X Factor (Armenian TV series)

X Factor

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Armenian| Իքս-ֆակտոր
Created by| Simon Cowell
Presented by| Aram Mp3 (2010-13)
Grisha Aghakhanyan (2014-)
Avet Barseghyan (2014-)
Judges| Garik Papoyan (2010-)
André (2012–)
Egor Glumov (2010-11, 2014)
Emmy (2014)
Naira Gyurjinyan (2010-13)
Gisané Palyan (2010-13)
Erik Karapetyan (2016-2017)
Shushanik Arevshatyan (2016-2017)
Original language| Armenian
No. of seasons| 4
Original release
Network| Shant TV
Release| 6 November 2010 (2010-11-06) –
9 April 2017 (2017-04-09)
2014

X-Factor (Armenian: Իքս-Ֆակտոր) is the Armenian adaptation of the British television music talent show The X Factor. It is a televised music talent show featuring aspiring pop singers who are selected through public auditions held in Armenia and among the Armenian diaspora. In its inaugural year, the show was broadcast on Shant TV, the same station that airs the Armenian Idol series Hay Superstar.

## Series overview

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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

Season  | Start  | Finish  | Winner  | Runner-up  | Third place  | Winning mentor  | Judges  | Host

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One  | 6 November 2010  | 15 May 2011  | Vrezh Kirakosyan | Srbuhi Sargsyan | Gigabeat  | Gisané Palyan  | Egor Glumov
Garik Papoyan
Gisané Palyan
Naira Gyurjinyan  | Aram Mp3
Two  | 10 October 2012  | 12 May 2013  | Kim Grigoryan  | Armen Yedigaryan  | Lena Ghazaryan  | Garik Papoyan  | André
Garik Papoyan
Gisané Palyan
Naira Gyurjinyan
Three  | 26 April 2014  | 2 November 2014  | Vahe Margaryan  | Narek Vardanyan  | Hayk Hunanyan  | André  | André
Garik Papoyan
Egor Glumov
Emmy | Grisha Aghakhanyan
Avet Barseghyan
Four  | 9 October 2016  | 9 April 2017  | Edgar Ghandilyan  | Inna Sayadyan  | Emmanuel & Mariam  | André
Garik Papoyan
Erik
Shushan Arevshatyan  | Grisha Aghakhanyan

## Judges' categories and their contestants

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Key:

– Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.
Season  | Egor Glumov  | Naira Gyurjinyan  | Garik Papoyan  | Gisané Palyan

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One  | Groups
Gigabeat
P.S.
Mars-On | Boys
Artsrun Khangeldyan
Arthur-Alek Qosbekian
Vahé Aleksanyan | Girls
Srbuhi Sargsyan
Arminé Kocharyan
Nelly Ghazaryan | Over 25s
Vrezh Kirakosyan
Yeva Sujyan
Edvin Sultanyan
Nelly Khosrovyan
Season  | André | Naira Gyurjinyan  | Garik Papoyan  | Gisané Palyan
Two  | Girls
Lena Ghazaryan
Marianna Shanoyan
Karina Khachatryan | Over 25s
Asya Poghosyan
Mihran Petrosyan
Svetlana Voskanyan | Boys
Kim Grigoryan
Armen Yedigaryan
Gevorg Harutyunyan | Groups
International
Diamonds
Storm
Season  | André  | Emmy | Garik Papoyan  | Egor Glumov
Three  | Boys
Vahé Margaryan
Narek Vardanyan
Hayk Hunanyan
Narek Khachatryan | Girls
Zhanna Davtyan
Mary Avetisyan
Anahit Hakobyan
Syuzanna Melqonyan | Groups
DaDu (Sona Dunoyan & Hambik Daniel)
MiKADO
The Nanos
Arthur and Aram | Over 24s
Gagik Harutyunyan
Vahé Hovakimyan
Anahit Yengibaryan
Sargis Harutyunyan
Season  | André  | Shushanik Arevshatyan  | Garik Papoyan  | Erik
Four  | Boys
Edgar Ghandilyan
Abraham Khublaryan
Yuri Adamyan
Qerob Hovelyan | Over 22s
Tyom Hakobyan
David Chakhalyan
Harutyun Hakobyan
Valeria Baltaeva | Groups
Emmanuel & Mariam
Alternative
The Steps Band | Girls
Inna Sayadyan
Hasmik Karapetyan
Diana Harutyunyan
Mané Baghdasaryan

## Season 1 (2010-2011)

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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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This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2011)

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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
* 16-24 Girls (mentor Garik Papoyan): Anoush, Arminé Kocharyan, Nelly Ghazaryan, Mariam, Sona, Srbuhi Sargsyan
* Over 25 (mentor Gisané Palyan): Yeva, Edvin, Hayk, Nelly, Sona, Vrezh
* 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.

### Contestants

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Key:

- Winner
- Runner-up
- Withdrew
Category (mentor)  | Acts

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Boys (Gyurjinyan)  | Arthur-Alek Tosbekian | Artsrun Khangeldyan | Vahé Aleksanyan |
Girls (Papoyan)  | Arminé Kocharyan | Nelly Ghazaryan | Srbuhi Sargsyan
Over 25s (Palyan)  | Edvin Sultanyan | Nelly Khosrovyan | Vrezh Kirakosyan | Yeva Sujyan
Groups (Glumov)  | GigaBeat | Mars-On | P.S. |

### Live shows

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#### Results summary

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Contestants' colour key:

|  – Mentored by Gyurjinyan (Boys)

– Mentored by Papoyan (Girls)
– Mentored by Palyan (Over 25s)
– Mentored by Glumov (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

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| 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)

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Garik Papoyan was assigned the Boys category, André the Girls, Gisané Palyan the Groups, and Naira Gyurjinyan the Over 25s.

### Contestants

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Key:

- Winner
- Runner-up
Category (mentor)  | Acts

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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

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#### Results summary

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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

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| 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)

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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

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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
Category(mentor) | Act | Song | Mentor's decision | Switched with

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Girls (Emmy)  | Mery Avetisyan  | "Depi Yerkinq" (Դեպի երկինք)  | Put in chair 1  | —
Ani Asatryan  | "Yary Mardun Yara Kuta"  | Eliminated  | —
Sona Sarafyan  | "Bound to You"  | Put in chair 2  | —
Etery Hovhannisyan  | "Back to Black"  | Put in chair 3  | —
Lilit Yeghiazaryan  | "Pakughi" (Փակուղի)  | Eliminated  | —
Anush Harutyunyan  | "You Raise Me Up"  | Put in chair 4  | —
Narine Yeranosyan  | "Skyfall"  | Eliminated  | —
Anahit Hakobyan | "Sari Aghjik" (Սարի աղջիկ)  | Put in chair 3  | Etery Hovhannisyan
Zhanna Davtyan  | "Heart Attack"  | Put in chair 4  | Anush Harutyunyan
Suzanna Melkonyan  | "The Show Must Go On"  | Put in chair 2  | Sona Sarafyan
Over 24s (Glumov)  | Aram Khachatryan  | "Too Close"  | Put in chair 1  | —
Hovhannes Gevorgyan  | "Kalinka"  | Eliminated  | —
Vahe Hovakimyan  | "Aranc Qez" (Առանց քեզ)  | Put in chair 2  | —
Anahit Yengibaryan  | "Counting Stars"  | Put in chair 3  | —
Hovsep Moryan  | "Du Kas" (Դու կաս)  | Eliminated  | —
Nvard Hovakimyan  | "Cry Me a River"  | Put in chair 4  | —
Davit Chakhalyan  | "Um" (Ում)  | Eliminated  | —
Hayk Avetisyan  | "Yerani" (Երանի)  | Put in chair 4  | Nvard Hovakimyan
Sargis Harutyunyan  | "Kiss"  | Put in chair 1  | Aram Khachatryan
Gagik Harutyunyan  | "Hayastan" (Հայաստան)  | Put in chair 4  | Hayk Avetisyan
Boys (André)  | Gevorg Pashayan  | "Not Alone"  | Put in chair 1  | —
Arthur Nersisyan  | "Radioactive"  | Put in chair 2  | —
Vardan Khachatryan  | "Karot" (Կարոտ)  | Eliminated  | —
Aram Najaryan  | "This Love"  | Put in chair 3  | —
Hayk Hunanyan  | "Noric" (Նորից)  | Put in chair 4  | —
Gegham Fidanyan  | "Wrecking Ball"  | Eliminated  | —
Narek Vardanyan  | "Im Sery Qez" (Իմ սերը քեզ)  | Put in chair 3  | Aram Najaryan
Armen Hovhannisyan  | "Angels"  | Eliminated  | —
Narek Khachatryan  | "Nerum em Qez" (Ներում եմ քեզ)  | Put in chair 1  | Gevorg Pashayan
Vahe Margaryan  | "Patranqi Tevov" (Պատրանքի թևով)  | Put in chair 2  | Arthur Nersisyan
Groups (Papoyan)  | Two Colors  | "Read All About It, Pt. III"  | Put in chair 1  | —
Varduhi and Mariam  | "Butterfly"  | Put in chair 2  | —
Hip Hop  | "Black and Yellow"  | Put in chair 3  | —
Etery and Hayk  | "The Big Bang"  | Put in chair 4  | —
The Nanos  | "Try"  | Put in chair 2  | Varduhi and Mariam
DaDu  | "Price Tag"  | Put in chair 1  | Two Colors
Arthur and Aram  | "Wake Me Up"  | Put in chair 4  | Etery and Hayk
MiKADO  | "Get Lucky"  | Put in chair 3  | Hip Hop

### Contestants

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Key:

- Winner
- Runner-up
Category (mentor)  | Acts

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Boys (André)  | Hayk Hunanyan | Narek Khachatryan | Narek Vardanyan | Vahe Margaryan
Girls (Emmy)  | Anahit Hakobyan | Mery Avetisyan | Suzanna Melkonyan | Zhanna Davtyan
Over 24s (Glumov)  | Anahit Yengibaryan | Gagik Harutyunyan | Sargis Harutyunyan | Vahe Hovakimyan
Groups (Papoyan)  | Arthur and Aram | DaDu | MiKADO | The Nanos

### Live shows

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#### Results summary

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Contestants' colour key:

|  – Mentored by André (Boys)

– Mentored by Emmy (Girls)
– Mentored by Glumov (Over 24s)
– 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)
| Week 1  | Week 2  | Week 3  | Week 4  | Week 5  | Week 6  | Week 7  | Semifinal  | Final

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| Vahé Margaryan  | Saved  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Winner
| Narek Vardanyan  | Saved  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Runner-Up
| Hayk Hunanyan  | Saved  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | 3rd
| Zhanna Davtyan  | Saved  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | 4th | Eliminated
(Semifinal)
| DaDu  | Saved  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | 5th | Eliminated
(Week 7)
| MiKADO  | Saved  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | 6th | Eliminated
(Week 6)
| Mery Avetisyan  | Saved  | Safe  | Safe  | 8th  | 7th  | 7th | Eliminated
(Week 6)
| Gagik Harutyunyan  | Saved  | Safe  | Bottom
two  | Safe  | 8th | Eliminated
(Week 5)
| Anahit Hakobyan  | Saved  | Safe  | Safe  | 9th | Eliminated
(Week 4)
| Vahé Hovakimyan  | Saved  | Safe  | Bottom
two | Eliminated
(Week 3)
| The Nanos  | Saved  | 11th | Eliminated
(Week 2)
| Anahit Yengibaryan  | Saved  | 12th | Eliminated
(Week 2)
| Narek Khachatryan  | Not saved | Eliminated
(Week 1)
| Arthur and Aram  | Not saved | Eliminated
(Week 1)
| Suzanna Melkonyan  | Not saved | Eliminated
(Week 1)
| Sargis Harutyunyan  | Not saved | Eliminated
(Week 1)
Bottom two  | None  | None  | Gagik Harutyunyan
Vahe Hovakimyan  | Mery Avetisyan
Anahit Hakobyan  | Gagik Harutyunyan
Mery Avetisyan  | None  | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated.
Judges voted to  | Save
| André's vote  | Narek Vardanyan
Vahe Margaryan
Hayk Hunanyan | - | Gagik Harutyunyan | Anahit Hakobyan | Gagik Harutyunyan | \-
| Emmy's vote  | Anahit Hakobyan
Mery Avetisyan
Zhanna Davtyan | - | Gagik Harutyunyan | Mery Avetisyan | Mery Avetisyan | \-
| Glumov's vote  | Vahe Hovakimyan
Gagik Harutyunyan
Anahit Yengibaryan | - | - | Anahit Hakobyan | Gagik Harutyunyan | \-
| Papoyan's vote  | Mikado
DaDu
The Nanos | - | Gagik Harutyunyan | Mery Avetisyan | Mery Avetisyan | \-
Eliminated  | Sargis Harutyunyan
by Glumov  | The Nanos
Anahit Yengibaryan | Vahé Hovakimyan
0 of 3 votes
Majority | Anahit Hakobyan
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock | Gagik Harutyunyan
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock | MiKADO
Mery Avetisyan | DaDu
5th Place | Zhanna Davtyan
4th Place | Hayk Hunanyan
3rd Place
Narek Vardanyan
Runner-Up
Suzanna Melkonyan
by Emmy
Arthur and Aram
by Papoyan
Narek Khachatryan
by André  | Vahé Margaryan
Winner

### Live show details

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#### Week 1 (Top 12 Finalists Chosen)

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In this week each of the judges narrowing their number of acts down to three, without a public vote.

Category (mentor) | Act | Song | Translation | Mentor's decision

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Glumov (Over 24s)  | Sargis Harutyunyan  | "Bistreé" (Быстрее)  | "Faster"  | Saved1
Anahit Yengibaryan  | "Summertime Sadness"  | \-  | Not Saved
Vahé Hovakimyan  | "Pativ unem"(Պատիվ ունեմ)  | "I've Respect"  | Saved
Gagik Harutyunyan  | "Love Me Again"  | \-  | Saved
Emmy (Girls)  | Mery Avetisyan  | "If I Were a Boy"  | \-  | Saved
Suzanna Melkonyan  | "Hayastan Ashkharh" (Հայաստան աշխարհ)  | "Armenian World"  | Not Saved
Anahit Hakobyan  | "Chandelier"  | \-  | Saved
Zhanna Davtyan  | "Think Like a Man"  | \-  | Saved
Papoyan (Groups)  | MiKADO  | "Tsiatsan/Qez Gta" (Ծիածան/Քեզ գտա)  | "Rainbow/Found You"  | Saved
Arthur and Aram  | "Love Never Felt So Good"  | \-  | Not Saved
The Nanos  | "Stay"  | \-  | Saved
DaDu  | "Airplanes"  | \-  | Saved
André (Boys)  | Narek Khachatryan  | "Cliche Love Song"  | \-  | Not Saved
Hayk Hunanyan  | "Diamonds"  | \-  | Saved
Vahé Margaryan  | "Myr ergir" (Մըր էրգիր)  | "Our Country"  | Saved
Narek Vardanyan  | "All Of Me"  | \-  | Saved

^1 After Glumov's decision Sargis pronounced that instead of him the show will continue with Anahit.

#### Week 2 (August 31)

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* 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".

Contestants performances on the second live show  Act  | Order  | Song  | Translation  | Result

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Anahit Hakobyan  | 1  | "Gites Yes Kgam" (Գիտես ես կգամ)  | "You Know I Will Come"  | Safe
Anahit Yengibaryan  | 2  | "Trouble"  | \-  | Eliminated
DaDu  | 3  | "Don't Lie"  | \-  | Safe
Hayk Hunanyan  | 4  | "Hin Orer" (Հին օրեր)  | "Old Days"  | Safe
Mery Avetisyan  | 5  | "When Love Takes Over"  | \-  | Safe
Vahé Hovakimyan  | 6  | "Formidable"  | \-  | Safe
The Nanos  | 7  | "Happy (Sad Remix)"  | \-  | Eliminated
Vahé Margaryan  | 8  | "The Lazy Song"  | \-  | Safe
Gagik Harutyunyan  | 9  | "Horovel" (Հորովել)  | \-  | Safe
Zhanna Davtyan  | 10  | "Empire State of Mind"  | \-  | Safe
MiKADO  | 11  | "Andzrev" (Անձրև)  | "Rain"  | Safe
Narek Vardanyan  | 12  | "Talk Dirty"  | \-  | Safe

#### Week 3 (September 7)

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* Theme: Love songs
* 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".

Contestants performances on the third live show  Act  | Order  | Song  | Translation  | Result

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MiKADO  | 1  | "Khorozs taran" (Խորոզս տարան)  | "They Carried My Cock"  | Safe
Vahé Hovakimyan  | 2  | "Mer Siro Ashuny" (Մեր սիրո աշունը)  | "The Autumn of Our Love"  | Bottom two
Hayk Hunanyan  | 3  | "Urvakan" (Ուրվական)  | "Ghost"  | Safe
Anahit Hakobyan  | 4  | "My Kind of Love"  | \-  | Safe
Gagik Harutyunyan  | 5  | "Still Got the Blues (For You)"  | \-  | Bottom two
Vahé Margaryan  | 6  | "She"  | \-  | Safe
Zhanna Davtyan  | 7  | "Mi pah" (Մի պահ)  | "One Moment"  | Safe
DaDu  | 8  | "Love the Way You Lie"  | \-  | Safe
Narek Vardanyan  | 9  | "Ari, ari" (Արի, արի)  | "Come Come"  | Safe
Mery Avetisyan  | 10  | "Umbrella"  | \-  | Safe
Final showdown details
Vahé Hovakimyan  | 1  | "Khent Aghjik" (Խենթ աղջիկ)  | "Crazy Girl"  | Eliminated
Gagik Harutyunyan  | 2  | "Change the World"  | \-  | Safe

Judges' votes to save

* Papoyan: Gagik Harutyunyan – gave no reason
* Emmy: Gagik Harutyunyan – gave no reason
* André: Gagik Harutyunyan – gave no reason
* Glumov was not required to vote since there was already a majority

#### Week 4 (September 14)

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* Theme: The 1980s and 1990s hits

Contestants performances on the fourth live show  Act  | Order  | Song  | Translation  | Result

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Gagik Harutyunyan  | 1  | "Change the World"  | \-  | Safe
Mery Avetisyan  | 2  | "Hayreniq" (Հայրենիք)  | "Fatherland"  | Bottom two
Hayk Hunanyan  | 3  | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"  | \-  | Safe
Zhanna Davtyan  | 4  | "Imagine"  | \-  | Safe
MiKADO  | 5  | "Tjkuytik (Ճկույթիկ)"  | "Little Finger"  | Safe
Vahé Margaryan  | 6  | "Kilikia"  | \-  | Safe
Anahit Hakobyan  | 7  | "The Winner Takes It All"  | \-  | Bottom two
DaDu  | 8  | "Yete imanayir" (Եթե իմանայիր)  | "If You Knew"  | Safe
Narek Vardanyan  | 9  | "Bad"  | \-  | Safe
Final showdown details
Mery Avetisyan  | 1  | "Im anush hayreniq" (Իմ անուշ հայրենիք)  | "My Sweety Homeland"  | Safe
Anahit Hakobyan  | 2  | "Hayastan ashkharh" (Հայաստան աշխարհ)  | "Armenian World"  | Eliminated

Judges' votes to save

* Papoyan: Mery Avetisyan
* André: Anahit Hakobyan
* Glumov: Anahit Hakobyan
* Emmy: Mery Avetisyan

#### Week 5 (September 21)

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* Theme: Patriotic Songs
* Musical guests: Sona Rubenyan and Mher ("Hayastan")

Contestants performances on the fifth live show  Act  | Order  | Song  | Translation  | Result

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Mery Avetisyan  | 1  | "Im anush hayreniq" (Իմ անուշ հայրենիք)  | "My Sweety Homeland"  | Bottom two
DaDu  | 2  | "Hayastan" (Հայաստան)  | "Armenia"  | Safe
Gagik Harutyunyan  | 3  | "Ver kac yeghbayr im" (Վե՛ր կաց, եղբա՛յր իմ)  | "Stand Up My Brother"  | Bottom two
Hayk Hunanyan  | 4  | "Hayreniq" (Հայրենիք)  | "Fatherland"  | Safe
MiKADO  | 5  | "Hayi acher" (Հայի աչեր)  | "Armenian eyes"  | Safe
Vahé Margaryan  | 6  | "Yeraz im yerkir hayreni" (Երազ իմ երկիր հայրենի)  | "My Dream Homeland Armenia"  | Safe
Zhanna Davtyan  | 7  | "Martiki yergy" (Մարտիկի երգը)  | "Fighter's song"  | Safe
Narek Vardanyan  | 8  | "Menq enq mer sarery" (Մենք ենք մեր սարերը)  | "We Are Our Mountains"  | Safe
Final showdown details
Mery Avetisyan  | 1  | "Only Girl (In the World)"  | \-  | Safe
Gagik Harutyunyan  | 2  | "La Camisa Negra"  | "The Black Shirt"  | Eliminated

Judges' votes to save

* Glumov: Gagik Harutyunyan
* Emmy: Mery Avetisyan
* Papoyan: Mery Avetisyan
* André: Gagik Harutyunyan

#### Week 6 (September 28)

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* Theme: The Armenian and foreign hits of last 10 years

Contestants performances on the sixth live show  Act  | Order  | Song  | Translation  | Result

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Mery Avetisyan  | 1  | "Only Girl (In the World)"  | \-  | Eliminated
Hayk Hunanyan  | 2  | "Ha Nino" (Հա Նինո)  | "Yeah, Nino"  | Safe
MiKADO  | 3  | "PreGomesh" (ՊռեԳոմեշ)  | \-  | Eliminated
Vahé Margaryan  | 4  | "Fairytale"  | \-  | Safe
DaDu  | 5  | "Wild Ones"  | \-  | Safe
Narek Vardanyan  | 6  | "Qaminer" (Քամիներ)  | "Winds"  | Safe
Zhanna Davtyan  | 7  | "Firework"  | \-  | Safe

#### Week 7 (October 5)

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* Theme: Retro songs
* 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".

Contestants performances on the seventh live show  Act  | Order  | Song  | Result

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Narek Vardanyan  | 1  | "Susanna"  | Safe
DaDu  | 2  | "Coco Jamboo"  | Eliminated
Hayk Hunanyan  | 3  | "L'Italiano"  | Safe
Zhanna Davtyan  | 4  | "Hero"  | Safe
Vahé Margaryan  | 5  | "Blue Suede Shoes"  | Safe

#### Semifinal (October 19)

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* Themes: Celebrity duets, Soundtracks
* 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".

Contestants' performances on the semifinal  Act  | Order  | First song  | Translation  | Second song  | Translation  | Result

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Zhanna Davtyan  | 1  | "Linem Qami" (with Erik)  | "Being a Wind"  | "Krunk" (Կռունկ)  | "Crane"  | Eliminated
Hayk Hunanyan  | 2  | "Bayc Du Ches Galis" (with Arsen Safaryan)  | "But You Don't Come"  | "Vorogayt" (Որոգայթ)  | "Snare"  | Safe
Vahé Margaryan  | 3  | "Une Vie D'amour" (with Sona Rubenyan)  | "A Life of Love"  | "Les Montagnes d'Armenie"  | "The Mountains of Armenia"  | Safe
Narek Vardanyan  | 4  | "Ov Sirun, Sirun" (with André)  | \-  | "Parla Più Piano"  | "Speak Softly Love"  | Safe

#### Final (October 26)

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* Themes: Favorite performance, Winner's song
* Duets: Narek Vardanyan and Hayk Hunanyan performed "Patker" (Պատկեր), Zhanna Davtyan and Vahé Margaryan "Say Something".
* During the show the eliminated Zhanna Davtyan performed her own song written by Garik Papoyan. The song is called "Doors".

Contestants' performances on the final  Act  | Order  | First song  | Second song  | Translation  | Result

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Hayk Hunanyan  | 1  | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"  | "Haghtenq Miasin" (Հաղթենք միասին)  | "Winning Together"  | Eliminated
Vahé Margaryan  | 2  | "She"  | "Haghtenq Miasin" (Հաղթենք միասին)  | "Winning Together"  | Winner
Narek Vardanyan  | 3  | "Talk Dirty"  | "Haghtenq Miasin" (Հաղթենք միասին)  | "Winning Together"  | Runner-Up

## Season 4 (2016-2017)

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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

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- Winner
- Runner-up
Category (mentor)  | Acts

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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

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#### Results summary

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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)
| Week 1  | Week 2  | Week 3  | Week 4  | Week 5  | Week 6  | Semifinal  | Final

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| Edgar Ghandilyan  | Saved  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Winner
| Inna Sayadyan  | Saved  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Runner-Up
| Emmanuel & Mariam  | Saved  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | 3rd Place
| Abraham Khublaryan  | Saved  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | 4th Place
| Tyom Hakobyan  | Saved  | Safe  | Safe  | Bottom two  | Safe  | Safe  | 5th | Eliminated
(Semifinal)
| Yuri Adamyan  | Saved  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Bottom two  | 6th | Eliminated
(Week 6)
| David Chakhalyan  | Saved  | Safe  | Safe  | Safe  | Bottom two | Eliminated
(Week 5)
| Hasmik Karapetyan  | Saved  | Safe  | Safe  | Bottom two | Eliminated
(Week 4)
| Harutyun Hakobyan  | Saved  | Safe  | 9th | Eliminated
(Week 3)
| AlternatiV | Saved  | Safe  | 10th | Eliminated
(Week 3)
| Diana Harutyunyan  | Saved  | 11th | Eliminated
(Week 2)
| The Steps Band  | Saved  | 12th | Eliminated
(Week 2)
| Valeria Baltaeva  | Not Saved | Eliminated
(Week 1)
| Mané Baghdasaryan  | Not Saved | Eliminated
(Week 1)
| Qerob Hovelyan  | Not Saved | Eliminated
(Week 1)
Bottom two  | None  | None  | None  | Tyom Hakobyan
Hasmik Karapetyan  | Yuri Adamyan
David Chakhalyan  | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated.
Judges voted to  | Save
| André's vote  | Edgar Ghandilyan
Yuri Adamyan
Abraham Khublaryan | - | - | Tyom Hakobyan | Yuri Adamyan
| Erik's vote  | Inna Sayadyan
Hasmik Karapetyan
Diana Harutyunyan | - | - | Hasmik Karapetyan | Yuri Adamyan
| Arevshatyan's vote  | Tyom Hakobyan
David Chakhalyan
Harutyun Hakobyan | - | - | Tyom Hakobyan | David Chakhalyan
| Papoyan's vote  | Alternative
The Steps Band
Emmanuel & Mariam | - | - | Tyom Hakobyan | Yuri Adamyan
Eliminated  | Valeria Baltaeva
by Arevshatyan  | The Steps Band
Diana Harutyunyan | Alternive
Harutyun Hakobyan | Hasmik Karapetyan
1 of 4 votes
Majority | David Chakhalyan
1 of 4 votes
Majority | Yuri Adamyan
6th Place  | Tyom Hakobyan
5th Place  | Abraham Khublaryan 4th Place
Emmanuel & Mariam
3rd Place
Inna Sayadyan
Runner-Up
Mané Baghdasaryan
by Erik
Qerob Hovelyan
by André  | Edgar Ghandilyan
Winner

## See also

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* Hay Superstar (Idol series)

## External links

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* X Factor website - Season 1
* X Factor website - Season 2
* X Factor website - Season 3 Archived 2016-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
* X Factor Facebook

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