X Factor (Romanian season 8)

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X Factor
Season 8
Hosted byMihai Bendeac
Vlad Drăgulin
JudgesDelia Matache
Horia Brenciu
Ștefan Bănică, Jr.
Carla's Dreams
WinnerBella Santiago
Winning mentorDelia Matache
Runner-upIoana Bulgaru
Release
Original networkAntena 1
Original releaseAugust 26 (2018-08-26) –
December 23, 2018 (2018-12-23)
Season chronology
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Season 9

X Factor is a Romanian television music competition that aims to find a new music talent to become a star. The eighth started airing on 26 August 2018 on Antena 1.

The hosts of season 8 were Mihai Bendeac and Vlad Drăgulin. Delia Matache, Horia Brenciu, Carla's Dreams and Ștefan Bănică, Jr. returned to the judging panel.

Judges[]

Further information: Delia Matache

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.

Further information: Horia Brenciu

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.

Further information: Ștefan Bănică, Jr.

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 largest dance competition ever aired in Romania, broadcast on Pro TV.

Further information: Carla's Dreams

Carla's Dreams is a Moldavian musical project which was started by Dobra Robertin 2012. The band is an anonymous group of singers and composers who sing in Romanian, Russian and English. During concerts, the band's vocalist, to hide his identity, wears hood and sunglasses, and his face is masked.

Established in Chișinău, Carla's Dreams combines several musical styles, including hip hop, jazz, rock and pop. The first song produced by Carla's Dreams was Dă-te ("Get Off"). Carla's Dreams has launched in Romania in 2013, along with Inna with the song P.O.H.U.I., later to sing with Loredana Lumea ta ("Your World"), and in 2015 with Delia, releasing songs Cum ne noi ("How We Us") and Da, mamă ("Yes, Mother").

Auditions[]

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".

Summary of auditions
City Auditions date
Oradea April 27, 2018
Iași April 28, 2018
Timișoara April 29, 2018
Galați April 30, 2018
Sibiu May 1, 2018
Craiova May 3, 2018

The auditions were broadcast from 26 August 2018 until 26 October 2018. The auditions consisted in 10 episodes.

Bootcamp[]

This season, there will be four categories : Boys (14–24 years), Girls (14–24 years), Over 24s and the Groups.

Brenciu will mentor the Groups, Bănică the Girls, Carla's Dream the Boys and Matache will mentor the Over 24s.

Complete Teams

Color key
  – Eliminated in Four-chair challenge
  – Eliminated in Duels
  – Finalist
  – Wildcard
Category (mentor) Top 40 acts
Girls
(Bănică) 		Ioana Bulgaru Doinița Ioniță Mălina Ciarnău Francesca Hojda Špela Jezovšek
Francesca Tuzzolino Ioana Cheche Arsintioaia Isabela Pamparău Bianca Moccia Daria Cojocaru
Overs
(Matache) 		Bella Santiago Cristina Vasopol Raluca Răducanu Cristian Sanda Vincenzo Vollaro
Simion Caragia Maria Coman Charles Driscoll Raisa Bordea Cătălina Adam
Boys
(Carlas) 		Cristian Moldovan Alexandru Stremițeanu Andrei Geamăn Eduard Ungureanu Zila Mike
Alexandru Țală Cristian Porcari Robert Hotin Dragoș Bucătariu Tudor Leon Mureşan
Groups
(Brenciu) 		Diamonds Vox Angels Rodica & Cristi Andreea & Bișu
Stardust MaindFac Deja Vu No Fingerprints Rush

Four-chair challenge[]

This season, the categories will face the four-chair challenge. From the 40 acts competing, at the end of this round, only 16 acts will go further in the competition.

The four-chair challenge were broadcast from 2 November 2018 until 23 November 2018. This consisted in 4 episodes, one for each group.

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 four of their own category
Contestants performances on the four-chair challenge
Episode Category
(mentor)		 Act Order Song Mentor's decision Switched with
Episode 11
(2 November) 		Girls
(Bănică) 		Ioana Cheche Arsintioaia 1 "Mercy on Me" Put in Chair 1 Doinița Ioniță
Daria Cojocaru 2 "Believer" Put in Chair 2 Bianca Moccia
Isabela Pamparău 3 "The Prayer" Put in Chair 3 Francesca Tuzzolino
Mălina Ciarnău 4 "Killing Me Softly with His Song" Put in Chair 4 —
Bianca Moccia 5 "If I Were a Boy" Put in Chair 2 Špela Jezovšek
Špela Jezovšek 6 "Clown" Put in Chair 2 Ioana Bulgaru
Francesca Tuzzolino 7 "Titanium" Put in Chair 3 Francesca Hojda
Doinița Ioniță 8 "Suus" Put in Chair 1 —
Francesca Hojda 9 "Not About Angels" Put in Chair 3 —
Ioana Bulgaru 10 "It's Oh So Quiet" Put in Chair 2 —
Episode 12
(9 November) 		Overs
(Matache) 		Raisa Bordea 1 "Runnin' (Lose It All)" Put in Chair 4 Cristian Sanda
Simion Caragia 2 "Wicked Game" Put in Chair 3 Bella Santiago
Cristina Vasopol 3 "Calling You" Put in Chair 2 —
Charles Driscoll 4 "Shouldn't It Be Me" Put in Chair 1 Vincenzo Vollaro
Cătălina Adam 5 "" Eliminated N/A
Cristian Sanda 6 "When I Was Your Man" Put in Chair 4 —
Vincenzo Vollaro 7 "One Night Only" Put in Chair 1 Raluca Răducanu
Maria Coman 8 "Skyscraper" Eliminated N/A
Bella Santiago 9 "Rolling in the Deep" Put in Chair 3 —
Raluca Răducanu 10 "Billie Jean" Put in Chair 1 —
Episode 13
(16 November) 		Boys
(Carla's) 		Tudor Leon Mureşan 1 "She's on My Mind" Eliminated N/A
Robert Hotin 2 "When We Were Young" Put in Chair 1 Alexandru Stremițeanu
Cristian Porcari 3 "Shape of My Heart" Put in Chair 2 Eduard Ungureanu
Andrei Geamăn 4 "Superstisition" Put in Chair 3 —
Zila Mike 5 "Velociraptorul Dance" Put in Chair 4 Cristian Moldovan
Dragoș Bucătariu 6 "Say Something" Eliminated N/A
Alexandru Stremițeanu 7 "Skinny Love" Put in Chair 1 —
Eduard Ungureanu 8 "Cry Baby" Put in Chair 2 —
Alexandru Țală 9 "Gravity" Eliminated N/A
Cristian Moldovan 10 "Human" Put in Chair 4 —
Episode 14
(23 November) 		Groups
(Brenciu) 		Deja Vu 1 "Back in Black" Put in Chair 1 Stardust
Rush 2 "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" Eliminated N/A
MaindFac 3 "X" Put in Chair 2 Vox
Rodica & Cristi 4 "Volcano" Put in Chair 3 —
No Fingerprints 5 "Dirty Diana" Eliminated N/A
Andreea & Bișu 6 "No Diggity" Put in Chair 4 Diamonds
Stardust 7 "Hello" Put in Chair 1 Angels
Vox 8 "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" Put in Chair 2 —
Angels 9 "Show Me How You Burlesque" Put in Chair 1 —
Diamonds 10 "Perdono" Put in Chair 4 —

Duels[]

At the end of this round there were 8 acts remaining, two for each category. The duels were broadcast on 30 November 2018.

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
(30 November) 		Groups (Brenciu) Duel 1 Rodica & Cristi 1 "Rise & Fall"/"Shape" Eliminated
Vox 2 "Runaway Baby" Finalist
Girls (Bănică) Duel 2 Mălina Ciarnău 3 "Give It to Me Right" Eliminated
Doinița Ioniță 4 "All by Myself" Finalist
Boys (Carlas) Duel 3 Andrei Geamăn 5 "Be Alright" Eliminated
Cristian Moldovan 6 "A Change Is Gonna Come" Finalist
Overs (Matache) Duel 4 Cristian Sanda 7 "Yesterday" Eliminated
Bella Santiago 8 "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Finalist
Groups (Brenciu) Duel 5 Diamonds 9 "Lady Marmalade" Finalist
Angels 10 "Feeling Good" Eliminated
Boys (Carlas) Duel 6 Alexandru Stremițeanu 11 "You Are the Reason" Finalist
Eduard Ungureanu 12 "The House of the Rising Sun" Eliminated
Girls (Bănică) Duel 7 Francesca Hojda 13 "Best Part" Eliminated
Ioana Bulgaru 14 "Dog Days Are Over" Finalist
Overs (Matache) Duel 8 Cristina Vasopol 15 "Stay with Me" Finalist
Raluca Răducanu 16 "Love on the Brain" Eliminated

Wildcard[]

In this season, like season 7, 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.

The winner of this season selected by the public was Cristian Sanda, from the Overs Category.

Finalists[]

The nine finalists will compete in the Live Shows.

Color Key
  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third place
Category (mentor) Acts
Boys (Carla's) Cristian Moldovan Alexandru Stremițeanu
Girls (Bănică) Ioana Bulgaru Doinița Ioniță
Over 24s (Matache) Cristian Sanda Bella Santiago Cristina Vasopol
Groups (Brenciu) Diamonds Vox

Live shows[]

Results summary[]

Color key
  – Contestant was announced as the winner.
  – Contestant has returned in the competition.
  – Contestant received the most votes from the public.
  – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated, no duel.
Live shows results per contestant
Contestant Live Show 1 Live Show 2 Live Show 3
Wildcard Elimination Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Round 2
Bella Santiago N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner
Ioana Bulgaru N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up
Cristian Moldovan N/A Safe Safe Safe 3rd Eliminated (Gala 3)
Doinița Ioniță N/A Safe Safe Safe 4th Eliminated (Gala 3)
Cristian Sanda Returned Gala 1 Safe Safe 5th Eliminated (Gala 2)
Cristina Vasopol N/A Safe Safe 6th Eliminated (Gala 2)
Vox N/A Safe 7th Eliminated (Gala 2)
Alexandru Stremițeanu N/A Safe 8th Eliminated (Gala 2)
Diamonds N/A 9th Eliminated (Gala 1)
Eliminated
None Diamonds
by public vote 		Alexandru Stremițeanu
by public vote 		Cristina Vasopol
by public vote 		Doinița Ioniță
by public vote 		Ioana Bulgaru
by public vote
Vox
by public vote 		Cristian Sanda
by public vote 		Cristian Moldovan
by public vote 		Bella Santiago
by public vote
Reference(s) [1] [2] [3] [4]

Live show details[]

Live Show 1 - 9 December 2018[]

  • Group Song : "Ani de liceu"
  • Theme : Romanian Gala
  • Interval Act : "Acadele", "Despablito" by Delia Matache

In this live show there were no duels, the act with lowest public votes was eliminated from the competition.

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Cristian Sanda 1 "Salcia" Safe
Doinița Ioniță 2 "Jocul țambalelor" Safe
Diamonds 3 "Inima mea" Eliminated
Cristian Moldovan 4 "Eternitate" Safe
Bella Santiago 5 "Cine iubeşte şi lasă" Safe
Vox 6 "Dincolo de nori" Safe
Alexandru Stremițeanu 7 "Nici o stea" Safe
Ioana Bulgaru 8 "Tudore" Safe
Cristina Vasopol 9 "Ciocârlia" Safe

Live Show 2: Semifinal - 16 December 2018[]

  • Group Song : "Din toată inima"
  • Theme : Semifinal Gala
  • Interval Act : "Ce-ar fi", "Sunt cine vreau să fiu" by Horia Brenciu; "Alerg" by Alexandra Crișan

In this live show there were two rounds, after each round, the two acts with the lowest public votes were eliminated from the competition.

Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act Order Song Result
Round 1
Ioana Bulgaru 1 "Toy" Safe
Cristian Sanda 2 "Jealous" Safe
Alexandru Stremițeanu 3 "O stea" Eliminated
Bella Santiago 4 "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" Safe
Doinița Ioniță 5 "De-ar fi să vii" Safe
Vox 6 "Focul" Eliminated
Cristina Vasopol 7 "Queen"/ "I'm Every Woman" Safe
Cristian Moldovan 8 "Always" Safe
Round 2
Ioana Bulgaru 1 "Țărăncută, țărăncuță" Safe
Cristian Sanda 2 "Cerul" Eliminated
Bella Santiago 3 "Hora din Moldova" Safe
Doinița Ioniță 4 "Stone Cold" Safe
Cristina Vasopol 5 "Au înnebunit salcâmii" Eliminated
Cristian Moldovan 6 "Ploaia" Safe

Live Show 3: Final - 23 December 2018[]

Round 1[]
  • Theme: Duet with special guest and with their mentor
  • Interval Act : ""
Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Order First Song
(duet with special guest) 		Order Second Song
(duet with mentor) 		Result
1 8
2 5
3 7
4 6
Round 2[]
  • Theme: Final
  • Interval Act : ''Luna'',''Ca benzina'' by Carla's Dreams
Contestants' performances on the final live show
Act Order Song Result
Ioana Bulgaru 1 Runner-up
Bella Santiago 2 Winner

Ratings[]

Ep Title Date National Urban 18-49 Source
Average
(thousands) 		Rating
(%) 		Average
(thousands) 		Rating
(%) 		Average
(thousands) 		Rating
(%)
1 Auditions 1 26 August 2018 901 5.0 529 5.5 232 5.3 [5]
2 Auditions 2 2 September 2018 701 3.9 386 4.0 177 4.0 [6]
3 Auditions 3 11 September 2018 831 4.6 444 4.6 213 4.8 [7]
4 Auditions 4 18 September 2018 824 4.6 491 5.1 246 5.6 [8]
5 Auditions 5 25 September 2018 1 035 5.8 587 6.1 264 6.0 [9]
6 Auditions 6 2 October 2018 Unknown
7 Auditions 7 9 October 2018 994 5.5 603 6.3 291 6.6 [10]
8 Auditions 8 16 October 2018 749 4.2 385 4.0 153 3.5 [11]
9 Auditions 9 23 October 2018 910 5.1 552 5.7 239 5.4 [12]
10 Auditions 10 26 October 2018 695 3.9 367 3.8 156 3.5 [13]
11 Bootcamp - Four-chair Challenge 1 2 November 2018 678 3.8 362 3.8 181 4.1 [14]
12 Bootcamp - Four-chair Challenge 2 9 November 2018 644 3.4 329 3.4 130 2.9 [15]
13 Bootcamp - Four-chair Challenge 3 16 November 2018 688 3.8 386 4.0 177 4.0 [16]
14 Bootcamp - Four-chair Challenge 4 23 November 2018 660 3.7 349 3.6 157 3.6 [17]
15 Bootcamp - The Duels 30 November 2018 843 4.7 463 4.8 202 4.6 [18]
16 Live Show 1 9 December 2018 589 3.3 311 3.2 138 3.1 [19]
17 Live Show 2 - Semifinal 16 December 2018
18 Live Show 3 - Final 23 December 2018

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