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X Factor (Italy Series 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Fragola (17264599726)
Lorenzo Fragola (born 26 April 1995) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the X Factor (Italian season 8), eighth season of the Italian talent show ''X Factor (Italian TV series), X Factor''. His winner's single, "The Reason Why", debuted atop the Italian Singles Chart, and was later certified double platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Fragola competed both in the Sanremo Music Festival 2015, 65th and Sanremo Music Festival 2016, 66th Sanremo Music Festival, performing the songs "Siamo uguali" and "Infinite volte", and placing tenth and fifth, respectively. Both his debut album ''1995'', released in Italy on 31 March 2015, and its follow-up, ''Zero Gravity'' (2016) debuted atop the Italian Albums Chart. Biography 1995–2012: Early birds Lorenzo Fragola was born in Catania, Sicily, on 26 April 1995. His parents divorced when he was three. Since then, he lived with his mother and brother. His interest in music was encouraged by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |