X Factor (Italian season 12)
X Factor is an Italian television music competition to find new singing talent; the winner receives a recording contract with Sony Music. Fedez and Manuel Agnelli have been as judges and mentors, Mara Maionchi is returned, also Alessandro Cattelan was confirmed as host. The twelfth season was aired on Sky Uno and TV8 since September 2018. Asia Argento was part of the season line up but was subsequently removed following sexual abuse allegations Lodovico Guenzi replaced her in the live shows.[1]
| X Factor | |
|---|---|
| Season 12 | |
| Broadcast from | 6 September – 13 December 2018 |
| Judges | Lodovico Guenzi (Live Shows) Fedez Asia Argento (Auditions-Judges Houses) Manuel Agnelli Mara Maionchi |
| Host(s) | Alessandro Cattelan |
| Broadcaster | Sky Uno TV8 |
| Winner | |
| Anastasio | |
| Origin | Meta, Campania |
| Song | "La fine del mondo" |
| Genre(s) | Hip hop, Rap rock, Alternative hip hop, Conscious hip-hop |
| Mentor | Mara Maionchi |
| Runner-up | |
| Naomi Rivieccio | |
Judges' houses
The "Home Visit" is the final phase before the Live Shows. In this phase, the contestants who passed the "Bootcamp" had to perform one last time in front of their specific judge, in four different locations. At the end of this audition, the final twelve contestants were chosen.
The eight eliminated acts were:
- Boys: Leonardo Parmeggiani, Pierfrancesco "Pjero" Criscitiello
- Girls: Camilla Musso, Ilaria Pieri
- 25+:
Facundo Gaston Gordillo(Withdrew), Jennifer Milan - Groups: Inquietude, Moka Stone
Finalists and categories
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third place
| Category (Mentor) | Acts | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (Maionchi) | Anastasio (Marco Anastasio) | Emanuele Bertelli | Leo Gassmann |
| Girls (Agnelli) | Martina Attili | Luna Melis | Sherol dos Santos |
| 25+ (Fedez) | Renza Castelli | Matteo Costanzo | Naomi Rivieccio |
| Groups (Guenzi) | BowLand | Red Bricks Foundation | Seveso Casino Palace |
Live shows
Results summary
The number of votes received by each act will be released by Sky Italia after the final.
- Colour key
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom three but was saved |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated |
| – | Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown) |
| – | Contestant received the most public votes |
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 1 | Part 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||||
| Anastasio | 1st | N/A | N/A | 1st | N/A | 1st | N/A | N/A | 1st | 1st | N/A | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | Winner 70,03% | ||||||||
| Naomi Rivieccio | N/A | 4th | 3rd | N/A | 4th | N/A | N/A | 3rd | N/A | N/A | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | Runner-up 29,97% | ||||||||
| Luna Melis | 2nd | N/A | 2nd | N/A | 2nd | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3rd | 2nd | N/A | 5th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | Eliminated (final) | ||||||||
| BowLand | N/A | 2nd | N/A | 2nd | 1st | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2nd | N/A | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | Eliminated (final) | |||||||||
| Leo Gassmann | 3rd | N/A | 4th | N/A | N/A | 3rd | N/A | 2nd | N/A | N/A | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 5th | Eliminated (semi-final) | ||||||||||
| Martina Attili | N/A | 1st | 1st | N/A | N/A | 2nd | 1st | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1st | 4th | 6th | Eliminated (semi-final) | |||||||||||
| Sherol dos Santos | N/A | 3rd | N/A | 3rd | 3rd | N/A | N/A | 1st | N/A | 3rd | N/A | 7th | Eliminated (quarter-final) | ||||||||||||
| Renza Castelli | 5th | N/A | N/A | 4th | N/A | 4th | 2nd | N/A | N/A | 4th | N/A | Eliminated (Week 5) | |||||||||||||
| Seveso Casino Palace | 4th | N/A | 5th | N/A | N/A | 5th | 3rd | N/A | N/A | Eliminated (Week 4) | |||||||||||||||
| Emanuele Bertelli | N/A | 5th | N/A | 5th | 5th | N/A | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Red Bricks Foundation | 6th | N/A | 6th | N/A | Eliminated (Week 2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Matteo Costanzo | N/A | 6th | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Final showdown | Matteo Costanzo Red Bricks Foundation |
Emanuele Bertelli Red Bricks Foundation |
Emanuele Bertelli Seveso Casino Palace |
Seveso Casino Palace Naomi Rivieccio |
Renza Castelli Naomi Rivieccio |
Sherol dos Santos Leo Gassmann |
Luna Melis Leo Gassmann |
No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone | |||||||||||||||||
| Judges' vote to eliminate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agnelli's vote | Matteo Costanzo | Emanuele Bertelli | Emanuele Bertelli | Naomi Rivieccio | Naomi Rivieccio | Leo Gassmann | Leo Gassmann | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fedez's vote | Red Bricks Foundation | Red Bricks Foundation | Seveso Casino Palace | Seveso Casino Palace | Renza Castelli | Sherol Dos Santos | Leo Gassmann | ||||||||||||||||||
| Guenzi's vote | Matteo Costanzo | Emanuele Bertelli | Emanuele Bertelli | Naomi Rivieccio | Renza Castelli | Leo Gassmann | Luna Melis | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maionchi's vote | Matteo Costanzo | Red Bricks Foundation | Seveso Casino Palace | Seveso Casino Palace | Naomi Rivieccio | Sherol dos Santos | Luna Melis | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eliminated | Matteo Costanzo 3 of 4 votes majority |
Red Bricks Foundation Public vote to save |
Emanuele Bertelli Public vote to save |
Seveso Casino Palace Public vote to save |
Renza Castelli Public vote to save |
Sherol dos Santos Public vote to save |
Martina Attili Public vote to save |
Leo Gassmann Public vote to save |
BowLand 4th place |
Luna Melis 3rd place |
Naomi Rivieccio Runner-up | ||||||||||||||
| Anastasio Winner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Live show details
Week 1 (25 October)
- Celebrity performers: Måneskin ("Torna a casa") and Rita Ora ("Let You Love Me")
| Part 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Seveso Casino Palace | 1 | "Giovane fuoriclasse" | Safe |
| Leo Gassmann | 2 | "Broken Strings" | Safe |
| Luna Melis | 3 | "E.T." | Safe |
| Renza Castelli | 4 | "Raggamuffin" | Safe |
| Red Bricks Foundation | 5 | "New Rules" | Bottom two |
| Anastasio | 6 | "C'è tempo" | Safe |
| Part 2 | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Naomi Rivieccio | 7 | "Love On Top" | Safe |
| BowLand | 8 | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | Safe |
| Sherol dos Santos | 9 | "Can't Feel My Face" | Safe |
| Emanuele Bertelli | 10 | "Impossible" | Safe |
| Matteo Costanzo | 11 | "Power" | Bottom two |
| Martina Attili | 12 | "Castle in the Snow" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Red Bricks Foundation | 13 | "Un ragazzo di strada" | Safe |
| Matteo Costanzo | 14 | "La descrizione di un attimo" | Eliminated |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Agnelli: Matteo Costanzo - gave no reason.
- Guenzi: Matteo Costanzo - backed his own act, Red Bricks Foundation.
- Fedez: Red Bricks Foundation - backed his own act, Matteo Costanzo.
- Maionchi: Matteo Costanzo - gave no reason.
Week 2 (1 November)
- Celebrity performers: Sting, Shaggy ("Gotta Get Back My Baby") and Dark Polo Gang ("Cambiare adesso")
| Part 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Luna Melis | 1 | "God Is a Woman"/"I Do" | Safe |
| Leo Gassmann | 2 | "Next to Me" | Safe |
| Seveso Casino Palace | 3 | "Amore e capoeira" | Safe |
| Naomi Rivieccio | 4 | "Never Enough" | Safe |
| Martina Attili | 5 | "Sober" | Safe |
| Red Bricks Foundation | 6 | "Thoiry" | Bottom two |
| Part 2 | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Emanuele Bertelli | 7 | "Zingarello" | Bottom two |
| BowLand | 8 | "No Roots" | Safe |
| Renza Castelli | 9 | "Thunderclouds" | Safe |
| Sherol dos Santos | 10 | "Rank & File" | Safe |
| Anastasio | 11 | "Se piovesse il tuo nome" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Red Bricks Foundation | 12 | "Have Love, Will Travel" | Eliminated |
| Emanuele Bertelli | 13 | "Human" | Safe |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Guenzi: Emanuele Bertelli - backed his own act, Red Bricks Foundation.
- Maionchi: Red Bricks Foundation - backed her own act, Emanuele Bertelli.
- Fedez: Emanuele Bertelli - gave no reason.
- Agnelli: Red Bricks Foundation - could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Red Bricks Foundation was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
Week 3 (8 November)
- Celebrity performers: Fedez ("Prima di ogni cosa") and Sofi Tukker ("Batshit")
| Part 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Naomi Riveccio | 1 | "Think" | Safe |
| BowLand | 2 | "Senza un perché" | Safe |
| Luna Melis | 3 | "Blue Jeans" | Safe |
| Emanuele Bertelli | 4 | "Congratulations" | Bottom two |
| Sherol dos Santos | 5 | "La voce del silenzio" | Safe |
| Part 2 | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Leo Gassmann | 6 | "Hold Back the River" | Safe |
| Seveso Casino Palace | 7 | "Take On Me" | Bottom two |
| Renza Castelli | 8 | "Mi sono innamorato di te" | Safe |
| Martina Attili | 9 | "Material Girl" | Safe |
| Anastasio | 10 | "Mio fratello è figlio unico" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Emanuele Bertelli | 11 | "Location" | Eliminated |
| Seveso Casino Palace | 12 | "Ricchi x sempre" | Safe |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Agnelli: Emanuele Bertelli - gave no reason.
- Guenzi: Emanuele Bertelli - backed his own act, Seveso Casino Palace.
- Fedez: Seveso Casino Palace - gave no reason.
- Maionchi: Seveso Casino Palace - backed her own act, Emanuele Bertelli.
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Emanuele Bertelli was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
Week 4 (15 November)
- Celebrity performers: Carl Brave feat. Max Gazzè ("Posso") and Gianna Nannini feat. Enrico Nigiotti ("Complici")
| Part 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Seveso Casino Palace | 1 | "Standing in the Way of Control" | Bottom three |
| Renza Castelli | 2 | "La costruzione di un amore" | Safe |
| Martina Attili | 3 | "Strange Birds" | Safe |
| Part 2 | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Naomi Rivieccio | 4 | "Crisi metropolitana" | Bottom three |
| Leo Gassmann | 5 | "Pianeti" | Safe |
| Sherol dos Santos | 6 | "I Will Always Love You" | Safe |
| Part 3 | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Anastasio | 7 | "Another Brick in the Wall Pt.2" | Safe |
| Luna Melis | 8 | "Eppur mi son scordato di te" | Bottom three |
| BowLand | 9 | "Drop the Game" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Seveso Casino Palace | 10 | "Vengo dalla Luna" | Eliminated |
| Naomi Rivieccio | 11 | "Nobody's Perfect" | Safe |
| Luna Melis | 12 | "Black Widow" | Saved |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Fedez: Seveso Casino Palace - backed his own act, Naomi Rivieccio.
- Guenzi: Naomi Rivieccio - backed his own act, Seveso Casino Palace.
- Maionchi: Seveso Casino Palace - gave no reason.
- Agnelli: Naomi Rivieccio - could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Seveso Casino Palace was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
Week 5 (22 November)
- Celebrity performers: Subsonica ("Discolabirinto"/"Incantevole"/"Tutti i miei sbagli" and "Respirare") and Hooverphonic ("Romantic")
| Part 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Luna Melis | 1 | "Los Angeles" | Safe |
| Renza Castelli | 2 | "Cielo inglese" | Bottom two |
| Anastasio | 3 | "La fine del mondo" | Safe |
| Sherol dos Santos | 4 | "Non ti avevo ma ti ho perso" | Safe |
| Part 2 | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Naomi Rivieccio | 5 | "Like the Rain (Unpredictable)" | Bottom two |
| BowLand | 6 | "Don't Stop Me" | Safe |
| Leo Gassmann | 7 | "Piume" | Safe |
| Martina Attili | 8 | "Cherofobia" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Renza Castelli | 9 | "Waiting in Vain" | Eliminated |
| Naomi Rivieccio | 10 | "Bang Bang" | Safe |
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Agnelli: Naomi Rivieccio - gave no reason.
- Guenzi: Renza Castelli - gave no reason.
- Fedez: Renza Castelli - gave no reason.
- Maionchi: Naomi Rivieccio - could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Renza Castelli was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
Week 6: Quarter-final (29 November)
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BowLand | 1 | "Seven Nation Army" | 10 | "Don't Stop Me" | Safe |
| Leo Gassmann | 2 | "Terra degli uomini" | 9 | "Piume" | Bottom two |
| Martina Attili | 3 | "Hyperballad" | 8 | "Cherofobia" | Safe |
| Naomi Rivieccio | 4 | "Look at Me Now" | 11 | "Like the Rain (Unpredictable)" | Safe |
| Luna Melis | 5 | "The Monster" | 14 | "Los Angeles" | Safe |
| Anastasio | 6 | "Stairway to Heaven" | 13 | "La fine del mondo" | Safe |
| Sherol Dos Santos | 7 | "Turning Tables" | 12 | "Non ti avevo ma ti ho perso" | Bottom two |
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
| Leo Gassmann | 15 | "Yellow" | Saved | ||
| Sherol dos Santos | 16 | "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" | Eliminated | ||
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Maionchi: Sherol dos Santos - backed her own act, Leo Gassmann.
- Agnelli: Leo Gassmann - backed his own act, Sherol dos Santos.
- Fedez: Sherol dos Santos - gave no reason.
- Guenzi: Leo Gassmann - could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Sherol dos Santos was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
Week 7: Semi-final (6 December)
| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naomi Rivieccio | 1 | "Problem" | 10 | "Rap God"/"Beautiful" | Safe |
| Leo Gassmann | 2 | "Dead in the Water" | 11 | "Com'è profondo il mare" | Bottom two |
| Luna Melis | 3 | "Mica Van Gogh" | 7 | "Can't Hold Us" | Bottom two |
| BowLand | 4 | "Iron" | 8 | "Amandoti" | Safe |
| Martina Attili | 5 | "The Climb" | N/A | N/A (Already Eliminated) | Eliminated |
| Anastasio | 6 | "La porta dello spavento supremo" | 9 | "Clint Eastwood" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
| Leo Gassmann | 12 | "Caledonia" | Eliminated | ||
| Luna Melis | 13 | "God Is a Woman"/"I Do" | Saved | ||
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Maionchi: Luna Melis - backed her own act, Leo Gassman.
- Agnelli: Leo Gassmann - backed his own act, Luna Melis.
- Fedez: Leo Gasmann - gave no reason
- Guenzi: Luna Melis - could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Leo Gassmann was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
Week 8: Final (13 December)
Celebrity guest artists: Marco Mengoni, Thegiornalisti, Muse, Ghali, Tom Walker
| Round 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Luna Melis | 1 | "Ti ho voluto bene veramente" with Marco Mengoni | Safe | |
| Anastasio | 2 | "Guerriero" with Marco Mengoni | Safe | |
| BowLand | 3 | "Io ti aspetto" with Marco Mengoni | 4th Place | |
| Naomi Rivieccio | 4 | "L'Essenziale" with Marco Mengoni | Safe | |
| Round 2 | ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Anastasio | 5 | "Se piovesse il tuo nome" / "Generale" / "Another Brick In The Wall pt. II" | Safe | |
| Luna Melis | 6 | "God Is a Woman" & "I Do" / "Blue Jeans" / "Mica Van Gogh" | 3rd Place | |
| Naomi Rivieccio | 7 | "Bang Bang" / "Look at Me Now" / "Never Enough" | Safe | |
| Round 3 | ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Anastasio | 8 | "La fine del mondo" | Winner | |
| Naomi Rivieccio | 9 | "Like The Rain (Unpredictable)" | Runner-up | |
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References
- Slingerland, Calum. "Asia Argento Dropped from 'X Factor Italy' After Sexual Misconduct Allegations". Exclaim! Media. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
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