It won't be tomorrow, no, because today is the "good day" when everything will change. EroCaddeo makes history and reaches the final of X Factor 2025 under the proud eyes of his mother Eva and sister Morena, who hug, cry, and shout from the front rows of the Teatro Repower in Assago.
A vital cheer for the 27-year-old from Sinnai: "Mom, will you be there, right?" he asked her over the phone, proud, after having sung it to her so many times at home, to be able to dedicate Luigi Tenco's masterpiece "Vedrai, vedi" to her from such an important stage. To her who, after the tragic accident at work that took his father Giorgio away when he was just a child, raised two children alone. "Yes, I know this is certainly not the life I dreamed for us one day," Damiano sings with an intensity that pierces the screen and touches the heart, "but you'll see, it will change. " A poem that "for me tells the story of the dream of making music" and because "my mother has always encouraged me, if I'm doing it, it's thanks to her." "You are the cure and the reason we believe in love," is the sign waved by Eva and Morena, who can only answer such a plea.
Lauro is also emotional: "I know Damiano's story and I feel very close to what he's been through." "You're a kind singer," is Jake La Furia's apt compliment. "You dressed him just right," says Paola Iezzi. Social media is awash with positive comments: "Goosebumps," "A singing lesson," "Caddeo could move people even by reading the phone book."
The former Radiolina Contest winner advances to the finals on Thursday, December 4th, thanks in part to his first round performance of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida," a staple of the music scene, performed in stadiums around the world, with a full live orchestra . Wearing a white tuxedo with a giant bow ("You look like Tony Montana from Scarface," Jake teases), he brings the song into his own world, presenting it in a more sophisticated version.
The evening is a heated one, with the judges baring their teeth in defense of "their" singers. The most vocal is Francesco Gabbani, who has it in for everyone and takes the opportunity to criticize Lauro for "his choice of song," but is quickly defused: "Damiano wanted it, and I think he was credible." A small controversy that perhaps influences the vote and sends Caddeo to a runoff with Tomasi. He wins, with the splendid "Sei acqua" by Venerus, and thus opens the doors to Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples for him—along with Rob, Delia, and PierC—the great event that will crown the winner and which already promises to be an incredible show (live next Thursday from 9 pm on Sky and simultaneously on TV8). Meanwhile, his unreleased song "Punto" continues to fly across all platforms.
