| X Factor | |
|---|---|
| Season 8 | |
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| Hosted by | Alessandro Cattelan (Sky Uno) |
| Judges | Victoria Cabello Mika Morgan Fedez |
| Winner | Lorenzo Fragola |
| Winning mentor | Fedez |
| Runner-up | Madh |
| Finals venue | X Factor Arena, Milan (Weeks 1-currently) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sky Uno Cielo |
| Original release | 18 September – 11 December 2014 |
| Season chronology | |
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 Morgan and Mika would be confirmed as judges and mentors, whilst Victoria Cabello and Fedez have been chosen for replacing Simona Ventura and Elio in the role; also Alessandro Cattelan returned as host. The eighth season has been airing on Sky Uno since 18 September 2014.
Auditions for season 8 took place in Rome, Turin and Bologna in June 2014; bootcamp took place in Milan for two days, on 1 and 2 July. Unconfirmed rumors revealed that Mika will mentor the Over-25s, Fedez the boys, Cabello the girls and Morgan the groups; they selected their final three acts during judges' houses.
Lorenzo Fragola, a member of the category Boys and mentored by Fedez, was announced the winner of the competition on 11 December 2014. His winner's single, "The Reason Why", released at the end of the Semi-Final on 4 December, won a Gold Certification of sales.