X Factor is an Italian television music competition to find new singing talent; the winner was Giò Sada: he received a € 300,000 recording contract with Sony Music. Fedez and Mika would be confirmed as judges and mentors, while Skin and Elio have been chosen for replacing Morgan and Victoria Cabello in the role; also Alessandro Cattelan returned as host. The ninth season has been airing on Sky Uno since 10 September 2015.
| X Factor | |
|---|---|
| Season 9 | |
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| Hosted by | Alessandro Cattelan (Sky Uno) |
| Judges | Elio Mika Skin Fedez |
| Winner | Giosada |
| Winning mentor | Elio |
| Runner-up | Urban Strangers |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sky Uno Cielo |
| Original release | 10 September – 10 December 2015 |
| Season chronology | |
Judges' houses
editThe "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 top twelve contestants were chosen.
The twelve eliminated acts were:
- Boys: Marco Gori, Angel Gabriel Marmolejos, Cranio Randagio
- Girls: Gaia Albertazzi, Martina Galli, Selene Capitanucci
- 25+: David Aiyeniwon, Diego Esposito, Marco Sbarbati
- Groups: Iron Mais, Street Chords, OSC2X
Contestants and categories
editKey:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (Mika) | Eva | Leonardo Marius Dragusin | Luca Valenti |
| Girls (Skin) | Eleonora Anania | Margherita Principi | Enrica Tara |
| 25+ (Elio) | Massimiliano D'Alessandro | Giosada | Davide Sciortino |
| Groups (Fedez) | Landlord | Moseek | Urban Strangers |
Live shows
editResults summary
editThe number of votes received by each act were 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 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 was in the bottom four (only for Week 2) and had to sing again at the showdown which determined the final bottom two |
| 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 3 | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 1 | Part 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||
| Giosada | — | 3rd 14.02% |
1st 24.35% |
— | — | — | 2nd 20.14% |
— | 2nd 28.40% |
6th 11.61% |
6th 13.48% |
1st 23.94% |
1st 26.33% |
1st 30.59% |
1st 32.72% |
1st 38.31% |
1st 41.01% |
Winner 52.66% | |||
| Urban Strangers | — | 1st 29.50% |
— | 1st 39.28% |
— | — | 1st 38.04% |
1st 31.57% |
— | 1st 20.13% |
1st 20.72% |
2nd 23.53% |
2nd 26.07% |
2nd 23.94% |
2nd 27.56% |
2nd 29.86% |
2nd 34.21% |
Runner-up 47.34% | |||
| Davide Sciortino | 1st 24.49% |
— | — | 2nd 22.56% |
— | 1st 26.97% |
— | 3rd 17.81% |
— | 5th 12.19% |
2nd 15.06% |
3rd 15.70% |
4th 16.38% |
4th 15.53% |
3rd 19.99% |
3rd 16.94% |
3rd 24.78% |
Eliminated (final) | |||
| Enrica Tara | 5th 12.16% |
— | 4th 15.53% |
— | — | — | 3rd 15.38% |
2nd 22.92% |
— | 3rd 13.25% |
5th 13.58% |
6th 11.33% |
— | 5th 13.94% |
— | 4th 14.89% |
Eliminated (final) | ||||
| Moseek | — | 5th 12.32% |
3rd 16.71% |
— | — | 3rd 20.61% |
— | — | 1st 34.43% |
2nd 13.26% |
4th 14.13% |
5th 12.19% |
3rd 16.57% |
3rd 15.99% |
4th 19.72% |
Eliminated (semi-final) | |||||
| Luca Valenti | 3rd 18.46% |
— | 2nd 20.86% |
— | — | 2nd 22.83% |
— | 5th 12.69% |
— | 4th 12.56% |
3rd 14.25% |
4th 13.31% |
5th 14.65% |
Eliminated (quarter-final) | |||||||
| Landlord | 4th 17.47% |
— | — | 3rd 15.77% |
— | 4th 15.00% |
— | 4th 15.01% |
— | 7th 9.55% |
7th 8.79% |
Eliminated (Week 5) | |||||||||
| Leonardo Marius Dragusin | — | 4th 12.55% |
— | 5th 10.21% |
2nd 29.75% |
— | 4th 14.19% |
— | 3rd 19.31% |
8th 7.45% |
Eliminated (Week 5) | ||||||||||
| Margherita Principi | 2nd 20.43% |
— | — | 4th 12.18% |
1st 33.45% |
— | 5th 12.25% |
— | 4th 17.86% |
Eliminated (Week 4) | |||||||||||
| Eleonora Anania | — | 2nd 19.59% |
5th 15.03% |
— | 3rd 21.10% |
5th 14.59% |
— | Eliminated (Week 3) | |||||||||||||
| Eva | 6th 6.99% |
— | 6th 7.52% |
— | 4th 15.70% |
Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||||||||||
| Massimiliano D'Alessandro | — | 6th 12.02% |
Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Final showdown | Eva, Massimiliano D'Alessandro |
Eleonora Anania, Eva |
Eleonora Anania, Margherita Principi |
Luca Valenti, Margherita Principi |
Giosada, Landlord |
Enrica Tara, Luca Vaelnti |
Enrica Tara, Moseek |
No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone | |||||||||||||
| Judges' vote to eliminate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Elio's vote | Eva | Eva | (Eleonora Anania) | Margherita Principi | Landlord | Luca Valenti | Moseek | ||||||||||||||
| Fedez's vote | Massimiliano D'Alessandro | Eva | Eleonora Anania | Luca Valenti | Giosada | Enrica Tara | Enrica Tara | ||||||||||||||
| Mika's vote | Massimiliano D'Alessandro | Eleonora Anania | Eleonora Anania | Margherita Principi | Landlord | Enrica Tara | Enrica Tara | ||||||||||||||
| Skin's vote | Massimiliano D'Alessandro | Eva | Eleonora Anania | Luca Valenti | Landlord | Luca Valenti | Moseek | ||||||||||||||
| Eliminated | Massimiliano D'Alessandro 3 of 4 votes majority |
Eva 3 of 4 votes majority |
Eleonora Anania 4 of 4 votes majority |
Margherita Principi Public vote to save |
Leonardo Marius Dragusin Public vote to save |
Luca Valenti Public vote to save |
Moseek Public vote to save |
Enrica Tara Public vote to save |
Davide Sciortino Public vote to save |
Urban Strangers Public vote to win | |||||||||||
| Landlord 3 of 4 votes majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
Live show details
editWeek 1 (22 October 2015)
edit- Celebrity performers: Duran Duran ("Pressure Off")
| Part 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Enrica Tara | 1 | "Heaven" | Safe |
| Eva | 2 | "Per me è importante" | Bottom two |
| Davide Sciortino | 3 | "Play That Funky Music" | Safe |
| Landlord | 4 | "Iris" | Safe |
| Luca Valenti | 5 | "Stole the Show" | Safe |
| Margherita Principi | 6 | "Every Breath You Take" | Safe |
| Part 2 | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Eleonora Anania | 7 | "Dedicato" | Safe |
| Urban Strangers | 8 | "Cupid's Chokehold" | Safe |
| Leonardo Marius Dragusin | 9 | "Red" | Safe |
| Massimiliano D'Alessandro | 10 | "Terra mia" | Bottom two |
| Moseek | 11 | "Don't Wait" | Safe |
| Giosada | 12 | "The Real Me" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| Eva | 13 | "Fix You" | Safe |
| Massimiliano D'Alessandro | 14 | "Am I Wrong" | Eliminated |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Mika: Massimiliano D'Alessandro – backed his own act, Eva.
- Elio: Eva – backed his own act, Massimiliano D'Alessandro.
- Skin: Massimiliano D'Alessandro – said that she preferred Eva.
- Fedez: Massimiliano D'Alessandro – thought that Eva was better suited for the show.
Week 2 (29 October 2015)
edit- Celebrity performers: Justin Bieber ("What Do You Mean?") and Francesca Michielin ("L'amore esiste" and "Lontano")
| Part 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Moseek | 1 | "Time to Pretend" | Safe |
| Eleonora Anania | 2 | "Meravigliosa creatura" | Bottom two |
| Luca Valenti | 3 | "Blank Space" | Safe |
| Giosada | 4 | "Retrograde" | Safe |
| Eva | 5 | "Everybody's Changing" | Bottom two |
| Enrica Tara | 6 | "Like a Star" | Safe |
| Part 2 | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Davide Sciortino | 7 | "Quello che" | Safe |
| Leonardo Marius Dragusin | 8 | "Wake Me Up[broken anchor]" | Bottom two |
| Landlord | 9 | "Habits" | Safe |
| Margherita Principi | 10 | "I Believe in You" | Bottom two |
| Urban Strangers | 11 | "Oceans" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| Eleonora Anania | 12 | "Sally" | Bottom two |
| Eva | 13 | "Eppure sentire (Un senso di te)" | Eliminated |
| Leonardo Marius Dragusin | 14 | "All of Me" | Safe |
| Margherita Principi | 15 | "Summertime Sadness" | Safe |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Skin: Eva – backed her own act, Eleonora Anania.
- Mika: Eleonora Anania – backed his own act, Eva.
- Fedez: Eva – preferred Anania on the night.
- Elio: Eva – enhanced the uniqueness of Anania.
Week 3 (5 November 2015)
edit- Celebrity performers: Emma ("Arriverà l'amore")
| Part 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Eleonora Anania | 1 | "Ma il cielo è sempre più blu" | Bottom two |
| Moseek | 2 | "The Passenger" | Safe |
| Luca Valenti | 3 | "Runnin' (Lose It All)" | Safe |
| Landlord | 4 | "Universo" | Safe |
| Davide Sciortino | 5 | "A Change Is Gonna Come" | Safe |
| Part 2 | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Urban Strangers | 6 | "Rape Me" | Safe |
| Enrica Tara | 7 | "I Try" | Safe |
| Giosada | 8 | "Love Me Two Times" | Safe |
| Leonardo Marius Dragusin | 9 | "Lay Me Down" | Safe |
| Margherita Principi | 10 | "Yellow Flicker Beat" | Bottom two |
| Final showdown details | |||
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| Eleonora Anania | 11 | "Con il nastro rosa" | Eliminated |
| Margherita Principi | 12 | "Addicted to You" | Safe |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Skin: Eleonora Anania – thought that Anania could go further in the competition.
- Mika: Eleonora Anania – said that he preferred Anania's voice.
- Fedez: Eleonora Anania – based on the final showdown performance.
- Elio was not required to vote as there was already a majority, but confirmed he would have eliminated Anania.
Week 4 (12 November 2015)
edit- Celebrity performers: 5 Seconds of Summer ("Hey Everybody!") and Giorgio Moroder
| Part 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Enrica Tara | 1 | "Burnin' Up" | Safe |
| Davide Sciortino | 2 | "Things Can Only Get Better" | Safe |
| Urban Strangers | 3 | "Numb/Encore" | Safe |
| Luca Valenti | 4 | "Always on My Mind" | Bottom two |
| Landlord | 5 | "Promises" | Safe |
| Part 2 | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Margherita Principi | 6 | "Tainted Love" | Bottom two |
| Moseek | 7 | "Revolusion" | Safe |
| Leonardo Marius Dragusin | 8 | "Only You" | Safe |
| Giosada | 9 | "Girl U Want" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| Luca Valenti | 10 | "Say Something" | Safe |
| Margherita Principi | 11 | "Hallelujah" | Eliminated |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Mika: Margherita Principi – backed his own act, Luca Valenti.
- Skin: Luca Valenti – backed her own act, Margherita Principi.
- Elio: Margherita Principi – based on the final showdown performance.
- Fedez: Luca Valenti – could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Margherita Principi was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
Week 5 (19 November 2015)
edit| Round 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Landlord | 1 | "Universo" | Safe |
| Davide Sciortino | 2 | "Iron Sky" | Safe |
| Leonardo Marius Dragusin | 3 | "Stay with Me" | Eliminated |
| Urban Strangers | 4 | "No Church in the Wild" | Safe |
| Enrica Tara | 5 | "Like a Star" | Safe |
| Giosada | 6 | "Retrograde" | Safe |
| Luca Valenti | 7 | "Take Me to Church" | Safe |
| Moseek | 8 | "The Passenger" | Safe |
| Round 2 | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Giosada | 9 | "Sex on Fire" | Bottom two |
| Luca Valenti | 10 | "All of the Stars" | Safe |
| Moseek | 11 | "Don't Speak" | Safe |
| Enrica Tara | 12 | "Are You Gonna Go My Way" | Safe |
| Davide Sciortino | 13 | "Vedrai vedrai" | Safe |
| Urban Strangers | 14 | "What I Got" | Safe |
| Landlord | 15 | "Metal & Dust" | Bottom two |
| Final showdown details | |||
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| Giosada | 16 | "Free Fallin'" | Safe |
| Landlord | 17 | "Youth" | Eliminated |
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Fedez: Giosada – backed his own act, Landlord
- Elio: Landlord – backed his own act, Giosada
- Skin: Landlord – gave no reason.
- Mika: Landlord – gave no reason.
Week 6: Quarter-final (26 November 2015)
edit| Round 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Davide Sciortino | 1 | "L'italiano" | Safe |
| Enrica Tara | 2 | "Adesso e qui" | Bottom two |
| Moseek | 3 | "Tutti i miei sbagli" | Safe |
| Giosada | 4 | "Amore che vieni, amore che vai" | Safe |
| Luca Valenti | 5 | "Ti scatterò una foto" | Safe |
| Urban Strangers | 6 | "La libertà" | Safe |
| Round 2 | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Moseek | 7 | "Do I Wanna Know?" | Safe |
| Luca Valenti | 8 | "Stitches" | Bottom two |
| Giosada | 9 | "Shock The Monkey" | Safe |
| Urban Strangers | 10 | "Loser" | Safe |
| Davide Sciortino | 11 | "Wildfire" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| Enrica Tara | 12 | "One and Only" | Safe |
| Luca Valenti | 13 | "My Immortal" | Eliminated |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Mika: Enrica Tara – backed his own act, Luca Valenti.
- Skin: Luca Valenti – backed her own act, Enrica Tara.
- Elio: Luca Valenti – gave no reason
- Fedez: Enrica Tara – could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Luca Valenti was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
Week 7: Semi-final (3 December 2015)
edit| Round 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Moseek | 1 | "Elliott" | Safe |
| Giosada | 2 | "Il rimpianto di te" | Safe |
| Enrica Tara | 3 | "I Found You" | Bottom two |
| Urban Strangers | 4 | "Runaway" | Safe |
| Davide Sciortino | 5 | "My Soul Trigger" | Safe |
| Round 2 | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Davide Sciortino | 6 | "Can't Feel My Face" | Safe |
| Urban Strangers | 7 | "Pompeii" | Safe |
| Giosada | 8 | "Best Day of My Life" | Safe |
| Moseek | 9 | "Lean On" | Bottom two |
| Final showdown details | |||
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| Enrica Tara | 10 | "Something's Got a Hold on Me" | Safe |
| Moseek | 11 | "Somebody to Love" | Eliminated |
- Judge's vote to eliminate
- Fedez: Enrica Tara – backed his own act, Moseek.
- Skin: Moseek – backed her own act, Enrica Tara.
- Mika: Enrica Tara – gave no reason.
- Elio: Moseek – could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Moseek were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
Week 8: Final (10 December 2015)
edit| Round 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song (Duet with Cesare Cremonini) | Result | |
| Giosada | 1 | "Logico #1" | Safe | |
| Davide Sciortino | 2 | "Mondo" | Safe | |
| Enrica Tara | 3 | "La nuova stella di Broadway" | 4th place | |
| Urban Strangers | 4 | "Buon viaggio (Share the Love)" | Safe | |
| Round 2 | ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Davide Sciortino | 5 | "My Soul Trigger" | 3rd place | |
| Urban Strangers | 6 | "Runaway" | Safe | |
| Giosada | 7 | "Il rimpianto di te" | Safe | |
| Round 3 | ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Giosada | 8 | "Best of You" | Winner | |
| Urban Strangers | 9 | "Oceans" | Runner-up | |