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The ninth season of the X Factor Romania talent show premiered September 11, 2020. Delia Matache and Ștefan Bănică Jr. kept their roles as judges while Loredana Groza and X Factor (Romanian season 3) winner, Florin Ristei, were the two new judges of the talent show. Răzvan Simion and Dani Oțil, the presenters of the morning show Neatza cu Răzvan și Dani returned as the show's hosts after an absence of one season. Crina Mardare was the only vocal coach of the season.
The aspiring artists were able to register online on the site of the show. From these, the producer selected the artists who are to enter the audition stage. This season had the motto #deneoprit (transl. #unstoppable) due to the fact that the whole show is filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Auditions took place in Bucharest only, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming started on July 7, 2020.
According to the X Factor Romania - the ninth season regulations, each judges was assigned a category to mentor.
Each judge had the right to one vote for each contestant with: "YES" or "NO". Those who received 4 YES-es were advanced directly to the next stage. Those with 3 YES-es were put on the short list of the judge that mentored their category. The judge that mentored the groups category had the opportunity to form groups after the auditions; he could ask for each artist that received 3 YES-es. The judge that mentored the category of the respective artists decided if he will keep them in his category or if he will leave them for the group category.
Each judge completed his team with 10 artists/musical acts.
Each judge completed its team with 10 artists. In case the judges did not have enough contestants in their teams who passed automatically with 4 YES-es, they had to choose from those with 3 YES-es from their short list.
In the bootcamp, each contestant performed a song and only 3 artists per category were advanced.
Two acts per category were advanced, while one act per category was eliminated by the mentor of the respective category.
Only one act per category was advanced, while the other was eliminated by the mentor of the respective category.
Auditions
Bootcamp
The ninth season of the talent show had a companion series titled eXtra Factor. The show's presenter was the actress Ilona Brezoianu, known for the role of secretary Flori from the comedy series Mangalița and the episodes were weekly published on YouTube. The first episode premiered September 11, 2020 on Kaufland Romania's YouTube channel.
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