The X Factor is a Greek and Cypriot television music competition to find new singing talent. The seventh series began airing on Mega Channel on March 18, 2022. Singer Christos Mastoras returned as judge for his second season, and three new judges joined, singer Mariza Rizou, singer and songwriter Stelios Rokkos and singer and songwriter Michalis Kouinelis, who replaced Giorgos Theofanous, Melina Aslanidou and Michael Tsaousopoulos. The director and actor Andreas Georgiou takes over the presentation of the live shows, who replaced Despina Vandi. Singer Ilias Bogdanos and singer Katerina Lioliou were the backstage-hosts, who replaced Aris Makris. Ilias Psinakis was the guest judge only in the live shows. Nikos Mouratidis was the guest judge only in the live shows since the fourth week.
Judges and presenters On February 1, 2022, Mega Channel announced that Christos Mastoras will return for his second season and with Mariza Rizou, Stelios Rokkos and Michalis Kouinelis, as the judges. Also the two backstage-hosts were announced, Ilias Bogdanos and Katerina Lioliou. On February 15, 2022, it was announced that Andreas Georgiou will be the host of the live shows.
Four-chair challenge 40 acts faced the four-chair challenge, 10 from each team. The challenges were broadcast on 28 April, 29 April, 5 May and 12 May.
Key: – Contestant was immediately eliminated after performance without given a chair – Contestant was given a chair but swapped out later in the competition and eventually eliminated – Contestant was given a chair and made the final four of their own team
Episode Mentor Order Act Song Mentor's decision Swapped with Mariza Rizou 1 Natalia Corvington "Read All About It" Put in chair 1 – 2 Evelina Katsiakou "Thalasses" Put in chair 2 – 3 Sokratis Xaris "Jealous" Put in chair 3 – 4 Tolis Papadopoulos "Megalos Erotas" Put in chair 4 – 5 Case Zero "Superstition" Put in chair 4 Tolis Papadopoulos 6 Aggelos Archaniotakis "No Time to Die" Put in chair 1 Natalia Corvington 7 Epoches "Mazi Sou" Eliminated – 8 Artemis Kiriakopoulou "Stone Cold" Put in chair 3 Sokratis Xaris 9 Irodotos Miltiadous "Triadafilleni" Eliminated – 10 Christos Adamopoulos "O Vithos sou" Put in chair 3 Artemis Kiriakopoulou Episode 15 Michalis Kouinelis 1 Ilektra Asithianaki "You Don't Own Me" Put in chair 1 – 2 Nikolas Konstantinou "De Fevgo" Put in chair 2 – 3 Ioli Pedara "Dance Monkey" Put in chair 3 – 4 Vasilis Mitsios "Ela pou Fovamai" Put in chair 4 – 5 Anima "Adecho" Eliminated – 6 Giannis Papapetrou "Billie Jean" Eliminated – 7 Miltos Charovas "Another Love" Put in chair 2 Nikolas Konstantinou 8 Duke "Lose Yourself" Eliminated – 9 Giname "Tetoia Nychta mi Rotisis" Put in chair 4 Vasilis Mitsios 10 Giannis Onisiforou "Dancing On My Own" Put in chair 1 Ilektra Asithianaki Episode 16 Stelios Rokkos 1 Kristiana Chatzopoulou "Bad Romance" Put in chair 1 – 2 Despina Leodi "De Milame" Eliminated – 3 Ocean DVST "Havana" Put in chair 2 – 4 Faith Pandac "Talking to the Moon" Put in chair 3 – 5 Lina Alatsidou "Parapono (I Xenitia)" Put in chair 4 – 6 Thanos Lambrou "Sign of the Times" Put in chair 3 Faith Pandac 7 Decho "Stis Ekklisias tin Porta"/"Wake Me Up" Put in chair 2 Ocean DVST 8 JCJO "Make It Rain" Put in chair 1 Kristiana Chatzopoulou 9 Sofia Salvaridou "Hello" Eliminated – 10 Elena Panagiotidou "Emena Na Akous" Put in chair 4 Lina Alatsidou Episode 17 Christos Mastoras 1 Shady "Sto Xthes tha Zeis" Put in chair 1 – 2 The Music Couple "Easy on Me" Put in chair 2 – 3 Pavlos Asprogerakas "Pou na 'sai" Put in chair 3 – 4 Elpida Aslanidou "She Used to Be Mine" Put in chair 4 – 5 Borek "Otan Se Eixa Protodei" Put in chair 1 Shady 6 Apostolia Andreadou "My Love" Eliminated – 7 Aristea Alexandraki "River" Put in chair 2 The Music Couple 8 Alexandros Razis "Sigxorese Me" Eliminated – 9 Konstantinos Ntasios "Rock n' Roll Sto Krevati" Put in chair 3 Pavlos Asprogerakas 10 Katerina Lazaridou "Ego S' Agapisa Edo" Put in chair 4 Elpida Aslanidou
Contestants The top 16 acts were confirmed as follows:
Key: – Winner – Runner-up
Contestant Age(s) Hometown Mentor Result Katerina Lazaridou 24 Thessaloniki Christos Mastoras Winner Aggelos Archaniotakis 19 Cyprus Mariza Rizou Runner-up Elena Panagiotidou 23 Thessaloniki Stelios Rokkos 3rd Place Christos Adamopoulos 25 Athens Mariza Rizou 4th place Giname N/A Ioannina Michalis Kouinelis 5th place Evelina Katsiakou 27 Nafplio Mariza Rizou 6th-8th place Giannis Onisiforou 21 Cyprus Michalis Kouinelis Thanos Lambrou 21 Athens Stelios Rokkos Miltos Charovas 17 Rhodes Michalis Kouinelis 9th place JCJO 27 Thessaloniki Stelios Rokkos 10th place Konstantinos Ntasios 18 Epirus Christos Mastoras 11th place Borek 35 Athens Christos Mastoras 12th place Decho N/A N/A Stelios Rokkos 13th-14th place Ioli Pedara 26 Thessaloniki Michalis Kouinelis Aristea Alexandraki 21 Crete Christos Mastoras 15th-16th place Case Zero N/A N/A Mariza Rizou
Live shows The contestants were announced after each team performed at Four-chair challenge. There were 16 contestants (4 from each team). The Live Shows began airing on 22 May 2022.
Results summary Colour key Act in team Mariza Rizou Act in team Christos Mastoras Act in team Michalis Kouinelis Act in team Stelios Rokkos –Act was in the bottom two and had to perform again in the sing-off –Act was in the bottom three but was saved by Ilias Psinakis and did not have to perform in the sing-off –Act received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no sing-off) –Act did not perform on that particular week
Katerina Lazaridou Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner Aggelos Archaniotakis Saved Safe Bottom three Safe Safe Safe Runner-up Elena Panagiotidou Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rd place Christos Adamopoulos Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th place Giname Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 5th place Evelina Katsiakou Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 6th-8th Eliminated(semi-final) Giannis Onisiforou Safe Safe Bottom three Safe Bottom three 6th-8th Thanos Lambrou Saved Safe Safe Bottom three Bottom three 6th-8th Miltos Charovas Saved Safe Safe Bottom three Bottom three Eliminated(week 6) JCJO Safe Bottom three Safe Bottom three Eliminated(week 5) Konstantinos Ntasios Safe Bottom three Bottom three Eliminated(week 4) Borek Saved Bottom three Eliminated(week 3) Decho 13th-14th Eliminated(week 2) Ioli Pedara 13th-14th Aristea Alexandraki 15th-16th Eliminated(week 1) Case Zero 15th-16th Saved By Psinakis Aggelos Archaniotakis Miltos Charovas JCJO Aggelos Archaniotakis Miltos Charovas Thanos Lambrou No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone Borek Thanos Lambrou Final showdown No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone Borek Giannis Onisiforou JCJO Giannis Onisiforou Konstantinos Ntasios Konstantinos Ntasios Thanos Lambrou Miltos Charovas Judges voted to Eliminate Rizou' vote Borek Konstantinos Ntasios Thanos Lambrou Giannis Onisiforou Mastoras' vote Borek (×2) Giannis Onisiforou JCJO Giannis Onisiforou Kouinelis' vote Konstantinos Ntasios Konstantinos Ntasios Thanos Lambrou Miltos Charovas (×2) Rokkos' vote Konstantinos Ntasios Konstantinos Ntasios JCJO (×2) Miltos Charovas Eliminated Aristea AlexandrakiPublic Vote DechoPublic Vote Borek3 of 5 votesMajority Konstantinos Ntasios3 of 4 votesMajority JCJO3 of 5 votesMajority Miltos Charovas3 of 5 votesMajority Case Zero Public Vote Ioli Pedara Public Vote
Live show details Week 1 (22 May) Opening Performance: Mariza Rizou and her team: ("Petao") and Christos Mastoras and his team: ("Ola moiazoun kalokairi"/"Sweat (A La La La La Long)")
In the first live show, only the teams of Christos Mastoras and Mariza Rizou competed. This week's results show featured a double elimination, one from each team. This week's judge Ilias Psinakis had the power to give immunity to two contestants from each team. The act with the fewest public votes was then automatically eliminated.
+ Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Mentor Order Song Result Aristea Alexandraki Christos Mastoras 1 "Fotiá" Eliminated Konstantinos Ntasios 2 "I Wanna Be Your Slave" Safe Evelina Katsiakou Mariza Rizou 3 "Xenos gia senane kai ehthros" Safe Aggelos Archaniotakis 4 "Toxic" Saved By Psinakis Case Zero 5 "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Eliminated Katerina Lazaridou Christos Mastoras 6 "Ela Kai Ragise Ton Kosmo Mou" Safe Borek 7 "Freestyler"/"Clint Eastwood" Saved By Psinakis Christos Adamopoulos Mariza Rizou 8 "Melisses" Safe No Final Showdown
Week 2 (29 May) Opening Performance: Stelios Rokkos and his team: ("Aggeloi") and Michalis Kouinelis and his team ("Still D.R.E."/"Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime"/"To Spourgiti")
In the second live show, only the teams of Stelios Rokkos and Michalis Kouinelis competed. This week's results show featured a double elimination, one from each team. This week's judge Ilias Psinakis had the power to give immunity to two contestants from each team. The act with the fewest public votes was then automatically eliminated.
+ Contestants' performances on the second live show Act Mentor Order Song Result Miltos Charovas Michalis Kouinelis 1 "Pio Poli" Saved By Psinakis Decho Stelios Rokkos 2 "Opou Kai Na Pao"/"Maniac" Eliminated JCJO 3 "My Life Is Going On" Safe Ioli Pedara Michalis Kouinelis 4 "Break My Heart" Eliminated Giname 5 "Diodia"/"Ebodia" Safe Elena Panagiotidou Stelios Rokkos 6 "Gia pou to 'vales kardia mou" Safe Thanos Lambrou 7 "Blinding Lights" Saved By Psinakis Giannis Onisiforou Michalis Kouinelis 8 "Hallelujah" Safe No Final Showdown
Week 3 (5 June) All the teams were to perform on the same night for first time this series. The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three, and judge Ilias Psinakis had the power to give immunity one of the acts of the bottom three. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.
+ Contestants' performances on the third live show Act Mentor Order Song Result Borek Christos Mastoras 1 "Levitating" Bottom three Christos Adamopoulos Mariza Rizou 2 "An" Safe Miltos Charovas Michalis Kouinelis 3 "Love Yourself" Safe Elena Panagiotidou Stelios Rokkos 4 "Edeka Para" Safe Aggelos Archaniotakis Mariza Rizou 5 "It's a Sin" Safe Katerina Lazaridou Christos Mastoras 6 "Amarties" Safe JCJO Stelios Rokkos 7 "Way Down We Go" Bottom three; Saved By Psinakis Thanos Lambrou 8 "Ragismena Gialia" Safe Konstantinos Ntasios Christos Mastoras 9 "Esorouha" Bottom three Giannis Onisiforou Michalis Kouinelis 10 "Arcade" Safe Giname 11 "Mono Ex Epafis"/"Diiris Psihi" Safe Evelina Katsiakou Mariza Rizou 12 "Afti i nyhta menei" Safe Sing-off details Konstantinos Ntasios Christos Mastoras 1 "Tosa Kalokairia" Saved Borek 2 "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate Rizou: Borek Mastoras: Borek (×2) Kouinelis: Konstantinos Ntasios Rokkos: Konstantinos Ntasios
Week 4 (19 June) The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three, and judge Ilias Psinakis had the power to give immunity one of the acts of the bottom three. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.