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. The season premiered on 22 March 2015.
Selection process
Auditions 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. During the pre-auditions more than 11,500 contestants performed for the show producers.
Bootcamp 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: Boys: Milan Bukilić, Antonio Krištofić, Ilija Mihailović, Boban Mojsovski, David Temelkov, Siniša Vidović Girls: Marija Belada, Magdalena Bogić, Iva Ćurić, Antonia Dora Pleško, Katarina Simić, Tijana Vlajković Over 27s: Amel Ćurić, Jelena Đurić, Almir Ismaili, Srđan Lazić, Nikola Marjanović, Danijela Večerinović Groups: 9 Control, Adnan & Tarik, AnđeliNE, Highway, Infinitas, U La La
Judges' houses
+Summary of judges' housesJudgeCategoryLocationAssistantContestants eliminatedSecond Chance contestant 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
Second chance 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.
Contestants
Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Third place
Category (mentor)Acts 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
Live shows The first live show episode is set to be broadcast on 17 May 2015.
The Final
Result summary Colour key –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 +Weekly results per contestant Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Live 2 Live 3 Live 4 Live 5 Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Amel Ćurić Safe Safe SafeSafe1 Safe Safe Safe Winner(week 6) Boban Mojsovski Safe Safe Safe2 Safe Safe SafeRunner-up(week 6) Iva Ćurić Safe Safe Safe Safe2 Safe Safe3rd Eliminated(week 6) Highway Safe Safe Bottom six1 Safe Safe4th Eliminated(week 6) Magdalena Bogić Safe Safe SafeSafe2 Bottom three5th Eliminated(week 6) 9 Control Safe Safe SafeSafe1 Safe6th 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 Infinitas2 of 3 votesMajority Nikola Marjanović3 of 4 votesMajority AnđeliNE2 of 4 votesDeadlock Jelena Đurić2 of 4 votesDeadlock Danijela Večerinović2 of 4 votesDeadlock Ilija Mihailović2 of 4 votesDeadlock David Temelkov3 of 4 votesMajority Adnan & Tarik3 of 4 votesMajority 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 In the fourth week the contestants were divided into two groups, but unlike in previous weeks, the results were gathered, and the two contestants with the lowest number of votes left competition, while the contestants ranked from seventh to tenth place were in the sing-off. Production has not announced that duels were joined. Competitors are marked with 1 are performed on June 7, and the competitors marked with 2 on June 8.
Live show details
Week 1 (17 May) Theme: Judges' choice Group performance: "Let Me Entertain You" Musical guest: Måns Zelmerlöw ("Heroes") + Contestants' performances on the first live show Act Order Song Result 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" SafeSing-off details Infinitas 1 "Srce predajem ti" Eliminated AnđeliNE 2 "Smejem se, a plakao bih" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate Huljić: Couldn't make a decision, as two of his groups were in the bottom two. Joksimović: Infinitas Kovač: AnđeliNE Savić: Infinitas
Week 2 (24–25 May) Theme: Eurovision hits
(Live 2) Group performance: "Lane moje" Musical guest: Roma Sijam ("Nasti adjikare")
(Live 3) Group performance: "Hajde da ludujemo" Musical guest: Knez ("Adio"), Lana Jurčević ("Ludo ljeto")
+ Contestants' performances on the second live show Live 2 (24 May) 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" SafeSing-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" SafeSing-off details Ilija Mihailović 1 "Idemo dalje" Safe AnđeliNE 2 "Valerie" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate (Live 2) Joksimović: Nikola Marjanović Kovač: Nikola Marjanović Savić: Milan Bukilić Huljić: Nikola Marjanović
Judges' votes to eliminate (Live 3) Kovač: AnđeliNE Joksimović: AnđeliNE Savić: Ilija Mihailović Huljić: Ilija Mihailović
Week 3 (31 May-1 June) Theme: Love songs
(Live 4) Group performance: Musical guest: Magazin ("Doktore"), Massimo Savić ("Kladim se na nas")
(Live 5) Group performance: Musical guest: Sars ("Lutka"), Elena Risteska ("Doživotno")
+ Contestants' performances on the third live show Live 4 (31 May) 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" SafeSing-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" SafeSing-off details Milan Bukilić 1 "Ko lijana" Safe Danijela Večerinović 2 "Give Me One Reason" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate (Live 4) Joksimović: Jelena Đurić Huljić: Jelena Đurić Kovač: Katarina Simić Savić: Katarina Simić
Judges' votes to eliminate (Live 5) Kovač: Danijela Večerinović Joksimović: Danijela Večerinović Savić: Milan Bukilić Huljić: Milan Bukilić
Week 4 (7-8 June) Theme: Contestants' choice
(Live 6) Group performance: Musical guest: Vanna ("Tek je 12 sati") / ("Lopov"), Petar Grašo ("Moje zlato") (Live 7) Group performance: Musical guest: Saša Kovačević ("Gde smo moja ljubavi"), Karolina Gočeva ("Koj da mi zapee")
+ Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Live 6 (7 June) 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" SafeDuel 1 Antonio Krištofić 1 "Kanet na vetru" Safe Ilija Mihailović 2 "All of Me" EliminatedDuel 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
Judges' votes to eliminate (Duel 1) Joksimović: Ilija Mihailović Huljić: Ilija Mihailović Kovač: Antonio Krištofić Savić: Antonio Krištofić