How the X Pass works
A contestant ordinarily needs unanimous approval at Bootcamp. Each judge can use one X Pass during this phase to override that requirement and move a favored artist directly into the judge's own team.
The two Bootcamp dates
Sky and Now carry the Bootcamp episodes on October 1 and 8, with later free-to-air showings on TV8 and Cielo. This is the last stage where the four judges work collectively rather than evaluating only their own teams.
The road to the live shows
Successful acts advance to Last Call on October 15, where each judge fills three chairs and may switch performers before locking a final team. The live shows begin October 22; the X Pass guarantees only a team place, not a live-show berth.
Update note: Original source-read Italian television explainer mapping the X Pass rule and the route from Bootcamp to live shows.
Original headline: X Factor, l’ora dei Bootcamp: come funziona l’X pass, come si passa alla fase successiva
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Complete October 1 explainer read and translated for the unanimity rule, one-use X Pass and phase-by-phase dates.
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