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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 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 eighth season has been airing on Sky Uno since 18 September 2014.
Auditions for season 8 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.
| Category | Mentor | Musical Producer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under Girls (16-24) | Victoria Cabello | Gioni Barbera | |
| Under Boys (16-24) | Fedez | Fausto Cogliati | |
| Over 25+ | Alessandro Raina | ||
| Groups | Morgan | Lele Battista |
Vocal coaches: Paola Folli e Rossana Casale.
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 took place at Mediolanum Forum, Assago, over two days, on Tuesday 1 July and Wednesday 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 contestants 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.
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 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:
Key:
- Winner
- Runner-up
- Third place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (Fedez) | 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 | |
The number of votes received by each act were released by Sky Italia after the final.
| - | 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 | Part 1 | Part 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||
| Lorenzo Fragola | 1st 30.60% | 1st 31.62% | 1st 31.17% | 1st 30.74% | 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% | 5th 16.09% | 3rd 19.37% | 2nd 22.50% | 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% | 4th 18.11% | 4th 14.96% | 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 (final) | |||||||
| Mario Gavino Garrucciu | 2nd 27.88% | 2nd 19.38% | 2nd 22.05% | 3rd 20.10% | 5th 11.11% | 5th 11.82% | 6th 11.46% | 6th 13.29% | 3rd 17.10% | 3rd 19.70% | 4th 16.45% | Eliminated (final) | ||||||||
| Emma Morton | 1st 30.39% | 2nd 24.62% | 1st 21.60% | 1st 23.89% | 3rd 12.15% | 6th 11.59% | 4th 13.78% | 4th 14% | 5th 14.42% | 5th 15.22% | Eliminated (semi-final) | |||||||||
| Leiner Riflessi | 3rd 20.39% | 1st 22.03% | 2nd 21.53% | 2nd 23.62% | 4th 12.09% | 7th 10.24% | 3rd 15.42% | 3rd 17.33% | 6th 9.27% | Eliminated (semi-final) | ||||||||||
| Komminuet | 4th 11.60% | 6th 6.56% | 5th 13.27% | 5th 15.15% | 6th 9.95% | 4th 12.14% | 7th 11.15% | Eliminated (quarter-final) | ||||||||||||
| Vivian Grillo | 3rd 15.28% | 3rd 18.31% | 6th 12.45% | 4th 17.72% | 8th 8.46% | 8th 8.71% | Eliminated (Week 5) | |||||||||||||
| Riccardo Schiara | Not in live show | 3rd 14.08% | 3rd 16.92% | 4th 16.45% | 9th 6.59% | Eliminated (Week 5) | ||||||||||||||
| Spritz for Five | 4th 11.53% | 5th 9.81% | 4th 14.96% | 5th 12.45% | Eliminated (Week 4) | |||||||||||||||
| Camilla Andrea Magli | 5th 11.12% | 4th 13.31% | 5th 11.71% | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||||||||||||
| The Wise | 6th 3.58% | 6th 6.08% | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||||||||||||
| Diluvio | 6th 5.80% | 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 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Spritz for Five 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Riccardo Schiara Public vote to save | Komminuet 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Leiner Riflessi Public vote to save | Mario Gavino Garrucciu Public vote to save | Ilaria Rastrelli Public vote to save | Madh Public vote to win | ||||||||||
| Vivian Grillo 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Emma Morton 3 of 4 votes majority | Lorenzo Fragola Public vote to win | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riccardo Schiara | 1 | "Chandelier" | Returned | |
| Sarah Fargion | 2 | "Gli Uomini Non Cambiano" | Not returned |
| 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 Rhapsody" | 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 |
| 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 |
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Camilla Andrea Magli was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
| 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 |
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Spritz For Five eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
Also, Morgan who in the previous week stated he would abandon the show, came back as the fourth judge.
| 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 |
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Vivian Grillo was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
| 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 |
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Komminuet were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
| 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 |
| Round 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Madh | 1 | "Moon" (with Malika Ayane) | Safe | |
| Mario Gavino Garrucciu | 2 | "La Notte" (with Arisa) | 4th 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" | 3rd Place | |
| Madh | 7 | "Sayonara" | Safe | |
| Round 3 | ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result | |
| Lorenzo Fragola | 8 | "Rewind" | Winner | |
| Madh | 9 | "Heartbeat" | Runner-Up | |