X Factor Kids, also known as X Factor Kids Albania, is an Albanian television reality music competition for children under the ages of 12, based on the concept of the show X Factor Albania. The show began airing on 7 November 2025 on TV Klan. Alketa Vejsiu, who also has been hosting the original version, was announced as the host for the kids version. The judging panel was formed by Bojken Lako, Fifi, Oriola Marashi and Pirro Çako.
On 3 April 2026, Eden Dani from team Pirro Çako won the first season. This marked Çako's first win as a mentor.
Format The show features young singers aged up to 12 years from across Albania. The competition begins with open auditions, where children perform in front of a panel of judges and a live audience. Contestants needed three or more 'yeses' from the four judges to progress on the next round. A new feature of the show, called the "Superpower", allows a judge to save one contestant from elimination during the auditions. Successful participants advance to the Judges' Houses stage, where each judge mentors a group of contestants. The participants are divided into four categories: Girls, Boys, Juniors (older children within the eligible age range), and Kids (the youngest contestants). Each act performed one song to their mentor. After the performances, the judges revealed which acts they put through to the live shows.
At the end of this phase, four acts from each category move on to the Live Shows, forming a total of 16 finalists. The Live Shows are broadcast weekly on television. Contestants perform popular songs either solo or in groups, with results determined by SMS voting and judges' feedback. The final episode features the top three contestants, who compete for the title of X Factor Kids Albania winner. The winner typically receives opportunities such as a recording project or professional mentoring.
The show focuses on encouragement, creativity, and personal development rather than intense competition, aiming to help children gain confidence and stage experience.
Judges and presenter The show is hosted by Alketa Vejsiu, who also serves as one of the producers alongside Vera Grabocka.
During the audition phase, several well-known Albanian artists took part in the selection process, including Pirro Çako, Bojken Lako, Fifi, Oriola Marashi, Fatma Haxhialiu, Kamela Islamaj, Andi Vrapi, and Eneda Tarifa. From these eight personalities, only four will become the official judges for the season, although the final judging panel has not yet been officially announced.
During the Judges' Houses, it was announced that the four judges for the first season would be Bojken Lako, Fifi, Oriola Marashi and Pirro Çako. The judges are expected to mentor different categories of contestants throughout the competition, guiding them from the Judges' Houses stage to the live performances.
Selection process Open auditions The format for the show was announced in January 2025 by TV Klan. The show began staging producers' audition on 21 January 2025 and on 9 February 2025 at the premises of TV Klan in Tirana.
Judges' auditions The auditionees chosen by the producers were invited back to the last set of arena auditions that took place in front of the judges. These auditions began filming on 8 October 2025 and were held in Tirana. The three episodes began broadcast on TV Klan from 7 November 2025 until 21 November 2025. In the first episode, the judging panel included Andi Vrapi, Fatma Haxhialiu, Fifi, and Pirro Çako. The second episode featured Bojken Lako, Oriola Marashi, Kamela Islamaj, and Eneda Tarifa as judges. In the third episode, the panel consisted of Bojken Lako, Fifi, Oriola Marashi, and Pirro Çako.
During the auditions, the show features a special rule known as the "Superpower", allowing a judge to save one contestant who would otherwise be eliminated.
Judges' Houses The final round of the selection process, the judges' houses were filmed in late October 2024. At the start of Judges' Houses, the judges discovered which categories they would mentor: Fifi was given the Boys, Pirro Çako was given the Juniors, Bojken Lako was given the Girls and Oriola Marashi was given the Kids. On the first two episodes of judges' houses, each act performed one song to their mentor and guest mentor. Fifi was assisted by DJ Dagz, Pirro Çako was assisted by Xhensila Myrtezaj, Bojken Lako was assisted by Stine and Oriola Marashi was assisted by Gent Myftaraj. After the performances, on the third episode the judges revealed which acts they put through to the live shows.
The three judges' houses episodes were broadcast on 28 November 2025, on 5 December 2025 and on 12 December 2025.
Episode Category (mentor) Order Act Song Result Episode 4 Boys (Fifi) 1 Marin Kerri "Warrior" Saved 2 Eden Loci "Blinding Lights" Eliminated 3 Alex Gjonaj "Someone You Loved" Saved 4 Ernest Gerbeshi "Speechless" Eliminated 5 Fjord Guri "River" Saved 6 Marlon Zela "Still Loving You" Saved 7 Amar Daci "Ride" Eliminated 8 Dorian Kurrila "Grenade" Eliminated Juniors (Pirro) 9 Eden Dani "When We Were Young" Saved 10 Klea Marku "Bring Me to Life" Saved 11 Letisia Dyrma "I Will Always Love You" Eliminated 12 Amla Demushi "Once Upon a December" Eliminated 13 David Kerri "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" Saved 14 Armina Kanjozi "Nature Boy" Eliminated 15 Emili Dervishi "My Way" Eliminated 16 Nikol Çabeli "Hurt" Saved 17 Jasemin Çaku "Listen" Saved Episode 5 Girls (Bojken) 1 Reana Bajrami "Part of Your World" Saved 2 Rose-May Dardha "Always Remember Us This Way" Saved 3 Rajna Hasani "A Million Dreams" Eliminated 4 Xhorxhia Kepi "What About Us" Eliminated 5 Aria Kolaveri "Ne Shkoder te vish" Saved 6 Noemi Pregjoni "Elon" Eliminated 7 Sejla Dudumi "Drip" Eliminated 8 Kejsi Sinani "Arabian Nights" Saved 9 Adora Laze "Vampire" Eliminated 10 Endi Piroli "Hit the Road Jack" Eliminated 11 Alisa Dashi "Alive" Eliminated 12 Amal Velaj "Cruel Summer" Saved Kids (Oriola) 9 Ersa Doda "Power" Saved 10 Evelin Mukaj "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" Saved 11 Aira Troka "Die with a Smile" Eliminated 12 Aksel Kalavace "Zombie" Eliminated 13 Enia Boshnjaku "Evil Like Me" Saved 14 Tea Hidri "Money" Eliminated 15 Noara Dervishi "La Isla Bonita" Eliminated 16 Aria Krasta "How Far I'll Go" Saved
Acts Key: – Winner – Runner-Up – 3rd Place
ActCategory (mentor)Live show of elimationResult Eden Dani Juniors (Pirro) Final Winner Kejsi Sinani Girls (Bojken) Final Runner-up Alex Gjonaj Boys (Fifi) Final 3rd Place David Kerri Juniors (Pirro) Semi-Final 4th Place Nikol Çabeli Juniors (Pirro) Live show 12 5th Place Rose-May Dardha Girls (Bojken) Live show 11 6th Place Klea Marku Juniors (Pirro) Live show 10 7th Place Amal Velaj Girls (Bojken) Live show 9 8th Place Marlon Zela Boys (Fifi) Live show 8 9th Place Evelin Mukaj Kids (Oriola) Live show 7 10th Place Marin Kerri Boys (Fifi) Live show 6 11th Place Aria Krasta Kids (Oriola) Live show 5 12th Place Ersa Doda Kids (Oriola) Live show 4 13th-14th Place Reana Bajrami Girls (Bojken) Fjord Guri Boys (Fifi) Live show 3 15th-18th Place Jasemin Çaku Juniors (Pirro) Aria Kolaveri Girls (Bojken) Enia Boshnjaku Kids (Oriola)
Live shows The Live Shows began airing on 19 December 2025.
Results summary
Colour key Act in team Fifi (Boys)
Act in team Pirro (Juniors)
Act in team Bojken (Girls)
Act in team Oriola (Kids)
Act was in the bottom twoAct was immediately eliminatedAct received the most public votes
+Weekly results per act Act 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 Semi-Final Final Eden Dani Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Bottom two Safe Safe Winner(final) Kejsi Sinani Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe(final) Alex Gjonaj Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe(final) David Kerri Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Bottom two Safe Bottom two Safe Safe Safe 4thEliminated Nikol Çabeli Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom twoEliminated(week 12) Rose-May Dardha Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom twoEliminated(week 11) Klea Marku Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom twoEliminated(week 10) Amal Velaj Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom twoEliminated(week 9) Marlon Zela Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom twoEliminated(week 8) Evelin Mukaj Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom twoEliminated(week 7) Marin Kerri Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Bottom twoEliminated(week 6) Aria Krasta Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom twoEliminated(week 5) Ersa Doda Safe Safe Safe 13th-14thEliminated(week 4) Reana Bajrami Safe Safe Safe 13th-14thEliminated(week 4) Fjord Guri Safe Safe 15th-18thEliminated(week 3) Jasemin Çaku Safe Safe 15th-18thEliminated(week 3) Aria Kolaveri Safe Safe 15th-18thEliminated(week 3) Enia Boshnjaku Safe Safe 15th-18thEliminated(week 3) Final Showdown None No sing-off or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone Aria Krasta,Marin Kerri David Kerri,Marin Kerri Evelin Mukaj,Nikol Çabeli David Kerri,Marlon Zela Amal Velaj,Kejsi Sinani David Kerri,Klea Marku Eden Dani,Rose-May Dardha Eden Dani,Nikol Çabeli None No sing-off or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone Judges voted to Eliminate Oriola's vote Marin Kerri Marin Kerri Nikol Çabeli Marlon Zela Amal Velaj Rose-May Dardha Nikol Çabeli Pirro's vote Aria Krasta Marin Kerri Evelin Mukaj Marlon Zela Amal Velaj Klea Marku Rose-May Dardha Nikol Çabeli Fifi's vote Aria Krasta David Kerri Evelin Mukaj David Kerri Kejsi Sinani Klea Marku Rose-May Dardha Eden Dani Bojken's vote Aria Krasta Marin Kerri Evelin Mukaj Marlon Zela Amal Velaj Klea Marku Eden Dani Nikol Çabeli Eliminated Fjord Gurito save Ersa Dodato save Aria KrastaMajority Marin KerriMajority Evelin MukajMajority Marlon ZelaMajority Amal VelajMajority Klea MarkuMajority Rose-May DardhaMajority Nikol ÇabeliMajority David Kerrito save Alex Gjonajto win Jasemin Çakuto save Aria Kolaverito save Reana Bajramito save Kejsi Sinanito win Enia Boshnjakuto save
In this live show, there was no elimination. Viewers could still vote, and the votes went on and were counted in the next live show, where the elimination took place. Oriola Marashi was not required to vote as there was already a majority.
Live show details Week 1 (19 December) + Acts' performances on the first live show Act Category (mentor) Order Song Result Eden Dani Juniors (Pirro) 1 "Take Me to Church" Safe Reana Bajrami Girls (Bojken) 2 "One Night Only" Safe Aria Krasta Kids (Oriola) 3 "Set It All Free" Safe David Kerri Juniors (Pirro) 4 "Rise Like a Phoenix" Safe Aria Kolaveri Girls (Bojken) 5 "Defying Gravity" Safe Kejsi Sinani Girls (Bojken) 6 "Kënga Ime" Safe Marlon Zela Boys (Fifi) 7 "The Final Countdown" Safe Klea Marku Juniors (Pirro) 8 "I See Red" Safe Marin Kerri Boys (Fifi) 9 "Billionaire" Safe Fjord Guri Boys (Fifi) 10 "Writing's on the Wall" Safe Ersa Doda Kids (Oriola) 11 "Wannabe" Safe Amal Velaj Girls (Bojken) 12 "Voilà" Safe Enia Boshnjaku Kids (Oriola) 13 "Je veux" Safe Rose-May Dardha Girls (Bojken) 14 "Is It Love" Safe Evelin Mukaj Kids (Oriola) 15 "Jeho" Safe Nikol Çabeli Juniors (Pirro) 16 "Trouble with My Baby" Safe Alex Gjonaj Boys (Fifi) 17 "Ready to Go" Safe Jasemin Çaku Juniors (Pirro) 18 "Mamma Knows Best" Safe
Week 2 (26 December)