X Factor Adria | |
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Series 2 | |
Hosted by | Antonija Blaće Snežana Velkov Aleksandar Radojičić Nikolina Pišek (Live shows) |
Judges | Massimo Savić Tonči Huljić Željko Joksimović Aleksandra Kovač |
Winner | Amel Ćurić |
Runner-up | Boban Mojsovski |
Release | |
Original network | 1Prva • RTL • Sitel • RTRS • FTV |
Series chronology |
X Factor Adria is a Balkan production of international talent show franchise of The X Factor . The Adria edition of the show covers Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia
After the first series the original production company lost their licence which was then acquired by Prva, Serbian broadcaster and production company. It was revealed that Croatian broadcaster RTL was interested in bringing the show to Croatia as well, and that would broadcast it.
In late February 2015 it was announced that Aleksandra Kovač, Massimo, Tonči Huljić and Željko Joksimović would judge the series. Shortly after that Antonija Blaće, Sneža Velkov and Aleksandar Radojičić would take the roles of show hosts. [1] The season premiered on 22 March 2015.
Contestants were able to apply via text messages or by filling up the form online. Pre-auditions were held from 2 February, until 15 February in Skopje, Podgorica, Split, Zagreb, Banja Luka, Sarajevo, Novi Sad, and Belgrade. [2] During the pre-auditions more than 11,500 contestants performed for the show producers. [3]
Bootcamp was the second phase of the competition. There were two episodes of Bootcamp. The first one was with the boys and over 27s and the other was with the girls and groups. Each judge had to pick six acts to the judges houses. The six-seat challenge involved successful contestants being offered one of "six seats", representing places at the judges' houses stage of the competition. However, if a judge had already chosen six acts for their category, they could replace them if they preferred a later act.
The 24 acts that progressed to the judges houses:
Judge | Category | Location | Assistant | Contestants eliminated | Second Chance contestant |
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Huljić | Groups | Sremska Kamenica, Serbia | Petar Grašo | Adnan & Tarik, Highway, U La La | Adnan & Tarik, Highway |
Joksimović | Girls | Padej, Serbia | Mirko Vukomanović | Marija Belada, Antonia Dora Pleško, Tijana Vlajković | — |
Kovač | Boys | Belgrade, Serbia | Kaliopi | Milan Bukilić, Boban Mojsovski, Siniša Vidović | Boban Mojsovski, Milan Bukilić |
Savić | Over 27s | Belgrade, Serbia | Nina Badrić | Almir Ismaili, Srđan Lazić, Danijela Večerinović | Danijela Večerinović |
At the end of the first Judges' houses episode it was announced that the public would be given a chance to bring back a contestant that was eliminated and therefore did not make it to their respective judges' final three. After the votes have been cast and counted, the act with the most votes will come back on the first live show and stay in the competition alongside other 12 contestants estasts. After the second performance on the first live show it was announced that Adnan & Tarik had won the second chance. However, at the end of the first live show it was announced that Highway, Milan Bukilić and Boban Mojskovski got a second chance too. Towards the end of the third live show, it was announced that Danijela Večerinović will be the fifth act to get a second chance.
Key:
Category (mentor) | Acts | |||||
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Boys (Kovač) | David Temelkov | Antonio Krištofić | Boban Mojsovski | Ilija Mihailović | Milan Bukilić | |
Girls (Joksimović) | Magdalena Bogić | Iva Ćurić | Katarina Simić | |||
Over 27s (Savić) | Amel Ćurić | Jelena Đurić | Nikola Marjanović | Danijela Večerinović | ||
Groups (Huljić) | 9 Control | Adnan & Tarik | Highway | AnđeliNE | Infinitas |
The first live show episode is set to be broadcast on 17 May 2015.
– | Contestant did not face the public vote |
– | Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the sing-off |
– | Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated (no sing-off) |
– | Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated |
– | Contestant received the most public votes |
Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 1 | Week 5 | Week 6 | |||||||||
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Live 2 | Live 3 | Live 4 | Live 5 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |||||||||
Amel Ćurić | Safe | — | Safe | — | Safe | Safe1 | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner (week 6) | |||||
Boban Mojsovski | — | — | Safe | Safe | — | Safe2 | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up (week 6) | |||||
Iva Ćurić | Safe | — | Safe | Safe | — | Safe2 | Safe | Safe | 3rd | Eliminated (week 6) | |||||
Highway | — | — | Safe | Safe | — | Bottom six1 | Safe | Safe | 4th | Eliminated (week 6) | |||||
Magdalena Bogić | Safe | — | Safe | — | Safe | Safe2 | Bottom three | 5th | Eliminated (week 6) | ||||||
9 Control | Safe | Safe | — | — | Safe | Safe1 | Safe | 6th | Eliminated (week 6) | ||||||
Adnan & Tarik | — | Safe | — | Safe | — | Safe2 | Bottom three | Eliminated (week 5) | |||||||
Antonio Krištofić | Safe | Safe | — | — | Safe | Bottom six1 | 8th | Eliminated (week 5) | |||||||
David Temelkov | Safe | Safe | — | — | Safe | Bottom six1 | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||||||
Ilija Mihailović | Safe | — | 6th | Safe | — | Bottom six1 | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||||||
Milan Bukilić | — | Bottom two | — | — | 6th | Bottom two2 | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||||||
Katarina Simić | Safe | Safe | — | 6th | — | Bottom two1 | Eliminated (week 4) | ||||||||
Danijela Večerinović | — | — | — | — | 7th | Eliminated (week 3) | |||||||||
Jelena Đurić | Safe | Safe | — | 7th | Eliminated (week 3) | ||||||||||
AnđeliNE | Bottom two | — | 7th | Eliminated (week 2) | |||||||||||
Nikola Marjanović | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 2) | ||||||||||||
Infinitas | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||||||||
Sing-off | AnđeliNE, Infinitas | Milan Bukilić, Nikola Marjanović | AnđeliNE, Ilija Mihailović | Jelena Đurić, Katarina Simić | Milan Bukilić, Danijela Večerinović | Antonio Krištofić, Ilija Mihailović | Highway, David Temelkov | Adnan & Tarik, Magdalena Bogić | No sing-off or judges' votes; results were based on public votes alone | ||||||
Huljić's vote to eliminate | — | Nikola Marjanović | Ilija Mihailović | Jelena Đurić | Milan Bukilić | Ilija Mihailović | David Temelkov | Magdalena Bogić | |||||||
Joksimović's vote to eliminate | Infinitas | Nikola Marjanović | AnđeliNE | Jelena Đurić | Danijela Večerinović | Antonio Krištofić | David Temelkov | Adnan & Tarik | |||||||
Kovač's vote to eliminate | AnđeliNE | Nikola Marjanović | AnđeliNE | Katarina Simić | Danijela Večerinović | Antonio Krištofić | Highway | Adnan & Tarik | |||||||
Savić's vote to eliminate | Infinitas | Milan Bukilić | Ilija Mihailović | Katarina Simić | Milan Bukilić | Ilija Mihailović | David Temelkov | Adnan & Tarik | |||||||
Eliminated | Infinitas 2 of 3 votes Majority | Nikola Marjanović 3 of 4 votes Majority | AnđeliNE 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Jelena Đurić 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Danijela Večerinović 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Ilija Mihailović 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | David Temelkov 3 of 4 votes Majority | Adnan & Tarik 3 of 4 votes Majority | 9 Control Public vote to win | Highway Public vote to win | Boban Mojsovski Public vote to win | ||||
Magdalena Bogić Public vote to win | Iva Ćurić Public vote to win |
Act | Order | Song | Result |
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Amel Ćurić | 1 | "Lud i ponosan" | Safe |
AnđeliNE | 2 | "Lights" | Bottom two |
Ilija Mihailović | 3 | "Ljuljaj me nežno" | Safe |
David Temelkov | 4 | "Who Wants to Live Forever" | Safe |
Nikola Marjanović | 5 | "Zašto praviš slona od mene?" | Safe |
Magdalena Bogić | 6 | "Addicted to You" | Safe |
Antonio Krištofić | 7 | "Stotinama godina" | Safe |
Jelena Đurić | 8 | "I Put a Spell on You" | Safe |
Infinitas | 9 | "Oprosti" | Bottom two |
Katarina Simić | 10 | "Ne tiče me se" | Safe |
Iva Ćurić | 11 | "Diamonds" | Safe |
9 Control | 12 | "Hipnotiziran" | Safe |
Sing-off details | |||
Infinitas | 1 | "Srce predajem ti" | Eliminated |
AnđeliNE | 2 | "Smejem se, a plakao bih" | Safe |
(Live 2)
(Live 3)
Live 2 (24 May) | |||
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Act | Order | Song | Result |
Adnan & Tarik | 1 | "For Real" | Safe |
Antonio Krištofić | 2 | "Gori vatra" | Safe |
Nikola Marjanović | 3 | "Pokušaj" | Bottom two |
Jelena Đurić | 4 | "Nebo" | Safe |
Milan Bukilić | 5 | "Džuli" | Bottom two |
Katarina Simić | 6 | "Euphoria" | Safe |
9 Control | 7 | "Hold Me Now" | Safe |
David Temelkov | 8 | "Crno i belo" | Safe |
Sing-off details | |||
Nikola Marjanović | 1 | "Stay" | Eliminated |
Milan Bukilić | 2 | "Žute dunje" | Safe |
Live 3 (25 May) | |||
Act | Order | Song | Result |
Boban Mojskovski | 1 | "Kad zaspu anđeli" | Safe |
Highway | 2 | "Zauvijek moja" | Safe |
Iva Ćurić | 3 | "Satellite" | Safe |
Ilija Mihailović | 4 | "Fairytale" | Bottom two |
Magdalena Bogić | 5 | "Oro" | Safe |
AnđeliNE | 6 | "Waterloo" | Bottom two |
Amel Curić | 7 | "Lejla" | Safe |
Sing-off details | |||
Ilija Mihailović | 1 | "Idemo dalje" | Safe |
AnđeliNE | 2 | "Valerie" | Eliminated |
(Live 4)
(Live 5)
Live 4 (31 May) | |||
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Act | Order | Song | Result |
Iva Ćurić | 1 | "Video Games" | Safe |
Boban Mojskovski | 2 | "Opet si pobijedila" | Safe |
Jelena Đurić | 3 | "Take Me to Church" | Bottom two |
Ilija Mihailović | 4 | "Impossible" | Safe |
Highway | 5 | "Neko te ima" | Safe |
Katarina Simić | 6 | "More pelina" | Bottom two |
Adnan & Tarik | 7 | "Ludak kao ja" | Safe |
Sing-off details | |||
Katarina Simić | 1 | "Zajdi, zajdi, jasno sonce" | Safe |
Jelena Đurić | 2 | "Imagine" | Eliminated |
Live 5 (1 June) | |||
Act | Order | Song | Result |
Antonio Krištofić | 1 | "Umirem 100 puta dnevno" | Safe |
Amel Ćurić | 2 | "Love Me Again" | Safe |
Danijela Večerinović | 3 | "Rijeka bez imena" | Bottom two |
9 Control | 4 | "Mirrors" | Safe |
Milan Bukilić | 5 | "Story of My Life" | Bottom two |
Magdalena Bogić | 6 | "Kao da me nema tu" | Safe |
David Temelkov | 7 | "Jedina" | Safe |
Sing-off details | |||
Milan Bukilić | 1 | "Ko lijana" | Safe |
Danijela Večerinović | 2 | "Give Me One Reason" | Eliminated |
(Live 6)
(Live 7)
Live 6 (7 June) | |||
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Act | Order | Song | Result |
David Temelkov | 1 | "Feel" | Bottom four |
9 Control | 2 | "Uptown Funk" / "Kiss" | Safe |
Antonio Krištofić | 3 | "Utorak" | Bottom four |
Ilija Mihailović | 4 | "Magdalena" | Bottom four |
Katarina Simić | 5 | "Crazy in Love" / "Crazy" | Eliminated |
Highway | 6 | "Lud" | Bottom four |
Amel Ćurić | 7 | "Pjesmo moja" | Safe |
Duel 1 | |||
Antonio Krištofić | 1 | "Kanet na vetru" | Safe |
Ilija Mihailović | 2 | "All of Me" | Eliminated |
Duel 2 | |||
David Temelkov | 1 | "Igra bez granica" | Eliminated |
Highway | 2 | "I Need a Dollar" | Safe |
Live 7 (8 June) | |||
Act | Order | Song | Result |
Magdalena Bogić | 1 | "Više se ne vraćaš" | Safe |
Adnan & Tarik | 2 | "Mirrors" | Safe |
Boban Mojsovski | 3 | "Po tebe" | Safe |
Iva Ćurić | 4 | "Give It to Me Right" | Safe |
Milan Bukilić | 5 | "Ne kuni me, ne ruži me majko" | Eliminated |
(Live 8)
Live 8 (14 June) | |||
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Act | Order | Song | Result |
Antonio Krištofić | 1 | "Iz jednog pogleda" | Eliminated |
Magdalena Bogić | 2 | "Ginem" | Bottom two |
9 Control | 3 | "Rule the World" | Safe |
Amel Ćurić | 4 | "Teške boje" / "Are You Gonna Go My Way" | Safe |
Iva Ćurić | 5 | "Klinika" | Safe |
Highway | 6 | "Par godina za nas" / "Ti si sav moj bol" | Safe |
Boban Mojsovski | 7 | "Counting Stars" | Safe |
Adnan & Tarik | 8 | "Kako sam te voljela" / "Sve je laž" / "Smoke on the Water" | Bottom two |
Sing-off details | |||
Magdalena Bogić | 1 | "Ima jedan svijet" | Safe |
Adnan & Tarik | 2 | "Ti si mi u krvi" | Eliminated |
(Live 9)
Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Order | Third song | Result |
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Boban Mojsovski | 1 | "Polsko cveke" | 3 | "The Show Must Go On" | 2 | "Bed of Roses" | Runner-up |
Magdalena Bogić | 2 | "Read All About It" / "We Found Love" | N/A - already eliminated | Fifth place | |||
9 Control | 3 | "Devojko mala" | N/A - already eliminated | Sixth place | |||
Highway | 4 | "Do I Wanna Know?" | 2 | "Sve je lako kad si mlad" / "Šta sad ljubav ima s tim" | N/A - already eliminated | Fourth place | |
Iva Ćurić | 5 | "Ima nešto u tome što me nećeš" | 1 | "Rather Be" | N/A - already eliminated | Third place | |
Amel Ćurić | 6 | "It's My Life" | 4 | "Sve je to od lošeg vina" | 1 | "Da te bogdo ne volim" | Winner |
# | Stage of competition | Original air date |
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1 | Auditions 1 | March 22, 2015 |
2 | Auditions 2 | March 29, 2015 |
3 | Auditions 3 | April 6, 2015 |
4 | Auditions 4 | April 13, 2015 |
5 | Auditions 5 | April 19, 2015 |
6 | Bootcamp (Boys & Over 27s) | April 26, 2015 |
7 | Bootcamp (Girls & Groups) | April 27, 2015 |
8 | Judges' Houses (Over 27s & Girls) | May 3, 2015 |
9 | Judges' Houses (Boys & Groups) | May 10, 2015 |
10 | Live show 1 | May 17, 2015 |
11 | Live show 2 | May 24, 2015 |
12 | Live show 3 | May 25, 2015 |
13 | Live show 4 | May 31, 2015 |
14 | Live show 5 | June 1, 2015 |
15 | Live show 6 | June 7, 2015 |
16 | Live show 7 | June 8, 2015 |
17 | Live show 8 | June 14, 2015 |
18 | Final | June 21, 2015 |
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