X Factor 2024, the report cards for the third live show

Disco dance arrives at X Factor and it’s all a sizzle of lights, colours, ballets and, above all, heat – call The Foolz and Punkcake for further information -. With Georgie to steer the show with the usual straight bar and with the judges Jake The Fury, Achille Lauro, Manuel Agnelli and Paola Iezzi more united and complicit than ever, the third live show of the Sky Original talent show broadcast on Thursday evenings on Sky and available in streaming on NOW runs smooth as silk allowing the audience at home and in the studio to go wild. Along with Iezzi’s bondage look, to a very funny proclamation from Agnelli and to a good-natured dig from Giorgia to her colleagues behind the counter, however, the selection also continues X Factor brings with you. In fact, leaving the race between Danielle from Manuel’s team and El Ma from Jake’s team it’s the latter, but who knows best X Factor knows well that the real test is what happens outside the program, and the fact that Selmi, Settembre and Angelica Bove are ready to compete Sanremo Youth it is confirmation of this.

The opening dance

For an episode of X Factor dedicated to disco dance, one could only recall Sarafinethe winner of the 2023 edition who warms up the Repower Theater with the sound of tunz-tunz. Vote: Put Your Hands Up!

50 shades by Paola Iezzi

After the handcuffs of the second live and the leash for Achille Lauro in this one, it is clear that Paola Iezzi recently reread the saga of Fifty Shades of Greyand we like it that way, because X Factor it’s also pepper and, why not, bondage. Rating: Safeword.

Mimi

After having been discouraged by the criticism leveled at her at previous live shows and having been comforted by Manuel Agnelliwho says his goal is to get her out of her comfort zone to help her find her identity, Mimi a X Factor continues to enchant. With I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor sung in version Kill Bill complete with katana in tow, Mimì once again demonstrates her vocal range and her self-irony. The judges were very convinced, especially his teacher (see next photo). Score: 8 and a half.

Manuel Agnelli’s katana (and invective).

Let no one make Manuel Agnelli angry. Especially when he brandishes a katana and explains that Mimì, also thanks to his training and advice, is part of a «generation that will avenge us from the asses and the autotune». Is it a threat? When in doubt, better not to risk it. Rating: Black Mamba.

The Patagarri

We agree that the Patagarri a X Factor they are a very fresh novelty full of surprises but, considering what they did at previous lives, with Stayin’ Alive of the Bee Gees seem a little subdued to us. For Jake La Furia they should change the formulabut we think it is right to insist. Maybe with more fitting assignments. Rating: 7 and a half.

Lowrah

The energy and the wonderful painting designed by Laccio & Shake for her are beautiful but, honestly, the version of All That She Wants of Ace of Base proposed by Lowrah doesn’t convince us much. Especially on a vocal level. Moving and singing together is not easy and, perhaps, a X Factor it would be better to concentrate on singing. At least for now. Score: 7-.

The Foolz

Even if they (unfortunately) spared us the striptease Full MontyThe Foolz with Hot Stuff by Donna Summer give life to an incandescent performance, hormone-proof. And if Paola Iezzi would like the frontman’s jacket to see him half naked, not for anything else, Achille Lauro can only note their progress with the Englishman compared to the previous live show. Rating: Antò, it’s hot.

Danielle

With I’ll go up by Daniele Silvestri Danielle confirms that she has one of the most interesting timbres of this X Factor. It’s just a shame that, on more than one occasion, it seemed to us that he was struggling to reach the highest notes. Sin. Rating: 6 and a half.

Tananai’s performance

It seemed clear to us that Tananai has charisma to spare since his last place at the Sanremo Festival: from that moment on this boy didn’t stop for a momenthe studied, he perfected himself, and seeing him shine with this intensity on stage is beautiful. Rating: Casual sex.

Giorgia’s dig at the judges

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In case it wasn’t clear, Giorgia in the role of host of X Factor we like it better than bread with chocolate: thanks to his enthusiasm and, above all, his always ready joke. After the first ballot the singer asks the judges for permission to go ahead and launch the codes of the subsequent singers, but gets no response. «Hey there! I’m here too”good-naturedly taunts the singer before Paola Iezzi asks the audience to applaud her. «I also wanted to participate in this comparison»adds Giorgia, transforming an unexpected event into an opportunity. Vote: God save the Queen.

Punkcake

They sing From Ya Think I’m Sexy? by Rod Stewart and they rock. Literally. To the sound of hormones, ballets and leopard-print onesies with the bottom in plain sight. Rating: Roar.

El Ma

Sing Hung up of Madonna could have been a disaster instead, thanks to the success of the Queen of Pop, El Ma shines as perhaps he had never done on stage X Factor. Paola finds that her standing has improved, while Achille Lauro praises both her voice and her dancers. Rating: 7 and a half.

Lorenzo Salvetti

With It won’t happen again by Adriano Celentano and Claudia Mori Lorenzo Salvetti demonstrates two things: that he has a beautiful voice and that Don’t be afraid to get involved. His performance, in our opinion, is even more successful than that of Cocciante at the first live and Lazza at the second. Excellent: Rating: 9.

Frankly

Can you believe it all the time Frankly sang L’Amour Tojours by Gigi D’Agostino did we jump on the sofa hoping it would never end? And his touch of darkness, as Manuel Agnelli calls it, is the icing on the cake. Score: 8 and a half.

Les Votives

Magnetic and hypnotic, Achille Lauro’s band sings You Make Me Feel of Sylvester and wins the title hands down most fashionable performance of this episode. Rating: 8.