X Factor (Italian TV series) season 12 explained

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Host:Alessandro Cattelan
Judges:Lodo Guenzi (Live Shows)
Fedez
Asia Argento (Auditions-Judges Houses)
Manuel Agnelli
Mara Maionchi
Winner:Anastasio
Winner Mentor:Mara Maionchi
Runner Up:Naomi Rivieccio
Network:Sky Uno
TV8

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 twelfth season was aired on Sky Uno and TV8 since September 2018. Asia Argento was part of the season line up but was subsequently removed following sexual abuse allegations Lodo 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 top twelve contestants were chosen.

The eight eliminated acts were:

Contestants and categories

Key:

 - Winner

 - Runner-up

 - Third place

Category (mentor)Acts
Boys (Maionchi)Anastasio (Marco Anastasio) Emanuele Bertelli Leo Gassmann
Girls (Agnelli)Martina AttiliLuna 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
Contestant! colspan="2"
Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Quarter-finalSemi-finalFinal
Part 1 Part 2Part 1 Part 2Part 1 Part 2Part 1 Part 2 Part 3Part 1 Part 2Round 1 Round 2Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Anastasio1st1st1st 1st 1st1st1st2nd1st1stWinner
70,03%
Naomi Rivieccio4th3rd4th 3rd 4th 2nd2nd1st2nd2ndRunner-up
29,97%
Luna Melis2nd2nd2nd 3rd 2nd5th4th4th3rd3rdEliminated
(final)
BowLand2nd2nd1st2nd 2nd3rd3rd3rd4thEliminated
(final)
Leo Gassmann3rd4th3rd2nd 3rd6th5th5thEliminated
(semi-final)
Martina Attili1st1st2nd1st1st4th6thEliminated
(semi-final)
Sherol dos Santos3rd3rd3rd1st 3rd7th Eliminated
(quarter-final)
Renza Castelli5th4th4th2nd4th Eliminated
(Week 5)
Seveso Casino Palace4th5th5th3rd Eliminated
(Week 4)
Emanuele Bertelli5th5th5thEliminated
(Week 3)
Red Bricks Foundation6th6thEliminated
(Week 2)
Matteo Costanzo6thEliminated
(Week 1)
Final showdownMatteo 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 voteMatteo CostanzoEmanuele BertelliEmanuele BertelliNaomi RivieccioNaomi RivieccioLeo GassmannLeo Gassmann
Fedez's voteRed Bricks FoundationRed Bricks FoundationSeveso Casino Palace Seveso Casino Palace Renza CastelliSherol Dos SantosLeo Gassmann
Guenzi's voteMatteo CostanzoEmanuele BertelliEmanuele BertelliNaomi RivieccioRenza CastelliLeo GassmannLuna Melis
Maionchi's voteMatteo CostanzoRed Bricks FoundationSeveso Casino PalaceSeveso Casino Palace Naomi RivieccioSherol dos SantosLuna Melis
EliminatedMatteo 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
ActOrderSongResult
Seveso Casino Palace1"Giovane fuoriclasse"Safe
Leo Gassmann2"Broken Strings"Safe
Luna Melis3"E.T."Safe
Renza Castelli4"Raggamuffin"Safe
Red Bricks Foundation5"New Rules"Bottom two
Anastasio6"C'è tempo"Safe
Part 2
ActOrderSongResult
Naomi Rivieccio7"Love On Top"Safe
BowLand8"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"Safe
Sherol dos Santos9"Can't Feel My Face"Safe
Emanuele Bertelli10"Impossible"Safe
Matteo Costanzo11"Power"Bottom two
Martina Attili12"Castle in the Snow"Safe
Final showdown details
ActOrderSongResult
Red Bricks Foundation13"Un ragazzo di strada"Safe
Matteo Costanzo14"La descrizione di un attimo"Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate

Week 2 (1 November)

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Part 1
ActOrderSongResult
Luna Melis1"God Is a Woman"/"I Do"Safe
Leo Gassmann2"Next to Me"Safe
Seveso Casino Palace3"Amore e capoeira"Safe
Naomi Rivieccio4"Never Enough"Safe
Martina Attili5"Sober"Safe
Red Bricks Foundation6"Thoiry"Bottom two
Part 2
ActOrderSongResult
Emanuele Bertelli7"Zingarello"Bottom two
BowLand8"No Roots"Safe
Renza Castelli9"Thunderclouds"Safe
Sherol dos Santos10"Rank & File"Safe
Anastasio11"Se piovesse il tuo nome"Safe
Final showdown details
ActOrderSongResult
Red Bricks Foundation12"Have Love, Will Travel"Eliminated
Emanuele Bertelli13"Human"Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. 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
ActOrderSongResult
Naomi Riveccio1"Think"Safe
BowLand2"Senza un perché"Safe
Luna Melis3"Blue Jeans"Safe
Emanuele Bertelli4"Congratulations"Bottom two
Sherol dos Santos5"La voce del silenzio"Safe
Part 2
ActOrderSongResult
Leo Gassmann6"Hold Back the River"Safe
Seveso Casino Palace7"Take On Me"Bottom two
Renza Castelli8"Mi sono innamorato di te"Safe
Martina Attili9"Material Girl"Safe
Anastasio10"Mio fratello è figlio unico"Safe
Final showdown details
ActOrderSongResult
Emanuele Bertelli11"Location"Eliminated
Seveso Casino Palace12"Ricchi x sempre"Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. 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
ActOrderSongResult
Seveso Casino Palace1"Standing in the Way of Control"Bottom three
Renza Castelli2"La costruzione di un amore"Safe
Martina Attili3"Strange Birds"Safe
Part 2
ActOrderSongResult
Naomi Rivieccio4"Crisi metropolitana"Bottom three
Leo Gassmann5"Pianeti"Safe
Sherol dos Santos6"I Will Always Love You"Safe
Part 3
ActOrderSongResult
Anastasio7"Another Brick in the Wall Pt.2"Safe
Luna Melis8"Eppur mi son scordato di te"Bottom three
BowLand9"Drop the Game"Safe
Final showdown details
ActOrderSongResult
Seveso Casino Palace10"Vengo dalla Luna"Eliminated
Naomi Rivieccio11"Nobody's Perfect"Safe
Luna Melis12"Black Widow"Saved
Judges' votes to eliminate

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

Week 5 (22 November)

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Part 1
ActOrderSongResult
Luna Melis1"Los Angeles"Safe
Renza Castelli2"Cielo inglese"Bottom two
Anastasio3"La fine del mondo"Safe
Sherol dos Santos4"Non ti avevo ma ti ho perso"Safe
Part 2
ActOrderSongResult
Naomi Rivieccio5"Like the Rain (Unpredictable)"Bottom two
BowLand6"Don't Stop Me"Safe
Leo Gassmann7"Piume"Safe
Martina Attili8"Cherofobia"Safe
Final showdown details
ActOrderSongResult
Renza Castelli9"Waiting in Vain"Eliminated
Naomi Rivieccio10"Bang Bang"Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate

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

Week 6: Quarter-final (29 November)

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
ActOrderFirst songOrderSecond songResult
scope=row BowLand1"Seven Nation Army"10"Don't Stop Me"Safe
scope=row Leo Gassmann2"Terra degli uomini"9"Piume"Bottom two
scope=row Martina Attili3"Hyperballad"8"Cherofobia"Safe
scope=row Naomi Rivieccio4"Look at Me Now"11"Like the Rain (Unpredictable)"Safe
scope=row Luna Melis5"The Monster"14"Los Angeles"Safe
scope=row Anastasio6"Stairway to Heaven"13 "La fine del mondo"Safe
scope=row Sherol Dos Santos7"Turning Tables"12"Non ti avevo ma ti ho perso"Bottom two
Final showdown details
ActOrderSongResult
Leo Gassmann15"Yellow"Saved
Sherol dos Santos16"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate

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

Week 7: Semi-final (6 December)

Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
ActOrderFirst songOrderSecond songResult
scope=row Naomi Rivieccio1"Problem"10"Rap God"/"Beautiful"Safe
scope=row Leo Gassmann2"Dead in the Water"11"Com'è profondo il mare"Bottom two
scope=row Luna Melis3"Mica Van Gogh"7"Can't Hold Us"Bottom two
scope=row BowLand4"Iron"8"Amandoti"Safe
scope=row Martina Attili5"The Climb"N/A N/A (Already Eliminated)Eliminated
scope=row Anastasio6"La porta dello spavento supremo"9"Clint Eastwood"Safe
Final showdown details
ActOrderSongResult
Leo Gassmann12"Caledonia"Eliminated
Luna Melis13"God Is a Woman"/"I Do"Saved
Judges' votes to eliminate

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. 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
ActOrderSongResult
Luna Melis 1"Ti ho voluto bene veramente" with Marco MengoniSafe
Anastasio2"Guerriero" with Marco MengoniSafe
BowLand3"Io ti aspetto" with Marco Mengoni4th Place
Naomi Rivieccio4"L'Essenziale" with Marco MengoniSafe
Round 2
ActOrderSongResult
Anastasio5"Se piovesse il tuo nome" / "Generale" / "Another Brick In The Wall pt. II"Safe
Luna Melis6"God Is a Woman" & "I Do" / "Blue Jeans" / "Mica Van Gogh"3rd Place
Naomi Rivieccio7"Bang Bang" / "Look at Me Now" / "Never Enough"Safe
Round 3
ActOrderSongResult
Anastasio8"La fine del mondo"Winner
Naomi Rivieccio9"Like The Rain (Unpredictable)"Runner-up

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Slingerland . Calum . Asia Argento Dropped from 'X Factor Italy' After Sexual Misconduct Allegations . Exclaim! Media . 27 August 2018.