# X Factor (Romanian TV series) season 6

The sixth season of Romanian television music competition X Factor—based on The X Factor series—started airing on September 9, 2016 on Romanian broadcaster Antena 1. Răzvan Simion and Dani Oțil are the hosts as in the previous five seasons, with Delia Matache, Horia Brenciu and Ștefan Bănică, Jr. returning to the judging panel with the addition of Carla's Dreams as the fourth judge.
Olga Verbiţchi won the competition and Carla's Dreams became the winning mentor.

## Judges

* Delia Matache
Delia Matache is a famous Romanian eurobeat singer-songwriter, TV celebrity, dancer, philanthropist, former model, fashion designer. She has started her stage music activity in 1999 in N&D music band with Nicolae Marin and had released 4 albums, and after the split off in 2003 she had released another two solo albums.
* Horia Brenciu
Horia Brenciu is a Romanian singer, television host for the Romanian version of Dancing with the Stars, successful entertainer, and philanthropist. He studied at National College Andrei Şaguna from Braşov, then he continued to Şcoala Populară de Artă Braşov, at piano and canto class, and in 1998 he finished The Theater Academy in Bucharest.
* Ștefan Bănică, Jr.
Ștefan Bănică, Jr. is a Romanian entertainer, of roma people origin from his father side, TV presenter, one of the most important Romanian TV personality, the son of actor Ștefan Bănică. He is well known in Romanian for presenting the Romania version of “Dancing with the Stars”, the most longevive dance competition ever aired in Romania, broadcast on Pro TV.
* Carla's Dreams
Carla's Dreams is a Moldavian musical project which was started by Dobra Robertin 2012. The band is an anonymous group of singers and composers who sing in Romanian, Russian and English. During concerts, the band's vocalist, to hide his identity, wears hood and sunglasses, and his face is masked.
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 ("Get Off"). 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 ("Your World"), and in 2015 with Delia, releasing songs Cum ne noi ("How We Us") and Da, mamă ("Yes, Mother").

## 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".
Summary of auditions :
| City | Auditions date |
| Craiova | May 5, 2016 |
| Arad | May 7, 2016 |
| Cluj Napoca | May 9, 2016 |
| Sibiu | May 12, 2016 |
| Iași | May 14, 2016 |
| Galați | May 17, 2016 |
| Chișinău | May 18, 2016 |
| Bucharest | May 21, 2016 |
The auditions were broadcast from 9 September 2016 until 11 November 2016. The auditions consisted in 11 episodes.

## Bootcamp

This season, there will be four categories : Boys (14-24 years), Girls (14-24 years), Over 24s and Groups. The judges selected themselves which category they will mentor this season.
Brenciu will mentor the Over 24s, Bănică the Groups, Carla's Dream the Girls and Matache will mentor the Boys.
Complete Teams

### Color key

    – Eliminated in Four-chair challenge
    – Eliminated in Duels
    – Finalist
    – Wildcard
| Category (mentor) | Top 40 acts | Top 40 acts | Top 40 acts | Top 40 acts | Top 40 acts |
| Boys (Matache) | Raul Eregep | Emilian Nechifor | Alex Mladin | Johnny Bădulescu | Rareş Cazacu |
| Boys (Matache) | Andrei Petruş | Dragoş Luca | Răzvan Moldovan | Simion Caragia | Cătălin Caragea |
| Girls (Carla's) | Izabela Simion | Olga Verbiţchi | Miruna Pânzaru | Enrica Tara | Anastasia Jantîc |
| Girls (Carla's) | Lizuca Bîgu | Letiţia Roman | Alexandra Sîrghi | Andreea Alupei | Alexandra Tănăsoiu |
| Over 24s (Brenciu) | Loredana Anghelache | Marcel Roşca | Cezar Dometi | Monica Prodea | Aldo Blaga |
| Over 24s (Brenciu) | Eliza Georgescu | Anca Pârlea | Marco Sentieri | Radu Hârşulescu | Cecilia Cesario |
| Groups (Bănică) | 3 O'Clock | Apollo | Doredos | Estera & Rebeca | Răzvan & Alecu |
| Groups (Bănică) | Dorian Lupu & Cristina Baban | Bogdan & Mugurel | Nobil Band | Crescendo | Călin & Elis |

### Four-chair challenge

This season, the categories will face the four-chair challenge. From the 40 acts competing, at the end of this round, only 16 acts will go further in the competition. Also this year there will be a "Golden Chair" where a mentor can send an act directly in the live shows.
The Four-Chair Challenge was broadcast between November 18 and November 30 and consisted in 4 episodes.

#### 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 four of their own category

### Duels

At the end of this round there will be 8 acts remaining, two for each category.
The two winners for each mentor will advance to the Live shows.

#### Colour key

- Artist won the Duel and advanced to the Live shows
- Artist lost the Duel and was eliminated

### Wildcard

In this season, like Season 5, 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 was Alex Mladin from the Boys Category.

## Finalists

The nine finalists will compete in the Live Shows.
    – Winner
    – Runner-up
    – Third place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| Boys (Matache) | Raul Eregep | Alex Mladin | Emilian Nechifor |
| Girls (Carla's) | Izabela Simion | Olga Verbiţchi | |
| Over 24s (Brenciu) | Loredana Anghelache | Marcel Roşca | |
| Groups (Bănică) | 3 O'Clock | Apollo | |

## Live shows
### Results summary
#### Color key

| – | Contestant was announced as the winner |
| – | Contestant has returned in the competition |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom three and had to sing again in the final showdown |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated |
| – | Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown) |
Live shows results per contestant :
| Contestant | Live Show 1 | Live Show 1 | Live Show 2 | Live Show 2 | Live Show 3 | Live Show 3 |
| Contestant | Wildcard | Elimination | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 |
| Olga Verbiţchi | — | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner |
| Raul Eregep | — | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-Up |
| Alex Mladin | Returned Gala 1 | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | Eliminated (Gala 3) |
| Marcel Roşca | — | Bottom three | Safe | Bottom three | 4th | Eliminated (Gala 3) |
| Loredana Anghelache | — | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Eliminated (Gala 2) | Eliminated (Gala 2) |
| Emilian Nechifor | — | Safe | Safe | 6th | Eliminated (Gala 2) | Eliminated (Gala 2) |
| Izabela Simion | — | Safe | 7th | Eliminated (Gala 2) | Eliminated (Gala 2) | Eliminated (Gala 2) |
| 3 O'Clock | — | Bottom three | Eliminated (Gala 1) | Eliminated (Gala 1) | Eliminated (Gala 1) | Eliminated (Gala 1) |
| Apollo | — | 9th | Eliminated (Gala 1) | Eliminated (Gala 1) | Eliminated (Gala 1) | Eliminated (Gala 1) |
| Final showdown | None | Marcel Roşca, 3 O'Clock | None | Marcel Roşca, Loredana Anghelache | None | None |
| Brenciu's vote to eliminate | None | 3 O'Clock | None | Roşca | None | None |
| Matache's vote to eliminate | None | 3 O'Clock | None | Anghelache | None | None |
| Bănică's vote to eliminate | None | Roşca | None | Anghelache | None | None |
| Carla's vote to eliminate | None | 3 O'Clock | None | Anghelache | None | None |
| Eliminated | None | Apollo by public vote | Izabela Simion by public vote | Emilian Nechifor by public vote | Alex Mladin by public vote | Raul Eregep by public vote |
| Eliminated | None | 3 O'Clock by judges vote | Izabela Simion by public vote | Loredana Anghelache by judges vote | Marcel Roşca by public vote | Olga Verbiţchi by public vote |
| Reference(s) | | | | | | |

### Live Show 1 - December 9, 2016

* Theme: Romanian Gala
* Group performance: Medley ("Da-mi noptile inapoi", "Sa te gandesti la mine", "Focul", "Vreau o minune")
* Musical guests: Horia Brenciu ("Langa tine", "Fac ce-mi spune inima"), Carla's Dreams ("Sub pielea mea", "Ne bucuram in ciuda lor")
Contestants' performances on the first live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Raul Eregep | 1 | "Multumesc iubita mama" | Safe |
| Apollo | 2 | "Pierdut buletin" | Eliminated |
| Marcel Roşca | 3 | "Pe aripi de vant" | Bottom three |
| Izabela Simion | 4 | "Cine iubeste si lasa / Marioara de la Gorj" | Safe |
| Loredana Anghelache | 5 | "Sa nu mi iei dragostea" | Safe |
| Emilian Nechifor | 6 | "Ana, zorile se varsa" | Safe |
| Olga Verbiţchi | 7 | "Constantine, Constantine" | Safe |
| 3 O'Clock | 8 | "Ce e dragostea?" | Bottom three |
| Alex Mladin | 9 | "Ochii aia verzi" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Marcel Roşca | 1 | "Look into My Eyes" | Safe |
| 3 O'Clock | 2 | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | Eliminated |

### Live Show 2: Semifinal - December 16, 2016

Contestants' performances on the second live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Round 1 ||||
| Alex Mladin | 1 | "Şi îngerii au demonii lor" | Safe |
| Izabela Simion | 2 | "Cuvintele tale" | Eliminated |
| Marcel Roşca | 3 | "Săracă inima mea" | Safe |
| Olga Verbiţchi | 4 | "Cine te crezi" | Safe |
| Emilian Nechifor | 5 | "Ne împotrivim" | Safe |
| Loredana Anghelache | 6 | "Cerul" | Safe |
| Raul Eregep | 7 | "Imperfect" | Safe |
| Round 2 ||||
| Emilian Nechifor | 1 | "Cake by the Ocean" | Eliminated |
| Raul Eregep | 2 | "Treat You Better" | Safe |
| Marcel Roşca | 3 | "The Show Must Go On" | Bottom three |
| Olga Verbiţchi | 4 | "The Greatest" | Safe |
| Loredana Anghelache | 5 | "Hello" | Bottom three |
| Alex Mladin | 6 | "Nothing Really Matters" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Loredana Anghelache | 1 | "Listen" | Eliminated |
| Marcel Roşca | 2 | "Breathe Easy" | Safe |

### Live Show 3: Final - December 23, 2016
#### Round 1

* Theme: Duet with special guest and with their mentor
Contestants' performances on the third live show :
| Act | Order | First Song (duet with special guest) | Order | Second Song (duet with mentor) | Result |
| Olga Verbiţchi | 1 | "Bună dimineața" (with Zdob și Zdub) | 8 | "Te rog" (with Carla's Dreams) | Safe |
| Alex Mladin | 2 | "Love Me like You Do" (with Sore) | 5 | "It's My Life" (with Delia Matache) | 3rd place |
| Marcel Roşca | 3 | "Atât de singur" (with Alin Opera) | 6 | "I'll Make Love to You" (with Horia Brenciu) | 4th place |
| Raul Eregep | 4 | "Beneath Your Beautiful" (with Alina Eremia) | 7 | "Hallelujah" (with Delia Matache) | Safe |

#### Round 2

* Theme: Final
Contestants' performances on the final live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Raul Eregep | 1 | "Writing's on the Wall" | Runner-up |
| Olga Verbiţchi | 2 | "Feeling Good" | Winner |

## Ratings

| Ep | Title | Date | National | National | Urban | Urban | 18-49 | 18-49 | Source |
| Ep | Title | Date | Average (thousands) | Rating (%) | Average (thousands) | Rating (%) | Average (thousands) | Rating (%) | Source |
| 1 | Auditions 1 | 9 September 2016 | 1.009 | 5.6 | 498 | 5.1 | 263 | 5.9 | |
| 2 | Auditions 2 | 16 September 2016 | 1.024 | 5.7 | 607 | 6.2 | 321 | 7.2 | |
| 3 | Auditions 3 | 23 September 2016 | 1.129 | 6.3 | 626 | 6.4 | 359 | 8.0 | |
| 4 | Auditions 4 | 25 September 2016 | 1.643 | 9.2 | 954 | 9.8 | 501 | 11.2 | |
| 5 | Auditions 5 | 30 September 2016 | 1.258 | 7.0 | 702 | 7.2 | 393 | 8.8 | |
| 6 | Auditions 6 | 7 October 2016 | 1.188 | 6.6 | 717 | 7.4 | 396 | 8.8 | |
| 7 | Auditions 7 | 14 October 2016 | 1.160 | 6.5 | 663 | 6.8 | 342 | 7.7 | |
| 8 | Auditions 8 | 21 October 2016 | 1.198 | 6.7 | 670 | 6.9 | 357 | 7.9 | |
| 9 | Auditions 9 | 28 October 2016 | 1.120 | 6.2 | 595 | 6.1 | 299 | 6.6 | |
| 10 | Auditions 10 | 4 November 2016 | 1.230 | 6.9 | 653 | 6.7 | 332 | 7.4 | |
| 11 | Auditions 11 | 11 November 2016 | 1.050 | 5.8 | 552 | 5.7 | 282 | 6.3 | |
| 12 | Four-chair Challenge 1 | 18 November 2016 | 920 | 5.1 | 530 | 5.4 | 260 | 5.8 | |
| 13 | Four-chair Challenge 2 | 23 November 2016 | 1.059 | 5.9 | 587 | 6.0 | 298 | 6.6 | |
| 14 | Four-chair Challenge 3 | 25 November 2016 | 1.161 | 6.5 | 700 | 7.2 | 355 | 7.9 | |
| 15 | Four-chair Challenge 4 | 30 November 2016 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | The Duels | 2 December 2016 | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Live Show 1 | 9 December 2016 | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Live Show 2 | 16 December 2016 | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Live Show 3 | 23 December 2016 | | | | | | | |