X Factor (2012)

Genre

reality television

Country

Albania

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How it feels

X Factor is a reality music competition where singers audition in front of judges. Over several seasons, winners are chosen as the best new talent.

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What happens

X Factor is an Albanian television reality music competition, based on the original British series, and an addition to The X Factor franchise, to find new singing talent. The show began airing on 8 January 2012 and was broadcast by TV Klan. The judging panel for the most recent season consisted of Adi Krasta, Arilena Ara, Young Zerka and Soni Malaj. Other judges from previous seasons consisted of Pandi Laço, Alban Skënderaj, Juliana Pasha, Vesa Luma, Altuna Sejdiu, Miriam Cani, Bleona Qereti and Elhaida Dani. The show is hosted by Alketa Vejsiu. She applied to acquire the rights of the show along with Top Channel and TV Klan. Syco TV gave the rights to her, then she sold parts of the rights to TV Klan. After losing the rights of The X Factor, Top Channel acquired the rights of the talent show, The Voice. The show ran for 4 seasons, with the last episode airing on 1 June 2015, and then TV Klan announced that there were no plans to air another series of the programme. On 6 June 2022, Alketa Vejsiu announced that after 7 years, the show would return, with his fifth season in 2023 on TV Klan. The fifth season began airing on 8 December 2023. There have been six winners: Sheila Haxhiraj, Arilena Ara, Ergi Dini, Edea Demaliaj, Alis Kallaçi, and Rigersa Loka. On 9 January 2025, was announced a new version with the name X Factor Kids, for children until the ages of 12. The show began airing on 7 November 2025 on TV Klan, with Alketa Vejsiu as the host. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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