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 have been as judges and mentors, Mara Maionchi is returned, also Alessandro Cattelan was confirmed as host. The twelfth season was aired on Sky Uno and TV8 since September 2018. Asia Argento was part of the season line up but was subsequently removed following sexual abuse allegations Lodo Guenzi replaced her in the live shows.
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 eight eliminated acts were: Boys: Leonardo Parmeggiani, Pierfrancesco "Pjero" Criscitiello Girls: Camilla Musso, Ilaria Pieri 25+: Facundo Gaston Gordillo (withdrew), Jennifer Milan Groups: Inquietude, Moka Stone
Contestants and categories Key: – Winner – Runner-up – Third place Category (mentor)Acts Boys (Maionchi)Anastasio (Marco Anastasio) Emanuele Bertelli Leo Gassmann Girls (Agnelli)Martina Attili Luna Melis Sherol dos Santos 25+ (Fedez) Renza Castelli Matteo Costanzo Naomi Rivieccio Groups (Guenzi) BowLand Red Bricks Foundation Seveso Casino Palace
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 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 1 Part 2 Round 1 Round 2 Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Anastasio1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st2nd 1st 1stWinner70,03% Naomi Rivieccio 4th 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd1st 2nd 2ndRunner-up29,97% Luna Melis 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 5th 4th 4th 3rd 3rd Eliminated(final) BowLand 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd3rd 3rd 3rd 4th Eliminated(final) Leo Gassmann 3rd 4th 3rd2nd 3rd 6th 5th 5th Eliminated(semi-final) Martina Attili 1st1st 2nd 1st 1st 4th 6th Eliminated(semi-final) Sherol dos Santos 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 7th Eliminated(quarter-final) Renza Castelli 5th 4th 4th2nd 4th Eliminated(Week 5) Seveso Casino Palace 4th 5th 5th 3rd Eliminated(Week 4) Emanuele Bertelli 5th 5th 5th Eliminated(Week 3) Red Bricks Foundation 6th 6th Eliminated(Week 2) Matteo Costanzo 6th Eliminated(Week 1) Final showdown Matteo CostanzoRed Bricks Foundation Emanuele BertelliRed Bricks Foundation Emanuele BertelliSeveso Casino Palace Seveso Casino PalaceNaomi Rivieccio Renza CastelliNaomi Rivieccio Sherol dos SantosLeo Gassmann Luna MelisLeo GassmannNo final showdownor judges' vote:results will be basedon public votes alone Judges' vote to eliminate Agnelli's vote Matteo Costanzo Emanuele Bertelli Emanuele Bertelli Naomi Rivieccio Naomi Rivieccio Leo Gassmann Leo Gassmann Fedez's vote Red Bricks Foundation Red Bricks Foundation Seveso Casino Palace Seveso Casino Palace Renza Castelli Sherol Dos Santos Leo Gassmann Guenzi's vote Matteo Costanzo Emanuele Bertelli Emanuele Bertelli Naomi Rivieccio Renza Castelli Leo Gassmann Luna Melis Maionchi's vote Matteo Costanzo Red Bricks Foundation Seveso Casino Palace Seveso Casino Palace Naomi Rivieccio Sherol dos Santos Luna Melis Eliminated Matteo Costanzo3 of 4 votesmajority Red Bricks FoundationPublic voteto save Emanuele BertelliPublic voteto save Seveso Casino PalacePublic voteto save Renza CastelliPublic voteto save Sherol dos SantosPublic voteto save Martina AttiliPublic voteto save Leo GassmannPublic voteto saveBowLand4th placeLuna Melis3rd place Naomi RivieccioRunner-up AnastasioWinner
Live show details
Week 1 (25 October) Celebrity performers: Måneskin ("Torna a casa") and Rita Ora ("Let You Love Me") + Contestants' performances on the first live show Part 1 Act Order Song Result Seveso Casino Palace 1 "Giovane fuoriclasse" Safe Leo Gassmann 2 "Broken Strings" Safe Luna Melis 3 "E.T." Safe Renza Castelli 4 "Raggamuffin" Safe Red Bricks Foundation 5 "New Rules" Bottom two Anastasio 6 "C'è tempo" SafePart 2 Act Order Song Result Naomi Rivieccio 7 "Love On Top" Safe BowLand 8 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Safe Sherol dos Santos 9 "Can't Feel My Face" Safe Emanuele Bertelli 10 "Impossible" Safe Matteo Costanzo 11 "Power" Bottom two Martina Attili 12 "Castle in the Snow" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Red Bricks Foundation 13 "Un ragazzo di strada" Safe Matteo Costanzo 14 "La descrizione di un attimo" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate Agnelli: Matteo Costanzo – gave no reason. Guenzi: Matteo Costanzo – backed his own act, Red Bricks Foundation. Fedez: Red Bricks Foundation – backed his own act, Matteo Costanzo. Maionchi: Matteo Costanzo – gave no reason.
Week 2 (1 November) Celebrity performers: Sting, Shaggy ("Gotta Get Back My Baby") and Dark Polo Gang ("Cambiare adesso") + Contestants' performances on the first live show Part 1 Act Order Song Result Luna Melis 1 "God Is a Woman"/"I Do" Safe Leo Gassmann 2 "Next to Me" Safe Seveso Casino Palace 3"Amore e capoeira" Safe Naomi Rivieccio 4 "Never Enough" Safe Martina Attili 5 "Sober" Safe Red Bricks Foundation 6 "Thoiry" Bottom twoPart 2 Act Order Song Result Emanuele Bertelli 7 "Zingarello" Bottom two BowLand 8 "No Roots" Safe Renza Castelli 9 "Thunderclouds" Safe Sherol dos Santos 10 "Rank & File" Safe Anastasio 11 "Se piovesse il tuo nome" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Red Bricks Foundation 12 "Have Love, Will Travel" Eliminated Emanuele Bertelli 13 "Human" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate Guenzi: Emanuele Bertelli – backed his own act, Red Bricks Foundation. Maionchi: Red Bricks Foundation – backed her own act, Emanuele Bertelli. Fedez: Emanuele Bertelli – gave no reason. Agnelli: Red Bricks Foundation – could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Red Bricks Foundation was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
Week 3 (8 November) Celebrity performers: Fedez ("Prima di ogni cosa") and Sofi Tukker ("Batshit") + Contestants' performances on the third live show Part 1 Act Order Song Result Naomi Riveccio 1 "Think" Safe BowLand 2 "Senza un perché" Safe Luna Melis 3 "Blue Jeans" Safe Emanuele Bertelli 4 "Congratulations" Bottom two Sherol dos Santos 5 "La voce del silenzio" SafePart 2 Act Order Song Result Leo Gassmann 6 "Hold Back the River" Safe Seveso Casino Palace 7 "Take On Me" Bottom two Renza Castelli 8 "Mi sono innamorato di te" Safe Martina Attili 9 "Material Girl" Safe Anastasio 10 "Mio fratello è figlio unico" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Emanuele Bertelli 11 "Location" Eliminated Seveso Casino Palace 12 "Ricchi x sempre" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate Agnelli: Emanuele Bertelli – gave no reason. Guenzi: Emanuele Bertelli – backed his own act, Seveso Casino Palace. Fedez: Seveso Casino Palace – gave no reason. Maionchi: Seveso Casino Palace – backed her own act, Emanuele Bertelli.
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Emanuele Bertelli was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
Week 4 (15 November) Celebrity performers: Carl Brave feat. Max Gazzè ("Posso") and Gianna Nannini feat. Enrico Nigiotti ("Complici") + Contestants' performances on the fourth live show Part 1 Act Order Song Result Seveso Casino Palace 1 "Standing in the Way of Control" Bottom three Renza Castelli 2 "La costruzione di un amore" Safe Martina Attili 3 "Strange Birds" SafePart 2 Act Order Song Result Naomi Rivieccio 4 "Crisi metropolitana" Bottom threeLeo Gassmann 5 "Pianeti" Safe Sherol dos Santos 6 "I Will Always Love You"SafePart 3 Act Order Song Result Anastasio 7 "Another Brick in the Wall Pt.2"Safe Luna Melis 8 "Eppur mi son scordato di te"Bottom three BowLand 9 "Drop the Game"SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Seveso Casino Palace 10 "Vengo dalla Luna" Eliminated Naomi Rivieccio 11 "Nobody's Perfect"Safe Luna Melis 12 "Black Widow" Saved
Judges' votes to eliminate Fedez: Seveso Casino Palace – backed his own act, Naomi Rivieccio. Guenzi: Naomi Rivieccio – backed his own act, Seveso Casino Palace. Maionchi: Seveso Casino Palace – gave no reason. Agnelli: Naomi Rivieccio – could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Seveso Casino Palace was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
Week 5 (22 November) Celebrity performers: Subsonica ("Discolabirinto"/"Incantevole"/"Tutti i miei sbagli" and "Respirare") and Hooverphonic ("Romantic") + Contestants' performances on the fifth live show Part 1 Act Order Song Result Luna Melis 1 "Los Angeles" Safe Renza Castelli 2 "Cielo inglese" Bottom two Anastasio 3 "La fine del mondo" Safe Sherol dos Santos 4 "Non ti avevo ma ti ho perso" SafePart 2 Act Order Song Result Naomi Rivieccio 5 "Like the Rain (Unpredictable)" Bottom two BowLand 6 "Don't Stop Me" Safe Leo Gassmann 7 "Piume" Safe Martina Attili 8 "Cherofobia" SafeFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Renza Castelli 9 "Waiting in Vain" Eliminated Naomi Rivieccio 10 "Bang Bang" Safe
Judge's vote to eliminate Agnelli: Naomi Rivieccio – gave no reason. Guenzi: Renza Castelli – gave no reason. Fedez: Renza Castelli – gave no reason. Maionchi: Naomi Rivieccio – could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Renza Castelli was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
Week 6: Quarter-final (29 November) + Contestants' performances on the sixth live show Act Order First song Order Second song Result BowLand 1 "Seven Nation Army" 10 "Don't Stop Me" SafeLeo Gassmann 2 "Terra degli uomini" 9 "Piume" Bottom twoMartina Attili 3 "Hyperballad" 8 "Cherofobia" Safe Naomi Rivieccio 4 "Look at Me Now" 11 "Like the Rain (Unpredictable)" Safe Luna Melis 5 "The Monster" 14 "Los Angeles" Safe Anastasio 6 "Stairway to Heaven" 13 "La fine del mondo" Safe Sherol Dos Santos 7 "Turning Tables" 12 "Non ti avevo ma ti ho perso" Bottom twoFinal showdown details Act Order Song Result Leo Gassmann 15 "Yellow" Saved Sherol dos Santos 16 "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate Maionchi: Sherol dos Santos – backed her own act, Leo Gassmann. Agnelli: Leo Gassmann – backed his own act, Sherol dos Santos. Fedez: Sherol dos Santos – gave no reason. Guenzi: Leo Gassmann – could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Sherol dos Santos was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
Week 7: Semi-final (6 December)