X Factor (Italy series 8)

X Factor
Season 8
Broadcast from 18 September 2014 – 11 December 2014
Judges Victoria Cabello
Mika
Morgan
Fedez
Host(s) Alessandro Cattelan (Sky Uno)
Co-host(s) Mara Maionchi (Xtra Factor)
Broadcaster Sky Uno
Cielo
Finals venue X Factor Arena, Milan (Weeks 1-currently)
Winner:
Lorenzo Fragola
Origin Catania, Sicilia
Song "The Reason Why"
Genre(s) Pop
Mentor Fedez
Runner-up
Madh
Chronology
2014

X Factor is an Italian television music competition to find new singing talent; the winner receives a 300,000 recording contract with Sony Music. Before the start of the auditions process it was announced that Morgan and Mika would be confirmed as judges and mentors, whilst Victoria Cabello and Fedez have been chosen for replacing Simona Ventura and Elio in the role; also Alessandro Cattelan returned as host. The eighths series has been airing on Sky Uno since 18 September 2014.

Auditions for the series took place in Rome, Turin and Bologna in June 2014; bootcamp took place in Milan for two days, on 1 and 2 July. Unconfirmed rumors revealed that Mika will mentor the Over-25s, Fedez the boys, Cabello the girls and Morgan the groups; they selected their final three acts during judges' houses.

Lorenzo Fragola, a member of the category Boys and mentored by Fedez, was announced the winner of the competition on 11 December 2014. His winner's single, "The Reason Why", released at the end of the Semi-Final on 4 December, won a Gold Certification of sales.

Cast

Category Mentor Musical Producer
Under Girls (16-24) Victoria Cabello Gioni Barbera
Under Boys (16-24) Fedez Fausto Cogliati
Over 25+ Mika Alessandro Raina
Groups Morgan Lele Battista

Vocal coaches: Paola Folli e Rossana Casale.

Applications and auditions

Cities that auditions and/or pre-auditions were held in.

A preliminary phase of auditions was held:

The judges auditions was held:

The auditions were then broadcast on Sky Uno from 18 September to 2 October, and on Cielo from 21 September to 5 October.

Bootcamp

Bootcamp took place at Mediolanum Forum, Assago, over two days, on Tuesday 1 July and Wedensday 2 July; it was broadcast on 9 October on Sky Uno and on 12 October on Cielo. Before Bootcamp, all the contestants who passed the auditions, were divided into two groups: the first one passed directly to the Bootcamp, since it was made by singers who fully convinced the judges; the other one was made by singers who didn’t fully convince the judges, thus they had to face the “Room Auditions”. These were held into the Forum; the ones who succeeded in the Room Auditions, passed to the Bootcamp. For the first time in Italy, besides the presence of spectators at the Bootcamp, to pick the six finalists from each category, the “Six Chair Challenge” was introduced: each judge has six chairs at their disposal and they can decide to make a contestant sit (thus passing them to the “Home Visit”) or not (eliminating them); if the chairs are all occupied, the judge of the specific category can decide to make a contestant stand up (eliminating them) and make the other sit on the chair. After the Bootcamp, 24 contestants passed to the Home Visit.

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 Home Visit took place in four different locations decided by each judge: Cabello chose London, Fedez chose Milan, Mika chose Motya and Morgan chose Vienna. Each judge was also helped by a guest to choose: The Bloody Beetroots for Cabello, Raphael Gualazzi for Fedez, Elio for Mika and Eugenio Finardi for Morgan. The Homevist took place around the end of July 2014.

Between the eliminated in this phase, those written in bold in the following chart were chosen by the judges for re-proposal. The four ones were then voted by the public who decided to bring Riccardo Schiara back in the competition during the second Liveshow. The twelve eliminated acts were:

Finalists and categories

Key:

     Winner
     Runner-up
     Third place
Category (Mentor) Acts
Boys (Fedez) Lorenzo Fragola Madh Leiner Riflessi Riccardo Schiara
Girls (Cabello) Vivian Grillo Camilla Andrea Magli Ilaria Rastrelli
25+ (Mika) Diluvio Mario Gavino Garrucciu Emma Morton
Groups (Morgan) Komminuet Spritz for Five The Wise

Live shows

Results summary

The 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
Weekly results per contestant
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8
Part 1 Part 2 Part 1 Part 2 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
Lorenzo Fragola N/A 1st
30.60%
N/A 1st
31.62%
N/A 1st
31.17%
1st
30.74%
N/A 1st
16.43%
1st
17.93%
2nd
17.83%
1st
21.26%
1st
24.01%
1st
24.63%
1st
31.83%
1st
37.70%
Winner
51.74%
Madh 5th
9.97%
N/A 5th
16.09%
N/A N/A 3rd
19.37%
2nd
22.50%
N/A 2nd
13.23%
3rd
13.48%
1st
18.42%
2nd
20.29%
2nd
19.46%
2nd
22.60%
2nd
26.84%
2nd
33.81%
Runner-Up
48.26%
Ilaria Rastrelli 2nd
21.86%
N/A 4th
18.11%
N/A 4th
14.96%
N/A N/A 3rd
20.89%
7th
9.89%
2nd
14.10%
5th
11.95%
5th
13.82%
4th
15.74%
4th
17.86%
3rd
24.88%
3rd
28.49%
Eliminated
(Week 8)
Mario Gavino Garrucciu N/A 2nd
27.88%
2nd
19.38%
N/A N/A 2nd
22.05%
3rd
20.10%
N/A 5th
11.11%
5th
11.82%
6th
11.46%
6th
13.29%
3rd
17.10%
3rd
19.70%
4th
16.45%
Eliminated
(Week 8)
Emma Morton 1st
30.39%
N/A N/A 2nd
24.62%
1st
21.60%
N/A N/A 1st
23.89%
3rd
12.15%
6th
11.59%
4th
13.78%
4th
14%
5th
14.42%
5th
15.22%
Eliminated
(Week 7)
Leiner Riflessi 3rd
20.39%
N/A 1st
22.03%
N/A 2nd
21.53%
N/A N/A 2nd
23.62%
4th
12.09%
7th
10.24%
3rd
15.42%
3rd
17.33%
6th
9.27%
Eliminated
(Week 7)
Komminuet 4th
11.60%
N/A N/A 6th
6.56%
5th
13.27%
N/A N/A 5th
15.15%
6th
9.95%
4th
12.14%
7th
11.15%
N/A Eliminated
(Week 6)
Vivian Grillo N/A 3rd
15.28%
3rd
18.31%
N/A 6th
11.71%
N/A 4th
17.72%
N/A 8th
8.46%
8th
8.71%
Eliminated
(Week 5)
Riccardo Schiara Not in live show N/A 3rd
14.08%
3rd
16.92%
N/A N/A 4th
16.45%
9th
6.59%
Eliminated
(Week 5)
Spritz for Five N/A 4th
11.53%
N/A 5th
9.81%
N/A 4th
14.96%
5th
12.45%
N/A Eliminated
(Week 4)
Camilla Andrea Magli N/A 5th
11.12%
N/A 4th
13.31%
N/A 5th
12.45%
Eliminated
(Week 3)
The Wise N/A 6th
3.58%
6th
6.08%
N/A Eliminated
(Week 2)
Diluvio 6th
5.80%
N/A Eliminated
(Week 1)
Sarah Fargion Not in live shows Not returned
(Week 2)
Final showdown Diluvio,
The Wise
The Wise,
Komminuet
Vivian Grillo,
Camilla Andrea Magli
Spritz for Five,
Komminuet
Leiner Riflessi,
Vivian Grillo
Komminuet,
Mario Gavino Garrucciu
Emma Morton,
Ilaria Rastrelli
No final showdown
or judges' vote:
results will be based
on public votes alone
Judges' vote to eliminate
Morgan's vote Diluvio The Wise Camilla Andrea Magli Spritz for Five Leiner Riflessi Mario Gavino Garrucciu Emma Morton
Cabello's vote Diluvio The Wise Vivian Grillo Spritz for Five Leiner Riflessi Komminuet Emma Morton
Mika's vote The Wise The Wise Vivian Grillo Komminuet Vivian Grillo Komminuet Ilaria Rastrelli
Fedez's vote Diluvio The Wise Camilla Andrea Magli Komminuet Vivian Grillo Mario Gavino Garrucciu Emma Morton
Eliminated Dilvuio
3 of 4 votes
majority
The Wise
4 of 4 votes
majority
Camilla Andrea Magli
Public vote
to save
Spritz for Five
Public vote
to save
Riccardo Schiara
Public vote
to save
Komminuet
Public vote
to save
Leiner Riflessi
Public vote
to save
Mario Gavino
Garrucciu

Public vote
to save
Ilaria Rastrelli
Public vote
to save
Madh
Public vote
to win
style="background:#FA8072" width:5%" colspan=2 |Vivian Grillo
Public vote
to save
style="background:#FA8072" width:5%" colspan=2 |Emma Morton
3 of 4 votes
majority
Lorenzo Fragola
Public vote
to win

Live show details

Week 1 (23 October 2014)

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Part 1
Act Order Song Result
Emma Morton 1 "Blurred Lines" Safe
Komminuet 2 "Air on the G String" Safe
Leiner Riflessi 3 "What Goes Around...Comes Around" Safe
Ilaria Rastrelli 4 "The Scientist" Safe
Diluvio 5 "Alors On Danse" Bottom two
Madh 6 "Take Care" Safe
Part 2
Act Order Song Result
Spritz For Five 7 "Just Can't Get Enough" Safe
Mario Gavino Garrucciu 8 "E non andar più via" Safe
Camilla Andrea Magli 9 "Toxic" Safe
The Wise 10 "Giovanni Telegrafista" Bottom two
Lorenzo Fagola 11 "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" Safe
Vivian Grillo 12 "We Found Love" Safe
Final showdown details
Act Order Songs Result
Diluvio 13 "La Notte" Eliminated
The Wise 14 "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate

Week 2 (30 October 2014)

Wildcard
Act Order Song Result
Riccardo Schiara 1 "Chandelier" Returned
Sarah Fargion 2 "Gli Uomini Non Cambiano" Not returned
Contestants' performances on the second live show
Part 1
Act Order Song Result
Madh 1 "No Church in the Wild" Safe
Mario Gavino Garrucciu 2 "Ricomincio da qui" Safe
Ilaria Rastrelli 3 "Pumped Up Kicks" Safe
The Wise 4 "I Will Survive" Bottom two
Leiner Riflessi 5 "The First Cut is the Deepest" Safe
Vivian Grillo 6 "Doo Wop (That Thing)/Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Safe
Part 2
Act Order Song Result
Spritz For Five 7 "Bohemian Rapsody" Safe
Emma Morton 8 "I Can't Make You Love Me" Safe
Riccardo Schiara 9 "All of Me" Safe
Camilla Andrea Magli 10 "Splendido splendente" Safe
Komminuet 11 "Come Undone" Bottom two
Lorenzo Fagola 12 "Impossible" Safe
Final showdown details
Act Order Songs Result
The Wise 13 "Mykonos" Eliminated
Komminuet 14 "Virtual Insanity" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate

Week 3 (6 November 2014)

Contestants' performances on the third live show
Part 1
Act Order Song Result
Ilaria Rastrelli 1 "Get Lucky" Safe
Komminuet 2 "Emerge" Safe
Leiner Riflessi 3 "If I Die Tomorrow" Safe
Emma Morton 4 "Sing It Back" Safe
Vivian Grillo 5 "Telephone/You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" Bottom two
Riccardo Schiara 6 "Follow the Sun" Safe
Part 2
Act Order Song Result
Spritz For Five 7 "A Fifth of Beethoven" Safe
Mario Gavino Garrucciu 8 "Don't Leave Me This Way" Safe
Madh 9 "Dancing on My Own" Safe
Camilla Andrea Magli 10 "Miss You" Bottom two
Lorenzo Fagola 11 "Sweet Nothing" Safe
Final showdown details
Act Order Songs Result
Vivian Grillo 12 "Starships" Safe
Camilla Andrea Magli 13 "Summertime Sadness" Eliminated
Judge's vote to eliminate

Week 4 (13 November 2014)

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Part 1
Act Order Song Result
Mario Gavino Garrucciu 1 "Sugar Man" Safe
Madh 2 "Same Love" Safe
Spritz For Five 3 "Il gioco del cavallo a dondolo" Bottom two
Vivian Grillo 4 "Like a Prayer" Safe
Lorenzo Fagola 5 "Un Blasfemo" Safe
Part 2
Act Order Song Result
Riccardo Schiara 6 "Perfect Day" Safe
Komminuet 7 "Je t'aime... moi non plus" Bottom two
Ilaria Rastrelli 8 "I'm on Fire" Safe
Emma Morton 9 "Strange Fruit" Safe
Leiner Riflessi 10 "Canzone per gli artisti" Safe
Final showdown details
Act Order Songs Result
Spritz For Five 11 "Radioactive" Eliminated
Komminuet 12 "Don't Tell 'Em" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate

Week 5 (20 November 2014)

Also, Morgan who in the previous week stated he would abandon the show, came back as the fourth judge.

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Round 1
Act Order Song Result
Leiner Riflessi 1 "The First Cut is the Deepest" Safe
Ilaria Rastrelli 2 "Can't Find My Way Home" Safe
Komminuet 3 "Emerge" Safe
Riccardo Schiara 4 "Lonely Boy" Eliminated
Emma Morton 5 "Pop Porno" Safe
Lorenzo Fagola 6 "Cosa sono le nuvole" Safe
Mario Gavino Garrucciu 7 "E non andar più via" Safe
Vivian Grillo 8 "Super Bass" Safe
Madh 9 "No Church in the Wild" Safe
Round 2
Act Order Song Result
Lorenzo Fagola 10 "How to Save a Life" Safe
Vivian Grillo 11 "All About That Bass" Bottom two
Mario Gavino Garrucciu 12 "Ragazzo Mio" Safe
Komminuet 13 "Sirene" Safe
Madh 14 "Disparate Youth" Safe
Ilaria Rastrelli 15 "Giudizi Universali" Safe
Leiner Riflessi 16 "Fireflies" Bottom two
Emma Morton 17 "Un'Estate Fa" Safe
Final showdown details
Act Order Songs Result
Vivian Grillo 18 "Do It like a Dude" Eliminated
Leiner Riflessi 19 "When I Was Your Man" Safe
Judges' decisions to eliminate

Week 6 (27 November 2014)

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Round 1
Act Order Song Result
Leiner Riflessi 1 "I" Safe
Ilaria Rastrelli 2 "Un senso" Safe
Komminuet 3 "Black Widow" Bottom two
Mario Gavino Garrucciu 4 "Un giorno credi" Safe
Madh 5 "Ready or Not" Safe
Emma Morton 6 "Walking on Broken Glass"/"We Are Golden" Safe
Lorenzo Fragola 7 "Niente da capire" Safe
Round 2
Act Order Song Result
Madh 8 "Lights" Safe
Emma Morton 9 "Un mare in luce" Safe
Ilaria Rastrelli 10 "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" Safe
Lorenzo Fragola 11 "Light My Fire" Safe
Mario Gavino Garrucciu 12 "Luci a San Siro" Bottom two
Leiner Riflessi 13 "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Safe
Final showdown details
Act Order Songs Result
Komminuet 14 "Love the Way You Lie" Eliminated
Mario Gavino Garrucciu 15 "Freedom" Safe
Judges' decisions to eliminate

Week 7 - Semi-Final (4 December 2014)

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Round 1
Act Order Song Result
Madh 1 "Sayonara" Safe
Mario Gavino Garrucciu 2 "All'Orizzonte" Safe
Ilaria Rastrelli 3 "My Name" Safe
Leiner Riflessi 4 "Tutto quello che ci resta" Eliminated
Emma Morton 5 "Daddy Blues" Safe
Lorenzo Fragola 6 "The Reason Why" Safe
Round 2
Act Order Song Result
Lorenzo Fragola 7 "A-Punk" Safe
Ilaria Rastrelli 8 "Nothing Compares 2 U" Bottom two
Mario Gavino Garrucciu 9 "Hey Ya!" Safe
Madh 10 "Flyover" Safe
Emma Morton 11 "Love Is a Losing Game" Bottom two
Final showdown details
Act Order Songs Result
Ilaria Rastrelli 12 "The House of the Rising Sun" Safe
Emma Morton 13 "I'm a Fool to Want You" Eliminated
Judges' decisions to eliminate

Week 8 - FINALE (11 December 2014)

Contestants' performances on the final live show
Round 1
Act Order Song Result
Madh 1 "Moon" (with Malika Ayane) Safe
Mario Gavino Garrucciu 2 "La Notte" (with Arisa) Fourth Place
Lorenzo Fragola 3 "Sei nell'anima" (with Gianna Nannini) Safe
Ilaria Rastrelli 4 "Sere nere" (with Tiziano Ferro) Safe
Round 2
Act Order Song Result
Lorenzo Fragola 5 "The Reason Why" Safe
Ilaria Rastrelli 6 "My Name" Third Place
Madh 7 "Sayonara" Safe
Round 3
Act Order Song Result
Lorenzo Fragola 8 "Rewind" Winner
Madh 9 "Heartbeat" Runner-Up

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