# X Factor (Italian TV series) season 6

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 confirmed that Simona Ventura, Morgan, Elio and Arisa would be confirmed as judges and mentors; also Alessandro Cattelan returned as host, whilst Max Novaresi and Brenda Lodigiani return to host Xtra Factor. The sixths season began airing on Sky Uno on 20 September and ended on 7 December 2012.
Auditions for season 6 took place in Rimini, Andria and Milan in June 2012; bootcamp took place in Milan for two days, on 28 and 29 June. Morgan mentored the Over-25s, Ventura the boys, Elio the girls and Arisa the groups; they selected their final three acts during judges' houses. The Live Shows started on 18 October at Teatro della Luna, Assago. On Live Show 3 (1 November), the 12 finalists were joined by a 13th wildcard, voted for by the public after each judge picked one of their rejected to return.
Chiara Galiazzo, a member of the category Over-25s and mentored by Morgan, was announced the winner of the competition on 7 December 2012. Her winner's single, "Due respiri", released immediately after the end of the show, was co-written by Italian singer-songwriter Eros Ramazzotti.

## Judges, presenters and other personnel

Sky Italia entirely confirmed the cast of X Factor 5 for the sixths season. On 12 April 2012, Alessandro Cattelan was confirmed to present the main show on Sky Uno HD. Rumors about a possible replacement as a judge of Arisa with singer Gianna Nannini were soon denied, and indeed it was confirmed on 25 May that all the judges of the fifth series (Arisa, Simona Ventura, Elio, Morgan) would return to their role.
Also vocal coaches Alberto Tafuri, Paola Folli and Giuseppe Barbera, music-director Lucio Fabbri and art-director and choreographer Luca Tomassini were confirmed, whilst vocal-coach Gaetano Cappa replaced Diego Calvetti in the role.

## Selection process
### Applications and auditions

A preliminary phase of auditions was held:
* at Fiera del Levante, Bari, on 5 and 6 May 2012;
* at MiCo, Milan, from 19 to 21 May;
* at Foro Italico, Rome, from 26 to 28 May.
The judges auditions were held:
* at 105 Stadium, Rimini, on 9 and 10 June 2012;
* at Palazzetto dello Sport, Andria, on 16 and 17 June;
* at Teatro Nazionale, Milan, on 23 and 24 June.
The first episode of audition was broadcast on 20 September 2009, and featured auditions from Rimini and Milan; Andria auditions, along with those from Rome, were shown on 27 September.
Notable auditioners included Miss Italia 2011 Stefania Bivone, Michele Grandinetti, a singer already famous in Thailand with his stage name Miki del Re, and performer and actress Carmen Serra.

### Bootcamp

96 acts reached Bootcamp, which took place at the Teatro Nazionale in Milan over two days, on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 June, and was broadcast on 4 October.
* On the first day, judges reviewed the audition tapes and sent home 1/3 of the acts before they had another chance to sing, soon after their arrival in Milan;
* the remaining 65 acts were then put into groups and took part in a sing-off: each group was assigned a song to prepare for the next morning. Members of the groups could choose which part of the song to sing, in agreement with the other components. After each performance, the judges decided which acts to keep and which to eliminate. The number of acts was reduced to 41;
* the acts had only 4 hours to choose one song from a list of 100 and perform it in front of the judges. Later, the judges decided which 24 acts to put through to judges' houses.
At the end of Bootcamp, judges met the acts of the category they had to mentor: Girls were to be mentored by Elio, Boys by Simona Ventura, Groups by Arisa and Over-25 by Morgan.

### Judges' houses

"Home visits" was broadcast on 11 October. Ventura mentored the Boys in Costa Smeralda, assisted by vocal coach Paola Folli; Elio took the Girls at Villa Gaia, Robecco sul Naviglio, assisted by Alberto Tafuri; Morgan had the over 25s in Teatro Regio, Parma, with Gaetano Cappa, and Arisa had the Groups in Lake Como with Giuseppe Barbera.
One of the acts from the 25+ category, Mara Sottocornola, frightened by the mechanisms of the competition, decided to not take part in this phase, preferring to accept a proposal for an opera-stage in Brussels, and wasn't replaced.
The eleven eliminated acts were:
* Boys: Alessandro Mahmoud, Francesco Vecchio, Carmelo Veneziano Broccia
* Girls: Gaya Misrachi, Marta Pedoni, Lucrezia Rossetti
* 25+: Didie Caria, Michele Grandinetti
* Groups: Brutte Abitudini, Diamond Sisters, Up3Side

## Contestants and categories

Key:
    – Winner
    – Runner-up
    – Third / Fourth place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | Acts | Acts | Acts |
| Boys (Ventura) | Nicola Aliotta | Daniele Coletta | Alessandro Mahmoud | Davide Merlini |
| Girls (Elio) | Cixi | Yendry Fiorentino | Nice | |
| 25+ (Morgan) | Romina Falconi | Chiara Galiazzo | Ics | |
| Groups (Arisa) | Akmé | Donatella | Fréres Chaos | |

### Boys

* Nicola Aliotta (born 26 April 1992) is a student from Rome. Before X Factor 6, he previously appeared in the television music competition Ti lascio una canzone. He sang "Come il sole all'improvviso" at the judges auditions in Andria obtaining 4 "yes's", "Without You" (for the group performance) at the Bootcamp and "Nessun dolore" at the Home Visits, where he and Alessandro Mahmoud had to perform again before Simona Ventura could make a final decision. He sang "Solo per te".
* Daniele Coletta (born 10 February 1992) was born in Rome, and he's unemployed. Before X Factor 6, he previously appeared in the television music competition Ti lascio una canzone (2008). He sang "21 Guns" at the judges auditions in Rome obtaining 4 "yes's", "Don't Stop Me Now" (for the group performance) and "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" at the Bootcamp and "I Can't Stand the Rain" at the Home Visits.
* Davide Merlini (born 28 April 1992) was born in Marostica, Veneto, and he works as boiler maintener technician. He sang "Avrai" at the judges auditions in Rimini obtaining 4 "yes's", "Vent'anni" at the Bootcamp and "Tracce di te" at the Home Visits.
* Alessandro Mahmoud (born 12 September 1992) was born in Milan. He's of Egyptian descent. He sang "Black and Gold" at the judges auditions in Milan obtaining 4 "yes's", "Turning Tables" (for the group performance) at the Bootcamp and "Walk On By" at the Home Visits, where he and Nicola Aliotta had to perform again before Simona Ventura could make a final decision. Mahmoud sang "Marzo (Le cose non vanno mai come credi)" and lost to Nicola Aliotta; in the second live show, on 25 October, he won the wildcard and entered as a finalist after 1 November.

### Girls

* Cixi (born 11 April 1996) is a fashion-design student from Chieri, Piedmont; her real name's Eleonora Bosio. She performed "History Repeating" at the judges auditions in Rimini obtaining 3 "yes's" from Elio, Morgan and Arisa and one "no" from Ventura. She sang "Turning Tables" for the group performance at the Bootcamp and "Tutto quello che un uomo" at the Home Visits.
* Yendry Fiorentino (born 27 July 1993) is a fashion model. Born in Santo Domingo, she lives in Turin. She performed "Video Games" at the judges auditions in Milan obtaining 4 "yes's". She sang "Price Tag" (group performance) and "Una poesia anche per te" at the Bootcamp and "Le tasche piene di sassi" at the Home Visits, where she and Gaya Misrachi had to perform again before Elio could make a final decision. She sang "I'd Rather Go Blind".
* Nice (born 12 November 1992) is a Foreign Languages student from Turin; her real name is Noemi Lucco Borlera. She sang "Dog Days Are Over" at the judges auditions in Rimini obtaining 4 "yes's", "Hey, Soul Sister" (for the group performance) and "Piece of My Heart" at the Bootcamp and "Abitudine" at the Home Visits.

### 25+

* Romina Falconi (born 1 January 1985) is a singer from Rome. In 2007 she competed in Sanremo Music Festival and in 2009 she worked as choirgirl during Eros Ramazzotti's World Tour. She sang "Fortissimo" at the judges auditions in Rimini obtaining 4 "yes's", "Cuore scoppiato" (for the group performance) at the Bootcamp and "Crazy" at the Home Visits.
* Chiara Galiazzo (born 12 August 1986) is a finance trainée from Padua. She sang "Teardrop" at the auditions in front of the judges, in Milan, who acclaimed her for the performance. She sang "Back to Black" (for the group performance) and "The World Is Not Enough" at the Bootcamp and "Shake It Out" at the Home Visits.
* Ics (born 19 May 1983) is a rapper from Bologna who previously published some of his works through independent circuits with the stage nome of Morgan Ics. He sang "La crisi" at the judges auditions in Rimini obtaining 3 "yes's" from Elio, Morgan and Arisa and one "no" from Ventura. He later performed "Price Tag" (for the group performance) and "Notorious" at the Bootcamp and "Nessun dorma" at the Home Visits.

### Groups

* Akmé is a group formed by Rosa D'Aprile (born 26 October 1982), Vitantonio Boccuzzi (born 8 December 1990) and Vito Marchitelli (born 7 August 1991) in the Province of Bari. They sang "21 Guns" at the judges auditions in Milan obtaining 4 "yes's", and "Otherside" at the Home Visits.
* Donatella is a group formed by twin-sisters Giulia and Silvia Provvedi (born 1 December 1993), from Modena. They performed "Il mare d'inverno" at the judges auditions in Bari, with the stage name "Provs Destination", obtaining 4 "yes's"; later they sang "Folle città" (for the group performance) at the Bootcamp and "Snow on the Sahara" at the Home Visits.
* Frères Chaos is a group formed by siblings Fabio (born 1 March 1988) and Manuela Rinaldi (born 10 March 1993), from Magliano di Tenna, Marche. Manuela Rinaldi previously appeared on talent show Ti lascio una canzone (2008). They performed "Altrove" at the judges auditions in Rimini, obtaining 4 "yes's"; later they sang "Sally" (for the group performance) and "Love the Way You Lie" at the Bootcamp and "Seven Nation Army" at the Home Visits.

## 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 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 | Return vote | Part 1 | Part 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Thursday | Friday | Friday |
| Chiara Galiazzo | 1st 42.37% | — | — | 1st 49.53% | — | 1st 36.46% | — | 1st 37.37% | — | 1st 24.86% | — | 1st 31.28% | 1st 31.66% | 1st 35.85% | 1st 38.26% | 1st 40.49% | 1st 56.21% | Winner 74.61% |
| Ics | 4th 13.89% | — | 3rd 17.11% | — | — | 3rd 13.74% | — | — | 1st 31.76% | 2nd 15.24% | — | 3rd 15.85% | 3rd 17.40% | 2nd 18.69% | 2nd 24.52% | 2nd 24.21% | 2nd 23.32% | Runner-up 25.39% |
| Davide Merlini | — | 2nd 23.50% | — | 2nd 16.63% | — | — | 1st 24.13% | 3rd 17.97% | — | 4th 11.34% | — | 4th 12.79% | 5th 14.89% | 3rd 16.94% | 3rd 20.72% | 3rd 18.37% | 3rd 20.47% | Eliminated (final) |
| Cixi | 2nd 18.10% | — | — | 3rd 12.99% | — | — | 2nd 23.51% | 2nd 20.14% | — | 5th 10.33% | — | 2nd 16.19% | 2nd 18.71% | 4th 15.64% | 4th 16.49% | 4th 16.92% | Eliminated (final) | Eliminated (final) |
| Daniele Coletta | 3rd 16.76% | — | 1st 22.72% | — | — | 4th 12.34% | — | — | 4th 17.00% | 7th 9.78% | 1st 31.44% | 5th 12.40% | 4th 17.34% | 5th 12.88% | — | Eliminated (semi-final) | Eliminated (semi-final) | Eliminated (semi-final) |
| Frères Chaos | — | 5th 12.08% | — | 5th 10.13% | — | 5th 11.87% | — | — | 2nd 19.60% | 3rd 12.94% | — | 6th 11.51% | — | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) | Eliminated (quarter-final) |
| Nice | — | 1st 25.92% | 2nd 21.47% | — | — | 2nd 15.08% | — | — | 3rd 19.23% | 8th 5.72% | 2nd 33.43% | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) |
| Yendry Fiorentino | — | 6th 11.48% | — | 4th 10.73% | — | — | 4th 16.82% | 4th 15.49% | — | 6th 9.79% | 3rd 35.13% | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) | Eliminated (Week 5) |
| Romina Falconi | — | 4th 12.43% | 5th 12.71% | — | — | — | 5th 16.41% | — | 5th 12.41% | 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) |
| Donatella | — | 3rd 14.60% | 4th 15.18% | — | — | — | 3rd 19.14% | 5th 9.02% | — | 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) |
| Alessandro Mahmoud | Not in live shows | Not in live shows | Not in live shows | Not in live shows | 1st 32.70% | 6th 10.53% | — | 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) |
| Akmé | 5th 6.56% | — | 6th 10.81% | — | — | 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) |
| Nicola Aliotta | 6th 2.32% | — | 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) | Eliminated (Week 1) |
| Gaya Misrachi | Not in live shows | Not in live shows | Not in live shows | Not in live shows | 2nd 26.44% | 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) |
| Michele Grandinetti | Not in live shows | Not in live shows | Not in live shows | Not in live shows | 3rd 24.16% | 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) |
| Up3Side | Not in live shows | Not in live shows | Not in live shows | Not in live shows | 4th 16.71% | 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 | Nicola Aliotta, Yendry Fiorentino | Nicola Aliotta, Yendry Fiorentino | Akmé, Frères Chaos | Akmé, Frères Chaos | Akmé, Frères Chaos | Romina Falconi, Alessandro Mahmoud | Romina Falconi, Alessandro Mahmoud | Donatella, Yendry Fiorentino | Daniele Coletta, Romina Falconi | Daniele Coletta, Nice | Daniele Coletta, Nice | Frères Chaos, Davide Merlini | Frères Chaos, Davide Merlini | Daniele Coletta, Cixi | Daniele Coletta, Cixi | 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 ||||||||||||||||
| Arisa's vote | Nicola Aliotta | Nicola Aliotta | Akmé | Akmé | Akmé | Alessandro Mahmoud | Alessandro Mahmoud | Yendry Fiorentino | Daniele Coletta | Daniele Coletta | Daniele Coletta | Davide Merlini | Davide Merlini | Daniele Coletta | Daniele Coletta | | 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 |
| Elio's vote | Nicola Aliotta | Nicola Aliotta | Akmé | Akmé | Akmé | Alessandro Mahmoud | Alessandro Mahmoud | Donatella | Romina Falconi | Daniele Coletta | Daniele Coletta | Frères Chaos | Frères Chaos | Daniele Coletta | Daniele Coletta | | 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 | Nicola Aliotta | Nicola Aliotta | Akmé | Akmé | Akmé | Alessandro Mahmoud | Alessandro Mahmoud | Donatella | Daniele Coletta | Nice | Nice | Davide Merlini | Davide Merlini | Cixi | Cixi | | 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 |
| Ventura's vote | Yendry Fiorentino | Yendry Fiorentino | Akmé | Akmé | Akmé | Romina Falconi | Romina Falconi | Yendry Fiorentino | Romina Falconi | Nice | Nice | Frères Chaos | Frères Chaos | Cixi | Cixi | | 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 | Nicola Aliotta 3 of 4 votes Majority | Nicola Aliotta 3 of 4 votes Majority | Akmé 4 of 4 votes Majority | Akmé 4 of 4 votes Majority | Akmé 4 of 4 votes Majority | Alessandro Mahmoud 3 of 4 votes Majority | Alessandro Mahmoud 3 of 4 votes Majority | Donatella 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Romina Falconi 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Yendry Fiorentino Public vote 35.13% to eliminate | Yendry Fiorentino Public vote 35.13% to eliminate | Frères Chaos 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Frères Chaos 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Daniele Coletta 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Daniele Coletta 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Cixi Public vote 16,92% to save | Davide Merlini Public vote 20,47% to save | Ics Public vote 25,39% to win |
| Eliminated | Nicola Aliotta 3 of 4 votes Majority | Nicola Aliotta 3 of 4 votes Majority | Akmé 4 of 4 votes Majority | Akmé 4 of 4 votes Majority | Akmé 4 of 4 votes Majority | Alessandro Mahmoud 3 of 4 votes Majority | Alessandro Mahmoud 3 of 4 votes Majority | Donatella 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Romina Falconi 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Nice 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Nice 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Frères Chaos 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Frères Chaos 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Daniele Coletta 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Daniele Coletta 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Cixi Public vote 16,92% to save | Davide Merlini Public vote 20,47% to save | Chiara Galiazzo Public vote 74.61% to win |

### Live show details
#### Week 1 (18 October 2012)

* Celebrity performers: Francesca Michielin ("Distratto" and "Sola") and Robbie Williams ("Rock DJ"/"Let Me Entertain You" and "Candy")
Contestants' performances on the first live show :
| Part 1 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Ics | 1 | "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" | Safe |
| Nicola Aliotta | 2 | "Io vivrò (senza te)" | Bottom two |
| Cixi | 3 | "You've Got the Love" | Safe |
| Akmé | 4 | "My Kind of Love" | Safe |
| Daniele Coletta | 5 | "Strange World" | Safe |
| Chiara Galiazzo | 6 | "Purple Rain" | Safe |
| Part 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Donatella | 7 | "Timebomb" | Safe |
| Yendry Fiorentino | 8 | "Per sempre" | Bottom two |
| Romina Falconi | 9 | "Duel" | Safe |
| Davide Merlini | 10 | "A chi mi dice" | Safe |
| Frères Chaos | 11 | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | Safe |
| Nice | 12 | "L'ultima occasione" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| Nicola Aliotta | 13 | "When I Get You Alone" | Eliminated |
| Nicola Aliotta | 15 | "I'm Outta Love" (a cappella) | Eliminated |
| Yendry Fiorentino | 14 | "Blue Jeans" | Safe |
| Yendry Fiorentino | 16 | "At Last" (a cappella) | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Simona Ventura: Yendry Fiorentino – backed her own act, Nicola Aliotta.
* Elio: Nicola Aliotta – backed his own act, Yendry Fiorentino.
* Arisa: Nicola Aliotta – found him too much scholastic in his way of singing.
* Morgan: Nicola Aliotta – felt he was not ready to be a popstar.

#### Week 2 (25 October 2012)

* Celebrity performers: Club Dogo ("Tutto ciò che ho" featuring Il Cile and "P.E.S." featuring Giuliano Palma)
Contestants' performances on the second live show :
| Part 1 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Nice | 1 | "Lonely Boy" | Safe |
| Donatella | 2 | "Lamette" | Safe |
| Romina Falconi | 3 | "The Voice" | Safe |
| Daniele Coletta | 4 | "Madness" | Safe |
| Akmé | 5 | "Voglio vederti danzare" | Bottom two |
| Ics | 6 | "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" | Safe |
| Part 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Yendry Fiorentino | 7 | "Call Me Maybe" | Safe |
| Chiara Galiazzo | 8 | "Over the Rainbow" | Safe |
| Frères Chaos | 9 | "Crystalised" | Bottom two |
| Davide Merlini | 10 | "Iris" | Safe |
| Cixi | 11 | "Tutto l'amore che ho" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| Akmé | 12 | "Impressioni di settembre" | Eliminated |
| Akmé | 14 | "Hide and Seek" (a cappella) | Eliminated |
| Frères Chaos | 13 | "Rumour Has It" | Safe |
| Frères Chaos | 15 | "Mi sono innamorato di te" (a cappella) | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Arisa: Akmé – felt they were not ready to be popstars.
* Morgan: Akmé – was in line with the decision of their mentor.
* Ventura: Akmé – considered Frères Chaos particularly interesting.
* Elio was not required to vote because there was already a majority, but confirmed he would have eliminated Akmé.

##### Wildcard

| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Up3Side | 1 | "Svalutation" | Not returned |
| Alessandro Mahmoud | 2 | "Master Blaster (Jammin')" | Returned |
| Gaya Misrachi | 3 | "Run Baby Run" | Not returned |
| Michele Grandinetti | 4 | "Somebody to Love" | Not returned |

#### Week 3 (1 November)

* Theme: Let's Band!
* Celebrity performers: Scissor Sisters ("Only the Horses") and One Direction ("Live While We're Young")
Contestants' performances on the third live show :
| Part 1 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Chiara Galiazzo | 1 | "I Want to Hold Your Hand" | Safe |
| Daniele Coletta | 2 | "Tutti i miei sbagli" | Safe |
| Frères Chaos | 3 | "Little Talks" | Safe |
| Nice | 4 | "Eternità" | Safe |
| Alessandro Mamhoud | 5 | "Name and Number" | Bottom two |
| Ics | 6 | "21st Century Schizoid Man" | Safe |
| Part 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Cixi | 7 | "Sing It Back" | Safe |
| Romina Falconi | 8 | "Rio" | Bottom two |
| Donatella | 9 | "Rocket" | Safe |
| Yendry Fiorentino | 10 | "Don't Speak" | Safe |
| Davide Merlini | 11 | "Vieni da me" | Safe |
| Final showdown details ||||
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| Alessandro Mamhoud | 12 | "Master Blaster (Jammin')" | Eliminated |
| Alessandro Mamhoud | 14 | "Come il sole all'improvviso" (a cappella) | Eliminated |
| Romina Falconi | 13 | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Safe |
| Romina Falconi | 15 | "Llorando" (a cappella) | Safe |

##### Judges' decisions to eliminate

* Ventura: Romina Falconi – backed her own act, Alessandro Mamhoud.
* Morgan: Alessandro Mahmoud – backed his own act, Romina Falconi.
* Elio: Alessandro Mahmoud – thought that Falconi could have more chances in the music business.
* Arisa: Alessandro Mahmoud – found Falconi more convincent in the final showdown.

#### Week 4 (8 November)

* Theme: Hell Factor (double elimination)
* Celebrity performers: Arisa ("Meraviglioso amore mio") and Emis Killa ("Parole di ghiaccio")
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show :
| Part 1 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Donatella | 1 | "Maneater" | Bottom two |
| Cixi | 2 | "Turning Tables" | Safe |
| Davide Merlini | 3 | "È l'amore che conta" | Safe |
| Chiara Galiazzo | 4 | "The Final Countdown" | Safe |
| Yendry Fiorentino | 5 | "Locked Out of Heaven" | Bottom two |
| Final showdown detail ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Donatella | 6 | "Amore disperato" | Eliminated |
| Yendry Fiorentino | 7 | "If I Ain't Got You" | Safe |
| Part 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Ics | 8 | "Der Kommissar" | Safe |
| Daniele Coletta | 9 | "Love Is a Losing Game" | Bottom two |
| Frères Chaos | 10 | "Ritual Union" | Safe |
| Nice | 11 | "White Rabbit" | Safe |
| Romina Falconi | 12 | "Il tempo se ne va" | Bottom two |
| Final showdown detail ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Daniele Coletta | 13 | "I Can't Stand the Rain" | Safe |
| Romina Falconi | 14 | "Beautiful" | Eliminated |

##### Judges' decisions to eliminate (Part 1)

* Arisa: Yendry Fiorentino – backed her own act, Donatella.
* Elio: Donatella – backed his own act, Yendry Fiorentino.
* Morgan: Donatella – recognized Yendry's superiority voice.
* Ventura: Yendry Fiorentino – 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. Donatella were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

##### Judges' decisions to eliminate (Part 2)

* Ventura: Romina Falconi – backed her own act, Daniele Coletta.
* Morgan: Daniele Coletta – backed his own act, Romina Falconi.
* Arisa: Daniele Coletta – found Romina's voice more emotional.
* Elio: Romina Falconi – recognized Coletta's superiority in the performances.
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Falconi were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

#### Week 5 (15 November)

* Theme: Hell Factor (double elimination)
* Celebrity performer: Malika Ayane ("Tre cose") and Alanis Morissette ("Guardian")
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show :
| Round 1 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Yendry Fiorentino | 1 | "Tightrope" | Bottom three |
| Daniele Coletta | 2 | "Skyfall" | Bottom three |
| Ics | 3 | "Iodio" | Safe |
| Frères Chaos | 4 | "Enjoy the Silence" | Safe |
| Cixi | 5 | "Hai delle isole negli occhi" | Safe |
| Davide Merlini | 6 | "Can't Say No" | Safe |
| Nice | 7 | "Starlight" | Bottom three |
| Chiara Galiazzo | 8 | "I Was Made for Lovin' You" | Safe |
| Round 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Yendry Fiorentino | 9 | "What the World Needs Now Is Love" | Eliminated |
| Daniele Coletta | 10 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Showdown |
| Nice | 11 | "Cry Baby" | Showdown |
| Final showdown detail ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Daniele Coletta | 12 | "Ogni mio istante" (a cappella) | Safe |
| Nice | 13 | "Amore che vieni, amore che vai" (a cappella) | Eliminated |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Ventura: Nice – backed her own act, Daniele Coletta.
* Elio: Daniele Coletta – backed his own act, Nice.
* Arisa: Daniele Coletta – found Nice's voice extraordinary.
* Morgan: Nice – was not satisfied with Nice's performance of the night.
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Nice were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

#### Week 6: Quarter-final (22 November)

* Group performance: "I Will Survive"
* Celebrity performer: Conor Maynard ("Turn Around")
* Theme: Dance performance (Round 1); Mentor's Choice (Round 2)
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show :
| Round 1 ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Ics | 1 | "Malarazza" | Safe |
| Davide Merlini | 2 | "Apologize" | Bottom two |
| Frères Chaos | 3 | "Pensiero stupendo" | Safe |
| Cixi | 4 | "La solitudine" | Safe |
| Daniele Coletta | 5 | "Sei nell'anima" | Safe |
| Chiara Galiazzo | 6 | "Alabama Song" | Safe |
| Round 2 ||||
| Act | Order | Songs | Result |
| Daniele Coletta | 7 | "Walk" | Safe |
| Cixi | 8 | "Right to Be Wrong" | Safe |
| Chiara Galiazzo | 9 | "You Do Something to Me" | Safe |
| Frères Chaos | 10 | "Inside World" | Bottom two |
| Ics | 11 | "Vengo anch'io. No, tu no" | Safe |
| Final showdown detail ||||
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Davide Merlini | 12 | "Vivimi" | Safe |
| Davide Merlini | 14 | "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (a cappella) | Safe |
| Frères Chaos | 13 | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | Eliminated |
| Frères Chaos | 15 | "Nel blu dipinto di blu" (a cappella) | Eliminated |

##### Judges' decisions to eliminate

* Ventura: Frères Chaos – backed her own act, Davide Merlini.
* Arisa: Davide Merlini – backed her own act, Fréres Chaos.
* Morgan: Davide Merlini – found Fréres Chaos strongly communicative.
* Elio: Frères Chaos – did not appreciate their style.
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Frères Chaos were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

#### Week 7: Semi-final (29 November)

* Group performance: "Your Song" (with Mika)
* Celebrity performer: Mika ("Grace Kelly" and "Underwater")
* Theme: Previously unreleased songs (Round 1); Mentor's Choice (Round 2)
Contestants' performances on the seventh live show :
| Round 1 |||||
| Act | Order | Song | Writers | Result |
| Davide Merlini | 1 | "100 000 parole d'amore" | Max Pezzali, Fabio Ilacqua and Luca Chiaravalli | Safe |
| Ics | 2 | "L'autostima di prima mattina" | Ics and Morgan | Safe |
| Cixi | 3 | "Non sono l'unica" | Bungaro and Cesare Chiodo | Safe |
| Daniele Coletta | 4 | "Un giorno in più" | Gavin DeGraw, Mario Cianchi and Marco Valicelli | Bottom two |
| Chiara Galiazzo | 5 | "Due respiri" | Eros Ramazzotti, Luca Chiaravalli and Saverio Grandi | Safe |
| Round 2 |||||
| Act | Order | Song | Song | Result |
| Chiara Galiazzo | 6 | "L'amore è tutto qui" | "L'amore è tutto qui" | Safe |
| Cixi | 7 | "The Message" | "The Message" | Bottom two |
| Davide Merlini | 8 | "In un giorno qualunque" | "In un giorno qualunque" | Safe |
| Ics | 9 | "The Invisible Man" | "The Invisible Man" | Safe |
| Final showdown detail |||||
| Act | Order | Song | Song | Result |
| Daniele Coletta | 10 | "21 Guns" | "21 Guns" | Eliminated |
| Daniele Coletta | 12 | "Sono solo parole" (a cappella) | "Sono solo parole" (a cappella) | | Eliminated |
| Cixi | 11 | "Turning Tables" | "Turning Tables" | Safe |
| Cixi | 13 | "Nobody's Perfect" (a cappella) | "Nobody's Perfect" (a cappella) | | Safe |

##### Judges' votes to eliminate

* Ventura: Cixi – backed her own act, Daniele Coletta.
* Elio: Daniele Coletta – backed his own act, Cixi.
* Arisa: Daniele Coletta – loved Cixi's voice.
* Morgan: Cixi – preferred Coletta.
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Danielle Coletta was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

#### Week 8: Final (6/7 December)

6 December
* Group performance: "Who Knew"/"Stand by Me"/"The Edge of Glory"/"I Will Always Love You" (all X Factor acts)
* Theme: "My song" (own choice); tribute to Lucio Dalla; previously unreleased songs
* Celebrity performer: Kylie Minogue ("Can't Get You Out of My Head"), DJ Fish
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show :
| Single round ||||||||
| Act | Order | "My song" | Order | Drum and bass song | Order | Unreleased Song | Result |
| Cixi | 1 | "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" | 8 | "Il cielo" | 11 | "Non sono l'unica" | Eliminated |
| Chiara Galiazzo | 2 | "Teardrop" | 7 | "Quale allegria" | 9 | "Due respiri" | Safe |
| Davide Merlini | 3 | "Spaccacuore" | 5 | "Futura" | 10 | "100 000 parole d'amore" | Safe |
| Ics | 4 | "Smooth Criminal" | 6 | "Come è profondo il mare" | 12 | "L'autostima di prima mattina" | Safe |
7 December
* Group performance: "Terra promessa"/"We Will Rock You"
* Theme: Celebrity duets (part 1), previously unreleased songs, "Best of" (3-songs medley) and "a cappella" performance (part 2)
* Celebrity performer: Eros Ramazzotti ("Un angelo disteso al sole") and Skye Edwards ("Featherlight")
Contestants' performances on the final live show :
| Part 1 ||||||
| Act | Order | Song | Song | Song | Result |
| Davide Merlini | 1 | "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" (with Skye Edwards) | "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" (with Skye Edwards) | "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" (with Skye Edwards) | Third place |
| Chiara Galiazzo | 2 | "Stardust" (with Mika) | "Stardust" (with Mika) | "Stardust" (with Mika) | Safe |
| Ics | 3 | "What'll I Do" (with Lisa Hannigan) | "What'll I Do" (with Lisa Hannigan) | "What'll I Do" (with Lisa Hannigan) | Safe |
| Part 2 ||||||
| Act | Order | Songs | Songs | Songs | Result |
| Chiara Galiazzo | 1 | "Due respiri" | "Over the Rainbow"/"The Final Countdown"/"You Do Something to Me" | "Shake It Out" (a cappella) | Winner |
| Ics | 2 | "L'autostima di prima mattina" | "Der Kommissar"/"Iodio"/"Malarazza" | "Schegge di ruggine" (a cappella) | Runner-up |

##### Best performance award

During the final live show, Cixi was awarded for the most innovative and spectacular performance ("You've Got the Love", Live Show 1); the contenders were the top six acts, and the performances were arbitrarily chosen by the production members and the main sponsor Enel. They were voted through a free-poll, on the official website; On December 6, the less two voted contendants (Fréres Chaos and Davide Merlini) were excluded from the competition.
| Act | Performance | Live Show | Result |
| Cixi | "You've Got the Love" | 1 | Winner |
| Daniele Coletta | "Strange World" | 1 | Bottom five |
| Chiara Galiazzo | "Over the Rainbow" | 2 | Bottom five |
| Ics | "Iodio" | 5 | Bottom five |
| Fréres Chaos | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | 1 | Bottom two |
| Davide Merlini | "Can't Say No" | 5 | Bottom two |