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X Factor (Italian TV series) season 11

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X Factor
Season 11
Hosted byAlessandro Cattelan
JudgesFedez
Levante
Manuel Agnelli
Mara Maionchi
WinnerLorenzo Licitra
Winning mentorMara Maionchi
Runner-upMåneskin
Release
Original networkSky Uno
TV8
Original release14 September (2017-09-14) –
14 December 2017 (2017-12-14)
Season chronology
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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.[1] Runner-up Måneskin would later go on to win the Sanremo Music Festival 2021 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

Judges' houses

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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

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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

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Results summary

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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 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st Winner
Måneskin 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd Runner-up
Enrico Nigiotti 8th 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 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 Bonamano
Gabriele Esposito
Virginia Perbellini
Ros
Ros
Sem & Stenn
Camille Cabaltera
Gabriele Esposito
Rita Bellanza
Gabriele Esposito
Andrea Radice
Ros
Ros
Samuel Storm
No final showdown
or judges' vote:
results will be based
on public votes alone
Judges' vote to eliminate
Agnelli's vote - Virginia Perbellini Sem & Stenn Camille Cabaltera Gabriele Esposito Andrea Radice Samuel Storm
Fedez's vote - Virginia Perbellini Ros Camille Cabaltera Rita Bellanza Andrea Radice Ros
Levante's vote - Ros Ros Gabriele Esposito Gabriele Esposito Andrea Radice Ros
Maionchi's vote - Ros Sem & Stenn Camille Cabaltera Gabriele Esposito Ros Ros
Eliminated Lorenzo Bonamano
Public vote
to save
Virginia Perbellini
Public vote
to save
Sem & Stenn
Public vote
to save
Camille Cabaltera
3 of 4 votes
majority
Gabriele Esposito
3 of 4 votes
majority
Rita Bellanza
Public vote
to save
Ros
3 of 4 votes
majority
Samuel Storm
4th place
Enrico Nigiotti
3rd place
Måneskin
Runner-up
Andrea Radice
3 of 4 votes
majority
Lorenzo Licitra
Winner

Live show details

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Week 1 (26 October)

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  • 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)

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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
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)

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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
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)

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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
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)

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  • 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
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)

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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
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)

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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 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)

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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 Result
Samuel Storm 1 "Naked" 4th place
Lorenzo Licitra 2 "Impossible" Safe
Måneskin 3 "Prisoner" Safe
Enrico Nigiotti 4 "Say You Won't Let Go" Safe
Round 2
Act Order Song Result
Måneskin 5 "Beggin'"/"Take Me Out"/"Somebody Told Me" Safe
Enrico Nigiotti 6 "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" Safe
Round 3
Act Order Song Result
Lorenzo Licitra 8 "In the Name of Love" Winner
Måneskin 9 "Chosen" Runner-up

References

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  1. ^ "X Factor 11: intervista a Lorenzo Licitra". Rolling Stone. 15 December 2017.
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