X Factor (Italian season 11)
# X Factor (Italian season 11)

X Factor is an Italian television music competition to find new singing talent; the winner receives a recording contract with Sony Music. Fedez and Manuel Agnelli were confirmed as judges and mentors, as in previous seasons, Mara Maionchi returned to the panel, while singer-songwriter Levante made her debut. Alessandro Cattelan was confirmed as host. The eleventh season was aired on Thursday evenings on Sky Uno and TV8 between September and December 2017. Lorenzo Licitra won the competition and Mara Maionchi became the winning mentor for the first time. Runner-up Måneskin would later go on to win the Sanremo Music Festival 2021 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

## 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 allocated judge, each in a different locations. Manuel Agnelli chose Manchester as the location for his group category and was joined by former X-Factor Italy judge and mentor Skin. At the end of this final audition, the top twelve contestants were chosen.

The eight eliminated acts were:

* Boys: Domenico Arezzo, Kamless Kishnah
* Girls: Francesca Giannizzari, Isaure Cassone
* 25+: Andrea Spigaroli, Valerio Bifulco
* Groups: Ana & Carolina, The Heron Temple

## Contestants and categories

Key:

    – Winner
    – Runner-up
    – Third place

| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| - | - | - | - |
| Boys (Fedez) | Lorenzo Bonamano | Gabriele Esposito | Samuel Storm |
| Girls (Levante) | Rita Bellanza | Camille Cabaltera | Virginia Perbellini |
| 25+ (Maionchi) | Lorenzo Licitra | Enrico Nigiotti | Andrea Radice |
| Groups (Agnelli) | Måneskin | Ros | Sem & Stenn |

## 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 was in the bottom three but was saved |
| – | 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 1 | Week 2 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 4 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 5 | Quarter-Final | Quarter-Final | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 1 | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 |
| Lorenzo Licitra | 1st | 1st | — | 1st | — | 1st | — | 1st | — | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | Winner |
| Måneskin | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | — | 1st | — | — | — | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | Runner-up |
| Enrico Nigiotti | 8th | 8th | 3rd | — | 2nd | — | 1st | — | — | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | Eliminated (final) | Eliminated (final) | Eliminated (final) |
| Samuel Storm | 5th | 5th | — | 2nd | 3rd | — | 2nd | — | — | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | Eliminated (final) | Eliminated (final) | Eliminated (final) | Eliminated (final) |
| Ros | 7th | 7th | — | 5th | 5th | — | — | 2nd | — | 7th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 5th | Eliminated (semi-final) | Eliminated (semi-final) | Eliminated (semi-final) | Eliminated (semi-final) | Eliminated (semi-final) |
| Andrea Radice | 4th | 4th | — | 3rd | — | 2nd | — | — | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 6th | 6th | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) |
| Rita Bellanza | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | — | — | 3rd | — | 3rd | — | 6th | 7th | 7th | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) |
| Gabriele Esposito | 9th | 9th | 2nd | — | — | 4th | — | — | 3rd | 8th | — | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) |
| Camille Cabaltera | 6th | 6th | — | 4th | 4th | — | 3rd | — | — | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) | Eliminated (Week 4) |
| Sem & Stenn | 10th | 10th | 5th | — | — | 5th | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) | Eliminated (Week 3) |
| Virginia Perbellini | 12th | 12th | 6th | — | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) | Eliminated (Week 2) |
| Lorenzo Bonamano | 11th | 11th | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) | Eliminated (Week 1) |
| Final showdown | Lorenzo Bonamano Gabriele Esposito | Lorenzo Bonamano Gabriele Esposito | Virginia Perbellini Ros | Virginia Perbellini Ros | Ros Sem & Stenn | Ros Sem & Stenn | Camille Cabaltera Gabriele Esposito | Camille Cabaltera Gabriele Esposito | Camille Cabaltera Gabriele Esposito | Rita Bellanza Gabriele Esposito | Rita Bellanza Gabriele Esposito | Andrea Radice Ros | Andrea Radice Ros | Ros Samuel Storm | Ros Samuel Storm | No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone | No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone | No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone |
| No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone ||||||||||||||||
| Agnelli's vote | - | - | Virginia Perbellini | Virginia Perbellini | Sem & Stenn | Sem & Stenn | Camille Cabaltera | Camille Cabaltera | Camille Cabaltera | Gabriele Esposito | Gabriele Esposito | Andrea Radice | Andrea Radice | Samuel Storm | Samuel Storm | | No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone | No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone | No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone |
| Fedez's vote | - | - | Virginia Perbellini | Virginia Perbellini | Ros | Ros | Camille Cabaltera | Camille Cabaltera | Camille Cabaltera | Rita Bellanza | Rita Bellanza | Andrea Radice | Andrea Radice | Ros | Ros | | No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone | No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone | No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone |
| Levante's vote | - | - | Ros | Ros | Ros | Ros | Gabriele Esposito | Gabriele Esposito | Gabriele Esposito | Gabriele Esposito | Gabriele Esposito | Andrea Radice | Andrea Radice | Ros | Ros | | No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone | No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone | No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone |
| Maionchi's vote | - | - | Ros | Ros | Sem & Stenn | Sem & Stenn | Camille Cabaltera | Camille Cabaltera | Camille Cabaltera | Gabriele Esposito | Gabriele Esposito | Ros | Ros | Ros | Ros | | No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone | No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone | No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone |
| Eliminated | Lorenzo Bonamano Public vote to save | Lorenzo Bonamano Public vote to save | Virginia Perbellini Public vote to save | Virginia Perbellini Public vote to save | Sem & Stenn Public vote to save | Sem & Stenn Public vote to save | Camille Cabaltera 3 of 4 votes majority | Camille Cabaltera 3 of 4 votes majority | Camille Cabaltera 3 of 4 votes majority | Gabriele Esposito 3 of 4 votes majority | Gabriele Esposito 3 of 4 votes majority | Rita Bellanza Public vote to save | Rita Bellanza Public vote to save | Ros 3 of 4 votes majority | Ros 3 of 4 votes majority | Samuel Storm 4th place | Enrico Nigiotti 3rd place | Måneskin Runner-up |
| Eliminated | Lorenzo Bonamano Public vote to save | Lorenzo Bonamano Public vote to save | Virginia Perbellini Public vote to save | Virginia Perbellini Public vote to save | Sem & Stenn Public vote to save | Sem & Stenn Public vote to save | Camille Cabaltera 3 of 4 votes majority | Camille Cabaltera 3 of 4 votes majority | Camille Cabaltera 3 of 4 votes majority | Gabriele Esposito 3 of 4 votes majority | Gabriele Esposito 3 of 4 votes majority | Andrea Radice 3 of 4 votes majority | Andrea Radice 3 of 4 votes majority | Ros 3 of 4 votes majority | Ros 3 of 4 votes majority | Samuel Storm 4th place | Enrico Nigiotti 3rd place | Lorenzo Licitra Winner |

### Live show details

**Week 1 (26 October)**

* Celebrity performers: Ibeyi ("No Man is Big Enough for My Arms" and "River") and J-Ax ("Sconosciuti da una vita" (with Fedez))

Contestants' performances on the first live show :

| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| Måneskin | 1 | "Let's Get It Started" | Safe |
| Enrico Nigiotti | 2 | "La canzone dei vecchi amanti" | Safe |
| Camille Cabaltera | 3 | "Team" | Safe |
| Gabriele Esposito | 4 | "Adam's Song" | Bottom three |
| Sem & Stenn | 5 | "Let's Go to Bed" | Safe |
| Lorenzo Bonamano | 6 | "High Hopes" | Bottom three |
| Lorenzo Licitra | 7 | "Your Song" | Safe |
| Virginia Perbellini | 8 | "Thank U" | Safe |
| Ros | 9 | "Battito di ciglia" | Safe |
| Samuel Storm | 10 | "Location" | Saved |
| Rita Bellanza | 11 | "Le rondini" | Safe |
| Andrea Radice | 12 | "Superstition" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Gabriele Esposito | 13 | "Ain't No Sunshine" | Safe |
| Lorenzo Bonamano | 14 | "Radioactive" | Eliminated |

**Week 2 (2 November)**

* Celebrity performers: Sam Smith ("Stay with Me" and "Too Good at Goodbyes") and Dua Lipa ("New Rules")

Contestants' performances on the second live show :

| Part 1 ||||
| - | - | - | - |
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Enrico Nigiotti | 1 | "Quelli che benpensano" | Safe |
| Sem & Stenn | 2 | "The Dope Show" | Safe |
| Rita Bellanza | 3 | "La verità" | Safe |
| Gabriele Esposito | 4 | "The Judge" | Safe |
| Måneskin | 5 | "Beggin'" | Safe |
| Virginia Perbellini | 6 | "Dog Days Are Over" | Bottom two |
| Part 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Andrea Radice | 7 | "Make It Rain" | Safe |
| Ros | 8 | "Fiori d'arancio" | Bottom two |
| Samuel Storm | 9 | "Unsteady" | Safe |
| Camille Cabaltera | 10 | "Chandelier" | Safe |
| Lorenzo Licitra | 11 | "Miserere" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Virginia Perbellini | 12 | "Rise Up" | Eliminated |
| Ros | 13 | "Svalutation" | Safe |

**Week 2 (2 November)**

**Judges' votes to eliminate**

* Agnelli: Virginia Perbellini - backed his own act, Ros
* Fedez: Virginia Perbellini - gave no reason.
* Levante: Ros - backed her own act, Virginia Perbellini
* Maionchi: Ros - could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Virginia Perbellini was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

**Week 3 (9 November)**

* Celebrity performers: Michele Bravi ("Il diario degli errori" and "Tanto per cominciare") and Harry Styles ("Sign of the Times")

Contestants' performances on the third live show :

| Part 1 ||||
| - | - | - | - |
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Camille Cabaltera | 1 | "Royals" | Safe |
| Ros | 2 | "Supermassive Black Hole" | Bottom two |
| Lorenzo Licitra | 3 | "Sere nere" | Safe |
| Samuel Storm | 4 | "Super Rich Kids" | Safe |
| Måneskin | 5 | "Somebody Told Me" | Safe |
| Part 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Rita Bellanza | 6 | "Lost on You" | Safe |
| Enrico Nigiotti | 7 | "Il Mio Nemico" | Safe |
| Sem & Stenn | 8 | "Electric Feel" | Bottom two |
| Gabriele Esposito | 9 | "Growing Up" | Safe |
| Andrea Radice | 10 | "I Need a Dollar" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Ros | 11 | "Nessuno mi può giudicare" | Safe |
| Sem & Stenn | 12 | "This Is Not a Love Song" | Eliminated |

**Week 3 (9 November)**

**Judges' votes to eliminate**

* Maionchi: Sem & Stenn - gave no reason.
* Levante: Ros - gave no reason.
* Fedez: Ros - gave no reason.
* Agnelli: Sem & Stenn - could not decide between his two acts so chose to take it to deadlock.

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Sem & Stenn were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

**Week 4 (16 November)**

* Celebrity performers: Afterhours ("Bianca") and Gianni Morandi ("Dobbiamo fare luce")

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show :

| Part 1 ||||
| - | - | - | - |
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Camille Cabaltera | 1 | "Sorry Not Sorry" | Bottom three |
| Samuel Storm | 2 | "A Song for You" | Safe |
| Lorenzo Licitra | 3 | "Nothing Else Matters" | Safe |
| Part 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Rita Bellanza | 4 | "La donna cannone" | Bottom three |
| Ros | 5 | "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" | Safe |
| Enrico Nigiotti | 6 | "Make You Feel My Love" | Safe |
| Part 3 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Måneskin | 7 | "Un temporale" | Safe |
| Andrea Radice | 8 | "Love Me Again"/"Get Lucky" | Safe |
| Gabriele Esposito | 9 | "Hotel California" | Bottom three |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Camille Cabaltera | 1 | "Bang Bang" | Eliminated |
| Rita Bellanza | 2 | "Sally" | Saved |
| Gabriele Esposito | 3 | "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" | Safe |

**Week 4 (16 November)**

**Judges' votes to eliminate**

* Fedez: Camille Cabaltera - backed his own act, Gabriele Esposito.
* Levante: Gabriele Esposito - backed her own act, Camille Cabaltera.
* Agnelli: Camille Cabaltera - believed that Esposito had a better record path.
* Maionchi: Camille Cabaltera - felt that Esposito had more potential.

**Week 5 (23 November)**

* Theme: Previously unreleased songs (Round 1), Artists top sellers (Round 2)
* Celebrity performers: Negramaro ("Solo 3 minuti"/"Estate"/"L'immenso"/"Nuvole e lenzuola" (with the contestants) and "Fino all'Imbrunire")

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show :

| Round 1 ||||
| - | - | - | - |
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Lorenzo Licitra | 1 | "In the Name of Love" | Safe |
| Gabriele Esposito | 2 | "Limits" | Bottom two |
| Måneskin | 3 | "Chosen" | Safe |
| Andrea Radice | 4 | "Lascia che sia" | Safe |
| Rita Bellanza | 5 | "Le parole che non dico mai" | Safe |
| Samuel Storm | 6 | "The Story" | Safe |
| Ros | 7 | "Rumore" | Safe |
| Enrico Nigiotti | 8 | "L'amore è" | Safe |
| Round 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Samuel Storm | 9 | "Rolling in the Deep" | Safe |
| Ros | 10 | "Song 2" | Safe |
| Rita Bellanza | 11 | "Águas de março" | Bottom two |
| Andrea Radice | 12 | "Can't Stop the Feeling!" | Safe |
| Lorenzo Licitra | 13 | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | Safe |
| Måneskin | 14 | "Take Me Out" | Safe |
| Enrico Nigiotti | 15 | "L'isola che non c'è" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Gabriele Esposito | 16 | "When We Were Young" | Eliminated |
| Rita Bellanza | 17 | "Le rondini" | Safe |

**Week 5 (23 November)**

**Judges' votes to eliminate**

* Fedez: Rita Bellanza - backed his own act, Gabriele Esposito.
* Levante: Gabriele Esposito - backed her own act, Rita Bellanza.
* Agnelli: Gabriele Esposito - believed that Bellanza had more potential.
* Maionchi: Gabriele Esposito - thought that Bellanza's performances were the best.

**Week 6: Quarter-final (30 November)**

* Celebrity performer: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds ("Don't Look Back in Anger" and "Holy Mountain")

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show :

| Round 1 ||||
| - | - | - | - |
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Ros | 1 | "Killing in the Name" | Safe |
| Enrico Nigiotti | 2 | "Mi fido di te" | Safe |
| Samuel Storm | 3 | "She's on My Mind" | Safe |
| Andrea Radice | 4 | "Diamante" | Safe |
| Måneskin | 5 | "Flow" | Safe |
| Rita Bellanza | 6 | "In questo misero show" | Eliminated |
| Lorenzo Licitra | 7 | "Who Wants to Live Forever" | Safe |
| Round 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Enrico Nigiotti | 8 | "Vento d'estate" | Safe |
| Samuel Storm | 9 | "Say Something" | Safe |
| Lorenzo Licitra | 10 | "Million Reasons" | Safe |
| Ros | 11 | "Future Starts Slow" | Bottom two |
| Andrea Radice | 12 | "Transformer" | Bottom two |
| Måneskin | 13 | "Kiss This" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Ros | 14 | "L'unica cosa" | Saved |
| Andrea Radice | 15 | "Recovery" | Eliminated |

**Week 6: Quarter-final (30 November)**

**Judge's vote to eliminate**

* Agnelli: Andrea Radice - backed his own act, Ros.
* Maionchi: Ros - backed her own act, Andrea Radice.
* Levante: Andrea Radice - recognized the improvement in Ros.
* Fedez: Andrea Radice - felt that Ros had more potential.

**Week 7: Semi-final (7 December)**

Contestants' performances on the seventh live show :

| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samuel Storm | 1 | "The Story" | 8 | "Stand By Me" | Bottom two |
| Ros | 2 | "Rumore" | 7 | "Acida" | Bottom two |
| Enrico Nigiotti | 3 | "L'amore è" | 6 | "Redemption Song" | Safe |
| Måneskin | 4 | "Chosen" | 10 | "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You" | Safe |
| Lorenzo Licitra | 5 | "In the Name of Love" | 9 | "Diamonds" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||||
| Act | Act | Order | Order | Song | Result |
| Ros | Ros | 11 | 11 | "I Only Lie When I Love You" | Eliminated |
| Samuel Storm | Samuel Storm | 12 | 12 | "Freedom" | Saved |

**Week 7: Semi-final (7 December)**

**Judges' vote to eliminate**

* Agnelli: Samuel Storm - backed his own act, Ros.
* Fedez: Ros - backed his own act, Samuel Storm.
* Levante: Ros - found Storm's vocals more interesting.
* Maionchi: Ros - gave no reason.

**Week 8: Final (14 December)**

Celebrity guest artists: James Arthur (duet with each finalist), Tiziano Ferro, Ed Sheeran.

Contestants' performances on the final live show :

| Round 1 |||||
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Act | Order | Song | Song | Result |
| Samuel Storm | 1 | "Naked" | "Naked" | 4th place |
| Lorenzo Licitra | 2 | "Impossible" | "Impossible" | Safe |
| Måneskin | 3 | "Prisoner" | "Prisoner" | Safe |
| Enrico Nigiotti | 4 | "Say You Won't Let Go" | "Say You Won't Let Go" | Safe |
| Round 2 |||||
| Act | Order | Song | Song | Result |
| Måneskin | 5 | "Beggin'"/"Take Me Out"/"Somebody Told Me" | "Beggin'"/"Take Me Out"/"Somebody Told Me" | Safe |
| Enrico Nigiotti | 6 | "Make You Feel My Love"/"Il mio nemico" /"Mi fido di te" | "Make You Feel My Love"/"Il mio nemico" /"Mi fido di te" | 3rd place |
| Lorenzo Licitra | 7 | "Your Song"/"Million Reasons"/"Who Wants to Live Forever" | "Your Song"/"Million Reasons"/"Who Wants to Live Forever" | Safe |
| Round 3 |||||
| Act | Order | Song | Song | Result |
| Lorenzo Licitra | 8 | "In the Name of Love" | "In the Name of Love" | Winner |
| Måneskin | 9 | "Chosen" | "Chosen" | Runner-up |
