X Factor (Finnish TV series)
Introduction '''''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 '''One''' '''Groups'''EnchantSoul SistersFearless '''Over 25s'''Leena TirronenYrjänä SalmelaChristian Palin'''16-24s''''''Elias Hämäläinen'''Samuli TaskinenMerja Niekka Season Michael Monroe Saara Aalto Suvi Teräsniska Mikael Gabriel '''Two''' '''Groups'''6GSANA '''Girls''''''Tika Liljegren'''Fanny Falk '''Over 25s'''Hanna-Maaria TuomelaHenri-Aleksi Pietiläinen '''Boys'''Raid AmiriViktorio 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 24 January 2010 23 May 2010 Elias Hämäläinen16-24s Samuli Taskinen16-24s Gugi Kokljuschkine Heikki Paasonen  (main)   Jukka Rossi  (Xtra Factor)  2 4 February 2018 6 May 2018 Tika LiljegrenGirls Hanna-Maaria TuomelaOver 25s Saara Aalto Ile UusivuoriViivi 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, 2010KuopioNovember 7, 2009January 31, 2010HelsinkiNovember 14, 2009February 7, 2010TampereNovember 28, 2009February 14, 2010RovaniemiDecember 5, 2009February 21, 2010HelsinkiDecember 12, 2009February 28, 2010TampereDecember 17, 2009;Guest performersGuest performers included Anna Abreu, Anna Puu, Maija Vilkkumaa, Adam Lambert, Amy Macdonald and Paloma Faith.===Contestants===Key:: – Winner: – Runner-upCategory (mentor)Acts 16-24s (Kokljuschkin) Elias Hämäläinen  Merja Niekka  Samuli Taskinen Over 25s (Korppila) Christian Palin  Yrjänä Salmela  Leena Tirronen Groups (Brava) 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 Safe  Safe  Safe  Safe  Safe  Safe  Safe  '''Winner'''(Week 8)  Samuli Taskinen Safe  Safe  Safe  Safe  Safe  Safe  Safe  '''Runner-up'''(Week 8)  Leena Tirronen Safe  Safe  Bottomtwo  Safe  Safe  Safe  3rd  Eliminated(Week 7)  Enchant Safe  Safe  Safe Bottomtwo Bottomtwo  4th  Eliminated(Week 6)  Yrjänä Salmela Safe  Safe  Safe  Safe Bottomtwo  Eliminated(Week 5)  Soul Sisters Bottomtwo  Bottomtwo  Safe Bottomtwo  Eliminated(Week 4)  Christian Palin Safe  Safe Bottomtwo  Eliminated(Week 3)  Merja Niekka Safe  Bottomtwo  Eliminated(Week 2)  Fearless Bottomtwo  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 Niekka  Christian Palin   Enchant  -  -  -  Kokljuschkin's vote to eliminate   Soul Sisters  Christian Palin   Yrjänä Salmela  Brava's vote to eliminate   Merja Niekka  Christian Palin   Yrjänä Salmela Eliminated '''Fearless'''? of 3Votes '''Merja Niekka'''2 of 3Votes '''Christian Palin'''3 of 3Votes '''Soul Sisters'''? of 3Votes '''Yrjänä Salmela'''2 of 3Votes '''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-upCategory (mentor)Acts Boys (Gabriel) Raid Amiri  Viktorio Angelov Girls (Aalto) Fanny Falk  Tika Liljegren Over 25s (Teräsniska) Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen  Hanna-Maaria Tuomela Groups (Monroe) 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 votesMajority '''6G'''3 of 4 votesMajority '''Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen'''Public voteto save '''Raid Amiri'''Public voteto save '''Hanna-Maaria Tuomela'''Public voteto win '''SANA'''Public voteto save '''Fanny Falk'''Public voteto save===Live show details=======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 AmiriN/A (Already eliminated) Eliminated 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
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