X Factor
Season 3
Hosted byRăzvan Simion
Dani Oțil (A1)
JudgesDan Bittman
Delia Matache
Cheloo
WinnerFlorin Ristei
Winning mentorDelia Matache
Runner-upAlex Mațaev
Release
Original networkAntena 1
Original releaseSeptember 22 (2013-09-22) –
December 22, 2013 (2013-12-22)
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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 third season began airing on 23 September 2013 on Antena 1. The winner will receive a prize of €120,000 (decreased from €200,000 last season).[1]

This season has the slogan "Muzică și suflet" ("Music and soul").

The hosts are the same as in the first and second season: Răzvan Simion and Dani Oțil, who are also known for hosting a well-known morning show on Antena 1. Dan Bittman, Delia Matache and Cheloo have returned as judges for the third season.

The registration started for the third season in June 2013. Antena 1 made changes on the list for the audition cities: Craiova was dropped, Arad and Bucharest[2] were added.

On December 22, 2013, the season was won by Florin Ristei, mentored by Matache. Alex Mațaev, mentored also by Matache finished in second place.

Judges

Series 3 judges
Dan Bittman

Selection process

Auditions

X Factor (Romanian season 3) is located in Romania
Craiova
Arad
Cluj Napoca
Bucharest
Iași
Constanța
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 2 June. They then took place in Arad, on June 5 in Cluj Napoca on June 8, 2013, on June 11 in Iași,[3] on June 14 in Constanța and concluded on June 17, 2013 in Bucharest.

Summary of auditions
City Auditions date [4] Venue
Craiova June 2, 2013 Craiova University
Arad June 5, 2013 Hotel Parc
Cluj Napoca June 8, 2013 Iulius Mall
Iași June 11, 2013 Palas Mall
Constanța June 14, 2013 Bavaria Blu - Mamaia
Bucharest June 17, 2013 Children's Palace

Bootcamp

In a change to the usual format, the judges were allocated their categories before bootcamp. Cheloo will mentor the Groups, Matache took the Over 20s and Bittman had the Under 20s. The group Bruiaj (Eliza Bunu and Rareş Raicu) was formed in bootcamp. After the bootcamp period, there were 32 acts left.

The 32 acts who reached the Judges' Houses:

Judges house

The judges' home visit was the last stage of the selection process. The episode were aired on 17 November 2013. Each judge took the remaining members of their category to an overseas location, and had guests to assist them in their decisions. Cheloo was assisted by Mihaela Rădulescu, Delia was advised by Mihai Bendeac and Bittman was by Simona Gherghe. In this stage Bella from November was eliminated by her mentor and the group November remained with only two members.

The seventeen eliminated acts were:

Finalists

The 15 finalists were confirmed as follows:

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third place
Category (mentor) Acts[5]
Under 20s (Bittman) Bogdan Bratiș Mădălina Lefter Ana-Maria Mihăieș Florena Țicu Șandro Ruxandra Tomulesei
Over 20s (Matache) Dumitru Botnaru Paolo Lagana Alex Mațaev Oana Muntean Florin Ristei
Groups (Cheloo) Bruiaj Căminu' 16 Double X November Quattro

Results summary

Color key
  – Winner
  – 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)
Weekly results per contestant
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5
Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Round 2
Florin Ristei Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Safe Safe Winner
Alex Mațaev Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up
Mădălina Lefter Safe Bottom two Safe Safe Safe 3rd Eliminated (week 5)
Bogdan Bratiș Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Safe 4th Eliminated (week 5)
Double X Safe Safe Bottom two Safe 5th Eliminated (week 4)
November Safe Bottom two Safe 6th Eliminated (week 4)
Florena Țicu Șandro Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated (Week 3)
Oana Muntean Bottom two Bottom two Bottom two Eliminated (Week 3)
Bruiaj Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated (Week 3)
Căminu' 16 Bottom two Bottom two Eliminated (Week 2)
Paolo Lagana Safe Bottom two Eliminated (Week 2)
Ana-Maria Mihăieș Bottom two Bottom two Eliminated (Week 2)
Quattro Bottom two Eliminated (Week 1)
Ruxandra Tomulesei Bottom two Eliminated (Week 1)
Dumitru Botnaru Bottom two Eliminated (Week 1)
Final showdown Dumitru Botnaru,
Oana Muntean 		Ana-Maria Mihăieș,
Mădălina Lefter 		Bruiaj,
Double X 		No judges' vote or final showdown:
public votes alone decide
who is eliminated
Ana-Maria Mihăieș,
Ruxandra Tomulesei 		Oana Muntean,
Paolo Lagana 		Oana Muntean,
Florin Ristei
Căminu' 16,
Quattro 		Căminu' 16,
November 		Florena Țicu Șandro,
Bogdan Bratiș
Bittman's vote to eliminate Ruxandra Tomulesei Ana-Maria Mihăieș Florena Țicu Șandro
Matache's vote to eliminate Dumitru Botnaru Paolo Lagana Oana Muntean
Cheloo's vote to eliminate Quattro Căminu' 16 Bruiaj
Eliminated Ruxandra Tomulesei
by Bittman 		Ana-Maria Mihăieș
by Bittman 		Florena Țicu Șandro
by Bittman 		November
Public vote 		Double X
Public vote 		Bogdan Bratiș
Public vote 		Alex Mațaev
Public vote
to win
Dumitru Botnaru
by Matache 		Paolo Lagana
by Matache 		Oana Muntean
by Matache
Mădălina Lefter
Public vote 		Florin Ristei
Public vote
to win
Quattro
by Cheloo 		Căminu' 16
by Cheloo 		Bruiaj
by Cheloo
Reference(s) [6][7][8] [9][10][11] [12][13][14] [15] [16] [17][18] [19]

Live Shows

The live shows underwent a change in this season. In the first three live shows, each category will have its own final showdown, the result of which is decided solely by its mentor. The outcome of the fourth show will only rely on the public vote and will have two eliminations (one of which will happen halfway through of the show, when the voting will have been frozen). Thus, the final will have four contestants (not three as in previous seasons). Two of the finalists will be eliminated halfway through the final show, when the voting will have been frozen. The winner is still determined by the public vote.[1]

Week 1 (24 November)

Contestants' performances on the first live show[21]
Act Order Song Result
Dumitru Botnaru 1 "Livin' la Vida Loca" Bottom two
Oana Muntean 2 "Unfaithful" Bottom two
Florin Ristei 3 "Locked Out of Heaven" Safe
Alex Mațaev 4 "Impossible" Safe
Paolo Lagana 5 "Paparazzi" Safe
Ana-Maria Mihăieș 6 "Memories" Bottom two
Ruxandra Tomulesei 7 "Hurt" Bottom two
Bogdan Bratiș 8 "This Love" Safe
Mădălina Lefter 9 "Listen" Safe
Florena Țicu Șandro 10 "Girl on Fire" Safe
Quattro 11 "Candyman" Bottom two
Căminu' 16 12 "Two Princes" Bottom two
Double X 13 "Doo Wop (That Thing)" Safe
November 14 "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" Safe
Bruiaj 15 "Jump Around" Safe
Final showdown details
Dumitru Botnaru 1 "Wild Dances" Eliminated
Oana Muntean 2 "If You Could See Me Now" Safe
Ana-Maria Mihăieș 1 "Rolling in the Deep" Safe
Ruxandra Tomulesei 2 "Euphoria" Eliminated
Căminu' 16 1 "Angels" Safe
Quattro 2 "Don't Let Go (Love)" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate

Week 2 (29 November)

Contestants' performances on the second live show[23]
Act Order Song Result
Ana-Maria Mihăieș 1 "Zig-Zagga" Bottom two
Florena Țicu Șandro 2 "Timpul" Safe
Mădălina Lefter 3 "Inevitabil va fi bine" Bottom two
Bogdan Bratiș 4 "Prăjitura cu jeleu" Safe
Oana Muntean 5 "Un actor grăbit" Bottom two
Paolo Lagana 6 "Te-aștept să vii" Bottom two
Florin Ristei 7 "De-ai fi tu salcie" Safe
Alex Mațaev 8 "Vama Veche" Safe
Bruiaj 9 "Vino la mine" Safe
Căminu' 16 10 "Perfect fără tine" Bottom two
November 11 "Change" Bottom two
Double X 12 "Iarna pe val" Safe
Final showdown details
Ana-Maria Mihăieș 1 "Grenade" Eliminated
Mădălina Lefter 2 "Bound to You" Safe
Oana Muntean 1 "Raggamuffin" Safe
Paolo Lagana 2 "Proud Mary" Eliminated
Căminu' 16 1 "Sex Bomb" Eliminated
November 2 "Thrift Shop" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate

Week 3 (8 December)

Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Order Song Result
Bruiaj 1 "I'll Be Missing You" Bottom two
Double X 2 "In the End" Bottom two
November 3 "Love the Way You Lie" Safe
Florin Ristei 4 "Don't Stop Me Now" Bottom two
Oana Muntean 5 "Empire State of Mind" Bottom two
Alex Mațaev 6 "It's My Life" Safe
Florena Țicu Șandro 7 "We Found Love" Bottom two
Bogdan Bratiș 8 "Mirrors" Bottom two
Mădălina Lefter 9 "Someone Like You" Safe
Final showdown details
Bruiaj 1 "I Need a Doctor" Eliminated
Double X 2 "Paradise City" Safe
Oana Muntean 1 "You Know I'm No Good" Eliminated
Florin Ristei 2 "I'll Make Love to You" / "End of the Road" Safe
Florena Țicu Șandro 1 "Don't You Remember" Eliminated
Bogdan Bratiș 2 "Home" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate

Week 4: Semi-final (15 December)

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show [32]
Act Order Song [30] Result
First Round
Double X 1 "România nu-i jucăria ta" (with CRBL) Safe
Mădălina Lefter 2 "Je t'aime" (with Luminița Anghel) Safe
Alex Mațaev 3 "Just Give Me a Reason" (with Paula Seling) Safe
November 4 "Breathe" (with Dragoş Udilă) Eliminated
Bogdan Bratiș 5 "20 de ani" (with Călin Goia) Safe
Florin Ristei 6 "Somebody That I Used to Know" (with Lora) Safe
Second Round
Double X 1 "Sing for the Moment" Eliminated
Mădălina Lefter 2 "I Have Nothing" Safe
Alex Mațaev 3 "Sex on Fire" Safe
Bogdan Bratiș 4 "Stop and Stare" Safe
Florin Ristei 5 "Fairytale" Safe

Week 5: Final (22 December)

Round 1
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show[36]
Act Order First song (duet) Order Second song Result
Bogdan Bratiș 1 "Vreau o minune" (with Dan Bittman) 5 "Zece" Eliminated
Mădălina Lefter 6 "Ochii tăi" (with Dan Bittman) 2 "De-ar fi să vii" Eliminated
Florin Ristei 3 "Stay" (with Delia) 7 "Cerul" Safe
Alex Mațaev 8 "Read All About It" (with Delia) 4 "Acasă" Safe
Round 2
Contestants' performances on the final live show[37][38]
Act Order Song Result
Alex Mațaev 1 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Runner-up
Florin Ristei 2 "Bed of Roses" Winner[39]

Artists' appearances on earlier talent shows

Controversy

One of the contestants, Paolo Laganá (an Italian living in Romania at the time of the contest), made known his homosexuality on his entrance forms, which eventually drew ire and epithets from judge Cheloo. The offending remarks were edited from the broadcast, but may have affected the outcome of the contest in which Laganá was eliminated early. The event drew outcries from the Italian LGBT community, with calls for action from the Italian Ministry of the Exterior.[42]

After the show, Laganá left Romania and moved to Berlin, where he changed his name into FDAEJZ.[43]

Ratings

Ep Title Date National Urban Source
Average
(thousands) 		Rating
(%) 		Average
(thousands) 		Rating
(%)
1 Auditions 1 23 September 2013 1 593 8.4 1 093 9.0 [44][45]
2 Auditions 2 29 September 2013 1 634 8.6 998 9.5 [46]
3 Auditions 3 6 October 2013 1 614 8.5 1 079 10.3 [47]
4 Auditions 4 13 October 2013 1 872 9.8 1 247 11.9 [48]
5 Auditions 5 20 October 2013 1 518 8.0 1 018 9.7 [49]
6 Auditions 6 27 October 2013 1 405 7.7 998 9.5 [50]
7 Auditions 7 3 November 2013 1 560 8.2 1 129 10.8 [51]
8 Auditions 8/Bootcamp 10 November 2013 1 254 6.6 891 8.5 [52]
9 Judges house 17 November 2013 1 189 6.2 830 7.9 [53]
10 Live Show 1 24 November 2013 890 4.7 635 6.1 [54]
11 Live Show 2 29 November 2013 1 037 5,4 712 6,8 [55]
12 Live Show 3 8 December 2013 748 3,9 539 5,1 [56]
13 Semifinal 15 December 2013 986 5,2 669 6,4 [57]
14 Final 22 December 2013

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