''X Factor'' is an

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music competition to find new singing talent; the winner receives a recording contract with

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. fourteenth season was aired on

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and TV8 since September 2020. All of the judges from the previous year were replaced; the show seeing the returns of

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and

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, and new judges

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and

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. Casadilegon won the competition and Hell Raton 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: Leo Meconi, Giuseppe Roccuzzo (Roccuzzo) *Girls: Alessandra Ciccariello (Ale), Daria Huber *25+: Gabriel Covino (Kaima), Claudio Luisi (Disarmo) *Groups: Wime, Yellow Monday

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

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after the final. ;Colour key

Live show details

Week 1 (29 October)

;Judges' votes to send through to the final showdown next week * Agnelli: Eda Marì - backed his own act, Manitoba. * Mika: Manitoba - backed his own act, Eda Marì. * Marrone: Eda Marì - gave no reason. * Raton: Eda Marì - gave no reason.

Week 2 (5 November)

;Judges' votes to eliminate (round 1) * Mika: Santi - backed his own act, Eda Marì. * Marrone: Eda Marì - backed her own act, Santi. * Agnelli: Santi - gave no reason. * Raton: Eda Marì - 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. Eda Marì was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes. ;Judges' votes to eliminate (round 2) * Agnelli: Santi - backed his own act, Manitoba. * Marrone: Manitoba - backed her own act, Santi. * Mika: Manitoba - gave no reason. * Raton: Manitoba - gave no reason.

Week 3 (12 November)

;Judges' votes to eliminate * Agnelli: Blue Phelix - gave no reason. * Marrone: Santi - gave no reason. * Mika: Santi - gave no reason. * Raton: Santi - gave no reason.

Week 4 (19 November)

;Judges' votes to eliminate * Mika: Mydrama - backed his own act, Vergo. * Raton: Vergo - backed his own act, Mydrama. * Agnelli: Mydrama - gave no reason. * Marrone: Vergo - 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. Vergo was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 5 (26 November)

;Judges' votes to eliminate (round 1) * Agnelli: N.A.I.P. - backed his own act, Melancholia. * Mika: Melancholia - backed his own act, N.A.I.P. * Marrone: N.A.I.P. - gave no reason. * Raton: Melancholia - 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. Melancholia was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes. ;Judges' votes to eliminate (Round 2) * Mika: Mydrama - gave no reason. * Raton: Cmqmartina - gave no reason. * Agnelli: Cmqmartina - gave no reason. * Marrone: Cmqmartina - gave no reason.

Week 6: Semi-final (3 December)

;Judges' votes to eliminate * Marrone: Mydrama - backed her own act, Blind. * Raton: Blind - backed his own act, Mydrama. * Agnelli: Mydrama - gave no reason. * Mika: Mydrama - gave no reason.

Week 7: Final (10 December)

References

External links

''X Factor Italia''
{{X Factor (Italy) Italian music television series Italy 14 X Factor (Italian TV series) 2020 Italian television seasons