X Factor (Italian season 14)
X Factor is an Italian television music competition to find new singing talent; the winner receives a recording contract with Sony Music. fourteenth season was aired on Sky Uno and TV8 since September 2020. Casadilegon won the competition and Hell Raton became the winning coach for the first time.[1]
X Factor | |
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Season 14 | |
Hosted by | Alessandro Cattelan |
Judges | Mika Hell Raton Manuel Agnelli Emma Marrone |
Winner | Casadilego |
Winning mentor | Hell Raton |
Runner-up | Little Pieces of Marmelade |
Release | |
Original network | Sky Uno TV8 |
Original release | 17 September – 10 December 2020 |
Season chronology |
Judges' houses
Finalists and categories
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third place
Category (Mentor) | Acts | ||
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Boys (Marrone) | Blind (Franco Rujan) | Blue Phelix (Francesco Franco) | Santi (Filippo Santi) |
Girls (Raton) | Casadilego (Elisa Coclite) | Mydrama (Alessandra Martinelli) | Cmqmartina (Martina Sironi) |
25+ (Mika) | N.A.I.P. (Michelangelo Mercuri) | Vergo (Giuseppe Piscitello) | Eda Marì (Edda Maria Sessa) |
Groups (Agnelli) | Little Pieces of Marmelade | Melancholia | Manitoba |
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 received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown) |
– | Contestant received the most public votes |
Constestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Quarter-final | Semifinal | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Part 1 | Part 2 | Single streams | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 1 | Part 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Single streams | Round 2 | Round 1 & 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Casadilego | 2nd | N/A | Safe | N/A | 1st | N/A | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 1st | Safe | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | Winner 50,96% | |||||||||||||||
Little Pieces of Marmelade | 3rd | N/A | Safe | 3rd | N/A | 2nd | N/A | 5th | 5th | 6th | Safe | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | Runner-up 49,04% | |||||||||||||||
Blind | 1st | N/A | Safe | 2nd | N/A | 1st | N/A | 1st | 1st | 3rd | Safe | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | Eliminated (Final) | |||||||||||||||
N.A.I.P. | N/A | 3rd | Safe | 5th | N/A | N/A | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | Final Showdown | 1st | 1st | 4th | Eliminated (Final) | ||||||||||||||||
Mydrama | N/A | 2nd | Safe | 1st | N/A | N/A | 4th | 6th | 7th | 4th | Safe | 5th | 5th | Eliminated (Semi-final) | |||||||||||||||||
Cmqmartina | 4th | N/A | Safe | 4th | N/A | 3rd | N/A | 7th | 6th | 5th | Safe | 6th | Eliminated (Quarter-final) | ||||||||||||||||||
Melancholia | N/A | 1st | Safe | N/A | 2nd | N/A | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 7th | N/A | Eliminated (Quarter-final) | |||||||||||||||||||
Vergo | N/A | 4th | Safe | N/A | 3rd | 4th | N/A | 8th | 8th | Eliminated (Week 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Blue Phelix | 5th | N/A | Safe | N/A | 4th | N/A | 5th | 9th | Eliminated (Week 4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Santi | N/A | 5th | Final Showdown | N/A | 5th | 5th | N/A | Eliminated (Week 3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Manitoba | N/A | 6th | Safe | 6th | N/A | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eda Marì | 6th | N/A | N/A | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final Showdown | Eda Marì, Manitoba |
Eda Marì, Santi |
Manitoba, Santi |
Santi, Blue Phelix |
Mydrama, Vergo |
Melancholia, N.A.I.P. |
Cmqmartina, Mydrama |
Blind, Mydrama |
No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Emma's vote to eliminate | Eda Marì | Eda Marì | Manitoba | Santi | Vergo | N.A.I.P. | Cmqmartina | Mydrama | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hell Raton's vote to eliminate | Eda Marì | Eda Marì | Manitoba | Santi | Vergo | Melancholia | Cmqmartina | Blind | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Manuel's vote to eliminate | Eda Marì | Santi | Santi | Blue Phelix | Mydrama | N.A.I.P. | Cmqmartina | Mydrama | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mikas vote to eliminate | Manitoba | Santi | Manitoba | Santi | Mydrama | Melancholia | Mydrama | Mydrama | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Eliminated | Eda Marì 3 of 4 votes majority put through to the final showdown in week 2 |
Eda Marì Public vote to save |
Manitoba 3 of 4 votes majority |
Santi 3 of 4 votes majority |
Blue Phelix Public vote to save |
Melancholia Public vote to save |
Cmqmartina 3 of 4 votes majority |
Mydrama 3 of 4 votes majority |
N.A.I.P. Public vote to win |
Blind Public vote to win |
Little Pieces of Marmelade Public vote to win | ||||||||||||||||||||
Vergo Public vote to save |
Week 1 (29 October)
Part 1 | |||
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Act | Order | Song | Result |
Blind | 1 | "Cuore nero" | Safe |
Cmqmartina | 2 | "Serpente" | Safe |
Eda Marì | 3 | "Male" | Bottom two |
Little Pieces of Marmelade | 4 | "One Cup of Happiness" | Safe |
Blue Phelix | 5 | "South Dakota" | Safe |
Casadilego | 6 | "Vittoria" | Safe |
Part 2 | |||
Act | Order | Song | Result |
Manitoba | 7 | "La domenica" | Bottom two |
Vergo | 8 | "Bomba" | Safe |
Santi | 9 | "Bonsai" | Safe |
Mydrama | 10 | "Cornici bianche" | Safe |
N.A.I.P. | 11 | "Attenti al loop" | Safe |
Melancholia | 12 | "Léon" | Safe |
Final showdown details | |||
Act | Order | Song | Result |
Eda Marì | 13 | - | Final Showdown |
Manitoba | 14 | - | Safe |
- Judges' votes to send through to the final showdown next week
- Agnelli: Eda Marì - backed his own act, Manitoba.
- Mika: Manitoba - backed his own act, Eda Marì.
- Marrone: Eda Marì - gave no reason.
- Raton: Eda Marì - gave no reason.
Week 2 (5 November)
Final showdown details | |||
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Act | Order | Song | Result |
Eda Marì | 1 | "Male" | Eliminated |
Santi | 2 | "Bonsai" | Safe |
Part 1 | |||
Act | Order | Song | Result |
Little Pieces of Marmelade | 1 | "Sabotage" | Safe |
Mydrama | 2 | "Bella così" | Safe |
N.A.I.P. | 3 | "Bla Bla Bla" | Safe |
Blind | 4 | "Piece of Your Heart"/"Non mi dire di no" | Safe |
Cmqmartina | 5 | "Il mio canto libero" | Safe |
Manitoba | 6 | "I Wanna Be Sedated" | Bottom two |
Part 2 | |||
Act | Order | Song | Result |
Melancholia | 7 | "Bloodmoney" | Safe |
Blue Phelix | 8 | "Sciccherie" | Safe |
Vergo | 9 | "E ritorno da te" | Safe |
Santi | 10 | "8 miliardi di persone" | Bottom two |
Casadilego | 11 | "Xanny" | Safe |
Final showdown details | |||
Act | Order | Song | Result |
Manitoba | 12 | "La domenica" | Eliminated |
Santi | 13 | "Bonsai" | Safe |
- Judges' votes to eliminate (round 1)
- Mika: Santi - backed his own act, Eda Marì.
- Marrone: Eda Marì - backed her own act, Santi.
- Agnelli: Santi - gave no reason.
- Raton: Eda Marì - gave no reason.
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Eda Marì was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
- Judges' votes to eliminate (round 2)
- Agnelli: Santi - backed his own act, Manitoba.
- Marrone: Manitoba - backed her own act, Santi.
- Mika: Manitoba - gave no reason.
- Raton: Manitoba - gave no reason.
Week 3 (12 November)
Part 1 | |||
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Act | Order | Song | Result |
Cmqmartina | 1 | "Sparami" | Safe |
Blind | 2 | "Cicatrici" | Safe |
Vergo | 3 | "La cura" | Safe |
Little Pieces of Marmelade | 4 | "L.P.O.M." | Safe |
Santi | 5 | "Morrison" | Bottom two |
Part 2 | |||
Act | Order | Song | Result |
Blue Phelix | 6 | "Mi ami" | Bottom two |
Mydrama | 7 | "Vieni con me" | Safe |
N.A.I.P. | 8 | "Oh oh oh" | Safe |
Casadilego | 9 | "Lontanissimo" | Safe |
Melancholia | 10 | "Grounds" | Safe |
Final showdown details | |||
Act | Order | Song | Result |
Santi | 11 | "Bonsai" | Eliminated |
Blue Phelix | 12 | "South Dakota" | Safe |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Agnelli: Blue Phelix - gave no reason.
- Marrone: Santi - gave no reason.
- Mika: Santi - gave no reason.
- Raton: Santi - gave no reason.
Week 4 (19 November)
Round 1 | |||
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Act | Order | Song | Result |
Vergo | 1 | "Bomba" | Safe |
Casadilego | 2 | "Vittoria" | Safe |
Blind | 3 | "Cuore Nero" | Safe |
Melancholia | 4 | "Léon" | Safe |
Cmqmartina | 5 | "Sparami" | Safe |
Little Pieces of Marmelade | 6 | "One Cup of Happiness" | Safe |
Blue Phelix | 7 | "South Dakota" | Eliminated |
N.A.I.P. | 8 | "Attenti al loop" | Safe |
Mydrama | 9 | "Vieni con me" | Safe |
Round 2 | |||
Act | Order | Song | Result |
Mydrama | 1 | "Notti" | Bottom two |
N.A.I.P. | 2 | "Amandoti" | Safe |
Melancholia | 3 | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | Safe |
Blind | 4 | "Per me è importante"/"Bambino" | Safe |
Cmqmartina | 5 | "Albero" | Safe |
Vergo | 6 | "Oro"/"Pienso en tu mirà"/"Malamente" | Bottom two |
Casadilego | 7 | "Rapide" | Safe |
Little Pieces of Marmelade | 8 | "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" | Safe |
Final showdown details | |||
Act | Order | Song | Result |
Mydrama | - | - | Safe |
Vergo | - | - | Eliminated |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Mika: Mydrama - backed his own act, Vergo.
- Raton: Vergo - backed his own act, Mydrama.
- Agnelli: Mydrama - gave no reason.
- Marrone: Vergo - gave no reason.
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Vergo was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
Week 5 (26 November)
Round 1 | |||
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Act | Order | Song | Result |
Little Pieces of Marmelade | 1 | "I Am the Walrus" | Safe |
Cmqmartina | 2 | "La prima cosa bella" | Safe |
Blind | 3 | "In the End/"Tremo" | Safe |
N.A.I.P. | 4 | "Storia d'amore" | Bottom two |
Mydrama | 5 | "Piccola anima" | Safer |
Melancholia | 6 | "Hunter" | Bottom two |
Casadilego | 7 | "Dance Monkey" | Safe |
Final showdown details | |||
Act | Order | Song | Result |
N.A.I.P. | - | - | Safe |
Melancholia | - | - | Eliminated |
Round 2 | |||
Act | Order | Song | Result |
Cmqmartina | 1 | "Lasciami andare!" | Bottom two |
Mydrama | 2 | "Crudelia" | Bottom two |
Blind | 3 | "Affari tuoi" | Safe |
Casadilego | 4 | Yesterday" | Safe |
Little Pieces of Marmalade | 5 | "Digital Cramps" | Safe |
N.A.I.P. | 6 | "Partecipo" | Safe |
Final showdown details | |||
Act | Order | Song | Result |
Mydrama | - | - | Safe |
Cmqmartina | - | - | Eliminated |
- Judges' votes to eliminate (round 1)
- Agnelli: N.A.I.P. - backed his own act, Melancholia.
- Mika: Melancholia - backed his own act, N.A.I.P.
- Marrone: N.A.I.P. - gave no reason.
- Raton: Melancholia - gave no reason.
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Melancholia was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
- Judges' votes to eliminate (Round 2)
- Mika: Mydrama - gave no reason.
- Raton: Cmqmartina - gave no reason.
- Agnelli: Cmqmartina - gave no reason.
- Marrone: Cmqmartina - gave no reason.
Week 6: Semi-final (3 December)
Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
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Blind | 1 | "Baby" | 7 | "Good Times"/"Como habla" | Bottom two |
Casadilego | 2 | "Catrame" | 10 | "Lego House" | Safe |
Little Pieces of Marmelade | 3 | "Muori delay" | 8 | "Gimme All Your Love" | Safe |
Mydrama | 4 | "Chic" | 6 | "Spigoli" | Bottom two |
N.A.I.P. | 5 | "La canzone mononota" | 9 | "Milano circonvallazione esterna" | Safe |
Final showdown details | |||||
Act | Order | Song | Result | ||
Mydrama | 1 | "Cornici bianche" | Eliminated | ||
Blind | 2 | "Cuore nero" | Saved | ||
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Marrone: Mydrama - backed her own act, Blind.
- Raton: Blind - backed his own act, Mydrama.
- Agnelli: Mydrama - gave no reason.
- Mika: Mydrama - gave no reason.
Week 7: Final (10 December)
Round 1 | ||||
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Act | Order | Song | Result | |
Little Pieces of Marmelade | 1 | "Veleno" with Manuel Agnelli | Safe | |
Blind | 2 | "Guerriero" with Emma Marrone | Safe | |
N.A.I.P. | 3 | "Lollipop" with Mika | 4th Place | |
Casadilego | 4 | "Stan" with Hell Raton | Safe | |
Round 2 | ||||
Act | Order | Song | Result | |
Casadilego | 5 | "Kitchen Sink"/"Xanny"/"A Case of You" | Safe | |
Blind | 6 | "Bambino"/"Cicatrici"/"Affari tuoi" | 3rd Place | |
Little Pieces of Marmelade | 7 | "I Am the Walrus"/"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"/"Give Me All Your Love" | Safe | |
Round 3 | ||||
Act | Order | Song | Result | |
Casadilego | 8 | "Vittoria" | Winner | |
Little Pieces of Marmelade | 9 | "One Cup of Happiness" | Runner-up | |