Contrary to the predictions of the eve it is Baltimore to win the fifteenth edition of “X Factor Italy”, Beating at the photo finish Gianmaria. In third place i Bengala Fire, while he ranked fourth Fellow. The grand finale, at the last vote, was marked by the performances of the two Baltimore finalists with his unpublished “Other“And Gianmaria with her”The Suicides“. A great satisfaction for Hell Raton which he won for two consecutive years, the last edition with Casadilego. Now the ball passes to those who want and will have to invest in the finalists of the program because words, dreams, promises should be followed by deeds.
COLDPLAY: “WE WOULD LIKE TO SING THE MANESKIN”
Guests on stage i Maneskin returning home after second place in 2017, when they were beaten by the pop tenor Lorenzo Licitra. The band reissued the cover they played for the first time on “X Factor”, “Beggin‘”, Which then climbed the world hits after the triumph at“ Eurovision 2021 ”. The band then played the winning song of Sanremo 2021 and Eurovision “Shut up and good”, “I Want to be Your Slave” and the latest single “Mammamia”. Then came the Coldplay with “Higher Power” and “My Universe”, taken from the latest album “Music of the Spheres”. Chris Martin at the microphones of RTL 102.5 he confessed: “We met the Maneskins here who we love very much. The initial idea was to pay tribute to the boys, then to play a piece of theirs then we realized that they are here too and we would have played the same song. There are the real Maneskin we can’t cover them!”.
BALTIMORA: “IT WAS ABSURD, I HOPE TO CONTINUE”
Baltimore, at the registry office Edoardo Spinsante, originally from Ancona but lives in Milan. He studied the piano for about 5 years. In high school he began to compose his first songs and to become passionate about productions. At the selections he proposed two of his pieces and “The ballad of fashion” by Luigi Tenco. During the Live Shows he brought songs by Carmen Consoli, Adele, Lucio Battisti and Morgan. His unpublished pieces presented during the episodes were “Altro” and the homonymous “Baltimora”. In the semifinal he duet with Fulminacci. “It was all absurd I hope to continue doing this, – were Baltimore’s first words in his first post-victory press conference – not only with my music but also with that of others. For the future I hope to take all possible paths from production to writing. In recent weeks I have shown all the facets of my artistic and personal path “.
LISTEN DOWN, BUT THE SHOW “IS BEAUTIFUL”
We had already said and emphasized this two years ago: the “X Factor” format he is tired and the wish was to follow the original format of the English edition which stopped after fifteen years of honorable career. The deus ex machina Simon Cowell he had seen us for a long time and for this reason he forced the car to stop. It is not yet known if the stop is temporary, it certainly hasn’t been on the air for two years. As well as the English edition, the Italian edition, broadcast live on Sky Uno and Now and deferred the following week in the clear on Tv8, after fifteen years suffered the blow of the falling audience. As also pointed out by Italy Today, the ratings of the Live are dropped by 50% compared to last year and 30% compared to 2019, edition not lucky even for the same admission of the production. The Final of X Factor 2021, broadcast not only on the Sky platform but also free-to-air on TV8, totaled 1,301,000 viewers with 6.2% share. Last year the total was 1,895,000 viewers and an 8% share. It is no coincidence that the format is broadcast, at the moment, only in our country and in Denmark. By contract, the Sky show produced by Fremantle will air for another year, then we’ll see. There are several causes of the decline in attention to the format. The claim “Come as you are” and the storytelling of this year did not work with the novelty originating from the abolition of the division into traditional categories which involved the presence of only two female singers, eliminated almost immediately, out of twelve competitors at Live . The flight of subscribers from the platform due to the scarce supply of football and somehow even the delayed broadcasting on Tv8 confused the viewers. It would not have been better to go on the air immediately the next day in prime time, instead of six days later? In any case it is agreed with Mika, X Factor Italia remains “a beautiful show, the format has been reinvented and updated and now there is very little music on TV. Comparisons cannot be made with 2020. Making a program that does not fall into sensationalism and trash is even more difficult today across Europe“. Indeed the show has been taken care of down to the smallest detail once again by Laccio and Shake from the Project Module which raised the bar of Live’s performance. A high-level technical team which certainly represents an excellence in the world, the same (for the Live sector) that has stood still for two years due to the pandemic. Finally, he gave an explanation for the drop in ratings Hell Raton: “The decline in music is general, not only with audience figures, but also in streaming. Now people’s need is to live, go to the park, read a book in the open air, digital has dropped “. X Factor by Sky also remains the format that launched artists like Francesca Michielin or Michele Bravi (competing at the next Sanremo Festival) and of course i Maneskin that, although classified in second place in 2017, their path has brought them into the firmament of world music, thanks also to the ex manager Marta Donà who has focused on them from the first minute. So, to say it to Mika, X Factor “is a beautiful show”, but after next year it could calmly stop to catch a breath and recharge the batteries.
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