It is a television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions.

The original judging panel consisted of Feró Nagy, Miklós Malek, Ildikó Keresztes and Péter Geszti.

In series 5 Little G Weevil took the place of original judge Geszti, who left the show to focus on his music career.

The jury also had changes through the years, the current judges are: Laci Gáspár, Majka, Milán Valkusz (member of VALMAR) and Andi Tóth (season 5 winner).

There have been twelve winners of the show to date: Csaba Vastag, Tibor Kocsis, Gergő Oláh, Dóra Danics, Andi Tóth, Barbara Opitz, Ricco & Claudia, USNK, Tibor Ruszó, ALEE, Bernadett Solyom and Krisztián Fehér.

The top twelve acts were confirmed as follows: Key: The auditions started in the spring of 2011, with thousands of candidates for the second series in Hungary.

Three of the original judges left the show after the third series; Miklós Malek, Feró Nagy and Ildikó Keresztes.

[2] Key: Péter Geszti, the only original judge left, announced his intention to leave the show after the fourth series to concentrate on his music career.

Key: At the X-Factor press conference on 11 October, Krisztián Nagy announced that he was withdrawing from the competition due to difficulties he was having during the preparation period.