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 "Sissi" Cesana, Beatrice Giliberti
- 25+: Tomas Tai, Gabriele Troisi
- Groups: K_Mono, Kyber
Contestants and categories
Key:
– Winner
– Runner-up
– Third place
Live shows
Results summary
The number of votes received by each act will be released by Sky Italia after the final.
Colour key
Live show details
Week 1 (24 October)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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.
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)
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)
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