Factor X (Portuguese TV series)

Factor X was the Portuguese version of the television music competition The X Factor, originally created by Simon Cowell. The first episode premiered on 6 October 2013 hosted by Bárbara Guimarães, João Manzarra, Carolina Torres and Tiago Silva. The three judges are Paulo Junqueiro, Sónia Tavares and Paulo Ventura.

Factor X
Created byITV (TV network)
Simon Cowell
Presented byBárbara Guimarães (1)
João Manzarra(1-2)
Cláudia Vieira (2)
JudgesPaulo Junqueiro (1-2)
Sónia Tavares (1-2)
Paulo Ventura (1–2)
Miguel Guedes (2)
Country of originPortugal
Original language(s)Portuguese
No. of seasons2
Release
Original networkSIC
Picture format576i (SDTV)
Original release6 October 2013 
31 December 2014
Chronology
Related showsThe X Factor (UK)
Other international versions
External links
Official website

Format

Stages

  • Stage 1: Producers' auditions – these auditions are un-televised, and decide who will sing in front of the judges
  • Stage 2: Judges' auditions – in an arena (series 1–2)
  • Stage 3: Bootcampo – either a series of challenges and knock out rounds and the seat challenge (series 1-2)
  • Stage 4: Judges' houses – either pre-recorded (series 1–2)
  • Stage 5: Live shows (1-2)

Series overview

To date, two seasons have been broadcast, as summarised below.

     Contestant in (or mentor of) "Boys" category
     Contestant in (or mentor of) "Girls" category
     Contestant in (or mentor of) "16–24s" category
     Contestant in (or mentor of) "Groups" category
     Contestant in (or mentor of) "Over 25s" category

Season Start Finish Winner Runner-up Third place Winning mentor Presenters Portugal sponsor Main judges
One 6 October 2013 9 February 2014 Berg Mariana D8 Sónia Tavares João Manzarra
Bárbara Guimarães
OLX Sónia Tavares
Paulo Ventura
Paulo Junqueiro
Two 7 September 2014 31 December 2014 Kika Kardoso Rúben Mendes Inês Morais Paulo Junqueiro João Manzarra
Cláudia Vieira
Coca-Cola Sónia Tavares
Paulo Ventura
Miguel Guedes
Paulo Junqueiro

Judges' categories and their finalists

In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses 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 Paulo Junqueiro Sónia Tavares Paulo Ventura N/A
One 16 to 24's
Mariana
D8
Diogo
Rita
Mafalda
Over 25s
Berg
José Freitas
Sara
Jair
Daduh King
Groups
Aurora
Cupcake
X4U
Yeah!Land
Netas do Fado
Season Paulo Junqueiro Sónia Tavares Paulo Ventura Miguel Guedes
Two Over 25s
Kika Kardoso
Rúben Mendes
Jorge Baptista
Lúcia Mourinho
Boys
João Duarte
Júnior Oliveira
Matheus Paraízo
Rúben Pires
Groups
Babel
P.Y.T.
POP4ROC
XTAG
Girls
Inês Morais
Mimi Froes
Isabela Nóbrega
Marta Carvalho

Season 1

Finalists

The categories and 15 final acts were as follows:

Key:

     – Winner
     – Runner-up
     – Third place
Category (mentor) Acts
16 to 24's (Junqueiro) Diogo D8 Mafalda Mariana Rita
Over 25s (Tavares) Berg Daduh King Jair José Freitas Sara
Groups (Ventura) Aurora Cupcake Netas do Fado X4U Yeah!Land

Results summary

     – Contestant was in the bottom two
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11
Groups 16 to 24's Over 25s
Berg N/A N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 1st
Mariana N/A Safe N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 2nd
D8 N/A Safe N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Bottom two 3rd
José Freitas N/A N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(Week 10)
Aurora Safe N/A N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Bottom two Bottom two Eliminated
(Week 9)
Cupcake Bottom two N/A N/A Bottom two Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Bottom two Bottom two Eliminated
(Week 8)
Diogo N/A Safe N/A Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(Week 7)
Sara N/A N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(Week 6)
X4U Safe N/A N/A Safe Bottom two Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(Week 5)
Yeah!Land Safe N/A N/A Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(Week 4)
Jair N/A N/A Bottom two Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(Week 3)
Rita N/A Bottom two N/A Bottom two Eliminated
(Week 2)
Daduh King N/A N/A Bottom two Eliminated
(Week 1)
Mafalda N/A Bottom two N/A Eliminated
(Week 1)
Netas do Fado Bottom two N/A N/A Eliminated
(Week 1)
Final showdown None Rita,
Cupcake
X4U,
Jair
Diogo,
Yeah!Land
X4U,
Cupcake
Aurora,
Sara
Diogo,
Cupcake
Aurora,
Cupcake
Aurora,
D8
D8,
José Freitas
No judges' vote or final showdown:
public votes alone decide
who is eliminated
Judges voted to Save
Junqueiros's vote N/ARitaN/ARitaX4UDiogoN/A1AuroraDiogoAuroraD8D8
Venturas's vote CupcakeN/AN/ACupcakeX4UYeah!LandCupcakeAuroraCupcakeAuroraAuroraD8
Tavares's vote N/AN/AJairCupcakeJairDiogoN/A1SaraCupcakeCupcakeD8José Freitas
Eliminated Netas do Fado
by Ventura
Mafalda
by Junqueiro
Daduh King
by Tavares
Rita
1 of 3 votes
Minority
Jair
1 of 3 votes
Minority
Yeah!Land
1 of 3 votes
Minority
X4U
Eliminated by mentor
Sara
1 of 3 votes
Minority
Diogo
1 of 3 votes
Minority
Cupcake
1 of 3 votes
Minority
Aurora
1 of 3 votes
Minority
José Freitas
1 of 3 votes
Minority
D8
Third Place
Notes:
  • 1 Ventura was the only mentor able to vote due to contestants in final showdown are both from groups category.

Season 2

Finalists

The categories and 16 final acts were as follows:

Key:

     – Winner
     – Runner-up
     – Third place
Category (mentor) Acts
Boys (Tavares) João Duarte Júnior Oliveira Matheus Paraízo Rúben Pires
Girls (Guedes) Marta Carvalho Mimi Froes Inês Morais Isabela Nóbrega
Over 25s (Junqueiro) Jorge Baptista Kika Kardoso Rúben Mendes Lúcia Mourinho
Groups (Ventura) Babel POP4ROC P.Y.T. XTAG

Results summary

     – Contestant was in the bottom two or three
     – Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10
Boys Girls Over 25s Groups
Kika Kardoso N/A N/A Safe N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner
Rúben Mendes N/A N/A Safe N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Runner-up
Inês Morais N/A Safe N/A N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Safe 3rd Place
Babel N/A N/A N/A Safe Safe 10th Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th Bottom two Eliminated
(Week 9)
Mimi Froes N/A Safe N/A N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 5th Eliminated
(Week 8)
Jorge Baptista N/A N/A Bottom two N/A Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Bottom three Bottom two Eliminated
(Week 7)
João Duarte Safe N/A N/A N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom three Eliminated
(Week 6)
Isabela Nóbrega N/A Bottom two N/A N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe 8th Eliminated
(Week 6)
P.Y.T. N/A N/A N/A Safe Safe Safe 9th Bottom two Eliminated
(Week 5)
Júnior Oliveira Bottom two N/A N/A N/A Bottom two Safe 10th Eliminated
(Week 4)
POP4ROC N/A N/A N/A Bottom two Safe 11th Eliminated
(Week 3)
Matheus Paraízo Safe N/A N/A N/A Bottom two Eliminated
(Week 2)
Rúben Pires Bottom two N/A N/A N/A Eliminated
(Week 1)
Ḿarta Carvalho N/A Bottom two N/A N/A Eliminated
(Week 1)
Lúcia Mourinho N/A N/A Bottom two N/A Eliminated
(Week 1)
XTAG N/A N/A N/A Bottom two Eliminated
(Week 1)
Final showdown None Matheus Paraízo
Júnior Oliveira
POP4ROC
Babel
P.Y.T.
Júnior Oliveira
Jorge Baptista
P.Y.T.
João Duarte
Jorge Baptista
Jorge Baptista
Inês Morais
Mimi Froes
Babel
Babel
Rúben Mendes
No judges' vote or final showdown:
public votes alone decide
who is eliminated
Judges voted to Save
Guedes's vote N/AIsabela NóbregaN/AN/AMatheus ParaízoPOP4ROCJúnior OliveiraJorge BaptistaJorge BaptistaInês MoraisMimi FroesRúben Mendes
Junqueiros's vote N/AN/AJorge BaptistaN/AJúnior OliveiraPOP4ROCP.Y.T.Jorge BaptistaJorge BaptistaJorge BaptistaMimi FroesRúben Mendes
Venturas's vote N/AN/AN/APOP4ROCJúnior OliveiraBabelP.Y.T.P.Y.T.Jorge BaptistaInês MoraisBabelBabel
Tavares's vote Júnior OliveiraN/AN/AN/AJúnior OliveiraBabelJúnior OliveiraJorge BaptistaJoão DuarteInês MoraisBabelRúben Mendes
Eliminated Rúben Pires
by Tavares
Marta Carvalho
by Guedes
Lúcia Mourinho
by Junqueiro
XTAG
by Ventura
Matheus Paraízo
1 of 4 votes
Minority
POP4ROC
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock
Júnior Oliveira
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock
P.Y.T.
1 of 4 votes
Minority
Isabela Nóbrega
Fewest votes
to save
Jorge Baptista
1 of 4 votes
Minority
Mimi Froes
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock
Babel
1 of 4 votes
Minority
Inês Morais
Third Place
João Duarte
1 of 4 votes
Minority

Live shows

Week 1 (2 November 2014)

Contestants performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Júnior Oliveira 1 "Feeling Good" Bottom two
Matheus Paraízo 2 "Breezeblocks" Safe
João Duarte 3 "Moves like Jagger" Safe
Rúben Pires 4 "Chandelier" Eliminated
Jorge Baptista 5 "Alive" Bottom two
Rúben Mendes 6 "Kiss from a Rose" Safe
Kika Kardoso 7 "Respect" Safe
Lúcia Mourinho 8 "Alfama" Eliminated
XTAG 9 "Bang Bang" Eliminated
Babel 10 "Everybody Hurts" Safe
P.Y.T. 11 "All About That Bass" Safe
POP4ROC 12 "The Look" Bottom two
Isabela Nóbrega 13 "Stay" Bottom two
Ḿarta Carvalho 14 "Roar" Eliminated
Mimi Froes 15 "Believe" Safe
Inês Morais 16 "One and Only" Safe

Week 2 (9 November 2014)

Contestants performances on the second live show
Act Order Song Result
POP4ROC 1 "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" Safe
Mimi Froes 2 "Count On Me" Safe
Kika Kardoso 3 "I Will Always Love You" Safe
João Duarte 4 "Love On Top" Safe
Babel 5 "Rude" Safe
Jorge Baptista 6 "She" Safe
Isabela Nóbrega 7 "Fix You" Safe
Matheus Paraízo 8 "Sozinho" Bottom two
P.Y.T. 9 "Best Day of My Life" Safe
Inês Morais 10 "Try" Safe
Júnior Oliveira 11 "Only Girl (In the World)" Bottom two
Rúben Mendes 12 "Treasure" Safe
Final showdown details
Matheus Paraízo 1 "Landfill" Eliminated
Júnior Oliveira 2 "" Safe

Week 3 (16 November 2014)

Contestants performances on the third live show
Act Order Song Result
P.Y.T. 1 "Shake It Off" Safe
Inês Morais 2 "You Give Me Something" Safe
Rúben Mendes 3 "Wake Me Up" Safe
Isabela Nóbrega 4 "Stay With Me" Safe
Kika Kardoso 5 "Rolling in the Deep" Safe
João Duarte 6 "Cannonball" Safe
POP4ROC 7 "21 Guns" Bottom two
Mimi Froes 8 "You Got the Love" Safe
Júnior Oliveira 9 "Paparazzi" Safe
Babel 10 "Blurred Lines" Bottom two
Jorge Baptista 11 "Use Somebody" Safe
Final showdown details
POP4ROC 1 "Say Something" Eliminated
Babel 2 "Gravity" Safe

Week 4 (23 November 2014)

Contestants performances on the fourth live show
Act Order Song Result
Kika Kardoso 1 "It's Raining Men" Safe
Isabela Nóbrega 2 "Ordinary Love" Safe
P.Y.T. 3 "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" Bottom two
Mimi Froes 4 "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Safe
Júnior Oliveira 5 "I Will Survive" Bottom two
Inês Morais 6 "Who Wants to Live Forever" Safe
Jorge Baptista 7 "Iris" Safe
João Duarte 8 "Over the Rainbow" Safe
Babel 9 "Oh, Pretty Woman" Safe
Rúben Mendes 10 "When a Man Loves a Woman" Safe
Final showdown details
P.Y.T. 1 "Pompeii" Safe
Júnior Oliveira 2 "Oh Happy Day" Eliminated

Week 5 (30 November 2014)

Contestants performances on the fifth live show
Act Order Song Result
Jorge Baptista 1 "The Best" Bottom two
Mimi Froes 2 "Diamonds" Safe
João Duarte 3 "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Safe
Rúben Mendes 4 "Killing Me Softly with His Song" Safe
Babel 5 "The One That Got Away" Safe
Isabela Nóbrega 6 "Back to Black" Safe
P.Y.T. 7 "Give Me All Your Luvin'" Bottom two
Kika Kardoso 8 "Hero" Safe
Inês Morais 9 "Crazy in Love" Safe
Final showdown details
Jorge Baptista 1 "Wicked Game" Safe
P.Y.T. 2 "Counting Stars" Eliminated

Week 6 (7 December 2014)

Contestants performances on the sixth live show
Act Order Song Result
Rúben Mendes 1 "Come Together" Safe
João Duarte 2 "Let It Be" Bottom three
Isabela Nóbrega 3 "A Hard Day's Night" Eliminated
Kika Kardoso 4 "With a Little Help from My Friends" Safe
Babel 5 "Hey Jude" Safe
Inês Morais 6 "Something" Safe
Jorge Baptista 7 "Yesterday" Bottom three
Mimi Froes 8 "Don't Let Me Down" Safe
Final showdown details
João Duarte 1 "A Moment Like This" Eliminated
Jorge Baptista 2 "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes" Safe

Week 7 (14 December 2014)

Contestants performances on the seventh live show
Act Order First Song Order Second Song Result
Jorge Baptista 1 "Magic" 7 "Dancing in the Dark" Bottom two
Inês Morais 2 "Prayer in C" 10 "The Power of Love" Bottom two
Mimi Froes 3 "Balada do Desajeitado" 8 "Like a Prayer" Safe
Kika Kardoso 4 "Story of My Life" 9 "Thriller" Safe
Rúben Mendes 5 "Budapest" 11 "Somebody to Love" Safe
Babel 6 "Say Something" 12 "With or Without You" Safe
Final showdown details
Jorge Baptista 1 "Karma Police" Eliminated
Inês Morais 2 "I Was Here" Safe

Week 8 (21 December 2014)

Contestants performances on the eighth live show
Act Order First Song Order Second Song Result
Kika Kardoso 1 "Hallelujah" 9 "Halo" Safe
Inês Morais 2 "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" 10 "Un-Break My Heart" Safe
Rúben Mendes 3 "When You Believe" 6 "Please Come Home for Christmas" Safe
Mimi Froes 4 "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" 7 "One" Bottom two
Babel 5 "Gravity" 8 "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Bottom two
Final showdown details
Mimi Froes 1 "People Help the People" Eliminated
Babel 2 "Broken Strings" Safe

Week 9 (28 December 2014)

Contestants performances on the ninth live show
Act Order First Song Order Second Song (duet) Result
Ines Morais 1 "Mirrors" 5 "Let Me Be" (with Mónica Ferraz) Safe
Kika Kardoso 2 "Canção de Alterne" 6 "Wonder Why" (with The Black Mamba) Safe
Rúben Mendes 3 "Dance Little Sister" 7 "Mountains" (with Carolina Deslandes) Bottom two
Babel 4 "More Than Words" 8 "S.O.L.O." (with D8) Bottom two
Final showdown details
Rúben Mendes 1 "Always" Safe
Babel 2 "One" Eliminated

Week 10 (31 December 2014)

Round 1

Contestants performances on the Round 1
Act Order First Song Order Second Song Result
Kika Kardoso 1 "Girl on Fire" 6 "Because of You" Safe
Rúben Mendes 2 "Love Never Felt So Good" 4 "Uptown Funk" Safe
Inês Morais 3 "Todo o Tempo do Mundo" 5 "Set Fire to the Rain" Third Place

Final Round

Contestants performances on the Final Round
Act Order Winner's Single Result
Kika Kardoso 1 "Hero" Winner
Rúben Mendes 2 "Hero" Runner-up

Ratings

Factor X: Viewers per episode (millions)
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