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X Factor (Albanian TV series) season 4
X Factor is an Albanian television music competition to find new singing talents. The fourth season began on 5 January on TV Klan.
| X Factor | |
|---|---|
| Season 4 | |
| Hosted by | Alketa Vejsiu |
| Judges | Alban Skënderaj Miriam Cani Bleona Qereti Pandi Laço |
| Winner | Edea Demaliaj |
| Runner-up | Genti Deda |
| Release | |
| Original release | 5 January – 1 June 2015 |
| Season chronology | |
The auditions were broadcast in January, when the show started airing. The show was hosted once again by Albanian singer Alketa Vejsiu, while the judging panel this year consisted of Bleona Qereti, Alban Skenderaj, Miriam Cani and Pandi Laço.
The other differences this year, was that there was a variety of contestants who come from different places. Manuel Moscati, Ylenia Iorio and Matteo Brento were from Italy. There was a soloist from Macedonia, Alice, this year. There was a soloist from Kosovo, Floriana Rexhepi, this year too.
Judges' houses edit
The 14 eliminated acts were:
- Boys: Algert Sala, Arnold Kallaci, Drilon Jahdauti, Fisnik Fetahu
- Girls: Aiola Laska, Ensuida Gjergji, Oresta Dibra, Xhulia Ziri
- Over 23s: Ana Ndini, Erlisa Shena, Leotrim Gervalla, Megi Karavani
- Groups: Duo, No Name
Contestants edit
The top 16 Contestants were confirmed as follows;
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
| Category (mentor) | Acts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (Qereti) | Dilan Reka | Genti Deda | Gerald Celibashi | Igli Zarka | Matteo Brento |
| Girls (Cani) | Edea Demaliaj | Floriana Rexhepi | Lediana Matoshi | Mirela Boka | |
| Over 23s (Skënderaj) | Adela Curra | Alice | Manuel Moscati | Ylenia Iorio | |
| Groups (Laço) | Brunetts | Double F | Mama Pop | X Roads | |
Live Shows edit
Results summary edit
- 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 |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edea Demaliaj | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | 1st | Winner (week 15) | ||
| Genti Deda | Bottom four | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Runner-up (week 15) | ||
| Dilan Reka | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 14) | ||
| Manuel Moscati | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 13) | |||
| Floriana Rexhepi | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 12) | ||||
| Matteo Brento | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 10th | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 10) | ||||||
| Brunetts | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 9) | |||||||
| Alice | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 8) | ||||||||
| Lediana Matoshi | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 7) | |||||||||
| Igli Zarka | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 6) | ||||||||||
| Mirela Boka | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 11th | Eliminated (week 5) | |||||||||||
| X Roads | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||||||||||
| Ylenia Iorio | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 3) | |||||||||||||
| Mama Pop | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 2) | ||||||||||||||
| Adela Curra | Bottom four | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||||||||||
| Double F | 16-17th | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||||||||||
| Gerald Celibashi | 16-17th | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||||||||||
| Final showdown | Adela Curra Genti Deda | Floriana Rexhepi Mama Pop | Lediana Matoshi Ylenia Iorio | Alice X Roads | Matteo Brento Mirela Boka | Igli Zarka Lediana Matoshi | Lediana Matoshi Manuel Moscati | Alice Dilan Reka | Brunetts Matteo Brento | Manuel Moscati Matteo Brento | Floriana Rexhepi Manuel Moscati | Edea Demaliaj Manuel Moscati | Dilan Reka Genti Deda | No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone | |||
| Judges voted to eliminate: | Eliminate | ||||||||||||||||
| Skënderaj's vote to eliminate: | Genti Deda | Mama Pop | Lediana Matoshi | X Roads | Mirela Boka | Igli Zarka | Lediana Matoshi | Dilan Reka | Brunetts | Matteo Brento | — | Floriana Rexhepi | Edea Demaliaj | Genti Deda | |||
| Cani's vote to eliminate: | Adela Curra | Mama Pop | Ylenia Iorio | X Roads | Matteo Brento | Igli Zarka | Manuel Moscati | Alice | Brunetts | Matteo Brento | — | Manuel Moscati | Manuel Moscati | Dilan Reka | |||
| Qereti's vote to eliminate: | Adela Curra | Mama Pop | Ylenia Iorio | X Roads | Mirela Boka | Lediana Matoshi | Lediana Matoshi | Alice | Brunetts | Manuel Moscati | — | Floriana Rexhepi | Manuel Moscati | None (Refused) | |||
| Laço's vote to eliminate: | Adela Curra | Floriana Rexhepi | Ylenia Iorio | Alice | Matteo Brento | Igli Zarka | Lediana Matoshi | Alice | Matteo Brento | Matteo Brento | — | Floriana Rexhepi | Manuel Moscati | Dilan Reka | |||
| Eliminated | Gerald Celibashi & Double F Public Vote | Mama Pop 3 of 4 votes Majority | Ylenia Iorio 3 of 4 votes Majority | X Roads 3 of 4 votes Majority | Mirela Boka 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Igli Zarka 3 of 4 votes Majority | Lediana Matoshi 3 of 4 votes Majority | Alice 3 of 4 votes Majority | Brunetts 3 of 4 votes Majority | Matteo Brento 3 of 4 votes Majority | None | Floriana Rexhepi 3 of 4 votes Majority | Manuel Moscati 3 of 4 votes Majority | Dilan Reka 2 of 3 votes Majority | Genti Deda Runner-Up | ||
| Adela Curra 3 of 4 votes Majority | Edea Demaliaj Winner | ||||||||||||||||
Live show details edit
Week 1 (23 February 2015) edit
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dilan Reka | 1 | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" | Safe | |
| Ylenia Iorio | 2 | "I Surrender" | Safe | |
| Floriana Rexhepi | 3 | "I'd Rather Go Blind" | Safe | |
| Mama Pop | 4 | "Wannabe" | Safe | |
| Lediana Matoshi | 5 | "Rehab" | Safe | |
| Double F | 6 | "Nah Neh Nah" | Eliminated | |
| Mirela Boka | 7 | "This Is My Now" | Safe | |
| Gerald Celibashi | 8 | "One" | Eliminated | |
| Adela Curra | 9 | "Sober" | Bottom two | |
| Manuel Moscati | 10 | "Refuzoj" | Safe | |
| X Roads | 11 | "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" | Safe | |
| Igli Zarka | 12 | "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" | Safe | |
| Brunetts | 13 | "Proud Mary" | Safe | |
| Alice | 14 | "All of Me" | Safe | |
| Genti Deda | 15 | "The A Team" | Bottom two | |
| Edea Demaliaj | 16 | "Angel" | Safe | |
| Matteo Brento | 17 | "Mos Qaj" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Adela Curra | 1 | "Because of You" | Eliminated | |
| Genti Deda | 2 | "Impossible" | Safe | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
- Alban Skënderaj: Genti Deda
- Bleona Qereti: Adela Curra
- Miriam Cani: Adela Curra
- Pandi Laço: Adela Curra
Week 2 (2 March 2015) edit
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ylenia Iorio | 1 | "Me ty" | Safe | |
| X Roads | 2 | "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" | Safe | |
| Mirela Boka | 3 | "One and Only" | Safe | |
| Manuel Moscati | 4 | "Sognami" | Safe | |
| Mama Pop | 5 | "Black Widow" | Bottom two | |
| Alice | 6 | "Son of a Preacher Man" | Safe | |
| Dilan Reka | 7 | "I Believe I Can Fly" | Safe | |
| Floriana Rexhepi | 8 | "I Have Nothing" | Bottom two | |
| Lediana Matoshi | 9 | "All About That Bass" | Safe | |
| Matteo Brento | 10 | "Un amore cosi Grande" | Safe | |
| Igli Zarka | 11 | "Dreamer" | Safe | |
| Brunetts | 12 | "Bound to You" | Safe | |
| Genti Deda | 13 | "The Climb" | Safe | |
| Edea Demaliaj | 14 | "Seven Devils" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Mama Pop | 1 | "Fighter" | Eliminated | |
| Floriana Rexhepi | 2 | "A Moment Like This" | Safe | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
- Miriam Cani: Mama Pop
- Pandi Laço: Floriana Rexhepi
- Alban Skënderaj: Mama Pop
- Bleona Qereti: Mama Pop
Week 3 (9 March 2015) edit
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floriana Rexhepi | 1 | "Je suis Malade" | Safe | |
| Manuel Moscati | 2 | "Feeling Good" | Safe | |
| Edea Demaliaj | 3 | "At Last" | Safe | |
| X Roads | 4 | "It's My Life" | Safe | |
| Ylenia Iorio | 5 | "Di sole e d'azzurro" | Bottom two | |
| Brunetts | 6 | "You're the One That I Want" | Safe | |
| Lediana Matoshi | 7 | "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" | Bottom two | |
| Mirela Boka | 8 | "Crazy in Love" | Safe | |
| Genti Deda | 9 | "Las Vegas" | Safe | |
| Matteo Brento | 10 | "Hold the Line" | Safe | |
| Alice | 11 | "Breakaway" | Safe | |
| Dilan Reka | 12 | "Purple Rain" | Safe | |
| Igli Zarka | 13 | "Be Prepared" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Ylenia Iorio | 1 | "[[]]" | Eliminated | |
| Lediana Matoshi | 2 | "Billie Jean" | Safe | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
- Miriam Cani: Ylenia Iorio
- Pandi Laço: Ylenia Iorio
- Alban Skënderaj: Lediana Matoshi
- Bleona Qereti: Ylenia Iorio
Week 4 (16 March 2015) edit
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dilan Reka | 1 | "Listen" | Safe | |
| Edea Demaliaj | 2 | "Elastic Heart" | Safe | |
| Igli Zarka | 3 | "Fever" | Safe | |
| Manuel Moscati | 4 | "One Day / Reckoning Song" | Safe | |
| Mirela Boka | 5 | "Love Me Harder" | Safe | |
| Genti Deda | 6 | "Here Without You" | Safe | |
| X Roads | 7 | "Grenade" | Bottom two | |
| Lediana Matoshi | 8 | "Raggamuffin" | Safe | |
| Matteo Brento | 9 | "E penso a te" | Safe | |
| Alice | 10 | "Burn" | Bottom two | |
| Floriana Rexhepi | 11 | "Unconditionally" | Safe | |
| Brunetts | 12 | "It's Oh So Quiet" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Alice | 1 | "Diamonds" | Safe | |
| X Roads | 2 | "You Raise Me Up" | Eliminated | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
- Miriam Cani: X Roads
- Pandi Laço: Alice
- Alban Skënderaj: X Roads
- Bleona Qereti: X Roads
Week 5 (23 March 2015) edit
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matteo Brento | 1 | "Arriverá" | Bottom two | |
| Brunetts | 2 | "All That Jazz" | Safe | |
| Dilan Reka | 3 | "Who's Lovin' You" | Safe | |
| Alice | 4 | "Can't Help Falling in Love" | Safe | |
| Igli Zarka | 5 | "Fly Me to the Moon" | Safe | |
| Manuel Moscati | 6 | "Ancora" | Safe | |
| Floriana Rexhepi | 7 | "You Lost Me" | Safe | |
| Mirela Boka | 8 | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Bottom two | |
| Genti Deda | 9 | "Let It Be" | Safe | |
| Lediana Matoshi | 10 | "Mercy" | Safe | |
| Edea Demaliaj | 11 | "Cry Baby" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Matteo Brento | 1 | "Summertime Sadness" | Safe | |
| Mirela Boka | 2 | "One and Only" | Eliminated | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
- Miriam Cani: Matteo Brento
- Pandi Laço: Matteo Brento
- Alban Skënderaj: Mirela Boka
- Bleona Qereti: Mirela Boka
Week 6 (30 March 2015) edit
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lediana Matoshi | 1 | "Dear Future Husband" | Bottom two | |
| Dilan Reka | 2 | "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" | Safe | |
| Brunetts | 3 | "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" | Safe | |
| Igli Zarka | 4 | "Belle" | Bottom two | |
| Alice | 5 | "Unchained Melody" | Safe | |
| Genti Deda | 6 | "Thinking Out Loud" | Safe | |
| Matteo Brento | 7 | "L'immensità" | Safe | |
| Edea Demaliaj | 8 | "Empire" | Safe | |
| Manuel Moscati | 9 | "Like a Virgin" | Safe | |
| Floriana Rexhepi | 10 | "I Just Want to Make Love to You" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Lediana Matoshi | 1 | "This World" | Safe | |
| Igli Zarka | 2 | "Diamonds & Rust" | Eliminated | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
- Miriam Cani: Igli Zarka
- Bleona Qereti: Lediana Matoshi
- Pandi Laço: Igli Zarka
- Alban Skënderaj: Igli Zarka
Week 7 (6 April 2015) edit
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Moscati | 1 | "Blurred Lines" | Bottom two | |
| Brunetts | 2 | "Wrecking Ball" | Safe | |
| Lediana Matoshi | 3 | "The Monster" | Bottom two | |
| Genti Deda | 4 | "Haven't Met You Yet" | Safe | |
| Matteo Brento | 5 | "Je Ti" | Safe | |
| Alice | 6 | "Sweet Dreams" | Safe | |
| Edea Demaliaj | 7 | "I Put a Spell on You" | Safe | |
| Floriana Rexhepi | 8 | "Tough Lover" | Safe | |
| Dilan Reka | 9 | "Lay Me Down" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Manuel Moscati | 1 | "[[]]" | Safe | |
| Lediana Matoshi | 2 | "Big Girls Cry" | Eliminated | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
- Miriam Cani: Manuel Moscati
- Pandi Laço: Lediana Matoshi
- Alban Skënderaj: Lediana Matoshi
- Bleona Qereti: Lediana Matoshi
Week 8 (13 April 2015) edit
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genti Deda | 1 | "Lonely No More" | Safe | |
| Dilan Reka | 2 | "When I Was Your Man" | Bottom two | |
| Brunetts | 3 | "Word Up!" | Safe | |
| Alice | 4 | "Give Me One Reason" | Bottom two | |
| Matteo Brento | 5 | "La notte" | Safe | |
| Edea Demaliaj | 6 | "Piece of My Heart" | Safe | |
| Floriana Rexhepi | 7 | "The Power of Love" | Safe | |
| Manuel Moscati | 8 | "Uptown Funk" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Dilan Reka | 1 | "Somebody to Love" | Safe | |
| Alice | 2 | "Red" | Eliminated | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
- Alban Skënderaj: Dilan Reka
- Bleona Qereti: Alice
- Miriam Cani: Alice
- Pandi Laço: Alice
Week 9 (20 April 2015) edit
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Moscati | 1 | "Mentre tutto scorre" | Safe | |
| Dilan Reka | 2 | "Earth Song" | Safe | |
| Brunetts | 3 | "Bang Bang" | Bottom two | |
| Matteo Brento | 4 | "A te" | Bottom two | |
| Edea Demaliaj | 5 | "Chandelier" | Safe | |
| Genti Deda | 6 | "Lego House" | Safe | |
| Floriana Rexhepi | 7 | "All the Man That I Need" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Matteo Brento | 1 | "[[]]" | Safe | |
| Brunetts | 2 | "Mamma Knows Best" | Eliminated | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
- Pandi Laço: Matteo Brento
- Miriam Cani: Brunetts
- Bleona Qereti: Brunetts
- Alban Skënderaj: Brunetts
Week 10 (27 April 2015) edit
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matteo Brento | 1 | "Sono già solo" | Bottom two | |
| Floriana Rexhepi | 2 | "River Deep – Mountain High" | Safe | |
| Dilan Reka | 3 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Safe | |
| Manuel Moscati | 4 | "Careless Whisper" | Bottom two | |
| Genti Deda | 5 | "Make It Rain" | Safe | |
| Edea Demaliaj | 6 | "GoldenEye" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Matteo Brento | 1 | "[[]]" | Eliminated | |
| Manuel Moscati | 2 | "[[]]" | Safe | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
- Alban Skënderaj: Matteo Brento
- Bleona Qereti: Manuel Moscati
- Miriam Cani: Matteo Brento
- Pandi Laço: Matteo Brento
Week 11 (4 May 2015) edit
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floriana Rexhepi | 1 | "Anytime You Need a Friend" | Safe |
| Dilan Reka | 2 | "Nobody's Perfect" | Safe |
| Edea Demaliaj | 3 | "Holding Out for a Hero" | Safe |
| Genti Deda | 4 | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" | Safe |
| Manuel Moscati | 5 | "Sugar" | Safe |
| No Final Showdown | |||
Week 12 (11 May 2015) edit
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Moscati | 1 | "Volare" | Bottom two | |
| Dilan Reka | 2 | "One Moment in Time" | Safe | |
| Floriana Rexhepi | 3 | "Happy" | Bottom two | |
| Genti Deda | 4 | "Set Fire to the Rain" | Safe | |
| Edea Demaliaj | 5 | "Hallelujah" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Manuel Moscati | 1 | "[[]]" | Safe | |
| Floriana Rexhepi | 2 | "Listen" | Eliminated | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
- Alban Skënderaj: Floriana Rexhepi
- Miriam Cani: Manuel Moscati
- Bleona Qereti: Floriana Rexhepi
- Pandi Laço: Floriana Rexhepi
Week 13 (18 May 2015) edit
- Musical guest: Elhaida Dani ("I'm Alive")
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Moscati | 1 | "Rastesi" | Bottom two | |
| Edea Demaliaj | 2 | "Hurt" | Bottom two | |
| Dilan Reka | 3 | "Domino" | Safe | |
| Genti Deda | 4 | "Lady" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Manuel Moscati | 1 | "[[]]" | Eliminated | |
| Edea Demaliaj | 2 | "I Dreamed a Dream" | Safe | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
- Alban Skënderaj: Edea Demaliaj
- Miriam Cani: Manuel Moscati
- Pandi Laço: Manuel Moscati
- Bleona Qereti: Manuel Moscati