes
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
Round 1 Round 2
Tika Liljegren Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner
Hanna-Maaria Tuomela Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-Up
Raid Amiri Safe Bottom three Safe 3rd Eliminated
(Week 4)
Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen Safe Safe 4th Eliminated
(Week 3)
6G Safe Bottom three Eliminated
(Week 2)
Fanny Falk Bottom three 6th Eliminated
(Week 2)
Viktorio Angelov Bottom three Eliminated
(Week 1)
SANA 8th Eliminated
(Week 1)
Final Showdown Fanny Falk,
Viktorio Angelov		 Raid Amiri,
6G		 The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated.
Monroe's vote to eliminate Viktorio AngelovRaid Amiri
Aalto's vote to eliminate Viktorio Angelov6G
Teräsniska's vote to eliminate Viktorio Angelov6G
Gabriel's vote to eliminate Fanny Falk6G
Eliminated Viktorio Angelov
3 of 4 votes
Majority		 6G
3 of 4 votes
Majority		 Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen
Public vote
to save		 Raid Amiri
Public vote
to save		 Hanna-Maaria Tuomela
Public vote
to win
SANA
Public vote
to save		 Fanny Falk
Public vote
to save

Week 1 (15 April 2018)
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Tika Liljegren 1 "Symphony" Safe
6G 2 "Yö kuuluu meille" Safe
Raid Amiri 3 "Antaudun" Safe
Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen 4 "Olet puolisoni nyt" Safe
Fanny Falk 5 "What About Us" Bottom three
SANA 6 "Parasta just nyt" Eliminated
Viktorio Angelov 7 "Havana" Eliminated
Hanna-Maaria Tuomela 8 "Älä jätä roikkuu" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Gabriel: Fanny Falk
  • Teräsniska: Viktorio Angelov
  • Aalto: Viktorio Angelov
  • Monroe: Viktorio Angelov

Week 2 (22 April 2018)
Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act Order Song Result
Raid Amiri 1 "Drag Me Down" Bottom three
Hanna-Maaria Tuomela 2 "Meri Keinuttaa" (original song) Safe
Fanny Falk 3 "2080-luvulla" Eliminated
6G 4 "Tarzan ja Jane" (original song) Eliminated
Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen 5 "Sign of the Times" Safe
Tika Liljegren 6 "Bang Bang" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Monroe: Raid Amiri
  • Gabriel: 6G
  • Teräsniska: 6G
  • Aalto: 6G

Week 3: Semi-final (29 April 2018)
Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Order Song Result
Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen 1 "Human" Eliminated
Raid Amiri 2 "When We Were Young" Safe
Hanna-Maaria Tuomela 3 "Ainoo oikee" (original song) Safe
Tika Liljegren 4 "All by Myself" Safe

Week 4: Final (6 May 2018)
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Act Order Duet Order Song Result
Raid Amiri N/A (Already eliminated) 3rd Place
Tika Liljegren 1 "Täydellinen elämä" (with Suvi Teräsniska) 3 "Alive" Winner
Hanna-Maaria Tuomela 2 "Ytimeen" (with Reino Nordin) 4 "Addicted to You" Runner-up

References
  1. "X Factor Suomi alkaa MTV3:lla - Saara Aallosta tuomari!".
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