The X Factor (Greek series 2)
Introduction The second series of the music talent show '''The X Factor Greece''' began airing on ANT1 on 2 October 2009, and was won by Stavros Michalakakos of Limassol (Lemesos), Cyprus on 12 February 2010.The show was presented for a second year by Sakis Rouvas. It was also broadcast abroad via ANT1's international stations. The series featured Eleftheria Eleftheriou and Ivi Adamou who both participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 representing Greece and Cyprus as well as Hovig who represented Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.Also the runner up of the series, Nini Shermadini, was one of the Georgian backing vocalists.
Selection process Public auditions by aspiring pop singers began in July 2009 and were held in three cities; Athens and Thessaloniki (Greece) and Larnaka (Cyprus).All four series 1 judges, George Levendis, Giorgos Theofanous, Katerina Gagaki and Nikos Mouratidis returned to judge the contestants. Following initial auditions, in September 2009, around 200 acts attended the boot camp. The contestants were initially split into groups of three, and judges gave instant decisions on who would leave based on the group performances, bringing the number of acts down to 150.The judges then cut the number of acts down to 80.These were split into four categories: Boys, Girls, Over 25s and Groups, before the judges discovered which category they would mentor for the rest of the competition. In series 2, the Boys (16–24) are being mentored by Nikos Mouratidis, Giorgos Theofanous has the Girls (16–24), Katerina Gagaki mentors the Over 25s, and George Levendis takes charge of the Groups. At the last stage of boot camp, the 80 acts were reduced to 32.During "Judges' Houses", the 32 acts were reduced to 16, who went on to the live finals, with one act being eliminated each week by a combination of public vote and judges' decision until a winner was found.
Contestants and categories The top 16 acts were confirmed as follows:Key:: – Winner: – Runner-up: – Third Place Category (mentor)  Acts '''Groups''' (George Levendis)  360 Moires 48 Ores Pale Faces X-odos  '''Boys 16-24''' (Nikos Mouratidis) Dimitris Maniatis  Nikiforos Stavros Michalakakos Hovig Demirjian '''Over 25s''' (Katerina Gagaki) Eleni Alexandri Polina Christodoulou Elena Andreou Harikleia Charitsavvidou '''Girls 16-24''' (Giorgos Theofanous)                                                                                                                                    Giouli Tassou Ivi Adamou Eleftheria Eleftheriou Nini Shermadini
Live shows The live shows started on 30 October 2009.The acts are performing every Friday night with the results announced on the same day. As a marked difference from series 1, in this series the televoters have the chance to vote from the beginning of the show.===Results Summary===;Colour key –Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown+ Table showing weekly results, indicating which contestants were eliminated or safe, how each judge voted, and positions in each week's public vote where known. Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15   Stavros Michalakakos Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe  4th Safe'''Winner''' Nini Shermadini Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe  Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Safe Bottom 2 Safe SafeRunner-Up 48 Ores Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 10th Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rd 3rd Eleni Alexandri Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe  4th Eliminated (week 14) Polina Christodoulou Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Safe Safe Safe 5th Eliminated (week 13) Ivi Adamou Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe  Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Bottom 2 Eliminated (week 12)Hovig Demirjian Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 9th Safe Safe Bottom 2 Eliminated (week 11) Nikiforos Bottom 2 Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Eliminated (week 10) Dimitris Maniatis Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Eliminated (week 8) Pale Faces Safe Safe Bottom 2 Safe 12th Safe 10th Eliminated (week 7) 360 Moires Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Safe 11th Eliminated (week 6) Eleftheria Eleftheriou Safe Safe Safe Safe 11th Eliminated (week 5) Elena Andreou Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Eliminated (week 4) Harikleia Charitsavvidou Safe Bottom 2 Bottom 2 Eliminated (week 3) Giouli Tassou Safe  Bottom 2 Eliminated (week 2) X-odos Bottom 2  Eliminated (week 1) Final showdown  Nikiforos,X-odos Giouli Tassou,Harikleia Charitsavvidou Harikleia Charitsavvidou,Pale Faces 360 Moires,Elena Andreou Eleftheria Eleftheriou,Pale Faces  360 Moires,48 Ores Hovig Demirjian,Pale Faces Dimitris Maniatis,Polina Christodoulou Nikiforos,Nini Shermadini Hovig Demirjian,Ivi Adamou Ivi Adamou,Nini Shermadini  Polina Christodoulou,Stavros Michalakakos            48 Ores,Eleni Alexandri No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone Mouratidis's vote to eliminate X-odos  Giouli Tassou  Harikleia Charitsavvidou  Elena Andreou  Eleftheria Eleftheriou  360 Moires  Pale Faces  Polina Christodoulou  Nini Shermadini  Ivi Adamou  Ivi Adamou  Polina Christodoulou  Eleni Alexandri Gagaki's vote to eliminate X-odos  Giouli Tassou  Pale Faces  360 Moires  Eleftheria Eleftheriou  360 Moires  Hovig Demirjian  Dimitris Maniatis  Nikiforos  Hovig Demirjian  Nini Shermadini  Stavros Michalakakos  48 Ores Levendis's vote to eliminate Nikiforos  Giouli Tassou  Harikleia Charitsavvidou  Elena Andreou  Eleftheria Eleftheriou  360 Moires  Hovig Demirjian  Dimitris Maniatis  Nikiforos  Hovig Demirjian  Ivi Adamou  Polina Christodoulou  Eleni Alexandri Theofanous's vote to eliminate X-odos  Harikleia Charitsavvidou  Harikleia Charitsavvidou  Elena Andreou  Pale Faces  360 Moires  Pale Faces  Dimitris Maniatis  Nikiforos  Hovig Demirjian  Nini Shermadini  Stavros Michalakakos  48 Ores Eliminated '''X-odos'''3 of 4 votesMajority '''Giouli Tassou'''3 of 4 votesMajority '''Harikleia Charitsavvidou'''3 of 4 votesMajority '''Elena Andreou'''3 of 4 votesMajority '''Eleftheria Eleftheriou'''3 of 4 votes Majority '''360 Moires'''4 of 4 votesMajority '''Pale Faces'''2 of 4 votesDeadlock '''Dimitris Maniatis'''3 of 4 votesMajority '''Nikiforos'''3 of 4 votesMajority '''Hovig Demirjian'''3 of 4 votesMajority '''Ivi Adamou'''3 of 5 votesMajority '''Polina Christodoulou'''2 of 4 votesDeadlock '''Eleni Alexandri'''2 of 4 votesDeadlock '''Nini Shermadini'''Runner-Up '''Stavros Michalakakos'''Winner '''48 Ores'''Third Place: 1.George's vote counted as two votes and therefore Ivi had 3 votes while Nini had only two.===Week 14 (5 February – Semi-Final)===*Theme: Mentor's choice*Celebrity Performers:Professional Sinnerz "Tha rthw na se brw", "Otan Se Eicha Protodei" / Apostolina Mai "Save me"+ Contestants' performances on the 13 live show Act Order First song (Contestant's choice)                                                                                                                        Order Second song (Contestant's choice) Result Eleni Alexandri  1 "Ignorance" 5 "Den Thelw"   Bottom two  Stavros Michalakakos  2 "Ta karabia mou kaiw"  6 "Impossible" Safe Nini Shermadini  3 "To swma pou zhtas" 7  "My All" Safe 48 Ores 4 "Fly Away"  8 "Stepping Stone"  Bottom two Final showdown details Eleni Alexandri 1 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"  Eliminated 48 Ores 2 "Stayin' Alive"    Safe;Judges' votes to eliminate:*'''Katerina Gagaki''': 48 Ores  *'''George Levendis''': Eleni Alexandri *'''Nikos Mouratidis''': Eleni Alexandri    *'''Giorgos Theofanous''': 48 Ores   The result went to deadlock, and Eleni Alexandri was eliminated from the competition.===Week 15 (12 February – Final)===*Themes: Mentor's choice*Celebrity performers: Oceana (singer) "Cry Cry", "Lala" / Medina (singer) "You and I (Medina song)"/ Vegas (with the finalists of Next Top Model (Greece)) "hrthe i stigmh" and Sakis Rouvas "+ Se Thelo", "Hamogela", "Irthes", "Spase to Hrono", "Ola Giro Sou Girizoun" Order  Artist  Mentor  Mentor's Choice   Mentor's Choice   Result 1  48 Ores  George Levendis  "Englishman In New York"   "Wanna Be Starting Something"   '''Third Place''' 2  Nini Shermadini  Giorgos Theofanous  "Woman In Love"   "In Assenza Di Te"    '''Runner-up''' 3   Stavros Michalakakos  Nikos Mouratidis  "Jenny Don't Be Hasty"   "Sweet Disposition"   '''Winner''' Even though the November 27 show was supposed to feature the remaining 12 participants, only 10 competitors took part. Two acts, Eleni Alexandri and 360 Moires, did not participate due to H1N1 symptoms. However, the fact that despite their absence they automatically qualified for the next show, coupled with the elimination of a talented participant, sparked controversy.The presenter, Sakis Rouvas, was obviously shocked and puzzled by Eleftheria's elimination and instantly offered her the opportunity to continue her career with him in his regular performances. Eliminated by public vote after the judges forced a tie.
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