
The competition gets underway with the 11 remaining competitors and the special guest Fulminacci
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X Factor 2026 is a talent show produced by Fremantle broadcast on Sky. The Jukebox Night is themed from the Sixties and Seventies.
The third Live Show of X Factor 2026 began live from the
In Jukebox Night the stage is transformed into a large venue with Sixties and Seventies vibes, a real "musical time machine" to relive the golden age of music with timeless classics. The four teams with the remaining 11 official competitors face two heats, at the end of which the least voted will compete in the final clash. The judges will decide the outcome. If they reach a majority, the contestant with at least three votes will be eliminated. If they are split in half, the fate of the two artists in the run-off will be decided by 200 seconds of televoting on Tilt.
Here are the songs:
Paola Iezzi team: - camilla: Be My Baby by The Ronettes - Mad-Dog: Rebel Rebel by David Bowie - Manu: You remind me of Lucio Battisti
Team Jake The Fury: - Alex Fontana: Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues - ALÌA: Mamma mia by ABBA
Team Irama: - The Distances: Another Brick in the Wall, Part Two by Pink Floyd - Lenanie: But the sky is always bluer than Rino Gaetano - Patrizia: You are a great thing by Domenico Modugno
Team Francesco Gabbani: - Teo Bok: Have You Ever Seen the Rain? by Creedence Clearwater Revival - Giacomo Calò: All By Myself in the original version by Eric Carmen - Scraffs: God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols
Super guest was Fulminacci with a special performance. After participating in the last Sanremo Festival with the song Stupida unfortunate (platinum certified), the singer-songwriter won the "Mia Martini" Critics' Award and the Assomusica Sanremo 2026 Award for the Best live performance by a revelation artist. In April 2026 he released the album Calcinacci (certified Gold Record), accompanied by a sold out tour in Rome and Milan and which will visit Madrid and Barcelona on 13 and 14 November in Spain. He was also the protagonist of the short film Calcinacci.

In the third Live Show of X Factor 2026, the Jukebox Night with songs from the Sixties and Seventies saw the elimination of Lenanie in the final clash against Manu. Super guest Fulminacci, fresh from Sanremo 2026 with Stupida unfortunate and from the album Calcinacci.

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