X Factor (Finnish TV series)
| X Factor | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Simon Cowell |
| Presented by |
Heikki Paasonen Jukka Rossi |
| Judges |
Linda Brava Renne Korppila Gugi Kokljuschkin |
| Original language(s) | Finnish |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 18 + 8(as of May 30, 2010) |
| Release | |
| Original network | MTV3 |
| Original release | January 24 – May 16, 2010 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
X Factor is the Finnish version of X Factor, a show originating from the United Kingdom. It is a television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. The first season concluded in May 2010, and it has not been announced when the second season will begin.
Judges' categories and their finalists
In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three acts to progress to the live shows. This table shows, for each season, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live shows.
Key:
- – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.
| Season | Gugi Kokljuschkin | Linda Brava | Renne Korppila |
|---|---|---|---|
| One | 16-24s Elias Hämäläinen Samuli Taskinen Merja Niekka |
Groups Enchant Soul Sisters Fearless |
Over 25s Leena Tirronen Yrjänä Salmela Christian Palin |
Series summary
"16-24s" category
"Over 25s" category
"Groups" category
| Season | Air date | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Host(s) | Judges | Winning mentor | Special Guests |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
2010 | Elias Hämäläinen | Samuli Taskinen | Leena Tirronen | Heikki Paasonen (X Factor) Jukka Rossi (Xtra Factor) |
Linda Brava Renne Korppila Gugi Kokljuschkine |
Gugi Kokljuschkine | Anna Abreu Anna Puu Maija Vilkkumaa Adam Lambert Amy Macdonald Paloma Faith |
2010: Season 1
The show's inaugural Finnish season was in 2010. It was broadcast on MTV3 television station and hosted by Heikki Paasonen with Jukka Rossi hosting the affiliated Xtra Factor. The three judges were Linda Brava (groups), Gugi Kokljuschkin (16- to 24-year-olds) and Renne Korppila (25 and over). And the finalists for each category were chosen by he judges on 28 March.
Auditions were held 24 January to 28 February 2010, and the camps on 7, 14 and 21 March. The nine finalists, three in each category (groups, 16- to 24-year-old, 25 and over) were chosen end of March 2010.
| Episode Air Date | Audition City | Date |
| January 24, 2010 | Kuopio | November 7, 2009 |
| January 31, 2010 | Helsinki | November 14, 2009 |
| February 7, 2010 | Tampere | November 28, 2009 |
| February 14, 2010 | Rovaniemi | December 5, 2009 |
| February 21, 2010 | Helsinki | December 12, 2009 |
| February 28, 2010 | Tampere | December 17, 2009 |
- Finalists
(date of elimination in parenthesis)
- Fearless (28 March 2010)
- Merja Niekka (4 April 2010)
- Christian Palin (11 April 2010)
- Soul Sisters (18 April 2010)
- Yrjänä Salmela (25 April 2010)
- Enchant (2 May 2010)
- Leena Tirronen (9 May 2010)
- Samuli Taskinen (16 May 2010) -- runner-up
- Elias Hämäläinen (16 May 2010) -- winner
- Guest performers
Guest performers included Anna Abreu, Anna Puu, Maija Vilkkumaa, Adam Lambert, Amy Macdonald and Paloma Faith
Finalists
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 16-24s (Kokljuschkin) | Elias Hämäläinen | Merja Niekka | Samuli Taskinen |
| Over 25s (Korppila) | Christian Palin | Yrjänä Salmela | Leena Tirronen |
| Groups (Brava) | Enchant | Fearless | Soul Sisters |
Live shows
Results table
Contestants' colour key:
– Renne Korppila's contestants (over 25s) – Gugi Kokljuschkin's contestants (16–24s) – Linda Brava's contestants (groups) – Bottom two
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elias Hämäläinen | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner (Week 8) | |
| Samuli Taskinen | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up (Week 8) | |
| Leena Tirronen | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | Eliminated (Week 7) | |
| Enchant | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | 4th | Eliminated (Week 6) | ||
| Yrjänä Salmela | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 5) | |||
| Soul Sisters | Bottom two | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 4) | ||||
| Christian Palin | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 3) | |||||
| Merja Niekka | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 2) | ||||||
| Fearless | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 1) | |||||||
| Bottom two | Fearless, Soul Sisters | Merja Niekka, Soul Sisters | Christian Palin, Leena Tirronen | Enchant, Soul Sisters | Enchant, Yrjänä Salmela | - | - | - | |
| Korpilla's vote to eliminate | Merja Niekka | Christian Palin | Enchant | - | - | - | |||
| Kokljuschkin's vote to eliminate | Soul Sisters | Christian Palin | Yrjänä Salmela | ||||||
| Brava's vote to eliminate | Merja Niekka | Christian Palin | Yrjänä Salmela | ||||||
| Eliminated | Fearless ? of 3 Votes |
Merja Niekka 2 of 3 Votes |
Christian Palin 3 of 3 Votes |
Soul Sisters ? of 3 Votes |
Yrjänä Salmela 2 of 3 Votes |
Enchant Bottom |
Leena Tirronen Bottom |
Samuli Taskinen Runner-up | |
| Elias Hämäläinen Winner | |||||||||
Live show details
Week 1 (28 March 2010)
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soul Sisters | 1 | "Candyman" | Bottom two |
| Elias Hämäläinen | 2 | "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" | Safe |
| Yrjänä Salmela | 3 | "Joutsenlaulu" | Safe |
| Fearless | 4 | "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" | Eliminated |
| Samuli Taskinen | 5 | "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | Safe |
| Leena Tirronen | 6 | "Jolene" | Safe |
| Enchant | 7 | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Safe |
| Merja Niekka | 8 | "Muuttohaukka" | Safe |
| Christian Palin | 9 | "Eye of the Tiger" | Safe |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Korpilla:
- Kokljuschkin:
- Brava:
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