The X Factor (Greek series 3)
The first appeal for auditions occurred on June. The Auditions began in Nicosia on 23 July 2010 and concluded in New York City for the first time in the history of the Greek X Factor, on 12 September 2010. The "bootcamp" stage of the competition began on 20 September 2010 at the Goudi Olympic Complex, which is now the site of the ultra-modern Badminton Theater, hosting major theatrical productions and completed on 23 September 2010. This stage of the competition was aired on 22 October 2010. In this stage, the judges decided at each category the top 20 acts and finally the top 8 acts who qualified to the Judges' Houses. Katerina Gagaki will mentor Girls Under 24, George Levendis has the Boys Under 24, Nikos Mouratidis was given the 25s and Over and Giorgos Theofanous the Groups category. In the next round the judges reduced their 8 acts to locations around Greece. Nikos Mouratidis decided the 4 acts that will follow him to the live shows in Athens, Katerina Gagaki in Santorini, George Levendis in Ithaca and Giorgos Theofanous in Athens. This stage of the competition aired on 27 October 2010. After the judges, narrowed down the contestants to four each. The sixteen eliminated acts were: The top 16 acts were confirmed as follows:
Key:
 – Winner
 – Runner-up
 – Third Place
Colour key The live shows began on 29 October 2009, with contestants performing on the Friday night shows and the results being announced later on the same day, and continued through to the finale on 11 February 2011. Like the previous series, the televoters had the chance to vote from the beginning of the show. Judges' votes to eliminate:


The result went to deadlock, and Elena Georgiou was eliminated from the competition. Judges' votes to eliminate: Judges' votes to eliminate: Judges' votes to eliminate: Judges' votes to eliminate: Judges' votes to eliminate: Judges' votes to eliminate: Judges' votes to eliminate:


The result went to deadlock, and Maria Katikaridou and was eliminated from the competition. Judges' votes to eliminate: Judges' votes to eliminate: Judges' votes to eliminate: Judges' votes to eliminate: Judges' votes to eliminate:
Live shows
The third series began airing on ANT1 on 1 October 2010 and ended on 11 February 2011. The live shows started on 29 October 2010.