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X Factor (Romanian TV series) season 1

{{Infobox television season

| image =

| image_upright = 1.13

| module1 = {{Infobox reality competition season

| host = Răzvan Simion
Dani Oțil

| judges = Adrian Sînă
Paula Seling
Mihai Morar

| winner = Andrei Leonte

| winner_mentor = Mihai Morar

| runner_up = Alin Văduva

}}

| network = Antena 1

| first_aired = {{Start date|2011|09|17}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2012|01|01}}

}}

X Factor is a Romanian television music competition that aims to find a new music talent to become a star. The first season began airing on September 17, 2011, on Antena 1 and ended on January 1, 2012. The winner received a price of €200,000.

Based on the UK format, the competition consists of auditions in front of specialized judges that afterwards become mentors. Auditions for the show began in May, 2011 and concluded in June, 2011. The show is hosted by TV presenters Răzvan Simion and Dani Oțil, while the judging panel consists of recording artist and producer Adrian Sînă of the group Akcent, singer-songwriter Paula Seling and Radio DJ Mihai Morar.

Selection process

=Auditions=

Auditions for producers began in Cluj-Napoca, România, on May 14, 2011. They then took place in Constanța, on May 21 in Timișoara on May 24, 2011, on June 4 in Iași and concluded on June 11, 2011 in Bucharest.

=Bootcamp=

After the bootcamp period, there were twenty-four acts left.

16-24s: Sanziana Nicolae, Andrei Leonte, Cristina Dobrescu, Bogdan Medvedi, Bianca Purcarea, Tania Kramar, Irina Florea, Nae Ovidiu Nicolae

=Judges houses=

During Judges houses period, they were sectioned into three different categories.

Paula Seling, helped by Alexander Rybak, Adrian Sînă, helped by Alexandra Ungureanu and Mihai Morar, helped by Laurențiu Duță

Contestants

The 12 contestants were confirmed as follows;

Key:

:{{Color box|#B4FB84;|border=darkgray}} – Winner

:{{Color box|pink;|border=darkgray}} – Runner up

:{{Color box|#D1E5F3;|border=darkgray}} – Third Place

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
spope="col" style="width:155px;"|Category (mentor)

! scope="col" colspan="20" style="width:520px;"|Acts

scope="row" | 16-24s (Morar)

| Antonia Filip || Irina Florea || style="background:#B4FB84" | Andrei Leonte || Ovidiu Nae

scope="row" | Over-25s (Sînă)

| Diana Hetea || Cristian Parmac || style="background:pink"| Alin Văduva || style="background:#D1E5F3"| Iulian Vasile

scope="row" | Groups (Seling)

| Duo Voice || Refresh || T&L || X-Treme

Live shows

=Results summary=

;Color key

{{Color box|lightgreen|border=darkgray}} –Winner
{{Color box|#87D3F8;|border=darkgray}} –Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown
{{Color box|#C9A0DC;|border=darkgray}} –Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
style="width:15%" rowspan="2" scope="col" |

!style="width:7%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Week 1

!style="width:7%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Week 2

!style="width:7%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Week 3

!style="width:7%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Week 4

!style="width:7%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Week 5

!style="width:7%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Week 6

!style="width:7%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Week 7

!style="width:7%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Week 8

!style="width:7%" rowspan="2" scope="col" | Week 9

!colspan="2" | Week 10

style="width:7%"|Round 1

!style="width:7%"|Round 2

scope="row" | Andrei Leonte

|4th
7.35%

|3rd
9.21%

|6th
8.83%

|2nd
17.00%

| 2nd
18.35%

|2nd
19.56%

|3rd
16.07%

|2nd
24.34%

|style="background:lightgreen" | 1st
35.03%

|style="background:lightgreen" | 1st

|style="background:lightgreen"|Winner
51.0%

scope="row" | Alin Văduva

|2nd
19.48%

|style="background:lightgreen" |1st
26.77%

|3rd
12.21%

| style="background:lightgreen" | 1st
19.81%

|style="background:lightgreen" | 1st
27.39%

|style="background:lightgreen" | 1st
31.30%

|style="background:lightgreen" | 1st
31.79%

|style="background:lightgreen" | 1st
24.53%

|2nd
31.04%

|2nd

|Runner-up
32.5%

scope="row" | Iulian Vasile

|8th
4.77%

|7th
7.15%

|5th
10.25%

|7th
7.38%

|6th
10.15%

|5th
9.91%

|4th
14.97%

|3rd
19.58%

| style="background:#87D3F8" | 4th
12.79%

| style=background:pink|3rd
16.5%

|colspan="1" style="background:#FA8072" | Eliminated
(Week 10)

scope="row" | T&L

|6th
7.20%

|style="background:#87D3F8" | 10th
2.95%

|style="background:lightgreen" | 1st
20.73%

|3rd
15.24%

|5th
10.39%

|style="background:#87D3F8" | 6th
7.53%

|2nd
18.94%

|style="background:#87D3F8" | 5th
15.23%

|style="background:#87D3F8" | 3rd
21.14%

| colspan="2" style="background:#FA8072" | Eliminated
(Week 9)

scope="row" | Diana Hetea

|style="background:lightgreen" | 1st
21.19%

|2nd
16.24%

|2nd
15.13%

|5th
10.25%

|4th
13.26%

|3rd
13.91%

| style="background:#87D3F8" | 5th
11.75%

| style="background:#87D3F8" | 4th
16.32%

| colspan="3" style="background:#FA8072" | Eliminated
(Week 8)

scope="row" | Irina Florea

|5th
7.21%

|8th
5.01%

|7th
7.53%

|6th
8.82%

| style="background:#87D3F8" | 7th
9.90%

|4th
13.31%

| style="background:#87D3F8" | 6th
6.48%

| colspan="4" style="background:#FA8072" | Eliminated
(Week 7)

scope="row" | Duo Voice

|7th
5.03%

|9th
4.17%

|4th
10.81%

|4th
10.83%

|3rd
13.77%

| style="background:#87D3F8" | 7th
4.48%

| colspan="5" style="background:#FA8072" | Eliminated
(Week 6)

scope="row" | Antonia Filip

|10th
3.47%

|6th
8.23%

|8th
6.22%

| style="background:#87D3F8" | 8th
6.86%

| style="background:#87D3F8" | 8th
6.94%

| colspan="6" style="background:#FA8072" | Eliminated
(Week 5)

scope="row" | Refresh

|3rd
18.99%

|4th
8.99%

| style="background:#87D3F8" | 10th
3.67%

| style="background:#87D3F8" | 9th
3.81%

| colspan="7" style="background:#FA8072" | Eliminated
(Week 4)

scope="row" | Ovidiu Nae

| style="background:#87D3F8" | 12th
1.51%

|5th
8.98%

| style="background:#87D3F8" | 9th
5.94%

| colspan="8" style="background:#FA8072" | Eliminated
(Week 3)

scope="row" | X-Treme

|9th
3.63%

| style="background:#87D3F8" | 11th
2.30%

| colspan="9" style="background:#FA8072" | Eliminated
(Week 2)

scope="row" | Cristian Parmac

| style="background:#87D3F8" | 11th
2.17%

| colspan="10" style="background:#FA8072" | Eliminated
(Week 1)

colspan="12"|
scope="row" | Final showdown

|style="background:#87D3F8" | Ovidiu Nae
Cristian Parmac

|style="background:#87D3F8" | X-Treme
T&L

|style="background:#87D3F8" | Ovidiu Nae
Refresh

|style="background:#87D3F8" | Antonia Filip
Refresh

|style="background:#87D3F8" | Antonia Filip
Irina Florea

|style="background:#87D3F8" | Duo Voice
T&L

|style="background:#87D3F8" | Irina Florea
Diana Hetea

|style="background:#87D3F8" | T&L
Diana Hetea

|style="background:#87D3F8" | T&L
Iulian Vasile

| rowspan=4 colspan=2| No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins

scope="row" | Morar's vote to eliminate

| Cristian Parmac || T&L || Refresh || Refresh || Antonia Filip || Duo Voice || Diana Hetea || Diana Hetea || T&L

scope="row" | Seling's vote to eliminate

| Cristian Parmac|| X-Treme || Ovidiu Nae || Antonia Filip || Irina Florea ||has not voted || Irina Florea || Diana Hetea || Iulian Vasile

scope="row" | Sînă's vote to eliminate

| Ovidiu Nae|| X-Treme || Ovidiu Nae || Refresh || Antonia Filip || Duo Voice || Irina Florea || T&L || T&L

scope="row" rowspan="2" | Eliminated

| style="background:salmon;" rowspan="2"| Cristian Parmac
2 of 3 Votes
To Eliminate

| style="background:salmon;" rowspan="2"| X-Treme
2 of 3 Votes
To Eliminate

| style="background:salmon;" rowspan="2"| Ovidiu Nae
2 of 3 Votes
To Eliminate

| style="background:salmon;" rowspan="2"| Refresh
2 of 3 Votes
To Eliminate

| style="background:salmon;" rowspan="2"| Antonia Filip
2 of 3 Votes
To Eliminate

| style="background:salmon;" rowspan="2"| Duo Voice
2 of 3 Votes
To Eliminate

| style="background:salmon;" rowspan="2"| Irina Florea
2 of 3 Votes
To Eliminate

| style="background:salmon;" rowspan="2"| Diana Hetea
2 of 3 Votes
To Eliminate

| style="background:salmon;" rowspan="2"| T&L
2 of 3 Votes
To Eliminate

| style="background:salmon;" rowspan="2"| Iulian Vasile
16.5%
to win

| style="background:salmon;"| Alin Văduva
32.5%
to win

style="background:#FFE87C; width:5%" | Andrei Leonte
51.0%
to win

=Live show details=

==Week 1 (October 29/30)==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Contestants' performances on the first live show

! scope="col" | Act

! scope="col" | Song

! scope="col" | Result

style="background:lightblue;"

! scope="row" | Ovidiu Nae

| "Down on Me"

|Bottom two

scope="row" | Irina Florea

| "A Night like This"

| Safe

scope="row" | Antonia Filip

| "Man Down"

| Safe

scope="row" | Andrei Leonte

| "Dream Girl"

| Safe

scope="row" | Alin Văduva

| "Eternity/The Road to Mandalay"

| Safe

scope="row" | Iulian Vasile

| "How Deep Is Your Love"

| Safe

scope="row" | Diana Hetea

| "Lângă Mine"

| Safe

scope="row" | X-Treme

| "Free Your Mind"

| Safe

style="background:lightblue;"

! scope="row" | Cristian Parmac

| "Don't Stop Me Now"

| Bottom two

scope="row" | Refresh

| "Atât de singur"

| Safe

scope="row" | Duo Voice

| "No me ames"

| Safe

scope="row" | T&L

| "911"

| Safe

colspan="4"|Final showdown details
scope="row" | Ovidiu Nae

| "Grenade"

| Safe

style="background:pink;"

! scope="row" | Cristian Parmac

| "Your Song"

| Eliminated

==Week 2 (November 5/6)==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Contestants' performances on the second live show

! scope="col" | Act

! scope="col" | Song

! scope="col" | Result

scope="row" | Ovidiu Nae

| "Dacă dragostea dispare"

| Safe

scope="row" | Irina Florea

| "Mai frumoasă"

| Safe

scope="row" | Antonia Filip

| "Tot mai sus"

| Safe

scope="row" | Andrei Leonte

| "Vara trecută"

| Safe

scope="row" | Alin Văduva

| "Dincolo de nori"

| Safe

scope="row" | Iulian Vasile

| "Say Something"

| Safe

scope="row" | Diana Hetea

| "Mi-ai frânt inima"

| Safe

style="background:lightblue;"

! scope="row" | X-Treme

| "Banii vorbesc"

| Bottom two

scope="row" | Refresh

| "Azi vii, mâine pleci"

| Safe

scope="row" | Duo Voice

| "Dragostea rămâne"

| Safe

style="background:lightblue;"

! scope="row" | T&L

| "Marionette"

| Bottom two

colspan="4"|Final showdown details
scope="row" | T&L

| "Empire State of Mind"

| Safe

style="background:pink;"

! scope="row" | X-Treme

| "Hush Hush"

| Eliminated

==Week 3 (November 12/13)==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Contestants' performances on the third live show

! scope="col" | Act

! scope="col" | Song

! scope="col" | Result

style="background:lightblue;"

! scope="row" | Ovidiu Nae

| "Shape of My Heart"

| Bottom two

scope="row" | Irina Florea

| "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"

| Safe

scope="row" | Antonia Filip

| "Get the Party Started"

| Safe

scope="row" | Andrei Leonte

| "Iris"

| Safe

scope="row" | Alin Văduva

| "You Can Leave Your Hat On"

| | Safe

scope="row" | Iulian Vasile

| "I Have Nothing"

| Safe

scope="row" | Diana Hetea

| "Take My Breath Away"

| Safe

style="background:lightblue;"

! scope="row" | Refresh

| "All for Love"

| Bottom two

scope="row" | Duo Voice

| "Over the Rainbow"

| Safe

scope="row" | T&L

| "Bring Me to Life"

| Safe

colspan="3"|Final showdown details
scope="row" | Refresh

| "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"

| Safe

style="background:pink;"

! scope="row" | Ovidiu Nae

| "Give It to Me Right"

| Eliminated

==Week 4 (November 19/20)==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Contestants' performances on the fourth live show

! scope="col" | Act

! scope="col" | Song

! scope="col" | Result

scope="row" | Irina Florea

| "Marcas de ayer"

| Safe

style="background:lightblue;"

! scope="row" | Antonia Filip

| "Hot n Cold"

| Bottom two

scope="row" | Andrei Leonte

| "Only Girl (In the World)"

| Safe

scope="row" | Alin Văduva

| "Fairytale Gone Bad"

| Safe

scope="row" | Iulian Vasile

| "Sex Bomb"

| Safe

scope="row" | Diana Hetea

| "I Will Love Again"

| Safe

style="background:lightblue;"

! scope="row" | Refresh

| "Always"

| Bottom two

scope="row" | Duo Voice

| "You Raise Me Up"

| Safe

scope="row" | T&L

| "Ploaie în Luna lui Marte" / "Umbrella"

| Safe

colspan="4"|Final showdown details
scope="row" | Antonia Filip

| "Rehab"

| Safe

style="background:pink;"

! scope="row" | Refresh

| "Right Here Waiting"

| Eliminated

==Week 5 (November 26/27)==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Contestants' performances on the fifth live show

! scope="col" | Act

! scope="col" | Song

! scope="col" | Result

style="background:lightblue;"

! scope="row" | Irina Florea

| "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"

| Bottom two

style="background:lightblue;"

! scope="row" | Antonia Filip

| "Bad Romance"

| Bottom two

scope="row" | Andrei Leonte

| "It's My Life"

| Safe

scope="row" | Alin Văduva

| "Ordinary People"

| Safe

scope="row" | Iulian Vasile

| "De-ai fi tu salcie la mal"

| Safe

scope="row" | Diana Hetea

| "Without You"

| Safe

scope="row" | Duo Voice

| "I Will Always Love You"

| Safe

scope="row" | T&L

| "Who Wants to Live Forever"

| Safe

colspan="4"|Final showdown details
scope="row" | Irina Florea

| "I Love Rock & Roll"

| Safe

style="background:pink;"

! scope="row" | Antonia Filip

| "I Follow Rivers"

| Eliminated

==Week 6 (December 3/4)==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Contestants' performances on the sixth live show

! scope="col" | Act

! scope="col" | Song

! scope="col" | Result

scope="row" | Irina Florea

| "Sweet Child o' Mine"

| Safe

scope="row" | Andrei Leonte

| "Moves Like Jagger"

| Safe

scope="row" | Alin Văduva

| "Sex on Fire"

| Safe

scope="row" | Iulian Vasile

| "Always on the Run"

| Safe

scope="row" | Diana Hetea

| "Mercy"

| Safe

style="background:lightblue;"

! scope="row" | Duo Voice

| "Heal the World"

| Bottom two

style="background:lightblue;"

! scope="row" | T&L

| "One"/"Where Is the Love?"

| Bottom two

colspan="4"|Final showdown details
scope="row" | T&L

| "Back to Black"

| Safe

style="background:pink;"

! scope="row" | Duo Voice

| "Hallelujah"

| Eliminated

==Week 7 (December 10/11)==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Contestants' performances on the seventh live show

! scope="col"| Act

! scope="col"| Order

! scope="col"| First song

! scope="col"| Order

! scope="col"| Second song

! scope="col"| Result

scope="row" | Andrei Leonte

| 1

| "Supergirl"

| 7

| "I'm Yours"

| Safe

style="background:lightblue;"

! scope="row" | Diana Hetea

| 2

| "Alejandro"

| 8

| "We Found Love"

| Bottom two

style="background:lightblue;"

! scope="row" | Irina Florea

| 3

| "Privirea ta"

| 9

| "Underneath Your Clothes"

| Bottom two

scope="row" | T&L

| 4

| "Love the Way You Lie (Parts I & II)"

| 12

| "When Love Takes Over / Give Me Everything"

| Safe

scope="row" | Alin Văduva

| 5

| "Angels"

| 10

| "Crazy"

| Safe

scope="row" | Iulian Vasile

| 6

| "Simply the Best"

| 11

| "When a Man Loves a Woman"

| Safe

scope="col" colspan="7" | Final showdown details
style="background:pink;"

! scope="row" | Irina Florea

| 1

| colspan="3" | "If I Ain't Got You"

| Eliminated

scope="row" | Diana Hetea

| 2

| colspan="3" | Video Footage*

| Safe

  • As a worldwide X Factor premiere, Diana Hetea wasn't able to perform a "Save Me Song" because she suffered of Laryngitis that night. So as a convention, the producers decided to put on a footage with all of her performances during the X Factor galas.

==Week 8: (December 17/18)==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Contestants' performances on the eighth live show

! scope="col"| Act

! scope="col"| Order

! scope="col"| First song

! scope="col"| Order

! scope="col"| Second song

! scope="col"| Result

scope="row" | Andrei Leonte

| 1

| "18 ani"

| 10

| "Home"

| Safe

scope="row" | Iulian Vasile

| 2

| "Aïcha"

| 9

| "Crazy"

| Safe

style="background:lightblue;"

! scope="row" | Diana Hetea

| 3

| "Un actor grăbit"

| 6

| "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"

| Bottom two

scope="row" | Alin Văduva

| 4

| "Red"

| 7

| "Cerul"

| Safe

style="background:lightblue;"

! scope="row" | T&L

| 5

| "Vino înapoi"

| 8

| "Numb"

| Bottom two

scope="col" colspan="7" | Final showdown details
style="background:pink;"

! scope="row" | Diana Hetea

| 1

| colspan="3" | "Russian Roulette"

| Eliminated

scope="row" | T&L

| 2

| colspan="3" | "Nobody's Perfect"

| Safe

==Week 9: (December 24/25)==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Contestants' performances on the ninth live show

! scope="col"| Act

! scope="col"| Order

! scope="col"| First song

! scope="col"| Order

! scope="col"| Second song

! scope="col"| Result

style="background:lightblue;"

! scope="row" | Iulian Vasile

| 1

| "Feliz Navidad"

| 6

| "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"

| Bottom two

scope="row" | Alin Văduva

| 2

| "Human"

| 5

| "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"

| Safe

scope="row" | Andrei Leonte

| 3

| "Last Christmas"

| 8

| "Use Somebody"

| Safe

style="background:lightblue;"

! scope="row" | T&L

| 4

| "I'll Be Missing You"

| 7

| "Iarna (Milioane)"

| Bottom two

scope="col" colspan="7" | Final showdown details
style="background:pink;"

! scope="row" | T&L

| 1

| colspan="3" | "Firework"/"Fly"

| Eliminated

scope="row" | Iulian Vasile

| 2

| colspan="3" | "Kiss"

| Safe

==Week 10: (January 1)==

  • Theme(s): Audition Songs, Celebrity Duets, Winner's Single
  • Group Performance: We Will Rock You
  • Musical guests: Vama ("Copilul care aleargă către mare"), Mandinga ("Danza Kuduro", "Zaleilah"), ROA ("Ne place", "Sonată în la minor"), Vunk ("Artificii pe tavan"), Laurențiu Duță feat. X Factor Finalists ("Amintirile")

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Contestants' performances on the final live show

! scope="col"| Act

! scope="col"| Order

! scope="col"| First song

! scope="col"| Order

! scope="col"| Second song (Duet)

! scope="col"| Order

! scope="col"| Third song

! scope="col"| Result

scope="row" | Alin Văduva

| 1

| "Feeling Good"

| 6

| "Pleacă" (with Vunk)

| 7

| "Ain't No Sunshine"

| Runner-Up

bgcolor="pink"

! scope="row" | Iulian Vasile

| 2

| "I Got You (I Feel Good)"

| 5

| "Soarele meu" (with Mandinga)

| 9

| "Hit the Road Jack"

| Third Place

style="background:#ffe87c;"

! scope="row" | Andrei Leonte

| 3

| "The Man Who Can't Be Moved"

| 4

| "Vama Veche" (with Vama)

| 8

| "Someone Like You"

| Winner

Ratings

style="text-align:center;" class="wikitable sortable"

! #

! colspan="2" style="text-align: right" |Date

! style="text-align: right" | Viewers (thousands)

! style="text-align: right" | Rating

style="text-align: right" | Audition 1

| colspan="2" style="text-align: right" | 17 September 2011

| style="text-align: right" | 652.000

| style="text-align: right" | 5,6

style="text-align: right" | Audition 2

| colspan="2" style="text-align: right" | 18 September 2011

| style="text-align: right" | 559.000

| style="text-align: right" | 4,8

style="text-align: right" | Audition 3

| colspan="2" style="text-align: right" | 24 September 2011

| style="text-align: right" | 801.000

| style="text-align: right" | 6,9

style="text-align: right" | Audition 4

| colspan="2" style="text-align: right" | 1 October 2011

| style="text-align: right" | 849.000

| style="text-align: right" | 7,3

style="text-align: right" | Audition 5

| colspan="2" style="text-align: right" | 8 October 2011

| style="text-align: right" | 888.000

| style="text-align: right" | 7,6

style="text-align: right" | Bootcamp

| colspan="2" style="text-align: right" | 15 October 2011

| style="text-align: right" | 652.000

| style="text-align: right" | 5,6

References

{{Reflist|2}}

External links

  • [http://www.xfactor.a1.ro X Factor Romania Official website]

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