# X Factor (Italian TV series) season 13

X Factor is an Italian television music competition to find new singing talent; the winner receives a recording contract with Sony Music., Mara Maionchi is the only judge who will return from last season, while Samuel, Malika Ayane and Sfera Ebbasta and is the new entry; also Alessandro Cattelan was confirmed as host. The thirteenth season was aired on Sky Uno and TV8 since September 2019. Sofia Tornambene won the competition and Sfera Ebbasta became the winning coach for the first time.

## 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: Daniel Acerboni, Emanuele Crisanti (Nuela)
* Girls: Silvia Cesana (Sissi), Beatrice Giliberti
* 25+: Tomas Tai, Gabriele Troisi
* Groups: K_Mono, Kyber

## Contestants and categories

Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner-up
    – Third place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| Boys (Ayane) | Enrico Di Lauro (Harry Dila) | Lorenzo Rinaldi | Davide Rossi |
| Girls (Ebbasta) | Giordana Petralia | Mariam Rouass (Maryam) | Sofia Tornambene (Kimono) |
| 25+ (Maionchi) | Eugenio Campagna (Comete) | Nicola Cavallaro | Marco Saltari (Jordy Brown) |
| Groups (Samuel) | Booda | Seawards | Sierra |

## 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 1 | Week 2 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Quarter-Final | Quarter-Final | Quarter-Final | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Contestant | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 1 | Part 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Part 1 | Part 2 | Week 5 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 |
| Sofia Tornambene | — | — | 1st | — | 1st | 1st | 1st | — | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | — | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | Winner 60.21% |
| Booda | — | 1st | — | 1st | — | 3rd | 3rd | — | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | Runner-up 39.79% |
| Sierra | — | — | 3rd | 3rd | — | 4th | 4th | 3rd | — | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | — | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | Eliminated (final) |
| Davide Rossi | 2nd | — | — | — | 4th | 6th | 6th | 1st | — | 5th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | Eliminated (final) | Eliminated (final) |
| Eugenio Campagna | 1st | — | — | — | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | — | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | — | 5th | — | Eliminated (semi-final) | Eliminated (semi-final) | Eliminated (semi-final) |
| Nicola Cavallaro | — | 2nd | — | 2nd | — | 8th | 7th | 2nd | — | 6th | 6th | 6th | 3rd | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) |
| Giordana Petralia | — | 4th | — | 4th | — | 9th | 9th | 4th | — | 7th | — | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) |
| Seawards | 3rd | — | — | — | 3rd | 5th | 5th | — | 4th | 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) |
| Lorenzo Rinaldi | — | 3rd | — | 5th | — | 7th | 8th | 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) |
| Marco Saltari | — | — | 2nd | — | 5th | 10th | 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) |
| Enrico Di Lauro | — | — | 4th | 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) |
| Mariam Rouass | 4th | — | — | 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 | Mariam Rouass Enrico Di Lauro | Mariam Rouass Enrico Di Lauro | Mariam Rouass Enrico Di Lauro | Enrico Di Lauro Marco Saltari | Enrico Di Lauro Marco Saltari | Lorenzo Rinaldi Giordana Petralia | Lorenzo Rinaldi Giordana Petralia | Giordana Petralia Seawards | Giordana Petralia Seawards | Giordana Petralia Davide Rossi | Giordana Petralia Davide Rossi | Davide Rossi Nicola Cavallaro | Davide Rossi Nicola Cavallaro | Eugenio Campagna Booda | Eugenio Campagna Booda | 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 ||||||||||||||||
| Samuel's vote | Mariam Rouass | Mariam Rouass | Mariam Rouass | Enrico Di Lauro | Enrico Di Lauro | Lorenzo Rinaldi | Lorenzo Rinaldi | Giordana Petralia | Giordana Petralia | Giordana Petralia | Giordana Petralia | Nicola Cavallaro | Nicola Cavallaro | Eugenio Campagna | Eugenio Campagna | | 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 | Enrico Di Lauro | Enrico Di Lauro | Enrico Di Lauro | Enrico Di Lauro | Enrico Di Lauro | Lorenzo Rinaldi | Lorenzo Rinaldi | Seawards | Seawards | Giordana Petralia | Giordana Petralia | Davide Rossi | Davide Rossi | Booda | Booda | | 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 |
| Ebbasta's vote | Enrico Di Lauro | Enrico Di Lauro | Enrico Di Lauro | Enrico Di Lauro | Enrico Di Lauro | Lorenzo Rinaldi | Lorenzo Rinaldi | Seawards | Seawards | Davide Rossi | Davide Rossi | Nicola Cavallaro | Nicola Cavallaro | Eugenio Campagna | Eugenio Campagna | | 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 |
| Ayane's vote | Mariam Rouass | Mariam Rouass | Mariam Rouass | Marco Saltari | Marco Saltari | Giordana Petralia | Giordana Petralia | Seawards | Seawards | Giordana Petralia | Giordana Petralia | Nicola Cavallaro | Nicola Cavallaro | Eugenio Campagna | Eugenio Campagna | | 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 | Mariam Rouass Public vote to save | Mariam Rouass Public vote to save | Mariam Rouass Public vote to save | Enrico Di Lauro 3 of 4 votes majority | Enrico Di Lauro 3 of 4 votes majority | Marco Saltari Public vote to save | Marco Saltari Public vote to save | Seawards 3 of 4 votes majority | Seawards 3 of 4 votes majority | Giordana Petralia 3 of 4 votes majority | Giordana Petralia 3 of 4 votes majority | Nicola Cavallaro 3 of 4 votes majority | Nicola Cavallaro 3 of 4 votes majority | Eugenio Campagna 3 of 4 votes majority | Eugenio Campagna 3 of 4 votes majority | Davide Rossi Public vote to win | Sierra Public vote to win | Booda Public vote to win |
| Booda Public vote to win ||

### Live show details
#### Week 1 (24 October)

Contestants' performances on the first live show :
| Part 1 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Mariam Rouass | 1 | "Juice" | Bottom three |
| Seawards | 2 | "Pyro" | Safe |
| Eugenio Campagna | 3 | "Arsenico" | Safe |
| Davide Rossi | 4 | "How Long Has This Been Going On?" | Safe |
| Part 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Nicola Cavallaro | 5 | "This Is America" | Safe |
| Lorenzo Rinaldi | 6 | "Don't Look Back in Anger" | Safe |
| Booda | 7 | "212" | Safe |
| Giordana Petralia | 8 | "Jocelyn Flores" | Bottom three |
| Part 3 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Sofia Tornambene | 9 | "L'ultimo bacio" | Safe |
| Enrico Di Lauro | 10 | "Love Will Tear Us Apart" | Bottom three |
| Sierra | 11 | "Dark Horse" | Safe |
| Marco Saltari | 12 | "Sugarman" | Safe |
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Mariam Rouass | 13 | "Gioventù bruciata" | Eliminated |
| Giordana Petralia | 14 | "Strange World" | Saved |
| Enrico Di Lauro | 15 | "Make You Feel My Love" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Ebbasta: Enrico Di Lauro - backed his own act, Mariam Rouass.
* Ayane: Mariam Rouass - backed her own act, Enrico Di Lauro.
* Samuel: Mariam Rouass - gave no reason.
* Maionchi: Enrico Di Lauro - gave no reason.
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Mariam Rouass was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

#### Week 2 (31 October)

Contestants' performances on the second live show :
| Part 1 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Booda | 1 | "Take Ü There" | Safe |
| Giordana Petralia | 2 | "Summertime Sadness" | Safe |
| Enrico Di Lauro | 3 | "Cieli immensi" | Bottom two |
| Nicola Cavallaro | 4 | "Old Town Road" | Safe |
| Sierra | 5 | "7 Rings" | Safe |
| Lorenzo Rinaldi | 6 | "La notte" | Safe |
| Part 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Sofia Tornambene | 7 | "Fix You" | Safe |
| Marco Saltari | 8 | "My Sweet Lord" | Bottom two |
| Seawards | 9 | "Clocks Go Forwards" | Safe |
| Davide Rossi | 10 | "In alto mare" | Safe |
| Eugenio Campagna | 11 | "Scomparire" | Safe |
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Enrico Di Lauro | 12 | "Yesterday" | Eliminated |
| Marco Saltari | 13 | "Breaking the Girl" | Safe |

##### Judge's vote to eliminate

* Ebbasta: Enrico Di Lauro - gave no reason.
* Ayane: Marco Saltari - backed her own act, Enrico Di Lauro.
* Samuel: Enrico Di Lauro - gave no reason.
* Maionchi: Enrico Di Lauro - backed her own act, Marco Saltari.

#### Week 3 (7 November)

Contestants' performances on the third live show :
| Round 1 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Lorenzo Rinaldi | 1 | "Let Her Go" | Safe |
| Sierra | 2 | "Enfasi" (original song) | Safe |
| Giordana Petralia | 3 | "Wicked Game" | Safe |
| Eugenio Campagna | 4 | "En e Xanax" | Safe |
| Booda | 5 | "Hey Mama" | Safe |
| Nicola Cavallaro | 6 | "Love Is a Losing Game" | Safe |
| Seawards | 7 | "Dream On" | Safe |
| Sofia Tornambene | 8 | "A domani per sempre" (original song) | Safe |
| Marco Saltari | 9 | "Get Up, Stand Up" | Eliminated |
| Davide Rossi | 10 | "Lately" | Safe |
| Round 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Booda | 1 | "All or Nothing" | Safe |
| Nicola Cavallaro | 2 | "Happy" | Safe |
| Sofia Tornambene | 3 | "C'est la vie" | Safe |
| Lorenzo Rinaldi | 4 | "Baby, I Love You" | Eliminated |
| Sierra | 5 | "Le acciughe fanno il pallone" | Safe |
| Giordana Petralia | 6 | "Bellyache" | Bottom two |
| Eugenio Campagna | 7 | "Cornflakes" (original song) | Safe |
| Davide Rossi | 8 | "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" | Safe |
| Seawards | 9 | "Vedrai, vedrai" | Safe |

##### Judge's vote to eliminate

* Ebbasta: Lorenzo Rinaldi - backed his own act, Giordana Petralia.
* Ayane: Giordana Petralia - backed her own act, Lorenzo Rinaldi.
* Samuel: Lorenzo Rinaldi - gave no reason.
* Maionchi: Lorenzo Rinaldi - gave no reason.

#### Week 4 (14 November)

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show :
| Part 1 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Davide Rossi | 1 | "Don't Stop Me Now" | Safe |
| Giordana Petralia | 2 | "Highest in the Room" | Bottom two |
| Sierra | 3 | "Snow (Hey Oh)" | Safe |
| Nicola Cavallaro | 4 | "90 MIN" | Safe |
| Part 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Booda | 5 | "M.I.L.F. $" | Safe |
| Eugenio Campana | 6 | "Delicate" | Safe |
| Seawards | 7 | "Feel" (original song) | Bottom two |
| Sofia Tornambene | 8 | "Papaoutai" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Giordana Petralia | 9 | "Call Out My Name" | Safe |
| Seawards | 10 | "Clocks Go Forwards" | Eliminated |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Ebbasta: Seawards - backed his own act, Girodana Petralia.
* Ayane: Seawards - gave no reason.
* Samuel: Girodana Petrali - backed his own act, Seawards.
* Maionchi: Seawards - gave no reason.

#### Week 5 (21 November)

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show :
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Booda | 1 | "Elefante" | Safe |
| Giordana Petralia | 2 | "Chasing Paper" | Final showdown |
| Sierra | 3 | "Enfasi" | Safe |
| Nicola Cavallaro | 4 | "Like I Could" | Safe |
| Sofia Tornambene | 5 | "A domani per sempre" | Safe |
| Davide Rossi | 6 | "Glum" | Safe |
| Eugenio Campagna | 7 | "Cornflakes" | Safe |
There was no elimination that week; the act with the fewest votes sang again in the final showdown in week 6.

#### Week 6: Quarter-final (28 November)

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show :
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Giordana Petralia | 1 | "Chasing Paper" | Eliminated |
| Davide Rossi | 2 | "Glum" | Safe |

##### Judges' vote to eliminate

* Ebbasta: Davide Rossi - backed his own act, Giordana Petralia.
* Ayane: Giordana Petralia - backed her own act, Davide Rossi.
* Samuel: Giordana Petralia - gave no reason.
* Maionchi: Giordana Petralia - gave no reason.
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Sierra | 1 | "The Ecstasy of Gold" | Safe |
| Nicola Cavallaro | 2 | "The Sound of Silence" | Bottom three |
| Sofia Tornambene | 3 | "I Love You" | Safe |
| Davide Rossi | 4 | "Treat You Better" | Bottom three |
| Booda | 5 | "Hold Up" | Bottom three |
| Eugenio Campagna | 6 | "Cosa mi manchi a fare" | Safe |
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Nicola Cavallaro | 1 | "Location" | Eliminated |
| Davide Rossi | 2 | "Follow Through" | Safe |
| Booda | 3 | "212" | Saved |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Maionchi: Davide Rossi - backed her own act, Nicola Cavallaro
* Ayane: Nicola Cavallaro - backed her own act, Davide Rossi
* Ebbasta: Nicola Cavallaro - gave no reason.
* Samuel: Nicola Cavallaro - gave no reason.

#### Week 7: Semi-final (5 December)

Contestants' performances on the seventh live show :
| Round 1 ||||
| Act | Order | First song | Result |
| Sierra | 1 | "Born Slippy .NUXX" | Safe |
| Sofia Tornambene | 2 | "Human Nature" | Safe |
| Davide Rossi | 3 | "Toxic" | Safe |
| Booda | 4 | "Dibby Dibby Sound" | Safe |
| Eugenio Campagna | 5 | "Una buona idea" | Bottom two |
| Round 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Second song | Result |
| Davide Rossi | 6 | "Uptown Funk" | Safe |
| Sierra | 7 | "Ni Bien Ni Mal" | Safe |
| Sofia Tornambene | 8 | "Love of My Life" | Safe |
| Booda | 9 | "Level Up" | Bottom two |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Eugenio Campagna | 10 | "Glovo" (original song) | Eliminated |
| Booda | 11 | "M.I.L.F. $" | Safe |

##### Judge's vote to eliminate

* Maionchi: Booda - backed her own act, Eugenio Campagna.
* Samuel: Eugenio Campagna - backed his own act, Booda.
* Ebbasta: Eugenio Campagna - gave no reason.
* Ayane: Eugenio Campagna - gave no reason.

#### Week 8: Final (12 December)

Contestants' performances on the final live show :
| Round 1 |||||
| Act | Order | Song | Song | Result |
| Sofia Tornambene | 1 | "She's the One" (with Robbie Williams) | "She's the One" (with Robbie Williams) | Safe |
| Sierra | 2 | "Kids" (with Robbie Williams) | "Kids" (with Robbie Williams) | Safe |
| Booda | 3 | "Supreme" (with Robbie Williams) | "Supreme" (with Robbie Williams) | Safe |
| Davide Rossi | 4 | "Feel" (with Robbie Williams) | "Feel" (with Robbie Williams) | 4th place |
| Round 2 |||||
| Act | Order | Song | Song | Result |
| Booda | 5 | "Heartbeat"/"212"/"Hey Mama" | "Heartbeat"/"212"/"Hey Mama" | Safe |
| Sofia Tornambene | 6 | "Fix You"/"Papaoutai"/"C'est la vie" | "Fix You"/"Papaoutai"/"C'est la vie" | Safe |
| Sierra | 7 | "Le acciughe fanno il pallone"/"7 Rings"/"Dark Horse" | "Le acciughe fanno il pallone"/"7 Rings"/"Dark Horse" | 3rd place |
| Round 3 |||||
| Act | Order | Song | Song | Result |
| Booda | 8 | "Elefante" | "Elefante" | Runner-up |
| Sofia Tornambene | 9 | "A domani per sempre" | "A domani per sempre" | Winner |