X Factor (Italian season 11)


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.

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 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 final twelve contestants were chosen.
The eight eliminated acts were:
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Live shows

Results summary

The number of votes received by each act will be released by Sky Italia after the final.
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Live show details

Week 1 (26 October)

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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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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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Celebrity guest artists: James Arthur, Tiziano Ferro, Ed Sheeran.