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music competition to find new singing talent; the winner was

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: he received a

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300,000 recording contract with

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and

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would be confirmed as judges and mentors, while

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and

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have been chosen for replacing

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in the role; also

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returned as host. The ninth season has been airing on

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since 10 September 2015.

Judges' houses

The ''"Home Visit"'' is the final phase before the Live Shows. In this phase, the contestants who passed the Bootcamp had to perform one last time in front of their specific judge, in four different locations. At the end of this audition, the top twelve contestants were chosen. The twelve eliminated acts were: *Boys: Marco Gori, Angel Gabriel Marmolejos, Cranio Randagio *Girls: Gaia Albertazzi, Martina Galli, Selene Capitanucci *25+: David Aiyeniwon, Diego Esposito, Marco Sbarbati *Groups: Iron Mais, Street Chords, OSC2X

Contestants and categories

Key: : – Winner : – Runner-up : – Third place

Live shows

Results summary

The number of votes received by each act were released by

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after the final. ;Colour key

Live show details

Week 1 (22 October 2015)

*Celebrity performers:

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("Pressure Off") ;Judges' votes to eliminate * Mika: Massimiliano D'Alessandro – backed his own act, Eva. * Elio: Eva – backed his own act, Massimiliano D'Alessandro. * Skin: Massimiliano D'Alessandro – said that she preferred Eva. * Fedez: Massimiliano D'Alessandro – thought that Eva was better suited for the show.

Week 2 (29 October 2015)

*Celebrity performers:

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") and

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" and "Lontano") ;Judges' votes to eliminate * Skin: Eva – backed her own act, Eleonora Anania. * Mika: Eleonora Anania – backed his own act, Eva. * Fedez: Eva – preferred Anania on the night. * Elio: Eva – enhanced the uniqueness of Anania.

Week 3 (5 November 2015)

*Celebrity performers: Emma ("Arriverà l'amore") ;Judges' votes to eliminate * Skin: Eleonora Anania – thought that Anania could go further in the competition. * Mika: Eleonora Anania – said that he preferred Anania's voice. * Fedez: Eleonora Anania – based on the final showdown performance. * Elio was not required to vote as there was already a majority, but confirmed he would have eliminated Anania.

Week 4 (12 November 2015)

*Celebrity performers:

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(" Hey Everybody!") and

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;Judges' votes to eliminate * Mika: Margherita Principi – backed his own act, Luca Valenti. * Skin: Luca Valenti – backed her own act, Margherita Principi. * Elio: Margherita Principi – based on the final showdown performance. * Fedez: Luca Valenti – could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock. With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Margherita Principi was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 5 (19 November 2015)

;Judge's vote to eliminate * Fedez: Giosada – backed his own act, Landlord * Elio: Landlord – backed his own act, Giosada * Skin: Landlord – gave no reason. * Mika: Landlord – gave no reason.

Week 6: Quarter-final (26 November 2015)

;Judges' votes to eliminate * Mika: Enrica Tara – backed his own act, Luca Valenti. * Skin: Luca Valenti – backed her own act, Enrica Tara. * Elio: Luca Valenti – gave no reason * Fedez: Enrica Tara – could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock. With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and a new public vote commenced for 200 seconds. Luca Valenti was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 7: Semi-final (3 December 2015)

;Judge's vote to eliminate * Fedez: Enrica Tara – backed his own act, Moseek. * Skin: Moseek – backed her own act, Enrica Tara. * Mika: Enrica Tara – gave no reason. * Elio: Moseek – could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock. With both acts receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Moseek were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 8: Final (10 December 2015)

External links

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