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Semifinal Video by Sky HG24 04/12/2014 X Factor, stasera la semifinale con gli inediti ( X Factor tomorrow night's semi-final with the unpublished ) Per la prima volta nella storia di X Factor brani composti interamente dai ragazzi (For the first time in the history of X Factor songs composed entirely by the students) http://video.sky.it/news/spettacolo/x_factor_stasera_la_semifinale_con_gli_inediti/v223520.vid

Welcome to the MFC !! Have a lot of fun here !! Korean thread is here. http://174.143.210.186/forums/showthread.php?t=24296

Semifinal song list : Ilaria canterà il suo inedito (1° manche) e Nothing compares 2 U di Sinead O'Connor (2° manche) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqmuq94v0FY Emma canterà il suo inedito (1° manche) e Love is a losing game di Amy Winehouse (2° manche) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjfHqHROIhc Mario canterà il suo inedito (1° manche) e Hey ya degli OutKast nella versione degli Obadiah Parker (2° manche) Leiner canterà il suo inedito (1° manche) e Do it di The Weeknd (2° manche) Lorenzo canterà il suo inedito (1° manche) e A-punk dei Vampire Weekend (2° manche) Madh canterà il suo inedito (1° manche) e Flyover degli Asian Dub Foundation (2° manche)

A photo by Getty images X Factor Photocall on October 21, 2014 in Milan, Italy MILAN, ITALY - OCTOBER 21: (L-R) Morgan, Mika, Victoria Cabello, Fedez and Alessandro Cattelan attend the X Factor Photocall on October 21, 2014 in Milan, Italy. https://it.celebrity.yahoo.com/foto/morgan-mika-victoria-cabello-fedez-e-alessandro-cattelan-photo-1417615382347.html;_ylt=AwrTWf0c_X9ULH4A3bW25IlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTB1ZmZxMXNuBHBvcwMxBHNlYwNpbWFnZQRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkAw-- Original (3000 x 1997) http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/omg/2014-12-03/0a028130-7af5-11e4-bd42-d530c2610926_457590252.jpg Cropped

Daily 29 http://xfactor.sky.it/showvideo/223485/daily-29-le-prove-al-loft-degli-over/03-12-2014/ Thanks a lot for sharing Marta. !!! RE-uplooaded. D-29 http://video.fc2.com/content/201412041w6TaqDq VK https://vk.com/video232312753_170817277

It works well as usual for me.

Daily 28 03-12-2014 Daily 28: le assegnazioni di Emma http://xfactor.sky.it/showvideo/223443/daily-28-le-assegnazioni-di-emma/03-12-2014/ Grazie mille !!!! Thanks a lot for sharing !!! Re-uploaded. 2014.12.01 D-28_1 http://video.fc2.com/content/201412030EX7B2vX VK http://vk.com/video232312753_170810643 2014.12.01 D-28_2 http://video.fc2.com/content/20141203BPRNXGBv VK https://vk.com/video232312753_170810765

Thanks a million !! This is a png. image file. (2008 x 1417) https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7496/15936546742_0e89fb3438_o.png

X-Factor, arrivano gli inediti: i bookmaker incoronano Emma 03/12/2014 | 11:07 http://www.agipronews.it/scommesse/xfactor-scommesse--id.115026 ROMA - L'ottava edizione di X-Factor arriva all'appuntamento più atteso: domani gli ultimi sei concorrenti rimasti in gara si esibiranno con i brani inediti scritti per loro. Altre due eliminazioni e poi arriverà alla finale. Alla vigilia del prossimo live i bookmaker restano convinti del successo di Emma: la cantante scozzese è ancora la grande favorita per il trionfo finale, piazzata a 2,50 sulla lavagna PaddyPower.it. Lorenzo Fragola è la prima insidia: il giovane talento siciliano è dato a 3,00 nei pronostici sul vincitore. Poi si passa a 5,00 per il poliedrico Madh, stessa quota per la voce di Ilaria. Chiudono il tabellone il cantautore sardo Mario e l'anima soul di Leiner, entrambi a 18,00. Scommesse aperte anche sul giudice che porterà un suo talento alla vittoria: Fedez, con tre cantanti in gara su sei (Lorenzo, Madh e Leiner) è davanti a tutti a 1,85. Lo segue Mika (in gara con Emma e Mario) a 2,65, limitate le chance di Victoria Cabello, a 5,00, alla quale è rimasta la sola Ilaria. AG/Agipro Google translator ROME - The eighth edition of X-Factor comes the most awaited appointment: tomorrow the last six remaining contestants in the competition will perform with new songs written for them. Two more eliminations and then will come the final. On the eve of the next live bookmakers remain convinced of the success of Emma: the Scottish singer is still the big favorite for the final triumph, placed at 2.50 on the blackboard PaddyPower.it. Lorenzo Fragola is the first pitfall: the young talent is given to the Sicilian 3.00 in odds on the winner. Then you move to 5.00 for the multifaceted Madh, the same proportion to the voice of Ilaria. Rounding out the board the Sardinian singer Mario and soul soul of Leiner, both at 18.00. Also open bets on the judge who will bring his talents to victory: Fedez, with three singers in the competition in six (Lorenzo, Madh and Leiner) is in front of everyone to 1.85. The following Mika (in competition with Emma and Mario) to 2.65, limited the chances of Victoria Cabello, to 5.00, which remained the only Ilaria. AG / Agipro

VK videos I'm RE-uploading videos to VK ( Russian SNS ) is a secure site, the site is blocked in Italy. very sorry for Italian fans. Daily videos main program videos Team MIKA Specials Radio DeeJay interviews to be continued...

YouTube Wax On, Wax Off [Karate Kid] [YOUTUBE]1K24jL-06H0[/YOUTUBE]

Thank you very much as always !! off topic for younglings. Have you seen the movie : The Karate Kid ? The Karate Kid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Karate_Kid

Grazie Marta ! RE- uploaded. http://video.fc2.com/en/content/20141203YmY05yTH VK https://vk.com/video232312753_170807413

GRAZIE MILLE !!!!!!

Mika Italia tweets Bocca di Lupo !!

you are very welcome, I've never seen it before too. hope the Flickr user will upload more !!

BBC Radio 1 : Live Lounge Tour 2007 - 12 Dec 2007 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/galleries/p012ycfs ORIGINAL photo from Flickr

a bit of Daily-27 from Instagram MP4 “Tu sei il mio Napoleone!!” #Mika #Mario #Raina #XF8 http://videos-f-7.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xaf1/10826935_739641669448107_1713741305_n.mp4

Daily 27 01-12-2014 Daily 27: le assegnazioni di Mario http://xfactor.sky.it/showvideo/223252/daily-27-le-assegnazioni-di-mario/01-12-2014/ VIDEO NON DISPONIBILE I don't know that the video works in Italy or not.... Could anyone share it if you can watch it ?

http://xfactor.sky.it/2014/12/01/gallery-delle-assegnazioni-mika-6/#11

Pics by Sky Uno 01 dicembre 2014 La gallery delle assegnazioni di Mika http://xfactor.sky.it/2014/12/01/gallery-delle-assegnazioni-mika-6/#4

Sky Uno Semifinale teaser 01 dicembre 2014 La Semifinale di #XF8: tempo di inediti! http://xfactor.sky.it/2014/12/01/semifinale-xf8-inediti/

http://www.corriere.it/salute/14_novembre_30/indifferenza-discriminazione-storia-eduardo-lotta-all-hiv-f49c1a16-78d5-11e4-9707-4e704182e518.shtml :uk:English version WORLD AIDS DAY Aids, Fear must not win In Italy, there are currently around 140,000 people living with HIV but 48% of 16 to 35 year old Italians do not practice protected sex Mika As of 2013 it is estimated that over 35 million people are currently living with HIV. An estimated 19m of the total infected have no idea of their HIV+ status. In 2013 alone, 1.5 million people died from HIV related illnesses, 74% of which (according to UNAIDS) were in Sub Saharan Africa and the virus has claimed 39 million lives so far worldwide. Printed in black and white, these statistics seem in line for what is, according to the WHO, the 6th biggest cause of death in the world. Ask an average person in the street however for any of these statistics and they will most likely have no idea. Unlike other big killers such as heart disease, if you ask a stranger if they know someone with HIV they will feel uncomfortable. Ask them if they themselves have been tested and they will probably walk away. No other disease involves as many socio political issues. Traditional and religious intolerance, economic inequality, social equality, racism, immigration, homophobia, poor education, prudishness; all of these, are not only highlighted when discussing HIV but are the very same things not only preventing the eradication of a terrible and avoidable disease but stopping people from accessing the care and information that they really need. Until Ebola, No other victims of any disease have ever been as discriminated against as those with AIDS. Have we become numb to the numbers of dead? Are we numb to the deaths of millions because the majority are poor, are black and are far away? As outlined in UNAIDS’ GAP Report, ending the AIDS epidemic is possible, however getting to that ultimate goal involves looking much closer to home, in our own countries, in our own families, and addressing what we fear the most. In preparing for this article, I attempted to find some Italians 30 or younger, that would be willing to tell me their story and explain how life is for them as HIV+ young people today. I started my search with Julian Fleet, former UNAIDS director and human rights lawyer. Unable to source anyone through his UNAIDS contacts, Fleet contacted LILA whilst I contacted CESVI, an Italian humanitarian organisation. Between all of us, we were unable to find a single person under the age of 45 willing to talk publicly about their condition. Even with the possibility of changing interviewee’s names, the fear of shame and negative consequences was far too much for any of their volunteers and contacts to handle. In Italy, there are currently around 140,000 people living with HIV. According to recent research conducted by DOXA for CESVI, there are signs of a growing complacency among Italian youth when it comes to protecting themselves from HIV and AIDS. An astonishing 48% of 16 to 35 year old Italians do not practice protected sex. A large amount of them claiming that there is no need as they are in a stable single partner relationship. This justification is dubious but the figures become even more alarming when combined with the statistic that only 29% declared ever having been tested for HIV. According to Chiara Magni from Cesvi Italian youths compared to Zimbabwian or South African’s are far less aware of the consequences of unsafe sex and far more prudish in using protection or admitting it, «In Italy there is stigma, prejudice, fear and it is something that is not talked about». «In Italy there is no sexual education like in Northern Europe, its not talked about at schools and condoms are still perceived as an instrument of devious sex.» Says Alessandra Cerioli, President of LILA. «If a girl is found carying around a condom, at a nightclub for instance, which would be responsible behaviour, she is ridiculed and is perceived as a prostitute and promiscuous». «Protection is judged negatively and even if a girl carries it, she is often afraid to use it for fear of judgment and ridicule, this is a crisis.» In a recent test, LILA placed condom machines in bathrooms of a lycee in Rome, priced at minimal cost. The exercise was so unsuccessful that the machines had to be removed. No one bought any. It is hard for me to imagine a school in America with a scheme for subsidised protection, not being at least vaguely successful. In recent years condoms have become almost a symbol of virility and responsible sexual behaviour. The potential kudos and appropriate marketing of protection seems non existent in Italy. Condom marketing and packaging has proven so successful in the USA that its symantics have been borrowed for branding and selling even chewing gum, as seen in the recent success of the 5 Senses brand. I finally found a willing interviewee through friends in Milan. Although at first breaking the promise of keeping his HIV+ status a secret, a friend was able to introduce me to a 25 year old who was willing to tell his story. Eduardo was born in Cesena to an HIV+ mother. Before his birth his grandmother had been working in a supermarket, stealing money from the cash register and purchasing hard drugs which she would then sell on at a premium. As a result Eduardo’s mother came into contact with hard drugs at the age of 13. «When my grandfather found out, he reported my grandmother who was arrested and imprisoned. My mother and her younger brother were admitted into a rehabilitation centre for Heroin addiction where she remained for 5 years. She was only 15». It was there that Eduardo’s mother met his father. They remained together and she gave birth to him at the age of 24. During the pregnancy, she discovered she was HIV+. When Eduardo was 3, she died of AIDS related complications. His father remained HIV negative. His HIV+ status was kept a secret from him his whole childhood. As a result of lack of treatment he became blind. «At the age of 6 I woke up one morning and by the evening I could no longer see. It was as if the lights had been turned off. I remember everything from what things looked like before, I see everything in colour». It was not until 15 years old, when researching medicines he was being told to take to restore his sight that he realised he was in fact taking antiretrovirals. After confronting his father he was told of his Mother’s past and his HIV+ status. «Instead of keeping quiet, as my father asked me to do, I told my closest friend. We were sharing a cigaret and I explained everything. She gave me back the cigarette and later that day, asked to give confession to our school priest. She confessed the sin of having shared a cigaret with an HIV+ boy. She told him my name and he gave her her penance. He called a reunion of all the school and student representatives. He told my story and called me in to face them all in person. He insisted on questioning me in public to know if I was lying, as an HIV+ student would pose a massive risk to my classmates. I told them I was lying, that I was angry I was blind, that I was a selfish attention seeker and I asked for forgiveness». For the following three years, Eduardo spoke to no one in his class as they no longer trusted him. All except for one boy, who happened to be the most popular of the class. His friendship was honest and non judgemental. It was at this time that Eduardo realised he was gay. «I have had to be discreet as when you talk about my situation, you are talking about blindness, homosexuality and HIV+ all at the same time. Its a difficult cocktail». Not one of those issues in Eduardo’s life were a result of his actions or choices. His social isolation is a totally unjustified one, and the shame he feels should be ours and that of those in positions of authority during his adolescence. The abuses of power from the church and school are impossible to justify. Today I sit with Eduardo who has recently graduated from Bologna university in Psychology of organisation. I find it Ironic that a man with more reasons to be isolated from society than anyone I’ve ever met would end up a specialist in optimising large workforces in schools and companies. I ask him why he is here, why after years of secrecy he has chosen to speak to me, with such public consequences. «I am here because I am curious. I think that if you do not talk about something, it doesn’t exist. We are in 2014 and there are still many people who can not imagine that there are cases like mine. If I talk about my situation, I make those issues real and I see now that I can give people the opportunity to broaden their knowledge and tolerance on these issues». I ask him if he identifies himself as an HIV+ man. «The first thing people have to deal with with me is my blindness,» he says «then my homosexuality». I can not help but feel sad for him as although he consider’s his non identification as an HIV+ man as a strength, I think it was never an option. «Are you part of a community of HIV+ people?» I ask him, to which he replies no. «Is world AIDS day important to you?» he says no, «do you know what world AIDS day is?» «No,» he says «I’ve never been to it». «Being openly HIV+ in Italy is not simple, because you are still seen by many as being a person who has behaved dispicably». Says Alessandra Cerioli. «Upon discovering their status, people often auto discriminate. We (LILA) know that you have had a lot of trouble getting people to talk openly and we need people to come forward now and speak as we want to fight discrimination in the workplace». After my interview with Eduardo he called several times seeking reassurance that what he was doing was right. His main fear was that he would lose his job at his place of work, at an important charity foundation in Milan. «We even had two cases of men fired from Lufthansa Airlines for being HIV+ and we were ready to sue and win on behalf of the former employees but they refused, for fear of going public with their condition». Explains Alessandra. «I am happy that we spoke» I say to Eduardo whilst sitting on the couch of my apartment in Milan, «your story is a human one, hard and complicated but people who do not have your condition will understand» He tells me he is afraid none the less. I tell him its ok as he is one of the first young men to tell his story publicly in Italy. He realises this and know is its important, «but in this instant» he continues «I can not deny that I feel shame and fear». Fear is only defeated when confronted. On this world aids day, this 25 year olds story is a remarkable reminder of the consequences of discrimination and isolation. His life has already been full of more challenges than I will ever deal with in the rest of mine. His future is optimistic but one full of terms and conditions. His country, his church his workplace and his friends should serve as nothing but sources of support and strength, anything else would be totally inhumane. How can we seriously help to rectify the devastating epidemic in Sub saharan Africa, ravaging young woman, children and men, if we can not tolerate the same issue on our own doorstep. 1 dicembre 2014 | 10:45 © RIPRODUZIONE RISERVATA