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X Factor (Finnish TV series)
Finnish reality television series
Finnish reality television series
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| creator | Simon Cowell |
| presenter | Heikki Paasonen (2010) |
| Jukka Rossi (2010) | |
| Ile Uusivuori (2018–) | |
| Viivi Pumpanen (2018–) | |
| judges | Michael Monroe (2018–) |
| Saara Aalto (2018–) | |
| Suvi Teräsniska (2018–) | |
| Mikael Gabriel (2018–) | |
| Linda Brava (2010) | |
| Renne Korppila (2010) | |
| Gugi Kokljuschkin (2010) | |
| language | Finnish |
| network | MTV3 |
| first_aired | |
| last_aired | |
| first_aired2 | |
| last_aired2 | |
| num_episodes | 17 |
| num_seasons | 2 |
Jukka Rossi (2010) Ile Uusivuori (2018–) Viivi Pumpanen (2018–) Saara Aalto (2018–) Suvi Teräsniska (2018–) Mikael Gabriel (2018–) Linda Brava (2010) Renne Korppila (2010) Gugi Kokljuschkin (2010)
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.
Judges' categories and their contestants
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 | style="width:13%;" rowspan="2" | One | Season | Michael Monroe | Saara Aalto | Suvi Teräsniska | Mikael Gabriel | Two |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | |||||||||||
| Enchant | |||||||||||
| Soul Sisters | |||||||||||
| Fearless | Over 25s | ||||||||||
| Leena Tirronen | |||||||||||
| Yrjänä Salmela | |||||||||||
| Christian Palin | 16-24s | ||||||||||
| Elias Hämäläinen | |||||||||||
| Samuli Taskinen | |||||||||||
| Merja Niekka | |||||||||||
| 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 | Winning mentor | Host | 1 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 January 2010 | 23 May 2010 | Elias Hämäläinen | ||||||
| 16-24s | Samuli Taskinen | |||||||
| 16-24s | Gugi Kokljuschkine | Heikki Paasonen (main) | ||||||
| Jukka Rossi (Xtra Factor) | ||||||||
| 4 February 2018 | 6 May 2018 | Tika Liljegren | ||||||
| Girls | Hanna-Maaria Tuomela | |||||||
| Over 25s | 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.
| 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.
Contestants
Key: : – Winner : – Runner-up
| Category (mentor) | Acts | 16-24s (Kokljuschkin) | Over 25s (Korppila) | Groups (Brava) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elias Hämäläinen | Merja Niekka | Samuli Taskinen | ||
| Christian Palin | Yrjänä Salmela | Leena Tirronen | ||
| Enchant | Fearless | Soul Sisters |
Live shows
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 | Samuli Taskinen | Leena Tirronen | Enchant | Yrjänä Salmela | Soul Sisters | Christian Palin | Merja Niekka | Fearless | Bottom two | Korpilla's vote to eliminate | Kokljuschkin's vote to eliminate | Brava's vote to eliminate | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Week 8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Week 8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Safe | Safe | Bottom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| two | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Week 7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| two | Bottom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| two | 4th | Eliminated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Week 6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| two | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Week 5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bottom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| two | Bottom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| two | Safe | Bottom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| two | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Week 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Safe | Safe | Bottom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| two | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Week 3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Safe | Bottom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| two | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Week 2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bottom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| two | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Week 1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fearless, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soul Sisters | Merja Niekka, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soul Sisters | Christian Palin, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leena Tirronen | Enchant, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soul Sisters | Enchant, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yrjänä Salmela | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Merja Niekka | Christian Palin | Enchant | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soul Sisters | Christian Palin | Yrjänä Salmela | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Merja Niekka | Christian Palin | Yrjänä Salmela | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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.
Contestants
Key: : – Winner : – Runner-up
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Boys (Gabriel) | Girls (Aalto) | Over 25s (Teräsniska) | Groups (Monroe) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raid Amiri | Viktorio Angelov | ||||
| Fanny Falk | Tika Liljegren | ||||
| Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen | Hanna-Maaria Tuomela | ||||
| 6G | SANA |
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 Angelov | Raid Amiri | ||||
| Aalto's vote to eliminate | Viktorio Angelov | 6G | ||||
| Teräsniska's vote to eliminate | Viktorio Angelov | 6G | ||||
| Gabriel's vote to eliminate | Fanny Falk | 6G | ||||
| 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 |
Live show details
Week 1 (15 April 2018)
| Act | Order | Song | Result | Tika Liljegren | 6G | Raid Amiri | Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen | Fanny Falk | SANA | Viktorio Angelov | Hanna-Maaria Tuomela |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Symphony" | Safe | |||||||||
| 2 | "Yö kuuluu meille" | Safe | |||||||||
| 3 | "Antaudun" | Safe | |||||||||
| 4 | "Olet puolisoni nyt" | Safe | |||||||||
| 5 | "What About Us" | Bottom three | |||||||||
| 6 | "Parasta just nyt" | Eliminated | |||||||||
| 7 | "Havana" | Eliminated | |||||||||
| 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)
| Act | Order | Song | Result | Raid Amiri | Hanna-Maaria Tuomela | Fanny Falk | 6G | Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen | Tika Liljegren |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Drag Me Down" | Bottom three | |||||||
| 2 | "Meri Keinuttaa" (original song) | Safe | |||||||
| 3 | "2080-luvulla" | Eliminated | |||||||
| 4 | "Tarzan ja Jane" (original song) | Eliminated | |||||||
| 5 | "Sign of the Times" | Safe | |||||||
| 6 | "Bang Bang" | Safe |
;Judges' votes to eliminate
- Monroe: Raid Amiri
- Gabriel: 6G
- Teräsniska: 6G
- Aalto: 6G
Week 3: Semi-final (29 April 2018)
| Act | Order | Song | Result | Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen | Raid Amiri | Hanna-Maaria Tuomela | Tika Liljegren |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Human" | Eliminated | |||||
| 2 | "When We Were Young" | Safe | |||||
| 3 | "Ainoo oikee" (original song) | Safe | |||||
| 4 | "All by Myself" | Safe |
Week 4: Final (6 May 2018)
| Act | Order | Duet | Order | Song | Result | Raid Amiri | Tika Liljegren | Hanna-Maaria Tuomela |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A (Already eliminated) | Eliminated | |||||||
| 1 | "Täydellinen elämä" (with Suvi Teräsniska) | 3 | "Alive" | Winner | ||||
| 2 | "Ytimeen" (with Reino Nordin) | 4 | "Addicted to You" | Runner-up |
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