Overview
- Canale 5 launched the prime‑time Serale on March 21 from Teatro 8 at the Titanus Elios studios in Rome.
- Singers Opi and Michele and dancer Antonio were cut in the first episode, reducing the field to 14.
- The judging panel features Amadeus, Cristiano Malgioglio and Elena D'Amario, with newcomer Gigi D’Alessio trading an on‑air retort with professor Anna Pettinelli: “You play records, I make them.”
- Alessandro Cattelan made his Mediaset debut with a Password game segment involving judges and professors, won by Amadeus and Alessandra Celentano over Lorella Cuccarini and Malgioglio.
- The season’s format divides contestants into teams coached by Celentano–Zerbi, Cuccarini–Peparini, and Pettinelli–Emanuel Lo, with guests including Annalisa and comedy duo Pio e Amedeo.