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I also don’t like to talk and discuss these things because are complicated and basically it's useless, for different reasons, but I want to say just a few things, then I stop. "My point re Katy Perry was that there was a time when she did not have a huge promotional machine and was not guaranteed a number one album. Mika had sold 4 million albums at that point and she had not even released hers yet. But still she went to the UK and played gigs even if only 200 people turned up. Unless someone is some kind of an instant star via X Factor then they all have to start at the bottom. Record companies don't just launch a huge promotional machine behind every artist from the minute they sign a contract. In fact if you're going to compare Mika and Katy Perry, Mika was the one who received massive hype and success surrounding the launch of his project and had a #1 album within a few months. It took Katy Perry many many years from playing in bars as a teen to playing the Superbowl halftime show. If Mika wants to concentrate his energies outside the UK I can totally understand that. He has good reasons at this point. But I don't understand the point of posting here that Mika is doing everything he can in the UK when he has clearly decided to invest his time in other markets instead." Promoting also depends on other factors and not only by his will. But is it so difficult to understand this? When I ever said that "That everyone in the music industry should just hand over success to Mika on a silver platter"? and when ever anyone did that? And oh, wow, I didn’t know that the Queen Elizabeth owned a record company and/or was the creator and producer of talent shows like, for example, X Factor!! Joking aside, the question about Simon Cowell was obviously a sort of rhetorical question, but if tv shows in UK aren't interested in inviting him, where he should go to promote his music? Also, seems to you that he is asking or has ever asked for something to anyone or expect opportunities who knows where? But if it's precisely for that reason that he decided to work in France and Italy! And he doesn't stay there all the time and you know it. When I talk about "the market rules", I mean how the music industry works, the way the record companies, especially the majors, decide to whom to do contracts and how they produce and publicize their singers and their songs on media. "All artists are playing by the same rules, it is not some special case for Mika" Do you really think it? Not all artists have the same possibilities/chances to make and promote their music in the same way and by the same means, the same financial resources, on the same media and live platforms .You can't say that all music, the singers are the same and all the songs have the same quality and have the same chance of being passed in the media, especially mainstream media, in the same way, because it's not true (US radios, for example, have never, or very little, passed songs of Mika, when he was famous and sold millions of albums in the world). There are singers, singers or artists with songs made on purpose to pander to the tastes of the teen market, and artists who make songs and music, first of all for themselves, expressing their feelings and to say something, music which they like, and that probably isn't very commercial or mainstream. And I'm not talking only about Mika, in fact he isn't "some special case", there are other artists in this way. Also there are singers/artists who are always on tabloids, for one reason or for another and have therefore more media attention of others. Yes, I agree. Mika has always been defined as an atypical artist and hard to label by media. The lyrics of "Grace Kelly" have a specific meaning and do you know why the record company wanted and asked Mika to be more like Robbie Williams and Craig David in his way of singing and in his songs? It's still relevant even now. The record companies wanted and want even more now commercial products that are like or similar to those that are the success of the moment. It isnt' me who say it, but the authors and producers who work there. He is not commercial enough, he isn't very mainstream, he doesn't make the music like that which has success at the moment, that it's always on the radio or in the top charts, he doesn't want to please someone in particular or be liked by everyone. So comparing him to other artists or singers is like comparing apples with oranges. There's a lot of talk about 2007 around here, but at the time he was the trend of the moment, although he wasn't and didn't make the same music of others, and, despite the success, the millions of albums sold, he was very criticized by a lot of the English (and not only English) press and critics, because the point is that he wasn't the usual singer, right?(and please,don't say that they weren't obliged to like him and his music and say nice things, because this is obvious) But he was invited to the programs in UK, because it was at the top of the charts, for nothing else, don't fool ourselves. It was certainly easier, but we are no longer there, we are in 2015. Mika talked about this subject many times in interviews - and those in Italian and French have been translated into English - he said that some things have changed in the music industry, he explained because he decided to do television in Italy and France, and not in UK, provided that there was really an offer from XF UK and it was not just a rumor, that he needs sponsors to make videos, concerts, tours, as well as it takes money to produce and make his music, for recording studios and musicians. I don't know what else you want to hear, and if you have any question or criticism do it directly to him or to his managing team. Or ask directly to his record label in the UK, or in any radio or television there. He did concerts in US, Korea, Japan, China, Canada, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Spain, Czech Republic. In Italy he did 4 concerts, not millions, in addition the concert with the symphony orchestra in Como, for which he needed three sponsors, especially Sky Italia, that will broadcast the concert soon, and of which maybe will be made a dvd, and certainly more in France, where he has probably more request and he performed again in Paris, and maybe Toulouse, I think, simply because of it.

I'm sorry to say this because other times I have defended Eleonora, but tonight her performances weren't good and has sung out of tune a lot, while Giacomo/Eva didn't deserve to go out. He, as I said before, is a sensitive singer-songwriter, and I think that he hasn't been understood by the public. What a pity. Mika is probably too honest and professional for this show. He should adapt to the mentality not only of the Italian public, but also to the mentality of the public/television-viewers of talent shows . And this, I think he never will do it because he is an artist with a capital A, who thinks to make become better singers the contestants of his teams, even outside the context of the Tv show, in fact his coaching are the best parts of it. And, sorry, I know I keep saying it,

If you have to complain about something, do it about the music industry of today and the choices of record companies and mainstream media. Things are not easy for an artist like Mika, it's not him who have to or should bend to the market rules. He and his team do what they can, and he / they can't be everywhere, and in the same way. And he can't do much if some doors are closed. In UK, for example, Simon Cowell could invite him to X Factor UK to help him, but he doesn't do it. Why?

The songs assigned for the second Live Show: OVER Davide – Quello che dei 99 Posse Giosada – Retrograde di James Blake BAND/GROUPS Landlord – Habits (Stay high) di Tove Lo Moseek – Time to pretend dei MGMT Urban Strangers – Oceans di Jay Z ft. Frank Ocean UNDER BOYS Eva – Everybody’s changing dei Keane Leonardo – Wake me up di Aloe Blacc Luca – Blank space di Taylor Swift UNDER GIRLS Eleonora – Meravigliosa creatura di Gianna Nannini Enrica – Like a star di Corinne Bailey Rae Margherita – I believe in you di Kylie Minogue

No, not only they don't have stopped and continue, also on YouTube, and even some "fans" of Mika that were previously displeased about it now retweet the "ship", but also these articles: http://www.leggo.it/SPETTACOLI/TELEVISIONE/mika_fedez_xfactor_sposi_matrimonio_londra_foto/notizie/1633564.shtml , http://it.blastingnews.com/tv-gossip/2015/10/mika-annuncia-il-suo-matrimonio-con-fedez-00615993.html , http://www.abruzzo24ore.tv/news/XF9-Mika-Dichiara-che-Sposera-Fedez-ma-il-Rapper-si-Arrabbia/164750.htm (and others) But these people understand the irony or not? they write repeating the phrase of Mika, that was clearly ironic, but suggesting instead that there is some truth in it. What a trashy gossip!

To everyone who will go to the concert of Como tonight: have fun! But I also hope that there will be no inappropriate and impolite behaviors, that we're seeing a little too much recently, especially in Italy. Fingers crossed!

Some curiosity on the contestants: There are already professionals or with experience, and you can see and hear it, like Moseek (they have already released an EP in 2010 and an album in 2014, 3 singles with their videos, festivals in Italy and a tour in England http://xfactor.sky.it/2015/08/01/moseek/ , http://www.dasapere.it/in-evidenza/moseek-leaf/ ), Urban Strangers (they have already released their EP in June 2015, with success on iTunes http://www.allmusicitalia.it/news/urban-strangers-la-storia-del-duo-alla-conquista-di-web-e-classifica-dopo-laudizione-a-x-factor-video.html , http://www.rockit.it/recensione/29841/urbanstrangers-urban-strangers ), Davide “Shorty” Sciortino has published with his group an EP in 2014 (http://www.retrospectiveforlove.com/ ), Massimiliano D'Alessandro, who is not just a horse breeder, has the experience of having played several genres such as soul, funk and pop with various bands in clubs and pubs in South Italy and the blues on important stages of many Italian festivals (Sanremo Rock, Baronissi in Blues, Piaggine Festival Sud Sostenibile, Alburni Jazz & Blues Festival, Campania Blues Festival, Blues Made in Italy, Blues Fest in Park, South Italy Blues Connection, Tropea Blues Festival, Montoro in Blues http://xfactor.sky.it/2015/08/01/massimiliano/ , http://lacittadisalerno.gelocal.it/tempo-libero/2015/09/11/news/il-chitarrista-salernitano-a-caccia-di-un-sogno-1.12079291 ), Giovanni Sada/Giò Sada, who played with five groups and has a rather extensive experience on Italian stages and also in international festivals like the Rock Punk Holiday (http://xfactor.sky.it/2015/08/01/giosada/ , http://www.ilsussidiario.net/News/Cinema-Televisione-e-Media/2015/10/15/Giovanni-Sada-Chi-e-il-cantante-scelto-da-Elio-e-come-e-stata-la-sua-performance-X-Factor-2015-Home-Visit-oggi-15-ottobre-/646737/ ), and Landlord who have played together for three years, from 2012, in festivals. The others have very, very little experience, just some little singing competition, with the curiosity of Margherita who participated in the “Zecchino D’Oro” (an international children's song festival that has taken place in Italy every year since 1959 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zecchino_d%27Oro ), as a child with “Il pulcino ballerino” (http://xfactor.sky.it/2015/08/01/margherita/), and Giacomo Runco (Eva), who was among the authors of a song by a young girl among the Newcomers section of Sanremo Festival 2015 (http://www.aajtv.it/news/servizi-video/6242-a-sanremo-anche-lautore-calabrese-giacomo-runco.html ). As I said before (http://www.mikafanclub.com/topic/31807-mika-to-be-a-judge-at-x-factor-italia-2015/page-9#entry4014896 , http://www.mikafanclub.com/topic/31807-mika-to-be-a-judge-at-x-factor-italia-2015/page-9#entry4015104 ) and I think it even more now, the favorite is Fedez (called by me, ironically, Morgan2), for various reasons, with the Urban Strangers, already the idols of everyone, young girls (especially) and not. It was quite obvious, even before the live show started, given their EP's success on iTunes. Who could give them trouble? I think maybe Leonardo, Luca, Giò Sada, Davide Sciortino and Margherita. The (under) boys yesterday were nervous, they're very young with very little experience, obviously they have to work to improve (I think that this week Mika will scold them a lot and will be hard on them), and this year they, this category, will not have the luck to get the votes of support of Fedez’s many fans and the choice of obvious, easy songs. Giacomo / Eva has the disadvantages of being a sensitive singer-songwriter, who rarely works in this format, and his choice of the stage name, which apparently, although we are in 2015, is affecting negatively (/is having a negative influence over) the public vote (see comments on socials - sigh!). Mika, as usual, is the most objective and honest about his team, and every year it’s equally obvious that such honesty is not rewarded, and his being an atypical artist is also in the not to choose too easy or commercial songs, but he prefers to do risky choices and therefore he doesn't please the average public, so that even his "fans" don’t understand and don’t like his choices but that's the way he is, and I like it! . I hope that to his boys will be given the opportunity to gain experience and learn from those professionals as long as possible. And, if I can say, I think both Eva and Massimiliano weren’t among the worst of the evening, but these are the votes of the public and, even before the beginning of the live show, I thought that Eleonora and Massimiliano were those most in danger, but they were in the same manche/round. And, coincidentally, those went to the showdown have sung both in Italian (them and Eleonora). It seems that Italians - the vast majority of them doesn’t understand and doesn’t speak English - or at least the average public, in this context, doesn’t like the songs in Italian, that they understand, and prefer those in English, that they don’t understand. It's funny, right? I'd love to have "one"(!) episode where everyone sings in Italian, so to level the playing field, at least once, on X Factor Italia!

Luca Chiaravalli is the musical producer of Mika's Team for X Factor 2015. http://xfactor.sky.it/2015/090/04/luca-chiaravalli/ Luca Chiaravalli è un autore, arrangiatore e produttore che lavora sia a livello nazionale che internazionale. Tra i numerosi progetti e artisti con i quali ha collaborato questi i principali: Eros Ramazzotti, Nek, Laura Pausini, Giorgia, Hooverphonic e Francesco Renga. Per Eros Ramazzotti è coautore, produttore e arrangiatore di tutti i brani dell’album Noi, Universal 2012 + repack con il singolo Io prima di te (arrangiamento a cura di Scott Hoffman, aka Babydaddy degli Scissor Sisters), #1 Album in Italia e altri Paesi, certificato multiplatino, più di 800.000 copie vendute nel mondo. È coautore del brano Il mio amore per te contenuto in Stilelibero, #1 Album, certificato multiplatino in Italia e altri Paesi. È coautore del brano Nessuno escluso contenuto in Ali e Radici, #1 Album, Certificato Oro e Platino in Italia e altri Paesi. Per Nek è coautore, produttore e arrangiatore di tutti i brani dell’album Prima di parlare, certificato Platino e dell'inedito di sanremo 2015 Fatti avanti amore classificatosi secondo, certificato Platino, premi: miglior arrangiamento, sala stampa, premio Lucio Dalla come miglior canzone, premio rtl 102.5, miglior cover con Se telefonando (singolo estivo certificato platino). Per Laura Pausini è coautore del singolo Le cose che non mi aspetto e di Tutto non fa te contenuti in Inedito, #1 Album, Certificato Disco di Platino, più di 380.000 copie vendute. Per Giorgia è coautore del singolo Inevitabile feat. Eros Ramazzotti certificato Platino e contenuto nell’album Dietro le apparenze, #1 Album, Disco di Platino. Per gli Hooverphonic è coautore del singolo Amalfi e dei brani Radio Silence, Wait for a while contenuti in Reflection (Sony Music 2013, #1 Album in Belgio) e di Heartbroken incluso nell’album The night before (Sony Music 2011). Per Francesco Renga è coautore di moltissimi brani tra cui i singoli: Meravigliosa, Ci sarai, Un’ora in più, Dove il mondo non c’è più, Sto già bene, Cambio direzione, Ferro e cartone, Dimmi, Un giorno bellissimo, Per farti tornare. Per X Factor è coautore e produttore del brano Due Respiri, l’inedito con cui Chiara Galiazzo vince l’edizione 2012, certificato Multiplatino; autore del brano Il futuro che sarà, in gara a Sanremo nel 2013. È coautore di Impossibile, l’inedito con cui Matteo Becucci vince l’edizione del 2009. È coautore dell’inedito di Davide Mogavero, secondo classificato nel 2010 e di quello di Davide Merlino, terzo classificato nel 2012; coautore di brani per gli Aram Quartet, i vincitori della prima edizione, nel 2008. Ha collaborato con Ferzan Ozpetec per la colonna sonora de Le fate ignoranti; Il Volo, Emma Marrone, Noemi, Alessandra Amoroso, Giusy Ferreri, Club Dogo, Giuliano Palma, Francesco Bianconi (Baustelle), Max Pezzali, Irene Fornaciari, Marco Carta, Fame di Camilla, Anna Oxa, Neri per Caso, Valerio Scanu, Antonino, Anna Tatangelo (con cui ha vinto il Festival di Sanremo nel 2002 in qualità di co-autore arrangiatore e direttore d’orchestra), Greta, Alessandro Casillo. http://www.publishing.edizionicurci.it/(X(1)S(ybrotferjpqpjj45ovnla0vf))/Autore.aspx?ArtistaID=7111&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 ALTRE COLLABORAZIONI A LIVELLO INTERNAZIONALE Alex Callier (Hooverphonic), Mousse T, Andy Garcia, Stefaan Fernande, Clouseau, Liset Alea (Nouvelle Vague) e molti altri autori importanti incontrati durante i numerosi Writing camp a cui ha partecipato.

Some information about the show, from this article: http://www.lifestyleblog.it/blog/2015/10/x-factor-2015-si-riaccende-lx-factor-arena/ L’attesa è finita. Dopo 6 intensissime puntate di emozioni e grande musica, i motori sono caldi e l’X Factor Arena sta per accendersi. Prende il via la gara live di X Factor per un’edizione ancora più interattiva, scenograficamente spettacolare, tecnologica e all’insegna della musica senza confini. Maestri d’orchestra una giuria per metà internazionale e composta da 4 musicisti: Elio, Fedez, Mika e Skin sono già al lavoro sui 12 talenti selezionati tra oltre 50 mila iscritti. Alessandro Cattelan è confermato per il quinto anno alla conduzione del talent show canoro, che quest’anno ha aperto le porte a band e formazioni musicali, categoria assegnata a Fedez composta da 3 concorrenti musicalmente davvero interessanti. Saranno 8 giovedì di grande show, a cui parteciperanno star italiane ed internazionali che spaziano da band cult come i Duran Duran, lontani dall’Italia da 4 anni e per la prima volta sul palco di un talent show italiano, ai 5 Seconds of summer, fino al fenomeno Justin Bieber, Giorgio Moroder, Franco Battiato, che regalerà al pubblico di X Factor uno dei suoi brani cult, Marco Mengoni, Jess Glynne. Grandi ospiti per una grande gara che, eliminazione dopo eliminazione, porterà il 10 dicembre all’incoronazione della nuova pop star italiana nel tempio della grande musica: il Mediolanum Forum di Assago. Una finale ricca di sorprese, con ospiti da tutto il mondo e tecnologie mai utilizzate prima. Non resta che sintonizzarsi su Sky Uno HD dal 22 ottobre, e per 8 giovedì alle 21.10. E quest’anno chi non è ancora cliente Sky, avrà anche la possibilità di accedere a 30 giorni di prova gratuita per il pacchetto Intrattenimento di Sky Online e vedere la nuova stagione di X Factor sulla internet tv di Sky. NUMERI DA FINALISSIMA PER LE 6 PUNTATE DI SELEZIONI X Factor Italia, giunto alla quinta edizione su Sky, cresce ogni anno. Sono infatti numeri record quelli registrati nel corso delle 6 puntate di selezioni il cui ascolto è cresciuto di settimana in settimana, con una media ogni giovedì su Sky Uno di 1.470.000* spettatori medi a puntata (secondo lo Smart Panel Sky). I primi 5 appuntamenti hanno registrato su Sky Uno il 3,7% di share Auditel con una permanenza record al 76% e 4.300.000 spettatori medi nei 7 giorni su Sky Uno (dati Smart Panel Sky su 5 puntate) e in chiaro su Cielo ed MTV8 (dati Auditel su 4 puntate). X Factor Italia è sempre di più anche un fenomeno social, in particolare su Twitter: dal 1° settembre al 15 ottobre, secondo Nielsen Social, è lo show televisivo che ha generato più conversazioni su Twitter con 670.000 tweet e 75.000 autori unici. Il numero dei tweet riferito solamente alle puntate del giovedì è cresciuto del 93% rispetto allo scorso anno. Si conferma anche il grande affetto da parte del pubblico: X Factor è anche il programma con il numero più alto di autori fedeli su Twitter, oltre il 40% degli autori unici ha commentato almeno due puntate dello show. Ogni settimana diversi termini legati al programma sono entrati nella classifica dei Trending Topic di Twitter raggiungendo le prime posizioni. Il traffico sul sito web ufficiale x factor.sky.it dalla prima Audition agli Home Visit, è cresciuto di settimana in settimana fino a raggiungere 8,5 milioni di pagine viste, 2 milioni di utenti unici e 5,5 milioni di videoviews. Circa il 60% del traffico è arrivato da dispositivi mobili. *dato Smart Panel Sky GLI OSPITI DELLE PUNTATE LIVE Quest’anno il palco dell’X Factor Arena vedrà alternarsi ospiti italiani ed internazionali davvero prestigiosi. Si inizia con la band cult per eccellenza, i Duran Duran, che dopo 4 anni arriva in Italia in occasione della prima puntata live di X Factor 2015 e regala agli spettatori, Pressure Off, l’hit single che da mesi è tra i più programmati dalle radio e tormentone estivo. Nei giovedì successivi sarà celebrato il talento di due vincitori dell’edizione italiana, Lorenzo Fragola e Francesca Michielin, a cui si alterneranno band e personalità musicali d’eccezione tra cui i 5 Seconds of Summer, la celebre quanto giovane band pop punk australiana, Franco Battiato, che porterà sul palco dell’X Factor Arena uno storico brano, e per la prima volta Justin Bieber sarà ospite ad X Factor. E ancora Jess Glynne,l a cantante britannica che ha firmato il successo Hold my Hand, Marco Mengoni, che si è appena aggiudicato il Best Italian Act agli Mtv Europe Awards 2015 e il maestro della dance elettronica Giorgio Moroder. Ospiti di fama mondiale, e molte altre soprese, sono attesi alla finalissima del 10 dicembre in diretta dal Mediolanum Forum di Assago. NUOVE TECNOLOGIE PER L’X FACTOR ARENA, SARA’ UNO SHOW ANCORA PIU’ SPETTACOLARE L’X Factor Arena si conferma uno degli studi televisivi più all’avanguardia, per tecnologie e qualità delle immagini: 350 mq di ledwall diviso con la più alta risoluzione disponibile sul mercato, 2km di led dinamico (montato, per la prima volta anche sul tavolo dei giudici e sulle plafoniere), 17 telecamere HD di cui 4 con ottiche cinematografiche, e per la prima volta una railcam up/down posizionata di fronte ai giudici. Nuovi effetti speciali, garantiti da 30 punti luce laser, 36 barre led mai utilizzate prima in uno studio televisivo, 16 gyser co2 distribuiti dentro il palco e 6 macchine che emanano getti di fuoco. Con una capienza di oltre 1.200 spettatori, anche quest’anno il teatro ospiterà il Robycam, un sistema unico al mondo, di nuovissima generazione, utilizzato solitamente per i grandi eventi sportivi, tra cui le Olimpiadi di Sochi. E’ in grado di realizzare riprese in qualsiasi angolazione e direzione e viene installato per la prima volta in Italia in uno studio televisivo, per dare un punto di vista totalmente inedito e ancora più spettacolare dell’X Factor Arena. ANTE ED XTRA FACTOR Come di consueto per scaldare l’atmosfera a partire dalle 21 andrà in onda in diretta su Sky Uno (e in streaming su xfactor.sky.it/antefactor) l’Ante Factor, che quest’anno sarà condotto da Alessio Viola, uno dei volti di Sky TG24 arguto conoscitore del mondo dei social network. Ospiti e collegamenti tra backstage e camerini per respirare l’attesa per l’inizio della gara. All’Xtra Factor di quest’anno, il racconto a caldo del dopo gara in onda in diretta subito dopo lo show torna la regina del dopo show, Mara Maionchi, reduce dal grandissimo successo dello scorso anno, che ha segnato il suo ritorno a X Factor, con al suo fianco, Alessio Viola. Ospiti fissi della trasmissione saranno gli Iron Mais, la stralunata band che ha infiammato il web dopo la partecipazione alle Audizioni e che arrangerà alcuni brani in salsa rock-agricolo. Ogni settimana verrà riproposto un “talento speciale”, fra quelli che hanno più colpito il pubblico durante le selezioni e una serie di opinionisti e ospiti speciali raggiungerà Mara e Alessio nella seconda parte del programma per analizzare e commentare la puntata del live appena conclusa. X FACTOR DAILY L’edizione 2015 di X Factor Daily – in onda su Sky Uno HD dal lunedì al venerdì alle 19.45 – si apre ancor di più al mondo esterno per far vivere da vicino la grande macchina di X Factor e per conoscere ancora più da vicino i concorrenti in gara. La vita quotidiana dei ragazzi verrà raccontata da Aurora Ramazzotti, che vivrà in prima persona l’atmosfera del loft e durante le prove alla X Factor Arena, trasportandoci nella parte emotiva del dietro le quinte. Il pubblico potrà seguire i concorrenti, veri protagonisti di questo appuntamento, ogni giorno: il lunedì e il martedì verranno assegnati i brani alle 4 categorie (due categorie per giorno), mentre il mercoledì sarà dedicato all’ascolto dei brani da parte dei giudici. Il giovedì il pubblico di Sky Uno potrà assistere alle prove sul palco e ai preparativi per lo show, mentre il venerdì saranno trasmessi i momenti più importanti della gara trasmessa la sera precedente, dal punto di vista del backstage. Anche quest’anno il sabato andrà in onda alle 18.55 l’appuntamento con X Factor Weekly: i ragazzi tornano al loft dopo la gara, ma uno di loro fa ritorno a casa dopo l’eliminazione. LE SQUADRE E I CONCORRENTI La lunga e difficile fase di selezione si è conclusa nel migliore dei modi. Tra le migliaia di candidati che anche quest’anno si sono presentati ai casting sono stati scelti i 12 concorrenti che si sfideranno sul palco dell’edizione 2015 di X Factor. A caricarli e prepararli per i live Elio, Fedez, Mika e Skin, quattro giudici che hanno fatto della musica la loro scelta di vita. Convinti della propria squadra, faranno il tutto per tutto per portarli sul palco con il brano e la performance più adatta per ognuno dei ragazzi. Anche in questa edizione di X Factor la cura dell’aspetto musicale sarà affidata direttamente a dei producer musicali presenti all’interno di ogni categoria e che affiancheranno i giudici in tutte le scelte per i singoli talenti, dalla selezione dei brani agli arrangiamenti. A Fedez è stata affidata la categoria più nuova di questa edizione: i Gruppi. A supportarlo nel lavoro ci sarà i producer Fausto Cogliati. Tra mille dubbi e perplessità dell’ultimo minuto Fedez ha deciso di far salire sul palco dei live: gli Urban Strangers, il duo napoletano chitarra e voce composto da Gennaro e Alessio, entrambi ventenni, che hanno stregato tutti durante le audizioni, il trio elettro-pop sofisticato e stiloso dei Moseek composto da Davide, Fabio e la cantante Elisa, indubbiamente la leader della band e i Landlord di Lorenzo, Luca, Francesca e Gianluca, polistrumentisti di talento che riescono a riarrangiare qualsiasi tipo di brano in chiave elettronica. Mika, invece, scenderà in campo con la categoria degli Under Uomini e, insieme a lui ci sarà anche il producer Luca Chiaravalli. I suoi giovanissimi talenti sono: il diciannovenne Leonardo Marius Dragusin che, con la sua straordinaria estensione vocale ha sin da subito conquistato tutta la giuria, l’altrettanto giovane e determinato Luca Valenti, cantante pop di madrelingua inglese e il ventitreenne cantautore romano Giacomo Runco in arte Eva che con il suono della sua chitarra ha colpito tutti sia come cantante, sia come musicista. Gli Over, invece, sono stati affidati ad Elio che, ha formato una squadra tutta al maschile: il siciliano trapiantato a Londra Davide Sciortino, dall’anima soul e dallo stile molto personale, l’allevatore di cavalli Massimiliano D’Alessandro, molto apprezzato dal pubblico per la sua semplicità e immediatezza e il cantautore pop rock barese Giovanni Sada che, durante le audizioni si è guadagnato una standing ovation. Il producer musical che seguirà questa squadra è Alberto Tafuri. Ed infine a Skin, seduta per la prima volta al tavolo dei giudici di X Factor, è stata assegnata la categoria delle Under Donne. Insieme a lei, ad indirizzare musicalmente le giovani promesse della musica pop di questa squadra ci sarà il producer Roberto Vernetti. Si giocheranno il tutto per tutto: Eleonora Anania, vera e propria sorpresa di questa edizione e voce fuori dal coro, sia umanamente che musicalmente, la sedicenne di Pesaro Margherita Principi che, suonando il dulcimer, antico strumento medioevale, durante le audizioni ha lasciato un segno forte ed Enrica Tara, originaria del Camerun, che con il suo timbro basso ha confermato di avere un enorme potenziale. 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X Factor 9: la conferenza stampa dei Live http://www.funweek.it/tv/x-factor/x-factor-9-la-conferenza-stampa-dei-live.php XF9, Mika: per i concorrenti è come il 1° giorno di scuola http://video.sky.it/news/spettacolo/xf9_mika_per_i_concorrenti_come_il_1_giorno_di_scuola/v257510.vid EDIT: Also this video: Mika ed Elio sono carichi per i live di "X Factor 9". TVZoom.it

Thank you for sharing them! Although it's not yet clear whether there will be 20 or 14 tracks for the CD of the Symphonic concerts in Montreal.

Thank you!

Thank you very much Eriko!

Ahahahah! Fortunately Mika has sense of humor and irony! (about the crazy fans and the so-called "shippers" that have been circulating for some time all over the socials and YouTube). While Fedez denied that they are "boyfriends"! Let's hope that the loud and clear message now has been received. And also here http://xfactor.sky.it/2015/10/20/la-conferenza-stampa-dei-live-show-di--xf9/ great irony by Elio and some clarification of Skin on her choices (that of Eleonora highly criticized, even in a rude and offensive way, on socials) and her Italian's improvements.

Thank you very much!

Can you tell me if anyone recorded the interview with the readers of "Corriere", please?

Can I ask you where have you seen it, please? Is it a Belgian site ?

Fortunately several people have reported it and I hope that something has been deleted or removed. But these girls don't understand, for them it's like a game and they respond to those who tell them to stop rudely. Honestly, I don't understand why they do these things. I know that it's something that fans often make for the characters of TV series and films/movies, but the fact that they do it for real people (whoever they are) is very disrespectful. Maybe they can't distinguish reality from fantasy, and they think that their fantasies, their weird ideas are to be shared with others. I don't care if they keep it private or in their "fandom" but if they tell and put their idiocies publicly everywhere in socials, especially sending them to the accounts of these actors, singers, etc.. for fun or worse believing it's true, they are completely crazy! X Factor since last year attracted more very young audience and the fans of Fedez are almost all young girls and a simple friendship between two colleagues was exaggerated up to this, probably unexpected thing. In fact, I think (and hope) Fedez believed that it was a joke and a short trend, not that it become an obsession. At least, he has stopped answering them. And yes, I agree with you, X Factor Italy should not allow such things on their sites. I dont know what they will do for the duet, but now I really hope there will not be a video. Mika has the same behavior, kind and friendly, often joking, with all his colleagues, both in France and in Italy, as he has the same behavior with all the contestants in his teams, both girls and boys, so anyone who sees something else, he/she does it with malice and their comments are in bad taste. In Italy there are still many problems about homophobia or simply respect for gays and LGBT people, lacking the education and the culture and a lot of people think and talk about them according to the usual stereotypes and prejudices.These ideas are so embedded in our society, especially because of the powerful interference of the Church and the claustrophobic Catholic education that sometimes people don't realize how offensive they are, how wrong is what they say, but others enjoy to offend and discriminate. But what is annoying is that Mika, from a couple of years is more open about his private life and has also said more than once in interviews that his couple is normal and traditional, as they are faithful to each other (he knows the prejudice) and then some idiot spread these things, thinking it's funny, "because, you know he's gay so...". They are very stupid! I think too he can deal with that, he has a strong personality, but it would be better that some people develop and mature as civilized persons.

You are welcome! I agree, Skin was really sweet. The young boy, Vito, at the audition said that he was bullied in his small town because he wanted to be a singer, so Mika was a little sad at that moment and she understood it.

I'm sure that when you tease him, you are only joking without malice and at the beginning, the first year, it was the same here and even now there are persons who joke only for a few minutes, but now with many people is much more than that, they enjoy to mock and ridicule him for his mistakes (3 days of continuous ridicule for the last error, a typo, on twitter!). But not only that, there is something more offensive at a personal level and for his private life. Some people, for example, lightly/carelessly call him "troia" (a vulgar and offensive term to indicate "whore/slut") and make gratuitous comments about his sex life. But there's something worst. I know it's difficult to understand for those who aren't in Italy and don't see what has been circulating for several days on social networks, to understand what I'm talking about, so I'll try to explain it for those who want to know, but I prefer to talk about it, behind the spoiler tag, but without posting anything at all of it, because I think it's very offensive and in bad taste: (Let me know, please, if you want that I delete this post and I will do it immediately. But probably I will delete it anyway) Edit: To all these people I suggest to listen to and watch the video of "Staring At The Sun"!

Me neither, but my sister yes and she said it to me, to made me see them (but everyone can see them even without having an account).I hope too that Mika isn't too bothered by it, he's an intelligent man. It's just that I am disappointed that these things happen here in Italy.

Yes, this is the point. Between a giggle or a spontaneous laughter that lasts one minute and - il "prenderlo continuamente in giro" - continuously make fun of (mock/ridicule) him on socials and media whenever he makes a mistake there is a a big difference. For the last error, the "scritto" typo, they are continuing from Saturday. Also there are a few that ape him for the way he speaks Italian, as if he were an idiot. It's a stupid thing, not funny at all, but I think too that "Mika is a smart guy and I'm sure he can tell the ignorant people from the sensitive ones." Moreover, when I said "that now they are "having fun" with something even worse and distasteful/offensive, tagging it/them to him, without any respect. There's a limit to everything!" , I was talking, maybe you know, about those offensive photoshopped pictures, manips with images and phrases of sexual nature, which are now everywhere, on socials, tagged to him, for a few days. Awfully disrespectful. I hope that they'll stop soon, but I'm not very optimistic about it, until someone intervenes and tells them clearly to stop.

And for this reason even more embarrassing, (but many people make it regardless, also of his way of speaking Italian) so why retweet hundred thousand times and talk about it even in the media? I remember his expression in "Le Invasioni Barbariche" when people in the audience laughed at one of his mistakes in pronunciation and it wasn't funny. Obviously this is only my opinion, but I think it isn't funny, this continuous make fun of him, because some are continuing, do you know? He isn't an idiot. But if you saw on socials lately you have seen that now they are "having fun" with something even worse and distasteful/offensive, tagging it/them to him, without any respect. There's a limit to everything! (Che figura di m...., noi Italiani, e soprattutto dopo quello che è successo quest'estate! God, that's seriously cringeworthy!, for us Italians, and especially after what happened this summer!)

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Thank you!