Star Factor Romania (season 7)

The Star Factor is a Roamnian Television music competition to find new singing talent. The first series began airing on NBC on 14 October 2012.Before the start of the auditions process it was confirmed that all the judges will remain to the judging panel. Factor inspired

Steps

 * Auditions (9-12 April 2016)
 * Bootcamp (18-21 April 2016)
 * Judges Home Visit (9 May 2016)
 * Live Shows

Prize
The S Factor will award the winner with 500,000$.

Auditions
Audition will take place in the mid April 2016.

Participants
Following acts will take part at the auditions of the 2016 Star Factor:

Judges Home Visit
Finalists

Week 1 (7 October)

 * Theme: Own Songs
 * Musical guests: Tom and Astrid ("Sound of Silence")

Week 2 (14 October)

 * Theme: Euromusic songs
 * Musical guests: Lady Gaga ("Perfect Illusion")

Week 3 (21 October)

 * Theme: "Express yourself" (songs to showcase who they are)
 * Musical guests: James Arthur ("Say You Won't Let Go")

Week 4 (28 October)

 * Theme: Divas
 * Musical guests: Busted ("Year 3000"; with finalists), Shawn Mendes ("Mercy") and John Legend ("Love Me Now")

Week 5 (4 November)

 * Theme: Fright Night
 * Musical guests: Bruno Mars ("24K Magic") and Louisa Johnson ("So Good")

Week 6 (11 November)

 * Theme: "Girlband vs Boyband" (songs by girlbands and boybands)
 * Musical guests: Emeli Sandé ("Breathing Underwater") and Robbie Williams ("Love My Life")

Week 7 (18 November)

 * Theme: "Disco"
 * Musical guests: Olly Murs ("Grow Up") and Nathan Sykes ("Famous")

Week 8 (25 November)

 * Theme: "Movies", "Romanian songs"
 * Musical guests: Craig David ("Change My Love") and Alicia Keys ("Blended Family (What You Do for Love)")

Week 9: Semi-Final (2 December)

 * Theme:  "Louis Loves"; contestant's choice
 * Musical guests:  Busted ("On What You're On") and Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie ("Rockabye")

Week 10: Final (9/10 December)
9 December
 * Theme: No theme (new song); celebrity duets
 * Group performance: "Grande Amore" (with Il Volo); "Sound of Silence" (with Dami Im)
 * Musical guests: Zara Larsson ("Ain't My Fault") and Lady Gaga ("Million Reasons")

10 December


 * Theme: Favourite performance ("song of the series"); winner's single
 * Group performance: "Always", "That Sounds Good to Me", "No One", "Euphoria", "L'essenziale", "Same Hearts", "Autumn Leaves", "Icebreaker" (all finalists)
 * Musical guests: Little Mix featuring Charlie Puth ("Touch"/"Oops"), The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk ("Starboy")