The X Factor (Greek TV series) series 7
The X Factor is a Greek and Cypriot television music competition to find new singing talent. The seventh series began airing on Mega Channel on March 18, 2022.[1] Singer Christos Mastoras returned as judge for his second season, and three new judges joined, singer Mariza Rizou, singer and songwriter Stelios Rokkos and singer and songwriter Michalis Kouinelis, who replaced Giorgos Theofanous, Melina Aslanidou and Michael Tsaousopoulos. The director and actor Andreas Georgiou takes over the presentation of the live shows, who replaced Despina Vandi. Singer Ilias Bogdanos and singer Katerina Lioliou were the backstage-hosts, who replaced Aris Makris.[2] Ilias Psinakis was the guest judge only in the live shows.[3] Nikos Mouratidis was the guest judge only in the live shows since the fourth week.
| The X Factor | |
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| Series 7 | |
| Hosted by |
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| Judges |
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| Winner | Katerina Lazaridou |
| Runner-up | Aggelos Archaniotakis |
| Release | |
| Original network | |
| Original release | March 18, 2022 – present |
| Series chronology | |
Judges and presenters edit
On February 1, 2022, Mega Channel announced that Christos Mastoras will return for his second season and with Mariza Rizou, Stelios Rokkos and Michalis Kouinelis, as the judges. Also the two backstage-hosts were announced, Ilias Bogdanos and Katerina Lioliou.[4][5][6] On February 15, 2022, it was announced that Andreas Georgiou will be the host of the live shows.[7]
Four-chair challenge edit
40 acts faced the four-chair challenge, 10 from each team. The challenges were broadcast on 28 April, 29 April, 5 May and 12 May.
Key:
- – Contestant was immediately eliminated after performance without given a chair
- – Contestant was given a chair but swapped out later in the competition and eventually eliminated
- – Contestant was given a chair and made the final four of their own team
| Episode | Mentor | Order | Act | Song | Mentor's decision | Swapped with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 14 (28 April) |
Mariza Rizou | 1 | Natalia Corvington | "Read All About It" | Put in chair 1 | – |
| 2 | Evelina Katsiakou | "Thalasses" | Put in chair 2 | – | ||
| 3 | Sokratis Xaris | "Jealous" | Put in chair 3 | – | ||
| 4 | Tolis Papadopoulos | "Megalos Erotas" | Put in chair 4 | – | ||
| 5 | Case Zero | "Superstition" | Put in chair 4 | Tolis Papadopoulos | ||
| 6 | Aggelos Archaniotakis | "No Time to Die" | Put in chair 1 | Natalia Corvington | ||
| 7 | Epoches | "Mazi Sou" | Eliminated | – | ||
| 8 | Artemis Kiriakopoulou | "Stone Cold" | Put in chair 3 | Sokratis Xaris | ||
| 9 | Irodotos Miltiadous | "Triadafilleni" | Eliminated | – | ||
| 10 | Christos Adamopoulos | "O Vithos sou" | Put in chair 3 | Artemis Kiriakopoulou | ||
| Episode 15 (29 May) |
Michalis Kouinelis | 1 | Ilektra Asithianaki | "You Don't Own Me" | Put in chair 1 | – |
| 2 | Nikolas Konstantinou | "De Fevgo" | Put in chair 2 | – | ||
| 3 | Ioli Pedara | "Dance Monkey" | Put in chair 3 | – | ||
| 4 | Vasilis Mitsios | "Ela pou Fovamai" | Put in chair 4 | – | ||
| 5 | Anima | "Adecho" | Eliminated | – | ||
| 6 | Giannis Papapetrou | "Billie Jean" | Eliminated | – | ||
| 7 | Miltos Charovas | "Another Love" | Put in chair 2 | Nikolas Konstantinou | ||
| 8 | Duke | "Lose Yourself" | Eliminated | – | ||
| 9 | Giname | "Tetoia Nychta mi Rotisis" | Put in chair 4 | Vasilis Mitsios | ||
| 10 | Giannis Onisiforou | "Dancing On My Own" | Put in chair 1 | Ilektra Asithianaki | ||
| Episode 16 (5 May) |
Stelios Rokkos | 1 | Kristiana Chatzopoulou | "Bad Romance" | Put in chair 1 | – |
| 2 | Despina Leodi | "De Milame" | Eliminated | – | ||
| 3 | Ocean DVST | "Havana" | Put in chair 2 | – | ||
| 4 | Faith Pandac | "Talking to the Moon" | Put in chair 3 | – | ||
| 5 | Lina Alatsidou | "Parapono (I Xenitia)" | Put in chair 4 | – | ||
| 6 | Thanos Lambrou | "Sign of the Times" | Put in chair 3 | Faith Pandac | ||
| 7 | Decho | "Stis Ekklisias tin Porta"/"Wake Me Up" | Put in chair 2 | Ocean DVST | ||
| 8 | JCJO | "Make It Rain" | Put in chair 1 | Kristiana Chatzopoulou | ||
| 9 | Sofia Salvaridou | "Hello" | Eliminated | – | ||
| 10 | Elena Panagiotidou | "Emena Na Akous" | Put in chair 4 | Lina Alatsidou | ||
| Episode 17 (12 May) |
Christos Mastoras | 1 | Shady | "Sto Xthes tha Zeis" | Put in chair 1 | – |
| 2 | The Music Couple | "Easy on Me" | Put in chair 2 | – | ||
| 3 | Pavlos Asprogerakas | "Pou na 'sai" | Put in chair 3 | – | ||
| 4 | Elpida Aslanidou | "She Used to Be Mine" | Put in chair 4 | – | ||
| 5 | Borek | "Otan Se Eixa Protodei" | Put in chair 1 | Shady | ||
| 6 | Apostolia Andreadou | "My Love" | Eliminated | – | ||
| 7 | Aristea Alexandraki | "River" | Put in chair 2 | The Music Couple | ||
| 8 | Alexandros Razis | "Sigxorese Me" | Eliminated | – | ||
| 9 | Konstantinos Ntasios | "Rock n' Roll Sto Krevati" | Put in chair 3 | Pavlos Asprogerakas | ||
| 10 | Katerina Lazaridou | "Ego S' Agapisa Edo" | Put in chair 4 | Elpida Aslanidou | ||
Contestants edit
The top 16 acts were confirmed as follows:
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
| Contestant | Age(s) | Hometown | Mentor | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katerina Lazaridou | 24 | Thessaloniki | Christos Mastoras | Winner |
| Aggelos Archaniotakis | 19 | Cyprus | Mariza Rizou | Runner-up |
| Elena Panagiotidou | 23 | Thessaloniki | Stelios Rokkos | 3rd Place |
| Christos Adamopoulos | 25 | Athens | Mariza Rizou | 4th place |
| Giname | N/A | Ioannina | Michalis Kouinelis | 5th place |
| Evelina Katsiakou | 27 | Nafplio | Mariza Rizou | 6th-8th place |
| Giannis Onisiforou | 21 | Cyprus | Michalis Kouinelis | |
| Thanos Lambrou | 21 | Athens | Stelios Rokkos | |
| Miltos Charovas | 17 | Rhodes | Michalis Kouinelis | 9th place |
| JCJO | 27 | Thessaloniki | Stelios Rokkos | 10th place |
| Konstantinos Ntasios | 18 | Epirus | Christos Mastoras | 11th place |
| Borek | 35 | Athens | Christos Mastoras | 12th place |
| Decho | N/A | N/A | Stelios Rokkos | 13th-14th place |
| Ioli Pedara | 26 | Thessaloniki | Michalis Kouinelis | |
| Aristea Alexandraki | 21 | Crete | Christos Mastoras | 15th-16th place |
| Case Zero | N/A | N/A | Mariza Rizou |
Live shows edit
The contestants were announced after each team performed at Four-chair challenge. There were 16 contestants (4 from each team). The Live Shows began airing on 22 May 2022.
Results summary edit
- Colour key
Act in team Mariza Rizou
Act in team Christos Mastoras
Act in team Michalis Kouinelis
Act in team Stelios Rokkos
| – | Act was in the bottom two and had to perform again in the sing-off |
| – | Act was in the bottom three but was saved by Ilias Psinakis and did not have to perform in the sing-off |
| – | Act received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no sing-off) |
| – | Act did not perform on that particular week |
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Semi-Final | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katerina Lazaridou | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner | |||
| Aggelos Archaniotakis | Saved | Safe | Bottom three | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up | |||
| Elena Panagiotidou | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd place | |||
| Christos Adamopoulos | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 4th place | |||
| Giname | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 5th place | ||||
| Evelina Katsiakou | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 6th-8th | Eliminated (semi-final) | |||
| Giannis Onisiforou | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Safe | Bottom three | 6th-8th | ||||
| Thanos Lambrou | Saved | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Bottom three | 6th-8th | ||||
| Miltos Charovas | Saved | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Bottom three | Eliminated (week 6) | ||||
| JCJO | Safe | Bottom three | Safe | Bottom three | Eliminated (week 5) | |||||
| Konstantinos Ntasios | Safe | Bottom three | Bottom three | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||||
| Borek | Saved | Bottom three | Eliminated (week 3) | |||||||
| Decho | 13th-14th | Eliminated (week 2) | ||||||||
| Ioli Pedara | 13th-14th | |||||||||
| Aristea Alexandraki | 15th-16th | Eliminated (week 1) | ||||||||
| Case Zero | 15th-16th | |||||||||
| Saved By Psinakis | Aggelos Archaniotakis | Miltos Charovas | JCJO | Aggelos Archaniotakis | Miltos Charovas | Thanos Lambrou | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone | |||
| Borek | Thanos Lambrou | |||||||||
| Final showdown | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone | Borek | Giannis Onisiforou | JCJO | Giannis Onisiforou | |||||
| Konstantinos Ntasios | Konstantinos Ntasios | Thanos Lambrou | Miltos Charovas | |||||||
| Judges voted to | Eliminate | |||||||||
| Rizou' vote | Borek | Konstantinos Ntasios | Thanos Lambrou | Giannis Onisiforou | ||||||
| Mastoras' vote | Borek (×2) | Giannis Onisiforou | JCJO | Giannis Onisiforou | ||||||
| Kouinelis' vote | Konstantinos Ntasios | Konstantinos Ntasios | Thanos Lambrou | Miltos Charovas (×2) | ||||||
| Rokkos' vote | Konstantinos Ntasios | Konstantinos Ntasios | JCJO (×2) | Miltos Charovas | ||||||
| Eliminated | Aristea Alexandraki Public Vote |
Decho Public Vote |
Borek 3 of 5 votes Majority |
Konstantinos Ntasios 3 of 4 votes Majority |
JCJO 3 of 5 votes Majority |
Miltos Charovas 3 of 5 votes Majority |
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| Case Zero Public Vote |
Ioli Pedara Public Vote | |||||||||
Live show details edit
Week 1 (22 May) edit
- Opening Performance: Mariza Rizou and her team: ("Petao") and Christos Mastoras and his team: ("Ola moiazoun kalokairi"/"Sweat (A La La La La Long)")
In the first live show, only the teams of Christos Mastoras and Mariza Rizou competed. This week's results show featured a double elimination, one from each team. This week's judge Ilias Psinakis had the power to give immunity to two contestants from each team. The act with the fewest public votes was then automatically eliminated.
| Act | Mentor | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aristea Alexandraki | Christos Mastoras | 1 | "Fotiá" | Eliminated |
| Konstantinos Ntasios | 2 | "I Wanna Be Your Slave" | Safe | |
| Evelina Katsiakou | Mariza Rizou | 3 | "Xenos gia senane kai ehthros" | Safe |
| Aggelos Archaniotakis | 4 | "Toxic" | Saved By Psinakis | |
| Case Zero | 5 | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | Eliminated | |
| Katerina Lazaridou | Christos Mastoras | 6 | "Ela Kai Ragise Ton Kosmo Mou" | Safe |
| Borek | 7 | "Freestyler"/"Clint Eastwood" | Saved By Psinakis | |
| Christos Adamopoulos | Mariza Rizou | 8 | "Melisses" | Safe |
| No Final Showdown | ||||
Week 2 (29 May) edit
- Opening Performance: Stelios Rokkos and his team: ("Aggeloi") and Michalis Kouinelis and his team ("Still D.R.E."/"Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime"/"To Spourgiti")
In the second live show, only the teams of Stelios Rokkos and Michalis Kouinelis competed. This week's results show featured a double elimination, one from each team. This week's judge Ilias Psinakis had the power to give immunity to two contestants from each team. The act with the fewest public votes was then automatically eliminated.
| Act | Mentor | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miltos Charovas | Michalis Kouinelis | 1 | "Pio Poli" | Saved By Psinakis |
| Decho | Stelios Rokkos | 2 | "Opou Kai Na Pao"/"Maniac" | Eliminated |
| JCJO | 3 | "My Life Is Going On" | Safe | |
| Ioli Pedara | Michalis Kouinelis | 4 | "Break My Heart" | Eliminated |
| Giname | 5 | "Diodia"/"Ebodia" | Safe | |
| Elena Panagiotidou | Stelios Rokkos | 6 | "Gia pou to 'vales kardia mou" | Safe |
| Thanos Lambrou | 7 | "Blinding Lights" | Saved By Psinakis | |
| Giannis Onisiforou | Michalis Kouinelis | 8 | "Hallelujah" | Safe |
| No Final Showdown | ||||
Week 3 (5 June) edit
All the teams were to perform on the same night for first time this series. The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three, and judge Ilias Psinakis had the power to give immunity one of the acts of the bottom three. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.
| Act | Mentor | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borek | Christos Mastoras | 1 | "Levitating" | Bottom three |
| Christos Adamopoulos | Mariza Rizou | 2 | "An" | Safe |
| Miltos Charovas | Michalis Kouinelis | 3 | "Love Yourself" | Safe |
| Elena Panagiotidou | Stelios Rokkos | 4 | "Edeka Para" | Safe |
| Aggelos Archaniotakis | Mariza Rizou | 5 | "It's a Sin" | Safe |
| Katerina Lazaridou | Christos Mastoras | 6 | "Amarties" | Safe |
| JCJO | Stelios Rokkos | 7 | "Way Down We Go" | Bottom three; Saved By Psinakis |
| Thanos Lambrou | 8 | "Ragismena Gialia" | Safe | |
| Konstantinos Ntasios | Christos Mastoras | 9 | "Esorouha" | Bottom three |
| Giannis Onisiforou | Michalis Kouinelis | 10 | "Arcade" | Safe |
| Giname | 11 | "Mono Ex Epafis"/"Diiris Psihi" | Safe | |
| Evelina Katsiakou | Mariza Rizou | 12 | "Afti i nyhta menei" | Safe |
| Sing-off details | ||||
| Konstantinos Ntasios | Christos Mastoras | 1 | "Tosa Kalokairia" | Saved |
| Borek | 2 | "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" | Eliminated | |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Rizou: Borek
- Mastoras: Borek (×2)
- Kouinelis: Konstantinos Ntasios
- Rokkos: Konstantinos Ntasios
Week 4 (19 June) edit
The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three, and judge Ilias Psinakis had the power to give immunity one of the acts of the bottom three. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.
| Act | Mentor | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giname | Michalis Kouinelis | 1 | "Poso"/"Smooth" | Safe |
| Christos Adamopoulos | Mariza Rizou | 2 | "Oneiro Apatilo" | Safe |
| Thanos Lambrou | Stelios Rokkos | 3 | "One Way or Another" | Safe |
| Konstantinos Ntasios | Christos Mastoras | 4 | "Den Xoras Pouthena" | Bottom three |
| Elena Panagiotidou | Stelios Rokkos | 5 | "Etsi Agapao Ego" | Safe |
| Katerina Lazaridou | Christos Mastoras | 6 | "Mazi sou" | Safe |
| Miltos Charovas | Michalis Kouinelis | 7 | "Treat You Better" | Safe |
| JCJO | Stelios Rokkos | 8 | "To Palio Mou Palto" | Safe |
| Aggelos Archaniotakis | Mariza Rizou | 9 | "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" | Bottom three; Saved By Psinakis |
| Evelina Katsiakou | 10 | "Otan Pinei mia Gynaika" | Safe | |
| Giannis Onisiforou | Michalis Kouinelis | 11 | "Take Me to Church" | Bottom three |
| Sing-off details | ||||
| Giannis Onisiforou | Michalis Kouinelis | 1 | "Fool's Gold" | Saved |
| Konstantinos Ntasios | Christos Mastoras | 2 | "Personal Jesus" | Eliminated |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Rizou: Konstantinos Ntasios
- Mastoras: Giannis Onisiforou
- Kouinelis: Konstantinos Ntasios
- Rokkos: Konstantinos Ntasios
Week 5 (26 June) edit
The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three, and judge Ilias Psinakis had the power to give immunity one of the acts of the bottom three. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.
| Act | Mentor | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miltos Charovas | Michalis Kouinelis | 1 | "Mia Zoi Mazi" | Bottom three; Saved By Psinakis |
| Evelina Katsiakou | Mariza Rizou | 2 | "Ta Kormia kai ta Maxairia" | Safe |
| Thanos Lambrou | Stelios Rokkos | 3 | "Tha pio apopse to Feggari" | Bottom three |
| Giname | Michalis Kouinelis | 4 | "Exotiko Harmani" | Safe |
| Giannis Onisiforou | 5 | "Stay with Me" | Safe | |
| Katerina Lazaridou | Christos Mastoras | 6 | "Ta Leme" | Safe |
| JCJO | Stelios Rokkos | 7 | "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" | Bottom three |
| Christos Adamopoulos | Mariza Rizou | 8 | "To Venzinadiko" | Safe |
| Aggelos Archaniotakis | 9 | "Time Is Running Out" | Safe | |
| Elena Panagiotidou | Stelios Rokkos | 10 | "Ti na to Kano" | Safe |
| Sing-off details | ||||
| JCJO | Stelios Rokkos | 1 | "Beggin'" | Eliminated |
| Thanos Lambrou | 2 | "Imagine" | Saved | |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Rizou: Thanos Lambrou
- Mastoras: JCJO
- Kouinelis: Thanos Lambrou
- Rokkos: JCJO (×2)
Week 6 (3 July) edit
The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three, and judge Ilias Psinakis had the power to give immunity one of the acts of the bottom three. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.
Due to personal reasons, the group Giname were unable to perform. They were given a bye to the following week.
| Act | Mentor | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elena Panagiotidou | Stelios Rokkos | 1 | "Tha Spaso Koupes" | Safe |
| Miltos Charovas | Michalis Kouinelis | 2 | "Oti Pio Omorfo Eho Dei" | Bottom three |
| Thanos Lambrou | Stelios Rokkos | 3 | "S'eho Erotefthi" | Bottom three; Saved By Psinakis |
| Aggelos Archaniotakis | Mariza Rizou | 4 | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Safe |
| Giannis Onisiforou | Michalis Kouinelis | 5 | "Always Remember Us This Way" | Bottom three |
| Katerina Lazaridou | Christos Mastoras | 6 | "Den Eho Idea" | Safe |
| Christos Adamopoulos | Mariza Rizou | 7 | "O Amlet Tis Selinis" | Safe |
| Evelina Katsiakou | 8 | "To Dikio mou" | Safe | |
| Sing-off details | ||||
| Giannis Onisiforou | Michalis Kouinelis | 1 | "Too Close" | Saved |
| Miltos Charovas | 2 | "Opos Ego" | Eliminated | |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Rizou: Giannis Onisiforou
- Mastoras: Giannis Onisiforou
- Kouinelis: Miltos Charovas (×2)
- Rokkos: Miltos Charovas
Week 7: Semi-Final (8 July) edit
| Act | Mentor | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanos Lambrou | Stelios Rokkos | 1 | "Hold Back the River" | |
| Giannis Onisiforou | Michalis Kouinelis | 2 | "Falling" | |
| Evelina Katsiakou | Mariza Rizou | 3 | "Lioma se Gkremo" | |
| Christos Adamopoulos | 4 | "Fila me" | ||
| Katerina Lazaridou | Christos Mastoras | 5 | "Trava Skandali" | |
| Giname | Michalis Kouinelis | 6 | ||
| 7 | ||||
| 8 | ||||
| No Final Showdown | ||||
Week 8: Final (10 July) edit
References edit
- ^ "Πρεμιέρα την Παρασκευή 18 Μαρτίου για το X-Factor στο MEGA". 17 March 2022.
- ^ "X Factor: Ποιοί είναι οι κριτές, ο παρουσιαστής και οι συντελεστές στο backstage". 15 February 2022.
- ^ "X-Factor: Η εμφάνιση – έκπληξη του Ηλία Ψινάκη". 22 May 2022.
- ^ "X-FACTOR: Αποκαλύπτουμε το πρώτο μέλος της επιτροπής & ποιος θα παρουσιάζει το backstage!". February 2022.
- ^ "X- Factor: Μαρίζα Ρίζου και Χρήστος Μάστορας στην τελική ευθεία για την κριτική επιτροπή". February 2022.
- ^ "X-Factor: Αυτός είναι ο τέταρτος κριτής του σόου". February 2022.
- ^ "X-Factor: Παρουσιαστής του talent show, o Ανδρέας Γεωργίου". 15 February 2022.