X_Factor_(Italian_season_11)

<i>X Factor</i> (Italian TV series) season 11

X Factor (Italian TV series) season 11

Season of television series

This article is about Season 11 of the Italian series. For the various national versions of the show, see X Factor (disambiguation) § National versions of the franchise.

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 were confirmed as judges and mentors, as in previous seasons, Mara Maionchi returned to the panel, while singer-songwriter Levante made her debut. Alessandro Cattelan was confirmed as host. The eleventh season was aired on Thursday evenings on Sky Uno and TV8 between September and December 2017. Lorenzo Licitra won the competition and Mara Maionchi became the winning mentor for the first time.[1] Runner-up Måneskin would later go on to win the Sanremo Music Festival 2021 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

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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 allocated judge, each in a different locations. Manuel Agnelli chose Manchester as the location for his group category and was joined by former X-Factor Italy judge and mentor Skin. At the end of this final audition, the top twelve contestants were chosen.

The eight eliminated acts were:

  • Boys: Domenico Arezzo, Kamless Kishnah
  • Girls: Francesca Giannizzari, Isaure Cassone
  • 25+: Andrea Spigaroli, Valerio Bifulco
  • Groups: Ana & Carolina, The Heron Temple

Contestants and categories

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Third place
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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
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Live show details

Week 1 (26 October)

  • Celebrity performers: Ibeyi ("No Man is Big Enough for My Arms" and "River") and J-Ax ("Sconosciuti da una vita" (with Fedez))
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Week 2 (2 November)

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Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Agnelli: Virginia Perbellini - backed his own act, Ros
  • Fedez: Virginia Perbellini - gave no reason.
  • Levante: Ros - backed her own act, Virginia Perbellini
  • Maionchi: Ros - could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Virginia Perbellini was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 3 (9 November)

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Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Maionchi: Sem & Stenn - gave no reason.
  • Levante: Ros - gave no reason.
  • Fedez: Ros - gave no reason.
  • Agnelli: Sem & Stenn - could not decide between his two acts so chose to take it to deadlock.

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Sem & Stenn were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 4 (16 November)

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Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Fedez: Camille Cabaltera - backed his own act, Gabriele Esposito.
  • Levante: Gabriele Esposito - backed her own act, Camille Cabaltera.
  • Agnelli: Camille Cabaltera - believed that Esposito had a better record path.
  • Maionchi: Camille Cabaltera - felt that Esposito had more potential.

Week 5 (23 November)

  • Theme: Previously unreleased songs (Round 1), Artists top sellers (Round 2)
  • Celebrity performers: Negramaro ("Solo 3 minuti"/"Estate"/"L'immenso"/"Nuvole e lenzuola" (with the contestants) and "Fino all'Imbrunire")
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Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Fedez: Rita Bellanza - backed his own act, Gabriele Esposito.
  • Levante: Gabriele Esposito - backed her own act, Rita Bellanza.
  • Agnelli: Gabriele Esposito - believed that Bellanza had more potential.
  • Maionchi: Gabriele Esposito - thought that Bellanza's performances were the best.

Week 6: Quarter-final (30 November)

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Judge's vote to eliminate
  • Agnelli: Andrea Radice - backed his own act, Ros.
  • Maionchi: Ros - backed her own act, Andrea Radice.
  • Levante: Andrea Radice - recognized the improvement in Ros.
  • Fedez: Andrea Radice - felt that Ros had more potential.

Week 7: Semi-final (7 December)

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Judges' vote to eliminate
  • Agnelli: Samuel Storm - backed his own act, Ros.
  • Fedez: Ros - backed his own act, Samuel Storm.
  • Levante: Ros - found Storm's vocals more interesting.
  • Maionchi: Ros - gave no reason.

Week 8: Final (14 December)

Celebrity guest artists: James Arthur (duet with each finalist), Tiziano Ferro, Ed Sheeran.

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References

  1. [1]
    "X Factor 11: intervista a Lorenzo Licitra". Rolling Stone. 15 December 2017.
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