X Factor (Armenian TV series)

X-Factor (Armenian: Իքս-Ֆակտոր) is the Armenian version of The X Factor, a show originating in the United Kingdom. It is a televised music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions in Armenia and the Armenian diaspora. The show in its inaugural year was broadcast on the Armenian Shant TV station, the same station that broadcasts the Armenian Idol series Hay Superstar.

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-) Shushanik Arevshatyan (2016-)
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

Series overview

  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
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

Key:

  – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.

Season	Egor Glumov	Naira Gyurjinyan	Garik Papoyan	Gisané Palyan
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)

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

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

Key:

  – Winner

  – Runner-up

  – Withdrew

Category (mentor)	Acts
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

Results summary

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
	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)

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

Contestants

Key:

  – Winner

  – Runner-up

Category (mentor)	Acts
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

Results summary

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
	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)

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

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
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

Key:

  – Winner

  – Runner-up

Category (mentor)	Acts
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

Results summary

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
	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

Week 1 (Top 12 Finalists Chosen)

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
Glumov (Over 24s)	Sargis Harutyunyan	"Bistreé" (Быстрее)	"Faster"	Saved^1
	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)

• 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
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)

• 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
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)

• Theme: The 1980s and 1990s hits

Contestants performances on the fourth live show

Act	Order	Song	Translation	Result
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)

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

Contestants performances on the fifth live show

Act	Order	Song	Translation	Result
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)

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

Contestants performances on the sixth live show

Act	Order	Song	Translation	Result
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)

• 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
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)

• 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
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)

• 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
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)

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

  – Winner

  – Runner-up

Category (mentor)	Acts
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

Results summary

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
	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

• Hay Superstar (Idol series)

External links

• X Factor website - Season 1
• X Factor website - Season 2
• X Factor website - Season 3
• X Factor Facebook