X Factor is the Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 version of X Factor

The X Factor (TV series)

The X Factor is a television talent show franchise originating in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for Pop Idol. It is a singing competition, now held in various countries, which pits contestants against each other. These contestants are aspiring pop singers drawn from...

, a show originating from the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. It is a television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. The first season concluded in May 2010, and it has not been announced when the second season will begin.

Series summary

"Under 25 boys" or "Under 25s" category

"Under 25 girls" category

"Over 25s" category

"Groups" category

Season	Air date	Winner		Third place		Judges	Winning mentor	Special Guests
	2008	Elias Hämäläinen Elias Hämäläinen Elias Hämäläinen is a Finnish musician who won the first series of the Finnish X Factor on 16 May 2010. He received a 3-album recording contract with Sony Music...	Samuli Taskinen	Leena Tirronen	Heikki Paasonen (X Factor) Jukka Rossi (Xtra Factor)	Linda Brava Linda Brava Linda Magdalena Cullberg Lampenius, better known by her maiden name Linda Lampenius and international stage name Linda Brava, is a Finnish classical concert violinist and recording artist.-Background:...   Renne Korppila  Gugi Kokljuschkine	Gugi Kokljuschkine	Anna Abreu Anna Abreu Anna Abreu is a Finnish-Portuguese singer who rose to fame as the runner-up of the third series of the Finnish singing talent show Idols in 2007. Her music is primarily pop, though her songs also have R&B, dance and Latin rhythms to them...   Anna Puu Maija Vilkkumaa Maija Vilkkumaa Maija Johanna Vilkkumaa a Finnish pop rock singer-songwriter. Beginning her musical hobbies playing piano at an age before school, Vilkkumaa studied in high school where she and her friends set up the band Tarharyhmä in 1990, which broke up in 1995...   Adam Lambert Adam Lambert Adam Mitchel Lambert is an American singer, songwriter, and actor from San Diego, California. In May 2009, he finished as the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol...   Amy Macdonald Amy MacDonald Amy MacDonald is an American author of children's books. Her works include Little Beaver and the Echo, which has been translated into 28 languages around the world, and Rachel Fister's Blister. Her first book, a satire of Jill Krementz's children's books, was A Very Young Housewife.Amy MacDonald...   Paloma Faith Paloma Faith Paloma Faith is a British singer-songwriter and actress. In 2009, she released her debut single "Stone Cold Sober", then her debut album, Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?, which was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. Her debut album stayed within the top 40 album...

2010: Season 1

The show's inaugural Finnish season was in 2010. It was broadcast on MTV3

MTV3

MTV3 is a Finnish commercial television station owned by Bonnier. It had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels until Finnish Broadcasting Company’s YLE1 took the lead. The letters MTV stand for Mainos-TV , due to the channel getting its revenue from running commercials...

 television station and hosted by Heikki Paasonen with Jukka Rossi hosting the affiliated Xtra Factor. The three judges were Linda Brava

Linda Brava

Linda Magdalena Cullberg Lampenius, better known by her maiden name Linda Lampenius and international stage name Linda Brava, is a Finnish classical concert violinist and recording artist.-Background:...

 (groups), Gugi Kokljuschkin (16- to 24-year-olds) and Renne Korppila (25 and over). And the finalists for each category were chosen by he 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
January 24th, 2010	Kuopio Kuopio Kuopio is a city and a municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia, Finland. A population of makes it the ninth biggest city in the country. The city has a total area of , of which is water and half forest...	November 7, 2009
January 31st, 2010	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...	November 14, 2009
February 7th, 2010	Tampere Tampere Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...	November 28, 2009
February 14th, 2010	Rovaniemi Rovaniemi Rovaniemi is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland. It is situated close to the Arctic Circle and is between the hills of Ounasvaara and Korkalovaara, at the confluence of the Kemijoki River and its...	December 5, 2009
February 21st, 2010	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...	December 12, 2009
February 28th, 2010	Tampere Tampere Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...	December 17, 2009

Finalists
(date of elimination in parenthesis)

• Fearless (28 March 2010)
• Merja Niekka (4 April 2010)
• Christian Palin
  Christian Palin
  Christian Palin is the former lead singer of the neo-classical metal band Adagio. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Palin moved to Finland at the age of 20 with his family. He signed with Adagio in 2008. Archangels in Black was the first album to feature Christian Palin on vocals...
  
   (11 April 2010)
• Soulsisters (18 April 2010)
• Yrjänä Salmela (25 April 2010)
• Enchant (2 May 2010)
• Leena Tirronen (9 May 2010)
• Samuli Taskinen (16 May 2010) -- runner-up
• Elias Hämäläinen
  Elias Hämäläinen
  Elias Hämäläinen is a Finnish musician who won the first series of the Finnish X Factor on 16 May 2010. He received a 3-album recording contract with Sony Music...
  
   (16 May 2010) -- winner

Guest performers
Guest performers included Anna Abreu

Anna Abreu

Anna Abreu is a Finnish-Portuguese singer who rose to fame as the runner-up of the third series of the Finnish singing talent show Idols in 2007. Her music is primarily pop, though her songs also have R&B, dance and Latin rhythms to them...

, Anna Puu, Maija Vilkkumaa

Maija Vilkkumaa

Maija Johanna Vilkkumaa a Finnish pop rock singer-songwriter. Beginning her musical hobbies playing piano at an age before school, Vilkkumaa studied in high school where she and her friends set up the band Tarharyhmä in 1990, which broke up in 1995...

, Adam Lambert

Adam Lambert

Adam Mitchel Lambert is an American singer, songwriter, and actor from San Diego, California. In May 2009, he finished as the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol...

, Amy Macdonald

Amy MacDonald

Amy MacDonald is an American author of children's books. Her works include Little Beaver and the Echo, which has been translated into 28 languages around the world, and Rachel Fister's Blister. Her first book, a satire of Jill Krementz's children's books, was A Very Young Housewife.Amy MacDonald...

 and Paloma Faith

Paloma Faith

Paloma Faith is a British singer-songwriter and actress. In 2009, she released her debut single "Stone Cold Sober", then her debut album, Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?, which was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. Her debut album stayed within the top 40 album...

Results table

Contestants' colour key:

– Renne Korppila's contestants (over 25s)

– Gugi Kokljuschkin's contestants (16–24s)

– Linda Brava's contestants (groups)

– Bottom two

– Safe

		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8
	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			-	-	-
	Kokljuschkin's vote to eliminate		Soul Sisters	Christian Palin
	Brava's vote to eliminate		Merja Niekka	Christian Palin
Eliminated		Fearless ? of 3 Votes	Merja Niekka 2 of 3 Votes	Christian Palin 3 of 3 Votes	Soul Sisters ? of 3 Votes	Yrjänä Salmela ? of 3 Votes	Enchant Bottom	Leena Tirronen Bottom	Samuli Taskinen Runner-up
									Elias Hämäläinen Winner