X Factor (Romanian season 7)
X Factor is a Romanian television music competition that aims to find a new music talent to become a star. The seventh season will started aring on 10 September 2017 on Antena 1.
The hosts are the same as in the first six seasons: Răzvan Simion and Dani Oțil, who are also known for hosting a well known morning show on Antena 1. Delia Matache, Horia Brenciu, Carla's Dreams and Ștefan Bănică, Jr. returned to the judging panel.
Jeremy Ragsdale won the competition, making Horia Brenciu's second win as a mentor.
Judges
- Delia Matache
- Horia Brenciu
- Ștefan Bănică, Jr.
- Carla's Dreams
Established in Chișinău, Carla's Dreams combines several musical styles, including hip hop, jazz, rock and pop. The first song produced by Carla's Dreams was Dă-te. Carla's Dreams has launched in Romania in 2013, along with Inna with the song P.O.H.U.I., later to sing with Loredana "Lumea Ta", and in 2015 with Delia, releasing songs "Cum Ne Noi" and "Da, Mamă".
Auditions
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".| City | Auditions date |
| Craiova | May 5, 2017 |
| Arad | May 7, 2017 |
| Cluj Napoca | May 9, 2017 |
| Sibiu | May 12, 2017 |
| Iași | May 14, 2017 |
| Galați | May 17, 2017 |
| Chișinău | May 18, 2017 |
| Bucharest | May 21, 2017 |
The auditions were broadcast from 8 September 2017 until 17 November 2017. The auditions consisted in 11 episodes.
Bootcamp
This season, there will be four categories : Boys, Girls, Over 24s and the Groups.Brenciu will mentor the Over 24s, Bănică the Boys, Carla's Dream the Groups and Matache will mentor the Girls.
Complete Teams
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Four-chair challenge
This season, the categories will face the four-chair challenge. From the 41 acts competing, at the end of this round, only 16 acts will go further in the competition.The four-chair challenge were broadcast from 23 November 2017 until 7 December 2017. This consisted in 4 episodes, one for each group.
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| Episode | Category | Act | Order | Song | Mentor's decision | Switched with |
| Episode 12 | Boys | Radu Mitrea | 1 | "Shape of You" | Eliminated | |
| Episode 12 | Boys | Alin Buruiană | 2 | "Ave Maria" | Put in chair 1 | — |
| Episode 12 | Boys | Cristian Porcari | 3 | "Let Her Go" | Put in chair 2 | Viorel Grecu |
| Episode 12 | Boys | Anton Banaghan | 4 | "Say You Won't Let Go" | Put in chair 3 | — |
| Episode 12 | Boys | Simone Venditti | 5 | "I Believe I Can Fly " | Eliminated | |
| Episode 12 | Boys | Gabriel Haralambie | 6 | "A Song for You" | Put in chair 4 | — |
| Episode 12 | Boys | Lilian Dobândă | 7 | "Too Close" | Eliminated | |
| Episode 12 | Boys | Sebastian Hădărean | 8 | "Cine Ești?" | Eliminated | |
| Episode 12 | Boys | Viorel Grecu | 9 | "1000 RPM" | Put in chair 2 | Pierluca Salvatore |
| Episode 12 | Boys | Pierluca Salvatore | 10 | "A Sky Full of Stars" | Put in chair 2 | — |
| Episode 13 | Girls | Alina Mocanu | 1 | "All I Could Do Was Cry" | Put in chair 3 | Teodora Sava |
| Episode 13 | Girls | Geanina Mîndrescu | 2 | "Attention" | Eliminated | |
| Episode 13 | Girls | Mikayla Kachur | 3 | "Je veux" | Eliminated | |
| Episode 13 | Girls | Costina Crăciun | 4 | "Chain of Fools" | Put in chair 2 | Francesca Nicolescu |
| Episode 13 | Girls | Ana Nica Văcari | 5 | "Tired" | Put in chair 3 | Alina Mocanu |
| Episode 13 | Girls | Narcisa Stănescu | 6 | "Bang Bang" | Eliminated | |
| Episode 13 | Girls | Ioana Savu | 7 | "Rug" | Put in chair 4 | Ioana Mîrți |
| Episode 13 | Girls | Ioana Mîrți | 8 | "When We Were Young" | Put in chair 4 | — |
| Episode 13 | Girls | Teodora Sava | 9 | "Firework" | Put in chair 1 | — |
| Episode 13 | Girls | Isabela Chitoșcă | 10 | "Sweet Talker" | Eliminated | |
| Episode 13 | Girls | Francesca Nicolescu | 11 | "Jealous" | Put in chair 2 | — |
| Episode 14 | Over 24s | Cristi Nistor | 1 | "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" | Put in chair 1 | Jeremy Ragsdale |
| Episode 14 | Over 24s | Georgi Simeonov | 2 | "I Can't Make You Love Me" | Put in chair 2 | Alexandra Crăescu |
| Episode 14 | Over 24s | Maria Gogu | 3 | "Irreplaceable" | Put in chair 3 | Katerina Biehu |
| Episode 14 | Over 24s | Mike Obinna | 4 | "Wake Me Up" | Put in chair 4 | Vlad Gliga |
| Episode 14 | Over 24s | Vlad Gliga | 5 | "Dancing on My Own" | Put in chair 4 | — |
| Episode 14 | Over 24s | Miruna Ionescu | 6 | "Sunt vagabondul vieții mele" | Eliminated | |
| Episode 14 | Over 24s | Katerina Biehu | 7 | "If I Were a Boy" | Put in chair 3 | — |
| Episode 14 | Over 24s | Jeremy Ragsdale | 8 | "I Have Nothing" | Put in chair 1 | — |
| Episode 14 | Over 24s | Alexandra Crăescu | 9 | "One" | Put in chair 2 | — |
| Episode 14 | Over 24s | Armando Drăgan | 10 | "Paradise" | Eliminated | |
| Episode 15 | Groups | Artizan | 1 | "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" | Put in chair 1 | Ad Libitum |
| Episode 15 | Groups | Denisa & Rebeca | 2 | "Million Reasons" | Eliminated | |
| Episode 15 | Groups | 18:27 | 3 | "Beggin'" | Put in chair 2 | — |
| Episode 15 | Groups | Daudia | 4 | "All of Me" | Put in chair 3 | Flashback |
| Episode 15 | Groups | Random | 5 | "Bird Set Free" | Put in chair 4 | X Fusion |
| Episode 15 | Groups | Debu & Văsâi | 6 | "Thinking Out Loud" | Eliminated | |
| Episode 15 | Groups | Ad Libitum | 7 | "That's Amore" | Put in chair 1 | — |
| Episode 15 | Groups | X Fusion | 8 | "Addicted to You" | Put in chair 4 | Dream Girls |
| Episode 15 | Groups | Flashback | 9 | ""/"Radioactive" | Put in chair 3 | — |
| Episode 15 | Groups | Dream Girls | 10 | "Little Me" | Put in chair 4 | — |
Notes
Duels
At the end of this round there will be 8 acts remaining, two for each category.The duels were broadcast on 8 December 2017.
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- Artist won the Duel and advanced to the Live shows
- Artist lost the Duel and was eliminated
| Episode | Category | Duel | Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Episode 16 | Boys | Duel 1 | Pierluca Salvatore | 1 | "Writing's on the Wall" | Finalist |
| Episode 16 | Boys | Duel 1 | Alin Buruiană | 2 | "Copacul" | Eliminated |
| Episode 16 | Boys | Duel 2 | Anton Banaghan | 9 | "Supermarket Flowers" | Finalist |
| Episode 16 | Boys | Duel 2 | Gabriel Haralambie | 10 | "Hero | Eliminated |
| Episode 16 | Girls | Duel 1 | Teodora Sava | 11 | "The Voice Within" | Finalist |
| Episode 16 | Girls | Duel 1 | Alina Mocanu | 12 | "All I Ask" | Finalist |
| Episode 16 | Girls | Duel 2 | Francesca Nicolescu | 3 | "Lay Me Down" | Eliminated |
| Episode 16 | Girls | Duel 2 | Ioana Mîrți | 4 | "Eyes Shut" | Eliminated |
| Episode 16 | Over 24s | Duel 1 | Katerina Biehu | 7 | "Skin" | Finalist |
| Episode 16 | Over 24s | Duel 1 | Alexandra Crăescu | 8 | "All by Myself" | Eliminated |
| Episode 16 | Over 24s | Duel 2 | Vlad Gliga | 15 | "Love My Life" | Eliminated |
| Episode 16 | Over 24s | Duel 2 | Jeremy Ragsdale | 16 | "Rolling in the Deep" | Finalist |
| Episode 16 | Groups | Duel 1 | Ad Libitum | 13 | "Nunta" | Finalist |
| Episode 16 | Groups | Duel 1 | Flashback | 14 | "Numb/Encore" | Finalist |
| Episode 16 | Groups | Duel 2 | 18:27 | 5 | "Human" | Eliminated |
| Episode 16 | Groups | Duel 2 | Dream Girls | 6 | "Single Ladies " | Eliminated |
Wildcard
In this season, like season 6, the public will have the chance to save one of the acts that competed in the Auditions. The most voted act will go directly to the Live Shows. In the first live show if one of the mentor decides to take him in his team, then he will go further in the competition, otherwise he will be sent home.The winner of this season selected by the public was Francesca Nicolescu, from the Girls Category.
Finalists
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Live shows
Results summary
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Live Show 1–15 December 2017
Live Show 2: Semifinal - 17 December 2017
Live Show 3: Final - 22 December 2017
Round 1
- Theme: Duet with special guest and with their mentor
| Act | Order | First Song | Order | Second Song | Result |
| Ad Libitum | 1 | "A fost o nebunie" | 8 | "Sub Pielea Mea " | Safe |
| Pierluca Salvatore | 2 | "Runnin' " | 5 | "Imagine" | 4th place |
| Jeremy Ragsdale | 3 | "I Got You " | 7 | "What a Wonderful World " | Safe |
| Francesca Nicolescu | 4 | "Smells Like Teen Spirit " | 6 | "Mulțumesc, iubită mamă" | 3rd place |
Round 2
- Theme: Final
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Ad Libitum | 1 | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Runner-Up |
| Jeremy Ragsdale | 2 | "When a Man Loves a Woman" | Winner |