X Factor (Albanian TV series) season 3

X Factor is an Albanian television music competition to find new singing talents. The third season began on 15 September on TV Klan.

X Factor
Season 3
Hosted byAlketa Vejsiu
JudgesAlban Skënderaj
Soni Malaj
Altuna Sejdiu
Pandi Laço
WinnerErgi Dini
Runner-upSenad Rrahmani
Release
Original networkKlan Television
Original release15 September 2013 (2013-09-15) –
23 February 2014 (2014-02-23)
Season chronology
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Based on the UK format, the competition consists of auditions, in front of producers and then the judges with a live audience; bootcamp; judges' houses and then the live finals.[1] The producers' auditions for the show began in April 2013 in Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia. The winners were later called back to perform in front of the judges, held from May 19–21 in Tirana. However, the auditions were broadcast in September, when the show started airing. The show will be hosted once again by Albanian singer Alketa Vejsiu, while the judging panel consists of pop singer Altuna Sejdiu, Alban Skenderaj, Soni Malaj and Pandi Laço.

This year, the producers have decided to give more attention to the live shows, extending it to 15 weeks, and not airing bootcamp. The auditions were aired in three shows only, and then the show passed to the judges houses, airing only the finalists' bootcamp performance and result. Thus, to make the live shows longer to give the contestants more time to perform.

The other difference this year, is that there is a variety of contestants who come from different places. Sarah Memmola is from Italy, who challenged herself to take part in the X Factor Albania. There are six contestants from Macedonia this year. There is no soloist from Kosovo this year, and there is a singer from Serbia, Donika Nuhiu, for the first time in the show.

Judges' houses

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The 15 eliminated acts were:

  • Boys: Endri Caci, Genti Sheholli, Ilirian Mertani, Yllnor Kurti
  • Girls: Alma Kadria, Anxhela Dano, Arlinda Kovaci, Oreta Leka
  • Over 23s: Adelina Bacaj, Ester Abazi, Joana Gjini
  • Groups: Divas, New Life, The Fevers, Victorious 4

Contestants

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The top 16 contestants were confirmed as follows;

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
Category (mentor) Acts
Boys (Sejdiu) Ademir Fresku Amadeo Gjura Ergi Dini Leotrim Zejnullahu
Girls (Laço) Arissa Rexho Enxhi Nasufi Kristina Leka Laura Kërliu
Over 23s (Skënderaj) Fatmir Durmishi Mia Morina Sarah Memmola Senad Rrahmani
Groups (Malaj) Dream Girls Exception Free Spirit Nimfat

Live shows

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Results summary

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Colour key
  – Contestant received the fewest public votes and had to sing again in the sing-off
Weekly results per contestant
Contestant 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 Week 14 Week 15
Round One Round Two
Ergi Dini Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner
(week 15)
Senad Rrahmani Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up
(week 15)
Sarah Memmola Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Bottom two 3rd Eliminated
(week 15)
Enxhi Nasufi Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th Bottom two Eliminated
(week 14)
Exception Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 10th Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe 5th Eliminated
(week 13)
Leotrim Zejnullahu Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 7th Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(week 12)
Laura Kërliu Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(week 11)
Amadeo Gjura Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Safe 9th Safe 8th Eliminated
(week 10)
Mia Morina Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(week 9)
Free Spirit Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 10th Eliminated
(week 8)
Arissa Rexho Safe Safe Safe 13th Safe Safe 11th Eliminated
(week 7)
Fatmir Durmishi Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(week 6)
Nimfat Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(week 5)
Kristina Leka Safe Safe Safe 14th Eliminated
(week 4)
Dream Girls Safe Bottom two Bottom two Eliminated
(week 3)
Ademir Fresku Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(week 2)
Final showdown Ademir Fresku
Dream Girls
Dream Girls
Laura Kërliu
Arissa Rexho
Kristina Leka
Amadeo Gjura
Nimfat
Fatmir Durmishi
Mia Morina
Arissa Rexho
Exception
Amadeo Gjura
Free Spirit
Laura Kërliu
Mia Morina
Amadeo Gjura
Leotrim Zejnullahu
Exception
Laura Kërliu
Leotrim Zejnullahu
Sarah Memmola
Enxhi Nasufi
Exception
Enxhi Nasufi
Sarah Memmola
No final showdown or judges' vote:
results are based on public votes alone
Skënderaj's vote to eliminate: Ademir Fresku Dream Girls Kristina Leka Nimfat Fatmir Durmishi Exception Amadeo Gjura Laura Kërliu Amadeo Gjura Laura Kërliu Leotrim Zejnullahu Exception Enxhi Nasufi
Sejdiu's vote to eliminate: Dream Girls Dream Girls Kristina Leka Nimfat Fatmir Durmishi Arissa Rexho Free Spirit Mia Morina Leotrim Zejnullahu Laura Kërliu Sarah Memmola Enxhi Nasufi Enxhi Nasufi
Malaj's vote to eliminate: Ademir Fresku Laura Kërliu Arissa Rexho Amadeo Gjura Fatmir Durmishi Arissa Rexho Amadeo Gjura Mia Morina Amadeo Gjura Laura Kërliu Leotrim Zejnullahu Enxhi Nasufi Enxhi Nasufi
Laço's vote to eliminate: Ademir Fresku Dream Girls Arissa Rexho Nimfat Exception Free Spirit Mia Morina Leotrim Zejnullahu Exception Leotrim Zejnullahu Exception Sarah Memmola
Eliminated None Ademir Fresku
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Dream Girls
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Kristina Leka
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock
Nimfat
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Fatmir Durmishi
3 of 3 votes
Majority
Arissa Rexho
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock
Free Spirit
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock
Mia Morina
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Amadeo Gjura
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock
Laura Kërliu
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Leotrim Zejnullahu
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Exception
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock
Enxhi Nasufi
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Sarah Memmola
Third Place
Senad Rrahmani
Runner-Up
Ergi Dini
Winner

Live show details

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Week 1 (27 October 2013)

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Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Nimfat 1 "Wings" Safe
Ergi Dini 2 "Unchain My Heart" Safe
Mia Morina 3 "You and I" Safe
Enxhi Nasufi 4 "Bound to You" Safe
Ademir Fresku 5 "Angels" Safe
Dream Girls 6 "Proud Mary" Safe
Arissa Rexho 7 "One Night Only" Safe
Free Spirit 8 "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" Safe
Fatmir Durmishi 9 "Mama" Safe
Amadeo Gjura 10 "I Just Want to Make Love to You" Safe
Kristina Leka 11 "Read All About It" Safe
Leotrim Zejnullahu 12 "I Can't Stop Loving You" Safe
Exception 13 "I Want It That Way" Safe
Sarah Memmola 14 "Almeno tu nell'universo" Safe
Laura Kërliu 15 "Like a Virgin" Safe
Senad Rrahmani 16 "Runaway" Safe
No Final Showdown

Week 2 (3 November 2013)

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Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act Order Song Result
Exception 1 "This Love" Safe
Senad Rrahmani 2 "Wild World" Safe
Mia Morina 3 "You Know I'm No Good" Safe
Arissa Rexho 4 "Call Me When You're Sober" Safe
Sarah Memmola 5 "Valeria" Safe
Ademir Fresku 6 "To the Moon and Back" Bottom two
Nimfat 7 "Telephone" Safe
Laura Kërliu 8 "I Kissed a Girl" Safe
Amadeo Gjura 9 "Tainted Love" Safe
Dream Girls 10 "Lady Marmalade" Bottom two
Leotrim Zejnullahu 11 "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" Safe
Fatmir Durmishi 12 "Il cuore è uno zingaro" Safe
Kristina Leka 13 "Somebody That I Used to Know" Safe
Free Spirit 14 "We Will Rock You"/"I Want It All" Safe
Ergi Dini 15 "The Show Must Go On" Safe
Enxhi Nasufi 16 "Wild" Safe
Final showdown details
Ademir Fresku 1 "Save the Last Dance for Me" Eliminated
Dream Girls 2 "My Kind of Love" Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Pandi Laço: Ademir Fresku
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Dream Girls
  • Soni Malaj: Ademir Fresku
  • Alban Skënderaj: Ademir Fresku

Week 3 (10 November 2013)

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Group performance: "You Are Not Alone"

Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Order Song Result
Laura Kërliu 1 "Broken-Hearted Girl" Bottom two
Senad Rrahmani 2 "Is This the End" Safe
Nimfat 3 "Grenade" Safe
Leotrim Zejnullahu 4 "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" Safe
Arissa Rexho 5 "Give Your Heart a Break" Safe
Kristina Leka 6 "Don't You Remember" Safe
Fatmir Durmishi 7 "Svalutation" Safe
Dream Girls 8 "Skyfall" Bottom two
Sarah Memmola 9 "Gli uomini non cambiano" Safe
Exception 10 "Love Is the Way" Safe
Amadeo Gjura 11 "Creep" Safe
Ergi Dini 12 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Safe
Enxhi Nasufi 13 "If I Were a Boy" Safe
Free Spirit 14 "In the End" Safe
Mia Morina 15 "Right to Be Wrong" Safe
Final showdown details
Laura Kërliu 1 "The Winner Takes It All" Safe
Dream Girls 2 "Fallin'" Eliminated

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Pandi Laço: Dream Girls
  • Soni Malaj: Laura Kërliu
  • Alban Skënderaj: Dream Girls
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Dream Girls

Week 4 (17 November 2013)

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Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Act Order Song Result
Leotrim Zejnullahu 1 "Breakeven" Safe
Enxhi Nasufi 2 "Bad Boys" Safe
Free Spirit 3 "Hit the Road Jack"/"Djaloshi dhe shiu" Safe
Mia Morina 4 "Nothing Compares 2 U" Safe
Kristina Leka 5 "Beautiful" Bottom two
Arissa Rexho 6 "Still Loving You" Bottom two
Senad Rrahmani 7 "Bailamos" Safe
Nimfat 8 "Price Tag" Safe
Fatmir Durmishi 9 "Anche Senza Di Te" Safe
Sarah Memmola 10 "Meravigliosa creatura" Safe
Amadeo Gjura 11 "Raggamuffin" Safe
Ergi Dini 12 "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" Safe
Laura Kërliu 13 "Mercy" Safe
Exception 14 "La La La" Safe
Final showdown details
Kristina Leka 1 "Someone like You" Eliminated
Arissa Rexho 2 "My Heart Is Refusing Me" Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Pandi Laço: Arissa Rexho
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Kristina Leka
  • Soni Malaj: Arissa Rexho
  • Alban Skënderaj: Kristina Leka

With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Leka was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 5 (24 November 2013)

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Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Act Order Song Result
Arissa Rexho 1 "Born This Way" Safe
Free Spirit 2 "Gangsta's Paradise" Safe
Sarah Memmola 3 "All by Myself" Safe
Ergi Dini 4 "Angie" Safe
Fatmir Durmishi 5 "My Love" Safe
Mia Morina 6 "My Number One" Safe
Amadeo Gjura 7 "Seven Nation Army" Bottom two
Exception 8 "What Makes You Beautiful" Safe
Enxhi Nasufi 9 "This Is My Now" Safe
Nimfat 10 "It Will Rain" Bottom two
Leotrim Zejnullahu 11 "Feeling Good" Safe
Laura Kërliu 12 "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Safe
Senad Rrahmani 13 "Please Forgive Me" Safe
Final showdown details
Amadeo Gjura 1 "Different Pulses" Safe
Nimfat 2 "Too Lost in You" Eliminated

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Altuna Sejdiu: Nimfat
  • Soni Malaj: Amadeo Gjura
  • Alban Skënderaj: Nimfat
  • Pandi Laço: Nimfat

Week 6 (8 December 2013)

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Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act Order Song Result
Senad Rrahmani 1 "Rebel Yell" Safe
Enxhi Nasufi 2 "I'm Your Baby Tonight" Safe
Free Spirit 3 "They Don't Care About Us" Safe
Laura Kërliu 4 "You Lost Me" Safe
Amadeo Gjura 5 "One" Safe
Arissa Rexho 6 "Wrecking Ball" Safe
Fatmir Durmishi 7 "L'emozione non ha voce" Bottom two
Mia Morina 8 "True Colors" Bottom two
Leotrim Zejnullahu 9 "I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" Safe
Exception 10 "Impossible" Safe
Ergi Dini 11 "I've Got Dreams to Remember" Safe
Sarah Memmola 12 "Jetoj" Safe
Final showdown details
Fatmir Durmishi 1 "" Eliminated
Mia Morina 2 "I Can't Make You Love Me" Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Alban Skënderaj: Fatmir Durmishi
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Fatmir Durmishi
  • Soni Malaj: Fatmir Durmishi
  • Pandi Laço: It was not necessary to vote for Fatmir Durmishi already had the votes necessary for elimination.

Week 7 (15 December 2013)

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Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Act Order Song Result
Ergi Dini 1 "Refuzoj" Safe
Amadeo Gjura 2 "Sexy and I Know It" Safe
Arissa Rexho 3 "Girl on Fire" Bottom two
Free Spirit 4 "It's My Life" Safe
Senad Rrahmani 5 "Here Without You" Safe
Mia Morina 6 "Baby Boy" Safe
Exception 7 "Cry Me a River" Bottom two
Sarah Memmola 8 "Il cielo e sempre piu blu" Safe
Leotrim Zejnullahu 9 "Ne me quitte pas" Safe
Laura Kërliu 10 "Forget You" Safe
Enxhi Nasufi 11 "Domino" Safe
Final showdown details
Arissa Rexho 1 "Just Like a Pill" Eliminated
Exception 2 "Impossible" Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Soni Malaj: Arissa Rexho
  • Pandi Laço: Exception
  • Alban Skënderaj: Exception
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Arissa Rexho

With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Rexho was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 8 (22 December 2013)

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Contestants' performances on the eighth live show
Act Order Song Result
Sarah Memmola 1 "Hape zemren ti" Safe
Leotrim Zejnullahu 2 "You Raise Me Up" Safe
Free Spirit 3 "Eja me diellin"/"Dimeroj" Bottom two
Mia Morina 4 "Frozen" Safe
Amadeo Gjura 5 "Love Me Again" Bottom two
Exception 6 "Shake Up Christmas" Safe
Enxhi Nasufi 7 "Skyscraper" Safe
Ergi Dini 8 "Down with the Sickness" Safe
Laura Kërliu 9 "Nuk jane me" Safe
Senad Rrahmani 10 "Sex on Fire" Safe
Final showdown details
Amadeo Gjura 1 "Dog Days Are Over" Safe
Free Spirit 2 "Highway to Hell" Eliminated

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Altuna Sejdiu: Free Spirit
  • Soni Malaj: Amadeo Gjura
  • Alban Skënderaj: Amadeo Gjura
  • Pandi Laço: Free Spirit

Week 9 (5 January 2014)

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Contestants' performances on the ninth live show
Act Order Song Result
Exception 1 "More than This" Safe
Mia Morina 2 "Speechless" Bottom two
Ergi Dini 3 "A Change Is Gonna Come" Safe
Leotrim Zejnullahu 4 "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" Safe
Laura Kërliu 5 "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" Bottom two
Amadeo Gjura 6 "Piece of My Heart" Safe
Sarah Memmola 7 "If I Ain't Got You" Safe
Senad Rrahmani 8 "You Give Love a Bad Name" Safe
Enxhi Nasufi 9 "Me ty" Safe
Final showdown details
Mia Morina 1 "Make You Feel My Love" Eliminated
Laura Kërliu 2 "The Reason" Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Pandi Laço: Mia Morina
  • Alban Skënderaj: Laura Kërliu
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Mia Morina
  • Soni Malaj: Mia Morina

Week 10 (12 January 2014)

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Contestants' performances on the tenth live show
Act Order Song Result
Leotrim Zejnullahu 1 "Georgia on My Mind" Bottom two
Laura Kërliu 2 "Why Don't You Love Me" Safe
Ergi Dini 3 "Bodies" Safe
Exception 4 "Moves like Jagger" Safe
Amadeo Gjura 5 "E kemi fatin shprese dhe marrezi" Bottom two
Senad Rrahmani 6 "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" Safe
Enxhi Nasufi 7 "End of Time" Safe
Sarah Memmola 8 "Ancora" Safe
Final showdown details
Leotrim Zejnullahu 1 "Purple Rain" Safe
Amadeo Gjura 2 "Never Tear Us Apart" Eliminated

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Altuna Sejdiu: Leotrim Zejnullahu
  • Alban Skënderaj: Amadeo Gjura
  • Soni Malaj: Amadeo Gjura
  • Pandi Laço: Leotrim Zejnullahu

Week 11 (19 January 2014)

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Contestants' performances on the eleventh live show
Act Order Song Result
Sarah Memmola 1 "Caruso" Safe
Ergi Dini 2 "Lady" Safe
Exception 3 "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" Bottom two
Laura Kërliu 4 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Bottom two
Leotrim Zejnullahu 5 "Use Somebody" Safe
Enxhi Nasufi 6 "The Best" Safe
Senad Rrahmani 7 "Diamonds" Safe
Final showdown details
Laura Kërliu 1 "Cry for You" Eliminated
Exception 2 "Breathe Easy" Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Pandi Laço: Exception
  • Soni Malaj: Laura Kërliu
  • Alban Skënderaj: Laura Kërliu
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Laura Kërliu

Week 12 (26 January 2014)

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Contestants' performances on the twelfth live show
Act Order Song Result
Exception 1 "Don't Let Go (Love)" Safe
Sarah Memmola 2 "Adagio in G minor" Bottom two
Leotrim Zejnullahu 3 "My Way" Bottom two
Senad Rrahmani 4 "Maska" Safe
Ergi Dini 5 "Careless Whisper" Safe
Enxhi Nasufi 6 "Listen" Safe
Final showdown details
Sarah Memmola 1 "" Safe
Leotrim Zejnullahu 2 "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" Eliminated

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Alban Skënderaj: Leotrim Zejnullahu
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Sarah Memmola
  • Soni Malaj: Leotrim Zejnullahu
  • Pandi Laço: Leotrim Zejnullahu

Week 13 (2 February 2014)

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Contestants' performances on the thirteenth live show
Act Order First song Order Second song Result
Sarah Memmola 1 "Sono sole parole" 6 "S'je më" Safe
Senad Rrahmani 2 "Hallelujah" 7 "Iris" Safe
Enxhi Nasufi 3 "Fighter" 8 "Engjëjt vrasin njëlloj" Bottom two
Exception 4 "E urrej shiun" 9 "Larger than Life" Bottom two
Ergi Dini 5 "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" 10 "Baladë për Jakup Ferrin" Safe
Final showdown details
Enxhi Nasufi 1 "I Care" Safe
Exception 2 "Zemrën e lamë peng" Eliminated

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Pandi Laço: Exception
  • Soni Malaj: Enxhi Nasufi
  • Alban Skenderaj: Exception
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Enxhi Nasufi

Week 14 (9 February 2014)

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Contestants' performances on the fourteenth live show
Act Order First song Order Second song Result
Enxhi Nasufi 1 "I Was Here" 5 "Oh Mother" Safe
Senad Rrahmani 2 "When I Was Your Man" 6 "Enter Sandman" Safe
Ergi Dini 3 "Na lini te jetojme" 7 "A Place For My Head" Safe
Sarah Memmola 4 "Guarda che luna" 8 "Rrjedh ne kenge e ligjerime" Safe
No Final Showdown

Week 15: Semi-Final (16 February 2014)

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Contestants' performances on the fifteenth live show
Act Order First song Order Second song Result
Enxhi Nasufi 1 "Crazy in Love" 5 "Fluturimi" (with Flori Mumajesi) Bottom two
Senad Rrahmani 2 "Fear of the Dark" 6 "Al Kapone" (with Elita 5) Safe
Sarah Memmola 3 "Vetëm ty" 7 "Perdere l'amore" (with Mario-s) Bottom two
Ergi Dini 4 "Belle" 8 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (with Juliana Pasha) Safe
Final showdown details
Enxhi Nasufi 1 "This Is My Now" Eliminated
Sarah Memmola 2 "" Safe

Judges' votes to eliminate

  • Pandi Laço: Sarah Memmola
  • Soni Malaj: Enxhi Nasufi
  • Alban Skenderaj: Enxhi Nasufi
  • Altuna Sejdiu: Enxhi Nasufi

References

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