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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 Elio, Morgan and Simona Ventura would be confirmed as judges and mentors, whilst Mika has been chosen for replacing Arisa in the role; also Alessandro Cattelan returned as host. The seventh season aired on Sky Uno starting from 26 September 2013 to 12 December 2013.
Auditions for season 7 took place in Naples, Genoa and Milan in June 2013; bootcamp took place in Milan for two days, on 26 and 27 June. Unconfirmed rumors revealed that Elio will mentor the Over-25s, Morgan the boys, Mika the girls and Ventura the groups; they selected their final three acts during judges' houses.[1]
Michele Bravi, a member of the category Boys and mentored by Morgan, was announced the winner of the competition on 12 December 2013. His winner's single, "La vita e la felicità", released immediately after the end of the show, was co-written by Italian singer-songwriter Tiziano Ferro.
During the sixth Live Show of the season, Arisa complained about voting mechanism, and tossed allegations against Simona Ventura, accusing her of being «phony» in judging her acts.[2] In February 2013, Sky Movies and Entertainment vice-president Andrea Scrosati announced in an interview to Corriere della Sera that Arisa would not be confirmed as a mentor.[3] At first, even Morgan and Elio seemed intended to leave the show;[4] [5] newspapers and websites cited Malika Ayane, Lorella Cuccarini and Gigi D'Alessio as possible replacements.[6] On 23 April it was announced that Mika would be the first non-Italian mentor in the competition history; finally, on 12 and 19 May the presences of Morgan and Elio were confirmed.[7] [8]
Alessandro Cattelan has been confirmed to present the main show on Sky Uno HD in February 2013.[9] Also vocal coaches Alberto Tafuri, Paola Folli and Gaetano Cappa, music-director Lucio Fabbri and art-director and choreographer Luca Tomassini were confirmed, whilst Mika chose Rossana Casale as the fourth vocal coach.
A preliminary phase of auditions was held:
The judges auditions was held:
On 18 June auditions Fedez starred as guest-judge.[13]
Bootcamp took place at Mediolanum Forum, Assago, over two days, on Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 June.
"Home visits" was broadcast on 17 October. Morgan mentored the Boys at E-Werk, Berlin, assisted by Asia Argento;[14] Mika took the Girls at Slane Castle, Republic of Ireland, assisted by Marco Mengoni;[15] Elio auditioned the Over 25s at Museo del Violino, Cremona, with Linus,[16] and Ventura tested the Groups at Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin with Davide Dileo.[17]
The twelve eliminated acts were:
In the second live show, the eliminated act of the home visits, Roberta Pompa was brought back, after a final showdown with Mr. Rain & Osso.
Key:
- Winner
- Runner-up
- Third place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (Morgan) | Andrea D'Alessio | Lorenzo Iuracà | ||
| Girls (Mika) | Gaia Galizia | Roberta Pompa | Valentina Tioli | Violetta Zironi |
| 25+ (Elio) | Aba | Fabio Santini | Alan Scaffardi | |
| Groups (Ventura) | Ape Escape | FreeBoys | Street Clerks | |
The number of votes received by each act were released by Sky Italia after the final.[18]
| - | 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 |
| 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 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||
| Michele Bravi | 3rd 20.71% | 2nd 19.89% | 1st 24.80% | 1st 30.12% | 1st 23.77% | 1st 26.73% | 1st 27.41% | 1st 31.00% | 1st 29.88% | 1st 37.33% | 1st 42.67% | Winner 57.33% | ||||||||
| Ape Escape | 2nd 24.28% | 1st 22.69% | 3rd 21.16% | 1st 25.35% | 2nd 18.03% | 3rd 15.43% | 5th 14.55% | 2nd 22.08% | 3rd 24.11% | 2nd 22.61% | 2nd 31.49% | Runner-up 42.67% | ||||||||
| Violetta Zironi | 1st 24.33% | 1st 25.54% | 1st 28.13% | 2nd 22.16% | 3rd 13.79% | 5th 14.56% | 3rd 18.27% | 3rd 19.19% | 2nd 26.10% | 3rd 21.59% | 3rd 26.04% | Eliminated (final) | ||||||||
| Aba | 5th 10.20% | 5th 10.34% | 5th 14.96% | 3rd 17.81% | 5th 10.07% | 2nd 15.98% | 2nd 24.19% | 4th 15.58% | 4th 19.91% | 4th 18.48% | Eliminated (final) | |||||||||
| Andrea D'Alessio | 3rd 20.51% | 2nd 21.13% | 2nd 20.53% | 2nd 22.66% | 4th 11.18% | 4th 14.74% | 4th 15.57% | 5th 12.15% | Eliminated (semi-final) | |||||||||||
| Gaia Galizia | 2nd 22.29% | 4th 15.10% | 4th 11.86% | 4th 16.12% | 7th 8.16% | 1st 39.54% | 6th 12.56% | Eliminated (quarter-final) | ||||||||||||
| Fabio Santini | 5th 10.78% | 6th 9.42% | 5th 10.14% | 5th 11.80% | 8th 6.52% | 2nd 31.66% | Eliminated (Week 5) | |||||||||||||
| Valentina Tioli | 1st 24.31% | 4th 15.68% | 2nd 22.43% | 3rd 20.66% | 6th 8.48% | 3rd 28.80% | Eliminated (Week 5) | |||||||||||||
| Street Clerks | 4th 12.15% | 5th 13.72% | 3rd 19.55% | 5th 13.78% | Eliminated (Week 4) | |||||||||||||||
| Roberta Pompa | Not in live show | 3rd 20.74% | 4th 16.84% | 4th 19.53% | Eliminated (Week 4) | |||||||||||||||
| Alan Scaffardi | 4th 13.18% | 3rd 17.82% | 6th 9.42% | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||||||||||||
| FreeBoys | 6th 8.27% | 6th 7.94% | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||||||||||||
| Lorenzo Iuracà | 6th 8.33% | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Final showdown | FreeBoys, Lorenzo Iuracà | Fabio Santini, FreeBoys | Alan Scaffardi, Aba | Roberta Pompa, Fabio Santini | Gaia Galizia, Street Clerks | Fabio Santini, Gaia Galizia | Gaia Galizia, Ape Escape | Andrea D'Alessio, Aba | No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone | |||||||||||
| Judges' vote to eliminate | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elio's vote | Lorenzo Iuracà | FreeBoys | Alan Scaffardi | Roberta Pompa | Street Clerks | Gaia Galizia | Gaia Galizia | Andrea D'Alessio | ||||||||||||
| Mika's vote | Lorenzo Iuracà | FreeBoys | Aba | Fabio Santini | Street Clerks | Fabio Santini | Ape Escape | Andrea D'Alessio | ||||||||||||
| Morgan's vote | FreeBoys | Fabio Santini | Alan Scaffardi | Roberta Pompa | Gaia Galizia | Fabio Santini | Ape Escape | Aba | ||||||||||||
| Ventura's vote | Lorenzo Iuracà | Fabio Santini | Alan Scaffardi | Roberta Pompa | Gaia Galizia | Fabio Santini | Gaia Galizia | Aba | ||||||||||||
| Eliminated | Lorenzo Iuracà 3 of 4 votes majority | FreeBoys 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Alan Scaffardi 3 of 4 votes majority | Roberta Pompa 3 of 4 votes majority | Street Clerks 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Valentina Tioli Public vote 28.80% to save | Gaia Galizia 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Andrea D'Alessio 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Aba Public vote 18.48% to save | Violetta Zironi Public vote 26.04% to save | Ape Escape Public vote 42.67% to win | |||||||||
| Fabio Santini 3 of 4 votes majority | Michele Bravi Public vote 57.33% to win | |||||||||||||||||||
| Part 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Gaia Galizia | 1 | "Seven Nation Army" | Safe |
| Andrea D'Alessio | 2 | "Clint Eastwood" | Safe |
| FreeBoys | 3 | "Baby Can I Hold You" | Bottom two |
| Fabio Santini | 4 | "Sotto casa" | Safe |
| Valentina Tioli | 5 | "Where Is the Love?" | Safe |
| Alan Scaffardi | 6 | "Creep" | Safe |
| Part 2 | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Michele Bravi | 7 | "Carte da decifrare" | Safe |
| Aba | 8 | "You Oughta Know" | Safe |
| Street Clerks | 9 | "Wake Me Up" | Safe |
| Lorenzo Iuracà | 10 | "Se sapessi come fai" | Bottom two |
| Violetta Zironi | 11 | "Let Her Go" | Safe |
| Ape Escape | 12 | "Burn It Down" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| FreeBoys | 13 | "Umbrella" | Safe |
| 15 | "Grazie perché" (a cappella) | ||
| Lorenzo Iuracà | 14 | "Emozioni" | Eliminated |
| 16 | "Kiss from a Rose" (a cappella) | ||
| Part 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song[21] | Result | |
| Street Clerks | 1 | "Nice che dice" | Safe | |
| Gaia Galizia | 2 | "Bitch" | Safe | |
| Alan Scaffardi | 3 | "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" | Safe | |
| Michele Bravi | 4 | "See Emily Play" | Safe | |
| Fabio Santini | 5 | "Basket Case" | Bottom two | |
| Violetta Zironi | 6 | "Le tasche piene di sassi" | Safe | |
| Part 2 | ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| FreeBoys | 7 | "Let Me Entertain You" | Bottom two | |
| Aba | 8 | "Lover to Lover" | Safe | |
| Andrea D'Alessio | 9 | "Another Brick in the Wall" | Safe | |
| Roberta Pompa | 10 | "Trouble" | Safe | |
| Ape Escape | 11 | "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)" | Safe | |
| Valentina Tioli | 12 | "Raggamuffin" | Safe | |
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Fabio Santini | 13 | "Suspicious Minds" | Safe | |
| FreeBoys | 14 | "Try" | Eliminated | |
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. FreeBoys were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
| Part 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song[23] | Result | |
| Ape Escape | 1 | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | Safe | |
| Fabio Santini | 2 | "Everybody Hurts" | Safe | |
| Gaia Galizia | 3 | "I'll Stand by You" | Safe | |
| Alan Scaffardi | 4 | "Black Hole Sun" | Bottom two | |
| Valentina Tioli | 5 | "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" | Safe | |
| Michele Bravi | 6 | "Cieli neri" | Safe | |
| Part 2 | ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Aba | 7 | "Why" | Bottom two | |
| Andrea D'Alessio | 8 | "Digging in the Dirt" | Safe | |
| Violetta Zironi | 9 | "Friday I'm in Love" | Safe | |
| Street Clerks | 10 | "...Baby One More Time" | Safe | |
| Roberta Pompa | 11 | "All That She Wants" | Safe | |
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Alan Scaffardi | 12 | "This Time" | Eliminated | |
| Aba | 13 | "I Put a Spell on You" | Safe | |
| Part 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song[27] | Result |
| Roberta Pompa | 1 | "True Colors" | Bottom two |
| Ape Escape | 2 | "Mentre tutto scorre" | Safe |
| Valentina Tioli | 3 | "When I Was Your Man" | Safe |
| Fabio Santini | 4 | "La casa in riva al mare" | Bottom two |
| Andrea D'Alessio | 5 | "Grease" | Safe |
| Final showdown detail | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Roberta Pompa | 6 | "Cornflake Girl" | Eliminated |
| Fabio Santini | 7 | "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" | Safe |
| Part 2 | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Gaia Galizia | 8 | "Monna Lisa" | Bottom two |
| Street Clerks | 9 | "Some Nights" | Bottom two |
| Aba | 10 | "Crazy in Love" | Safe |
| Michele Bravi | 11 | "Reality" | Safe |
| Violetta Zironi | 12 | "One Day / Reckoning Song" | Safe |
| Final showdown detail | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Gaia Galizia | 13 | "Every You Every Me" | Safe |
| Street Clerks | 14 | "Fix You" | Eliminated |
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Street Clerks were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
| Round 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song[31] | Result |
| Andrea D'Alessio | 1 | "Do It Again" | Safe |
| Aba | 2 | "Rolling in the Deep" | Safe |
| Valentina Tioli | 3 | "Dove sei" | Bottom three |
| Ape Escape | 4 | "Going Under" | Safe |
| Violetta Zironi | 5 | "Royals" | Safe |
| Fabio Santini | 6 | "Nuntereggae più" | Bottom three |
| Michele Bravi | 7 | "Mad World" | Safe |
| Gaia Galizia | 8 | "I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)" | Bottom three |
| Round 2 | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Valentina Tioli | 9 | "Man Down" | Eliminated |
| Fabio Santini | 10 | "Costruire" | Showdown |
| Gaia Galizia | 11 | "Celebrity Skin" | Showdown |
| Final showdown detail | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Fabio Santini | 12 | "Tryin' to Get to You" (a cappella) | Eliminated |
| Gaia Galizia | 13 | "Mercedes Benz" (a cappella) | Safe |
| Round 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Andrea D'Alessio | 1 | "Rapper's Delight" | Safe |
| Ape Escape | 2 | "Don't You Worry Child" | Safe |
| Violetta Zironi | 3 | "9 to 5" | Safe |
| Aba | 4 | "When Love Takes Over" | Safe |
| Michele Bravi | 5 | "Promised Land" | Safe |
| Gaia Galizia | 6 | "Heavy Cross" | Bottom two |
| Round 2 | |||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Michele Bravi | 7 | "Red Roses for a Blue Lady" | Safe |
| Aba | 8 | "Kozmic Blues" | Safe |
| Andrea D'Alessio | 9 | "Can't Find My Way Home" | Safe |
| Ape Escape | 10 | "Yes I Know My Way" | Bottom two |
| Violetta Zironi | 11 | "Skinny Love" | Safe |
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| Gaia Galizia | 12 | "Song 2" | Eliminated |
| Ape Escape | 13 | "Madness" | Safe |
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Gaia Galizia was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
| Round 1[37] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song | Writers | Result |
| Ape Escape | 1 | "Invisibili" | Andrea Bonomo, Gianluigi Fazio and Ape Escape | Safe |
| Andrea D'Alessio | 2 | "Venerdì" | Andrea D'Alessio and Gaetano Cappa | Bottom two |
| Violetta Zironi | 3 | "Dimmi che non passa" | Christian Lavoro | Safe |
| Aba | 4 | "Indifesa" | Nicky Holland, Murray James and Aba | Safe |
| Michele Bravi | 5 | "La vita e la felicità" | Tiziano Ferro and Zibba | Safe |
| Round 2 | ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Violetta Zironi | 6 | "One" | Safe | |
| Aba | 7 | "Nutbush City Limits" | Bottom two | |
| Michele Bravi | 8 | "Little Wing" | Safe | |
| Ape Escape | 9 | "Whatever You Want" | Safe | |
| Final showdown detail | ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Andrea D'Alessio | 10 | "Je so' pazzo" | Eliminated | |
| Aba | 11 | "One Night Only" | Safe | |
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Andrea D'Alessio was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
| Round 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Ape Escape | 1 | "Labyrinth" (with Elisa) | Safe | |
| Violetta Zironi | 2 | "L'essenziale" (with Marco Mengoni) | Safe | |
| Aba | 3 | "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (with Mario Biondi) | Fourth place | |
| Michele Bravi | 4 | "Gocce di memoria" (with Giorgia) | Safe | |
| Round 2 | ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Violetta Zironi | 5 | "Dimmi che non passa" | Third place | |
| Michele Bravi | 6 | "La vita e la felicità" | Safe | |
| Ape Escape | 7 | "Invisibili" | Safe | |
| Round 3 | ||||
| Act | Order | Song 1 | Song 2 | Result |
| Ape Escape | 8 | "Walk This Way" | "Tu sì 'na cosa grande" (a cappella) | Runner-up |
| Michele Bravi | 9 | "Anima fragile" | "Blue Valentines" (a cappella) | Winner |