# X Factor (Italian TV series) season 8

X Factor is an Italian television music competition to find new singing talent; the winner receives a € 300,000 recording contract with Sony Music. Before the start of the auditions process it was announced that Morgan and Mika would be confirmed as judges and mentors, whilst Victoria Cabello and Fedez have been chosen for replacing Simona Ventura and Elio in the role; also Alessandro Cattelan returned as host. The eighth season has been airing on Sky Uno since 18 September 2014.
Auditions for season 8 took place in Rome, Turin and Bologna in June 2014; bootcamp took place in Milan for two days, on 1 and 2 July. Unconfirmed rumors revealed that Mika will mentor the Over-25s, Fedez the boys, Cabello the girls and Morgan the groups; they selected their final three acts during judges' houses.
Lorenzo Fragola, a member of the category Boys and mentored by Fedez, was announced the winner of the competition on 11 December 2014. His winner's single, "The Reason Why", released at the end of the Semi-Final on 4 December, won a Gold Certification of sales.

## Cast

| Category | Mentor | Musical Producer |
| Under Girls (16-24) | Victoria Cabello | Gioni Barbera |
| Under Boys (16-24) | Fedez | Fausto Cogliati |
| Over 25+ | Mika | Alessandro Raina |
| Groups | Morgan | Lele Battista |
Vocal coaches: Paola Folli e Rossana Casale.

### Applications and auditions

A preliminary phase of auditions was held:
* at PalaLottomatica, Rome, from 10 to 12 May 2014;
* at Lingotto, Turin, from 24 to 26 May 2014.
The judges auditions was held:
* at Unipol Arena, Bologna, on 7 and 9 June 2014;
* at PalaLottomatica, Rome, from 21 to 22 June 2014.
The auditions were then broadcast on Sky Uno from 18 September to 2 October, and on Cielo from 21 September to 5 October.

### Bootcamp

Bootcamp took place at Mediolanum Forum, Assago, over two days, on Tuesday 1 July and Wednesday 2 July; it was broadcast on 9 October on Sky Uno and on 12 October on Cielo. Before Bootcamp, all the contestants who passed the auditions, were divided into two groups: the first one passed directly to the Bootcamp, since it was made by singers who fully convinced the judges; the other one was made by singers who didn't fully convince the judges, thus they had to face the “Room Auditions”. These were held in the Forum; the ones who succeeded in the Room Auditions, passed to the Bootcamp. For the first time in Italy, besides the presence of spectators at the Bootcamp, to pick the six contestants from each category, the “Six Chair Challenge” was introduced: each judge has six chairs at their disposal and they can decide to make a contestant sit (thus passing them to the “Home Visit”) or not (eliminating them); if the chairs are all occupied, the judge of the specific category can decide to make a contestant stand up (eliminating them) and make the other sit on the chair. After the Bootcamp, 24 contestants passed to the Home Visit.

### 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 Home Visit took place in four different locations decided by each judge: Cabello chose London, Fedez chose Milan, Mika chose Motya and Morgan chose Vienna. Each judge was also helped by a guest to choose: The Bloody Beetroots for Cabello, Raphael Gualazzi for Fedez, Elio for Mika and Eugenio Finardi for Morgan. The Homevist took place around the end of July 2014.
Between the eliminated in this phase, those written in bold in the following chart were chosen by the judges for re-proposal. The four ones were then voted by the public who decided to bring Riccardo Schiara back in the competition during the second Liveshow. The twelve eliminated acts were:
* Boys: Dirty, Riccardo Schiara, Dario Guidi
* Girls: Giorgia Bertolani, Carolina Faroni, Maria Faiola
* 25+: Alessio Bersaglini, Jade Angiolina Canali, Sarah Fargion
* Groups: Fading Memories, Aula 39, Les Babettes

## Contestants and categories

Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner-up
    – Third place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| Boys (Fedez) | Lorenzo Fragola | Madh | Leiner Riflessi | Riccardo Schiara |
| Girls (Cabello) | Vivian Grillo | Camilla Andrea Magli | Ilaria Rastrelli | |
| 25+ (Mika) | Diluvio | Mario Gavino Garrucciu | Emma Morton | |
| Groups (Morgan) | Komminuet | Spritz for Five | The Wise | |

## Live shows
### Results summary

The number of votes received by each act were 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 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 2 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 5 | Quarter-Final | Quarter-Final | Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Contestant | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 1 | Part 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 |
| Lorenzo Fragola | — | 1st 30.60% | — | 1st 31.62% | — | 1st 31.17% | 1st 30.74% | — | 1st 16.43% | 1st 17.93% | 2nd 17.83% | 1st 21.26% | 1st 24.01% | 1st 24.63% | 1st 31.83% | 1st 37.70% | Winner 51.74% |
| Madh | 5th 9.97% | — | 5th 16.09% | — | — | 3rd 19.37% | 2nd 22.50% | — | 2nd 13.23% | 3rd 13.48% | 1st 18.42% | 2nd 20.29% | 2nd 19.46% | 2nd 22.60% | 2nd 26.84% | 2nd 33.81% | Runner-Up 48.26% |
| Ilaria Rastrelli | 2nd 21.86% | — | 4th 18.11% | — | 4th 14.96% | — | — | 3rd 20.89% | 7th 9.89% | 2nd 14.10% | 5th 11.95% | 5th 13.82% | 4th 15.74% | 4th 17.86% | 3rd 24.88% | 3rd 28.49% | Eliminated (final) |
| Mario Gavino Garrucciu | — | 2nd 27.88% | 2nd 19.38% | — | — | 2nd 22.05% | 3rd 20.10% | — | 5th 11.11% | 5th 11.82% | 6th 11.46% | 6th 13.29% | 3rd 17.10% | 3rd 19.70% | 4th 16.45% | Eliminated (final) | Eliminated (final) |
| Emma Morton | 1st 30.39% | — | — | 2nd 24.62% | 1st 21.60% | — | — | 1st 23.89% | 3rd 12.15% | 6th 11.59% | 4th 13.78% | 4th 14% | 5th 14.42% | 5th 15.22% | Eliminated (semi-final) | Eliminated (semi-final) | Eliminated (semi-final) |
| Leiner Riflessi | 3rd 20.39% | — | 1st 22.03% | — | 2nd 21.53% | — | — | 2nd 23.62% | 4th 12.09% | 7th 10.24% | 3rd 15.42% | 3rd 17.33% | 6th 9.27% | Eliminated (semi-final) | Eliminated (semi-final) | Eliminated (semi-final) | Eliminated (semi-final) |
| Komminuet | 4th 11.60% | — | — | 6th 6.56% | 5th 13.27% | — | — | 5th 15.15% | 6th 9.95% | 4th 12.14% | 7th 11.15% | — | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) |
| Vivian Grillo | — | 3rd 15.28% | 3rd 18.31% | — | 6th 12.45% | — | 4th 17.72% | — | 8th 8.46% | 8th 8.71% | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) |
| Riccardo Schiara | Not in live show | Not in live show | — | 3rd 14.08% | 3rd 16.92% | — | — | 4th 16.45% | 9th 6.59% | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) |
| Spritz for Five | — | 4th 11.53% | — | 5th 9.81% | — | 4th 14.96% | 5th 12.45% | — | 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) |
| Camilla Andrea Magli | — | 5th 11.12% | — | 4th 13.31% | — | 5th 11.71% | 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) |
| The Wise | — | 6th 3.58% | 6th 6.08% | — | 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) |
| Diluvio | 6th 5.80% | — | 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) |
| Sarah Fargion | Not in live shows | Not in live shows | Not in live shows | Not in live shows | Not returned (Week 2) | Not returned (Week 2) | Not returned (Week 2) | Not returned (Week 2) | Not returned (Week 2) | Not returned (Week 2) | Not returned (Week 2) | Not returned (Week 2) | Not returned (Week 2) | Not returned (Week 2) | Not returned (Week 2) | Not returned (Week 2) | Not returned (Week 2) | Not returned (Week 2) | Not returned (Week 2) |
| Final showdown | Diluvio, The Wise | Diluvio, The Wise | The Wise, Komminuet | The Wise, Komminuet | Vivian Grillo, Camilla Andrea Magli | Vivian Grillo, Camilla Andrea Magli | Spritz for Five, Komminuet | Spritz for Five, Komminuet | Leiner Riflessi, Vivian Grillo | Leiner Riflessi, Vivian Grillo | Komminuet, Mario Gavino Garrucciu | Komminuet, Mario Gavino Garrucciu | Emma Morton, Ilaria Rastrelli | Emma Morton, Ilaria Rastrelli | 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 |||||||||||||||
| Morgan's vote | Diluvio | Diluvio | The Wise | The Wise | Camilla Andrea Magli | Camilla Andrea Magli | Spritz for Five | Spritz for Five | Leiner Riflessi | Leiner Riflessi | Mario Gavino Garrucciu | Mario Gavino Garrucciu | Emma Morton | Emma Morton | | 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 |
| Cabello's vote | Diluvio | Diluvio | The Wise | The Wise | Vivian Grillo | Vivian Grillo | Spritz for Five | Spritz for Five | Leiner Riflessi | Leiner Riflessi | Komminuet | Komminuet | Emma Morton | Emma Morton | | 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 |
| Mika's vote | The Wise | The Wise | The Wise | The Wise | Vivian Grillo | Vivian Grillo | Komminuet | Komminuet | Vivian Grillo | Vivian Grillo | Komminuet | Komminuet | Ilaria Rastrelli | Ilaria Rastrelli | | 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 |
| Fedez's vote | Diluvio | Diluvio | The Wise | The Wise | Camilla Andrea Magli | Camilla Andrea Magli | Komminuet | Komminuet | Vivian Grillo | Vivian Grillo | Mario Gavino Garrucciu | Mario Gavino Garrucciu | Emma Morton | Emma Morton | | 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 | Dilvuio 3 of 4 votes majority | Dilvuio 3 of 4 votes majority | The Wise 4 of 4 votes majority | The Wise 4 of 4 votes majority | Camilla Andrea Magli 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Camilla Andrea Magli 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Spritz for Five 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Spritz for Five 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Riccardo Schiara Public vote to save | Riccardo Schiara Public vote to save | Komminuet 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Komminuet 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Leiner Riflessi Public vote to save | Leiner Riflessi Public vote to save | Mario Gavino Garrucciu Public vote to save | Ilaria Rastrelli Public vote to save | Madh Public vote to win |
| Eliminated | Dilvuio 3 of 4 votes majority | Dilvuio 3 of 4 votes majority | The Wise 4 of 4 votes majority | The Wise 4 of 4 votes majority | Camilla Andrea Magli 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Camilla Andrea Magli 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Spritz for Five 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Spritz for Five 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Vivian Grillo 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Vivian Grillo 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Komminuet 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Komminuet 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Emma Morton 3 of 4 votes majority | Emma Morton 3 of 4 votes majority | Mario Gavino Garrucciu Public vote to save | Ilaria Rastrelli Public vote to save | Lorenzo Fragola Public vote to win |

### Live show details
#### Week 1 (23 October 2014)

* Group performance: Medley of famous songs performed by the twelve contestants ("Try" / "Wrecking Ball" / "Paparazzi" / "No Woman No Cry" / "Forever Young" / "With or Without You" / "Someone Like You" / "Penso Positivo" / "Happy Ending")
* Celebrity performers: Tiziano Ferro ("Senza Scappare Mai Più") and Robin Schulz & Lilly Wood and the Prick ("Prayer in C")
Contestants' performances on the first live show :
| Part 1 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Emma Morton | 1 | "Blurred Lines" | Safe |
| Komminuet | 2 | "Air on the G String" | Safe |
| Leiner Riflessi | 3 | "What Goes Around...Comes Around" | Safe |
| Ilaria Rastrelli | 4 | "The Scientist" | Safe |
| Diluvio | 5 | "Alors On Danse" | Bottom two |
| Madh | 6 | "Take Care" | Safe |
| Part 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Spritz For Five | 7 | "Just Can't Get Enough" | Safe |
| Mario Gavino Garrucciu | 8 | "E non andar più via" | Safe |
| Camilla Andrea Magli | 9 | "Toxic" | Safe |
| The Wise | 10 | "Giovanni Telegrafista" | Bottom two |
| Lorenzo Fagola | 11 | "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" | Safe |
| Vivian Grillo | 12 | "We Found Love" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| Diluvio | 13 | "La Notte" | Eliminated |
| The Wise | 14 | "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Morgan: Diluvio – backed his own act, The Wise.
* Mika: The Wise – backed his own act, Diluvio.
* Fedez: Diluvio – considered him inappropriate for the show.
* Cabello: Diluvio – agreed with Fedez.

#### Week 2 (30 October 2014)

* Group performance: "Logico #1" (Cesare Cremonini and the contestants)
* Celebrity performers: Cesare Cremonini ("Logico #1") and ("Greygoose")

##### Wildcard

| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Riccardo Schiara | 1 | "Chandelier" | Returned |
| Sarah Fargion | 2 | "Gli Uomini Non Cambiano" | Not returned |
Contestants' performances on the second live show :
| Part 1 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Madh | 1 | "No Church in the Wild" | Safe |
| Mario Gavino Garrucciu | 2 | "Ricomincio da qui" | Safe |
| Ilaria Rastrelli | 3 | "Pumped Up Kicks" | Safe |
| The Wise | 4 | "I Will Survive" | Bottom two |
| Leiner Riflessi | 5 | "The First Cut Is the Deepest" | Safe |
| Vivian Grillo | 6 | "Doo Wop (That Thing)/Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | Safe |
| Part 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Spritz For Five | 7 | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Safe |
| Emma Morton | 8 | "I Can't Make You Love Me" | Safe |
| Riccardo Schiara | 9 | "All of Me" | Safe |
| Camilla Andrea Magli | 10 | "Splendido splendente" | Safe |
| Komminuet | 11 | "Come Undone" | Bottom two |
| Lorenzo Fagola | 12 | "Impossible" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| The Wise | 13 | "Mykonos" | Eliminated |
| Komminuet | 14 | "Virtual Insanity" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Morgan: The Wise
* Mika: The Wise
* Fedez: The Wise
* Cabello was not required to vote because there was already a majority, but confirmed she would have eliminated The Wise.

#### Week 3 (6 November 2014)

* Theme: Dance
* Celebrity performers: Charli XCX ("Boom Clap") and Kiesza ("Hideaway")
* Trivia: During the opening of the show, the host and the judges of the new season of Italia's Got Talent came on stage to promote it.
Contestants' performances on the third live show :
| Part 1 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Ilaria Rastrelli | 1 | "Get Lucky" | Safe |
| Komminuet | 2 | "Emerge" | Safe |
| Leiner Riflessi | 3 | "If I Die Tomorrow" | Safe |
| Emma Morton | 4 | "Sing It Back" | Safe |
| Vivian Grillo | 5 | "Telephone/You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" | Bottom two |
| Riccardo Schiara | 6 | "Follow the Sun" | Safe |
| Part 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Spritz For Five | 7 | "A Fifth of Beethoven" | Safe |
| Mario Gavino Garrucciu | 8 | "Don't Leave Me This Way" | Safe |
| Madh | 9 | "Dancing on My Own" | Safe |
| Camilla Andrea Magli | 10 | "Miss You" | Bottom two |
| Lorenzo Fagola | 11 | "Sweet Nothing" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| Vivian Grillo | 12 | "Starships" | Safe |
| Camilla Andrea Magli | 13 | "Summertime Sadness" | Eliminated |

##### Judge's vote to eliminate

* Cabello: Vivian Grillo - after a moment of hesitation, considered Magli's growth more interesting.
* Mika: Vivian Grillo - agreed with Cabello's comments.
* Fedez: Camilla Andrea Magli - considered Grillo more interesting.
* Morgan: Camilla Andrea Magli - could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Camilla Andrea Magli was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

#### Week 4 (13 November 2014)

* Theme: Tolerance (billed as: We are 1)
* Celebrity performers: Hozier ("Take Me to Church") and Fabi, Silvestri, Gazzè ("L'amore non esiste")
* Trivia: Songs assigned for this week suffered from censorship, talk about freedom of expression or are about controversial themes such as bullying or discrimination.
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show :
| Part 1 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Mario Gavino Garrucciu | 1 | "Sugar Man" | Safe |
| Madh | 2 | "Same Love" | Safe |
| Spritz For Five | 3 | "Il gioco del cavallo a dondolo" | Bottom two |
| Vivian Grillo | 4 | "Like a Prayer" | Safe |
| Lorenzo Fagola | 5 | "Un Blasfemo" | Safe |
| Part 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Riccardo Schiara | 6 | "Perfect Day" | Safe |
| Komminuet | 7 | "Je t'aime... moi non plus" | Bottom two |
| Ilaria Rastrelli | 8 | "I'm on Fire" | Safe |
| Emma Morton | 9 | "Strange Fruit" | Safe |
| Leiner Riflessi | 10 | "Canzone per gli artisti" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| Spritz For Five | 11 | "Radioactive" | Eliminated |
| Komminuet | 12 | "Don't Tell 'Em" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Morgan: Spritz For Five - abandoned the studio straight after he made his decision.
* Cabello: Spritz For Five - followed their mentor's decision.
* Mika: Komminuet - based on the final showdown performances.
* Fedez: Komminuet - could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Spritz For Five eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

#### Week 5 (20 November 2014)

* Theme: "Apocalypse Night" (double elimination)
* Celebrity performers: Francesco De Gregori ("La Donna Cannone") and Ed Sheeran ("Thinking Out Loud")
* Trivia: Two rounds, on the first, each contestant brought a one-minute-snippet of a song they had previously sung and there was a direct elimination; on the second, each contestant brought a song picked by their mentors and there was a Final Showdown between the two least voted contestants.
Also, Morgan who in the previous week stated he would abandon the show, came back as the fourth judge.
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show :
| Round 1 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Leiner Riflessi | 1 | "The First Cut Is the Deepest" | Safe |
| Ilaria Rastrelli | 2 | "Can't Find My Way Home" | Safe |
| Komminuet | 3 | "Emerge" | Safe |
| Riccardo Schiara | 4 | "Lonely Boy" | Eliminated |
| Emma Morton | 5 | "Pop Porno" | Safe |
| Lorenzo Fagola | 6 | "Cosa sono le nuvole" | Safe |
| Mario Gavino Garrucciu | 7 | "E non andar più via" | Safe |
| Vivian Grillo | 8 | "Super Bass" | Safe |
| Madh | 9 | "No Church in the Wild" | Safe |
| Round 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Lorenzo Fagola | 10 | "How to Save a Life" | Safe |
| Vivian Grillo | 11 | "All About That Bass" | Bottom two |
| Mario Gavino Garrucciu | 12 | "Ragazzo Mio" | Safe |
| Komminuet | 13 | "Sirene" | Safe |
| Madh | 14 | "Disparate Youth" | Safe |
| Ilaria Rastrelli | 15 | "Giudizi Universali" | Safe |
| Leiner Riflessi | 16 | "Fireflies" | Bottom two |
| Emma Morton | 17 | "Un'Estate Fa" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| Vivian Grillo | 18 | "Do It like a Dude" | Eliminated |
| Leiner Riflessi | 19 | "When I Was Your Man" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Cabello: Leiner Riflessi – backed her own act, Vivian Grillo.
* Fedez: Vivian Grillo – backed his own act, Leiner Riflessi.
* Morgan: Leiner Riflessi – felt Riflessi could be commended more outside the show.
* Mika: Vivian Grillo - felt Grillo was not at ease on stage but could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Vivian Grillo was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

#### Week 6: Quarter-final (27 November 2014)

* Theme: Mentor's Choice (first round); "Light" (second round)
* Celebrity performers: Marco Mengoni ("Guerriero") and Fedez and Francesca Michielin ("Magnifico")
* Trivia: Two rounds, on the first, each contestant sang a song chosen by their mentors; on the second, each contestant sang a song chosen from the ones voted by the public on-line.
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show :
| Round 1 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Leiner Riflessi | 1 | "I" | Safe |
| Ilaria Rastrelli | 2 | "Un senso" | Safe |
| Komminuet | 3 | "Black Widow" | Bottom two |
| Mario Gavino Garrucciu | 4 | "Un giorno credi" | Safe |
| Madh | 5 | "Ready or Not" | Safe |
| Emma Morton | 6 | "Walking on Broken Glass"/"We Are Golden" | Safe |
| Lorenzo Fragola | 7 | "Niente da capire" | Safe |
| Round 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Madh | 8 | "Lights" | Safe |
| Emma Morton | 9 | "Un mare in luce" | Safe |
| Ilaria Rastrelli | 10 | "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" | Safe |
| Lorenzo Fragola | 11 | "Light My Fire" | Safe |
| Mario Gavino Garrucciu | 12 | "Luci a San Siro" | Bottom two |
| Leiner Riflessi | 13 | "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| Komminuet | 14 | "Love the Way You Lie" | Eliminated |
| Mario Gavino Garrucciu | 15 | "Freedom" | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Morgan: Mario Gavino Garrucciu - backed his own act, Komminuet.
* Mika: Komminuet - backed his own act, Mario Gavino Garrucciu.
* Cabello: Komminuet - said she always stood for Garrucciu.
* Fedez: Mario Gavino Garriucciu - could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Komminuet were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

#### Week 7: Semi-final (4 December 2014)

* Group performance: "Counting Stars" (with Ryan Tedder)
* Celebrity performers: OneRepublic ("I Lived")
* Theme: Apocalypse Night: two contestants eliminated. First round: Original songs; Second round: Mentor's choice.
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show :
| Round 1 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Madh | 1 | "Sayonara" | Safe |
| Mario Gavino Garrucciu | 2 | "All'Orizzonte" | Safe |
| Ilaria Rastrelli | 3 | "My Name" | Safe |
| Leiner Riflessi | 4 | "Tutto quello che ci resta" | Eliminated |
| Emma Morton | 5 | "Daddy Blues" | Safe |
| Lorenzo Fragola | 6 | "The Reason Why" | Safe |
| Round 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Lorenzo Fragola | 7 | "A-Punk" | Safe |
| Ilaria Rastrelli | 8 | "Nothing Compares 2 U" | Bottom two |
| Mario Gavino Garrucciu | 9 | "Hey Ya!" | Safe |
| Madh | 10 | "Flyover" | Safe |
| Emma Morton | 11 | "Love Is a Losing Game" | Bottom two |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| Ilaria Rastrelli | 12 | "The House of the Rising Sun" | Safe |
| Emma Morton | 13 | "I'm a Fool to Want You" | Eliminated |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Cabello: Emma Morton - backed her own act, Ilaria Rastrelli.
* Mika: Ilaria Rastrelli - backed his own act, Emma Morton.
* Fedez: Emma Morton - gave no reason, but said he was hoping for a deadlock since the decision was too hard.
* Morgan: Emma Morton - said he had always supported Rastrelli.

#### Week 8: Final (11 December 2014)

* Theme: Celebrity Duets (Round 1); Original Songs (Round 2); Own Choice (Round 3; billed as My Song)
* Group performance: Mika, the Finalists and the ex-contestants (Good Guys and Happy Ending)
* Celebrity performers: Chiara (Un Giorno di Sole), Saint Motel (My Type), David Guetta & Sam Martin (Dangerous), Tiziano Ferro (La differenza tra me e te, Senza scappare mai più, La fine)
Contestants' performances on the final live show :
| Round 1 |||||
| Act | Order | Song | Song | Result |
| Madh | 1 | "Moon" (with Malika Ayane) | "Moon" (with Malika Ayane) | Safe |
| Mario Gavino Garrucciu | 2 | "La Notte" (with Arisa) | "La Notte" (with Arisa) | 4th Place |
| Lorenzo Fragola | 3 | "Sei nell'anima" (with Gianna Nannini) | "Sei nell'anima" (with Gianna Nannini) | Safe |
| Ilaria Rastrelli | 4 | "Sere nere" (with Tiziano Ferro) | "Sere nere" (with Tiziano Ferro) | Safe |
| Round 2 |||||
| Act | Order | Song | Song | Result |
| Lorenzo Fragola | 5 | "The Reason Why" | "The Reason Why" | Safe |
| Ilaria Rastrelli | 6 | "My Name" | "My Name" | 3rd Place |
| Madh | 7 | "Sayonara" | "Sayonara" | Safe |
| Round 3 |||||
| Act | Order | Song | Song | Result |
| Lorenzo Fragola | 8 | "Rewind" | "Rewind" | Winner |
| Madh | 9 | "Heartbeat" | "Heartbeat" | Runner-Up |