A new conductor, the actor Ludovico Tersigni, the abolition of the categories, the confirmation in the role of judges of Emma, Manuel Agnelli, Mika and Hell Raton: the new edition of X Factor starts from here, from Thursday 16 September on SkyUno at 9.15 pm (and on demand on Sky Go and Now, with the debut evening in simulcast on Tv8 - then on Wednesday). And while in Great Britain after 17 editions X Factor Uk closes, branded as 'old', in Italy the talent show goes straight on its way to close, for now, it does not think about it, focusing on renewal and contemporaneity, word of order that runs in the words of the judges, of production, of TV. And which finds its first application in the choice of the conductor, who makes his debut at the helm of a TV program. "I try",Ludovico Tersigni, star of the teen series Skam Italia, says with a smile and claiming his Romanity. He takes the heavy baton left by Alessandro Cattelan after ten years, but it doesn't seem to worry him too much. "I have not heard, but if it happened I would ask him a lot - continues the 25 year old music lover on his debut as a conductor -. I was inspired by Fiorello's style: I will try to bring that light and energy to the stage. To my uncle Diego Bianchi (Zoro), on the other hand, does not ask for advice on management, but on life ". Returning to the Sky program produced by Fremantle, the four teams combined with the four judges will say goodbye to the age or gender divisions (the Italian one is the first edition in the world to do so) and will be composed only on the basis of the musical proposal (very fluid but with more and more rock,on the path marked this year by the Maneskin, and less rap) and to artistic planning, saying goodbye to labels and borders.
No audience in the Cinecittà studio for the auditions, for what - explains the production - after a need dictated by the covid last year has become a creative choice. After three episodes of auditions, there will be two Bootcamp evenings, then the appointment with the Home Visits: 12 will arrive at the live (from 28 October) at the Repower Theater in Assago (Milan). The only rule for the judges: bring at least one soloist and one band to the final stage. Between laughter, bickering and commitment, for the four judges "it was like returning to the family," says Hell Raton. Everyone agrees that the abolition of the categories is "an opportunity". "Evolution and change - explains Emma - are the basis of everything. What always remains strong are passion and talent". For Manuel Agnelli thethis year's edition is also an opportunity "to tell what is happening, while it is happening. It will be a beautiful picture of how young people feel right now, after almost two years of pandemic". Mika underlines the contamination that the children have highlighted "resulting more raw and less synthetic".
"We are very proud to start again - says Antonella d'Errico, Executive Vice President Programming Sky Italia -. For Sky, X Factor represents two things: contemporaneity and the search for talent". The director of the original Sky productions, Nils Hartmann, points to the possibility of this edition of the show "to open a dialogue between generations". Gabriele Immirzi, CEO of Fremantle, underlines the "passion" that identifies the talent starting from the judges to get to the boys. The speech also ends on the Maneskin, protagonists of a year to be framed first with the victory in Sanremo, then with the success at the Eurovision Song Contest, which started from X Factor a few years ago. "We are proud of what is happening to the Maneskin - underlines Eliana Guerra,executive producer of X Factor -. X Factor has a great responsibility towards young people: if you want to get there, you have to work hard. And it takes time. Here, the Maneskins tell this: they are the emblem of young people who believe, commit themselves and achieve success ".
