Giorgia was reconfirmed as host for the third year in a row, while on the judges’ bench we will find Jake La Furia, Paola Iezzi and Francesco Gabbani
The countdown to X Factor 2026 has officially begun, and the puzzle of the new edition is starting to come together. In fact, they were announced today, Tuesday 26 May, i new judges who will accompany 12 talents on the path that will lead one of them to triumph. She was confirmed at the helm for the third consecutive year Georgiea singer with an incredible and much loved voice who, thanks to his conducting style, was able to conquer the public with his style and his irony. Let’s find out together who will have the difficult task of judging the new talents from the auditions up to the grand final.
x factor 2026: the new judges
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The bench of judges of the new edition will see great confirmations and an important novelty. After the farewell of Achille Lauro, in fact, Irama will arrive in his place, ready to fight for his team to triumph alongside his colleagues-adversaries Jake The Fury, Paola Iezzi And Francesco Gabbani.
Irama – pseudonym of Filippo Maria Fanti – ranked 3rd at the 2015 edition of Sanremo Youthrightfully accessing the following year’s edition of Sanremo Festival. 2016 was only the first of a long series of participations in the event: to date, despite his young age (30 years), the singer has already competed in six editions of the eventalways ranking in the top 10. 55 Platinum records, 6 Gold discs and beyond 2.5 billion streamsan imminent one concert at the San Siro Stadium in Milanand, from September, this new experience as a judge of the most famous Talent Show on Italian TV.
A meeting point for new talents
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As underlined by Giuseppe De Bellis, Executive Vice President Sport, News & Entertainment of Sky Italia, the show confirms itself as a pillar for the recording industry: “X Factor is capable of transform television into a relevant place for Italian music: not just a race, it’s the meeting point for new talentsmusic industry, pop storytelling and social conversation”.
The focus of the program therefore remains its ability to intercept the artistic and social trends of the new generationswithout losing its historical identity. This is reiterated by Marco Tombolini, CEO of Fremantle, the company that produces the program: “The biggest challenge that the team of X Factor And renew a historical format by telling, through the program, the musical and also cultural and social evolution of a new generation of young talents”.
x factor 2026 starts in September
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As always, the program will include various selection phases: Auditions, Bootcamps And Last Call. These will decree – barring changes – the team 12 talents (3 for each judge) who will access the livecompeting for 4 places in the final and the possibility of lifting the trophy.
We leave on June 2nd and 3rdin Milan at the Allianz Cloud, with the recordings of the hearingsand the arena will also be the location of the subsequent phases.
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