X Factor (Bulgarian TV series) season 5

X Factor is a Bulgarian television music competition to find new singing talent and part of a British franchise The X Factor. The fifth and final season began on 10 September 2017 and concluded on 17 December 2017. The judging panel consisted of Kristian Talev (Krisko), Sanya Armutlieva, Lubo Kirov and Velizar Sokolov (Zaki). Aleksandra Raeva and Maria Ignatova returned as presenters of the main show on NOVA. The winner of competition received 50 000 leva and a contract with a record company.

X Factor
Season 5
Hosted byAleksandra Raeva
Maria Ignatova
JudgesKrisko
Sanya Armutlieva
Lubo Kirov
Zaki
Hilda Kazasyan (guest)
Winner4 Magic
Winning mentorLubo Kirov
Runner-upYoana Dimitrova
Release
Original networkNOVA
Original release10 September (2017-09-10) –
17 December 2017 (2017-12-17)

Selection process

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Auditions

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The minimum age to audition for this season was 14. Contestants needed three or more 'yeses' from the four judges to progress to Bootcamp.

Judges' houses

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Summary of judges' houses
Judge Category Assistants Contestants eliminated
Kirov Groups Miro Aleksandar, David & Denis; Stefani, Simon & Radostina; Hristina, Presiyana & Viktoria
Armutlieva Girls Louisa Johnson Nikoleta Stanoykova, Stanislava Vasileva
Zaki Over 25s Maria Ilieva Nikolay Nikolov, Tsveta Dobreva, Valeri Wilson
Krisko Boys Yordanka Hristova Emil Petrov, Mario Arangelovski, Pavel Mateev

Finalists

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Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
Category (mentor) Acts
Boys (Krisko) Ivan Dimitrov Stoyancho Buchkov Teodor Stoyanov
Girls (Armutlieva) Eva Parmakova Milena Tsanova Miroslava Todorova Yoana Dimitrova
Over 25s (Zaki) Dahmara Manal El-Feitury Virginia Subeva
Groups (Kirov) 4 Magic Mario and Viktoria Treasures

Live shows

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The live shows began on 22 October 2017, with the performance shows taking place every Sunday along with the results show on the same day. The live shows will be filmed at Global Group Studio in Sofia and will conclude on 17 December 2017. The thirteen finalists were revealed on 15 October 2017 immediately after the last judges' houses episode.

Musical guests

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Krisko with Pavell & Venci Venc' performed on the third live show, while DARA performed on the fourth live show. Nevena Peykova performed on the fifth live show, while Mihaela Fileva and Slavin Slavchev along with Julian's Laughter will perform on the sixth live show. Mihaela Marinova performed on the seventh live show, while TITA will perform on the eighth live show.

Results summary

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Colour key
  – Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to perform again in the sing-off
  Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated
  Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no sing-off)
  Contestant received the most public votes
Weekly results per contestant
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9
Final
Round One Round Two
4 Magic Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom
two
Safe Safe Safe Winner
54%
Yoana Dimitrova Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom
three
Safe Runner-up
46%
Eva Parmakova Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom
two
Safe 3rd Eliminated
(week 9)
Miroslava Todorova Safe Safe Safe Safe 7th Safe Safe Bottom
three
Eliminated
(week 8)
Milena Tsanova Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom
three
Eliminated
(week 8)
Mario and Viktoria Safe Safe Bottom
two
Safe Safe Safe Bottom
two
Eliminated
(week 7)
Virginia Sabeva Safe Safe Safe Bottom
two
Safe Bottom
two
Eliminated
(week 6)
Teodor Stoyanov Safe Safe Safe Safe 8th Eliminated
(week 5)
Ivan Dimitrov Safe Safe Safe Bottom
two
Eliminated
(week 4)
Treasures Safe 10th Bottom
two
Eliminated
(week 3)
Manal El-Feitury Bottom
three
11th Eliminated
(week 2)
Stoyancho Buchkov Bottom
three
Eliminated
(week 1)
Dahmara 13th Eliminated
(week 1)
Final showdown Manal El-Feitury Treasures Mario and Viktoria Virginia Subeva Miroslava Todorova 4 Magic Eva Parmakova No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated
Stoyancho Buchkov Manal El-Feitury Treasures Ivan Dimitrov Teodor Stoyanov Virginia Subeva Mario and Viktoria
Judges voted to Save
Krisko's vote Stoyancho Buchkov Manal El-Feitury Mario and Viktoria Ivan Dimitrov Teodor Stoyanov 4 Magic Eva Parmakova
Armutlieva's vote Manal El-Feitury Treasures Mario and Viktoria Virginia Subeva Miroslava Todorova 4 Magic Eva Parmakova
Zaki's vote Manal El-Feitury Manal El-Feitury Mario and Viktoria Virginia Subeva Miroslava Todorova Virginia Subeva Eva Parmakova
Kirov's vote Manal El-Feitury Treasures N/A Virginia Subeva Teodor Stoyanov 4 Magic Mario and Viktoria
Eliminated Dahmara
Fewest votes
to save
Manal El-Feitury
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock
Treasures
0 of 3 votes
Minority
Ivan Dimitrov
1 of 4 votes
Minority
Teodor Stoyanov
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock
Virginia Subeva
1 of 4 votes
Minority
Mario and Viktoria
1 of 4 votes
Minority
Miroslava Todorova
Fewest votes
to save
Eva Parmakova
Fewest votes
(out of 3)
4 Magic
54%
to win
Stoyancho Buchkov
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Milena Tsanova
Fewest votes
to save
Yoana Dimitrova
46%
(out of 2)
Reference(s) [1] [2] [3]

Notes

  • 1 Lyubo Kirov was not required to vote as there was already a majority.

Live show details

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Week 1 (22 October)

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  • Theme: "Express yourself" (songs to showcase who they are)
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Yoana Dimitrova 1 "Crazy in Love" Saved
Virginia Subeva 2 "Get Away" Saved
Treasures 3 "Can't Stop the Feeling!" Saved
Teodor Stoyanov 4 "Shape Of My Heart" Saved
Eva Parmakova 5 "That's My Girl" Saved
Dahmara 6 "Beat It" Eliminated
Ivan Dimitrov 7 "One and Only" Saved
Mario and Viktoria 8 "Vivo per lei" Saved
Manal El-Feitury 9 "Side to Side" Bottom three
Milena Tsanova 10 "Nothing Compares 2U" Saved
4 Magic 11 "How Deep Is Your Love" Saved
Stoyancho Buchkov 12 "Somebody To Love" Bottom three
Miroslava Todorova 13 "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Saved
Final showdown details
Stoyancho Buchkov 1 "Hear Me" Eliminated
Manal El-Feitury 2 "When I Was Your Man" Saved

This week's results show featured a double elimination. The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three and the act with the fewest public votes was then automatically eliminated. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.

Week 2 (29 October)

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  • Theme: "Halloween Night"
Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act Order Song Result
Teodor Stoyanov 1 "Human" Saved
Mario & Viktoria 2 "Beauty and the Beast" Saved
Manal El-Feitury 3 "The Monster" Bottom two
Miroslava Todorova 4 "Creep" Saved
Treasures 5 "I'm In Love With a Monster" Bottom two
Eva Parmakova 6 "Alive" Saved
4 Magic 7 "Bad Romance" Saved
Ivan Dimitrov 8 "Whataya Want from Me" Saved
Milena Tsanova 9 "Just Like Fire" Saved
Yoana Dimitrova 10 "You Win or You Die" Saved
Virginia Subeva 11 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Saved
Final showdown details
Manal El-Feitury 1 "Strong Enough" Eliminated
Treasures 2 "Хубава си, моя горо" Saved

Week 3 (5 November)

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  • Theme: "Bulgarian Hits"
  • Musical guests: Krisko feat. Pavell & Venci Venc' ("Герой")
Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Order Song Result
Eva Parmakova 1 "Не ти ли стига" Saved
4 Magic 2 "Уморени крила" Saved
Miroslava Todorova 3 "Прошепнати мечти" Saved
Mario and Viktoria 4 "Завинаги" Bottom two
Treasures 5 "If Love Was A Crime" Bottom two
Virginia Subeva 6 "Искам те" Saved
Ivan Dimitrov 7 "Знам" Saved
Yoana Dimitrova 8 "Черната овца" Saved
Milena Tsanova 9 "Вървят ли двама" Saved
Teodor Stoyanov 10 "Бягство" Saved
Final showdown details
Mario & Victoria 1 "Say Something" Saved
Treasures 2 "Little Me" Eliminated

Week 4 (12 November)

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Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Act Order Song Result
Virginia Subeva 1 "Stone Cold" Bottom two
Teodor Stoyanov 2 "Angie" Saved
Yoana Dimitrova 3 "Hurts" Saved
Mario and Victoria 4 "Without You" Saved
Milena Tsanova 5 "Wish You Were Here" Saved
Miroslava Todorova 6 "All of Me" Saved
4 Magic 7 "Flashlight" Saved
Ivan Dimitrov 8 "One" Bottom two
Eva Parmakova 9 "Make You Feel My Love" Saved
Final showdown details
Ivan Dimitrov 1 "Breathe Easy" Eliminated
Virginia Subeva 2 "Son of a Preacher Man" Saved

Week 5 (19 November)

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  • Theme: "Movie Night"
  • Musical guests: Nevena Peykova ("Трябваш ми спешно")
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Act Order Song Result
4 Magic 1 "One Night Only" Saved
Miroslava Todorova 2 "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" Bottom two
Mario & Viktoria 3 "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" Saved
Eva Parmakova 4 "River Deep, Mountain High" Saved
Milena Tsanova 5 "I See Fire" Saved
Virginia Subeva 6 "Listen" Saved
Yoana Dimitrova 7 "Оставаме" Saved
Teodor Stoyanov 8 "I'll Be There For You" Bottom two
Final showdown details
Teodor Stoyanov 1 "Сбогом, моя любов" Eliminated
Miroslava Todorova 2 "Lovesong" Saved

Week 6 (26 November)

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  • Theme: "Party Night"
  • Musical guests:
    • Mihaela Fileva ("Последни думи")
    • Slavin Slavchev and Julian's Laughter
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act Order Song Result
Yoana Dimitrova 1 "Mamma Knows Best" Saved
4 Magic 2 "Chained to the Rhythm" Bottom two
Virginia Subeva 3 "Uptown Funk" Bottom two
Eva Parmakova 4 "Ex's & Oh's" Saved
Miroslava Todorova 5 "Sway" Saved
Mario & Viktoria 6 "La Tortura" Saved
Milena Tsanova 7 "Don't Let Me Down" Saved
Final showdown details
Virginia Subeva 1 "Proud Mary" Eliminated
4 Magic 2 "Who's Lovin' You" Saved

Week 7 (3 December)

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  • Theme: "Evergreen Songs and Duets"
  • Musical guests: Mihaela Marinova ("Листата падат"), ("Един срещу друг")
Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Act Order Song Result
First song (Individual performance)
Eva Parmakova 1 "Ain't No Other Man" Bottom two
Mario & Viktoria 2 "Cose Della Vita" Bottom two
Miroslava Todorova 3 "Imagine" Saved
Milena Tsanova 4 "The Show Must Go On" Saved
4 Magic 5 "Man in the Mirror" Saved
Yoana Dimitrova 6 "Think" Saved
Second song (Duet)
Mario & Viktoria 1 "If I Ain't Got You" N/A
Milena Tsanova
Eva Parmakova 2 "When You Believe" N/A
Yoana Dimitrova
4 Magic 3 "I Will Survive" / "Survivor" N/A
Miroslava Todorova
Final showdown details
Eva Parmakova 1 "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" Saved
Mario & Viktoria 2 "Broken Strings" Eliminated

Week 8: Semi-final (10 December)

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  • Theme: Bulgaria vs. The Rest of the World
  • Musical guests: TITA ("Антилопа")
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show
Act Order First song Order Second song Result
Milena Tsanova 1 "Истина" 10 "Nobody's Perfect" Bottom three
Miroslava Todorova 2 "Недей" 6 "Writing's on the Wall" Bottom three
Yoana Dimitrova 3 "Once Upon a December" 8 "Играя стилно" Bottom three
Eva Parmakova 4 "И аз съм тук" 7 "Russian Roulette" Saved
4 Magic 5 "Зайди, зайди" 9 "Love the Way You Lie" Saved
Final showdown details
Milena Tsanova 1 "It's a Man's World" Eliminated
Yoana Dimitrova 2 "I Care" Saved
Miroslava Todorova 3 "Fallin'" Eliminated

This week's results show featured a double elimination. The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three and will perform in the final showdown then the public decide who they want to save.

Week 9: Final (17 December)

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  • Musical guests: Christiana Louizu, Kristian Kostov, Margarita Hranova, Mihaela Marinova
Contestants' performances on the ninth live show
Act Order First song
(Individual performance)
Order Second song
(Duet)
Result
Round One
Eva Parmakova 1 "Make You Feel My Love" 4 "My Kind Of Love" (with Mihaela Marinova) Eliminated
4 Magic 2 "Вечерай, Радо" 5 "Feeling Good" (with Christiana Louizu) Saved
Yoana Dimitrova 3 "Think" 6 "Болката отляво" (with Kristian Kostov) Saved
Round Two
4 Magic 1 "Set Fire to the Rain" Winner
Yoana Dimitrova 2 "All by Myself" Runner-up

References

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  1. ^ "Дахмара и Стоянчо Бучков напуснаха сцената на X Factor "Сътворението на звездите"". Nova Television. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Манал Ел Фейтури се сбогува с пети сезон на X Factor". Nova Television. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. ^ "След две поредни елиминации Treasures приключиха участието си в X Factor". Nova Television. Retrieved 3 December 2017.