14 Housemates unknown to each other, are invited to coexist for 15 weeks in a house that is monitored by cameras 24 hours a day. Away from relatives and friends, without internet, social media and phone, they will live an unprecedented experience, a unique "social" experiment. Will cohabitation make them redefine their values? Will they be able to show their true selves to the TV audience? Who will manage to reach the end? Who will win the prize of € 100,000?
The X Factor is the Greek version of The X Factor, a show originating in the United Kingdom. It is a television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions.
Auditions are held in Greece in the cities of Athens and Thessaloniki, as well as in Cyprus in the city of Nicosia. Auditions for the third X Factor were also held in New York City. Applicants from the Greek diaspora are also accepted.
The show is broadcast live in Greece and Cyprus, as well as abroad via ANT1's international stations. Loukas Giorkas, winner of the first series, Stavros Michalakakos, winner of the second series and Haris Antoniou, winner of the third series, are all from Cyprus.
Two hundred years after the outbreak of the Greek Revolution and twelve years after the outbreak of an unprecedented economic crisis, we turn our gaze to the past to be able to imagine the future. Unfortunately, the crisis has taught us to look at the past exclusively from its own perspective. Naturally, depression and pessimism prevailed. Are we worthy and capable of something better?