X Factor (Romanian TV series) season 9

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X Factor
Season 9
JudgesȘtefan Bănică, Jr.
Loredana Groza
Delia Matache
Florin Ristei
WinnerAndrada Precup
Winning mentorȘtefan Bănică, Jr.
Finals venueAntena 1 Studios, Romexpo, Bucharest, Romania
Release
Original networkAntena 1
Original releaseSeptember 11 (2020-09-11) –
December 18, 2020 (2020-12-18)
Season chronology
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The ninth season of the X Factor Romania talent show premiered September 11, 2020.[1] Delia Matache and Ștefan Bănică Jr. kept their roles as judges while Loredana Groza and X Factor (Romanian season 3) winner, Florin Ristei, were the two new judges of the talent show. Răzvan Simion and Dani Oțil, the presenters of the morning show Neatza cu Răzvan și Dani returned as the show's hosts after an absence of one season. Crina Mardare was the only vocal coach of the season.[2]

The aspiring artists were able to register online on the site of the show. From these, the producer selected the artists who are to enter the audition stage. This season had the motto #deneoprit (transl. #unstoppable) due to the fact that the whole show is filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Categories[edit]

Colour key:

  •   Winner
  •   Runner-up
  •   Eliminated in the Semifinal
  •   Eliminated in the Duels
  •   Eliminated in the Bootcamp
  •   Wildcard
Category
(mentor) 		Top 40 artists Wildcard
Girls
(Ștefan)
Andrada Precup Alexandra Sîrghi Ioana Ardelean Andra Barangă Melania Cuc
Andreea Dobre Ana Paula Rada Pantea Oana Velea Marta Verrecchia Marina Vlad
Boys
(Loredana)
Adrian Petrache Iulian Selea Eden Loren Theodor Andrei Robert Botezan
Denis Costea Arthur Horeanu Kashy (Gabi Gruici) Liviu Panait David Adrian Ștefan
Over 24s
(Delia)
Sonia Mosca Alina Dincă Kalon Rae Iulian Canaf Mehmet Dural
Otilia Gogu Naomi Hedman Austin Hirth Lakeetra Knowles Mihai Meiroș
Groups
(Ristei)
Super 4 Tiny Tigers Diana & Ioana Conta 4SURE Hello (Teodora & Marian)
Indrus (Oana & George Indru) It's US! RB Queens Trio Eva West Vlads Alfa Band

Auditions[edit]

Auditions took place in Bucharest only, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Filming started on July 7, 2020.

According to the X Factor Romania - the ninth season regulations, each judges was assigned a category to mentor.

Each judge had the right to one vote for each contestant with: "YES" or "NO". Those who received 4 YES-es were advanced directly to the next stage. Those with 3 YES-es were put on the short list of the judge that mentored their category. The judge that mentored the groups category had the opportunity to form groups after the auditions; he could ask for each artist that received 3 YES-es. The judge that mentored the category of the respective artists decided if he will keep them in his category or if he will leave them for the group category.

Each judge completed his team with 10 artists/musical acts.

Episode 1 (September 11)[edit]

  •  ✔  Judge voted YES
  •  ✘  Judge voted NO
  •   Artist received 4 YES-es, therefore they went straight into the next stage
  •   Artist received just 1 or 2 YES-es, therefore they were eliminated
  •   The mentor of the artist's category
Order Artist Age Hometown Category Song(s) Verdict
Ristei Delia Loredana Ștefan
1 Ioana Ardelean 20 Bucharest Girls "Still In Love" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
2 Vlad Moigrădeanu 30 Timișoara Over 24s "Blue Suede Shoes" ✘ — ✘ ✔
3 Vlad Erdei 30 Timișoara Over 24s "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" ✘ — — —
4 Vlad Erdei & Vlad Moigrădeanu 30 Timișoara Groups "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
5 Radu Brescan 24 Bucharest Over 24s "Feeling Good"
"Foaie verde, foi de floare" 		✘ ✘ — ✔ (after hearing the 2nd song)
6 Lavinia Jitaru 16 Craiova Girls "Mercy on Me" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
7 François Larocque 34 Paris, France Over 24s Contestant decided to leave the competition
8 Romanița Duminică 33 Bucharest Over 24s "Niciodată nu e prea târziu" (own song) ✘ ✘ ✔ —
9 Buffon01
(Florin Doleanu) 		23 Bucharest Boys "Călător prin Europa" (own song) ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
10 Bianca Ionescu 17 Bucharest Girls "Hello"
"You Don't Do It for Me Anymore" 		✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
11 Marius Amariei 34 Sibiu Over 24s "Arată-i c-o iu..." ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔
12 Alexandra Țiuleanu 23 Craiova Girls "I Have Nothing" ✘ — — ✘
13 Adrian Petrache 19 Bucharest Boys "Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
14 Giulian Ioan 34 Bucharest Over 24s "Sway" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
15 Jeni Ion 33 Bucharest Over 24s "Cuvinte" Impossible to advance due to contestant's deafness

Episode 2 (September 18)[edit]

Order Artist Age Hometown Category Song(s) Verdict
Ristei Delia Loredana Ștefan
1 Iulia Perpelea 17 Bucharest Girls "He Taught Me How to Yodel" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
2 Alex Mica 29 Timiș Over 24s "Pe-o margine de lume" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
3 Izabela Maria Marin 20 Râmnicu Vâlcea Girls "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
"Something's Got a Hold on Me"
"Hit the Road Jack" alongside Florin Ristei 		✘ — — ✘
4 Andrada Precup 16 Bucharest Girls "Proud Mary" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
5 Alexandra Moraru 18 Timișoara Girls "Raggamuffin"
"Ce-ți cântă dragostea" 		✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
6 Lucian Pință 57 Breaza Over 24s "Smile" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
7 Andra Ariadna Chitu 25 Bucharest Over 24s "Revolution"
"Yesterday" 		✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
8 Cornel Munteanu 17 Bucharest Boys "Umbrella" ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
9 Denis Iane 29 Bucharest Over 24s "I Like It" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
10 Super 4
(Aurelio Fierro Jr., Gregorio Rega, Salvatore "Sabba" Lampitelli and Francesco Boccia) 		4 members Naples, Italy Groups "Un'emozione da poco"
"Caruso" 		✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
11 Angelo Iancu 19 Lugoj Boys "I Put a Spell on You" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
12 Carmen Belenesi 46 Cluj-Napoca Over 24s "Pasiune maximă" (own song) ✔ ✘ ✘ ✔

Episode 3 (September 25)[edit]

Order Artist Age Hometown Category Song(s) Verdict
Ristei Delia Loredana Ștefan
1 Mistah White
(Radu Deac) 		32 Bucharest Over 24s "Magie" (own song) ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
2 Alfa Band
(Andrei, Florin, Mira & Bianca) 		4 members Cluj-Napoca Groups "The Sounds of Silence" No vote
Sent directly to Bootcamp as WILDCARD
3 Theodor Andrei 15 Bucharest Boys "If I Can Dream" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
4 Oana Velea 16 Bucharest Girls "Praying" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
5 Tomer "Tomy" Jack Weissbuch 22 Bucharest Boys own song ✘ ✘ — ✘
6 Otilia Gogu & Adelina Gogu 46 & 20 Mărășești Groups, Over 24s "Două inimi" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
7 Rawi Srouji 23 Nazareth, Israel Boys "Tamally Maak" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
8 Bianca Sandu 22 Timișoara Girls "Rather Be" ✘ — ✘ —
9 Lucian Păscan 40 Miercurea-Ciuc Over 24s "N'oubliez jamais" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
10 Ana Cernicova 29 Chișinău, Moldova Over 24s "I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama"
"Ave Maria" 		✔
(after hearing the 2nd song) 		✘ ✔
(after hearing the 2nd song) 		✔
(after hearing the 2nd song)
11 Eduard Crenganiș 25 Iași Over 24s "De-aș avea" (own song) ✘ ✘ — ✘
12 Naomi Hedman 27 London, United Kingdom Over 24s "Fallin'"
"If I Ain't Got You" alongside Florin Ristei 		✔
(after hearing the duet) 		✔
(after hearing the duet) 		✔
(after hearing the duet) 		✔
(after hearing the duet)

Episode 4 (October 2)[edit]

Order Artist Age Hometown Category Song(s) Verdict
Ristei Delia Loredana Ștefan
1 Alina Dincă 30 Bucharest Over 24s "Love On The Brain" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
2 Andi Horjea 24 Bucharest Over 24s "Breathe Easy" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
3 Alexia Andreea Lupea 17 Galați Girls "Kill This Love" — ✘ — ✘
4 Ana Maria German 29 Târgu Mureș Over 24s "Casa mea" — — — —
5 Bianca Mihai 19 Buzău Girls "Something In The Way" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
6 Mihai Spînu 24 Slatina Over 24s "Copacul" ✘ ✔ — ✘
7 Robert Botezan 24 Sibiu Boys "Lucifer" (own song) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
8 Apollo & Artemis Evanghelos 19 & 19 Ploiești Groups "Rămâi" / "Thelo Konta Sou Na Meino" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
9 Andrei Dafin 33 Suceava Over 24s "Interzis de dulce" (own song) ✘ — ✘ —
10 Vasi Bistrae 31 Constanța Over 24s "At Last" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
11 Vasi Tiberiu Botezătoru 26 Constanța Over 24s "Andrei Radu" — ✘ ✘ ✘
12 Dominique Simionescu 18 Sibiu Girls "Inimă nu fi de piatră" / "I Will Survive" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
13 Ana Paula Rada Pantea 19 Portugal Girls "Granada" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Episode 5 (October 9)[edit]

Order Artist Age Hometown Category Song(s) Verdict
Ristei Delia Loredana Ștefan
1 Bogdan Mureșan 23 Arad Boys "Mortal" (own song) ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔
2 Alisia Ienei 18 Oradea Girls "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" ✘ ✘ ✔ ✘
3 Mario Rosini 56 Gioia del Colle, Italy Over 24s "L'infinità" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
4 Dragoș Marian Calotă 31 Timișoara Over 24s "Writing's on the Wall" ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
5 Chriss Casper 32 Bucharest Over 24s "Little Paris" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
6 Sava Răgățeanu 60 Bucharest Over 24s "Sărut, femeie, mâna ta" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘
7 Melania Cuc 19 Ghioroc Girls "Never Enough" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
8 Maria Andraș 18 Sfântu Gheorghe Girls "Talking to the Moon" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
9 Florentina Stan 42 Bucharest Over 24s "November Rain"
"Zombie" 		— — — —
10 Arthur Horeanu 15 Arad Boys "I Don't Want to Be" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
11 Sorin Ene 39 Gratia Over 24s "Fir-ai tu să fii de murg" — — — —
12 Sonia Mosca 28 Salerno, Italy Over 24s "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
"Burn Baby Burn" 		✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Episode 6 (October 16)[edit]

Order Artist Age Hometown Category Song(s) Verdict
Ristei Delia Loredana Ștefan
1 Denis Costea 14 Brașov Boys "Cruisin' for a Bruisin'" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
2 Rareș Nicolae Iorga 20 Argeș Boys "The Real Slim Shady" ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
3 Marina Vlad 22 Craiova Girls "Fallin'" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
4 Liviu Panait 23 Agigea Boys "Stay" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
5 Anna Turrei 24 Milan, Italy Over 24s "Black Widow" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
6 Marius Lemeni 26 Oradea Over 24s "Iubește-o sincer" ✘ ✔ — ✘
7 Tania Morales 41 Bucharest Over 24s "Hasta la Muerte" (own song)
"De-ar fi să vii" 		✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
8 Andreea Fabri 16 Nădlac Girls "She Taught Me to Yodel" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
9 Jurgen Bonaccini 41 Bucharest Over 24s "Perdere l'amore" ✘ ✘ — ✘
10 Ana Maria Ioana 20 Sibiu Girls "I'll Take Care of You" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
11 Alexandra Sîrghi 18 Galați Girls "I Don't Think About You" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
12 Marcelo Souza 35 Bucharest Over 24s "??" — ✘ ✔ ✘
13 Cristina Teodorescu 37 Bucharest Over 24s "My Heart Will Go On" ✔ — ✔ ✔

Episode 7 (October 23)[edit]

Order Artist Age Hometown Category Song(s) Verdict
Ristei Delia Loredana Ștefan
1 Ioana Ilincescu 17 Bucharest Girls "Into The Unknown" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
2 Harmony Duo 46 & 56 Constanța Groups "Stumblin' In"
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with Florin Ristei) 		✔
(after hearing the 2nd song) 		✔
(after hearing the 2nd song) 		✔
(after hearing the 2nd song) 		✘
3 Stelian Savu 30 Bucharest Over 24s "Compilation" ✘ ✔ ✘ ✘
4 Maia Mălăncuș 14 Iași Girls "Just Like Fire" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
5 Monica Puiu 36 Bucharest Over 24s "You Are the Reason" ✘ — ✘ ✘
6 Iulian Canaf 47 Iași Over 24s "Please Accept My Love" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
7 Ferenc Zsolt Gál 30 Târgu Mureș Over 24s "Best Days" (own song) ✘ — ✘ ✘
8 Kashy
(Ștefan Gabriel Luca) 		19 Moldova Nouă Boys "Child in Time" (own song)
"Child in Time" 		✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
9 Cristina Dăscălescu 48 Bacău Over 24s "Lágrima" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
10 Maria Viorela Lupu 19 Bucharest Girls "Pe când te iubeam" ✘ ✘ ✘ —
11 Kalon Rae 33 London, United Kingdom Over 24s "Lately" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Episode 8 (October 30)[edit]

Order Artist Age Hometown Category Song(s) Verdict
Ristei Delia Loredana Ștefan
1 Carla Ioniță 14 Cluj-Napoca Girls "idontwannabeyouanymore" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
2 David Adrian Ștefan 14 Bucharest Boys "Who's Lovin' You" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
3 Maria Alexandra Voiculescu 30 Sibiu Over 24s "You and I" ✘ — ✘ ✘
4 Simona Smultea 32 Timișoara Over 24s "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" — — — —
5 Diana & Denisa Simion 23 & 23 Focșani Groups "Dance Monkey" ✘ ✘ ✔ —
6 Vanessa Ion 17 Bucharest Girls "Fallin'" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
7 Costi Pucă 19 Arad Boys "Puștoaico" (own song) — — ✘ ✘
8 Andrada Ghiduruș 15 Slobozia Girls "I Dreamed A Dream" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
9 Alexandru Stamate 28 Târgu Jiu Over 24s "Superstition" ✘ — ✘ ✘
10 Ioan Păduraru 32 Bacău Over 24s "I Believe I Can Fly" ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔
11 Cristina Gheorghe 28 Bucharest Over 24s "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
12 Mihăiță Liviu Stan 31 Brăila Over 24s "Sus paharul" ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
13 Lakeetra Knowles 42 Pavia, Italy / Little Rock, Arkansas, United States Over 24s "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Episode 9 (November 6)[edit]

Order Artist Age Hometown Category Song(s) Verdict
Ristei Delia Loredana Ștefan
1 Sara Memba 30 Spain Over 24s "Mundo Bicolor" ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔
2 Ana Maria Roșu 24 Bucharest Over 24s "Ain't No Way" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
3 Zila Mike
(Mihai Negru) 		26 Bucharest Over 24s "King Zila" (own song) ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
4 Austin Hirth 28 Cluj-Napoca / Florida, United States Over 24s "Budapest" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
5 Jasmina Glodeanu 31 Bucharest Over 24s "Chuva" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
6 INDEPENDENȚII
(Ștefan Bolnavu & Cătălin Heisanu) 		23 & 23 Curtea de Argeș Groups own song ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
7 Beatrice Giurgiu 38 Timișoara Over 24s "Mercy on Me" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
8 Parascheva Burdjua 23 Iași Girls "If I Die Young" — ✘ ✘ ✘
9 Katarina Dyer 21 Bucharest Girls "Love on the Brain" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
10 Cezara Daiana Niculcia 22 Timișoara Girls "Te iubeam" — ✘ — ✘
11 Cătălin Valea 47 Petroșani Over 24s "Say Something" — — ✘ ✘
12 Mihai Meiroș 34 Bucharest Over 24s "Lady" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
13 Marta Verrecchia 18 Gaeta, Italy Girls "Listen" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Episode 10 (November 12)[edit]

Order Artist Age Hometown Category Song(s) Verdict
Ristei Delia Loredana Ștefan
1 Andreea Dobre 18 Straja Girls "Murderer" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
2 Tiberiu Gache 33 Bucharest Over 24s "DROP" (own song) ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
3 Alexandra Căpitănescu 17 Galați Girls "Am I The One" ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔
4 Marian Vasilescu 28 Bucharest Over 24s "Imagine" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
5 Oana & George Indru 28 & 21 Timișoara Groups "Give In to Me" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
6 Nadia Shehabi 26 Timișoara Over 24s "Elastic Heart" ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
7 Mihaela Condurache 51 Bucharest Over 24s "She's Gone Out of My Life" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
8 Ioana Cristodorescu 21 Bucharest Girls "Drinking In The Day" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
9 Roxana Ghiuzan 16 Roman Girls "I Put a Spell on You" ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
10 Mattia Perdeti 31 Italy Over 24s "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘

Episode 11 (November 13)[edit]

Order Artist Age Hometown Category Song(s) Verdict
Ristei Delia Loredana Ștefan
1 Ilinca Dinu 15 Bucharest Girls "Am I The One" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
2 Zoran Demian 21 Timișoara Boys "Human" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
3 Corina Badea 51 Tulcea Over 24s "Ce are ea" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✘
4 Iulian Selea 21 Pitești Boys "You Are the Reason" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
5 Alexandra Marin Raicu 30 Brăila Over 24s "Rămâi și nu pleca" ✘ — ✘ ✔
6 Ioan Gasparovici 18 Brașov Boys "Yesterday" ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔
7 Rania Kutkut 17 Suceava Girls "Empire State of Mind" ✘ ✘ ✘ ✔
8 Cristina Vasiu 28 Bucharest Over 24s "Oameni" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
9 Răzvan Drăgan 22 Bucharest Boys "Say You Won't Let Go" — — ✔ ✘
10 Diana & Ioana Conta 22 & 22 Timișoara Groups "lovely" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
11 Zorana Samson 17 Bucharest Girls "Toxic" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
12 Mehmet Dural 33 Bucharest Over 24s "Cennet"
"Drumurile noastre" 		✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Episode 12 (November 19)[edit]

Order Artist Age Hometown Category Song(s) Verdict
Ristei Delia Loredana Ștefan
1 Daria Pintilie 15 Piatra Neamț Girls "Survivor" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
2 Mădălina Așchipoaie 24 Iași Over 24s "Million Years Ago" ✘ ✘ ✘ ✘
3 Anne Laura Noupadja 28 Bucharest Over 24s "Rumour Mill" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
4 Teodora & Marian 27 & 28 Bucharest Groups "Billie Jean" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
5 Karina Ștefan 15 Giroc Girls "If I Ain't Got You" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
6 Lavinia & Alexandru 32 & 34 Timișoara Groups "Yes Rasta" (own song) ✘ ✘ ✘ —
7 Carmen Macovei 46 Petroșani Over 24s "If I Could Turn Back Time" — ✘ ✘ ✘
8 Miruna Puiu 24 Sighetu Marmației Over 24s "Diamonds" ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔
9 Virgil Bob 51 Sălaj Over 24s "Nu mai beau" (own song) ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
10 Andra Barangă 17 Năvodari Girls "Run To You" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
11 Silvia Mitrache 61 Craiova / Parma, Italy Over 24s "The Best" ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔

Episode 13 (November 20)[edit]

Order Artist Age Hometown Category Song(s) Verdict
Ristei Delia Loredana Ștefan
1 Roxana Ene 27 Măcin / Rome, Italy Over 24s "Cine iubește și lasă" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
2 Alina Bumbeș 26 Bucharest Over 24s "Fallin'" ✘ — ✘ ✘
3 Denisa Avram 16 Buzău Girls "Seven Nation Army" ✔ ✔ ✘ ✔
4 Trio Eva
(Alexandra, Evelina, Valeria)
 14 & 15 & 16 Chișinău, Moldova Groups "Chandelier" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
5 Gabriel Cîndea 27 Hunedoara Over 24s "Broken Vow" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
6 Alexandrina Robea 27 Bucharest Over 24s "Mulțumesc, iubită mamă!" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
7 Enrico Bernardo 46 Napoli, Italy Over 24s "When a Man Loves a Woman"
"Caruso" 		✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
8 Andrada Făină 16 Gorj Girls "Break My Broken Heart" ✔ ✘ ✔ ✔
9 Anton Daroți 18 Bucharest Boys "Las-o să zboare" — ✘ ✘ ✘
10 Alexandrina Grosu 29 Chișinău, Moldova / Bilbao, Spain Over 24s "Fuego" ✘ ✘ ✔ ✔
11 Claudia Iuga & Raul Jipa 41 & 35 Arad & Bucharest Groups "Shallow" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘
12 Liviu Giulian Miluț 14 Calafat Boys "??" (own song) ✘ ✔ ✔ ✔
13 Andreea Niță 20 Timișoara Girls "De-ai fi tu salcie la mal" ✘ — ✘ ✘
14 Eden Loren 19 Rome, Italy Boys "Il Mare Calmo Della Sera" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Systematized auditions summary[edit]

Boys[edit]

Girls[edit]

Groups[edit]

Over 24s[edit]

Bootcamp[edit]

Each judge completed its team with 10 artists. In case the judges did not have enough contestants in their teams who passed automatically with 4 YES-es, they had to choose from those with 3 YES-es from their short list.

In the bootcamp, each contestant performed a song and only 3 artists per category were advanced.

Episode 14 − Boys (November 26)[edit]

Color key
  – Contestant was immediately eliminated after performance without switch
  – Contestant was switched out later in the competition and eventually eliminated
  – Contestant was not switched out and made the final three of their own category
Order Act Song Mentor's decision Switched with
1 Theodor Andrei "That's How You Write a Song" Put in Chair 1 Iulian Selea
2 David Adrian Ștefan "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" Put in Chair 2 Adrian Petrache
3 Kashy (Gabi Gruici) "Stairway to Heaven" Put in Chair 3 Eden Loren
4 Liviu Panait "I'll Never Love Again" Eliminated
5 Denis Costea "I'm Still Standing" Eliminated
6 Iulian Selea "Writing's on the Wall" Put in Chair 1
7 Arthur Horeanu "Mama, I'm Coming Home" Eliminated
8 Eden Loren "Who Wants to Live Forever" Put in Chair 3
9 Adrian Petrache "Superstition" Put in Chair 2
10 Robert Botezan "Epilog" Eliminated

Episode 15 − Girls (November 27)[edit]

Order Act Song Mentor's decision Switched with
1 Andreea Dobre "Cryin'" Eliminated
2 Marina Vlad "Believe" Put in Chair 1 Ioana Ardelean
3 Oana Velea "Lost on You" Put in Chair 2 Andrada Precup
4 Alexandra Sîrghi "Love On Top" Put in Chair 3
5 Ioana Ardelean "I'm Not the Only One" Put in Chair 1
6 Ana Paula Rada Pantea "Copacul" Eliminated
7 Marta Verrecchia "Bang Bang" Eliminated
8 Melania Cuc "Shallow" Eliminated
9 Andra Barangă "Creep" Eliminated
10 Andrada Precup "Lie, ciocârlie" Put in Chair 2

Episode 16 − Groups (December 3)[edit]

Order Act Song Mentor's decision Switched with
1 It's Us! "Nobody's Wife" Put in Chair 1 Super 4
2 4SURE "Hall of Fame" / "Use Somebody" Put in Chair 2 Diana & Ioana Conta
3 West Vlads "Rise & Fall" Eliminated
4 Trio Eva "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" Put in Chair 3 RB Queens
5 RB Queens "God is a woman" Put in Chair 3 Tiny Tigers
EXTRA Alpha Band "Hallelujah" WILDCARD
6 Indrus "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" Eliminated
7 Tiny Tigers "Wannabe" Put in Chair 3
8 Diana & Ioana Conta "The Blower's Daughter" Put in Chair 2
9 Hello "Sign of the Times" Eliminated
10 Super 4 "Hey Jude" Put in Chair 1

Episode 17 − Over 24s (December 4)[edit]

Order Act Song Mentor's decision Switched with
1 Alina Dincă "Fate" Put in Chair 1
2 Kalon Rae "Ain't Nobody" Put in Chair 2
3 Mihai Meiroș "Ce bine că ești" Eliminated
4 Lakeetra Knowles "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" Put in Chair 3 Iulian Canaf
5 Naomi Hedman "Lose Control" Eliminated
6 Mehmet Dural "Losing My Religion" Eliminated
7 Iulian Canaf "Ain't Nobody's Business" Put in Chair 3 Sonia Mosca
8 Otilia Gogu "În singurătate" Eliminated
9 Austin Hirth "Iris" Eliminated
10 Sonia Mosca "Run to You" Put in Chair 3

Duels: Episode 18 (December 10)[edit]

Two acts per category were advanced, while one act per category was eliminated by the mentor of the respective category.

Color key
  – The act was eliminated.
  – The act was advanced.
Category (mentor) Order Act Song Mentor's decision
Boys (Loredana) 1 Iulian Selea "Falling" Advanced
2 Adrian Petrache "Puteri asupra mea" Advanced
3 Eden Loren "My Way" Eliminated
Girls (Ștefan) 4 Ioana Ardelean "Runnin' (Lose It All)" Eliminated
5 Alexandra Sîrghi "Good Woman" Advanced
6 Andrada Precup "All of Me" Advanced
Groups (Ristei) 7 Tiny Tigers "Salute" Advanced
8 Diana & Ioana Conta "Lay Me Down" Eliminated
9 Super 4 "Grande Amore" Advanced
Over 24s (Delia) 10 Alina Dincă "Omule, deschide ochii" Advanced
11 Kalon Rae "When You Believe" Eliminated
12 Sonia Mosca "Think" Advanced

Semifinal: Episode 19 (December 11)[edit]

Only one act per category was advanced, while the other was eliminated by the mentor of the respective category.

Color key
  – The act was eliminated.
  – The act was advanced.
Category (mentor) Order Act Song Mentor's decision
Boys (Loredana) 1 Iulian Selea "Sing" Eliminated
2 Adrian Petrache "Les yeux de la mama" Advanced
Girls (Ștefan) 3 Alexandra Sîrghi "Hurt" Eliminated
4 Andrada Precup "Killing Me Softly with His Song" Advanced
Groups (Ristei) 5 Super 4 "The Show Must Go On" Advanced
6 Tiny Tigers "Dangerous Woman" Eliminated
Over 24s (Delia) 7 Sonia Mosca "Listen" Advanced
8 Alina Dincă "The Winner Takes It All" Eliminated

Goofs, critics and controversies[edit]

Auditions

  • When asked if he had participated in such a show before, Lucian Pință said no. He actually participated in the show Cântă acum cu mine, the Romanian version of All Together Now and Falsez pentru tine, the Romanian version of I Can See Your Voice. (Episode 2)
  • Maia Mălăncuș [ro] was actually 13 years old when she auditioned, therefore, she had not even reached the minimum age of 14 for the participation in the show. (Episode 7)

Bootcamp

  • Both Arthur Horeanu and Kashy (Gabi Gruici) criticized the way their Bootcamp performances were edited. Arthur by adding a comment on the post on Facebook of his performance on the official X Factor Romania page saying: "From the stage I heard differently and I know how I sang. Re-listening to the recording, however, I detected some corrections and compressions that did not benefit me (one is obvious at 1:03), and the shortening of the song somewhat ruined its flow." and Kashy posting an Instagram story from rehearsals saying: "It kind of sounds better here". (Episode 14)

eXtra Factor[edit]

The ninth season of the talent show had a companion series titled eXtra Factor. The show's presenter was the actress Ilona Brezoianu, known for the role of secretary Flori from the comedy series Mangalița and the episodes were weekly published on YouTube.[5] The first episode premiered September 11, 2020 on Kaufland Romania's YouTube channel.[6]

# Featured artists Runtime Release date
1 Adrian Petrache
Vlad Erdei & Vlad Moigrădeanu
Giulian Ioan		 11:11 September 11 on Kaufland Romania's YouTube channel
September 13 on X Factor Romania's YouTube channel[7]
2 Alex Mica
Super 4		 11:43 September 20 on X Factor Romania's YouTube channel
3 Mistah White
Naomi Hedman		 14:17 September 27
4 Apollo & Artemis
Bianca Mihai
Alexia Lupea		 15:27 October 4
5 Sorin Ene
Chriss Casper
Arthur Horeanu		 12:37 October 11
6 Denis Costea
Marina Vlad
Marcel Souza		 15:13 October 18
7 Iulian Canaf
Kalon Rae		 11:53 October 24
8 Alexandru Stamate
Ioan Păduraru
Lakeetra Knowles		 16:22 November 1
9 Sara Memba
INDEPENDENȚII		 11:18 November 7
10 — 8:06 November 14
11 Katarina Dyer
Robert Botezan		 13:25 November 18
12 — 8:02 November 21

Ratings[edit]

Phase # Original airdate National Urban Commercial 18-49 Source
Average
(thousands) 		Rating
(%) 		Share
(%) 		Average
(thousands) 		Rating
(%) 		Share
(%) 		Average
(thousands) 		Rating
(%) 		Share
(%)
Auditions 1 September 11 911 5.2 13.2 379 4.0 10.7 152 3.6 12.8 [8]
2 September 18 1.159 6.6 16.2 580 6.1 15.8 202 4.8 16.7 [9]
3 September 25 1.164 6.6 16.4 623 6.5 16.9 223 5.5 19.2 [10]
4 October 2 1.224 7.0 16.5 638 6.7 16.8 268 6.4 21.0 [11]
5 October 9 1.164 6.6 14.5 583 6.1 14.3 222 5.3 15.5 [12]
6 October 16 1 268 7.2 16.4 714 7.5 17.9 259 6.2 19.3 [13]
7 October 23 1 079 6.1 13.9 577 6.0 14.7 237 5.7 18.2 [14]
8 October 30 1 186 6.7 15.1 667 7.0 16.1 237 5.7 17.6 [15]
9 November 6 1 223 7.0 16.2 657 6.9 16.3 265 6.3 19.0 [16]
10 November 12 [17]
11 November 13 [18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chirilă, Raluca (June 12, 2020). "InfoMusic - stiri din muzica, artisti, concerte, cronici, concursuri". InfoMusic.
  2. ^ "Scoala Crina Mardare Music Experience" – via Facebook.
  3. ^ "REVENIRE. Mutare surpriză. Antena 1 resuscitează X-Factor: anunță castingul pentru sezonul nouă". Paginademedia.ro. 10 June 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 Regulament XFactor Sezonul 9 Antena 1". A1.RO.
  5. ^ "Actrița Ilona Brezoianu în culisele X Factor, în curând, pe AntenaPlay". A1.RO.
  6. ^ Kaufland | X Factor - eXtra Factor (episodul 1). YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-10.
  7. ^ eXtra Factor - Ediția 1 | Ilona Brezoianu, "spectacol" în culisele X Factor. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-10.
  8. ^ "Noul X Factor de pe Antena 1 nu s-a văzut de "mascații" de pe Pro TV. Masked Singer, primul. X Factor, debut pe locul trei". Pagina de Media. 12 September 2020.
  9. ^ "AUDIENȚE. X-Factor recuperează. Aproape a egalat Masked Singer și a depăsit Pro TV pe tot intervalul. Mai puțin la tineri". Pagina de Media. 19 September 2020.
  10. ^ "AUDIENȚE TV. Premieră: X-Factor, primul loc în țară și la orașe. Foarte aproape și pe comercial, în lupta cu Masked Singer de la Pro TV". Pagina de Media. 26 September 2020.
  11. ^ "AUDIENȚE. În sfârșit! X Factor a bătut Pro TV pe interval pe toate targeturile. Dar pe intersecția cu Masked Singer?". Pagina de Media. 3 October 2020.
  12. ^ "AUDIENȚE. Masked Singer, lider de audiență cu ediția în care a fost demascată Elena Băsescu. X-Factor coboară pe locul doi după două săptămâni". Pagina de Media. 10 October 2020.
  13. ^ "AUDIENȚE. Luptă strânsă în audiențe. X Factor și Masked Singer, cifre apropiate în duelul direct. Pro TV a câștigat tinerii, iar Antena 1 țara și orașele". Pagina de Media. 17 October 2020.
  14. ^ "AUDIENȚE. Când Masked Singer se bate cu X-Factor, câștigă un serial turcesc. Demascarea "vulpoiului" Costi Ioniță, primul loc doar la tineri". Pagina de Media. 24 October 2020.
  15. ^ "AUDIENȚE. Ca pe vremuri. Garcea pune Pro TV pe primul loc. Masked Singer, lider pe toate segmentele cu finala sezonului". Pagina de Media. 31 October 2020.
  16. ^ "AUDIENȚE. A scăpat de "mascați", dar a dat de turci. X Factor, învins de serialul de pe Kanal D și de filmul Pro". Pagina de Media. 7 November 2020.
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