X Factor (Italian TV series)

X Factor Italia is a TV show that airs on prime time in Italy. The singing competition is the Italian version of Britain's The X Factor. As of Season 17, it is currently hosted by Francesca Michielin. Francesco Facchinetti hosted the show's first four seasons before being replaced by Alessandro Cattelan for Season 5 up to Season 14 before being replaced by Ludovico Tersigni for one season. While the first four seasons were aired on Rai Due, the second channel of Italian public television service, at the moment the show is broadcast on Sky Uno, the main channel of Sky Italy.

X Factor
Created by	Simon Cowell
Presented by	Francesco Facchinetti Alessandro Cattelan Ludovico Tersigni Francesca Michielin
Judges	Morgan Mara Maionchi Simona Ventura Claudia Mori Elio Enrico Ruggeri Anna Tatangelo Arisa Mika Fedez Victoria Cabello Skin Manuel Agnelli Álvaro Soler Levante Asia Argento Lodo Guenzi Malika Ayane Sfera Ebbasta Samuel Romano Emma Hell Raton Ambra Angiolini Dargen D'Amico Rkomi
Country of origin	Italy
No. of seasons	17
No. of episodes	212
Production
Production companies	Fremantle Italia Magnolia
Original release
Network	Rai Due (2008–2010) Cielo (free-to-air, 2011–2015) Sky Uno/Sky Uno HD (2011–) TV8 (free-to-air, 2016–)
Release	10 March 2008 (2008-03-10) – present

The judges, who all belong to the Italian and international music or television world, were 3 from Season 1 to Season 3 (when the categories were: Groups, 16–24, 25+). Since Season 4, the 16-24 category was split into two parts (Boys and Girls), following the British example, therefore the judges became 4.

The programme's success is witnessed by the number of singers who became famous after the show. Among the others we can notice Giusy Ferreri from Season 1, Noemi from Season 2, Marco Mengoni from Season 3, Ruggero Pasquarelli from Season 4, Francesca Michielin from Season 5, Chiara Galiazzo, Mahmood and Le Donatella from Season 6, Michele Bravi from Season 7, Lorenzo Fragola and Madh from Season 8, Enrico Nigiotti and Måneskin from Season 11.

Host and judges

Host/Judges	Season
	1 (2008)	2 (2009)	3 (2009)	4 (2010)	5 (2011–2012)	6 (2012)	7 (2013)	8 (2014)	9 (2015)	10 (2016)	11 (2017)	12 (2018)	13 (2019)	14 (2020)	15 (2021)	16 (2022)	17 (2023)
Presenter
Francesco Facchinetti	Host
Alessandro Cattelan					Host
Ludovico Tersigni															Host
Francesca Michielin																Host
Judges
Mara Maionchi	Main										Main
Morgan	Main				Main												Main
Simona Ventura	Main				Main
Claudia Mori			Main
Elio				Main					Main
Anna Tatangelo				Main
Enrico Ruggeri				Main
Arisa					Main					Main
Mika							Main							Main
Victoria Cabello								Main
Fedez								Main								Main
Skin									Main
Álvaro Soler										Main
Manuel Agnelli										Main				Main
Levante											Main
Asia Argento/Lodovico Guenzi												Main
Samuel													Main
Malika Ayane													Main
Sfera Ebbasta													Main
Emma Marrone														Main
Hell Raton														Main
Rkomi																Main
Dargen D'Amico																Main
Ambra Angiolini																Main

Series summary

•   Act in Mara's Category
•   Act in Morgan's Category
•   Act in Simona's Category
•   Act in Claudia's Category
•   Act in Elio's Category
•   Act in Enrico's Category
•   Act in Arisa's Category
•   Act in Mika's Category
•   Act in Victoria's Category
•   Act in Fedez's Category
•   Act in Skin's Category
•   Act in Alvaro's Category
•   Act in Manuel's Category
•   Act in Asia/Lodo's Category
•   Act in Samuel's Category
•   Act in Malika's Category
•   Act in Sfera's Category
•   Act in Emma's Category
•   Act in Hell's Category
•   Act in Ambra's Category
•   Act in Dargen's Category
•   Act in Rkomi's Category

Season	Start	Finish	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place	Winning mentor	Host	Judges (seating order)
1	10 March 2008	27 May 2008	Aram Quartet Groups	Giusy Ferreri Over 25s	Emaniele Dabbono Over 25s	Tony Maiello 16-24s	Morgan	Francesco Facchinetti	Mara	Morgan	Simona	—
2	12 January 2009	19 April 2009	Matteo Becucci Over 25s	The Bastards Sons of Dioniso Groups	Jury Magliolo 16-24s	Daniele Magro 16-24s
3	10 September 2009	2 December 2009	Marco Mengoni 16-24s	Guilano Rassu Over 25s	Yavanna Groups	Silver 16-24s					Claudia
4	7 September 2010	23 November 2010	Nathalie Over 25s	Davide Boys	Nevruz Joku Over 25s	Kymera Groups	Elio		Elio	Mara	Anna	Enrico
5	20 October 2011	6 January 2012	Francesca Michielin Girls	I Moderni Groups	Antonella Lo Coco Over 25s	Nicole Tuzzi Girls	Simona Ventura	Alessandro Cattelan	Morgan	Arisa	Simona	Elio
6	20 September 2012	7 December 2012	Chiara Galiazzo Over 25s	Ics Over 25s	Davide Merlini Boys	Cixi Girls	Morgan			Simona	Arisa
7	26 September 2013	12 December 2013	Michele Bravi Boys	Ape Escape Groups	Violetta Zironi Girls	Aba Overs					Mika
8	18 September 2014	11 December 2014	Lorenzo Fragola Boys	Madh Boys	Ilaria Rastrelli Girls	Mario Gavino Garrucciu Overs	Fedez			Victoria		Fedez
9	10 September 2015	10 December 2015	Giosada Overs	Urban Strangers Groups	Davide Shorty Overs	Enrica Tara Girls	Elio		Elio	Skin
10	15 September 2016	15 December 2016	Soul System Groups	Gaia Gozzi Girls	Eva Pevarello Overs	Roshelle Girls	Alvaro Soler		Manuel	Arisa	Alvaro
11	14 September 2017	14 December 2017	Lorenzo Licitra Overs	Måneskin Groups	Enrico Nigiotti Overs	Samuel Storm Boys	Mara Maionchi			Levante	Mara
12	6 September 2018	13 December 2018	Anastasio Boys	Naomi Rivieccio Overs	Luna Melis Girls	BowLand Groups			Mara	Manuel	Asia/Lodo
13	12 September 2019	12 December 2019	Sofia Tornambene Girls	Booda Groups	Sierra Groups	Davide Rossi Boys	Sfera Ebbasta		Sfera	Mara	Malika	Samuel
14	17 September 2020	10 December 2020	Casadilego Girls	Little Pieces of Marmelade Groups	Blind Boys	N.A.I.P. Overs	Hell Raton		Manuel	Emma	Mika	Hell
15	16 September 2021	9 December 2021	Baltimora	Gianmaria	Bengala Fire	Fellow		Ludovico Tersigni
16	15 September 2022	8 December 2022	Santi Francesi	Beatrice Quinta	Linda	Tropea	Rkomi	Francesca Michielin	Dargen	Ambra	Rkomi	Fedez
17	14 September 2023	7 December 2023	Sarafine	Stunt Pilots	II Solito Dandy	Maria Tomba	Fedez			Morgan	Ambra

Contestants, categories and judges

Key:

  – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.

Series	Morgan	Simona Ventura	Mara Maionchi	N/A
One	Groups Aram Quartet Cluster Sei Ottavi 4 Sound FM Cherries	25+ Giusy Ferreri Emanuele Dabbono Annalisa Baldi Gino Scannapiego Antonio Marino Dante Pontone Adriano De Pasquale	16-24 Tony Maiello Ilaria Porceddu Silvia Aprile Luna Di Nardo Vittoria Hyde Maria Teresa d’Alise
Two	25+ Matteo Becucci Noemi Laura Binda Enrico Nordio Chiarastella Calconi Andrea Gioacchini Elisa Rossi	16-24 Jury Magliolo Daniele Magro Ambra Marie Facchetti Serena Abrami Giacomo Salvietti	Groups The Bastard Sons of Dioniso Farias Sisters of Soul Sinacria Sinphony
Three	Morgan	Claudia Mori	Mara Maionchi
	16-24 Marco Mengoni Silver Chiara Ranieri Cristiana Soriano Mario Spada Ornella Felicetti	25+ Giuliano Rassu Paola Canestrelli Sofia Damiano Fiorella Francesca Ciampa Francesco Gramegna	Groups Yavanna Luana Biz A&K Horrible Porno Stuntmen
Four	Enrico Ruggeri	Anna Tatangelo	Mara Maionchi	Elio
	Groups Kymera Effetto Doppler Borghi Bros	Girls Marika Lermani Dorina Leka Sofia Buconi Alessandra Falconieri	Boys Davide Mogavero Stefano Filipponi Ruggero Pasquarelli Dami	25+ Nathalie Giannitrapani Nevruz Joku Cassandra Raffaele Manuela Zanier
Five	Morgan	Simona Ventura	Arisa	Elio
	Boys Vincenzo Di Bella Valerio De Rosa Davide Papasidero	Girls Francesca Michielin Nicole Tuzii Jessica Mazzoli	25+ Antonella Lo Coco Claudio Cera Rahma Hafsi	Groups I Moderni Cafè Margot Le 5
Six	25+ Chiara Galiazzo Ics Romina Falconi	Boys Davide Merlini Daniele Coletta Alessandro Mahmoud Nicola Aliotta	Groups Frères Chaos Le Donatella Akmé	Girls Cixi Nice Yendry Fiorentino
Seven	Morgan	Simona Ventura	Mika	Elio
	Boys Michele Bravi Andrea D'Alessio Lorenzo Iuracà	Groups Ape Escape Street Clerks FreeBoys	Girls Violetta Zironi Gaia Galizia Valentina Tioli Roberta Pompa	25+ Aba Fabio Santini Alan Scaffardi
Eight	Morgan	Fedez	Mika	Victoria Cabello
	Groups Komminuet Spritz for Five The Wise	Boys Lorenzo Fragola Madh Leiner Riflessi Riccardo Schiara	25+ Mario Gavino Garrucciu Emma Morton Diluvio	Girls Ilaria Rastrelli Vivian Grillo Camilla Andrea Magli
Nine	Skin	Fedez	Mika	Elio
	Girls Enrica Tara Margherita Principi Eleonora Anania	Groups Urban Strangers Moseek Landlord	Boys Luca Valenti Leonardo Marius Dragusin Eva	25+ Giosada Davide Sciortino Massimiliano D'Alessandro
Ten	Alvaro Soler	Fedez	Arisa	Manuel Agnelli
	Groups Soul System Daiana Lou Les Enfants	Girls Gaia Gozzi Roshelle Caterina Cropelli	Boys Loomy Fem Diego Conti	25+ Eva Pevarello Andrea Biagioni Silva Fortes
Eleven	Levante	Fedez	Mara Maionchi	Manuel Agnelli
	Girls Rita Bellanza Camille Cabaltera Virginia Perbellini	Boys Samuel Storm Gabriele Esposito Lorenzo Bonamano	25+ Lorenzo Licitra Enrico Nigiotti Andrea Radice	Groups Måneskin Ros Sem & Stenn
Twelve	Asia Argento/Lodovico Guenzi	Fedez	Mara Maionchi	Manuel Agnelli
	Groups BowLand Seveso Casino Palace Red Bricks Foundation	25+ Naomi Rivieccio Renza Castelli Matteo Costanzo	Boys Anastasio Leo Gassman Emanuele Bertelli	Girls Luna Melis Martina Attili Sherol dos Santos
Thirteen	Samuel	Sfera Ebbasta	Mara Maionchi	Malika Ayane
	Groups Booda Sierra Seawards	Girls Sofia Tornambene Giordana Petralia Mariam Rouass	25+ Eugenio Campagna Nicola Cavallaro Marco Saltari	Boys Davide Rossi Lorenzo Rinaldi Enrico Di Lauro
Fourteen	Mika	Hell Raton	Emma Marrone	Manuel Agnelli
	25+ N.A.I.P. Vergo Eda Marì	Girls Casadilego Mydrama Cmqmartina	Boys Blind Blue Phelix Santi	Groups Little Pieces of Marmelade Melancholia Manitoba
Fifteen	Fellow Nika Paris Westfalia	Baltimora Versailles Karakaz	Gianmaria Le Endrigo Vale LP	Bengala Fire Erio Mutonia
Sixteen	Dargen D'Amico	Fedez	Ambra Angiolini	Rkomi
	Beatrice Quinta Disco Club Paradiso Matteo Orsi	Linda Omini Dadà	Tropea Lucrezia Matteo Siffredi	Santi Francesi Joėlle Iako
Seventeen	Morgan	Fedez	Ambra Angiolini	Dargen D'Amico
	Astromare Sickteens Selmi Animaux Formidables	Sarafine Maria Tomba Asia	Angelica Astromare Matteo Alieno Gaetano De Caro	Stunt Pilots Il Solito Dandy Settembre

First season (2008)

In the first edition held in the period 10 March 2008 to 27 May 2008, Morgan's contestants (Vocal Groups) were labelled "pastel green contestants", Simona's contestants (25+ years) the "pink contestants" and Mara's (16–24 years) the "pastel blue contestants"

		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	FINAL Week 12
	Aram Quartet	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner (Week 12)
	Giusy Ferreri	Not in competitions							Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Runner-up (Week 12)
	Emanuele Dabbono	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Bottom Four	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Bottom Two	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom	Eliminated (Week 12)
	Tony Maiello	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Bottom	Eliminated (Week 12)
	Ilaria Porceddu	Safe	Bottom Four	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 11)
	Cluster	Not in competitions								Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 10)
	Sei Ottavi	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Four	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 9)
	Annalisa Baldi	Bottom Six	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 8)
	Gino Scannapiego	Not in competitions					Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 7)
	Silvia Aprile	Not in competitions			Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 6)
	Antonio Marino	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 5)
	4 Sound	Bottom Six	Bottom Four	Safe	Bottom Four	Eliminated (Week 4)
	Dante Pontone	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Four	Eliminated (Week 4)
	FM	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Luna Di Nardo	Safe	Bottom Four	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Vittoria Hyde	Bottom Six	Bottom Four	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Maria Teresa d'Alise	Bottom Six	Eliminated (Week 1)
	Cherries	Bottom Six	Eliminated (Week 1)
	Adriano De Pasquale	Bottom Six	Eliminated (Week 1)
Final Showdown		Adriano, Annalisa 4 Sound, Cherries M. Teresa, Vittoria	4 Sound, Vittoria Ilaria, Luna	Emanuele, FM	Dante, Sei Ottavi 4 Sound, Emanuele	Annalisa, Antonio	Tony, Silvia	Gino, Sei Ottavi	Annalisa, Emanuele	Sei Ottavi, Emanuele	Cluster, Ilaria	Tony, Ilaria	No final shodown in last week
	Simona's vote	Adriano	Vittoria Ilaria	FM	Sei Ottavi 4 Sound	Antonio	Silvia	Sei Ottavi	Annalisa	Emanuele	Cluster	Ilaria
	Morgan's vote	Cherries	Vittoria Luna	Emanuele	Dante Emanuele	Antonio	Tony	Gino	Emanuele	Sei Ottavi	Ilaria	Tony
	Mara's vote	M. Teresa	4 Sound Luna	FM	Dante 4 Sound	Annalisa	Silvia	Gino	Annalisa	Sei Ottavi	Cluster	Ilaria
Eliminates		Adriano 1 of 1 Votes Cherries 1 of 1 Votes M. Teresa 1 of 1 Votes	Vittoria 2 of 3 Votes Luna 2 of 3 Votes	FM 2 of 3 Votes	Dante 2 of 3 Votes 4 Sound 2 of 3 Votes	Antonio 2 of 3 Votes	Silvia 2 of 3 Votes	Gino 2 of 3 Votes	Annalisa 2 of 3 Votes	Sei Ottavi 2 of 3 Votes	Cluster 2 of 3 Votes	Ilaria 2 of 3 Votes	Tony bottom	Emanuele bottom	Giusy 42% Runner-up
															Aram Quartet 58% Winners

Second season (2008–2009)

The second season was held between 25 November 2008 and 19 April 2009. The three judges were the same as the first series line-up. Simona Ventura mentored the "16-24s", Morgan the "25 and Overs" and Mara Maionchi the Groups. The winner was Matteo Becucci from the 25 and over category.

		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	FINAL Week 14
															Round 1	Round 2
	Matteo Becucci	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner (Final Week)
	The Bastard Sons of Dioniso	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Runner-up (Final Week)
	Jury Magliolo	Not in competitions					Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Bottom Two	Bottom Two	Bottom	Eliminated (Final Week)
	Daniele Magro	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 13)
	Noemi	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 12)
	Laura Binda	Not in competitions										Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 11)
	Enrico Nordio	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 10)
	Farias	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 9)
	Chiarastella Calconi	Not in competitions							Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 8)
	Andrea Gioacchini	Not in competitions			Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 7)
	Ambra Marie Facchetti	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 6)
	Sisters of Soul	Bottom Two	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 5)
	Serena Abrami	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 4)
	Giacomo Salvietti	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Elisa Rossi	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Sinacria Sinphony	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 1)
Bottom Two		Sisters of Soul, Sinacria Sinphony	Elisa, Farias	Ambra Marie, Giacomo	Sisters of Soul, Serena	Sisters of Soul, Farias	Daniele, Ambra Marie	Andrea, Noemi	Daniele, Chiarastella	Enrico, Farias	Enrico, Noemi	Laura, Jury	Noemi, Jury	Daniele, Jury	-
	Simona's vote	Sinacria Sinphony	Elisa	-	Sisters of Soul	Sisters of Soul	Ambra Marie	Andrea	Chiarastella	Farias	Enrico	Laura	Noemi	Daniele	-
	Morgan's vote	Sinacria Sinphony	Farias	Giacomo	Serena	Farias	Daniele	Andrea	Daniele	Farias	-	Jury	Jury	Jury
	Mara's vote	-	Elisa	Giacomo	Serena	Sisters of Soul	Ambra Marie	Noemi	Chiarastella	Enrico	Enrico	Laura	Noemi	Daniele
Eliminates		Sinacria Sinphony 2 of 2 Votes	Elisa 2 of 3 Votes	Giacomo 2 of 2 Votes	Serena 2 of 3 Votes	Sisters of Soul 2 of 3 Votes	Ambra Marie 2 of 3 Votes	Andrea 2 of 3 Votes	Chiarastella 2 of 3 Votes	Farias 2 of 3 Votes	Enrico 2 of 2 Votes	Laura 2 of 3 Votes	Noemi 2 of 3 Votes	Daniele 2 of 3 Votes	Jury bottom	The Bastard Sons of Dioniso Runner-up
																Matteo Winner

Third season (2009)

In the third edition from 16 June 2009 until 2 December 2009, the judge Simona Ventura was replaced by Claudia Mori. Morgan's contestants (16–24 years) were dubbed the "blue contestants", Claudia Mori's contestants (25+ years) the "orange" and Mara Maionchi's category of the Vocal Groups, the "red contestants".

		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	FINAL Week 13
														Round 1	Round 2
	Marco Mengoni	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner (Final Week)
	Giuliano Rassu	Non in competitions							Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Runner-up (Final Week)
	Yavanna	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Four	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Bottom Two	Bottom	Eliminated (Final Week)
	Silver	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 12)
	Paola Canestrelli	Non in competitions									Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 11)
	Chiara Ranieri	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 10)
	Sofia	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Bottom Two	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 9)
	Damiano Fiorella	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Four	Bottom Two	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 8)
	Cristiana Soriano	Not in competitions					Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 7)
	Francesca Ciampa	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Safe	Bottom Four	Eliminated (Week 6)
	Luana Biz	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Four	Eliminated (Week 6)
	Mario Spada	Not in competitions			Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 5)
	Ornella Felicetti	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 4)
	A&K	Bottom Two	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Horrible Porno Stuntmen	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Francesco Gramegna	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 1)
Bottom Two		A&K, Francesco	Yavanna, Horrible Porno Stuntmen	A&K, Francesca	Ornella, Sofia	Sofia, Mario	Damiano, L. Biz Francesca, Yavanna	Cristiana, Damiano	Yavanna, Damiano	Chiara, Sofia	Chiara, Silver	Paola, Yavanna	Silver, Yavanna
	Morgan's vote	---	Horrible Porno Stuntmen	-	Sofia	Sofia	L. Biz Francesca	Damiano	Damiano	Sofia	Chiara	Paola	Yavanna	-
	Claudia's vote	Francesco	Yavanna	A&K	Ornella	Mario	L. Biz Yavanna	Cristiana	Yavanna	Chiara	Silver	Yavanna	Silver
	Mara's vote	Francesco	Horrible Porno Stuntmen	A&K	Ornella	Mario	Damiano Francesca	Cristiana	Damiano	Sofia	Chiara	Paola	Silver
Eliminates		Francesco 2 of 2 Votes	Horrible Porno Stuntmen 2 of 3 Votes	A&K 2 of 2 Votes	Ornella 2 of 3 Votes	Mario 2 of 3 Votes	Luana Biz 2 of 3 Votes	Cristiana 2 of 3 Votes	Damiano 2 of 3 Votes	Sofia 2 of 3 Votes	Chiara 2 of 3 Votes	Paola 2 of 3 Votes	Silver 2 of 3 Votes	Yavanna bottom	Giuliano Runner-up
							Francesca 2 of 3 Votes								Marco Winner

The A&K, Mara's group, were formed by Andrea and Chiara (Kiara). However, Chiara was later disqualified from the show because of a regulation prohibiting the sons/daughters of RAI employees from entering the show, in this case, Chiara's Mother. She was replaced by Daniele Vit.

Fourth season (2010)

From that year there are four categories with the respective judges:

• Mara Maionchi (16-24 Boys)
• Anna Tatangelo (16-24 Girls)
• Elio (25 +)
• Enrico Ruggeri (Vocal Groups)

		Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10		Week 11	FINAL Week 12
											Saturday	Tuesday		Round 1	Round 2
	Nathalie Giannitrapani	Bottom two	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner (Final Week)
	Davide Mogavero	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Runner-up (Final Week)
	Nevruz Joku	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Bottom two	Bottom	Eliminated (Final Week)
	Kymera	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 12)
	Stefano Filipponi	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 11)
	Ruggero Pasquarelli	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 10)
	Marika Lermani	Not in Competition								Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 9)
	Dami	Not in Competition					Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 8)
	Cassandra Raffaele	Not in Competition			Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 7)
	Dorina Leka	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 6)
	Manuela Zanier	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 5)
	Effetto Doppler	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 4)
	Borghi Bros	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Sofia Buconi	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Alessandra Falconieri	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 1)
Bottom two		Nathalie, Alessandra	Dorina, Sofia	Effetto Doppler, Borghi Bros	Effetto Doppler, Manuela	Cassandra, Manuela	Dorina, Kymera	Cassandra, Ruggero	Dami, Davide	Marika, Nathalie	Ruggero, Nevruz	Kymera, Stefano	Kymera, Nevruz
	Elio's vote	Alessandra	Sofia	Effetto Doppler	Effetto Doppler	Manuela	Kymera	Ruggero	Dami	Marika	Ruggero	Stefano	Kymera
	Mara's vote	Alessandra	(Sofia)	Borghi Bros	Effetto Doppler	Cassandra	Dorina	Cassandra	Davide	Marika	Nevruz	Kymera	Kymera
	Anna's vote	Nathalie	Sofia	Borghi Bros	Effetto Doppler	Manuela	Kymera	Cassandra	Dami	Nathalie	Nevruz	Kymera	Kymera
	Enrico's vote	Nathalie	Sofia	Borghi Bros	Manuela	Manuela	Dorina	Cassandra	Dami	Marika	Ruggero	Stefano	Nevruz
Eliminates		Alessandra public vote	Sofia 3 of 3 votes	Borghi Bros 3 of 4 votes	Effetto Doppler 3 of 4 votes	Manuela 3 of 4 votes	Dorina public vote	Cassandra 3 of 4 votes	Dami 3 of 4 votes	Marika 3 of 4 votes	Ruggero public vote	Stefano public vote	Kymera 3 of 4 votes	Nevruz bottom	Davide Runner-up
															Nathalie Winner

Fifth season (2011–2012)

See also: X Factor (Italian season 5)

The fifth season of X Factor was televised from 20 October 2011 to 5 January 2012. For the first time, it was broadcast by Sky Uno HD, rather than Rai 2. The auditions were held from 5 July to 12 September 2011.

Sixth season (2012)

See also: X Factor (Italian season 6)

The sixth season of X Factor started on 20 September 2012. It is broadcast live by Sky Uno HD, and a short version recorded broadcast on free digital TV Cielo.

Seventh season (2013)

See also: X Factor (Italian season 7)

The seventh season of X Factor started on 26 September 2013. It is broadcast live by Sky Uno HD.

Eight season (2014)

See also: X Factor (Italian season 8)

The eight season of X Factor started on 18 September 2014. It is broadcast live by Sky Uno HD.

Ninth season (2015)

See also: X Factor (Italian season 9)

The ninth season of X Factor started on 10 September 2015. It is broadcast live by Sky Uno HD.

Tenth season (2016)

See also: X Factor (Italian season 10)

The tenth season of X Factor started on 22 September 2016. It was broadcast live by Sky Uno HD, and a recorded version was broadcast on free digital channel TV8.

Eleventh season (2017)

See also: X Factor (Italian season 11)

The eleventh season of X Factor started on 14 September 2017. It is broadcast live by Sky Uno HD, and a recorded version is broadcast on free digital channel TV8. The season finale, aired on 14 December 2017, marked the victory of Lorenzo Licitra against Måneskin and became the most viewed Italian X Factor live show ever.

Twelfth season (2018)

See also: X Factor (Italian season 12)

The twelfth season of X Factor started on 6 September 2018. It was broadcast live by Sky Uno HD, and a recorded version was broadcast on free digital channel TV8. The final episode of the season, aired on both Sky Uno HD and TV8, was won by Anastasio. This marked Mara Maionchi's second victory in a row.

This season also featured Asia Argento as a judge before she was fired after being accused of sexual misconduct by actor Jimmy Bennett.^[1]

Thirteenth season (2019)

See also: X Factor (Italian season 13)

The thirteenth season of X Factor started on 12 September 2019. It was broadcast live by Sky Uno HD, and a recorded version was broadcast on free digital channel TV8.

Fourteenth season (2020)

See also: X Factor (Italian season 14)

The fourteenth season of X Factor started on 17 September 2020. It was broadcast live by Sky Uno HD and a recorded version was broadcast on free digital channel TV8. The final episode of the season, aired on both Sky Uno HD and TV8, was won by Casadilego. This marked Hell Raton's first victory.

Fifteenth season (2021)

The fifteenth season of X Factor started on 16 September 2021 and concluded on 9 December with Baltimora being the winner, marking the second and final victory for Hell Raton.

Sixteenth season (2022)

The sixteenth season of X Factor started on 15 September 2022 and concluded on 8 December with Santi Francesi winning, marking the only victory for Rkomi.

Seventeenth season (2023)

The seventeenth season of X Factor started on 14 September 2023, and concluded on 7 December with Sarafine winning, marking the second win for Fedez.

Following the fourth live show, Morgan would be fired as judge following inappropriate behavior towards production and fellow judges. This would mark the second time in the show’s history of a judge being fired mid-season.

References

1. "Asia Argento Fired From "X Factor Italy" Following Sexual Misconduct Allegation". Vanity Fair. 27 August 2018.

External links

• Official website