X FACTOR 2026 the challenge starts again: the twentieth season begins. The live broadcast

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XF2026

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This evening, September 10th, The X Factor returns. The Sky talent show opens its twentieth season.

It starts again with Giorgia as host and a renewed jury.

Next to the confirmed ones Jack La Furia and Paola Iezzi Francesco Gabban returnsi, in his second experience in the program, while Irama takes the place occupied last year by Achille Lauro. A formation that, at least in the declarations on the eve of the event, seems to want to leave behind the tensions of a television show to focus more on the search for an artistic personality.

OUR YES OR NO

GIORGIA CAPELLETTI – YES
ALANIS –
YES
BEATS –
NO
CLAUDIA PREGNOLATO –
NO
BERTOZZO ELM –
NO
GIACOMO CALO’ –
YES
NICOLO’ INDINO –
NO
CHRISTIAN CORDONE –
YES
STEFANO CAMUFFO
– YES
BENEDETTA STIGI – YES
DIPS –
YES
MATTEO MARKUS BOK
– NO
DANNY ANANIA – YES
CAMILLA BETRAYING YOU –
YES
LORENA LUCA –
NO
MAD DOG
– YES
SAD TWINS – NO NO NO
ANGELO SCIASCIA – NO
CAROLJNE
– NO
HARRISON PIERO TOMEI – YES
VERONICA BRUGANELLI –
YES
ELISA BENETI –
YES

THE PHASES OF THE PROGRAM

The first phase starts this evening with the Auditionsdivided into three episodes. Aspiring singers with very different backgrounds and approaches will alternate on stage.

It’s still the time when anything can happen, at least on paper. The four judges will have to decide who has something that deserves to be listened to again and who will remain out of the program.

After the auditions the Bootcamp, scheduled for October 1st and 8th, while October 15th will be the turn of the Last Call, last selection before the official formation of the teams. The mechanism also includes the X Pass and the switches this year, up to the 12 competitors who will access the decisive phase.

From October 22nd the Live Showsbroadcast live from the Repower Theater in Milan.

The final is set for December 3 and will return to the Unipol Forum in Milan, after last year’s stint in Naples.

WHERE TO SEE IT

From 10 September every Thursday at 9.15pm on Sky Uno and streaming on NOW, always available on demand and visible on Sky Go.
From 15 September free-to-air every Tuesday on TV8.
From 16 September free-to-air every Wednesday on Cielo.

WEB & SOCIAL

https://xfactor.sky.it
@xfactoritalia

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