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Season 6 | |
Presented by | Alketa Vejsiu |
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Original release | 8 November 2024 – present |
Season chronology |
The sixth season of the Albanian television music competition X Factor began airing on TV Klan on 8 November 2024. [1] Alketa Vejsiu returned as the presenter. The judging panel remained the same as the previous season, with Adi Krasta, Arilena Ara and Young Zerka returning for their second season. [2] Elhaida Dani, who was also on the previous season, originally signed up to serve for this season as judge full-time. However, Dani was not able to resume her duties for the live shows. Soni Malaj replaced her, and served as judge until the end of the season. [3]
In October 2024, it was announced that the judging panel would remain the same as the previous series. [4] It was announced that Ledina Çelo would appear as a guest judge. [5] Other guest judges, were Alberije Hadergjonaj, Anxhela Peristeri, Ardit Cuni, Bojken Lako, Eli Fara, Ronela Hajati and Zhani Ciko. [6]
On 19 December 2024, the day before the first live show of the season, it was announced that Elhaida Dani would no longer be part of the judging panel. [7] Soni Malaj was named as Dani's replacement later that same day. [8]
The show began staging producers' audition days on 8 June 2024 across Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia. [9]
The auditionees chosen by the producers were invited back to the last set of arena auditions that took place in front of the judges. These auditions began filming on 8 October 2024 and were held in Tirana. The three episodes began broadcast on TV Klan from 8 November 2024 until 22 November 2024. [10] [11] On the first episode, Anxhela Peristeri, Ledina Çelo and Zhani Ciko were guest judges in place of Adi Krasta, Arilena Ara and Elhaida Dani. On the second episode, the four main judges were placed by Ardit Cuni, Bojken Lako, Eli Fara and Ronela Hajati, as guest judges. On the last episode, Alberije Hadergjonaj was guest judge in place of Dani. [12]
The final round of the selection process, the judges' houses were filmed in late October 2024. At the start of Judges' Houses, the judges discovered which categories they would mentor: Elhaida Dani was given the Boys, Arilena Ara was given the Girls and Young Zerka was given the Mix. Like in the last season, Adi Krasta would not mentor a category. [13] On the first episode of judges' houses, each act performed one song to their mentor and guest mentor. Instead of Elhaida Dani, who is abroad, her place has been taken by the duo Soni Malaj and Bojken Lako. However, the decisions about the competitors were made by Dani. Arilena Ara was assisted by Renis Gjoka and Young Zerka was assisted by Alandyn. [14] After the performances, on the second episode the judges revealed which acts they put through to the live shows.
Arilena Ara and Elhaida Dani had 10 acts on their category and Young Zerka had 9 acts on his category, and had to choose 5 to take with them on to the live shows. [15]
Five acts from the Girls category who did not pass the judges' houses (Albana Bajratari, Klarisa Lako, Klea Murati, Marjana Papa and Sibora Teqja), were assigned to be in a Group named Vashat, and were taken to the live shows under the mentorship of Arilena Ara. [16]
The two judges' houses episodes were broadcast on 29 November 2024 and on 13 December 2024. [17]
Judge | Category | Assistants | Acts Eliminated | Ref. |
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Arilena Ara | Girls | Renis Gjoka | Albana Bajratari Klarisa Lako Klea Murati Marjana Papa Sibora Teqja | [18] |
Elhaida Dani | Boys | Soni Malaj and Bojken Lako | Albion Pllumbi Greldjan Nelaj Marin Grabocka Nigel Xherimeja Serxho Toma | [19] |
Young Zerka | Mix | Alandyn | Anxhela Shanaj Elisa Ungaro Eni Guci Ervisa Kunxhiu | [20] |
Key:
Act | Age(s) | Hometown | Category (mentor) | Result |
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Fortunato Cugilari | 20 | Calabria, Italy | Boys (Malaj) | |
Petro Fejzo | 20 | Tirana | Boys (Malaj) | |
Valdrin Mustafa | 18 | Tirana | Boys (Malaj) | |
Alda "Troy" Cuka | 17 | Tirana | Girls (Ara) | |
Anja Myrtaj | 21 | Tirana | Girls (Ara) | |
Leandra Godaj | 18 | Fier | Girls (Ara) | |
Rigersa Loka | — | Shkodër | Girls (Ara) | |
Vashat | — | Various | Girls (Ara) | |
Orjald Debinja | 23 | Lushnjë | Mix (Zerka) | |
Salvatore Mete | 33 | Calabria, Italy | Mix (Zerka) | |
Era Bako | 26 | Durrës | Mix (Zerka) | 11th Place |
Bletisa Karaj | 17 | Elbasan | Girls (Ara) | 12th Place |
Albi & Elvi Kapedani | — | Durrës | Mix (Zerka) | 13th-14th Place |
Amarildo Vesho | 17 | Pogradec | Boys (Malaj) | |
Ergi Hasani | 25 | Fier | Mix (Zerka) | 15th-16th Place |
Lorian Dedaj | 19 | Laç | Boys (Malaj) | |
Ages shown above correspond to the beginning of the competition.
The Live Shows began airing on 20 December 2024. [21] There were 15 contestants (5 from each category) this year. Albana Bajratari, Klarisa Lako, Klea Murati, Marjana Papa and Sibora Teqja auditioned as soloists on the show. The latter five failed to progress in the "Girls" category. However, they were later brought back and put together to form a five-piece girl group, thus qualifying for the "Girls Group" category, under the mentorship of Arilena Ara.
Act in team Arilena Ara
Act in team Soni Malaj
Act in team Young Zerka
Act was in the bottom two and had to perform again in the sing-off | |
Act received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no sing-off) | |
Act received the most public votes |
Act | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Semi-Final | Final | ||
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Alda "Troy" Cuka | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||||||||||
Anja Myrtaj | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 11th | Safe | |||||||||||
Leandra Godaj | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||||||||||
Rigersa Loka | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||||||||||
Vashat | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | |||||||||||
Fortunato Cugilari | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||||||||||
Petro Fejzo | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||||||||||
Valdrin Mustafa | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||||||||||
Orjald Debinja | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||||||||||
Salvatore Mete | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | |||||||||||
Era Bako | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 6) | ||||||||||
Bletisa Karaj | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 12th | Eliminated (week 5) | |||||||||||
Albi & Elvi Kapedani | Safe | Safe | Safe | 13th-14th | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||||||||||
Amarildo Vesho | Safe | Safe | Safe | 13th-14th | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||||||||||
Ergi Hasani | 15th-16th | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||||||||||
Lorian Dedaj | 15th-16th | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||||||||||
Final Showdown | No sing-off or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone | None 1 | No sing-off or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone | Myrtaj, Karaj | Bako, Vashat | No sing-off or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone | |||||||||||
Judges voted to | Eliminate | ||||||||||||||||
Zerka's vote | Anja Myrtaj | Vashat | |||||||||||||||
Malaj's vote | Bletisa Karaj | Era Bako | |||||||||||||||
Ara's vote | Anja Myrtaj | Era Bako | |||||||||||||||
Krasta's vote | Bletisa Karaj | Era Bako | |||||||||||||||
Eliminated | Ergi Hasani Public vote to save | Albi & Elvi Kapedani Public vote to save | Bletisa Karaj 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Era Bako 3 of 4 votes Majority | |||||||||||||
Lorian Dedaj Public vote to save | Amarildo Vesho Public vote to save | ||||||||||||||||
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Result |
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Leandra Godaj | Girls (Ara) | 1 | "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" | Safe |
Valdrin Mustafa | Boys (Malaj) | 2 | "Cull t'hutu" | Safe |
Anja Myrtaj | Girls (Ara) | 3 | "Respect" | Safe |
Petro Fejzo | Boys (Malaj) | 4 | "Uptown Funk" | Safe |
Fortunato Cugilari | Boys (Malaj) | 5 | "Caruso" | Safe |
Era Bako | Mix (Zerka) | 6 | "All I Could Do Was Cry" | Safe |
Albi & Elvi Kapedani | Mix (Zerka) | 7 | "Stand by Me" | Safe |
Lorian Dedaj | Boys (Malaj) | 8 | "Johnny B. Goode" | Eliminated |
Bletisa Karaj | Girls (Ara) | 9 | "Lose Control" | Safe |
Salvatore Mete | Mix (Zerka) | 10 | "Grande amore" | Safe |
Rigersa Loka | Girls (Ara) | 11 | "I'll Never Love Again" | Safe |
Amarildo Vesho | Boys (Malaj) | 12 | "Ta dish ti c'pesoi kjo zemer" | Safe |
Orjald Debinja | Mix (Zerka) | 13 | "Bosh" | Safe |
Alda "Troy" Cuka | Girls (Ara) | 14 | "Jakup Ferri" | Safe |
Ergi Hasani | Mix (Zerka) | 15 | "Beautiful Things" | Eliminated |
Vashat | Girls (Ara) | 16 | "Free Your Mind" | Safe |
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Result |
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Petro Fejzo | Boys (Malaj) | 1 | "Fjalët e qiririt" | Safe |
Valdrin Mustafa | Boys (Malaj) | 2 | "I Got You (I Feel Good)" | Safe |
Era Bako | Mix (Zerka) | 3 | "What's Love Got to Do with It" | Safe |
Amarildo Vesho | Boys (Malaj) | 4 | "Sa e shite zemrën" | Safe |
Fortunato Cugilari | Boys (Malaj) | 5 | "Sign of the Times" | Safe |
Rigersa Loka | Girls (Ara) | 6 | "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" | Safe |
Vashat | Girls (Ara) | 7 | "Bang Bang" | Safe |
Leandra Godaj | Girls (Ara) | 8 | "Suus" | Safe |
Albi & Elvi Kapedani | Mix (Zerka) | 9 | "She" | Safe |
Bletisa Karaj | Girls (Ara) | 10 | "Listen" | Safe |
Orjald Debinja | Mix (Zerka) | 11 | "Careless Whisper" | Safe |
Anja Myrtaj | Girls (Ara) | 12 | "Wrecking Ball" | Safe |
Salvatore Mete | Mix (Zerka) | 13 | "Bad Romance" | Safe |
Alda "Troy" Cuka | Girls (Ara) | 14 | "Thunderstruck" | Safe |
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Result |
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Bletisa Karaj | Girls (Ara) | 1 | "Nata" | Safe |
Petro Fejzo | Boys (Malaj) | 2 | "Highway to Hell" | Safe |
Era Bako | Mix (Zerka) | 3 | "Vetë ke mbet" | Safe |
Albi & Elvi Kapedani | Mix (Zerka) | 4 | "I'm a Believer" | Safe |
Valdrin Mustafa | Boys (Malaj) | 5 | "Who's Lovin' You" | Safe |
Amarildo Vesho | Boys (Malaj) | 6 | "Njerëz që takoj çdo ditë" | Safe |
Anja Myrtaj | Girls (Ara) | 7 | "Desert rose" | Safe |
Alda "Troy" Cuka | Girls (Ara) | 8 | "Alone" | Safe |
Vashat | Girls (Ara) | 9 | "I'm in Love with a Monster" | Safe |
Orjald Debinja | Mix (Zerka) | 10 | "Stayin' Alive" | Safe |
Fortunato Cugilari | Boys (Malaj) | 11 | "Baila morena" | Safe |
Leandra Godaj | Girls (Ara) | 12 | "I'm Every Woman" | Safe |
Salvatore Mete | Mix (Zerka) | 13 | "Ancora, ancora, ancora" | Safe |
Rigersa Loka | Girls (Ara) | 14 | "Hot Stuff" | Safe |
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Result |
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Alda "Troy" Cuka | Girls (Ara) | 1 | "Welcome to the Jungle" | Safe |
Orjald Debinja | Mix (Zerka) | 2 | "Blurred Lines" | Safe |
Era Bako | Mix (Zerka) | 3 | "Stay with Me" | Safe |
Anja Myrtaj | Girls (Ara) | 4 | "Shaj" | Safe |
Albi & Elvi Kapedani | Mix (Zerka) | 5 | "Achy Breaky Heart" | Eliminated |
Fortunato Cugilari | Boys (Malaj) | 6 | "Zitti e buoni" | Safe |
Rigersa Loka | Girls (Ara) | 7 | "Jealous" | Safe |
Bletisa Karaj | Girls (Ara) | 8 | "Mamma Knows Best" | Safe |
Valdrin Mustafa | Boys (Malaj) | 9 | "Thikat e mia" | Safe |
Leandra Godaj | Girls (Ara) | 10 | "River Deep – Mountain High" | Safe |
Salvatore Mete | Mix (Zerka) | 11 | "Karma" | Safe |
Amarildo Vesho | Boys (Malaj) | 12 | "Asaj" | Eliminated |
Petro Fejzo | Boys (Malaj) | 13 | "Adagio" | Safe |
Vashat | Girls (Ara) | 14 | "Teeth"/"Give Me Everything" | Safe |
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Result |
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Orjald Debinja | Mix (Zerka) | 1 | "Love Again" | Safe |
Leandra Godaj | Girls (Ara) | 2 | "Speechless" | Safe |
Valdrin Mustafa | Boys (Malaj) | 3 | "Freedom" | Safe |
Era Bako | Mix (Zerka) | 4 | "Toxic" | Safe |
Rigersa Loka | Girls (Ara) | 5 | "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" | Safe |
Fortunato Cugilari | Boys (Malaj) | 6 | "Pranvera" | Safe |
Salvatore Mete | Mix (Zerka) | 7 | "Je t'aime" | Safe |
Bletisa Karaj | Girls (Ara) | 8 | "Holding Out for a Hero" | Bottom Two |
Alda "Troy" Cuka | Girls (Ara) | 9 | "The Show Must Go On" | Safe |
Anja Myrtaj | Girls (Ara) | 10 | "Ain't No Other Man" | Bottom Two |
Vashat | Girls (Ara) | 11 | "Wannabe" | Safe |
Petro Fejzo | Boys (Malaj) | 12 | "Happy" | Safe |
Sing-off details | ||||
Bletisa Karaj | Girls (Ara) | 1 | "Holding Out for a Hero" | Eliminated |
Anja Myrtaj | Girls (Ara) | 2 | "Ain't No Other Man" | Saved |
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Bletisa Karaj was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Result |
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Alda "Troy" Cuka | Girls (Ara) | 1 | "The Final Countdown" | Safe |
Anja Myrtaj | Girls (Ara) | 2 | "Faith" | Safe |
Rigersa Loka | Girls (Ara) | 3 | "Piece of My Heart" | Safe |
Fortunato Cugilari | Boys (Malaj) | 4 | "Questo piccolo grande amore" | Safe |
Era Bako | Mix (Zerka) | 5 | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" | Bottom Two |
Leandra Godaj | Girls (Ara) | 6 | "All by Myself" | Safe |
Salvatore Mete | Mix (Zerka) | 7 | "Ti sento" | Safe |
Valdrin Mustafa | Boys (Malaj) | 8 | "Purple Rain" | Safe |
Orjald Debinja | Mix (Zerka) | 9 | "Calling You" | Safe |
Vashat | Girls (Ara) | 10 | "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" | Bottom Two |
Petro Fejzo | Boys (Malaj) | 11 | "Radioactive" | Safe |
Sing-off details | ||||
Era Bako | Mix (Zerka) | 1 | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" | Eliminated |
Vashat | Girls (Ara) | 2 | "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" | Saved |
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Sing-off details | ||||
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