PierC, Delia, EroCaddeo and Rob: I am they are the 4 finalists of X Factor 2025 (who will compete for the victory on December 4th in Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples – direct on Sky Uno and streaming on NOW from 9.00 pm, and in free-to-air simulcast on TV8). On stage together with the judges Jake La Furia, Achille Lauro, Francesco Gabbani and Paola Iezzi and the presenter Giorgia, Laura Pausini will also be there.
Having said that, who will win X Factor 2025? According to the Sisal quotas of 30 November, Rob (2.00) is the overwhelming favoritefollowed at a long distance by EroCaddeo (4.00). Delia and PierC (5.00) have the same chance of becoming number one. Will 2025 still be the year of women and judge Paola Iezzi? Meanwhile, the only unreleased song currently in the Spotify Top 50 Italy is Point by EroCaddeo. Will pop beat punk?
X Factor 2025: who are the 4 finalists
PierC (Piercesare Fagioli) the Batman of the Gabbani team
Piercesare Beans, aka PierC, It’s like Bruce Wayne and Batman. By day he is a twenty-five year old college graduate with honors in Finance from Bocconi; at night wears bright shirts and he transforms into a very virtuoso singer. Born in 2001 in Casale Monferrato, the choice to move from Wall Street to the stage was a long-considered decision. After attending the Turin Conservatory, graduating in piano, he also got noticed in plays and musicals. He had imagined himself as an orchestra director but the push to become a solo singer came from her aunt.
At the auditions he knocked out the jury and the public with a crazy interpretation of Chandelier of Sea. It’s impossible to criticize him. Per Jake The Fury, he is so perfect to look like an engraved CD. Paola Iezzi was even more explicit: «Ladies and gentlemen, here is the winner of X Factor 2025». After hearing his performance at the Bootcamp of Die with a Smile by Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga, Francesco Gabbani he did not hide his tears of emotion and the X Pass was played.
The weak point? The unpublished Dirty snow, written by Frada, Alex Raige Vella and Leonardo Grillotti. A song deemed too simple and old for his abilities and it is the least listened to song on Spotify a week after the release of the unreleased songs. An unfortunate choice that could cost him the victory. Whatever happens, his future is bright musically.
Delia (Delia Buglisi) the Sicilian lioness of Team La Furia’s meshups
No need to go around it: a Delia should go the scepter of most original talent of all the editions of X Factor. Born in 1999 in Catania and has loved music since she was a child. Like PierC, she also studied piano at the conservatory. She defines herself as a singer-songwriter and its mission is to bring the Sicilian dialect to the world through his songs.
He literally bewitched Jake La Furia at bootcamps. His medley The song of old lovers by Franco Battiato and Libertango by Astor Piazzolla made him deserve the X Pass. A strange couple, Delia and Jakeyet it works great. A union which produced many mesh-upsthe stylistic code of his career a X Factor 2025.
A choice that is not free from criticismespecially by Francesco Gabbani. The new juror of this edition has often wondered (and so has the audience at home) whether double songs and the Sicilian dialect are two viable paths also in the future outside the talent. A correct observation, even more evident in the unreleased one Sicily Beddawritten by several hands together with Fiat 131 and Noemi Bruno.
A pleasant and well-executed piece, almost too niche for a pop audience like that of the Sky talent show. Delia, however, decided to continue on her own pathproving remarkable interpretative skills as in You are very beautiful by Loredana Bertèthe cover chosen for the semi-final. A sad song, very dear to her, which reminds her of a bad relationship and little luck in love.
Delia finalist in “X Factor 2025” (VBettoja/Sky)
X Factor 2025: EroCaddeo (Damiano Caddeo) the heart singer of the Lauro team
Born in Modena but Sardinian by choice, EroCaddeo chose music, putting aside a graphic design diploma. To pursue his dream he moved to Turin. Despite being one of two competitors who did not receive the X Pass (Lauro had preferred the Copper Jitters to him) he conquered himselfepisode after episode, a front row seat for the grand final. He defined himself as a pop singer with a sensitive soula characteristic recognized by all the talent judges and fans of the program, who consider it beautiful and irresistible.
He has not forgotten his origins and, above all, the person who was closest to him in a very sad moment of his life. After losing his father in an accident at work, his Italian teacher helped him overcome his grief through writing. A way to overcome pain and, above all, to affirm oneself.
Damian is the only finalist to have entirely written his unpublished work, Pointpresented at the auditions. An immediate and simple text that It’s about a love story never really finished. An autobiographical story with a happy ending. The competitor recently said that he was back together with his ex-girlfriend, to whom he had dedicated the song. His emotion also reached the public: Point is the only unreleased one of the finalists of X Factor 2025 among the 50 songs the more you listen of Spotify’s Top Italy chart.
If the strong points are its originality and glamorous appearance, shaped in his image by mentor Achille Lauro, victory doesn’t seem so close. The obstacle could be a certain interpretative rigidity and, above all, a less original and refined vocality than the other 3 finalists.
Rob (Roberta Scandurra) the punk she-devil of the Iezzi team
The revelation of X Factor 2025 speaks the language of punk rock. Roberta “Rob” Scandurrawith her 80s Portobello Road clothes, bold eyeliner and iridescent hair, he seriously risks winning this edition. A bet from her pygmalion Paola Iezzi, who had initially preferred the more colorless Mayu, who left the scene at the third Live.
Rob finalist of “X Factor 2025” (VBettoja/Sky)
Born in Catania in 2005studies communication sciences and won a prestigious scholarship to the Berklee School of Music in Boston. A concentrate of energy that, performance after performance, continues to amaze the judgesin particular Achille Lauro: «You are the underdog of this edition». He has never failed a test thanks to the careful choice of songs very similar to his musical nature.
From Call me by Blondie to A small emotion by Anna OxaRob he enchanted the audience in all the languages of the world. His unpublished One hundred girls has conquered a large audience. A fast, energetic piece, rock and pop at the same timewritten together with Victor Anfray and Luca Ferraresi. For Sisal shares she is the favorite to win X Factor 2025.