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
Contestants Key: : – Winner : – Runner-up
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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. 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".
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". ;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 ;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") ;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
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".
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".
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". ==Season 4 (2016-2017)==