X-Factor is the Armenian

Armenia

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 version of The X Factor

The X Factor (TV series)

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, a show originating in the UK

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. It is a televised music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions in the Republic of Armenia

Armenia

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 and the Armenian diaspora

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. The show in its inaugural year is being broadcast on the Armenian Shant TV

Shant TV

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 station, the same station that broadcasts the Armenian Idol series Hay Superstar

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Series summary

"Under 25 boys" category

"Under 25 girls" category

"Over 25s" category

"Groups" category

Season	Air date	Winner		Third		Judges	Winning mentor
	6 November 2010 – 15 May 2011	Vrezh Kirakosyan Vrezh Kirakosyan Vrezh Kirakosyan is an Armenian singer who won the first series of the Armenian X-Factor series after getting top votes in the final broadcast live on the Armenian Shant TV station on 15 May 2011, against rival finalist and runner-up Srbuhi Sargsyan.Title holder Kirakosyan competed in the "over...	Srbuhi Sargsyan	Gigabeat Gigabeat The Gigabeat is a line of digital audio players by Toshiba.-Gigabeat:The Gigabeat was first called the MobilPhile and later renamed to Gigabeat. It contained a monochrome LCD with blue backlighting, and a 5 GB removable PCMCIA hard drive. Its case was made of aluminum, and battery life is...	Aram MP3	-Egor Glumov -Naira Gyurjinyan -Garik Baboyan -Gisané Palyan	Gisané Palyan

Season 1 (2010-2011)

The program is being broadcast on Saturday nights at 22:30 with repetitions on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays. Shant TV is also broadcasting 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 Baboyan 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
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  ), Georgi Bunyatyan, Vahé Aleksanyan, Hayk Avetisyan, Gevorg Haroutiunyan
• 16-24 Girls (mentor Garik Baboyan): 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 Baboyan by Gor Souldjian, Gisané Palyan by Sargis.

Finalists

Key:

– Winner

– Runner-up

– Third Place

– Withdrew

Category (Mentor)	Acts
Boys (Gyurjinyan)	Arthur-Alek Tosbekian	Artsrun Khangeldyan	Vahé Aleksanyan
Girls (Baboyan)	Arminé Kocharyan	Nelly Ghazaryan	Srbuhi Sargsyan
Over 25s (Palyan)	Edvin Sultanyan	Nelly Khosrovyan	Vrezh Kirakosyan Vrezh Kirakosyan Vrezh Kirakosyan is an Armenian singer who won the first series of the Armenian X-Factor series after getting top votes in the final broadcast live on the Armenian Shant TV station on 15 May 2011, against rival finalist and runner-up Srbuhi Sargsyan.Title holder Kirakosyan competed in the "over...	Yeva Sujyan
Groups (Glumov)	GigaBeat	Mars-On	P.S.

Results summary

Contestants' colour key:

– Mentored by Gyurjinyan (Boys) – Mentored by Baboyan (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 Vrezh Kirakosyan Vrezh Kirakosyan is an Armenian singer who won the first series of the Armenian X-Factor series after getting top votes in the final broadcast live on the Armenian Shant TV station on 15 May 2011, against rival finalist and runner-up Srbuhi Sargsyan.Title holder Kirakosyan competed in the "over...	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
	Baboyan'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

External links

• X-Factor page on Shant TV website
• X-Factor Facebook page