The X Factor (Greek TV series) series 3 explained

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Host:Sakis Rouvas (Live Shows)
Giorgos Lianos (Audition Shows)
Maria Sinatsaki (Audition Shows)
Judges:George Levendis
Giorgos Theofanous
Katerina Gagaki
Nikos Mouratidis
Winner:Haris Antoniou
Runner Up:Alexandros Notas
Network:ANT1

The X Factor is a Greek television reality music competition, based on the original series in the UK, to find new singing talent. The winner of which receives a recording contract with Sony Music Greece is Haris Antoniou. The third series began airing on ANT1 on 1 October 2010 and ended on 11 February 2011. The show was presented by Sakis Rouvas, with Giorgos Lianos and Maria Sinatsaki hosting the audition shows. The competition is split into several stages: auditions, bootcamp, judges' houses and live shows. Auditions took place throughout July and September 2010, with George Levendis, Giorgos Theofanous, Katerina Gagaki and Nikos Mouratidis returning as judges. Following bootcamp, successful acts were split into four categories: Boys (male soloists aged 16 to 24), Girls (female soloists aged 16 to 24), Over-25s (soloists aged 25 and over) and Groups. The live shows started on 29 October 2010. It is also broadcast abroad via ANT1's international stations.

Selection process

Auditions

The first appeal for auditions occurred on June. The Auditions began in Nicosia on 23 July 2010 and concluded in New York City for the first time in the history of the Greek X Factor, on 12 September 2010.

Audition Venues

Audition cityDatesVenue
Nicosia24–25 July 2010Hilton Park
Athens18–20 August 2010Studio Kappa
Thessaloniki24–26 August 2010Μet Hotel
New York City10–12 September 2010NEP Midtown Studios[1]

Bootcamp

The "bootcamp" stage of the competition began on 20 September 2010 at the Goudi Olympic Complex, which is now the site of the ultra-modern Badminton Theater, hosting major theatrical productions and completed on 23 September 2010. This stage of the competition was aired on 22 October 2010. In this stage, the judges decided at each category the top 20 acts and finally the top 8 acts who qualified to the Judges' Houses. Katerina Gagaki will mentor Girls Under 24, George Levendis has the Boys Under 24, Nikos Mouratidis was given the 25s and Over and Giorgos Theofanous the Groups category.

Judges Houses

In the next round the judges reduced their 8 acts to locations around Greece. Nikos Mouratidis decided the 4 acts that will follow him to the live shows in Athens, Katerina Gagaki in Santorini, George Levendis in Ithaca and Giorgos Theofanous in Athens.This stage of the competition aired on 27 October 2010. After the judges, narrowed down the contestants to four each.

The sixteen eliminated acts were:

Contestants and categories

The top 16 acts were confirmed as follows:

Key:

 - Winner

 - Runner-up

 - Third Place

Category (mentor) Acts
Over 25s (Nikos Mouratidis) Elena Anagiotou Alexandros Notas Grigoris Georgiou Patrick Guibert
Girls 16-24 (Katerina Gagaki) Nikki PonteMaria KatikaridouElena GeorgiouKirki Katsarou
Boys 16-24 (George Levendis) Alexis ZafeirakisDimitris TheodorakoglouHaris AntoniouKostantinos Anastasiadis
Groups (Giorgos Theofanous)The Burning Sticks Revolt T.U. Tik Tok

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 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13Week 14Week 15
Haris AntoniouSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafe SafeBottom 2 SafeWinner
Alexandros NotasSafeSafeSafeSafeSafe SafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeRunner-Up
Nikki PonteSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafe SafeSafe3rdThird
T.U.15thSafeSafeSafeBottom 2SafeBottom 2SafeBottom 2SafeBottom 2 Bottom 2 Bottom 2Eliminated (week 13)
Dimitris TheodorakoglouSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafe8thSafeBottom 2SafeBottom 2Eliminated (week 12)
Grigoris GeorgiouSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafe SafeSafeSafeSafeBottom 2Eliminated (week 11)
Konstantinos AnastasiadisSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeBottom 2Eliminated (week 10)
Elena AnagiotouSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeBottom 2Eliminated (week 9)
Maria KatikaridouSafeSafeSafeSafeSafeBottom 2Safe9thEliminated (week 8)
The Burning SticksSafeSafeBottom 2SafeSafe SafeBottom 2Eliminated (week 7)
Patrick GuibertSafeBottom 2SafeSafeSafeBottom 2Eliminated (week 6)
RevoltSafeSafeSafeBottom 2Bottom 2Eliminated (week 5)
Kirki KatsarouSafeSafeSafeBottom 2Eliminated (week 4)
Alexis ZafeirakisSafeSafeBottom 2Eliminated (week 3)
Tik TokSafe Bottom 2Eliminated (week 2)
Elena Georgiou16th Eliminated (week 1)
Final showdown Elena Georgiou,
T.U.		Patrick Guibert,
Tik Tok		Alexis Zafeirakis,
The Burining Striks		Kirki Katsarou,
Revolt		Revolt,
T.U.		Maria Katikardiou,
Patrick Guibert		The Burning Sticks,
T.U.		Maria Katikardiou,
Dimitris Theodorakoglou		Elena Anagiotou,
T.U.		Konstantinos Anastasiadis,
Dimitris Theodorakoglou		Grigoris Georgiou,
T.U.		Dimitris Theodorakoglou,
T.U.		Harris Antoniou,
T.U.		No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone
Mouratidis's vote to eliminateT.U. Tik Tok Alexis Zafeirakis Kirki Katsarou Revolt Maria Katikardiou The Burning Sticks Dimitris Theodorakoglou T.U. Konstantinos Anastasiadis T.U. Dimitris Theodorakoglou T.U.
Gagaki's vote to eliminateT.U. Tik Tok Alexis Zafeirakis Revolt Revolt Patrick Guibert T.U. Dimitris Theodorakoglou Elena Anagiotou Konstantinos Anastasiadis Grigoris Georgiou Dimitris Theodorakoglou T.U.
Levendis's vote to eliminateElena Georgiou Tik Tok The Burning Sticks Kirki Katsarou Revolt Patrick Guibert The Burning Sticks Maria Katikardiou Elena Anagiotou Konstantinos Anastasiadis(x2) Grigoris Georgiou T.U. T.U.
Theofanous's vote to eliminateElena Gerogiou Patrick Guibert Alexis Zafeirakis Kirki Katsarou N/A Patrick Guibert The Burning Sticks (x2) Maria Katikardiou Elena Anagiotou Dimitris Theodorakoglou Grigoris Georgiou Dimitris Theodorakoglou Harris Antoniou
EliminatedElena Georgiou
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock		Tik Tok
3 of 4 votes
Majority		Alexis Zafeirakis
3 of 4 votes
Majority		Kirki Katsarou
3 of 4 votes
Majority		Revolt
3 of 3 votes
Majority		Patrick Guibert
3 of 4 votes
Majority		The Burning Sticks
4 of 5 votes
Majority		Maria Katikardiou
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock		Elena Anagiotou
3 of 4 votes
Majority		Konstantinos Anastasiadis
4 of 5 votes
Grigoris Georgiou
3 of 4 votes
Dimitris Theodorakoglou
3 of 4 votes
T.U.
3 of 4 votes
Niki Ponte
Third Place		Alexandros Notas
Runner-Up
Harris Antoniou
Winner

Live shows

The live shows began on 29 October 2009, with contestants performing on the Friday night shows and the results being announced later on the same day, and continued through to the finale on 11 February 2011. Like the previous series, the televoters had the chance to vote from the beginning of the show.

Week 1 (29 October 2010)

Act! scope="col"
OrderSongResult
Alexis Zafeirakis1"Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)" Safe
Nikki Ponte 2"Teenage Dream" Safe
Grigoris Georgiou 3"Se Thelo San Trelos" Safe
Tik Tok 4"Tik Tok" Safe
Kostantinos Anastasiadis 5"To Kalokairi Mou" Safe
Maria Katikaridou 6"Den Ehi Sidera I Kardia Sou" Safe
The Burning Sticks 7"Earth Song" Safe
Patrick Guibert 8"Sympathique" Safe
Dimitris Theodorakoglou 9"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" Safe
T.U 10"Andexa" Bottom two
Alexandros Notas 11"Prigipessa" Safe
Kirki Katsarou 12"Ayo Technology" Safe
Haris Antoniou 13"S'eho Erotefthi" Safe
Revolt 14"Kryfa" Safe
Elena Georgiou 15"Oti Axizei" Bottom two
Elena Anagiotou16"Aperanto Keno" Safe
Final showdown details
T.U 1N/ASafe
Elena Georgiou 2N/AEliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate:

The result went to deadlock, and Elena Georgiou was eliminated from the competition.

Week 2 (5 November 2010)

Act! scope="col"
OrderSongResult
Dimitris Theodorakoglou 1"To the Moon and Back" Safe
Maria Katikaridou 2"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" Safe
T.U 3"Song 2" Safe
Patrick Guibert 4"Wonderwall" Bottom two
Haris Antoniou 5"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Safe
Nikki Ponte 6"Mamma Mia" Safe
The Burning Sticks 7"Seven Nation Army" Safe
Elena Anagiotou 8"To Maxairi" Safe
Alexis Zafeirakis 9"Personal Jesus" Safe
Tik Tok 10"Hung Up"/"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" Bottom two
Kostantinos Anastasiadis 11"Wonderful Life" Safe
Kirki Katsarou 12"Last Kiss" Safe
Alexandros Notas13"Feugo Gia Mena" Safe
Revolt 14"Every You Every Me" Safe
Grigoris Georgiou 15"Taxidevo To Ego Mou" Safe
Final showdown details
Tik Tok 1N/AEliminated
Patrick Guibert 2N/ASafe
Judges' votes to eliminate:

Week 3 (12 November 2010)

Act! scope="col"
OrderSongResult
The Burning Sticks 1"Take My Breath Away" Bottom two
Grigoris Georgiou 2"Theos" Safe
Alexis Zafeirakis 3"Den Eimai Allos" Bottom two
Maria Katikaridou 4"An Isouna Agapi" Safe
T.U 5"Feel" Safe
Haris Antoniou 6"Into the Night" Safe
Patrick Guibert7"Etsi Eimai Ego" Safe
Revolt 8"I Like the Way (You Move)"/"Klepsidra" Safe
Nikki Ponte 9"You Lost Me" Safe
Dimitris Theodorakoglou 10"Numb" Safe
Alexandros Notas 11"Logia Filika" Safe
Kirki Katsarou 12"Loca" Safe
Elena Anagiotou13"Oneiro Itane" Safe
Kostantinos Anastasiadis 14"Spasmeno Karavi" Safe
Final showdown details
The Burning Sticks 1N/ASafe
Alexis Zafeirakis 2N/AEliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate:

Week 4 (19 November 2010)

Act! scope="col"
OrderSongResult
Elena Anagiotou 1"Kathreftizo To Nou" Safe
T.U 2"Alors on danse" Safe
Haris Antoniou 3"More Than Words" Safe
Grigoris Georgiou4"Smooth" Safe
Nikki Ponte 5"Take It Off" Safe
Maria Katikaridou 6"Bad Romance" Safe
Alexandros Notas7"Mia Nihta Zoriki" Safe
Revolt 8"Kryptonite" Bottom two
Patrick Guibert 9"Kissing a Fool" Safe
Dimitris Theodorakoglou 10"Vertigo" Safe
Kirki Katsarou 11"Satellite" Bottom two
Kostantinos Anastasiadis 12"Emena Thes" Safe
The Burning Sticks13"Crazy in Love" Safe
Final showdown details
Revolt 1N/ASafe
Kirki Katsarou 2N/AEliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate:

Week 5 (26 November 2010)

Act! scope="col"
OrderSong (original artists)Result
Elena Anagiotou 1"Eisai Esi O Athropos Mou" Safe
Kostantinos Anastasiadis 2"Soma me Soma" Safe
Revolt 3"Lonely Day" Bottom two
Grigoris Georgiou4"Agapi" Safe
Maria Katikaridou 5"The Unforgiven" Safe
The Burning Sticks 6"Black Magic Woman" Safe
Haris Antoniou7"Rikse Kokkino Stin Nihta" Safe
T.U8"Omen" Bottom two
Nikki Ponte 9"I (Who Have Nothing)" Safe
Dimitris Theodorakoglou10"O Imnos Ton Mavron Skilion" Safe
Patrick Guibert 11"La Vie en rose" Safe
Alexandros Notas 12"Anthropoi Monahoi" Safe
Final showdown details
T.U 1N/ASafe
Revolt2N/AEliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate:

Week 6 (3 December 2010)

Act! scope="col"
OrderSongResult
Haris Antoniou1"Too Funky" Safe
T.U2"Hero" Safe
Alexandros Notas3"Mono Mia Fora" Safe
Maria Katikaridou4"Maria Maria" Bottom two
Dimitris Theodorakoglou 5"Come Together" Safe
Elena Anagiotou 6"Eklaige Mazi Mou To Feggari" Safe
Kostantinos Anastasiadis7"Oti Agapo Einai Diko Sou" Safe
Grigoris Georgiou8"Paei I Agapi Mou" Safe
Nikki Ponte9"Children of Piraeus (The)"Safe
The Burning Sticks10"Valerie" Safe
Patrick Guibert 11"Don't Stop the Music" Bottom two
Final showdown details
Patrick Guibert 1N/AEliminateed
Maria Katikardiou2N/ASafe
Judges' votes to eliminate:

Week 7 (10 December 2010)

Act! scope="col"
OrderSongResult
T.U1"Killing in the Name" Bottom two
The Burning Sticks2"Whole Lotta Love" Bottom two
Alexandros Notas3"Ragizei Apopse" Safe
Haris Antoniou4"Corazón espinado" Safe
Maria Katikaridou 5"Total Eclipse of the Heart" Safe
Kostantinos Anastasiadis6"koita Ti Ekanes" Safe
Nikki Ponte7"Like a Prayer" Safe
Elena Anagiotou8"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" Safe
Grigoris Georgiou 9"I Skoni" Safe
Dimitris Theodorakoglou10"Livin' on a Prayer" Safe
Final showdown details
T.U1N/ASafe
The Burning Sticks2N/AEliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate:

Week 8 (24 December 2010)

Act! scope="col"
OrderSongResult
Maria Katikaridou1"Tha 'Mai Allios" Bottom two
Dimitris Theodorakoglou2"Paradise City" Bottom two
Elena Anagiotou3"Ta Kormia Kai Ta Maheria" Safe
Haris Antoniou4"Sinaylia" Safe
Nikki Ponte5"Monday Morning" Safe
Alexandros Notas6"Oi Eleytheroi ki Wraioi" Safe
Kostantinos Anastasiadis7"Xoris Anapnoh" Safe
Grigoris Georgiou8"Zhleyei H Nyxta" Safe
T.U 9"Diskolos Kairos Gia Prinkipes" Safe
Final showdown details
Dimitris Theodorakoglou1"Wanted Dead or Alive" Safe
Maria Katikaridou2"All the Man That I Need" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate:

The result went to deadlock, and Maria Katikaridou and was eliminated from the competition.

Week 9 (31 December 2010)

Act! scope="col"
OrderSongResult
Grigoris Georgiou1"San Na Min Perase Mia Mera" Safe
Kostantinos Anastasiadis 2"Xamogelase" Safe
Alexandros Notas3"Svise To Feggari" Safe
Haris Antoniou4"Superstition" Safe
Nikki Ponte5"Respect"Safe
T.U 6"Bohemian Like You" Bottom two
Elena Anagiotou 7"Exartatai" Bottom two
Dimitris Theodorakoglou 8"Love Is Gone" Safe
Final showdown details
Elena Anagiotou1"An Den M'Agapas" Eliminated
T.U 2"Written in the Stars" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate:

Week 10 (7 January 2011)

Act! scope="col"
OrderFirst song (Mentor's choice) OrderSecond song (Contestant's choice)Result
Kostantinos Anastasiadis 1"Mi Svineis Ta Fota" 14"O Bythos Sou" Bottom two
Alexandros Notas2"Parallila" 11"Liomeno Pagoto" Safe
T.U 3"Love the Way You Lie" 8"Airplanes" Safe
Dimitris Theodorakoglou4"Dani California" 10"To Xrono Stamataw" Bottom two
Nikki Ponte5"Only Girl (In the World)" 9"Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" Safe
Haris Antoniou6"This Love" 12"Beautiful Day" Safe
Grigoris Georgiou7"Asimenia Sfika" 13"The Blower's Daughter" Safe
Final showdown details
Kostantinos Anastasiadis1"Emeina Edw" Eliminated
Dimitris Theodorakoglou2"Feel" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate:

Week 11 (14 January 2011)

Act! scope="col"
OrderFirst song Film or MusicalOrder Second song (Contestant's choice)Result
Grigoris Georgiou 1"El Tango de Roxanne"Moulin Rouge!7"Gia To Kalo Mou"Bottom two
Haris Antoniou2"She" Notting Hill9"Just the Way You Are" Safe
T.U 3"Stayin' Alive" Saturday Night Fever8"Apologize" Bottom two
Alexandros Notas4"Ola Dika Sou" N/A11"Pou Na 'Sai" Safe
Nikki Ponte5"All That Jazz" Chicago10"Telephone" Safe
Dimitris Theodorakoglou6"Great Balls of Fire" Great Balls of Fire!12"Tha Parw Fwra"Safe
Final showdown details
Grigoris Georgiou 1"Thalassa Platia" Eliminated
T.U2"Sweet Home Alabama" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate:

Week 12 (21 January 2011)

Act! scope="col"
OrderFirst song (90's) OrderSecond song (Contestant's choice)Result
Dimitris Theodorakoglou 1"Gangsta's Paradise" 6"Highway to Hell"Bottom two
T.U2"The Show Must Go On" 7"Whataya Want from Me" Bottom two
Alexandros Notas 3"Epimenw" 8"Poios Na Sygkrithei Mazi Sou" Safe
Haris Antoniou4"Losing My Religion" 9"What About Now" Safe
Nikki Ponte5"When You Tell Me That You Love Me" 10"Oops!... I Did It Again" Safe
Final showdown details
Dimitris Theodorakoglou1"I Don't Want to Be" Eliminated
T.U2"Where Is the Love?" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate:

Week 13 (28 January 2011)

Act! scope="col"
OrderFirst song (Mentor's choice) OrderSecond song (Contestant's choice)Result
T.U 1"Pump It"5"What Goes Around.../...Comes Around" Bottom two
Alexandros Notas2"Aporw" 6"Ena Gramma" Safe
Haris Antoniou 3"Faith" 7 "All Along the Watchtower" Bottom two
Nikki Ponte4"Woman in Love" 8"Kommati Ap' Tin Kardia Sou" Safe
Final showdown details
Haris Antoniou1"Billie Jean" Safe
T.U2"H Kybwtos"Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate:

Week 14 (4 February 2011)

Act! scope="col"
OrderFirst song (Mentor's choice)OrderSecond song (Contestant's choice)Result
Alexandros Notas1"Eho Esena"6"Mikrh Patrida"Safe
Haris Antoniou2"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"4"Einai Stigmes"Safe
Nikki Ponte3"Bad"5"Hurt"Eliminated

Week 15 (11 February 2011)

Act! scope="col"
OrderFirst songOrderSecond songResult
Alexandros Notas1" Mia Kokkini Grammi "3"Pote ksana (Con te partirò)"Runner Up
Haris Antoniou2"You Are So Beautiful"4"Ekeini"Winner

Notes and References

  1. Web site: X-Factor Auditions. Greekboston.com. 29 October 2010.

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