X Factor (Italy series 7)

X Factor
Season 7
Broadcast from 26 September – 12 December 2013
Judges Elio
Mika
Morgan
Simona Ventura
Host(s) Alessandro Cattelan (Sky Uno)
Co-host(s) Matteo Bordone (Sky Uno)
Broadcaster Sky Uno
Cielo
Finals venue X Factor Arena, Milan (Weeks 1-7)
Mediolanum Forum, Assago (Week 8)
Winner
Michele Bravi
Origin Città di Castello, Umbria
Song ""La vita e la felicità""
Genre(s) Pop
Mentor Morgan
Runner-up
Ape Escape

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 sevenths series will be aired on Sky Uno starting from 26 September 2013.

Auditions for the series took place in Naples, Genoa and Milan on 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. Hir 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.

Judges, presenters and other personnel

During the sixth Live Show of the sixths series, Arisa complained about voting mechanism, and tossed allegations against Simona Ventura, accusing her of being «phony» in judging her acts.[2] On 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 on 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.

Applications and auditions

Cities that auditions and/or pre-auditions were held in.

A preliminary phase of auditions was held:

The judges auditions was held:

On 18 June auditions Fedez starred as guest-judge.[13]

Bootcamp

Bootcamp took place at Mediolanum Forum, Assago, over two days, on Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 June.

Judges' houses

"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.

Finalists and categories

Key:

     Winner
     Runner-up
     Third place
Category (Mentor) Acts
Boys (Morgan) Michele Bravi 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

Live shows

Results summary

The number of votes received by each act were released by Sky Italia after the final.[18]

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 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
Weekly results per contestant
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8
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 N/A 3rd
20.71%
2nd
19.89%
N/A 1st
24.80%
N/A N/A 1st
30.12%
1st
23.77%
N/A 1st
26.73%
1st
27.41%
1st
31.00%
1st
29.88%
1st
37.33%
1st
42.67%
Winner
57.33%
Ape Escape N/A 2nd
24.28%
N/A 1st
22.69%
3rd
21.16%
N/A 1st
25.35%
N/A 2nd
18.03%
N/A 3rd
15.43%
5th
14.55%
2nd
22.08%
3rd
24.11%
2nd
22.61%
2nd
31.49%
Runner-up
42.67%
Violetta Zironi N/A 1st
24.33%
1st
25.54%
N/A N/A 1st
28.13%
N/A 2nd
22.16%
3rd
13.79%
N/A 5th
14.56%
3rd
18.27%
3rd
19.19%
2nd
26.10%
3rd
21.59%
3rd
26.04%
Eliminated
(Week 8)
Aba N/A 5th
10.20%
N/A 5th
10.34%
N/A 5th
14.96%
N/A 3rd
17.81%
5th
10.07%
N/A 2nd
15.98%
2nd
24.19%
4th
15.58%
4th
19.91%
4th
18.48%
Eliminated
(Week 8)
Andrea D'Alessio 3rd
20.51%
N/A N/A 2nd
21.13%
N/A 2nd
20.53%
2nd
22.66%
N/A 4th
11.18%
N/A 4th
14.74%
4th
15.57%
5th
12.15%
N/A Eliminated
(Week 7)
Gaia Galizia 2nd
22.29%
N/A 4th
15.10%
N/A 4th
11.86%
N/A N/A 5th
13.78%
7th
8.16%
1st
39.54%
6th
12.56%
N/A Eliminated
(Week 6)
Fabio Santini 5th
10.78%
N/A 6th
7.94%
N/A 5th
10.14%
N/A 5th
11.80%
N/A 8th
6.52%
2nd
31.66%
Eliminated
(Week 5)
Valentina Tioli 1st
24.31%
N/A N/A 4th
15.68%
2nd
22.43%
N/A 3rd
20.66%
N/A 6th
8.48%
3rd
28.80%
Eliminated
(Week 5)
Street Clerks N/A 4th
12.15%
5th
13.72%
N/A N/A 3rd
19.55%
N/A 4th
16.12%
Eliminated
(Week 4)
Roberta Pompa Not in live show N/A 3rd
20.74%
N/A 4th
16.84%
4th
19.53%
N/A Eliminated
(Week 4)
Alan Scaffardi 4th
13.18%
N/A 3rd
17.82%
N/A 6th
9.61%
N/A Eliminated
(Week 3)
FreeBoys 6th
8.27%
N/A N/A 6th
9.42%
Eliminated
(Week 2)
Lorenzo Iuracà N/A 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
Public vote
33.34%
to save
Alan Scaffardi
3 of 4 votes
majority
Roberta Pompa
3 of 4 votes
majority
Street Clerks
Public vote
49.92%
to save
Valentina Tioli
Public vote
28.80%
to save
Gaia Galizia
Public vote
39.09%
to save
Andrea D'Alessio
Public vote
44.55%
to save
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

Live show details

Week 1 (24 October 2013)

Contestants' performances on the first live show
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)
Judge's vote to eliminate

Week 2 (31 October 2013)

Contestants' performances on the second live show
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
Judge's vote to eliminate

Week 3 (7 November 2013)

Contestants' performances on the third live show
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
Judge's vote to eliminate

Week 4 (14 November 2013)

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Part 1
Act Order Song[25][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
Judges' decisions to eliminate (Part 1)
Judges' decisions to eliminate (Part 2)

Week 5 (21 November 2013)

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Round 1
Act Order Song[29][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
Judges' decisions to eliminate

Week 6 (28 November 2013)

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Round 1
Act Order Song[33] 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
Judges' decisions to eliminate

Week 7: Semi-final (5 December 2013)

Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Round 1[35][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[35] 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
Judges' decisions to eliminate

Week 8: Final (12 December 2013)

Contestants' performances on the final live show
Round 1[38]
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[38]
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[38][39]
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

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