X Factor is an Italian television music competition to find new singing talent; the winner was Giò Sada: he received a € 300,000 recording contract with Sony Music. Fedez and Mika would be confirmed as judges and mentors, while Skin and Elio have been chosen for replacing Morgan and Victoria Cabello in the role; also Alessandro Cattelan returned as host. The ninth season has been airing on Sky Uno since 10 September 2015.
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 twelve eliminated acts were: Boys: Marco Gori, Angel Gabriel Marmolejos, Cranio Randagio Girls: Gaia Albertazzi, Martina Galli, Selene Capitanucci 25+: David Aiyeniwon, Diego Esposito, Marco Sbarbati Groups: Iron Mais, Street Chords, OSC2X
Contestants and categories Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Third place
Category (mentor)Acts Boys (Mika) Eva Leonardo Marius Dragusin Luca Valenti Girls (Skin) Eleonora Anania Margherita Principi Enrica Tara 25+ (Elio) Massimiliano D'Alessandro Giosada Davide Sciortino Groups (Fedez) Landlord Moseek Urban Strangers
Live shows
Results summary The number of votes received by each act were 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 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 was in the bottom four (only for Week 2) and had to sing again at the showdown which determined the final bottom two
+ Weekly results per contestant Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final Part 1 Part 2 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 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 Giosada 3rd14.02% 1st24.35% 2nd20.14% 2nd28.40% 6th11.61% 6th13.48% 1st23.94% 1st26.33% 1st30.59% 1st32.72% 1st38.31% 1st41.01% Winner52.66% Urban Strangers 1st29.50% 1st39.28% 1st38.04% 1st31.57% 1st20.13% 1st20.72% 2nd23.53% 2nd26.07% 2nd23.94% 2nd27.56% 2nd29.86% 2nd34.21% Runner-up47.34% Davide Sciortino 1st24.49% 2nd22.56% 1st26.97% 3rd17.81% 5th12.19% 2nd15.06% 3rd15.70% 4th16.38% 4th15.53% 3rd19.99% 3rd16.94% 3rd24.78% Eliminated(final) Enrica Tara 5th12.16% 4th15.53% 3rd15.38% 2nd22.92% 3rd13.25% 5th13.58% 6th11.33% 5th13.94% 4th14.89% Eliminated(final) Moseek 5th12.32% 3rd16.71% 3rd20.61% 1st34.43% 2nd13.26% 4th14.13% 5th12.19% 3rd16.57% 3rd15.99% 4th19.72% Eliminated(semi-final) Luca Valenti 3rd18.46% 2nd20.86% 2nd22.83% 5th12.69% 4th12.56% 3rd14.25% 4th13.31% 5th14.65% Eliminated(quarter-final) Landlord 4th17.47% 3rd15.77% 4th15.00% 4th15.01% 7th9.55% 7th8.79% Eliminated(Week 5) Leonardo Marius Dragusin 4th12.55% 5th10.21% 2nd29.75% 4th14.19% 3rd19.31%8th7.45% Eliminated(Week 5) Margherita Principi 2nd20.43% 4th12.18% 1st33.45% 5th12.25% 4th17.86% Eliminated(Week 4) Eleonora Anania 2nd19.59% 5th15.03% 3rd21.10% 5th14.59% Eliminated(Week 3) Eva 6th6.99% 6th7.52% 4th15.70% Eliminated(Week 2) Massimiliano D'Alessandro 6th12.02% Eliminated(Week 1)Final showdown Eva,Massimiliano D'Alessandro Eleonora Anania,Eva Eleonora Anania,Margherita Principi Luca Valenti,Margherita Principi Giosada,Landlord Enrica Tara,Luca Vaelnti Enrica Tara,Moseek No final showdownor judges' vote:results will be basedon public votes alone Judges' vote to eliminateElio's vote Eva Eva Eleonora Anania Margherita Principi Landlord Luca Valenti MoseekFedez's vote Massimiliano D'Alessandro Eva Eleonora Anania Luca Valenti Giosada Enrica Tara Enrica TaraMika's vote Massimiliano D'Alessandro Eleonora Anania Eleonora AnaniaMargherita PrincipiLandlordEnrica TaraEnrica TaraSkin's vote Massimiliano D'Alessandro Eva Eleonora Anania Luca Valenti Landlord Luca Valenti Moseek Eliminated Massimiliano D'Alessandro3 of 4 votesmajority Eva3 of 4 votesmajority Eleonora Anania4 of 4 votesmajority Margherita PrincipiPublic voteto save Leonardo Marius DragusinPublic voteto save Luca Valenti Public voteto save MoseekPublic voteto save Enrica TaraPublic voteto save Davide SciortinoPublic voteto save Urban StrangersPublic voteto win Landlord3 of 4 votesmajority
Live show details
Week 1 (22 October 2015) Celebrity performers: Duran Duran ("Pressure Off") + Contestants' performances on the first live show Part 1 Act Order Song Result Enrica Tara 1 "Heaven" Safe Eva 2 "Per me è importante" Bottom two Davide Sciortino 3 "Play That Funky Music" Safe Landlord 4 "Iris" Safe Luca Valenti 5 "Stole the Show" Safe Margherita Principi 6 "Every Breath You Take" SafePart 2 Act Order Song Result Eleonora Anania 7 "Dedicato" Safe Urban Strangers 8 "Cupid's Chokehold" Safe Leonardo Marius Dragusin 9 "Red" Safe Massimiliano D'Alessandro 10 "Terra mia" Bottom two Moseek 11 "Don't Wait" Safe Giosada 12 "The Real Me" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Songs Result Eva 13 "Fix You" Safe Massimiliano D'Alessandro 14 "Am I Wrong" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate Mika: Massimiliano D'Alessandro – backed his own act, Eva. Elio: Eva – backed his own act, Massimiliano D'Alessandro. Skin: Massimiliano D'Alessandro – said that she preferred Eva. Fedez: Massimiliano D'Alessandro – thought that Eva was better suited for the show.
Week 2 (29 October 2015) Celebrity performers: Justin Bieber ("What Do You Mean?") and Francesca Michielin ("L'amore esiste" and "Lontano") + Contestants' performances on the second live show Part 1 Act Order Song Result Moseek 1 "Time to Pretend" Safe Eleonora Anania 2 "Meravigliosa creatura" Bottom two Luca Valenti 3 "Blank Space" Safe Giosada 4 "Retrograde" Safe Eva 5 "Everybody's Changing" Bottom two Enrica Tara 6 "Like a Star" SafePart 2 Act Order Song Result Davide Sciortino 7 "Quello che" Safe Leonardo Marius Dragusin 8 "Wake Me Up" Bottom two Landlord 9 "Habits" Safe Margherita Principi 10 "I Believe in You" Bottom two Urban Strangers 11 "Oceans" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Songs Result Eleonora Anania 12 "Sally" Bottom two Eva 13 "Eppure sentire (Un senso di te)" Eliminated Leonardo Marius Dragusin 14 "All of Me" Safe Margherita Principi 15 "Summertime Sadness" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate Skin: Eva – backed her own act, Eleonora Anania. Mika: Eleonora Anania – backed his own act, Eva. Fedez: Eva – preferred Anania on the night. Elio: Eva – enhanced the uniqueness of Anania.
Week 3 (5 November 2015) Celebrity performers: Emma ("Arriverà l'amore") + Contestants' performances on the third live show Part 1 Act Order Song Result Eleonora Anania 1 "Ma il cielo è sempre più blu" Bottom two Moseek 2 "The Passenger" Safe Luca Valenti 3 "Runnin' (Lose It All)" Safe Landlord 4 "Universo" Safe Davide Sciortino 5 "A Change Is Gonna Come" SafePart 2 Act Order Song Result Urban Strangers 6 "Rape Me" Safe Enrica Tara 7 "I Try" Safe Giosada 8 "Love Me Two Times" Safe Leonardo Marius Dragusin 9 "Lay Me Down" Safe Margherita Principi 10 "Yellow Flicker Beat" Bottom twoFinal showdown details Act Order Songs Result Eleonora Anania 11 "Con il nastro rosa" Eliminated Margherita Principi 12 "Addicted to You" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate Skin: Eleonora Anania – thought that Anania could go further in the competition. Mika: Eleonora Anania – said that he preferred Anania's voice. Fedez: Eleonora Anania – based on the final showdown performance. Elio was not required to vote as there was already a majority, but confirmed he would have eliminated Anania.
Week 4 (12 November 2015) Celebrity performers: 5 Seconds of Summer ("Hey Everybody!") and Giorgio Moroder + Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Part 1 Act Order Song Result Enrica Tara 1 "Burnin' Up" Safe Davide Sciortino 2 "Things Can Only Get Better" Safe Urban Strangers 3 "Numb/Encore" Safe Luca Valenti 4 "Always on My Mind" Bottom two Landlord 5 "Promises" SafePart 2 Act Order Song Result Margherita Principi 6 "Tainted Love" Bottom two Moseek 7 "Revolusion" Safe Leonardo Marius Dragusin 8 "Only You" Safe Giosada 9 "Girl U Want" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Songs Result Luca Valenti 10 "Say Something" Safe Margherita Principi 11 "Hallelujah" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate Mika: Margherita Principi – backed his own act, Luca Valenti. Skin: Luca Valenti – backed her own act, Margherita Principi. Elio: Margherita Principi – based on the final showdown performance. Fedez: Luca Valenti – could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock. With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Margherita Principi was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
Week 5 (19 November 2015) + Contestants' performances on the fifth live show Round 1 Act Order Song Result Landlord 1 "Universo" Safe Davide Sciortino 2 "Iron Sky" Safe Leonardo Marius Dragusin 3 "Stay with Me" Eliminated Urban Strangers 4 "No Church in the Wild" Safe Enrica Tara 5 "Like a Star" Safe Giosada 6 "Retrograde" Safe Luca Valenti 7 "Take Me to Church" Safe Moseek 8 "The Passenger" SafeRound 2 Act Order Song Result Giosada 9 "Sex on Fire" Bottom two Luca Valenti 10 "All of the Stars" Safe Moseek 11 "Don't Speak" Safe Enrica Tara 12 "Are You Gonna Go My Way" Safe Davide Sciortino 13 "Vedrai vedrai" Safe Urban Strangers 14 "What I Got" Safe Landlord 15 "Metal & Dust" Bottom twoFinal showdown details Act Order Songs Result Giosada 16 "Free Fallin'" Safe Landlord 17 "Youth" Eliminated
Judge's vote to eliminate Fedez: Giosada – backed his own act, Landlord Elio: Landlord – backed his own act, Giosada Skin: Landlord – gave no reason. Mika: Landlord – gave no reason.
Week 6: Quarter-final (26 November 2015) + Contestants' performances on the sixth live show Round 1 Act Order Song ResultDavide Sciortino 1 "L'italiano" SafeEnrica Tara 2 "Adesso e qui" Bottom two Moseek 3 "Tutti i miei sbagli" Safe Giosada 4 "Amore che vieni, amore che vai" Safe Luca Valenti 5 "Ti scatterò una foto" Safe Urban Strangers 6 "La libertà" SafeRound 2 Act Order Song Result Moseek 7 "Do I Wanna Know?" Safe Luca Valenti 8 "Stitches" Bottom two Giosada 9 "Shock The Monkey" Safe Urban Strangers 10 "Loser" Safe Davide Sciortino 11 "Wildfire" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Songs Result Enrica Tara 12 "One and Only" Safe Luca Valenti 13 "My Immortal" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate Mika: Enrica Tara – backed his own act, Luca Valenti. Skin: Luca Valenti – backed her own act, Enrica Tara. Elio: Luca Valenti – gave no reason Fedez: Enrica Tara – could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock. With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Luca Valenti was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
Week 7: Semi-final (3 December 2015) + Contestants' performances on the seventh live show Round 1 Act Order Song ResultMoseek 1 "Elliott" SafeGiosada 2 "Il rimpianto di te" Safe Enrica Tara 3 "I Found You" Bottom two Urban Strangers 4 "Runaway" Safe Davide Sciortino 5 "My Soul Trigger" SafeRound 2 Act Order Song Result Davide Sciortino 6 "Can't Feel My Face" Safe Urban Strangers 7 "Pompeii" Safe Giosada 8 "Best Day of My Life" Safe Moseek 9 "Lean On" Bottom twoFinal showdown details Act Order Songs Result Enrica Tara 10 "Something's Got a Hold on Me" Safe Moseek 11 "Somebody to Love" Eliminated
Judge's vote to eliminate Fedez: Enrica Tara – backed his own act, Moseek. Skin: Moseek – backed her own act, Enrica Tara. Mika: Enrica Tara – gave no reason. Elio: Moseek – could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.