X Factor (Finnish TV series)

Finnish reality television series

X Factor

Created by| Simon Cowell
Presented by| Heikki Paasonen (2010)
Jukka Rossi (2010)
Ile Uusivuori (2018–)
Viivi Pumpanen (2018–)
Judges| Michael Monroe (2018–)
Saara Aalto (2018–)
Suvi Teräsniska (2018–)
Mikael Gabriel (2018–)
Linda Brava (2010)
Renne Korppila (2010)
Gugi Kokljuschkin (2010)
Original language| Finnish
No. of seasons| 2
No. of episodes| 17
Original release
Network| MTV3
Release| 24 January (2010-01-24) –
23 May 2010 (2010-05-23)
Release| 4 February (2018-02-04) –
6 May 2018 (2018-05-06)

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. On 13 June 2017, it was revealed that the show would be revived for a second season which began airing in 2018.[1]

## Judges' categories and their contestants

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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  | Linda Brava  | Renne Korppila  | Gugi Kokljuschkin  | —

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One | Groups
Enchant
Soul Sisters
Fearless | Over 25s
Leena Tirronen
Yrjänä Salmela
Christian Palin | 16-24s
Elias Hämäläinen
Samuli Taskinen
Merja Niekka
Season  | Michael Monroe  | Saara Aalto  | Suvi Teräsniska  | Mikael Gabriel
Two | Groups

SANA | Girls
Tika Liljegren
Fanny Falk | Over 25s
Hanna-Maaria Tuomela
Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen | Boys
Raid Amiri
Viktorio Angelov

## Series summary

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Contestant in (or mentor of) "16–24s" category
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  | Winning mentor  | Host

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1  | 24 January 2010  | 23 May 2010  | Elias Hämäläinen
16-24s  | Samuli Taskinen
16-24s  | Gugi Kokljuschkine  | Heikki Paasonen  (main)
Jukka Rossi  (Xtra Factor)
2  | 4 February 2018  | 6 May 2018  | Tika Liljegren
Girls  | Hanna-Maaria Tuomela
Over 25s  | Saara Aalto | Ile Uusivuori
Viivi Pumpanen

## Season 1 (2010)

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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 the 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

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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

Guest performers

Guest performers included Anna Abreu, Anna Puu, Maija Vilkkumaa, Adam Lambert, Amy Macdonald and Paloma Faith.

### Contestants

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Key:

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

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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

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#### Results table

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Contestants' colour key:

- Korppila's contestants (Over 25s)

- Kokljuschkin's contestants (16–24s)
- Brava's contestants (Groups)
- Bottom two
| Week 1  | Week 2  | Week 3  | Week 4  | Week 5  | Week 6  | Week 7  | Week 8

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| 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

## Season 2 (2018)

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On 13 June 2017, it was announced that Michael Monroe, Saara Aalto, Suvi Teräsniska and Mikael Gabriel would judge the 2nd season. The hosts are Ile Uusivuori and Viivi Pumpanen.

### Contestants

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Key:

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

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Boys (Gabriel)  | Raid Amiri | Viktorio Angelov
Girls (Aalto)  | Fanny Falk | Tika Liljegren
Over 25s (Teräsniska)  | Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen | Hanna-Maaria Tuomela
Groups (Monroe)  | 6G | SANA

### Live shows

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Contestants' colour key:

- Gabriel's contestants (Boys)

- Aalto's contestants (Girls)
- Teräsniska's contestants (Over 25s)
- Monroe's contestants (Groups)
- Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown
- Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown)
- Contestant received the most public votes
Contestant  | Week 1  | Week 2  | Week 3  | Week 4

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Round 1  | Round 2
| Tika Liljegren | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner
| Hanna-Maaria Tuomela | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-Up
| Raid Amiri | Safe | Bottom three | Safe | 3rd | Eliminated
(Week 4)
| Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen | Safe | Safe | 4th | Eliminated
(Week 3)
| 6G | Safe | Bottom three | Eliminated
(Week 2)
| Fanny Falk | Bottom three | 6th | Eliminated
(Week 2)
| Viktorio Angelov | Bottom three | Eliminated
(Week 1)
| SANA | 8th | Eliminated
(Week 1)
Final Showdown | Fanny Falk,
Viktorio Angelov  | Raid Amiri,
6G  | The act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated.
Monroe's vote to eliminate | Viktorio Angelov | Raid Amiri
Aalto's vote to eliminate | Viktorio Angelov | 6G
Teräsniska's vote to eliminate | Viktorio Angelov | 6G
Gabriel's vote to eliminate | Fanny Falk | 6G
Eliminated | Viktorio Angelov
3 of 4 votes
Majority  | 6G
3 of 4 votes
Majority  | Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen
Public vote
to save  | Raid Amiri
Public vote
to save  | Hanna-Maaria Tuomela
Public vote
to win
SANA
Public vote
to save  | Fanny Falk
Public vote
to save

### Live show details

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#### Week 1 (15 April 2018)

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Contestants' performances on the first live show  Act  | Order  | Song  | Result

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Tika Liljegren  | 1  | "Symphony"  | Safe
6G  | 2  | "Yö kuuluu meille"  | Safe
Raid Amiri  | 3  | "Antaudun"  | Safe
Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen  | 4  | "Olet puolisoni nyt"  | Safe
Fanny Falk  | 5  | "What About Us"  | Bottom three
SANA  | 6  | "Parasta just nyt"  | Eliminated
Viktorio Angelov  | 7  | "Havana"  | Eliminated
Hanna-Maaria Tuomela  | 8  | "Älä jätä roikkuu"  | Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

* Gabriel: Fanny Falk
* Teräsniska: Viktorio Angelov
* Aalto: Viktorio Angelov
* Monroe: Viktorio Angelov

#### Week 2 (22 April 2018)

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

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Raid Amiri  | 1  | "Drag Me Down"  | Bottom three
Hanna-Maaria Tuomela  | 2  | "Meri Keinuttaa" (original song)  | Safe
Fanny Falk  | 3  | "2080-luvulla"  | Eliminated
6G  | 4  | "Tarzan ja Jane" (original song)  | Eliminated
Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen  | 5  | "Sign of the Times"  | Safe
Tika Liljegren  | 6  | "Bang Bang"  | Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

* Monroe: Raid Amiri
* Gabriel: 6G
* Teräsniska: 6G
* Aalto: 6G

#### Week 3: Semi-final (29 April 2018)

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

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Henri-Aleksi Pietiläinen  | 1  | "Human"  | Eliminated
Raid Amiri  | 2  | "When We Were Young"  | Safe
Hanna-Maaria Tuomela  | 3  | "Ainoo oikee" (original song)  | Safe
Tika Liljegren  | 4  | "All by Myself"  | Safe

#### Week 4: Final (6 May 2018)

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

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Raid Amiri  | N/A (Already eliminated)  | Eliminated
Tika Liljegren  | 1  | "Täydellinen elämä" (with Suvi Teräsniska)  | 3  | "Alive"  | Winner
Hanna-Maaria Tuomela  | 2  | "Ytimeen" (with Reino Nordin)  | 4  | "Addicted to You"  | Runner-up

## References

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1. ^ "X Factor Suomi alkaa MTV3:lla - Saara Aallosta tuomari!".

## External links

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