X Factor (Italian season 12)

X Factor
Series 12
Broadcast from6 September –
13 December 2018
JudgesLodovico Guenzi (Live Shows)
Fedez
Asia Argento (Auditions-Judges Houses)
Manuel Agnelli
Mara Maionchi
Presenter(s)Alessandro Cattelan
BroadcasterSky Uno
TV8
Winner
Anastasio
OriginMeta, Campania
Song"La fine del mondo"
Genre(s)Hip hop, Rap rock, Alternative hip hop, Conscious hip-hop
MentorMara Maionchi
Runner-up
Naomi Rivieccio
Chronology

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 twelve series will be aired on Sky Uno and TV8 since September 2018. Asia Argento was part of the series 12 line up but was subsequently removed following sexual abuse allegations Lodovico Guenzi replaced her in the live shows.[1]

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
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 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
(Week 8)
BowLand N/A 2nd N/A 2nd 1st N/A N/A N/A 2nd N/A 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th Eliminated
(Week 8)
Leo Gassmann 3rd N/A 4th N/A N/A 3rd N/A 2nd N/A N/A 3rd 6th 5th 5th Eliminated
(Week 7)
Martina Attili N/A 1st 1st N/A N/A 2nd 1st N/A N/A N/A 1st 4th 6th Eliminated
(Week 7)
Sherol dos Santos N/A 3rd N/A 3rd 3rd N/A N/A 1st N/A 3rd N/A 7th Eliminated
(Week 6)
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)

Contestants' performances on the first live show
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
Judge's vote to eliminate
  • Agnelli: Matteo Costanzo
  • Guenzi: Matteo Costanzo - backed his own act, Red Bricks Foundation
  • Fedez: Red Bricks Foundation - backed his own act, Matteo Costanzo
  • Maionchi: Matteo Costanzo

Week 2 (1 November)

Contestants' performances on the first live show
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
Judge's vote 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
  • Agnelli: Red Bricks Foundation

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and the public could decide which act should stay. Red Bricks Foundation was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 3 (8 November)

Contestants' performances on the third live show
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
Judge's vote to eliminate
  • Agnelli: Emanuele Bertelli
  • Guenzi: Emanuele Bertelli - backed his own act, Seveso Casino Palace
  • Fedez: Seveso Casino Palace
  • Maionchi: Seveso Casino Palace - backed her own act, Emanuele Bertelli

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and the public could decide which act should stay. Emanuele Bertelli was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 4 (15 November)

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
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
Judge's vote to eliminate
  • Fedez: Naomi Rivieccio
  • Guenzi: Seveso Casino Palace
  • Maionchi: Seveso Casino Palace
  • Agnelli: Naomi Rivieccio

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and the public could decide which act should stay. 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")
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
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
  • Guenzi: Renza Castelli
  • Fedez: Renza Castelli
  • Maionchi: Naomi Rivieccio

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and the public could decide which act should stay. Renza Castelli was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 6 Quarter-Finals (29 November)

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
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
Judge's vote to eliminate
  • Maionchi: Sherol dos Santos
  • Agnelli: Leo Gassmann
  • Fedez: Sherol dos Santos
  • Guenzi: Leo Gassmann

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and the public could decide which act should stay. Sherol dos Santos was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 7 Semi-Finals (6 December)

Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
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
Judge's vote to eliminate
  • Maionchi: Luna Melis
  • Agnelli: Leo Gassmann
  • Fedez: Leo Gasmann
  • Guenzi: Luna Melis

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and the public could decide which act should stay. 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

Contestants' performances on the final live show
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

References

  1. ^ Slingerland, Calum. "Asia Argento Dropped from 'X Factor Italy' After Sexual Misconduct Allegations". Exclaim! Media. Retrieved 27 August 2018.

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