X Factor (Italian TV series) season 7

X Factor
Season 7
Hosted by	Alessandro Cattelan (Sky Uno)
Judges	Elio Mika Morgan Simona Ventura
Winner	Michele Bravi
Winning mentor	Morgan
Runner-up	Ape Escape
Finals venue	X Factor Arena, Milan (Weeks 1-7) Mediolanum Forum, Assago (Week 8)
Release
Original network	Sky Uno Cielo
Original release	26 September (2013-09-26) – 12 December 2013 (2013-12-12)
Season chronology
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X Factor is an Italian television music competition to find new singing talent; the winner receives a € 300,000 recording contract with Sony Music. Before the start of the auditions process it was announced that Elio, Morgan and Simona Ventura would be confirmed as judges and mentors, whilst Mika has been chosen for replacing Arisa in the role; also Alessandro Cattelan returned as host. The seventh season aired on Sky Uno starting from 26 September 2013 to 12 December 2013.

Auditions for season 7 took place in Naples, Genoa and Milan in June 2013; bootcamp took place in Milan for two days, on 26 and 27 June. Unconfirmed rumors revealed that Elio will mentor the Over-25s, Morgan the boys, Mika the girls and Ventura the groups; they selected their final three acts during judges' houses.^[1]

Michele Bravi, a member of the category Boys and mentored by Morgan, was announced the winner of the competition on 12 December 2013. His winner's single, "La vita e la felicità", released immediately after the end of the show, was co-written by Italian singer-songwriter Tiziano Ferro.