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X Factor
Season 5
Hosted byRăzvan Simion
Dani Oțil (A1)
JudgesDelia Matache
Horia Brenciu
Ștefan Bănică, Jr.
WinnerFlorin Răduţă
Winning mentorȘtefan Bănică, Jr.
Runner-upXenia Chitoroagă
Release
Original networkAntena 1
Original releaseSeptember 17 (2015-09-17) –
December 27, 2015 (2015-12-27)
Season chronology
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X Factor is a Romanian television music competition that aims to find a new music talent to become a star. The fifth season will start airing on 17 September 2015 on Antena 1.[1]

The hosts are the same as in the first four seasons: Răzvan Simion and Dani Oțil, who are also known for hosting a well known morning show on Antena 1. Delia Matache, Horia Brenciu and Ștefan Bănică, Jr. returned to the judging panel.

On December 27, 2015, the season concluded and was won by Florin Răduţă, mentored by Bănică. Xenia Chitoroagă, mentored also by Bănică finished in second place.

Judges

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Delia Matache is a famous Romanian Eurobeat singer-songwriter, TV celebrity, dancer, philanthropist, former model, fashion designer. She has started her stage music activity in 1999 in N&D music band with Nicolae Marin and had released 4 albums, and after the split off in 2003 she had released another two solo albums.

Horia Brenciu is a Romanian singer, television host for the Romanian version of Dancing with the Stars, successful entertainer, and philanthropist. He studied at National College Andrei Şaguna from Braşov, then he continued to Şcoala Populară de Artă Braşov, at piano and canto class, and in 1998 he finished The Theater Academy in Bucharest.

Ștefan Bănică, Jr. is a Romanian entertainer, of roma people origin from his father side, TV presenter, one of the most important Romanian TV personality, the son of actor Ștefan Bănică. He is well known in Romanian for presenting the Romania version of "Dancing with the Stars", the most longevive dance competition ever aired in Romania, broadcast on Pro TV.

Auditions

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Cities that auditions and/or pre-auditions were held in.

Audition process was based on the British and American version. First up were "The Producer's Audition", where the producers chose singers to proceed to the second phase which was "The Audition before the Judging panel". The first auditions took place at Craiova, on 26 April 2015. They then took place in Sibiu, on 28 April, in Arad, on April 30, in Cluj Napoca on May 2, 2015, on May 5 in Iași, on May 8 in Galați, May 10 in Bucharest and concluded on May 16, 2015, in Chișinău, Moldova.

Summary of auditions
City Auditions date Venue
Craiova April 26, 2015 Craiova University
Sibiu April 28, 2015
Arad April 30, 2015 Hotel Parc
Cluj Napoca May 2, 2015 Iulius Mall
Iași May 5, 2015 Palas Mall
Galați May 8, 2015 Hotel Faleza By Vega
Bucharest May 10, 2015 Children's Palace
Chișinău May 16, 2015

The auditions were broadcast from 17 September 2015 until 20 November 2015. The auditions consisted in 11 episodes.

Bootcamp

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This season, the categories follow the age-based format from the past two seasons. The judges learnt which category they will mentor after the Auditions 11. Brenciu will mentor the Groups, Bănică the Under 20s and for the second time, Matache will mentor the Over 20s.

Complete Teams

Color key
  – Eliminated in Six-chair challenge
  – Eliminated in Duels
  – Finalist
  – Wildcard
Category (mentor) Top 42 acts
Under 20s (Bănică) Florin Răduţă Endy Glikman Erika Isac Mădălina Căuş Xenia Chitoroagă Paul Bătinaş Emanuel Varga
Antinia Simion Afina Madoian Dumitru Charbel Teodora Constantin Edina Bodor Zuo Dragomirescu Daniela Stoica
Groups (Brenciu) B52 Bravissimo Tomato Brain Band Twins Tea Rock Trupa Maria
Deea & George Uptown Hello Grupul Vera Divas Eleven Hip
Over 20s (Matache) Andrei Ioniță Anastasia Ursu Alex Vasilache Dana Markitan Randy Roberts Sasha Călinescu Andrei Ciobanu
Mirko Oliva Gabriela Lazăr Nicoleta Mihăilă Natalie Merchant George Secioreanu Daniela Rogovschi Alexandru Petcu

Six-chair challenge

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Like last season, the stage called "The Six-Chair challenge" will be back. This season, the categories follow the age-based format from season four. From the 42 acts competing, at the end of this round, only 18 acts will go further in the competition.

The Six-Chair Challenge consisted in three editions that were broadcast on November 27, December 4 and December 9, 2015.

Color 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 six of their own category
Contestants performances on the six-chair challenge
Episode Category (mentor) Act Order Song Mentor's decision Switched with
Episode 12
(November 27)
Under 20s (Bănică) Paul Bătinaş 1 "I Can't Make You Love Me" Put in chair 1
Daniela Stoica 2 "At Last" Eliminated
Afina Madoian 3 "Girl on Fire" Put in chair 2 Florin Răduţă
Dumitru Charbel 4 "All of Me" Put in chair 3 Erika Isac
Antinia Simion 5 "Lost" Put in chair 4 Mădălina Căuş
Zuo Dragomirescu 6 "I Won't Give Up on You" Eliminated
Xenia Chitoroagă 7 "Can't Help Falling in Love" Put in chair 5
Edina Bodor 8 "Blank Page" Eliminated
Teodora Constantin 9 "We Found Love" Eliminated
Emanuel Varga 10 "You Are Not Alone" Put in chair 6 Endy Glikman
Erika Isac 11 "Don't Speak" Put in chair 3
Florin Răduţă 12 "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" Put in chair 2
Mădălina Căuş 13 "Bésame Mucho" Put in chair 4
Endy Glikman 14 "I'm Not the Only One" Put in chair 6
Episode 13
(December 4)
Over 20s (Matache) Gabriela Lazăr 1 "Habits (Stay High)" Put in chair 1 Sasha Călinescu
Natalie Merchant 2 "If I Were a Boy" Put in chair 2 Andrei Ioniță
Alexandru Petcu 3 "Locul Potrivit" Eliminated
Daniela Rogovschi 4 "Believe" Eliminated
George Secioreanu 5 "Je t'aime" Eliminated
Anastasia Ursu 6 "Love Me like You Do" Put in chair 3
Dana Markitan 7 "Over the Rainbow" Put in chair 4
Randy Roberts 8 "When I Was Your Man" Put in chair 5
Nicoleta Mihăilă 9 "Read All About It" Put in chair 6 Alex Vasilache
Andrei Ioniță 10 "Lume, lume, soro lume" Put in chair 2
Alex Vasilache 11 "You Are So Beautiful" Put in chair 6
Sasha Călinescu 12 "Born This Way" Put in chair 1
Mirko Oliva 13 "I See Fire" Eliminated
Andrei Ciobanu 14 "It's My Life" Eliminated
Episode 14
(December 9)
Groups (Brenciu) Hello 1 "Stay" Put in chair 1 Twins
Uptown 2 "Californication" Put in chair 2 B52
Trupa Maria 3 "Crocodile Rock" Put in chair 3 Bravissimo
Hip 4 "Flashlight" Eliminated
Brain Band 5 "Bach's Songs Mix" Put in chair 4
Eleven 6 "Story of My Life" Eliminated
Divas 7 "Nu Sunt" Eliminated
Grupul Vera 8 "Wake Me Up" Eliminated
Deea & George 9 "Nu Pune la Suflet" Put in chair 5 Tomato
Tea Rock 10 "Come Together" Put in chair 6
Twins 11 "Swing-Medley" Put in chair 1
B52 12 "Crazy in Love" Put in chair 2
Tomato 13 "I Believe I Can Fly" Put in chair 5
Bravissimo 14 "Say Something" Put in chair 3

The Duels

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After the Six-chair challenge, each mentor will have six contestants for the Duels. Each contestant will sing a song of their own choice, back to back, and each duel concludes with the respective mentor eliminating one of the two contestants; the three winners for each mentor will advance to the Live shows.

The Duels were broadcast on December 11, 2015.

Colour key:

  - Artist won the Duel and advanced to the Live shows

  - Artist lost the Duel and was eliminated

Contestants performances on the duels challenge
Episode Category (mentor) Duel Act Order Song Result
Episode 15
(December 11)
Groups (Brenciu) Duel 1 Tea Rock 1 "The Show Must Go On" Eliminated
Tomato 2 "A Chi Mi Dice" Finalist
Duel 2 B52 7 "Love Runs Out" Finalist
Twins 8 "So Emotional" Eliminated
Duel 3 Brain Band 17 "Mambo Italiano" Eliminated
Bravissimo 18 "Largo al factotum" Finalist
Over 20s (Matache) Duel 1 Sasha Călinescu 3 "Toxic" Eliminated
Andrei Ioniță 4 "Rugă Pentru Părinţi" Finalist
Duel 2 Randy Roberts 9 "Love Never Felt So Good" Eliminated
Alex Vasilache 10 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" Finalist
Duel 3 Dana Markitan 13 "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) " Eliminated
Anastasia Ursu 14 "Bunica Bate Toba" Finalist
Under 20s (Banica) Duel 1 Endy Glikman 5 "Take Me to Church" Finalist
Paul Bătinaş 6 "Sugar" Eliminated
Duel 2 Xenia Chitoroagă 11 "Unfaithful" Eliminated
Erika Isac 12 "Hey Mama" Finalist
Duel 3 Mădălina Căuş 15 "Rollin' on the River" Eliminated
Florin Răduţă 16 "I Have Nothing" Finalist

Wildcard

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In this season, the public will have the chance to save one of the acts that competed in the Auditions. The most voted act will go directly to the Live Shows. In the first live show if one of the mentor decides to take him in his team, then he will go further in the competition, otherwise he will be sent home. On December 18, 2015, Xenia Chitoroagă was declared the winner public.[2]

Finalists

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The ten finalists will compete in the Live Shows.

Color Key
  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third place
Category (mentor) Acts[3]
Under 20s (Bănică) Xenia Chitoroagă Endy Glikman Erika Isac Florin Răduţă
Over 20s (Matache) Andrei Ioniță Anastasia Ursu Alex Vasilache
Groups (Brenciu) B52 Bravissimo Tomato

Live shows

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Results summary

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Color key
  – Contestant received the most public votes
  – Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown
  – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown)
Live shows results per contestant
Contestant Live Show 1 Live Show 2 Live Show 3
Wildcard Elimination Elimination Round 1 Round 2
Florin Răduţă Safe Safe 1st
33,44%
Winner
51,78%
Xenia Chitoroagă Returned Week 1 Safe Safe 2nd
28,45%
Runner-up
48,22%
B52 Safe Safe 3rd
25,82%
Eliminated
(Live Show 3)
Bravissimo Bottom two Safe 4th
12,29%
Andrei Ioniță Safe 5th Eliminated
(Live Show 2)
Anastasia Ursu Bottom two 6th
Endy Glikman Bottom two 7th
Erika Isac Bottom two Eliminated
(Live Show 1)
Tomato Bottom two
Alex Vasilache Bottom two
Final showdown None Anastasia Ursu
Alex Vasilache
No judges vote or final showdown:
public votes alone decide
who is eliminated
Bravissimo
Tomato
Erika Isac
Endy Glikman
Brenciu's vote to eliminate Tomato
Matache's vote to eliminate Alex Vasilache
Bănică's vote to eliminate Erika Isac
Eliminated Tomato
by Brenciu
Endy Glikman
Public vote
Bravissimo
12,29%
Public vote
Xenia Chitoroagă
48,22%
Public vote
to win
Alex Vasilache
by Matache
Anastasia Ursu
Public vote
B52
25,82%
Public vote
Florin Răduţă
51,78%
Public vote
to win
Erika Isac
by Bănică
Andrei Ioniță
Public vote
Reference(s) [4] [5][6][7] [8] [9] [10]

Live show details

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Live Show 1 - December 18, 2015

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Contestants' performances on the first live show[13]
Act Order Song Result
Alex Vasilache 1 "Robot Armăsar" Bottom two
Anastasia Ursu 2 "Mi-am pus busuioc în păr" Bottom two
Andrei Ioniță 3 "Acolo este ţara mea" Safe
Tomato 4 "De dragul tău" Bottom two
B52 5 "Stinge lumina" Safe
Bravissimo 6 "Lume, lume, soro lume" Bottom two
Endy Glickman 7 "De la capăt" Bottom two
Erika Isac 8 "Zig Zagga" Bottom two
Florin Răduţă 9 "Oameni" Safe
Xenia Chitoroagă 10 "Săracă inima mea" Safe
Final showdown details
Over 20s
Alex Vasilache 1 "Copacul" Eliminated
Anastasia Ursu 2 "Mociriță cu trifoi" Safe
Groups
Tomato 1 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Eliminated
Bravissimo 2 "You Raise Me Up" Safe
Under 20s
Erika Isac 1 "Do It like a Dude" Eliminated
Endy Glickman 2 "Use Somebody" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Brenciu: Tomato - He stated that "My decision today is based on one thing: those who have given me more emotions and can win X Factor! I will go further along with Bravissimo!"
  • Matache: Alex Vasilache - gave no reason.
  • Bănică : Erika Isac - He stated that "For me it was an experience! Today evening, my vote would be like this: who was the most motivated ?! The competitor who was the most motivated and understood what I wanted from him was Endy Glikman! "

Live Show 2 - December 25, 2015

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Contestants' performances on the second live show[14]
Act Order First song Order Second song Result
B52 1 "One Night Only" 14 "Veste-am adus" Safe
Florin Răduţă 2 "O, ce veste minunată!" 9 "Uptown Funk" Safe
Andrei Ioniță 3 "Moldovenii s-au nascut" 8 "Florile dalbe" Eliminated
Endy Glikman 4 "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" 11 "Andrii Popa" Eliminated
Bravissimo 5 "Jungle Book Theme" 10 "Colindul celui fără de țară" Safe
Anastasia Ursu 6 "Iarna (Milioane)" 13 "Domino" Eliminated
Xenia Chitoroagă 7 "Story of My Life" 12 "Sus, la poarta Raiului" Safe

Notes

  • This week featured a triple elimination. The three acts with the fewest votes were eliminated.

Live Show 3: Final - December 27, 2015

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Round 1

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Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Order First Song (duet with special guest) Order Second Song (duet with mentor) Result
Bravissimo 1 "Brindisi" (with Cezar Ouatu) 8 "Doamne, vino Doamne!" (with Horia Brenciu) Fourth place
Florin Răduţă 2 "Fallin'" (with Nicoleta Nucă) 7 "Sweet Home Chicago" (with Ștefan Bănică, Jr.) Safe
B52 5 "ABBA Medley" (with Lora) 3 "Crazy" (with Horia Brenciu) Third place
Xenia Chitoroagă 6 "Pleacă" (with Cornel Ilie) 4 "Yesterday" (with Ștefan Bănică, Jr.) Safe

Round 2

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  • Theme: Final
Contestants' performances on the final live show[18]
Act Order Song Result
Florin Răduţă 1 "Eternitate" Winner
Xenia Chitoroagă 2 "Pot să zbor" Runner-up

Ratings

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Ep Title Date National Urban 18–49 Source
Average
(thousands)
Rating
(%)
Average
(thousands)
Rating
(%)
Average
(thousands)
Rating
(%)
1 Auditions 1 17 September 2015 1.008 5.5 695 6.9 386 7.6 [19]
2 Auditions 2 18 September 2015 870 4.7 495 4.9 233 4.6 [20]
3 Auditions 3 25 September 2015 1.263 6.8 711 7.0 362 7.2 [21]
4 Auditions 4 2 October 2015 1.151 6.2 726 7.2 384 7.6 [22]
5 Auditions 5 9 October 2015 1.331 7.1 788 7.8 454 9.0 [23]
6 Auditions 6 16 October 2015 1.183 6.4 762 7.6 438 8.6 [24]
7 Auditions 7 23 October 2015 1.157 6.3 683 6.8 392 7.7 [25]
8 Auditions 8 30 October 2015 1.041 5.6 672 6.7 389 7.7 [26]
9 Auditions 9 6 November 2015 1.005 5.5 570 5.6 304 6.0 [27]
10 Auditions 10 13 November 2015 1.018 5.5 611 6.1 333 6.6 [28]
11 Auditions 11 20 November 2015 1.013 5.5 593 5.9 315 6.2 [29]
12 Six-chair Challenge 1 27 November 2015 855 4.6 510 5.1 255 5.0 [30]
13 Six-chair Challenge 2 4 December 2015 1.150 6.5 655 6.5 342 6.8 [31]
14 Six-chair Challenge 3 9 December 2015 1.006 5.5 644 6.4 325 6.5 [32]
15 The Duels 11 December 2015 1.030 5.6 552 5.5 241 4.8 [33]
16 Live show 1 18 December 2015 936 5.1 515 5.1 257 5.1 [34]
17 Live show 2 - Semifinal 25 December 2015 812 4.4 517 5.1 269 5.3 [35]
18 Live show 3 - Final 27 December 2015 1.120 6.1 733 7.3 352 6.9 [36]

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