The X Factor (Greek series 1)
# The X Factor (Greek series 1)

The first series of the music talent show The X Factor Greece began airing on ANT1 on 4 October 2008 and was won by Loukas Giorkas on 30 January 2009. The show was presented by Sakis Rouvas. It was also broadcast abroad via ANT1's international stations.

## Selection process

### Auditions

Public auditions by aspiring pop singers began in July 2008 and concluded in September 2008. The auditions were held in three cities: in Athens and Thessaloniki (Greece) and Larnaka (Cyprus).

### Bootcamp

Following initial auditions, the "Boot camp" stage took place in September 2008. Approximately 200 acts attended Boot Camp. They were initially split into groups of three, and judges gave instant decisions on who would leave based on the group performances, bringing the number of acts down to 150. The judges then cut the number of acts down to 80. They were split into four categories: Boys, Girls, Over 25s and Groups, before the judges discovered which category they would mentor for the rest of the competition. The Boys (16–24) were mentored by Katerina Gagaki, George Levendis had the Girls (16–24), Nikos Mouratidis mentored the Over 25s, and Giorgos Theofanous took charge of the Groups. At the last stage of boot camp only 32 remained.

### Judges Houses

During "Judges' Houses", the judges welcomed the eight acts from their selected category to their "homes". Each act had only one chance to impress their mentor who had the task of selecting which three acts were to go through to the live shows and which three would be eliminated.

The sixteen eliminated acts were:

* Boys 16-24 – Mixalis Zeis, Vasilis Pachis, Maurikios Maurikiou, Akis Panagiotidis
* Girls 16-24 – Eugenia Mpalafa, Eua Tsachra, Ifigenia Stefanou, Basiliki Papada
* Over 25s –
* Groups –

## Contestants and categories

The final 16 acts were confirmed as follows:

Key:

    – Winner
    – Runner-up
    – Third Place

| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Girls 16-24 (George Levendis) | Ioanna Protopappa | Eirini Papadopoulou | Anthi Simiou | Polyxeni Bifsa |
| Boys 16-24 (Katerina Gagaki) | Louis Georgiou | Nikolas Metaxas | Loukas Giorkas | Christos Kalliatsas |
| Over 25s (Nikos Mouratidis) | Kelly Kaltsi | Giorgos Klakoumanos | Vasiliki Tsiomi | Konstantinos Tsimouris |
| Groups (Giorgos Theofanous) | Kokkina Xalia | Crowns | Juke Box | Triimitonio |

## Live shows

The live shows started on 23 October 2009. The acts are performing every Friday night with the results announced on the same day.

### Results summary

**Colour key**

| – | Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown |
| - | - |

Table showing weekly results, indicating which contestants were eliminated or safe, how each judge voted, and positions in each week's public vote where known. :

| | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 13 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loukas Giorkas | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner | Winner |
| Nikolas Metaxas | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-Up | Runner-Up |
| Triimitonio | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | 3rd | 3rd |
| Kokkina Xalia | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Safe | Safe | Safe | 5th | Safe | 4th | 4th |
| Ioanna Protopappa | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 12) | Eliminated (week 12) |
| Kelly Kaltsi | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Bottom 2 | Bottom 2 | 6th | Eliminated (week 11) | Eliminated (week 11) | Eliminated (week 11) |
| Konstantinos Tsimouris | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Safe | 10th | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 10) | Eliminated (week 10) | Eliminated (week 10) | Eliminated (week 10) |
| Louis Giorgiou | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 9) | Eliminated (week 9) | Eliminated (week 9) | Eliminated (week 9) | Eliminated (week 9) |
| Christos Kalliatsas | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 8) | Eliminated (week 8) | Eliminated (week 8) | Eliminated (week 8) | Eliminated (week 8) | Eliminated (week 8) |
| Giorgos Klakoumanos | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 7) | Eliminated (week 7) | Eliminated (week 7) | Eliminated (week 7) | Eliminated (week 7) | Eliminated (week 7) | Eliminated (week 7) |
| Eirini Papadopoulou | Bottom 2 | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 11th | Eliminated (week 6) | Eliminated (week 6) | Eliminated (week 6) | Eliminated (week 6) | Eliminated (week 6) | Eliminated (week 6) | Eliminated (week 6) | Eliminated (week 6) |
| Juke Box | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 5) | Eliminated (week 5) | Eliminated (week 5) | Eliminated (week 5) | Eliminated (week 5) | Eliminated (week 5) | Eliminated (week 5) | Eliminated (week 5) | Eliminated (week 5) |
| Polyxeni Bifsa | Safe | Bottom 2 | Bottom 2 | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) | Eliminated (week 4) |
| Anthi Simiou | Safe | Safe | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) | Eliminated (week 3) |
| Crowns | Safe | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) | Eliminated (week 2) |
| Vasiliki Tsiomi | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) | Eliminated (week 1) |
| Final showdown | Eirini Papadopoulou, Vasiliki Tsiomi | Crowns, Polyxeni Bifsa | Anthi Simiou, Polyxeni Bifsa | Konstantinos Tsimouris, Polyxeni Bifsa | Ioanna Protopappa, Juke Box | Eirini Papadopoulou, Konstantinos Tsimouris | Giorgos Klakoumanos, Kokkina Xalia | Christos Kalliatsas, Kelly Kaltsi | Kelly Kaltsi, Louis Georgiou | Kelly Kaltsi, Konstantinos Tsimouris | Kelly Kaltsi, Kokkina Xalia | Ioanna Protopappa, Triimitonio | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone |
| Mouratidis's vote to eliminate | Eirini Papadopoulou | Crowns | | Polyxeni Bifsa | Juke Box | | Kokkina Xalia | Christos Kalliatsas | Louis Georgiou | Kelly Kaltsi | Kokkina Xalia | Ioanna Protopappa | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone |
| Gagaki's vote to eliminate | Vasiliki Tsiomi | Crowns | | Polyxeni Bifsa | Juke Box | | Giorgos Klakoumanos | Kelly Kaltsi | Kelly Kaltsi | Konstantinos Tsimouris | Kokkina Xalia | Ioanna Protopappa | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone |
| Levendis's vote to eliminate | Vasiliki Tsiomi | Crowns | | Konstantinos Tsimouris | Juke Box | | Giorgos Klakoumanos | Christos Kalliatsas | Louis Georgiou | Konstantinos Tsimouris | Kelly Kaltsi | Triimitonio | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone |
| Theofamous's vote to eliminate | Vasiliki Tsiomi | Polyxeni Bifsa | | Polyxeni Bifsa | Juke Box | | Giorgos Klakoumanos | Christos Kalliatsas | Louis Georgiou | Konstantinos Tsimouris | Kelly Kaltsi | Ioanna Protopappa | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone |
| Eliminated | Vasiliki Tsiomi 3 of 4 votes Majority | Crowns 3 of 4 votes Majority | Anthi Simiou ? of 4 votes | Polyxeni Bifsa 3 of 4 votes Majority | Juke Box 4 of 4 votes Majority | Eirini Papadopoulou 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Giorgos Klakoumanos 3 of 4 votes Majority | Christos Kalliatsas 3 of 4 votes Majority | Louis Georgiou 3 of 4 votes Majority | Konstantinos Tsimouris ? of 4 votes Majority | Kelly Kaltsi 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Ioanna Protopappa 3 of 4 votes Majority | Triimitonio Third Place | Loukas Giorkas Winner |
| Eliminated | Vasiliki Tsiomi 3 of 4 votes Majority | Crowns 3 of 4 votes Majority | Anthi Simiou ? of 4 votes | Polyxeni Bifsa 3 of 4 votes Majority | Juke Box 4 of 4 votes Majority | Eirini Papadopoulou 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Giorgos Klakoumanos 3 of 4 votes Majority | Christos Kalliatsas 3 of 4 votes Majority | Louis Georgiou 3 of 4 votes Majority | Konstantinos Tsimouris ? of 4 votes Majority | Kelly Kaltsi 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Ioanna Protopappa 3 of 4 votes Majority | Kokkina Xalia Fourth Place | Nikolas Metaxas Runner-Up |

### Week 12 (23 January Semi-Final)

* Themes: Mentor's choice and Free choice
* Celebrity performers: Tamta "Koita me", "Agapise me" / Korgialas and Evridiki "Mia fora", "xwris esena", "geia sou", "Comme Ci, Comme Ça"

Contestants' performances on the twelfth live show :

| Act | Order | First song (Mentor's choice) | Order | Second song (Contestant's choice) | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Triimitonio | 1 | "Dust in the wind" | 6 | "Karagiozis" | Bottom two |
| Nikolas Metaxas | 2 | "O proskinitis" | 7 | "Bring me to life" | Safe |
| Loukas Giorkas | 3 | "Agriolouloudo" | 8 | "Didimotixo Blues" | Safe |
| Kokkina Xalia | 4 | "O basilias tis skonis" | 9 | "I'll Be There for You" | Safe |
| Ioanna Protopappa | 5 | "Giati Fobase" | 10 | "Hot n Cold" | Bottom two |
| Final showdown details ||||||
| Triimitonio | 1 | "Anoites Agapes & Trenaki" | "Anoites Agapes & Trenaki" | "Anoites Agapes & Trenaki" | Safe |
| Ioanna Protopappa | 2 | "Un-Break My Heart" | "Un-Break My Heart" | "Un-Break My Heart" | Eliminated |

**Judges' votes to eliminate**

* Giorgos Theofanous: Ioanna Protopappa
* George Levendis: Triimitonio
* Katerina Gagaki: Ioanna Protopappa
* Nikos Mouratidis: Ioanna Protopappa

### Week 13 (30 January Final)

* Themes: Mentor's choice, Free choice and Final choice
* Celebrity performers: Natasha Theodoridou "Fegari", "Dipla Se Sena", "Apantise mou", "Oneiro"

| Order | Artist | Mentor | Contestant's Choice | Mentor's Choice | Contestant's Favourite | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kokkina Xalia | Giorgos Theofanous | Hartaetos | unknown | unknown | Fourth Place |
| 2 | Loukas Giorkas | Katerina Gagaki | "Ladadika" | "Piretos" | "Party" | Winner |
| 3 | Nikolas Metaxas | Katerina Gagaki | "Dream on" | "Anthropoi Monahoi" | "Let me entertain you" | Runner Up |
| 4 | Triimitonio | Giorgos Theofanous | unknown | unknown | unknown | Third Place |

* Eliminated by public vote, after the judges forced a tie.
