Edita Abdieski
Edita Abdieski is a Swiss pop singer. She rose to fame during the debut series of the German X Factor show, which she won in November 2010.
Early life
Abdieski is the eldest child born to a Macedonian Albanian father and a Montenegrin Albanian mother. Raised in Bern alongside three younger siblings, she spent much of her childhood in the Bern borough of Bümpliz-Oberbottigen, where she was enrolled at primary and secondary school. Her father died of cancer in 1992. At eleven, Abdieski became part of her first school band and by the age of thirteen, she began writing songs. After leaving school, she was trained as qualified office employee, but as she hoped to embark on a professional singing career, Abdieski enrolled at the Swiss Musical Academy in Bern – much against the wishes of her mother, who was sceptical about her daughter's ambition, prompting Abdieski to leave home and move into a girls' flat-sharing community in 2002. To fund her academical training, she was forced to take four side jobs at times.'''Career
2002—2009: Career beginnings
In 2002, a producer asked Abdieski and school friend Vanessa Tancredi to collaborate on a mundart album, a collection of songs in Swiss German dialect. Barely trained in mundart singing, Abdieski even so accepted the offer to record a full-length album, and during the following two years, the pair worked with production duo Thomas Fässler and Ben Mühlethaler on what would eventually become the debut album of Vanessædita.Meanwhile, Abdieski was hired as a backing vocalist for the Swiss pop–rock band Lunik and worked with musician Santiago Cortés on his debut album Welcome to My Airline. The album's leading single, "Don't Leave Me," sung and co-written by Abdieski, reached number forty on the Swiss Singles Chart. Still with Vanessædita, Abdieski was cast in the leading role of Kimberly in the musical Dance Me! – The Streetdance Musical in fall 2005. A same-titled album, on which she appeared along with her ensemble, was released in January 2006 but failed to chart.
After Vanessædita's contract signing with Muve Recordings, their album Z'Debü was finally released in Switzerland in March 2006. Although its first single "Wenn ig nume wüsst" entered the top fifty of the Swiss Singles Chart, the pop soul–influenced album underperformed commercially, only reaching number eighty-two on the Swiss Albums Chart. In 2007, Abdieski and Tancredi disbanded amicably, citing musical differences. Abdieski later stated, that after one album, she had become aware that mundart singing was "not thing."
2010: ''X Factor''
Abdieski auditioned for the debut series of X Factor in 2010, singing Joss Stone's "Tell Me 'Bout It". She was mentored by Till Brönner and was announced the winner on November 9, 2010, winning a record deal with Sony Music.| Episode | Theme / Date | Song title | Original performer | Result |
| Casting | Free choice | "Tell Me 'bout It" | Joss Stone | to Bootcamp |
| Bootcamp | Free choice | "Mama Do " | Pixie Lott | to Judges' House |
| Judges' House | Free choice | "With a Little Help from My Friends" | Joe Cocker | to the Live Shows |
| Live show 1 | Playlist 2010 | "Empire State of Mind" | Alicia Keys | 13.92% |
| Live show 2 | Blockbuster Night | "Street Life" | Randy Crawford | 12.91% |
| Live show 3 | Kings and Queens of Pop | "Respect" | Aretha Franklin | 15.33% |
| Live show 4 | Mystery Night | "Heavy Cross" | Gossip | 18.15% |
| Live show 5 | Laut und leise | "Just Like a Pill" | Pink | 19.43% |
| Live show 5 | Laut und leise | "Russian Roulette" | Rihanna | 19.43% |
| Live show 6 | A Night at the Club | "Release Me" | Agnes | 27.42% |
| Live show 6 | A Night at the Club | "Why Don't You Love Me" | Beyoncé Knowles | 27.42% |
| Live show 7 | Michael Jackson & Friends | "Blame It on the Boogie" | The Jackson Five | 41.53% |
| Live show 7 | Michael Jackson & Friends | "You Are So Beautiful" | Diana Ross | 41.53% |
| Live show 8 | Finale | "Run" | Leona Lewis | 74.10% |
| Live show 8 | Finale | "Wo Willst Du Hin" | Xavier Naidoo | 74.10% |
| Live show 8 | Finale | "I've Come to Life" | Edita Abdieski | 74.10% |