X Factor
Season 10
Hosted byAlessandro Cattelan (Sky Uno)/(TV8)
JudgesAlvaro Soler
Arisa
Fedez
Manuel Agnelli
WinnerSoul System
Winning mentorAlvaro Soler
Runner-upGaia Gozzi
Release
Original networkSky Uno
TV8
Original release15 September (2016-09-15) 
15 December 2016 (2016-12-15)
Season chronology

X Factor is an Italian television music competition to find new singing talent; the winner receives a recording contract with Sony Music. Fedez was confirmed as judge and mentor, Arisa returned, while Manuel Agnelli and Alvaro Soler were chosen to replace Skin and Elio; Alessandro Cattelan was confirmed as host. The tenth season aired on Sky Uno and TV8 starting from September 2016. Soul System became the second group to win the competition since it began.

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, each in a different location. At the end of this audition, the top twelve contestants were chosen.

The twelve eliminated acts were:

  • Boys at Turin: Lorenzo Aleandri, Salvatore Misiano, Diego Micheli
  • Girls at Saint-Tropez: Valentina Giardullo, Sofia Rollo, Grace
  • 25+ at Bologna: Simone Nannicini, Giovanni Diana, Veronica Marchi
  • Groups at Barcelona: IISO, Soul System, Oak

Contestants and categories

Key:

  Winner
  Runner-up
  Third place
  Withdrew
Category (mentor) Acts
Boys (Arisa) Diego ContiFem (Marco Ferreri)Loomy (Lorenzo Lumia)
Girls (Fedez) Caterina CropelliGaia GozziRoshelle (Rossella Discolo)
25+ (Agnelli) Andrea BiagioniSilva Fortes (Alessandra Fortes Silva)Eva Pevarello
Groups (Alvaro Soler) Daiana LouLes EnfantsSoul System[1]

Soul System replaced Jarvis who withdrew from the competition before the live shows.

Live shows

Results summary

Colour key
  Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown
  Contestant was announced at risk being in the bottom three
  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 1Part 2 Part 1Part 2 Part 1Part 2 Part 1Part 2Part 3 Round 1Round 2 Round 1Round 2 Round 1Round 2 Round 1Round 2Round 3
Soul System 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Winner
Gaia Gozzi 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 5th 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd Runner-Up
Eva Pevarello 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 6th 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd Eliminated
(final)
Roshelle 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 6th 3rd 5th 3rd 4th 4th 4th Eliminated
(final)
Andrea Biagioni 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 5th 4th 4th 4th 5th Eliminated
(semi-final)
Loomy 4th 4th 5th 3rd 4th 5th 6th Eliminated
(quarter-final)
Caterina Cropelli 3rd 5th 4th 2nd 7th 7th Eliminated
(Week 5)
Fem 5th 4th 4th 3rd Eliminated
(Week 4)
Daiana Lou 5th 3rd 3rd 3rd Withdrew
(Week 4)
Silva Fortes 4th 5th 5th Eliminated
(Week 3)
Les Enfants 6th 6th Eliminated
(Week 2)
Diego Conti 6th Eliminated
(Week 1)
Final showdown Les Enfants
Diego Conti
Les Enfants
Caterina Cropelli
Silva Fortes
Loomy
Fem
Loomy
Daiana Lou
Caterina Cropelli
Eva Pevarello
Loomy
Gaia Gozzi
Andrea Biagioni
Roshelle
No final showdown
or judges' vote:
results will be based
on public votes alone
Judges' vote to eliminate
Agnelli's vote Diego Conti Caterina Cropelli Loomy - Caterina Cropelli Loomy Roshelle
Arisa's vote Les Enfants Les Enfants Silva Fortes - Caterina Cropelli Gaia Gozzi Andrea Biagioni
Fedez's vote Diego Conti Les Enfants Silva Fortes - Eva Pevarello Loomy Andrea Biagioni
Soler's vote Diego Conti Caterina Cropelli Silva Fortes - Caterina Cropelli Loomy Roshelle
Eliminated Diego Conti
3 of 4 votes
majority
Les Enfants
Public vote
to save
Silva Fortes
3 of 4 votes
majority
Fem
Public vote
to save
Daiana Lou
Withdrew
Caterina Cropelli
3 of 4 votes
majority
Loomy
3 of 4 votes
majority
Andrea Biagioni
Public vote
to save
Roshelle
4th place
Eva Pevarello
3rd place
Gaia Gozzi
Runner-Up
Soul System
Winner

Live show details

Week 1 (27 October)

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Part 1
Act Order Song Result
Soul System 1 "Holy Grail" Safe
Caterina Cropelli 2 "La canzone di Marinella" Safe
Fem 3 "Love Runs Out" Safe
Silva Fortes 4 "The Blower's Daughter" Safe
Les Enfants 5 "Bologna è una regola" Bottom two
Gaia Gozzi 6 "Fast Car" Safe
Part 2
Act Order Song Result
Roshelle 7 "Heavydirtysoul" Safe
Andrea Biagioni 8 "Fake Plastic Trees" Safe
Loomy 9 "Panda"/"Don't Touch Me" Safe
Daiana Lou 10 "Back in Black" Safe
Diego Conti 11 "L'estate di John Wayne" Bottom two
Eva Pevarello 12 "Wise Up" Safe
Final showdown details
Act Order Song Result
Les Enfants 13 "Che fantastica storia è la vita" Safe
Diego Conti 14 "Io vivrò" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Soler: Diego Conti – backed his own act, Les Enfants.
  • Arisa: Les Enfants – backed her own act, Diego Conti.
  • Fedez: Diego Conti – said that he preferred Les Enfants.
  • Agnelli: Diego Conti – said that he preferred Les Enfants.

Week 2 (3 November)

  • Celebrity performers: Giorgia ("Oronero")
Contestants' performances on the second live show
Part 1
Act Order Song Result
Les Enfants 1 "Of the Night" Bottom two
Loomy 2 "Ghost"/"Could You Be Loved" Safe
Eva Pevarello 3 "Don't Wanna Fight" Safe
Gaia Gozzi 4 "Human" Safe
Daiana Lou 5 "Running with the Wolves" Safe
Silva Fortes 6 "Another Way to Die" Safe
Part 2
Act Order Song Result
Fem 7 "Latch" Safe
Soul System 8 "All That She Wants" Safe
Caterina Cropelli 9 "Don't Know Why" Bottom two
Andrea Biagioni 10 "Ballata per la mia piccola iena" Safe
Roshelle 11 "Animal" Safe
Final showdown details
Act Order Song Result
Les Enfants 12 "I'm On Fire" Eliminated
Caterina Cropelli 13 "Summertime Sadness" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Soler: Caterina Cropelli – backed his own act, Les Enfants.
  • Fedez: Les Enfants – backed his own act, Caterina Cropelli.
  • Arisa: Les Enfants – felt more connected to Caterina.
  • Agnelli: Caterina Cropelli – said that he preferred Les Enfants.

With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Les Enfants were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 3 (10 November)

Contestants' performances on the third live show
Part 1
Act Order Song Result
Gaia Gozzi 1 "Piece of My Heart" Safe
Silva Fortes 2 "Life on Mars?" Bottom two
Fem 3 "Perfect Illusion" Safe
Daiana Lou 4 "Wrecking Ball" Safe
Eva Pevarello 5 "Lust for Life"/"Valerie" Safe
Part 2
Act Order Song Result
Soul System 6 "Thinking Out Loud" Safe
Caterina Cropelli 7 "Everybody Hurts" Safe
Loomy 8 "Anima Fragile" Bottom two
Andrea Biagioni 9 "Black or White" Safe
Roshelle 10 "Take Ü There" Safe
Final showdown details
Act Order Song Result
Silva Fortes 11 "A Change Is Gonna Come" Eliminated
Loomy 12 "Formidable" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Agnelli: Loomy – backed his own act, Silva Fortes.
  • Arisa: Silva Fortes – backed her own act, Loomy.
  • Fedez: Silva Fortes – felt closer to Loomy and happy that there were rappers in his path like him.
  • Soler: Silva Fortes – appreciated the continuous improvement of Loomy.

Week 4 (17 November)

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Part 1
Act Order Song Result
Roshelle 1 "Confetti" Safe
Loomy 2 "Gangnam Style" Bottom three
Eva Pevarello 3 "Caruso" Safe
Part 2
Act Order Song Result
Andrea Biagioni 4 "Monna Lisa" Safe
Gaia Gozzi 5 "Wild Things" Safe
Daiana Lou 6 "Dio, come ti amo" Bottom three
Part 3
Act Order Song Result
Fem 7 "Sledgehammer" Bottom three
Soul System 8 "Gold Digger" Safe
Caterina Cropelli 9 "Kiss the Sky" Safe
Final showdown details
Act Order Song Result
Loomy 10 "Panda"/"Don't Touch Me" Safe
Daiana Lou 11 "Chandelier" Withdrew
Fem 12 "Writing's on the Wall" Eliminated

Week 5 (24 November)

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Round 1
Act Order Song Result
Andrea Biagioni 1 "Hurt" At risk
Soul System 2 "Gravity" Safe
Caterina Cropelli 3 "Wake Me Up" At risk
Eva Pevarello 4 "Across the Universe" Safe
Roshelle 5 "Hide and Seek" At risk
Loomy 6 "Hey Boy Hey Girl" Safe
Gaia Gozzi 7 "Vedrai vedrai" Safe
Round 2
Act Order Song Result
Roshelle 8 "Umbrella" Safe
Andrea Biagioni 9 "Uptown Funk" Safe
Soul System 10 "Midnight City" Safe
Loomy 11 "Il piccolo corazziere" Safe
Gaia Gozzi 12 "Lean On" Safe
Eva Pevarello 13 "Is This Love" Bottom two
Caterina Cropelli 14 "Burn" Bottom two
Final showdown details
Act Order Song Result
Eva Pevarello 15 "I Put a Spell on You" Safe
Caterina Cropelli 16 "Creep" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Agenlli: Caterina Cropelli – backed his own act, Eva Pevarello
  • Fedez: Eva Pevarello – backed his own act, Caterina Cropelli
  • Arisa: Caterina Cropelli – stated that she had preferred Pevarello.
  • Soler: Caterina Cropelli – said he did not understand why Pevarello was in the bottom two.

Week 6: Quarter-final (1 December)

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Round 1
Act Order Song Result
Roshelle 1 "Doo Wop (That Thing)" Safe
Soul System 2 "Feel Good Inc." Safe
Eva Pevarello 3 "Mad About You" Safe
Loomy 4 "Cheap Thrills" Bottom two
Andrea Biagioni 5 "Wonderwall" Safe
Gaia Gozzi 6 "Let It Go" Safe
Round 2
Act Order Song Result
Andrea Biagioni 7 "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" Safe
Roshelle 8 "No" Safe
Gaia Gozzi 9 "Come foglie" Bottom two
Soul System 10 "Where Is the Love?" Safe
Eva Pevarello 11 "Senza Fine" Safe
Final showdown details
Act Order Song Result
Loomy 12 "Anima Fragile" Eliminated
Gaia Gozzi 13 "Youth" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Arisa: Gaia Gozzi – backed her own act, Loomy.
  • Fedez: Loomy – backed his own act, Gaia Gozzi.
  • Soler: Loomy – gave no reason.
  • Agnelli: Loomy – said that he wanted to hear more from Gozzi.

Week 7: Semi-final (8 December)

Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Round 1
Act Order Original Songs Result
Gaia Gozzi 1 "New Dawns" Safe
Eva Pevarello 2 "Voglio andare fino in fondo" Safe
Soul System 3 "She's Like a Star" Safe
Roshelle 4 "What U Do to Me" Safe
Andrea Biagioni 5 "Il mare dentro" Bottom two
Round 2
Act Order Song Result
Roshelle 6 "Best Mistake" Bottom two
Eva Pevarello 7 "Appletree" Safe
Gaia Gozzi 8 "Worry" Safe
Soul System 9 "Can't Hold Us" Safe
Final showdown details
Act Order Song Result
Andrea Biagioni 10 "Hallelujah" Eliminated
Roshelle 11 "Cold Water" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Agnelli: Roshelle – backed his own act, Andrea Biagioni.
  • Fedez: Andrea Biagioni – backed his own act, Roshelle.
  • Arisa: Andrea Biagioni – gave no reason.
  • Soler: Roshelle – could not decide 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. Andrea Biagioni was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 8: Final (15 December)

Contestants' performances on the final live show
Round 1
Act Order Song Result
Gaia Gozzi 1 "I Will Pray (Pregherò)" (With Giorgia) Safe
Soul System 2 "Roma-Bangkok" (with Giusy Ferreri and Baby K) Safe
Eva Pevarello 3 "L'ultimo bacio" (with Carmen Consoli) Safe
Roshelle 4 "Rockabye" (with Clean Bandit) 4th place
Round 2
Act Order Original Songs Result
Eva Pevarello 5 "Voglio andare fino in fondo" 3rd place
Soul System 6 "She's Like a Star" Safe
Gaia Gozzi 7 "New Dawns" Safe
Round 3
Act Order Mashup Result
Gaia Gozzi 8 "Human"/"Piece of My Heart"/"Lean On" Runner-up
Soul System 9 "Gravity"/"Gold Digger"/"Can't Hold Us" Winner

References

  1. "Soul System win 10th Italian X Factor - Lifestyle". 16 December 2016.
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