X Factor 2021, the final: who will win?

Baltimore, Bengala Fire, Fellow and gIANMARIA: they are the four artists to contend for the victory of X Factor 2021, the Sky talent show produced by Fremantle which, on Thursday 9 December at 9.15 pm on Sky and in simulcast on TV8, will decide the winner of this fifteenth edition. After the 2020 stop due to the restrictions imposed by the pandemic, the car of X Factor, one of the most complex and oiled ever, returns to the Mediolanum Forum in Assago with the conduct of Ludovico Tersigni for an unforgettable evening which, together with the adrenaline of the competition, will see the stage warm up thanks to the extraordinary participation of Coldplay, who had already been guests of the program in 2015, and ours Moonlight, that just four years ago on that same stage they embraced the second place on the podium behind Lorenzo Licitra.

The judges will, of course, hold for their talents Emma, Hell Raton, Manuel Agnelli, Mika, who reach the final with one competitor each, respectively gIANMARIA, Baltimore, Bengala Fire and Fellow. “I advise Baltimore not to undergo the tender. For me the final of X Factor it’s a bit like a university master’s degree », Manuelito explains when we ask him if, after Casadilego’s victory in 2020, he intends to repeat with a new triumph. The other candidates, however, have no intention of standing by. Like Fellow, by many given as a favorite and supported primarily by Mika, who hopes that his protégé “can take the energy linked to the freedom of the artists and bring it to the stage”. They are no less, however, too gIANMARIA on Emma’s roster, who explains that she is very fond of modern sounds, i Bengala Fire supported by Manuel Agnelli, who will meet the Måneskin again in the final (“I am l’example of how a guy who starts playing today can aspire to export his music. I was born in an Italy where a musician did not think of getting out of here “).

As for the program itself, the final of X Factor 2021 it will be divided into three rounds: at the end of the first two, the competitor least voted by the public will have to abandon the race, while in the third the most voted competitor will be proclaimed the winner. The first heat will see the finalists duet together with their judge: Emma and gIANMARIA will propose About our relationship by Vasco Rossi; Baltimore will sing with Hell Raton Otherside the Red Hot Chili Peppers; Manuel Agnelli will join Bengala Fire for a new version of In Between Days by The Cure; and Fellow will sing Underwater together with Mika. The second heat will be the Best Of, in which the three remaining artists will be able to perform with a medley of the songs they presented during these weeks (Baltimore will sing a medley on A man who loves you by Lucio Battisti, Butter words by Carmen Consoli e Turning Table by Adele; Bengala Fire are merging the mash-up between Sunny Afternoon dei The Kinks, Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis, Making Plans for Nigel of the XTC e Girls & Boys of the Blur; Fellow opts instead for Nemesis by Benjamin Clementine, Even Fragile by Elisa e Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine; while gIANMARIA summarizes her journey at # XF2021 with Rimmel by Francesco De Gregori, Jenny is crazy by Vasco Rossi e I feel good of CCCP. Finally, the last heat will be dedicated to the original songs of the two surviving singers, contained in the album X Factor Mixtape Vol. 2 published by Sony Music Italy. May the best man win!