Star Factor Romania (season 5)

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 Alex Martin, Charyl Cole and Jessie J would come to the judging panel. Justin Timberlake was confirmed as the fourth permanent judge. Factor inspired

Steps

 * Auditions
 * Bootcamp
 * Judges Home Visit
 * Live Shows

Prize
The S Factor will award the winner with 500,000$ and one contract to sing at Euromusic Song Contest 2015.

Auditions
Took place in Bucharest at 10th of April 2014.

Judges Home Visit
For judges' houses, Jessie J took the Groups to Melbourne and was assisted by Mel B.; Martin took the Boys to Los Angeles, with assistance from Chris Brown; Timberlake took the Girls to Adare Manor, County Limerick and was assisted by Jay-Z; and Cole took the Over 37s to Coworth Park, Berkshire, where he was assisted by will.I.am.

The final 24 contestants were:


 * Boys: Adrian Sina, Smiley, George Hora, Alex Velea, Tudor Turcu, Pasha Parfeny
 * Girls: Elena Gheorghe, Anda Adam, Anya, Andra, Julie Mayaya, Antonia
 * Over 37s: Elena Cirstea, Gabriel Cotabita, Mirabela Dauer, Stefan Banica, Silvia Dumitrescu, Carmen Radulescu
 * Groups: Maxim, One, Station 4, Taxi, Vunk, Holograf

Finalists
After the wildcards were revealed in the first live show, the final sixteen acts were confirmed as follows:

Live shows
It was announced on 24 September 2014 that there will be a wildcard twist on the live show. However, in a change to previous years, the judges will be picking the wildcard acts for each other's categories. Timberlake, who has the Girls, will be picking the wildcard for Martin's Boys; Martin will choose a Group for Jessie J; Jessie J will choose an Over 37 for Cole; and Cole will choose a Girl for Timberlake. This will mean there are 16 finalists, meaning there will likely be double elimations.

Week 1 (10 October)

 * Theme: Free choise
 * Musical guests: Yohanna ("Is It True?")

Week 2 (17 October)

 * Theme: Number ones
 * Group performance: "Anything Could Happen"
 * Musical guests: Pharrell Williams ("Gust of Wind") and Taylor Swift ("Shake It Off")

Week 3 (24 October)

 * Theme: I Love the 80s
 * Group performance: "Love Runs Out"
 * Musical guests: Jessie J ("Bang Bang"/"Burnin' Up") and Maroon 5 ("Maps" and "Animals")

Week 4 (31 October)

 * Theme: Songs from films (billed as "Saturday Night at the Movies")
 * Group performance: "Rather Be"
 * Musical guests: Alex Martin ("Arde") and OneRepublic ("I Lived")

Week 5 (7 November)

 * Theme: Halloween (billed as "Fright Night")
 * Group performance: "Firework"
 * Musical guests: Cheryl ("I Don't Care") and John Legend ("You & I", "Nobody in the World"),The Script ("No Good in Goodbye")

Week 6 (14 November)

 * Theme: Queen vs Michael Jackson
 * Group performance: "Never Forget"
 * Musical guests: Sam Smith ("Like I Can") and One Direction ("Steal My Girl")

Week 7 (21 November)

 * Theme: Big Band Week
 * Group performance: "Shake It Off"
 * Musical guests: Olly Murs ("Wrapped Up") and Nicole Scherzinger ("Run")

Week 8 (28 November)

 * Theme: Songs by Whitney Houston or Elton John (billed as "Whitney Houston vs Elton John")
 * Group performance: "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
 * Musical guests: David Guetta featuring Emeli Sandé ("What I Did for Love"), Labrinth ("Jealous") and Take That ("These Days")

Week 9: Semi-Final (5 December)

 * Theme: Jukebox; Songs chosen by other artists
 * Group performance: "Somebody to Love" (with Queen + Adam Lambert)
 * Musical guests: Queen + Adam Lambert ("Somebody to Love", with finalists), Union J ("You Got It All") and Ella Henderson ("Yours")

Week 10: Final (12/13 December)

 * Theme: No theme (new song); celebrity duets
 * Group performance: "Lifted"
 * Musical guests: Meghan Trainor ("All About That Bass + Lips Are Movin") and Ed Sheeran ("Make It Rain"), Alex Martin ("Jar Of Hearts")

12 December

13 December


 * Theme: Favourite performance ("song of the series"); winner's single
 * Group performance: "Roar" (all finalists)
 * Musical guests: Sam Smith ("Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"), One Direction ("Night Changes") and Olly Murs & Demi Lovato ("Up")