X Factor (Albanian season 2)

X Factor is an Albanian television music competition to find new singing talents. The second season began on 28 October 2012 on TV Klan.

X Factor
Season 2
Hosted byAlketa Vejsiu
JudgesPandi Laço
Altuna Sejdiu
Soni Malaj
Alban Skënderaj
WinnerArilena Ara
Runner-upAldo Bardhi
Release
Original networkKlan Television
Original release28 October 2012 (2012-10-28) 
31 March 2013 (2013-03-31)
Season chronology

Based on the UK format, the competition consists of auditions, in front of producers and then the judges with a live audience; bootcamp; judges' houses and then the live finals.[1] Auditions for the show began in August and concluded in September 2011. The show is hosted by Albanian singer Alketa Vejsiu, while the judging panel consists of the biggest Albanian artists. Albanian famous writer, composer and TV presenter Pandi Laço, Albanian Macedonian pop singer Altuna Sejdiu, Soni Malaj and the Albanian superstar Alban Skënderaj. The season was won by Arilena Ara of the Girls category.

Judges

This year, Juliana Pasha and Vesa Luma were replaced by the new judges, Altuna Sejdiu and Soni Malaj. The reason that Pasha and Luma did not continue their mentoring job, was generally due to their music commitment. Altuna Sejdiu, the new judge, was a part of last year's X Factor auditions in Tirana, replacing Vesa Luma. After the withdrawal of Pasha and Luma, it was rumoured that Altuna Sejdiu will be a part of the show. Together with her, Kosovo-based Albanian singer, Eliza Hoxha was also rumoured to be a judge. However, a few days before the show aired, TV Klan held a press conference explaining the procedure and the new judges. Bojken Lako was also a guest-judge in the auditions.

Judges' houses

The 13 eliminated acts were:

  • Boys: Amadeo Gjura, Bekim Elezi, Enur Pakashtica, Xhustino Hasani
  • Girls: Daniela Kola, Ersona Cakaj, Sanja Fajkoja, Silvana Rusi
  • Over 23s: Arta Selimi, Francesko Methoxha
  • Groups: Crazy Mix, Rapsodi, The Extrems

After the judges' houses stage, Arilena Ara and Kanita Suma were put into the live shows as wildcards.

Contestants

The top 18 contestants were confirmed as follows;

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third Place
Category (mentor) Acts
Boys (Malaj) Aldo Bardhi Herri Beluli Petro Xhori Sardi Strugaj
Girls (Sejdiu) Antonela Çekixhi Arilena Ara Elisa Salla Shkelqesa Sadiku Xhina Kelmendi
No Limit (Laço) Egzona Ademi Ina Torba Kanita Suma Rezart Saliasi Suela Malasi
Groups (Skënderaj) Foxy Ladies KSAL Natyral Soul Sisters

Live shows

Results summary

Color key
  Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown
  Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated
  Contestant received the most public votes
Weekly results per contestant
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 Week 16
Round One Round Two
Arilena Ara Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner
(week 16)
Aldo Bardhi Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe 3rd Safe Runner-Up
(week 16)
Natyral Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 3rd Eliminated
(week 16)
Kanita Suma Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th 4th Eliminated
(week 15)
Antonela Çekixhi Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Safe Bottom two Safe 5th Eliminated
(week 14)
KSAL Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 7th Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(week 13)
Sardi Strugaj Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 12th Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(week 12)
Egzona Ademi Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 8th Eliminated
(week 11)
Soul Sisters Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 11th Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(week 10)
Petro Xhori Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Bottom two Eliminated
(week 9)
Elisa Salla Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(week 8)
Xhina Kelmendi Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 12th Eliminated
(week 7)
Herri Beluli Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two 13th Eliminated
(week 6)
Suela Malasi Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(week 5)
Shkelqesa Sadiku Safe Bottom two Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(week 4)
Foxy Ladies Bottom three Bottom two Eliminated
(week 2)
Ina Torba Bottom three Eliminated
(week 1)
Rezart Saliasi 18th Eliminated
(week 1)
Final showdown Foxy Ladies
Ina Torba
Foxy Ladies
Shkelqesa Sadiku
Elisa Salla
Shkelqesa Sadiku
Herri Beluli
Suela Malasi
Herri Beluli
Sardi Strugaj
Soul Sisters
Xhina Kelmendi
Elisa Salla
Petro Xhori
Antonela Çekixhi
Petro Xhori
Natyral
Soul Sisters
Egzona Ademi
KSAL
Antonela Çekixhi
Sardi Strugaj
Aldo Bardhi
KSAL
Antonela Çekixhi
Kanita Suma
Aldo Bardhi
Kanita Suma
No final showdown or judges' vote:
results are based on public votes alone
Judges voted to eliminate: Eliminate
Skënderaj's vote to eliminate: Ina TorbaShkelqesa SadikuSuela MalasiHerri BeluliXhina KelmendiElisa SallaPetro XhoriSoul SistersEgzona AdemiSardi StrugajAldo BardhiKanita SumaKanita Suma
Sejdiu's vote to eliminate: Ina TorbaFoxy LadiesShkelqesa SadikuSuela MalasiSardi StrugajSoul SistersPetro XhoriPetro XhoriSoul SistersEgzona AdemiSardi StrugajKSALKanita SumaAldo Bardhi
Malaj's vote to eliminate: Ina TorbaFoxy LadiesShkelqesa SadikuSuela MalasiSardi StrugajXhina KelemendiElisa SallaAntonela ÇekixhiSoul SistersKSALAntonela ÇekixhiKSALAntonela ÇekixhiKanita Suma
Laço's vote to eliminate: Foxy LadiesFoxy LadiesShkelqesa SadikuHerri BeluliHerri BeluliSoul SistersElisa SallaPetro XhoriKSALSardi StrugajKSALAntonela ÇekixhiAldo Bardhi
Eliminated Rezart Saliasi
Public Vote
Foxy Ladies
3 of 4 votes
Majority
None Shkelqesa Sadiku
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Suela Malasi
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Herri Beluli
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock
Xhina Kelmendi
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock
Elisa Salla
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Petro Xhori
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Soul Sisters
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Egzona Ademi
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock
Sardi Strugaj
3 of 4 votes
Majority
KSAL
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Antonela Çekixhi
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock
Kanita Suma
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock
Natyral
Third Place
Aldo Bardhi
Runner-Up
Ina Torba
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Arilena Ara
Winner

Week 1 (16 December 2012)

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Soul Sisters 1 "Purple Rain" Safe
Elisa Salla 2 "All I Could Do Was Cry" Safe
Sardi Strugaj 3 "Here Without You" Safe
Kanita Suma 4 "Someone like You" Safe
Arilena Ara 5 "Man Down" Safe
KSAL 6 "Beggin'" Safe
Ina Torba 7 "The Boy Does Nothing" Bottom three
Petro Xhori 8 "Callin' U" Safe
Rezart Saliasi 9 "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" Eliminated
Shkelqesa Sadiku 10 "Beautiful" Safe
Suela Malasi 11 "We Are" Safe
Aldo Bardhi 12 "I Believe I Can Fly" Safe
Foxy Ladies 13 "Just Dance" Bottom three
Xhina Kelmendi 14 "Love You Like a Love Song" Safe
Herri Beluli 15 "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" Safe
Egzona Ademi 16 "You Know I'm No Good" Safe
Antonela Çekixhi 17 "Proud Mary" Safe
Natyral 18 "End of Time" Safe
Final showdown details
Ina Torba 1 "You Lost Me" Eliminated
Foxy Ladies 2 "DNA" Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Alban Skenderaj: Ina Torba
  • Pandi Laço: Foxy Ladies
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Ina Torba
  • Soni Malaj: Ina Torba

Week 2 (23 December 2012)

Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act Order Song Result
Natyral 1 "All I Want for Christmas Is You" Safe
Arilena Ara 2 "Walking on Sunshine" Safe
Petro Xhori 3 "Jingle Bells" Safe
Elisa Salla 4 "We Will Rock You"/"The Show Must Go On" Safe
KSAL 5 "What Goes Around... Comes Around" Safe
Shkelqesa Sadiku 6 "Firework" Bottom two
Kanita Suma 7 "Hallelujah" Safe
Suela Malasi 8 "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" Safe
Xhina Kelmendi 9 "Kiss Me" Safe
Foxy Ladies 10 "Buttons" Bottom two
Herri Beluli 11 "This Christmas" Safe
Sardi Strugaj 12 "Eye of the Tiger" Safe
Soul Sisters 13 "Crazy" Safe
Aldo Bardhi 14 "Silent Night" Safe
Antonela Çekixhi 15 "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" Safe
Egzona Ademi 16 "Amazing Grace" Safe
Final showdown details
Shkelqesa Sadiku 1 "Suus" Safe
Foxy Ladies 2 "Black Heart" Eliminated

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Pandi Laço: Foxy Ladies
  • Alban Skënderaj: Shkelqesa Sadiku
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Foxy Ladies
  • Soni Malaj: Foxy Ladies

Week 3 (1 January 2013)

Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Order Song Result
Arilena Ara 1 "It's Raining Men" Safe
Herri Beluli 2 "Wild World" Safe
Soul Sisters 3 "Respect" Safe
Kanita Suma 4 "Nobody's Perfect" Safe
Egzona Ademi 5 "Big Spender" Safe
Shkelqesa Sadiku 6 "At Last" Safe
Suela Malasi 7 "Hot Stuff" Safe
Natyral 8 "Roc' the Life" Safe
Xhina Kelmendi 9 "My Only Wish (This Year)" Safe
Sardi Strugaj 10 "Run Rudolph Run" Safe
KSAL 11 "Your Song" Safe
Petro Xhori 12 "Pop" Safe
Elisa Salla 13 "River Deep – Mountain High" Safe
Aldo Bardhi 14 "Read All About It" Safe
Antonela Çekixhi 15 "I Will Follow Him" Safe
No Final Showdown

Week 4 (6 January 2013)

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Act Order Song Result
Soul Sisters 1 "One" Safe
Xhina Kelmendi 2 "Skinny Love" Safe
Petro Xhori 3 "Airplanes" Safe
Shkelqesa Sadiku 4 "Perfect" Bottom two
Aldo Bardhi 5 "When I Get You Alone" Safe
Kanita Suma 6 "Girl on Fire" Safe
Suela Malasi 7 "Sober" Safe
Antonela Çekixhi 8 "Survivor" Safe
Herri Beluli 9 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Safe
Natyral 10 "Another Way to Die" Safe
Elisa Salla 11 "I Have Nothing" Bottom two
Egzona Ademi 12 "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" Safe
KSAL 13 "Rule the World" Safe
Arilena Ara 14 "Always" Safe
Sardi Strugaj 15 "We Could Be the Same" Safe
Final showdown details
Shkelqesa Sadiku 1 "Euphoria" Eliminated
Elisa Salla 2 "Lovin' You" Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Altuna Sejdiu: Shkelqesa Sadiku
  • Soni Malaj: Shkelqesa Sadiku
  • Pandi Laço: Shkelqesa Sadiku
  • Alban Skenderaj: It was not necessary to vote for Shkelqesa already had the votes necessary for elimination.

Week 5 (13 January 2013)

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Act Order Song Result
Natyral 1 "One and Only" Safe
Arilena Ara 2 "Satellite" Safe
Egzona Ademi 3 "Ancora ancora ancora" Safe
Aldo Bardhi 4 "Impossible" Safe
Xhina Kelmendi 5 "Hey There Delilah" Safe
Soul Sisters 6 "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Safe
Herri Beluli 7 "Diamonds" Bottom two
Suela Malasi 8 "Black Velvet" Bottom two
Sardi Strugaj 9 "Hard Rock Hallelujah" Safe
Elisa Salla 10 "Stop!" Safe
Kanita Suma 11 "Valsi i lumturisë" Safe
Petro Xhori 12 "Bleeding Love" Safe
KSAL 13 "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" Safe
Antonela Çekixhi 14 "The Best" Safe
Final showdown details
Herri Beluli 1 "Sleepwalker" Safe
Suela Malasi 2 "Karma" Eliminated

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Soni Malaj: Suela Malasi
  • Pandi Laço: Herri Beluli
  • Alban Skenderaj: Suela Malasi
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Suela Malasi

Week 6 (20 January 2013)

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act Order Song Result
Soul Sisters 1 "Do You Love Me" Safe
Egzona Ademi 2 "Family Portrait" Safe
Arilena Ara 3 "Titanium" Safe
Kanita Suma 4 "Russian Roulette" Safe
Sardi Strugaj 5 "I Don't Want to Talk About It" Bottom two
Elisa Salla 6 "Bound to You" Safe
Natyral 7 "We Are Young" Safe
Xhina Kelmendi 8 "Soon We'll Be Found" Safe
Petro Xhori 9 "4 Minutes" Safe
Herri Beluli 10 "Shpirti im Binjak" Bottom two
Aldo Bardhi 11 "Hello" Safe
Antonela Çekixhi 12 "Dirty Diana" Safe
KSAL 13 "Gambling Man" Safe
Final showdown details
Sardi Strugaj 1 "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Safe
Herri Beluli 2 "Whataya Want from Me" Eliminated

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Pandi Laço: Herri Beluli
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Sardi Strugaj
  • Alban Skenderaj: Herri Beluli
  • Soni Malaj: Sardi Strugaj

Week 7 (27 January 2013)

Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Act Order Song Result
Petro Xhori 1 "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" Safe
Kanita Suma 2 "Because You Loved Me" Safe
KSAL 3 "As Long as You Love Me" Safe
Elisa Salla 4 "Je suis malade" Safe
Arilena Ara 5 "Broken-Hearted Girl" Safe
Soul Sisters 6 "Breathe Easy" Bottom two
Xhina Kelmendi 7 "Monday Morning" Bottom two
Aldo Bardhi 8 "Et si tu n'existais pas" Safe
Egzona Ademi 9 "GoldenEye" Safe
Natyral 10 "Where Have You Been" Safe
Antonela Çekixhi 11 "You Lost Me" Safe
Sardi Strugaj 12 "You Give Love a Bad Name" Safe
Final showdown details
Xhina Kelmendi 1 "The A Team" Eliminated
Soul Sisters 2 "I Will Always Love You" Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Alban Skenderaj: Xhina Kelmendi
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Soul Sisters
  • Soni Malaj: Xhina Kelmendi
  • Pandi Laço: Soul Sisters

Week 8 (3 February 2013)

Contestants' performances on the eighth live show
Act Order Song Result
Soul Sisters 1 "I Will Survive"/"Survivor" Safe
Antonela Çekixhi 2 "Something's Got a Hold on Me" Safe
Petro Xhori 3 "Ain't No Sunshine" Bottom two
Kanita Suma 4 "Because of You" Safe
Elisa Salla 5 "My Heart Is Refusing Me" Bottom two
Sardi Strugaj 6 "I Don't Want to Be" Safe
Natyral 7 "If I Ain't Got You" Safe
Aldo Bardhi 8 "Battle Scars" Safe
Egzona Ademi 9 "Nobody's Wife" Safe
Arilena Ara 10 "Wild Dances" Safe
KSAL 11 "Jailhouse Rock" Safe
Final showdown details
Petro Xhori 1 "Fire" Safe
Elisa Salla 2 "I See You" Eliminated

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Soni Malaj: Elisa Salla
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Petro Xhori
  • Alban Skenderaj: Elisa Salla
  • Pandi Laço: Elisa Salla

Week 9 (10 February 2013)

Contestants' performances on the ninth live show
Act Order Song Result
Natyral 1 "You're the One That I Want" Safe
Aldo Bardhi 2 "It Will Rain" Safe
Kanita Suma 3 "Oh Mother" Safe
Egzona Ademi 4 "Sweet Dreams"/"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Safe
Soul Sisters 5 "Without You" Safe
Petro Xhori 6 "Bye Bye Bye" Bottom two
KSAL 7 "Hero" Safe
Antonela Çekixhi 8 "Think" Bottom two
Arilena Ara 9 "Jar of Hearts" Safe
Sardi Strugaj 10 "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" Safe
Final showdown details
Petro Xhori 1 "Wherever You Will Go" Eliminated
Antonela Çekixhi 2 "Mamma Knows Best" Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Soni Malaj: Antonela Çekixhi
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Petro Xhori
  • Pandi Laço: Petro Xhori
  • Alban Skenderaj: Petro Xhori

Week 10 (17 February 2013)

Contestants' performances on the tenth live show
Act Order Song Result
KSAL 1 "Breathing" Safe
Arilena Ara 2 "Objection (Tango)" Safe
Sardi Strugaj 3 "Sex on Fire" Safe
Kanita Suma 4 "Eyes on me" Safe
Antonela Çekixhi 5 "All the Man That I Need" Safe
Soul Sisters 6 "Rumour Has It"/"Someone Like You" Bottom two
Natyral 7 "Free Your Mind" Bottom two
Egzona Ademi 8 "All That Jazz" Safe
Aldo Bardhi 9 "When a Man Loves a Woman" Safe
Final showdown details
Soul Sisters 1 "All by Myself" Eliminated
Natyral 2 "My Kind of Love" Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Alban Skenderaj: Soul Sisters
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Soul Sisters
  • Soni Malaj: Soul Sisters
  • Pandi Laço: It was not necessary to vote for Soul Sisters already had the votes necessary for elimination.

Week 11 (24 February 2013)

Contestants' performances on the eleventh live show
Act Order Song Result
Sardi Strugaj 1 "You Can Leave Your Hat On" Safe
Egzona Ademi 2 "Margherita" Bottom two
Kanita Suma 3 "Fallin'" Safe
KSAL 4 "Apologize" Bottom two
Antonela Çekixhi 5 "Earth Song" Safe
Arilena Ara 6 "Stay" Safe
Natyral 7 "Let It Be" Safe
Aldo Bardhi 8 "Runaway Baby" Safe
Final showdown details
Egzona Ademi 1 "Hurt" Eliminated
KSAL 2 "Incomplete" Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Alban Skenderaj: Egzona Ademi
  • Pandi Laço: KSAL
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Egzona Ademi
  • Soni Malaj: KSAL

Week 12 (3 March 2013)

Contestants' performances on the twelfth live show
Act Order Song Result
Kanita Suma 1 "Price Tag" Safe
Aldo Bardhi 2 "The Big Bang" Safe
Sardi Strugaj 3 "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" Bottom two
KSAL 4 "Umbrella" Safe
Arilena Ara 5 "She Said" Safe
Antonela Çekixhi 6 "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" Bottom two
Natyral 7 "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" Safe
Final showdown details
Sardi Strugaj 1 "Somebody Told Me" Eliminated
Antonela Çekixhi 2 "Love on Top" Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Altuna Sejdiu: Sardi Strugaj
  • Soni Malaj: Antonela Çekixhi
  • Alban Skenderaj: Sardi Strugaj
  • Pandi Laço: Sardi Strugaj

Week 13 (10 March 2013)

Contestants' performances on the thirteenth live show
Act Order Song Result
KSAL 1 "Hot n Cold" Bottom two
Antonela Çekixhi 2 "New York, New York" Safe
Aldo Bardhi 3 "Halo" Bottom two
Kanita Suma 4 "Don't You Remember" Safe
Arilena Ara 5 "Written in the Stars" Safe
Natyral 6 "The Voice Within" Safe
Final showdown details
KSAL 1 "Sweet Home Chicago" Eliminated
Aldo Bardhi 2 "Bound to You" Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Soni Malaj: KSAL
  • Alban Skenderaj: Aldo Bardhi
  • Pandi Laço: KSAL
  • Altuna Sejdiu: KSAL

Week 14 (17 March 2013)

Contestants' performances on the fourteenth live show
Act Order First song Order Second song Result
Antonela Çekixhi 1 "Lady Marmalade" 6 "Listen" Bottom two
Natyral 2 "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" 7 "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Safe
Aldo Bardhi 3 "When I Was Your Man" 8 "One Way or Another" Safe
Kanita Suma 4 "I Will Love Again" 9 "My Immortal" Bottom two
Arilena Ara 5 "Alone" 10 "Billie Jean" Safe
Final showdown details
Antonela Çekixhi 1 "Who You Are" Eliminated
Kanita Suma 2 "If I Were a Boy" Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Soni Malaj: Antonela Çekixhi
  • Alban Skenderaj: Kanita Suma
  • Pandi Laço: Antonela Çekixhi
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Kanita Suma

Week 15 (24 March 2013)

Contestants' performances on the fifteenth live show
Act Order First song Order Second song Result
Arilena Ara 1 "Try" 5 "Addicted to Love" (with Juliana Pasha) Safe
Kanita Suma 2 "My Kind of Love" 6 "My Heart Will Go On" (with Olta Boka) Bottom two
Aldo Bardhi 3 "Georgia on My Mind" 7 "Unfaithful" (with Sheila Haxhiraj) Bottom two
Natyral 4 "The Silence" 8 "" (with Ardit Gjebrea) Safe
Final showdown details
Kanita Suma 1 "" Eliminated
Aldo Bardhi 2 "Impossible" Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Pandi Laço: Aldo Bardhi
  • Soni Malaj: Kanita Suma
  • Alban Skenderaj: Kanita Suma
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Aldo Bardhi

References

  1. X Factor format Archived 18 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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