X Factor (Ukrainian series 9)

X Factor is a Ukrainian television music competition to find new singing talent and part of a British franchise The X Factor. The ninth series began on 1 September 2018 and concluded on 29 December 2018. The judging panel remained the same from last series of Oleg Vinnik, Anastasia Kamenskykh, Dmytro Shurov and Andriy Danylko. Andrey Bednyakov returned as presenter of the main show on STB.

X Factor
Series 9
Hosted byAndrey Bednyakov
JudgesOleg Vinnik
Anastasia Kamenskykh
Dmytro Shurov
Andriy Danylko
WinnerZBSband
Winning mentorAnastasia Kamenskykh
Runner-upDmytro Volkanov
Release
Original networkSTB
Original release1 September (2018-09-01) –
29 December 2018 (2018-12-29)
Series chronology
← Previous
Series 8

ZBSband won the competition and for the first time on the Ukrainian version of the x factor a group won the show and Anastasia Kamenskykh became the winning for the first time.[1]

Selection process edit

Auditions edit

Judges' houses edit

Finalists edit

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third place
Mentor Acts
Boys (Danylko) Ivan Ishchenko Oleksandr Ilykha Petro Harasymiv Dmytro Volkanov
Girls (Vinnik) Palina Olha Zhmurina Margaryta Dvoynenko
Over 30s (Shurov) Mark Savin Olha Tsepkalo Oleksandr Ryabenko
Groups (Kamenskykh) Duke Time Jazzforacat ZBSband

Live Shows edit

Results summary edit

Colour key
  – Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to perform again in the sing-off
  – 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 Week 5 Week 6
ZBSband Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner
Dmytro Volkanov Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up
Mark Savin Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rd Eliminated (week 5)
Olha Zhmurina Safe Safe Bottom three Bottom three 4th Eliminated (week 5)
Duke Time Safe Safe Safe Bottom three Eliminated (week 4)
Petro Harasymiv Safe Safe Safe Bottom three Eliminated (week 4)
Palina Safe Safe Bottom three Eliminated (week 3)
Ivan Ishchenko Safe Safe Bottom three Eliminated (week 3)
Jazzforacat Safe Bottom three Eliminated (week 2)
Margaryta Dvoynenko Safe Bottom three Eliminated (week 2)
Olha Tsepkalo Bottom three Bottom three Eliminated (week 2)
Oleksandr Ilykha Bottom three Eliminated (week 1)
Oleksandr Ryabenko Bottom three Eliminated (week 1)
Bottom three Oleksandr Ilykha, Oleksandr Ryabenko, Olha Tsepkalo Jazzforacat,
Margaryta Dvoynenko, Olha Tsepkalo
Ivan Ishchenko,
Olha Zhmurina,
Palina
Duke Time,
Olha Zhmurina,
Petro Harasymiv
The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated.
Judges voted to: Save
Shurov's vote to save: Olha Tsepkalo Olha Tsepkalo Palina Olha Zhmurina
Vinnik's vote to save: Olha Tsepkalo Margaryta Dvoynenko Olha Zhmurina Olha Zhmurina
Danylko's vote to save: Oleksandr Ilykha Ivan Ishchenko Petro Harasymiv
Kamenskykh's vote to save: Olha Tsepkalo Jazzforacat Olha Zhmurina Duke Time
Eliminated Oleksandr Ilykha
1 of 4 votes to save
Minority
Jazzforacat
1 of 4 votes to save
Minority
Palina
1 of 4 votes to save
Minority
Duke Time
1 of 4 votes to save
Minority
Mark Savin
Fewest votes
to save
Dmytro Volkanov
Fewest votes
to win
Olha Tsepkalo
1 of 4 votes to save
Minority
Oleksandr Ryabenko
0 of 4 votes to save
Minority
Margaryta Dvoynenko
1 of 4 votes to save
Minority
Ivan Ishchenko
1 of 4 votes to save
Minority
Petro Harasymiv
1 of 4 votes to save
Minority
Olha Zhmurina
Fewest votes
to save

Live show details edit

Week 1 (24 November) edit

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Olha Zhmurina 1 "Шкода" Safe
Petro Harasymiv 2 "Очі на піску" Safe
Olha Tsepkalo 3 "Журавлі" Bottom three
Jazzforacat 4 "Вахтерам" Safe
Mark Savin 5 "Whatever It Takes" Safe
Ivan Ishchenko 6 "Де би я" Safe
Dmytro Volkanov 7 "Une vie d'amour" Safe
Margaryta Dvoynenko 8 "Плакала" Safe
Oleksandr Ryabenko 9 "Дождь осенний" Bottom three
ZBSband 10 "Ресницы" Safe
Oleksandr Ilykha 11 "Secret" Bottom three
Palina 12 "Тримай" Safe
Duke Time 13 "Apologize" Safe
Final showdown details
Oleksandr Ryabenko 1 "О любви немало песен сложено" Eliminated
Oleksandr Ilykha 2 "Helter Skelter" Eliminated
Olha Tsepkalo 3 "Turn Around" Saved

Week 2 (1 December) edit

Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act Order Song Result
Dmytro Volkanov 1 "Тополиный Пух" Safe
Palina 2 "Ариведерчи" Safe
Duke Time 3 "Самба белого мотылька" Safe
Ivan Ishchenko 4 "Careless Whisper" Safe
Olha Tsepkalo 5 "Ney Na Na Na" Bottom three
Jazzforacat 6 "Полковнику никто не пишет" Bottom three
ZBSband 7 "Он тебя целует" Safe
Olha Zhmurina 8 "Be My Lover" Safe
Mark Savin 9 "Февраль" Safe
Margaryta Dvoynenko 10 "Ночной Мотылек" Bottom three
Petro Harasymiv 11 "Піду втоплюся" Safe
Final showdown details
Olha Tsepkalo 1 "Sweet Child O' Mine" Eliminated
Margaryta Dvoynenko 2 "Стена" Eliminated
Jazzforacat 3 "Кораблі" Eliminated

Week 3 (8 December) edit

Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Order Song Result
Ivan Ishchenko 1 "Happy" Bottom three
Olha Zhmurina 2 "Останусь" Bottom three
Petro Harasymiv 3 "Чито-Грито" Safe
Dmytro Volkanov 4 "Jamaica" Safe
Palina 5 "Около тебя" Bottom three
ZBSband 6 "CrazyMFlove" Safe
Duke Time 7 "Bohemian Rhapsody" Safe
Mark Savin 8 "Танцы на стеклах" Safe
Final showdown details
Palina 1 "Як ты" Eliminated
Ivan Ishchenko 2 "О любвы" Eliminated
Olha Zhmurina 3 "Highway to Hell" Saved

Week 4 (15 December) edit

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Act Order First song Order Second song Result
Duke Time 1 "Цвет настроения синий" 7 "Осколки лета" Bottom three
Dmytro Volkanov 2 "Біла голубка" 8 "Livin' la Vida Loca" Safe
ZBSband 3 "Будь, що буде" 9 "Пацик хоче у Львов" Safe
Olha Zhmurina 4 "Don't Speak" 10 "After Dark" Bottom three
Petro Harasymiv 5 "А липи цвітуть" 11 "Любов останньою ніколи не буває" Bottom three
Mark Savin 6 "Квіти у волоссі" 12 "Я тебя люблю" Safe
Final showdown details
Act Order Song Result
Petro Harasymiv 1 "Материнська любов" Eliminated
Olha Zhmurina 2 "Неизвестно" Saved
Duke Time 3 "The Final Countdown" Eliminated

Week 5 Semi-final (22 December) edit

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Act Order First Song Order Second Song Order Third Song Result
Dmytro Volkanov 1 "Historia de un amor" 5 "Зибен-Зибен, Ай-Лю-Лю" (With Andriy Danylko) 9 "Голуби" Safe
ZBSband 2 "На морозі" 6 "Важно" (With Monatik) 10 "Тралики" Safe
Olha Zhmurina 3 "Whole Lotta Love" 7 "Viva Forever" (With Melanie C) 11 "О нём" Eliminated
Mark Savin 4 "Iron Sky" 8 "Too Close" (With Alex Clare) 12 "Бегу по небу" Eliminated

Week 6 Final (29 December) edit

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act Order First Song Order Second Song Result
ZBSband 1 "Пацик хоче у Львов" 3 "Птицы" Winner
Dmytro Volkanov 2 "Тополиный Пух" 4 "Ну что же ты" Runner-up

References edit

  1. ^ "ZBSband – the winner of the show "X-factor" season 9: biography of artists – Lifestyle 24 - The Koz Telegram".