X Factor 2026, who was eliminated on the fourth Live Show

The competition of the fourth Live Show, which started with the electrifying Giostra, saw three talents leave the competition. The Scraffs, Manu and ALÌA must abandon their dream of reaching the final. The challenge continues, next Thursday on Sky Uno and streaming on NOW

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The challenge of the fourth Live Show (RELIVE THE LIVE HERE), which began with the most spectacular heat of the year, the Tonight, leaving the stage one step away from the unreleased songs, are the Scraffs (the first to take their leave), followed by Manu. Both were the least voted of the episode and exited without going through the run-off which instead fell to the Le Distanze group and ALÌA. The former sang the warhorse Ritornerai by Bruno Lauzi while the young nineteen year old performed to the tune of That's So True by Gracie Abrams.

The jury's judgment

Francesco: "Due to my way of seeing and understanding bands, I reluctantly eliminate Le Distanze".

Jake: "I eliminate distances, whatever happens, ALÌA you didn't disappoint me and I hope you carry on forever, you're very good".

Irama: "I reluctantly eliminate ALÌA, I congratulate you both, it's tough for the judges at the moment. I turn to Le Distanze and say that I'm happy with their path, you've grown and I'm proud of you. Your identity is very strong".

Paola: "I've thought about it a lot, we're at an important point in the race, you're close, a few points separate you, and I'd prefer to let the public choose."

Tilt and public choice

The public's verdict is unquestionable, from home the vote went in favor of Irama's group. And the third eliminated from the fourth Live is ALÌA: "I'm grateful for everything. I've learned what isn't a limit, here at X Factor you get incredible strength. I thank everyone who works here".

Who are The Scraffs

They define themselves as "four provincial scraps that together found meaning in a collage". Dario, 20 years old, has been playing the guitar since he was 16 and has a "definitely unquiet passion for cats"; Leonardo aka “Randal The Vandal” describes himself as «perpetually one step away from chaos: I talk a lot, I laugh a lot and I left the filters somewhere»; Daniel, lead singer and bass of the Scraffs, says that on stage «I can be everything I am: anger, energy, fear, love»; Cristian, the drummer, studies classical percussion at the Conservatory «but as soon as I sit behind a drum kit I like to lose control». They are four guys who transformed their friendship and passion for music into a band born almost by chance, from the desire to escape the boredom of the province and build something of their own. The group was born from Daniel and Leo: they met because the former wanted to impress a girl he didn't know was the latter's girlfriend; Having understood the mistake, they start talking about music: Leo already plays with Dario and Cristian but the band was missing a bass, and they find it with Daniel. Together they form a joint from which a sound is born made of dirt, debris, industry, anger, but also of love, energy and the desire to live. Their identity is built on stage, starting from the first lives in provincial clubs and arriving at clubs in cities such as Rome, Milan and Florence. On stage they have no script: they stop feeling "out of place", they lose control and they all feel "at home".

Who is Manu

He is 20 years old and comes from Trabia, a small town in the province of Palermo. Music has always been in his life: «I like to live it every day and I like to see myself in the songs I listen to, associating periods, moments or even just small moments with their words». He says he approached music thanks to his father who always loved singing, «and his love for this art form made me discover what it was for me as a child». Through music he learned that emotions are never simply happy or sad, but are made of nuances, contradictions and different moments: some make themselves felt, others remain silent, but continue to grow inside. Writing came as a natural step: putting down on paper what he feels leads him to confront his own experiences, fragilities and also with those aspects of himself that are not always easy to look at, and today his songs are born from the desire to tell what he experiences and to create something in which even those who listen can recognize themselves. He plays piano and guitar, which he considers almost two "friends who understand me: they have seen me laugh, cry, get angry and this makes me understand that many people may only see a piece of wood with black and white keys, or a piece of wood with strings, but I don't: I see my whole life in it".

Who is ALÌA

He is 19 years old and lives in Desenzano del Garda (Brescia). After attending the first year of music high school, he chose to embark on a path in the world of aesthetics, «my second great passion: this choice – he explains – was also born from the desire to rediscover and enhance that creative and artistic part that I have always felt, in some way, suffocated by an environment too tied to the classic and the traditional». He considers himself an "ironic and lively but at the same time deeply introspective person, with an inner world that I tend to guard and show only rarely". In reality he has several passions: among others, in addition to music, reading novels and travelling, moreover «I love attending shows and imagining myself inside them, letting myself be fascinated by the scenography, photography and everything that contributes to creating an atmosphere». For her, music above all represents «a sense of belonging, a space in which I never feel alone. A universal door through which to take refuge, have fun and express oneself. It is a presence that I know I can always find, a place to return to whenever I feel the need. A bit like home."