| X Factor | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
| Hosted by | Alketa Vejsiu |
| Judges | Alban Skënderaj Soni Malaj Altuna Sejdiu Pandi Laço |
| Winner | Ergi Dini |
| Runner-up | Senad Rrahmani |
| Release | |
| Original network | Klan Television |
| Original release | 15 September 2013 – 23 February 2014 |
| Season chronology | |
X Factor is an Albanian television music competition to find new singing talents. The third season began on 15 September on TV Klan.
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] The producers' auditions for the show began in April 2013 in Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia. The winners were later called back to perform in front of the judges, held from May 19–21 in Tirana. However, the auditions were broadcast in September, when the show started airing. The show will be hosted once again by Albanian singer Alketa Vejsiu, while the judging panel consists of pop singer Altuna Sejdiu, Alban Skenderaj, Soni Malaj and Pandi Laço.
This year, the producers have decided to give more attention to the live shows, extending it to 15 weeks, and not airing bootcamp. The auditions were aired in three shows only, and then the show passed to the judges houses, airing only the finalists' bootcamp performance and result. Thus, to make the live shows longer to give the contestants more time to perform.
The other difference this year, is that there is a variety of contestants who come from different places. Sarah Memmola is from Italy, who challenged herself to take part in the X Factor Albania. There are six contestants from Macedonia this year. There is no soloist from Kosovo this year, and there is a singer from Serbia, Donika Nuhiu, for the first time in the show.
The 15 eliminated acts were:
The top 16 contestants were confirmed as follows;
Key:
| Category (mentor) | Acts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (Sejdiu) | Ademir Fresku | Amadeo Gjura | Ergi Dini | Leotrim Zejnullahu | |
| Girls (Laço) | Arissa Rexho | Enxhi Nasufi | Kristina Leka | Laura Kërliu | |
| Over 23s (Skënderaj) | Fatmir Durmishi | Mia Morina | Sarah Memmola | Senad Rrahmani | |
| Groups (Malaj) | Dream Girls | Exception | Free Spirit | Nimfat | |
| – | Contestant received the fewest public votes and had to sing again in the sing-off |
| 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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round One | Round Two | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ergi Dini | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner (week 15) | ||||||||||||
| Senad Rrahmani | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up (week 15) | ||||||||||||
| Sarah Memmola | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | 3rd | Eliminated (week 15) | ||||||||||||
| Enxhi Nasufi | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 4th | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 14) | |||||||||||||
| Exception | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 10th | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | 5th | Eliminated (week 13) | ||||||||||||||
| Leotrim Zejnullahu | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 7th | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 12) | |||||||||||||||
| Laura Kërliu | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 11) | ||||||||||||||||
| Amadeo Gjura | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | 9th | Safe | 8th | Eliminated (week 10) | |||||||||||||||||
| Mia Morina | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 9) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Free Spirit | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 10th | Eliminated (week 8) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Arissa Rexho | Safe | Safe | Safe | 13th | Safe | Safe | 11th | Eliminated (week 7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fatmir Durmishi | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 6) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nimfat | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kristina Leka | Safe | Safe | Safe | 14th | Eliminated (week 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dream Girls | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ademir Fresku | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Final showdown | Ademir Fresku Dream Girls |
Dream Girls Laura Kërliu |
Arissa Rexho Kristina Leka |
Amadeo Gjura Nimfat |
Fatmir Durmishi Mia Morina |
Arissa Rexho Exception |
Amadeo Gjura Free Spirit |
Laura Kërliu Mia Morina |
Amadeo Gjura Leotrim Zejnullahu |
Exception Laura Kërliu |
Leotrim Zejnullahu Sarah Memmola |
Enxhi Nasufi Exception |
Enxhi Nasufi Sarah Memmola |
No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone | ||||||||||||||
| Skënderaj's vote to eliminate: | — | Ademir Fresku | Dream Girls | Kristina Leka | Nimfat | Fatmir Durmishi | Exception | Amadeo Gjura | Laura Kërliu | Amadeo Gjura | Laura Kërliu | Leotrim Zejnullahu | Exception | Enxhi Nasufi | ||||||||||||||
| Sejdiu's vote to eliminate: | — | Dream Girls | Dream Girls | Kristina Leka | Nimfat | Fatmir Durmishi | Arissa Rexho | Free Spirit | Mia Morina | Leotrim Zejnullahu | Laura Kërliu | Sarah Memmola | Enxhi Nasufi | Enxhi Nasufi | ||||||||||||||
| Malaj's vote to eliminate: | — | Ademir Fresku | Laura Kërliu | Arissa Rexho | Amadeo Gjura | Fatmir Durmishi | Arissa Rexho | Amadeo Gjura | Mia Morina | Amadeo Gjura | Laura Kërliu | Leotrim Zejnullahu | Enxhi Nasufi | Enxhi Nasufi | ||||||||||||||
| Laço's vote to eliminate: | — | Ademir Fresku | Dream Girls | Arissa Rexho | Nimfat | — | Exception | Free Spirit | Mia Morina | Leotrim Zejnullahu | Exception | Leotrim Zejnullahu | Exception | Sarah Memmola | ||||||||||||||
| Eliminated | None | Ademir Fresku 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Dream Girls 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Kristina Leka 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Nimfat 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Fatmir Durmishi 3 of 3 votes Majority |
Arissa Rexho 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Free Spirit 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Mia Morina 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Amadeo Gjura 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Laura Kërliu 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Leotrim Zejnullahu 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Exception 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Enxhi Nasufi 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Sarah Memmola Third Place |
Senad Rrahmani Runner-Up | ||||||||||||
| Ergi Dini Winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nimfat | 1 | "Wings" | Safe | ||
| Ergi Dini | 2 | "Unchain My Heart" | Safe | ||
| Mia Morina | 3 | "You and I" | Safe | ||
| Enxhi Nasufi | 4 | "Bound to You" | Safe | ||
| Ademir Fresku | 5 | "Angels" | Safe | ||
| Dream Girls | 6 | "Proud Mary" | Safe | ||
| Arissa Rexho | 7 | "One Night Only" | Safe | ||
| Free Spirit | 8 | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" | Safe | ||
| Fatmir Durmishi | 9 | "Mama" | Safe | ||
| Amadeo Gjura | 10 | "I Just Want to Make Love to You" | Safe | ||
| Kristina Leka | 11 | "Read All About It" | Safe | ||
| Leotrim Zejnullahu | 12 | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | Safe | ||
| Exception | 13 | "I Want It That Way" | Safe | ||
| Sarah Memmola | 14 | "Almeno tu nell'universo" | Safe | ||
| Laura Kërliu | 15 | "Like a Virgin" | Safe | ||
| Senad Rrahmani | 16 | "Runaway" | Safe | ||
| No Final Showdown | |||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exception | 1 | "This Love" | Safe | |
| Senad Rrahmani | 2 | "Wild World" | Safe | |
| Mia Morina | 3 | "You Know I'm No Good" | Safe | |
| Arissa Rexho | 4 | "Call Me When You're Sober" | Safe | |
| Sarah Memmola | 5 | "Valeria" | Safe | |
| Ademir Fresku | 6 | "To the Moon and Back" | Bottom two | |
| Nimfat | 7 | "Telephone" | Safe | |
| Laura Kërliu | 8 | "I Kissed a Girl" | Safe | |
| Amadeo Gjura | 9 | "Tainted Love" | Safe | |
| Dream Girls | 10 | "Lady Marmalade" | Bottom two | |
| Leotrim Zejnullahu | 11 | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" | Safe | |
| Fatmir Durmishi | 12 | "Il cuore è uno zingaro" | Safe | |
| Kristina Leka | 13 | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | Safe | |
| Free Spirit | 14 | "We Will Rock You"/"I Want It All" | Safe | |
| Ergi Dini | 15 | "The Show Must Go On" | Safe | |
| Enxhi Nasufi | 16 | "Wild" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Ademir Fresku | 1 | "Save the Last Dance for Me" | Eliminated | |
| Dream Girls | 2 | "My Kind of Love" | Safe | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
Group performance: "You Are Not Alone"
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Kërliu | 1 | "Broken-Hearted Girl" | Bottom two | |
| Senad Rrahmani | 2 | "Is This the End" | Safe | |
| Nimfat | 3 | "Grenade" | Safe | |
| Leotrim Zejnullahu | 4 | "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" | Safe | |
| Arissa Rexho | 5 | "Give Your Heart a Break" | Safe | |
| Kristina Leka | 6 | "Don't You Remember" | Safe | |
| Fatmir Durmishi | 7 | "Svalutation" | Safe | |
| Dream Girls | 8 | "Skyfall" | Bottom two | |
| Sarah Memmola | 9 | "Gli uomini non cambiano" | Safe | |
| Exception | 10 | "Love Is the Way" | Safe | |
| Amadeo Gjura | 11 | "Creep" | Safe | |
| Ergi Dini | 12 | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | Safe | |
| Enxhi Nasufi | 13 | "If I Were a Boy" | Safe | |
| Free Spirit | 14 | "In the End" | Safe | |
| Mia Morina | 15 | "Right to Be Wrong" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Laura Kërliu | 1 | "The Winner Takes It All" | Safe | |
| Dream Girls | 2 | "Fallin'" | Eliminated | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leotrim Zejnullahu | 1 | "Breakeven" | Safe | |
| Enxhi Nasufi | 2 | "Bad Boys" | Safe | |
| Free Spirit | 3 | "Hit the Road Jack"/"Djaloshi dhe shiu" | Safe | |
| Mia Morina | 4 | "Nothing Compares 2 U" | Safe | |
| Kristina Leka | 5 | "Beautiful" | Bottom two | |
| Arissa Rexho | 6 | "Still Loving You" | Bottom two | |
| Senad Rrahmani | 7 | "Bailamos" | Safe | |
| Nimfat | 8 | "Price Tag" | Safe | |
| Fatmir Durmishi | 9 | "Anche Senza Di Te" | Safe | |
| Sarah Memmola | 10 | "Meravigliosa creatura" | Safe | |
| Amadeo Gjura | 11 | "Raggamuffin" | Safe | |
| Ergi Dini | 12 | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" | Safe | |
| Laura Kërliu | 13 | "Mercy" | Safe | |
| Exception | 14 | "La La La" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Kristina Leka | 1 | "Someone like You" | Eliminated | |
| Arissa Rexho | 2 | "My Heart Is Refusing Me" | Safe | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Leka was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arissa Rexho | 1 | "Born This Way" | Safe | |
| Free Spirit | 2 | "Gangsta's Paradise" | Safe | |
| Sarah Memmola | 3 | "All by Myself" | Safe | |
| Ergi Dini | 4 | "Angie" | Safe | |
| Fatmir Durmishi | 5 | "My Love" | Safe | |
| Mia Morina | 6 | "My Number One" | Safe | |
| Amadeo Gjura | 7 | "Seven Nation Army" | Bottom two | |
| Exception | 8 | "What Makes You Beautiful" | Safe | |
| Enxhi Nasufi | 9 | "This Is My Now" | Safe | |
| Nimfat | 10 | "It Will Rain" | Bottom two | |
| Leotrim Zejnullahu | 11 | "Feeling Good" | Safe | |
| Laura Kërliu | 12 | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Safe | |
| Senad Rrahmani | 13 | "Please Forgive Me" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Amadeo Gjura | 1 | "Different Pulses" | Safe | |
| Nimfat | 2 | "Too Lost in You" | Eliminated | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senad Rrahmani | 1 | "Rebel Yell" | Safe | |
| Enxhi Nasufi | 2 | "I'm Your Baby Tonight" | Safe | |
| Free Spirit | 3 | "They Don't Care About Us" | Safe | |
| Laura Kërliu | 4 | "You Lost Me" | Safe | |
| Amadeo Gjura | 5 | "One" | Safe | |
| Arissa Rexho | 6 | "Wrecking Ball" | Safe | |
| Fatmir Durmishi | 7 | "L'emozione non ha voce" | Bottom two | |
| Mia Morina | 8 | "True Colors" | Bottom two | |
| Leotrim Zejnullahu | 9 | "I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" | Safe | |
| Exception | 10 | "Impossible" | Safe | |
| Ergi Dini | 11 | "I've Got Dreams to Remember" | Safe | |
| Sarah Memmola | 12 | "Jetoj" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Fatmir Durmishi | 1 | "" | Eliminated | |
| Mia Morina | 2 | "I Can't Make You Love Me" | Safe | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ergi Dini | 1 | "Refuzoj" | Safe | |
| Amadeo Gjura | 2 | "Sexy and I Know It" | Safe | |
| Arissa Rexho | 3 | "Girl on Fire" | Bottom two | |
| Free Spirit | 4 | "It's My Life" | Safe | |
| Senad Rrahmani | 5 | "Here Without You" | Safe | |
| Mia Morina | 6 | "Baby Boy" | Safe | |
| Exception | 7 | "Cry Me a River" | Bottom two | |
| Sarah Memmola | 8 | "Il cielo e sempre piu blu" | Safe | |
| Leotrim Zejnullahu | 9 | "Ne me quitte pas" | Safe | |
| Laura Kërliu | 10 | "Forget You" | Safe | |
| Enxhi Nasufi | 11 | "Domino" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Arissa Rexho | 1 | "Just Like a Pill" | Eliminated | |
| Exception | 2 | "Impossible" | Safe | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Rexho was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Memmola | 1 | "Hape zemren ti" | Safe | |
| Leotrim Zejnullahu | 2 | "You Raise Me Up" | Safe | |
| Free Spirit | 3 | "Eja me diellin"/"Dimeroj" | Bottom two | |
| Mia Morina | 4 | "Frozen" | Safe | |
| Amadeo Gjura | 5 | "Love Me Again" | Bottom two | |
| Exception | 6 | "Shake Up Christmas" | Safe | |
| Enxhi Nasufi | 7 | "Skyscraper" | Safe | |
| Ergi Dini | 8 | "Down with the Sickness" | Safe | |
| Laura Kërliu | 9 | "Nuk jane me" | Safe | |
| Senad Rrahmani | 10 | "Sex on Fire" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Amadeo Gjura | 1 | "Dog Days Are Over" | Safe | |
| Free Spirit | 2 | "Highway to Hell" | Eliminated | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exception | 1 | "More than This" | Safe | |
| Mia Morina | 2 | "Speechless" | Bottom two | |
| Ergi Dini | 3 | "A Change Is Gonna Come" | Safe | |
| Leotrim Zejnullahu | 4 | "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" | Safe | |
| Laura Kërliu | 5 | "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" | Bottom two | |
| Amadeo Gjura | 6 | "Piece of My Heart" | Safe | |
| Sarah Memmola | 7 | "If I Ain't Got You" | Safe | |
| Senad Rrahmani | 8 | "You Give Love a Bad Name" | Safe | |
| Enxhi Nasufi | 9 | "Me ty" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Mia Morina | 1 | "Make You Feel My Love" | Eliminated | |
| Laura Kërliu | 2 | "The Reason" | Safe | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leotrim Zejnullahu | 1 | "Georgia on My Mind" | Bottom two | |
| Laura Kërliu | 2 | "Why Don't You Love Me" | Safe | |
| Ergi Dini | 3 | "Bodies" | Safe | |
| Exception | 4 | "Moves like Jagger" | Safe | |
| Amadeo Gjura | 5 | "E kemi fatin shprese dhe marrezi" | Bottom two | |
| Senad Rrahmani | 6 | "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" | Safe | |
| Enxhi Nasufi | 7 | "End of Time" | Safe | |
| Sarah Memmola | 8 | "Ancora" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Leotrim Zejnullahu | 1 | "Purple Rain" | Safe | |
| Amadeo Gjura | 2 | "Never Tear Us Apart" | Eliminated | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Memmola | 1 | "Caruso" | Safe | |
| Ergi Dini | 2 | "Lady" | Safe | |
| Exception | 3 | "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" | Bottom two | |
| Laura Kërliu | 4 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Bottom two | |
| Leotrim Zejnullahu | 5 | "Use Somebody" | Safe | |
| Enxhi Nasufi | 6 | "The Best" | Safe | |
| Senad Rrahmani | 7 | "Diamonds" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Laura Kërliu | 1 | "Cry for You" | Eliminated | |
| Exception | 2 | "Breathe Easy" | Safe | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exception | 1 | "Don't Let Go (Love)" | Safe | |
| Sarah Memmola | 2 | "Adagio in G minor" | Bottom two | |
| Leotrim Zejnullahu | 3 | "My Way" | Bottom two | |
| Senad Rrahmani | 4 | "Maska" | Safe | |
| Ergi Dini | 5 | "Careless Whisper" | Safe | |
| Enxhi Nasufi | 6 | "Listen" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | ||||
| Sarah Memmola | 1 | "" | Safe | |
| Leotrim Zejnullahu | 2 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | Eliminated | |
Judges' votes to eliminate
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Memmola | 1 | "Sono sole parole" | 6 | "S'je më" | Safe |
| Senad Rrahmani | 2 | "Hallelujah" | 7 | "Iris" | Safe |
| Enxhi Nasufi | 3 | "Fighter" | 8 | "Engjëjt vrasin njëlloj" | Bottom two |
| Exception | 4 | "E urrej shiun" | 9 | "Larger than Life" | Bottom two |
| Ergi Dini | 5 | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | 10 | "Baladë për Jakup Ferrin" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Enxhi Nasufi | 1 | "I Care" | Safe | ||
| Exception | 2 | "Zemrën e lamë peng" | Eliminated | ||
Judges' votes to eliminate
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enxhi Nasufi | 1 | "I Was Here" | 5 | "Oh Mother" | Safe |
| Senad Rrahmani | 2 | "When I Was Your Man" | 6 | "Enter Sandman" | Safe |
| Ergi Dini | 3 | "Na lini te jetojme" | 7 | "A Place For My Head" | Safe |
| Sarah Memmola | 4 | "Guarda che luna" | 8 | "Rrjedh ne kenge e ligjerime" | Safe |
| No Final Showdown | |||||
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enxhi Nasufi | 1 | "Crazy in Love" | 5 | "Fluturimi" (with Flori Mumajesi) | Bottom two |
| Senad Rrahmani | 2 | "Fear of the Dark" | 6 | "Al Kapone" (with Elita 5) | Safe |
| Sarah Memmola | 3 | "Vetëm ty" | 7 | "Perdere l'amore" (with Mario-s) | Bottom two |
| Ergi Dini | 4 | "Belle" | 8 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (with Juliana Pasha) | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Enxhi Nasufi | 1 | "This Is My Now" | Eliminated | ||
| Sarah Memmola | 2 | "" | Safe | ||
Judges' votes to eliminate