Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentFremantle and Sky Italia are changing the “X Factor” format for the talent show’s upcoming Italian edition.
The show will find four teams of performers formed without making any distinctions around gender, age or even whether they are an individual artist or a band.The next edition of the globally distributed show — which in Italy plays on the Comcast-owned Sky Italia paybox — will mark the first “X Factor” in the world that is “changing a historic element of its format that has always characterized the show,” Fremantle Italy CEO Gabriele Immirzi said in a statement.He added that “today, in 2021, in agreement with Syco Entertainment, we feel this element of the format is far removed from everyday.
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