Rome, 14 September 2021 – The new edition of X-Factor 2021: change the categories, change the conductor and the stages of the race they become even more exciting. The Italian musical year splits in two. The first 6 months were the time of rebirth of the rock genre: i Maneskin, winners before Sanremo then ofEurovision, have shown that truly the ‘rock n roll never dies‘. Now, however, all the barriers, even those of musical genres, fall. The program that launched the Maneskin in 2017 returns to TV and the rules of the game they become fluid.
On air every week starting Thursday September 16, the branded musical talent Sky will see four teams, captained by 4, compete against each other in terms of performance judges reconfirmed from the last edition: Manuel Agnelli, Emma Marrone, Hell Raton e Mika. Alessandro Cattelan, switched to Rai, hailed the management after 10 uninterrupted years. So who will be the protagonist on stage? He begins Ludovico Tersigni, an actor born in 1995 who has already conquered the young and very young audience by playing Giovanni in the revelation series Shame on Italy. “Also this year – he explained Gabriele Immirzi, CEO of the production company of the program Fremantle – let’s begin without audience, let’s put the music, only you, at the center. We will introduce the public again to live performances, according to the requirements related to the Covid”.
Summary
Thursday September 16 Everyone 21.15 its Sky One (channel 108, digital terrestrial channel 455), always available on demand, visible on Sky Go and streaming on NOW, will arrive the first episode of the selections of X-Factor 2021. The debut of this edition will be in simulcast su TV8 (to key 8 on the remote control), while starting from the second episode in clear, X-Factor 2021 will go every Wednesday in prime time.
The line of this X-Factor arcobaleno it is clear. “Labeling music no longer makes sense“was the opening sentence of the presentation of the 2021 edition: no more groups, over and under, the four categories contaminate each other and become, each one, a mix of genres, sounds and ages.” We have the certainty of being able to work at 360 degrees with everyone – he explains Emma Marrone, enthusiastic – theabolition of the classic categories it favors us because we can choose the talents without fossilizing. “How did the judges not argue about the talents to choose?” There have been discussions, sometimes we haven’t talked to each other for days! “he jokes Mika, e Manuel Agnelli glosses: “This year we have the opportunity to really tell what is happening or has not yet happened in the Italian music scene”. “For me – joins the enthusiastic choir Hell Raton – it is like returning to a family where I enjoy myself, even if it is sometimes animated, and I am happy to be back aboard this ship “. 12 finalists it will be focused exclusively on the musical proposal and artistic planning. A single fixed rule in the choice of 3 members of their own squad: each of them will have to bring with them to the Live at least one soloist and at least one band.
“I try!“exclaimed the twenty-six year old Ludovico Tersigni, new host of X Factor. Even the choice to bet on a brand new face of the Italian scene is part of the general ‘re-branding’ project of the program which, after 15 editions with a consolidated formula, wants to immerse itself more in the contemporary panorama of music and its protagonists. Ludovico, in addition to his personal one acting career – among others, Summer on me by Gabriele Muccino, Slam – Everything for a girl by Andrea and then the series Anything could happen (Rai), Shame on Italy (Tim Vision) e Summertime (Netflix) – would have an important figure to refer to: Diego Bianchi, the host of Propaganda Live (La7), his uncle. “I ask him above all for advice on life – says Tersigni – he is my lighthouse”. The real source of inspiration for his way of conducting will be, however, Fiorello. “It’s a one man show – he says – I’ll try to bring a similar light on the X Factor stage”. He has not had the opportunity to speak with his predecessor Cattelan, but admits that should he meet him, he would ask him for some advice. And he concludes: “My future? This is perhaps a sign that there is a little place in the Sky family. “
The selections will be divided into three classic phases: the first three bets of Hearings, then two evenings of Bootcamp and the last appointment with the Home Visit. Whoever surpasses these will enter the group of gods 12 finalists and will go live for the episodes of Live, this year hosted at Repower Theater in Assago (Milano).
The Auditions, held in the Cinecittà studios, will be used by the competitors to present their musical project to the judges: there will be face-to-face meetings with Emma, Mika, Agnelli and Hell Raton to understand the essence of the music of each aspiring talent. They will need 3 ‘yes’ to pass the turn. Before the Bootcamps, the new ‘uncategorized’ mechanism will come into action: the musical direction of X-Factor 2021, on the basis of the judgments collected on the various participants, will assign 12 competitors, between individuals and bands, to each judge. These will be the teams that will compete first at Bootcamps and then at Home Visits. In the end, the 3 actual competitors for each team will emerge who, starting from October 28, the start date of the Live, will perform live until the final.
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