Andrea Faustini

Andrea Faustini
Contestant Profile
Birth Date	17 June 1994
Age	30
Hometown	Rome, Italy
Occupation	Former student Singer
11
Category	Boys
Mentor	Mel B
Placement	3/16
Gallery

Andrea Faustini (born 17 June 1994) is an Italian singer from Rome who competed in Series 11 of The X Factor as part of the Boys category, mentored by Mel B.

Due to the eliminations of Jake Quickenden, Jack Walton and Paul Akister, he was the only act left in his category and made it to the final, where he finished in 3rd place behind runner-up Fleur East and winner Ben Haenow.

Performances

Episode	Theme	Song	Result
Room Audition	Free choice	"Who's Lovin' You"	Advanced
Arena Audition	Free Choice	"Try a Little Tenderness"	Advanced
Six-Chair Challenge	Free Choice	"I Didn't Know My Own Strength"	Advanced
Judges' Houses	Free Choice	"And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going"	Advanced
Week 1	Number 1s	"Earth Song"	Safe (1st)
Week 2	1980's	"One Moment in Time"	Safe (1st)
Week 3	Songs from films	"Listen"	Safe (1st)
Week 4	Halloween	"Relight My Fire"	Safe (2nd)
Week 5	Queen vs. Michael Jackson	"Somebody to Love"	Safe (2nd)
Week 6	Big Band	"Summertime"	Safe (4th)
Week 7	Whitney Houston vs. Elton John	"I Have Nothing"	Bottom two (6th)
Week 8	Songs chosen by other artists	"Chandelier"	Safe (2nd)
	Jukebox	"Hero"
Week 9: Semi-Final	Christmas	"O Holy Night"	Bottom two (4th)
	Song to get you to the final	"Wrecking Ball"
Week 10: Final	No Theme	"Feeling Good"	Eliminated (3rd)
	Celebrity Duet	"Ghost" (With Ella Henderson)

Trivia

• In Week 7, Stevi Ritchie received more public votes than Faustini. This meant that if the result went to deadlock, Ritchie would have advanced to the quarter-final and Faustini would have been eliminated.
• In the semi-final, Lauren Platt received more public votes than Faustini. This meant that if there was not a Final Showdown or if the result went to deadlock, Platt would have advanced to the final and Faustini would have been eliminated.
• Faustini is the second act to finish last in the public vote in the week before the quarter-final and semi-final but survive both sing-offs. The first act was Cher Lloyd in Series 7. Faustini was later followed by V5 in the 2019 Celebrity spin-off.