X Factor (Italian TV series)

X Factor
Created by	Simon Cowell
Presented by	Alessandro Cattelan
Judges	Arisa Elio Morgan Simona Ventura
Production
Producers	FremantleMedia, Syco
Original release
Network	Rai Due (X Factor) Rai Due, Rai 4, RaiSat Extra (X Factor Daytime) (December 2010), Sky Uno starting October 2011.
Release	10 March 2008 – present

X Factor is a successful TV show airing on prime time in Italy. The singing competition is the Italian version of The X Factor franchise. It was hosted until the Season 4 by Francesco Facchinetti, its judges in the first two series (2008 and 2008–2009) were the musical producer Mara Maionchi, TV host Simona Ventura and the singer-songwriter Morgan.

In the third series (2009), former actress/singer-turned-music producer Claudia Mori replaced Ventura as judge.

The fourth series will face many changes: first of all the categories will be four like the UK version: 25+, Groups, Boys and Girls. Also, the judge's table will face a major shook-up: Mara Maionchi is the only judge confermed from the past seasons. Claudia Mori and Morgan will be replaced by singer and musician Elio, singer-songwriter Enrico Ruggeri and pop singer Anna Tatangelo.

The fifth series will be aired by pay-tv Sky Uno, the entertainment-purposed channel of Sky Italy, owned by News Corporation. The host will be the former MTV veejay Alessandro Cattelan, while the first two judges already confirmed are TV host Simona Ventura and the singer-songwriter Morgan.

The winners of the first edition were the Vocal Group Aram Quartet. Giusy Ferreri, the runner-up of the show, has become one of the most successful female singers in Italy. The winner of the second edition was Matteo Becucci (25+ years), while Noemi came to major success between the Italian public; the third edition was won by Marco Mengoni. The three series have been won by acts mentored by Morgan. Elio has token the title in the fourth season with Nathalie Giannitrapani.

2010 guests

The fourth edition hosted, until now, many national and international guests, such Rihanna, Katy Perry, Skunk Anansie, Taylor Swift, Bob Sinclar, Ben Onono, Take That, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Pixie Lott, 50 Cent and Enrique Iglesias.

Finalists, categories and judges

Series	Simona Ventura	Morgan	Mara Maionchi	N/A
First 2008	25+ Giusy Ferreri Emanuele Dabbono Annalisa Baldi Gino Scannapieco Antonio Marino Dante Pontone Adriano De Pasquale	Groups Aram Quartet Cluster Sei Ottavi 4 Sound FM Cherries	16-24 Tony Maiello Ilaria Porceddu Silvia Aprile Luna Di Nardo Vittoria Hyde Maria Teresa D’Alise
Second 2008-2009	16-24 Jury Magliolo Daniele Magro Ambra Marie Serena Abrami Giacomo Salvietti	25+ Matteo Becucci Noemi Laura Binda Enrico Nordio Chiarastella Andrea Giops Elisa Rossi	Groups Bastards Sons of Dioniso Farias Sisters of Soul Sinacria Sinphony
Series	Morgan	Mara Maionchi	Claudia Mori
Third 2009	16-24 Marco Mengoni Silver Chiara Ranieri Cristiana Soriano Mario Spada Ornella Felicetti	Groups Yavanna Luana Biz A&K Horrible Porno Stuntmen	25+ Giuliano Rassu Paola Canestrelli Sofia Damiano Fiorella Francesca Ciampa Francesco Gramegna
Series	Mara Maionchi	Elio	Enrico Ruggeri	Anna Tatangelo
Fourth 2010	Boys Davide Mogavero Ruggero Pasquarelli Stefano Filipponi Dami	25+ Nathalie Giannitrapani Nevruz Joku Cassandra Raffaele Manuela Zanier	Groups Kymera Effetto Doppler Borghi Bros	Girls Marika Lermani Dorina Leka Sofia Buconi Alessandra Falconieri

First Edition (2008)

In the first edition held in the period 10 March 2008 to 27 May 2008, Morgan's contestants (Vocal Groups) were labelled "yellow contestants", Simona's contestants (25+ years) the "light blue contestants" and Mara's (16–24 years) the "pink 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
		25+ years	Vocal Groups	16–24 years	Round 1	Round 2		Round 1	Round 2								Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
	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 Two	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 Two	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	Ultimi due	-	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 9)
	Annalisa Baldi	Bottom Two	-	-	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 Two	-	Bottom Two	-	Safe	-	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 4)
	Dante Pontone	Safe	-	-	-	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 4)
	FM	-	Safe	-	-	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Luna Di Nardo	-	-	Safe	-	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Vittoria Hyde	-	-	Bottom Two	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Maria Teresa d'Alise	-	-	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 1)
	Cherries	-	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 1)
	Adriano De Pasquale	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Week 1)
Bottom Two		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	-	-	-
	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 Edition (2008-2009)

The second series 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	Salve	Salve	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	Bastard Runner-Up
																Matteo Winner

Third Edition (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 "yellow contestants", Claudia Mori's contestants (25+ years) the "light greens" and Mara Maionchi's category of the Vocal Groups, the "pink 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	3rd	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 Edition (2010)

From this 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	Week 12	FINAL Week 13
														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
Eliminati		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 Edition (2011)

The fifth edition of Italian X Factor will be televised from 20 October 2011 to 6 January 2012, buy it will be on Sky Uno, rather than Rai 2 that broadcast the first four series. The auditions were held from 5 July to 12 September 2011.

External links

• Official website