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''X Factor'' is an Albanian television reality
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, based on the original British series, and an addition to ''The X Factor'' franchise, to find new singing talent. The show began airing on 8 January 2012 and was broadcast by
TV Klan Televizioni Klan, also shortened to TV Klan, is an Albanian private television network with national coverage, based in Tirana, Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is lo ...
. The judging panel for the most recent season consisted of Adi Krasta,
Arilena Ara Arilena Ara (; born 17 July 1998) is an Albanian singer. Ara rose to national recognition in Albania, upon her victory at X Factor Albania in 2013. After her participation in the 18th edition of the music contest , her song "" found significant ...
, Young Zerka and
Soni Malaj Sonja "Soni" Malaj (born 23 October 1981), also known mononymously as Soni, is an Albanian singer, songwriter and dancer. Life and career Soni Malaj was born on 23 October 1981 into an Albanian family in the city of Tropojë, then part of th ...
. Other judges from previous seasons consisted of
Pandi Laço Pandi Laço (born 21 March 1964) is an Albanian journalist, songwriter, presenter and scenarist. He is mostly known for his work on Albanian Eurovision songs, of which he wrote several. Pandi has worked with notable Albanian artists, including Fr ...
, Alban Skënderaj,
Juliana Pasha Juliana Pasha (born 20 May 1980) is an Albanian singer. In 2010, she won Honorary Citizen Award of Burrel from the mayor of the city. After she went into Eurovision in 2010 she won the first prize in the festival "Kenga Magjike" with the song ca ...
, Vesa Luma,
Altuna Sejdiu Altuna Sejdiu (; ; born 14 July 1985), also known professionally as Tuna (), is a Macedonian-Albanian singer and songwriter. Life and career Altuna Sejdiu was born on 14 July 1985 into an Albanian family in the city of Skopje, then part of t ...
,
Miriam Cani Miriam Cani (; born 30 May 1985) is an Albanian singer. She was a member of the successful German pop girl group Preluders. Beyond her music career, Cani has been featured as a judge on the Albanian television talent competition series '' The ...
,
Bleona Qereti Bleona Nazmi Qereti (born May 14, 1985) is an Albanian-born American actress, singer-songwriter and producer. She became one of the Albanian names that shone in music and the Hollywood scene. Life Qereti is an American citizen, and, as of ...
and
Elhaida Dani Elhaida Dani (; born 17 February 1993) is an Albanian singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Shkodër, Dani performed in diverse singing competitions and started to play piano as a child. She rose to national recognition in the Albanian-speaking ...
. The show is hosted by Alketa Vejsiu. She applied to acquire the rights of the show along with
Top Channel Top Channel is a national commercial television network in Tirana, Albania, founded by Dritan Hoxha in 2001. It is part of the Top Media Group, one of the largest media conglomerates in Albania, which includes Top Albania Radio, Top Gold Radi ...
and
TV Klan Televizioni Klan, also shortened to TV Klan, is an Albanian private television network with national coverage, based in Tirana, Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is lo ...
. Syco TV gave the rights to her, then she sold parts of the rights to
TV Klan Televizioni Klan, also shortened to TV Klan, is an Albanian private television network with national coverage, based in Tirana, Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is lo ...
. After losing the rights of ''The X Factor'',
Top Channel Top Channel is a national commercial television network in Tirana, Albania, founded by Dritan Hoxha in 2001. It is part of the Top Media Group, one of the largest media conglomerates in Albania, which includes Top Albania Radio, Top Gold Radi ...
acquired the rights of the talent show, '' The Voice''. The show ran for 4 seasons, with the last episode airing on 1 June 2015, and then TV Klan announced that there were no plans to air another series of the programme. On 6 June 2022, Alketa Vejsiu announced that after 7 years, the show would return, with his fifth season in 2023 on TV Klan. The fifth season began airing on 8 December 2023. There have been six winners: Sheila Haxhiraj,
Arilena Ara Arilena Ara (; born 17 July 1998) is an Albanian singer. Ara rose to national recognition in Albania, upon her victory at X Factor Albania in 2013. After her participation in the 18th edition of the music contest , her song "" found significant ...
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Ergi Dini Ergi Dini (15 October 1994 – 21 November 2016) was an Albanian singer, best known for winning the third season of X Factor Albania. Dini was born in Shkodër Shkodër ( , ; sq-definite, Shkodra; historically known as Scodra or Scutari) i ...
, Edea Demaliaj, Alis Kallaçi, and Rigersa Loka. On 9 January 2025, was announced a new version with the name '' X Factor Kids'', for children until the ages of 12.


Overview

It was announced that there would be four categories on the show, Males 15 to 23, Females 15 to 23, over 23s and The Groups. Since the fifth season, are only three categories on the show, the Boys category, the Girls category and the Mix category. Also it was announced that there would be five stages of the competition. The first stage is known as the "Producers audition", the producers of the show choose which of the contestants will have the right to audition in front of the judges. Next the contestants audition in front of the judges where they sing at least one song with instrumentals or A Capella. The third stage of the competition is Bootcamp, where from thousands of contestants only 150 are left. The fourth stage includes the "Judge's houses" or known in Albania as "Vilat e Jurive", where only 32 contestants,8 per category would fight for their place in the live shows. And the last stage of the competition would be the Live shows, where four contestants per category will make it.(20 September 2011)
Alketa, në kërkim të talenteve për “X Factor” (Alketa in search of talents for The X Factor)
Retrieved 5 December 2011.
In the first live show the public couldn't vote or make a decision. In the second live show and on, only the public had the right to vote and decide which contestants from all categories would end up in the bottom two. The two contestants with the lowest number of votes would end up in the bottom two, then they sing again for survival, the four judges would decide which contestant they want to eliminate. If one of the judges has his or her contestant on the bottom two, he or she usually decides to eliminate the other contestant in the bottom two, so the real decision is in the hands of the two or (if one judge has two of its contestants in the bottom two) three judges that don't have their own contestants in the bottom two. The show goes this way on the live shows every week one or two contestants are voted off, until the grand finale on June 10 when the winner is announced. The auditions were held in different cities across Albania and Kosovo, the producers auditions included many cities but the auditions in front of the judges were held only in a few. The cities that auditions were held with the judges are
Tirana Tirana ( , ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in Albania, largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills, with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest ov ...
, Vlora,
Elbasan Elbasan ( , ; sq-definite, Elbasani, ) is the fourth most populous city of Albania and seat of Elbasan County and Elbasan Municipality. It lies to the north of the river Shkumbin between the Skanderbeg Mountains and the Myzeqe Plain in centr ...
, Shkoder and the Kosovan capital
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. The first episode aired half of Tirana's auditions on January 8. Vesa Luma wasn't the judge on all of the city auditions, she was chosen as the fourth judge only after all of the city auditions ended. She judged on the Shkodra's audition also. It was reported that more than 7000 people auditioned for the show, which broke a record for the biggest number of auditions in any talent show across Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans. On the official
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page of the ''X Factor'', it was announced that the show would be first aired on January 8, 2012. It was reported that the winner of the show would be signed to the famous label
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, which has signed the likes of
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Susan Boyle Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer who rose to fame in 2009 after appearing as a contestant on the third series of '' Britain's Got Talent'', singing " I Dreamed a Dream" from '. As of 2021, Boyle has sold 25 ...
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Little Mix Little Mix are an English girl group that formed on the eighth series of ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor.'' They are the first group and the only girl group to win the original UK series. The lineup consisted of Leigh-Anne Pin ...
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Cher Lloyd Cher Lloyd (born 28 July 1993) is an English singer. She participated on the The X Factor (UK series 7), seventh series of the television talent show ''The X Factor (UK TV series), The X Factor'' in 2010, where she finished in fourth place. F ...
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Alexandra Burke Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke (born 25 August 1988) is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She won the fifth series of the talent television show ''The X Factor'' in 2008. Following the show, she was signed to Syco Music and releas ...
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etc. The winner of the first season of X factor Albania was Sheila Haxhiraj.


Judges and hosts


Series summary

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's Category * Act in Alban's Category * Act in Altuna's Category * Act in Soni's Category * Act in
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's Category * Act in Bleona's Category * Act in Arilena's Category * Act in Zerka's Category * Act in Elhaida's Category


Judges' categories and their contestants

In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses four acts to progress to the live shows. This table shows, for each season, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live shows. Key: : – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.


References

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