6 November 2010 (2010-11-06) – 9 April 2017 (2017-04-09)
2014
X-Factor (Armenian: Իքս-Ֆակտոր) is the Armenian version of The X Factor, a show originating in the United Kingdom. It is a televised music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions in Armenia and the Armenian diaspora. The show in its inaugural year was broadcast on the Armenian Shant TV station, the same station that broadcasts the Armenian Idol series Hay Superstar.
Series overview
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Boys" category Contestant in (or mentor of) "Girls" category Contestant in (or mentor of) "Over 25s" category Contestant in (or mentor of) "Groups" category
The program was broadcast on Saturday nights at 22:30 with repetitions on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays. Shant TV also broadcasts various chronicles and updates under the title "Oragir" on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 17:50 local time.
The first auditions were broadcast on Shant TV on 11 November 2010, with the eighth auditions on 25 December 2010.
Naira Gyurjinyan was assigned the Boys (16-25) category, Garik Paboyan the Girls (16-25), Egor Glumov the Groups, and Gisané Palyan the Over 25s.
Bootcamp and Judges' houses
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At bootcamp stage, the candidates that were chosen for Judges' Houses were:
16-24 Boys (mentor Naira Gyurjinyan): Artsrun Khangeldyan, Arthur-Alek Tosbekian (born in Lebanon), Georgi Bunyatyan, Vahé Aleksanyan, Hayk Avetisyan, Gevorg Harutyunyan
Groups (mentor Egor Glumov): (6 groups) GigaBeat, P.S., Mars-On
At Judges' Houses (broadcast on 29 January and 5 February 2011), only 3 from each of the 4 categories continued on to the live shows. Naira Gyurjiniyan was assisted by Haik, Garik Papoyan by Gor Sujyan, Gisané Palyan by Sargis.
– Contestant announced as safe (no particular order)
– Contestant in the bottom two and had to perform in the sing-off
– Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no bottom two)
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Semifinal
Final
Vrezh Kirakosyan
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Winner
Srbuhi Sargsyan
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Runner-Up
GigaBeat
Bottom two
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
6th
Safe
Safe
Safe
3rd
Eliminated (Semifinal)
Artsrun Khangeldyan
Safe
Safe
Bottom two
Safe
Safe
Safe
5th
Safe
4th
Eliminated (Week 9)
Arminé Kocharyan
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
5th
Eliminated (Week 8)
Yeva Sujyan
Safe
10th
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
6th
Eliminated (Week 7)
Arthur-Alek Tosbekian
Safe
Safe
Safe
Bottom two
Bottom two
7th
Eliminated (Week 6)
Nelly Ghazaryan
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Bottom two
Eliminated (Week 5)
Edvin Sultanyan
Not in Live Shows
Safe
Bottom two
Eliminated (Week 4)
P.S.
Safe
Safe
Bottom two
Eliminated (Week 3)
Nelly Khosrovyan
Safe
Safe
Withdrew (Week 2)
Mars-On
Safe
11th
Eliminated (Week 2)
Vahé Aleksanyan
Bottom two
Eliminated (Week 1)
Withdrew
None
Nelly Khosrovyan
None
Bottom two
Vahé Aleksanyan, GigaBeat
Mars-On, Yeya Sujyan
P.S., Artsrun Khangeldyan
Edvin Sultanyan, Arthur-Alek Tosbekian
Nelly Ghazaryan, Arthur-Alek Tosbekian
Arthur-Alek Tosbekian, GigaBeat
Yeva Sujyan, Artsrun Khangeldyan
No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated.
Judges voted to
Save
Papoyan's vote
GigaBeat
Yeya Sujyan
Artsrun Khangeldyan
Arthur-Alek Tosbekian
Nelly Ghazaryan
GigaBeat
Yeya Sujyan
Glumov's vote
GigaBeat
Mars-On
P.S.
--
Arthur-Alek Tosbekian
GigaBeat
Artsrun Khangeldyan
Gyurjinyan's vote
Vahé Aleksanyan
Mars-On
Artsrun Khangeldyan
Arthur-Alek Tosbekian
Arthur-Alek Tosbekian
Arthur-Alek Tosbekian
Artsrun Khangeldyan
Palyan's vote
GigaBeat
Yeva Sujyan
Artsrun Khangeldyan
Edvin Sultanyan
Arthur-Alek Tosbekian
Arthur-Alek Tosbekian
Yeya Sujyan
Eliminated
Vahé Aleksanyan 1 of 4 votes Minority
Mars-On 2 of 4 votes Deadlock
P.S. 1 of 4 votes Minority
Edvin Sultanyan 1 of 3 votes Minority
Nelly Ghazaryan 1 of 4 votes Minority
Arthur-Alek Tosbekian 2 of 4 votes Deadlock
Yeva Sujyan 2 of 4 votes Deadlock
Arminé Kocharyan 5th Place
Artsrun Khangeldyan 4th Place
GigaBeat 3rd Place
Srbuhi Sargsyan Runner-Up
Vrezh Kirakosyan Winner
Season 2 (2012-2013)
Garik Papoyan was assigned the Boys category, André the Girls, Gisané Palyan the Groups, and Naira Gyurjinyan the Over 25s.
Contestants
Key:
– Winner
– Runner-up
Category (mentor)
Acts
Boys (Papoyan)
Armen Yedigaryan
Gevorg Harutyunyan
Kim Grigoryan
Girls (André)
Karina Khachatryan
Lena Ghazaryan
Marianna Shanoyan
Over 25s (Gyurjinyan)
Asya Poghosyan
Mihran Petrosyan
Svetlana Voskanyan
Groups (Palyan)
Diamonds
International
Storm
Live shows
Results summary
Contestants' colour key:
– Mentored by Papoyan (Boys)
– Mentored by André (Girls)
– Mentored by Gyurjinyan (Over 25s)
– Mentored by Palyan (Groups)
– Contestant announced as safe (no particular order)
– Contestant in the bottom two and had to perform in the sing-off
– Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no bottom two)
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Semifinal
Final
Kim Grigoryan
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Winner
Armen Yedigaryan
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Runner-Up
Lena Ghazaryan
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Bottom two
Safe
Safe
3rd
Eliminated (Semifinal)
Marianna Shanoyan
Safe
Safe
Safe
Bottom two
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
4th
Eliminated (Week 9)
Gevorg Harutyunyan
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
5th
Eliminated (Week 8)
Asya Poghosyan
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
7th
Bottom two
Bottom two
Eliminated (Week 7)
International
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Safe
Bottom two
Eliminated (Week 6)
Karina Khachatryan
Safe
Bottom two
Safe
Safe
8th
Eliminated (Week 5)
Diamonds
Safe
Safe
Bottom two
Bottom two
Eliminated (Week 4)
Mihran Petrosyan
11th
Safe
Bottom two
Eliminated (Week 3)
Svetlana Voskanyan
Safe
Bottom two
Eliminated (Week 2)
Storm
12th
Eliminated (Week 1)
Bottom two
Storm, Mihran Petrosyan
Sveltana Voskanyan, Karina Khachatryan
Mihran Petrosyan, Diamonds
Diamonds, Marianna Shanoyan
Karina Khachatryan, Asya Poghosyan
International, Asya Poghosyan
Asya Poghosyan, Lena Ghazarayn
No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated.
Judges voted to
Save
Papoyan's vote
Mihran Petrosyan
-
Diamonds
Marianna Shanoyan
Karina Khachatryan
Asya Poghoysan
Lena Ghazaryan
André's vote
Storm
Karina Khachatryan
Diamonds
Marianna Shanoyan
Karina Khachatryan
Asya Poghosyan
Lena Ghazaryan
Gyurjinyan's vote
Mihran Petrosyan
Svetlana Voskanyan
Mihran Petrosyan
Marianna Shanoyan
Asya Poghosyan
Asya Poghoysan
Asya Poghosyan
Palyan's vote
Storm
Karina Khachatryan
Diamonds
Diamonds
Asya Poghosyan
International
Lena Ghazaryan
Eliminated
Storm 2 of 4 votes Deadlock
Svetlana Voskanyan 1 of 3 votes Minority
Mihran Petrosyan 1 of 4 votes Minority
Diamonds 1 of 4 votes Minority
Karina Khachatryan 2 of 4 votes Deadlock
International 1 of 4 votes Minority
Asya Poghosyan 1 of 4 votes Minority
Gevorg Harutyunyan 5th Place
Marianna Shanoyan 4th Place
Lena Ghazaryan 3rd Place
Armen Yedigaryan Runner-Up
Kim Grigoryan Winner
Season 3 (2014)
Simon Cowell made an appearance and told the judges what categories they would mentor.
André will be mentoring the Boys, Emmy has the Girls, Garik Papoyan will look after the Groups and Egor Glumov has been assigned the Over 24s.
Four-Chair challenge
For this season of The X Factor, Cowell confirmed that the boot camp and judges' houses sections of the competition, which traditionally followed the audition rounds, had been dropped and replaced with a brand new stage called "The Four-Chair challenge". Speaking on the change, he said "It [boot camp and Judges' houses] was the one element of the show I wasn't happy with, and it looked too similar to what everybody else is doing." He went on to describe the new "middle section" as "really dramatic, very tough on us and the contestants, and very high pressure", and compared the new round as similar to the live shows.
Key:
– Contestant was immediately eliminated after performance without switch
– Contestant was switched out later in the competition and eventually eliminated
– Contestant was not switched out and made the final four of their own category
^1 After Glumov's decision Sargis pronounced that instead of him the show will continue with Anahit.
Week 2 (August 31)
Theme: The 2000s and 2010s hits
At the beginning of the show the producers sang the most sung songs on X Factor Armenia. Emmy performed "Feeling Good", Garik Papoyan "One Night Only", Egor Glumov "Im Sery Qez" (Իմ սերը քեզ) and André "I Believe I Can Fly".
At the beginning of the show the eliminated acts performed the songs that they would sing on the third live show. Anahit Yengibaryan performed "Woman in Love" and The Nanos "Don't You Remember".
At the beginning of the show the eliminated acts performed the songs that they would sing on the seventh live show. MiKADO performed "Highway Star" and Mery Avetisyan "It's a Man's Man's Man's World".
During the show the eliminated DaDu performed the songs that they would sing on the eight live show. They performed "Not Alone" with Aram Mp3, and "Can't Hold Us".
For the first time in X Factor Armenia history, viewers voted on the official web page of Shant TV to determine which of the judges was allocated each of the four categories. The judges learnt the result during the four-chair challenge. André will be mentoring the Boys, Erik has the Girls, Garik Papoyan will look after the Groups and Shushanik Arevshatyan has been assigned the Over 22s.
Contestants
– Winner
– Runner-up
Category (mentor)
Acts
Boys (André)
Qerob Hovelyan
Edgar Ghandilyan
Yuri Adamyan
Abraham Khublaryan
Girls (Karapetyan)
Hasmik Karapetyan
Mané Baghdasaryan
Inna Sayadyan
Diana Harutyunyan
Over 22s (Arevshatyan)
Valeria Baltaeva
David Chakhalyan
Harutyun Hakobyan
Tyom Hakobyan
Groups (Papoyan)
The Steps Band
Alternative
Emmanuel & Mariam
Live shows
Results summary
Contestants' colour key:
– Mentored by André (Boys)
– Mentored by Erik (Girls)
– Mentored by Arevshatyan (Over 22s)
– Mentored by Papoyan (Groups)
– Contestant announced as safe (no particular order)
– Contestant in the bottom two and had to perform in the sing-off
– Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no bottom two)
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