X Factor (Italian TV series) season 9

X Factor is an Italian television music competition to find new singing talent; the winner receives a € 300,000 recording contract with Sony Music. Fedez and Mika would be confirmed as judges and mentors, while Skin and Elio have been chosen for replacing Morgan and Victoria Cabello in the role; also Alessandro Cattelan returned as host. The ninths series has been airing on Sky Uno since 10 September 2015.

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 final twelve contestants were chosen.

The twelve eliminated acts were:

• Boys: Marco Gori, Angel Gabriel Marmolejos, Cranio Randagio
• Girls: Gaia Albertazzi, Martina Galli, Selene Capitanucci
• 25+: David Aiyeniwon, Diego Esposito, Marco Sbarbati
• Groups: Iron Mais, Street Chords, OSC2X

Finalists and categories

Key:

  – Winner

  – Runner-up

  – Third place

Category (Mentor)	Acts
Boys (Mika)	Eva	Leonardo Marius Dragusin	Luca Valenti
Girls (Skin)	Eleonora Anania	Margherita Principi	Enrica Tara
25+ (Elio)	Massimiliano D'Alessandro	Giosada	Davide Sciortino
Groups (Fedez)	Landlord	Moseek	Urban Strangers

Result summary

Colour key

–	Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown
–	Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown)
–	Contestant received the most public votes

		Week 1		Week 2			Week 3		Week 4		Week 5		Week 6		Week 7		Week 8
		Part 1	Part 2	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Part 1	Part 2	Part 1	Part 2	Round 1	Round 2	Round 1	Round 2	Round 1	Round 2	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
	Giosada	—	3rd 14,02%	1st 24,35%	—	—	—	2nd 20,14%	—	2nd 28,40%	6th 11,61%	6th 13,48%	2nd 23,53%	1st 26,33%	2nd 23,94%	2nd 27,56%	2nd 29,86%	2nd 34,21%	Winner 52,66%
	Urban Strangers	—	1st 29,50%	—	1st 39,28%	—	—	1st 38,04%	1st 31,57%	—	1st 20,13%	1st 20,72%	1st 23,94%	2nd 26,07%	1st 30,59%	1st 32,72%	1st 38,31%	1st 41,01%	Runner-up 47,34%
	Davide Sciortino	1st 24,49%	—	—	2nd 22,56%	—	1st 26,97%	—	3rd 17,81%	—	5th 12,19%	2nd 15,06%	3rd 15,70%	4th 16,38%	4th 15,53%	3rd 19,99%	3rd 16,94%	3rd 24,78%	Eliminated (Week 8)
	Enrica Tara	5th 12,16%	—	4th 15,53%	—	—	—	3rd 15,38%	2nd 22,92%	—	3rd 13,25%	5th 13,58%	6th 11,33%	—	5th 13,94%	—	4th 14,89%	Eliminated (Week 8)
	Moseek	—	5th 12,32%	3rd 16,71%	—	—	3rd 20,61%	—	—	1st 34,43%	2nd 13,26%	4th 14,13%	5th 12,19%	3rd 16,57%	3rd 15,99%	4th 19,72%	Eliminated (Week 7)
	Luca Valenti	3rd 18,46%	—	2nd 20,86%	—	—	2nd 22,83%	—	5th 12,69%	—	4th 12,56%	3rd 14,25%	4th 13,31%	5th 14,65%	Eliminated (Week 6)
	Landlord	4th 17,47%	—	—	3rd 15,77%	—	4th 15,00%	—	4th 15,01%	—	7th 9,55%	7th 8,79%	Eliminated (Week 5)
	Leonardo Marius Dragusin	—	4th 12,55%	—	5th 10,21%	2nd 29,75%	—	4th 14,19%	—	3rd 19,31%	8th 7,45%	Eliminated (Week 5)
	Margherita Principi	2nd 20,43%	—	—	4th 12,18%	1st 33,45%	—	5th 12,25%	—	4th 17,86%	Eliminated (Week 4)
	Eleonora Anania	—	2nd 19,59%	5th 15,03%	—	3rd 21,10%	5th 14,59%	—	Eliminated (Week 3)
	Eva	6th 6,99%	—	6th 7,52%	—	4th 15,70%	Eliminated (Week 2)
	Massimiliano D'Alessandro	—	6th 12,02%	Eliminated (Week 1)
Final showdown		Eva Massimiliano D'Alessandro		Eleonora Anania Eva			Eleonora Anania Margherita Principi		Luca Valenti Margherita Principi		Giosada Landlord		Enrica Tara Luca Vaelnti		Enrica Tara Moseek		No final showdown or judges' vote: results will be based on public votes alone
	Elios vote to Eliminate	Eva		Eva			Eleonora Anania		Margherita Principi		Landlord		Luca Valenti		Moseek
	Fedezs vote to Eliminate	Massimiliano D'Alessandro		Eva			Eleonora Anania		Luca Valenti		Giosada		Enrica Tara		Enrica Tara
	Mikas vote to Eliminate	Massimiliano D'Alessandro		Eleonora Anania			Eleonora Anania		Margherita Principi		Landlord		Enrica Tara		Enrica Tara
	Skins vote Eliminate	Massimiliano D'Alessandro		Eva			Eleonora Alania		Luca Valenti		Landlord		Luca Valenti		Moseek
Eliminated		Massimiliano D'Alessandro 3 of 4 votes majority		Eva 3 of 4 votes majority			Eleonora Anania 4 of 4 votes majority		Margherita Principi Public vote to save		Leonardo Marius Dragusin Public vote to save		Luca Valenti Public vote to save		Moseek Public vote to save		Enrica Tara Public vote to save	Davide Sciortino Public vote to save	Urban Strangers Public vote to win
											Landlord 3 of 4 votes majority