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X Faktors is the Latvian version of The X Factor, a series originating from the United Kingdom. Based on the original British show, the concept of the Latvian version, as is common with international installments, is to find new singing talent (solo or groups) contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. The Latvian version first aired on 3 September 2017.
| X Faktors | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Simon Cowell |
| Presented by | Markus Riva |
| Judges | Reinis Sējāns Aija Auškāpa Intars Busulis Marats Ogļezņevs (2019–) |
| Country of origin | Latvia |
| Original language | Latvian |
| No. of seasons | 5[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV3 |
| Release | 3 September 2017 – present |
| Related | |
| The X Factor (UK) Other international versions | |
Season summary edit
To date, five seasons have been broadcast, as summarised below.
Team Reinis Sējāns
Team Aija Auškāpa
Team Intars Busulis
Team Marats Ogļezņevs
| Season | Start | Finish | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | Winning mentor | Main host | Main judges |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 September 2017 | 3 December 2017 | Arturs Gruzdiņš | Līga Rīdere | Adriana Miglāne | Tautumeitas | Aija Auškāpa | Markus Riva | Reinis Sējāns Aija Auškāpa Intars Busulis |
| 2 | 9 September 2018 | 16 December 2018 | Kattie | Baritoni | Radio Trio | Didzis Melderis | |||
| 3 | 15 September 2019 | 15 December 2019 | Elīna Gluzunova | Diāna Paško | Klāvs Ozols | Reinis Liepa | Reinis Sējāns | Reinis Sējāns Aija Auškāpa Intars Busulis Marats Ogļezņevs | |
| 4 | 12 September 2021 | 12 December 2021 | Grēta Grantiņa | Viktors Buntovskis | Eduards Rediko | Diona Liepiņa | Intars Busulis | ||
| 5 | 24 September 2023 | 10 December 2023 | Emilija Bērziņa | Luka | Katrīna Kovaļuka | Tipa | Aija Auškāpa |
Judges' categories and their contestants edit
In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three acts to progress to the live finals. This table shows, for each season, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live finals.
Key:
- – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.
| Season | Reinis Sējāns | Aija Auškāpa | Intars Busulis | N/A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Groups Tautumeitas Hypnotic The Stones Koukie Band |
16-24s Arturs Gruzdiņš Adriana Miglāne Alise Haijima Lauris Bergmanis |
Over 25s Līga Rīdere Edgars Kreilis Nadežda Maņkeviča Aivo Oskis | |
| 2 | 16-24s Didzis Melderis Roberts Memmēns Anna Ušakova Amanda Maržecka |
Over 25s Kattie Reinis Straume Laima Dimanta Oskars Millers |
Groups Baritoni Radio Trio Carnelian Signe & Jānis | |
| Season | Reinis Sējāns | Aija Auškāpa | Intars Busulis | Marats Ogļezņevs |
| 3 | Over 25s Elīna Gluzunova Reinis Liepa Pāvels Fomkins |
Girls Diāna Paško Elīna Evelīna Jansone Anna Krista Ostrovska |
Groups Rozes The Gardens Limonāde |
Boys Klāvs Ozols Artis Zaķis Kevin Dylan Feunang Dagnis Roziņš |
| 4 | Boys Viktors Buntovskis Eduards Rediko Tom Simo |
Groups We Audiokvartāls Neprāts |
Girls Grēta Grantiņa Diona Liepiņa Loreta Klibiķe |
Over 25s Edgars Kārkliņš Deniels Bērziņš Olga Palušina |
| 5 | Luka Reimaņi Estere Tauriņa |
Emilija Bērziņa Bekars Alise Gamula |
Katrīna Kovaļuka Jānis Miglāns Daniels Širmanis |
Tipa Krišjānis Brasliņš Patrīcija Spale |
Season 1 edit
Contestants edit
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third Place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-24s (Auškāpa) | Lauris Bergmanis | Arturs Gruzdiņš | Alise Haijima | Adriana Miglāne |
| Over 25s (Busulis) | Edgars Kreilis | Nadežda Maņkeviča | Aivo Oskis | Līga Rīdere |
| Groups (Sējāns) | Hypnotic | Koukie Band | The Stones | Tautumeitas |
Results summary edit
- Colour key
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two or three and had to sing again in the final showdown |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two or three but was immediately eliminated |
| – | Contestant received the most public votes |
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||||||
| Arturs Gruzdiņš | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | Winner |
| Līga Rīdere | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | Runner-Up |
| Adriana Miglāne | 5th | 4th | 9th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | Eliminated (week 8) |
| Tautumeitas | 2nd | 9th | 6th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 4th | Eliminated (week 7) | |
| Alise Haijima | 10th | 11th | 5th | 6th | 2nd | 4th | Eliminated (week 6) | ||
| Edgars Kreilis | 11th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 5th | Eliminated (week 5) | |||
| Hypnotic | 4th | 6th | 4th | 7th | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||
| The Stones | 6th | 8th | 7th | 8th | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||
| Koukie Band | 7th | 5th | 8th | Eliminated (week 3) | |||||
| Lauris Bergmanis | 9th | 7th | 10th | Eliminated (week 3) | |||||
| Nadežda Maņkeviča | 8th | 10th | Eliminated (week 2) | ||||||
| Aivo Oskis | 12th | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||
| Final showdown | Edgars Kreilis, Aivo Oskis |
Alise Haijima, Nadežda Maņkeviča |
Adriana Miglāne, Koukie Band |
Alise Haijima, Hypnotic |
Edgars Kreilis, Tautumeitas |
Alise Haijima, Tautumeitas |
Adriana Miglāne, Tautumeitas |
No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone | |
| Judges voted to eliminate: | Eliminate | ||||||||
| Sējāns's vote | Aivo Oskis | Nadežda Maņkeviča | Adriana Miglāne | Alise Haijima | Edgars Kreilis | Alise Haijima | Adriana Miglāne | ||
| Auškāpa's vote | Edgars Kreilis | Nadežda Maņkeviča | Koukie Band | Hypnotic | Edgars Kreilis | Tautumeitas | Tautumeitas | ||
| Busulis's vote | Aivo Oskis | Alise Haijima | Koukie Band | Hypnotic | Tautumeitas | Alise Haijima | Tautumeitas | ||
| Eliminated | Aivo Oskis 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Nadežda Maņkeviča 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Lauris Bergmanis Public vote |
The Stones Public vote |
Edgars Kreilis 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Alise Haijima 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Tautumeitas 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Adriana Miglāne Public vote to win |
Līga Rīdere Public vote to win |
| Koukie Band 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Hypnotic 2 of 3 votes Majority | ||||||||
Season 2 edit
Contestants edit
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third Place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-24s (Sējāns) | Amanda Maržecka | Didzis Melderis | Roberts Memmēns | Anna Ušakova |
| Over 25s (Auškāpa) | Laima Dimanta | Kattie | Oskars Millers | Reinis Straume |
| Groups (Busulis) | Baritoni | Carnelian | Radio Trio | Signe & Jānis |
Results summary edit
- Colour key
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two or three and had to sing again in the final showdown |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two or three but was immediately eliminated |
| – | Contestant received the most public votes |
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||||||
| Kattie | 9th | 7th | 9th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | Winner |
| Baritoni | 1st | 1st | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | Runner-Up |
| Radio Trio | 6th | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | Eliminated (week 8) |
| Didzis Melderis | 4th | 3rd | 7th | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | Eliminated (week 7) | |
| Carnelian | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | Eliminated (week 6) | ||
| Roberts Memmēns | 10th | 11th | 5th | 6th | 6th | Eliminated (week 5) | |||
| Signe & Jānis | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 7th | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||
| Reinis Straume | 8th | 6th | 3rd | 8th | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||
| Laima Dimanta | 5th | 8th | 8th | Eliminated (week 3) | |||||
| Anna Ušakova | 7th | 9th | 10th | Eliminated (week 3) | |||||
| Amanda Maržecka | 11th | 10th | Eliminated (week 2) | ||||||
| Oskars Millers | 12th | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||
| Final showdown | Amanda Maržecka, Oskars Millers |
Amanda Maržecka, Roberts Memmēns |
Kattie, Laima Dimanta |
Roberts Memmēns, Signe & Jānis |
Roberts Memmēns, Radio Trio |
Baritoni, Carnelian |
Didzis Melderis, Radio Trio |
No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone | |
| Judges voted to: | Eliminate | ||||||||
| Sējāns's vote | Oskars Millers | Amanda Maržecka | Kattie | Signe & Jānis | Radio Trio | Baritoni | Radio Trio | ||
| Auškāpa's vote | Amanda Maržecka | Amanda Maržecka | Laima Dimanta | Signe & Jānis | Roberts Memmēns | Carnelian | Didzis Melderis | ||
| Busulis's vote | Oskars Millers | Roberts Memmēns | Laima Dimanta | Roberts Memmēns | Roberts Memmēns | Carnelian | Didzis Melderis | ||
| Eliminated | Oskars Millers 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Amanda Maržecka 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Anna Ušakova Public vote |
Reinis Straume Public vote |
Roberts Memmēns 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Carnelian 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Didzis Melderis 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Radio Trio Public vote to win |
Baritoni Public vote to win |
| Laima Dimanta 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Signe & Jānis 2 of 3 votes Majority | ||||||||
Season 3 edit
Contestants edit
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third Place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (Ogļezņevs) | Kevin Dylan Feunang | Klāvs Ozols | Dagnis Roziņš | Artis Zaķis |
| Girls (Auškāpa) | Elīna Evelīna Jansone | Anna Krista Ostrovska | Diāna Paško | |
| Over 25s (Sējāns) | Pāvels Fomkins | Elīna Gluzunova | Reinis Liepa | |
| Groups (Busulis) | The Gardens | Limonāde | Rozes | |
Results summary edit
- Colour key
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two or three and had to sing again in the final showdown |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two or three but was immediately eliminated |
| – | Contestant received the most public votes |
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildcard vote | Elimination vote | Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||||
| Elīna Gluzunova | — | 8th | 9th | 8th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | Winner |
| Diāna Paško | — | 1st | 2nd | 7th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | Runner-Up |
| Klāvs Ozols | — | 6th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | Eliminated (week 7) |
| Reinis Liepa | — | 12th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 4th | Eliminated (week 6) | |
| Artis Zaķis | — | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 7th | 5th | Eliminated (week 5) | ||
| Rozes | — | 10th | 11th | 2nd | 5th | 6th | Eliminated (week 5) | ||
| Elīna Evelīna Jansone | — | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 6th | Eliminated (week 4) | |||
| Anna Krista Ostrovska | — | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 8th | Eliminated (week 4) | |||
| The Gardens | — | 9th | 8th | 9th | Eliminated (week 3) | ||||
| Limonāde | — | 7th | 7th | 10th | Eliminated (week 3) | ||||
| Kevin Dylan Feunang | 1st 35.0% |
4th | 10th | Eliminated (week 2) | |||||
| Dagnis Roziņš | — | 11th | 12th | Eliminated (week 2) | |||||
| Pāvels Fomkins | — | 13th | Eliminated (week 1) | ||||||
| Akvelīna Mārtinsone | 2nd 29.0% |
— | Not returned (week 1) | ||||||
| Alekss Silvērs | 3rd 18.9% |
— | Not returned (week 1) | ||||||
| CA Band | 4th 17.1% |
— | Not returned (week 1) | ||||||
| Final showdown | N/A | Pāvels Fomkins, Reinis Liepa |
Kevin Dylan Feunang, Rozes |
The Gardens, Elīna Gluzunova |
Elīna Evelīna Jansone, Artis Zaķis |
Klāvs Ozols, Artis Zaķis |
Reinis Liepa, Diāna Paško |
No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone | |
| Judges voted to: | Eliminate | ||||||||
| Sējāns's vote | Pāvels Fomkins | Kevin Dylan Feunang | The Gardens | Elīna Evelīna Jansone | Artis Zaķis | Diāna Paško | |||
| Auškāpa's vote | Reinis Liepa | Kevin Dylan Feunang | The Gardens | Artis Zaķis | Artis Zaķis | Reinis Liepa | |||
| Ogļezņevs's vote | Pāvels Fomkins | Rozes | The Gardens | Elīna Evelīna Jansone | abstained | Reinis Liepa | |||
| Busulis's vote | Pāvels Fomkins | Kevin Dylan Feunang | Elīna Gluzunova | Elīna Evelīna Jansone | Artis Zaķis | Diāna Paško | |||
| Eliminated | Pāvels Fomkins 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Dagnis Roziņš Public vote |
Limonāde Public vote |
Anna Krista Ostrovska Public vote |
Rozes Public vote |
Reinis Liepa 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Klāvs Ozols Public vote to win |
Diāna Paško Public vote to win | |
| Kevin Dylan Feunang 3 of 4 votes Majority |
The Gardens 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Elīna Evelīna Jansone 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Artis Zaķis 3 of 4 votes Majority | ||||||
Season 4 edit
Contestants edit
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third Place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (Sējāns) | Viktors Buntovskis | Eduards Rediko | Tom Simo |
| Girls (Busulis) | Grēta Grantiņa | Loreta Klibiķe | Diona Liepiņa |
| Over 25s (Ogļezņevs) | Deniels Bērziņš | Edgars Kārkliņš | Olga Palušina |
| Groups (Auškāpa) | Audiokvartāls | Neprāts | We |
Results summary edit
- Colour key
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two or three and had to sing again in the final showdown |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two or three but was immediately eliminated |
| – | Contestant received the most public votes |
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||||
| Grēta Grantiņa | 7th | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | Winner |
| Viktors Buntovskis | 1st | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | Runner-Up |
| Eduards Rediko | 9th | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | Eliminated (week 6) |
| Diona Liepiņa | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 4th | 3rd | Eliminated (week 5) | |
| Edgars Kārkliņš | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 5th | Eliminated (week 4) | ||
| Deniels Bērziņš | 8th | 6th | 7th | 6th | Eliminated (week 4) | ||
| We | 10th | 3rd | 6th | Eliminated (week 3) | |||
| Olga Palušina | 6th | 9th | 8th | Eliminated (week 3) | |||
| Audiokvartāls | 4th | 8th | Eliminated (week 2) | ||||
| Loreta Klibiķe | 5th | 10th | Eliminated (week 2) | ||||
| Tom Simo | 11th | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||
| Neprāts | 12th | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||
| Final showdown | Tom Simo, We |
Audiokvartāls, Olga Palušina |
Deniels Bērziņš, We |
Edgars Kārkliņš, Diona Liepiņa |
Diona Liepiņa, Eduards Rediko |
No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone | |
| Judges voted to: | Eliminate | ||||||
| Sējāns's vote | We | Audiokvartāls | We | Edgars Kārkliņš | Diona Liepiņa | ||
| Auškāpa's vote | Tom Simo | Olga Palušina | Deniels Bērziņš | Edgars Kārkliņš | Diona Liepiņa | ||
| Ogļezņevs's vote | Tom Simo | Audiokvartāls | We | Diona Liepiņa | Eduards Rediko | ||
| Busulis's vote | Tom Simo | Audiokvartāls | Deniels Bērziņš | Edgars Kārkliņš | Eduards Rediko | ||
| Eliminated | Neprāts Public vote |
Loreta Klibiķe Public vote |
Olga Palušina Public vote |
Deniels Bērziņš Public vote |
Diona Liepiņa 2 of 4 votes Lifeline vote |
Eduards Rediko Public vote to win |
Viktors Buntovskis Public vote to win |
| Tom Simo 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Audiokvartāls 3 of 4 votes Majority |
We 2 of 4 votes Lifeline vote |
Edgars Kārkliņš 3 of 4 votes Majority | ||||
Season 5 edit
Contestants edit
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third Place
- – Withdrew
| Mentor | Acts | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Reinis Sējāns | Luka | Reimaņi | Estere Tauriņa |
| Aija Auškāpa | Bekars | Emilija Bērziņa | Alise Gamula |
| Intars Busulis | Katrīna Kovaļuka | Jānis Miglāns | Daniels Širmanis |
| Marats Ogļezņevs | Krišjānis Brasliņš | Patrīcija Spale | Tipa |
Results summary edit
- Colour key
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two, three or four and had to sing again in the final showdown |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom three or four but was immediately eliminated |
| – | Contestant received the most public votes |
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||||
| Emilija Bērziņa | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner | |
| Luka | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up | |
| Katrīna Kovaļuka | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | 3rd | Eliminated (week 5) | |
| Tipa | Safe | Bottom three | Bottom two | Bottom three | Eliminated (week 4) | ||
| Krišjānis Brasliņš | Bottom four | Safe | Safe | 5th | Eliminated (week 4) | ||
| Bekars | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 3) | |||
| Jānis Miglāns | Safe | Safe | Withdrew (week 3) | ||||
| Daniels Širmanis | Safe | Bottom three | Eliminated (week 2) | ||||
| Patrīcija Spale | Safe | 9th | Eliminated (week 2) | ||||
| Reimaņi | Bottom four | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||
| Estere Tauriņa | 11-12th | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||
| Alise Gamula | 11-12th | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||
| Final showdown | Krišjānis Brasliņš, Reimaņi |
Daniels Širmanis, Tipa |
Bekars, Tipa |
Katrīna Kovaļuka, Tipa |
No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone | ||
| Judges voted to: | Eliminate | ||||||
| Sējāns's vote | Krišjānis Brasliņš | Daniels Širmanis | Bekars | Katrīna Kovaļuka | |||
| Auškāpa's vote | Reimaņi | Daniels Širmanis | Tipa | Tipa | |||
| Ogļezņevs's vote | Reimaņi | Daniels Širmanis | Bekars | Katrīna Kovaļuka | |||
| Busulis's vote | Reimaņi | Tipa | Tipa | Tipa | |||
| Eliminated | Estere Tauriņa Public vote Alise Gamula Public vote |
Patrīcija Spale Public vote |
Bekars 2 of 4 votes Lifeline vote |
Krišjānis Brasliņš Public vote |
Katrīna Kovaļuka Public vote to win |
Luka Public vote to win | |
| Reimaņi 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Daniels Širmanis 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Tipa 2 of 4 votes Lifeline vote | |||||
Trivia edit
Both Roberts Memmēns and Dagnis Roziņš are current members of the pop-rap group Citi Zēni, who gained popularity as the Latvian entry for 2022 Eurovision Song Contest with the song, Eat Your Salad.