X Factor is a Bulgarian television music competition to find new singing talent and part of a British franchise The X Factor. The fifth and final season began on 10 September 2017 and concluded on 17 December 2017. The judging panel consisted of Kristian Talev - Krisko, Sanya Armutlieva, Lubo Kirov and Velizar Sokolov - Zaki. Aleksandra Raeva and Maria Ignatova returned as presenters of the main show on NOVA. The winner of competition received 50 000 leva and a contract with a record company.
Judges and hosts
On May 22, 2017, NOVA announced the return of the musical competition show. The hosts Aleksandra Raeva and Maria Ignatova returned for their fourth season. Of the four judges of the previous seasons, only Krisko and Sanya Armutlieva returned for their second and fourth season respectively. They were joined by seasons 2 and 3 judges Lubo Kirov and Zaki, who returned after a one season hiatus.
Selection process Auditions The minimum age to audition for this season was 14. Contestants needed three or more 'yeses' from the four judges to progress to Bootcamp.
+Summary of judges' auditions Episode Airing dateJudges 1 September 10, 2017 Lubo Kirov Krisko Sanya Armutlieva Zaki 2 September 17, 2017 3 September 24, 2017 4 October 1, 2017 Hilda Kazasyan
Bootcamp More than 100 contestants made it to the Bootcamp, where they had two tasks. Task 1 had them singing in groups, of which the judges chose the best. About 50 acts continued to Task 2, which was The Six-Chair challenge. It was then revealed that Kirov would mentor the Groupes, Krisko – the Boys, Armutlieva – the Girls and Zaki – the Over 25s. From there, in each category only 6 contestants made it to the Judges' houses.
Judges' houses +Summary of judges' houses Judge Category Assistants Contestants eliminated Kirov Groups Miro Aleksandar, David & DenisStefani, Simon & RadostinaHristina, Presiyana & Viktoria Zaki Over 25s Maria Ilieva Nikolay NikolovTsveta DobrevaValeri Wilson Krisko Boys Yordanka Hristova Emil PetrovMario ArangelovskiPavel Mateev Armutlieva Girls Louisa Johnson Nikoleta StanoykovaStanislava Vasileva
Finalists Key: – Winner – Runner-up
Category (mentor)Acts Boys (Krisko) Ivan Dimitrov Stoyancho Buchkov Teodor Stoyanov Girls (Armutlieva) Eva Parmakova Milena Tsanova Miroslava Todorova Yoana Dimitrova Over 25s (Zaki) Dahmara Manal El-Feitury Virginia Subeva Groups (Kirov) 4 Magic Mario and Viktoria Treasures
Live shows The live shows began on 22 October 2017, with the performance shows taking place every Sunday along with the results show on the same day. The live shows will be filmed at Global Group Studio in Sofia and will conclude on 17 December 2017. The thirteen finalists were revealed on 15 October 2017 immediately after the last judges' houses episode.
Musical guests Krisko with Pavell & Venci Venc' performed on the third live show, while DARA performed on the fourth live show. Nevena Peykova performed on the fifth live show, while Mihaela Fileva and Slavin Slavchev along with Julian's Laughter will perform on the sixth live show. Mihaela Marinova performed on the seventh live show, while TITA will perform on the eighth live show.
Results summary
Colour key –Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to perform again in the sing-off –Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated –Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no sing-off) –Contestant received the most public votes + Weekly results per contestant Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9Final Round One Round Two 4 Magic Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Safe Safe Safe Winner54% Yoana Dimitrova Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottomthree SafeRunner-up46% Eva Parmakova Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Safe 3rd Eliminated(week 9) Miroslava Todorova Safe Safe Safe Safe 7th Safe Safe Bottomthree Eliminated(week 8) Milena Tsanova Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottomthree Eliminated(week 8) Mario and Viktoria Safe Safe Bottomtwo Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated(week 7) Virginia Sabeva Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated(week 6) Teodor Stoyanov Safe Safe Safe Safe 8th Eliminated(week 5) Ivan Dimitrov Safe Safe Safe Bottomtwo Eliminated(week 4) Treasures Safe 10th Bottomtwo Eliminated(week 3) Manal El-Feitury Bottomthree 11th Eliminated(week 2) Stoyancho Buchkov Bottomthree Eliminated(week 1) Dahmara 13th Eliminated(week 1) Final showdown Manal El-Feitury Treasures Mario and Viktoria Virginia Subeva Miroslava Todorova 4 Magic Eva Parmakova No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated Stoyancho Buchkov Manal El-Feitury Treasures Ivan Dimitrov Teodor Stoyanov Virginia Subeva Mario and Viktoria Judges voted to Save Krisko's vote Stoyancho Buchkov Manal El-Feitury Mario and Viktoria Ivan Dimitrov Teodor Stoyanov 4 Magic Eva Parmakova Armutlieva's vote Manal El-Feitury Treasures Mario and Viktoria Virginia Subeva Miroslava Todorova 4 Magic Eva Parmakova Zaki's vote Manal El-Feitury Manal El-Feitury Mario and Viktoria Virginia Subeva Miroslava Todorova Virginia Subeva Eva Parmakova Kirov's vote Manal El-Feitury Treasures N/A Virginia Subeva Teodor Stoyanov 4 Magic Mario and Viktoria EliminatedDahmaraFewest votesto save Manal El-Feitury2 of 4 votesDeadlock Treasures0 of 3 votesMinority Ivan Dimitrov1 of 4 votesMinority Teodor Stoyanov 2 of 4 votesDeadlock Virginia Subeva1 of 4 votesMinority Mario and Viktoria1 of 4 votesMinority Miroslava TodorovaFewest votesto save Eva ParmakovaFewest votes(out of 3) 4 Magic54%to win Stoyancho Buchkov3 of 4 votesMajority Milena TsanovaFewest votesto save Yoana Dimitrova46%(out of 2) Reference(s) Notes 1 Lubo Kirov was not required to vote as there was already a majority.
+Summary of live shows Live Show Airing dateJudges Week 1 October 22, 2017 Lubo Kirov Krisko Sanya Armutlieva Zaki Week 2 October 29, 2017 Week 3 November 5, 2017 Week 4 November 12, 2017 Week 5 November 19, 2017 Week 6 November 26, 2017 Hilda Kazasyan Week 7 December 3, 2017 Krisko Week 8 December 10, 2017 Week 9 Final December 17, 2017
Live show details
Week 1 (22 October) Theme: "Express yourself" (songs to showcase who they are) + Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result Yoana Dimitrova 1 "Crazy in Love" Saved Virginia Subeva 2 "Get Away" Saved Treasures 3 "Can't Stop the Feeling!" Saved Teodor Stoyanov 4 "Shape Of My Heart" Saved Eva Parmakova 5 "That's My Girl" Saved Dahmara 6 "Beat It" Eliminated Ivan Dimitrov 7 "One and Only" Saved Mario and Viktoria 8 "Vivo per lei" Saved Manal El-Feitury 9 "Side to Side" Bottom three Milena Tsanova 10 "Nothing Compares 2U" Saved 4 Magic 11 "How Deep Is Your Love" Saved Stoyancho Buchkov 12 "Somebody To Love" Bottom three Miroslava Todorova 13 "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Saved Final showdown details Stoyancho Buchkov 1 "Hear Me" Eliminated Manal El-Feitury 2 "When I Was Your Man" Saved This week's results show featured a double elimination. The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three and the act with the fewest public votes was then automatically eliminated. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.
Week 2 (29 October) Theme: "Halloween Night" + Contestants' performances on the second live show Act Order Song Result Teodor Stoyanov 1 "Human" Saved Mario & Viktoria 2 "Beauty and the Beast" Saved Manal El-Feitury 3 "The Monster" Bottom two Miroslava Todorova 4 "Creep" Saved Treasures 5 "I'm In Love With a Monster" Bottom two Eva Parmakova 6 "Alive" Saved 4 Magic 7 "Bad Romance" Saved Ivan Dimitrov 8 "Whataya Want from Me" Saved Milena Tsanova 9 "Just Like Fire" Saved Yoana Dimitrova 10 "You Win or You Die" Saved Virginia Subeva 11 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Saved Final showdown details Manal El-Feitury 1 "Strong Enough" Eliminated Treasures 2 "Хубава си, моя горо" Saved
Week 3 (5 November) Theme: "Bulgarian Hits" Musical guests: Krisko feat. Pavell & Venci Venc' ("Герой") + Contestants' performances on the third live show Act Order Song Result Eva Parmakova 1 "Не ти ли стига" Saved 4 Magic 2 "Уморени крила" Saved Miroslava Todorova 3 "Прошепнати мечти" Saved Mario and Viktoria 4 "Завинаги" Bottom two Treasures 5 "If Love Was A Crime" Bottom two Virginia Subeva 6 "Искам те" Saved Ivan Dimitrov 7 "Знам" Saved Yoana Dimitrova 8 "Черната овца" Saved Milena Tsanova 9 "Вървят ли двама" Saved Teodor Stoyanov 10 "Бягство" Saved Final showdown details Mario & Victoria 1 "Say Something" Saved Treasures 2 "Little Me" Eliminated
Week 4 (12 November) Theme: "Love Songs" Musical guests: DARA ("Недей") + Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Act Order Song Result Virginia Subeva 1 "Stone Cold" Bottom two Teodor Stoyanov 2 "Angie" Saved Yoana Dimitrova 3 "Hurts" Saved Mario and Victoria 4 "Without You" Saved Milena Tsanova 5 "Wish You Were Here" Saved Miroslava Todorova 6 "All of Me" Saved 4 Magic 7 "Flashlight" Saved Ivan Dimitrov 8 "One" Bottom two Eva Parmakova 9 "Make You Feel My Love" Saved Final showdown details Ivan Dimitrov 1 "Breathe Easy" Eliminated Virginia Subeva 2 "Son of a Preacher Man" Saved
Week 5 (19 November) Theme: "Movie Night" Musical guests: Nevena Peykova ("Трябваш ми спешно") + Contestants' performances on the fifth live show Act Order Song Result 4 Magic 1 "One Night Only" Saved Miroslava Todorova 2 "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" Bottom two Mario & Viktoria 3 "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" Saved Eva Parmakova 4 "River Deep, Mountain High" Saved Milena Tsanova 5 "I See Fire" Saved Virginia Subeva 6 "Listen" Saved Yoana Dimitrova 7 "Оставаме" Saved Teodor Stoyanov 8 "I'll Be There For You" Bottom two Final showdown details Teodor Stoyanov 1 "Сбогом, моя любов" Eliminated Miroslava Todorova 2 "Lovesong" Saved
Week 6 (26 November) Theme: "Party Night" Musical guests: Mihaela Fileva ("Последни думи") Slavin Slavchev and Julian's Laughter ("Lost") + Contestants' performances on the sixth live show Act Order Song Result Yoana Dimitrova 1 "Mamma Knows Best" Saved 4 Magic 2 "Chained to the Rhythm" Bottom two Virginia Subeva 3 "Uptown Funk" Bottom two Eva Parmakova 4 "Ex's & Oh's" Saved Miroslava Todorova 5 "Sway" Saved Mario & Viktoria 6 "La Tortura" Saved Milena Tsanova 7 "Don't Let Me Down" Saved Final showdown details Virginia Subeva 1 "Proud Mary" Eliminated 4 Magic 2 "Who's Lovin' You" Saved
Week 7 (3 December) Theme: "Evergreen Songs and Duets" Musical guests: Mihaela Marinova ("Листата падат"), ("Един срещу друг") + Contestants' performances on the seventh live show Act Order Song Result First song (Individual performance) Eva Parmakova 1 "Ain't No Other Man" Bottom two Mario & Viktoria 2 "Cose Della Vita" Bottom two Miroslava Todorova 3 "Imagine" Saved Milena Tsanova 4 "The Show Must Go On" Saved 4 Magic 5 "Man in the Mirror" Saved Yoana Dimitrova 6 "Think" Saved Second song (Duet) Mario & Viktoria 1 "If I Ain't Got You"N/A Milena Tsanova Eva Parmakova 2 "When You Believe"N/A Yoana Dimitrova 4 Magic 3 "I Will Survive" / "Survivor"N/A Miroslava Todorova Final showdown details Eva Parmakova 1 "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" Saved Mario & Viktoria 2 "Broken Strings" Eliminated
Week 8: Semi-final (10 December) Theme: Bulgaria vs. The Rest of the World Musical guests: TITA ("Антилопа") + Contestants' performances on the eighth live show Act Order First song Order Second song Result Milena Tsanova 1 "Истина" 10 "Nobody's Perfect" Bottom three Miroslava Todorova 2 "Недей" 6 "Writing's on the Wall" Bottom three Yoana Dimitrova 3 "Once Upon a December" 8 "Играя стилно" Bottom three Eva Parmakova 4 "И аз съм тук" 7 "Russian Roulette" Saved 4 Magic 5 "Зайди, зайди" 9 "Love the Way You Lie" Saved Final showdown details Milena Tsanova 1 "It's a Man's World" Eliminated Yoana Dimitrova 2 "I Care" Saved Miroslava Todorova 3 "Fallin'" Eliminated