X Factor (Romanian season 2)
X Factor is a Romanian television music competition that aims to find a new music talent to become a star. The second season will begin airing in the fall of 2012 on Antena 1. The winner will receive a prize of €200,000. The hosts are the same as in the first season: Răzvan Simion and Dani Oțil, who are also known for hosting a well known morning show on Antena 1. The "X Factor" producers decided to change the entire group of judges. The first mentor announced for the season was Dan Bittman On  16 June, Antena 1 announced the other two members of the jury: singer Delia Matache, and Cheloo, member of the hip-hop band Paraziții. The registration started for the second season in May 2012. Antena 1 made changes on the list for the audition cities: Constanța was dropped, Sibiu and Craiova were added. Selection precess. Auditions. The first auditions took place at Craiova, on 15 June, and hundreds of people entered the contest for the chance to win the big prize. They then took place in Sibiu, on 18 June in Timișoara on 21 June 2012, on 27 June in  Iași and concluded on 1 July 2012 in Bucharest. Bootcamp. Filming for bootcamp was held in Bucharest. 196 people who received 3 yes entered bootcamp. The groups Sens Unic, Nord X, Station 4, Red, 2B, HOT and 4 Mix were formed from eliminated contestants from the 16–24, Overs 25 and Groups categories in bootcamp. After the bootcamp period, there were 26 acts left. The 26 acts who reached the Judges' Houses: Judges houses. The judges received news of their categories. Cheloo mentored the Over 25's in Valea Doftanei, assisted by Bitză, Matache took the Groups to Delta Dunării with  Mitză and Bittman had the 16-24s in Bucharest with Edi Petroșel. The eleven eliminated acts were: Finalists. The 15 finalists were confirmed as follows; Key: Live shows. Owing to the addition of four wildcard contestants, two acts were eliminated from the series' first results show. The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three and the act with the fewest public votes was then automatically eliminated. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.