X Factor ''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for '' Pop Idol'' (2001–200 ...

'' is a Bulgarian television music competition to find new singing talent and part of a British franchise ''

The X Factor ''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for '' Pop Idol'' (2001–200 ...

''. 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 Lubomir Tsvetanov Kirov () is a Bulgarians, Bulgarian pop singer and music producer. He was formerly the lead singer of the band Te and was a member of the jury in the second and third season of music show ''X Factor (Bulgarian TV series), X Fa ...

and Velizar Sokolov (Zaki). Aleksandra Raeva and Maria Ignatova returned as presenters of the main show on

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. The winner of competition received 50 000 leva and a contract with a record company.

Judges and hosts

On May 22, 2017,

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

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.

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

Finalists

Key: : – Winner : – Runner-up

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

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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

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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 Notes *¹ Lubo Kirov was not required to vote as there was already a majority.

Live show details

Week 1 (22 October)

*Theme: "Express yourself" (songs to showcase who they are) 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"

Week 3 (5 November)

*Theme: "Bulgarian Hits" *Musical guests: Krisko feat. Pavell & Venci Venc' ("Герой")

Week 4 (12 November)

*Theme: "Love Songs" *Musical guests:

("Недей")

Week 5 (19 November)

*Theme: "Movie Night" *Musical guests: Nevena Peykova ("Трябваш ми спешно")

Week 6 (26 November)

*Theme: "Party Night" *Musical guests: **

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("Последни думи") **

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and Julian's Laughter ("Lost")

Week 7 (3 December)

*Theme: "Evergreen Songs and Duets" *Musical guests: Mihaela Marinova ("Листата падат"), ("Един срещу друг")

Week 8: Semi-final (10 December)

*Theme: Bulgaria vs. The Rest of the World *Musical guests: TITA ("Антилопа") This week's results show featured a double elimination. The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three and will perform in the final showdown then the public decide who they want to save.

Week 9: Final (17 December)

*Musical guests: Christiana Louizu, Kristian Kostov, Margarita Hranova, Mihaela Marinova

Episodes

References

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