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 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 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final Part 1 Part 2 Part 1 Part 2 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Lorenzo Licitra 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 3rd1st1st2nd 1st1stWinner Måneskin 3rd1st 1st 1st1st1st 2nd 2nd1st 2nd 2ndRunner-up Enrico Nigiotti 8th 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd3rd 3rd 3rd Eliminated(final) Samuel Storm 5th 2nd 3rd 2nd 4th 4th 5th 4th 4th 4th Eliminated(final) Ros 7th 5th 5th 2nd 7th 5th 4th 5th 5th Eliminated(semi-final) Andrea Radice 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 5th 6th 6th 6th Eliminated(quarter-final) Rita Bellanza 2nd 4th 3rd 3rd 6th 7th 7th Eliminated(quarter-final) Gabriele Esposito 9th 2nd 4th 3rd 8th Eliminated(Week 5) Camille Cabaltera 6th 4th 4th 3rd Eliminated(Week 4) Sem & Stenn 10th 5th 5th Eliminated(Week 3) Virginia Perbellini 12th 6th Eliminated(Week 2) Lorenzo Bonamano 11th Eliminated(Week 1) Final showdown Lorenzo BonamanoGabriele Esposito Virginia PerbelliniRos RosSem & Stenn Camille CabalteraGabriele Esposito Rita BellanzaGabriele Esposito Andrea RadiceRos RosSamuel StormNo final showdownor judges' vote:results will be basedon public votes alone Judges' vote to eliminate Agnelli's vote - Virginia Perbellini Sem & Stenn Camille Cabaltera Gabriele Esposito Andrea RadiceSamuel Storm Fedez's vote - Virginia Perbellini Ros Camille Cabaltera Rita Bellanza Andrea RadiceRos Levante's vote - Ros Ros Gabriele Esposito Gabriele Esposito Andrea RadiceRos Maionchi's vote - Ros Sem & Stenn Camille Cabaltera Gabriele Esposito RosRos Eliminated Lorenzo BonamanoPublic voteto save Virginia PerbelliniPublic voteto save Sem & StennPublic voteto save Camille Cabaltera3 of 4 votesmajority Gabriele Esposito3 of 4 votesmajority Rita BellanzaPublic voteto save Ros3 of 4 votesmajoritySamuel Storm4th placeEnrico Nigiotti3rd placeMåneskinRunner-up Andrea Radice3 of 4 votesmajority Lorenzo LicitraWinner
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" SafeFinal 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 twoPart 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" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Virginia Perbellini 12 "Rise Up" Eliminated Ros 13 "Svalutation" Safe
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" SafePart 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" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Ros 11 "Nessuno mi può giudicare" Safe Sem & Stenn 12 "This Is Not a Love Song" Eliminated
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" SafePart 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" SafePart 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 threeFinal 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
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" SafeRound 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" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Gabriele Esposito 16 "When We Were Young" Eliminated Rita Bellanza 17 "Le rondini" Safe
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" SafeRound 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" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Ros 14 "L'unica cosa" Saved Andrea Radice 15 "Recovery" Eliminated
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 twoRos 2 "Rumore" 7 "Acida"Bottom twoEnrico 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" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Ros 11"I Only Lie When I Love You" Eliminated Samuel Storm 12 "Freedom"Saved
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.