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The X Factor (British TV series) series 10

January 01, 1970

The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The tenth series began airing on ITV on 31 August, and finished on 15 December 2013. Dermot O'Leary returned to present the main show on ITV and Caroline Flack was back to present spin-off show The Xtra Factor on ITV2, along with comedian Matt Richardson, who replaced Olly Murs. Flack also presented backstage segments during the live shows. Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger returned as judges for their respective tenth, third and second series, with Sharon Osbourne returning to replace Tulisa after five series away. This was Barlow's final series as a judge. Osbourne and Scherzinger also departed the series, but reprised their roles as judges with Walsh again in series 13 and series 14.

The X Factor
Series 10
Sam Bailey performing in Gibraltar in 2015.
Hosted byDermot O'Leary (ITV)
Judges
WinnerSam Bailey
Winning mentorSharon Osbourne
Runner-upNicholas McDonald
Finals venueWembley Arena
Release
Original networkITV
ITV2 (The Xtra Factor)
Original release31 August (2013-08-31) –
15 December 2013 (2013-12-15)
Series chronology
← Previous
Series 9
Next →
Series 11
List of episodes

Auditions for the series started in March 2013 with mobile auditions taking place in 23 towns and cities. After this, open auditions in front of producers took place in April and May in London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester and Glasgow. Auditions in front of the judges occurred in June and July in the same five cities, with two types of audition: auditionees who were successful in a first audition in an audition room, used for the first time since series 5, went on to attend an audition in an arena, which replaced the rooms in series 6. After bootcamp and judges' houses, the live shows began on 12 October 2013, and ran until the final on 15 December 2013, which was won by over 25s contestant Sam Bailey. This marked the first time someone from the over 25s category had won the show since Steve Brookstein won series 1 in 2004.[1][2] It also marked the first time that Osbourne had been the winning mentor, having failed during her first stint on the show.[1] As the winner, Bailey received a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music, and also supported Beyoncé at one of her shows during the UK leg of her The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour in 2014.

This was the final series of the three-year deal signed by Simon Cowell in 2010,[3] before it was announced by ITV on 15 November that the show's contract was extended by a further three years, keeping it on air until 2016.[4]

Judges, presenters and other personnel edit

Series 10 judges
 
Nicole Scherzinger
 
Gary Barlow
 
Sharon Osbourne
 
Louis Walsh

It was reported on 22 February 2013 that Tulisa would not return for series 10, after being a judge for two series.[5] She initially denied this and said she wanted to return,[6] However, Tulisa confirmed on 21 May after months of speculation that she would be departing the show. The following day, it was confirmed that original judge Sharon Osbourne, who had been on the panel from series 1 to series 4 would join the remaining three judges from series 9, Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger, ending rumours that Scherzinger may leave to focus on her second studio album and be replaced by series 9 guest judge Mel B, which happened in series 11.[7][8]

Osbourne stated in July that she was back for just one series, "to go out on a high",[9] and during the first live show, Barlow revealed that this would be his last series on the show.[10] Walsh, who had appeared on the show since its inception, announced he would be leaving the show after this series, although he later said he "might come back" if Simon Cowell returned,[11] and later still he said he would most likely continue, claiming "I'm having so much fun this year, I might stay".[12] Walsh eventually confirmed his return for series 11, following the returns of both Cowell and Cheryl Cole.

Dermot O'Leary returned to present the main show on ITV for his seventh series,[13][14] whilst Caroline Flack came back to present spin-off show The Xtra Factor on ITV2.[15] Olly Murs, Flack's co-presenter for series 8 and 9, wanted to focus on his music career and therefore did not come back.[16] On 29 May, it was announced that comedian Matt Richardson would co-present The Xtra Factor with Flack,[17] after reports that Nick Grimshaw, Dave Berry or Rylan Clark may replace Murs.[18] Flack also presented backstage on the main X Factor programme, during the live shows on Saturdays.[19] Yvie Burnett returned as vocal coach. Brian Burke left as creative director and was replaced by Jerry Reeve and Mark "Swany" Hart.

Selection process edit

Auditions edit

Mobile auditions edit

Between 25 March and 1 April 2013, mobile auditions took place in Inverness,[20] Great Yarmouth,[21] Warrington,[22] Aberdeen,[23] Colchester,[24] Hull,[25] Dumfries,[26] Grimsby,[27] Romford,[28] Belfast,[29] Newport on the Isle of Wight,[30] Sunderland,[31] Wakefield,[32] Bangor,[33] Middlesbrough, Yeovil, Aberystwyth, Blackburn, Dublin, Blackpool, Cork, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport in Wales.[27] It was reported that around 20 people attended Colchester auditions on 26 March and producers tried to convince passers-by to audition.

Open auditions edit

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Cities where auditions were held.

For the first time since series 6, auditions took place in five cities instead of six. Open auditions in front of the show's producers began in London (ExCeL London) on 6 April[34] and continued in Birmingham (International Convention Centre) on 13 April, Cardiff (Millennium Stadium) on 20 April, and Manchester (Old Trafford) on 27 April, before concluding in Glasgow (SECC) on 1 May.[35] Auditions were not held in Liverpool this year, after it was one of the locations in the past two series.[36] Producers said that they were "mixing it up", although reports claim that they were unimpressed with talent in Liverpool, despite four finalists— Ray Quinn (series 3), Rebecca Ferguson (series 7), Marcus Collins (series 8) and Christopher Maloney (series 9)—coming from Liverpool.[36] Additionally, auditions returned to Birmingham after being replaced by Newcastle in series 9. Producers previously held auditions in Newcastle instead of Birmingham because they thought that Birmingham provided "no memorable talent", but reportedly decided to return there after "disappointing" results in Newcastle.[37] Almost 8,000 auditionees attended in London,[34] whilst Cardiff attracted at least 3,000,[38] Birmingham produced around 5,000,[39] over 4,000 auditioned in Manchester[40] and over 2,000 in Glasgow.[41]

Judges' auditions edit

This series saw the return of the original auditions format last used in series 5, where auditionees performed in a room in front of the judges. Those who were successful in the room auditions then faced a second audition in an arena—the format used since series 6—to prove they can impress an audience. If they were successful in this audition, they entered the bootcamp stage of the competition. Cowell hoped the "intimate" room auditions would increase ratings.[13][42] The room auditions in front of the judges began in Glasgow on 4 June at the Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor Hotel[43] and continued in Birmingham on 10 June at the International Convention Centre.[44] Manchester auditions took place over three days from 13 to 15 June at Old Trafford,[45][46] followed by London auditions which also took place over three days, from 19 to 21 June at ExCeL London.[47][48][non-primary source needed] Due to a lack of successful groups, extra auditions specifically for groups took place on 1 July at Price Studios in Battersea, London.[citation needed] Auditions then concluded in Cardiff on 3 July at the Motorpoint Arena.[49] The arena auditions took place at a single venue, Wembley Arena, over four days, from 15 to 18 July.[50] The broadcast of auditions started on 31 August 2013, with room auditions being shown on Saturday nights and arena auditions on Sundays.[51]

The first room audition episode aired on 31 August, and featured auditions from Cardiff, Manchester, London and Birmingham. The second room audition episode featured auditions from Manchester, Cardiff and Glasgow. The third room audition episode showcased auditions from London, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow.

Numerous contestants from previous series returned to audition again for this series, including: Amy Mottram, who was Tulisa's wildcard contestant in series 9 and failed to be chosen ahead of Maloney as the 13th contestant;[52] Terry Winstanley, who made it to judges' houses in series 8;[53] Johnny Rocco, whose audition in series 4 ended with him "cursing" Walsh after getting a "no" from all four judges;[54] John Adams, who reached bootcamp in series 8;[53] Curtis Golden, Joseph Whelan and Gathan Cheema, all of whom got to bootcamp in series 9;[53][55][56] Stephanie Woods, who got to judges' houses in series 4;[57] Jade Richards, who got to judges' houses in series 8 and bootcamp in series 9;[58] and Melanie McCabe, who got to bootcamp in series 5 and 9 and to judges' houses in series 8.[53][58] Also auditioning again were groups Rough Copy, who were initially to through to judges' houses in series 9 but had to back out due to visa problems, The Dolly Rockers, who made it to judges' houses in series 3 and James Bellamy and Duane Lamonte from Brick City who both made it to judges' houses in series 2 and series 6 respectively.[58] Another notable group to audition were 1990s pop rock band Next of Kin, who were once labelled "the British Hanson".[59]

Summary of judges' auditions
City Room auditions Arena auditions
Date(s) Venue Date(s) Venue
Glasgow 4 June 2013[13] Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor Hotel[43] —
Birmingham 10 June 2013[44] International Convention Centre
Manchester 13–15 June 2013[45][46] Old Trafford[45]
London 19–21 June 2013[47][48] ExCeL London[47] 15–18 July 2013[50] Wembley Arena[50]
1 July 2013 Price Studios
Cardiff 3 July 2013[49] Motorpoint Arena[49] —

Bootcamp/Six Chair Challenge edit

On 17 April 2013, it was reported that this series' bootcamp could be changed and be conducted abroad like judges' houses,[60][61] however, it was later confirmed that bootcamp would take place at Wembley Arena[62] over four days, across three sessions between 9 and 12 August.[63] It was reported that Cowell was planning to give advice on which acts should progress through this stage, meeting with the judges on his yacht to give opinions on the acts,[64][65] but further reports claimed that due to a pregnancy scandal, Cowell would instead speak to the judges by telephone, as he did in series 9.[65] However, this did not happen.

In a change to the usual format, the judges were allocated their categories before bootcamp,[65] via a phonecall from executive producer Richard Holloway.[66] Walsh has the Boys, Scherzinger had the Girls, Osbourne has the Over 25s and Barlow has the Groups.[63] On the first day of bootcamp, soloists were put into groups of three within their category, and groups were put into pairs. They had to perform within that pair or group, and the category judge would then decide who would continue.[66] There was then a change in the format, that saw the judges choose the acts to advance to judges' houses immediately after their bootcamp performance, instead of waiting until everyone had performed. Each judge had six places to their judges house, and they granted a 'seat' to the performers they wanted to advance in their category. However, if a judge already chose six acts for their category, they could replace them if they preferred a later performer, therefore causing bootcamp to be branded the 'ultimate game of musical chairs' or even Six Chair Challenge was introduced.[67] Bootcamp was broadcast over two episodes, each of 90 minutes, on 28 and 29 September.[68][69]

Judges' houses edit

Judges' houses took place in September. Each judge took the remaining members of their category to an overseas location, and had guests to assist them in their decisions. Walsh was assisted by Nicole Appleton and Shane Filan along with the returning Sinitta (who's Walsh's assists for the Second Time and Ninth Overall Appearances in the Judges' Houses) when he mentored the Boys in Saint-Tropez, France, in a property worth £10.5 million, next door to a property owned by Nicolas Sarkozy, whose gardeners interrupted filming.[70] Osbourne took the Over 25s to her own home in Beverly Hills, California,[70] assisted by Robbie Williams; Barlow was assisted by series 6 runner-up and former The Xtra Factor co-presenter Olly Murs to mentor the Groups in New York City; and Scherzinger took the Girls to Antigua with Mary J. Blige,[71] staying at the St James Club resort.[70] Groups Code 4 and Rough Copy were forced to lose a member each during judges' houses because of visa problems.[72] At judges' houses, Each act performed two songs for their mentor and his/her guest judge, although only one song was mentioned and shown on the main show, with the other song shown on The Xtra Factor instead (although only the acts who made it to the live shows had their second songs shown). Judges' houses was broadcast over two programmes, on 5 and 6 October.[73][74]

Judges Houses Performances

Boys:

Groups:

Over 25s:

Girls:

Summary of judges' houses
Judge Category Location[71] Assistant(s)[71] Acts Eliminated
Barlow Groups New York City Olly Murs Brick City, Code 4, Xyra[75]
Osbourne Over 25s Beverly Hills Robbie Williams Zoe Devlin, Andrea Magee, Joseph Whelan[76]
Scherzinger Girls Antigua Mary J. Blige Relley C, Melanie McCabe, Jade Richards[77]
Walsh Boys Saint-Tropez Nicole Appleton, Shane Filan and Sinitta Paul Akister, Ryan Mathie, Giles Potter[78]

Acts edit

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-Up
Act Age(s) Hometown Category (mentor) Result
Sam Bailey 36 Leicester Over 25s (Osbourne) Winner
Nicholas McDonald 17 North Lanarkshire Boys (Walsh) Runner-Up
Luke Friend 17 Teignmouth Boys (Walsh) 3rd Place
Rough Copy 24–27 Various Groups (Barlow) 4th Place
Tamera Foster 16 Gravesend Girls (Scherzinger) 5th Place
Hannah Barrett 17 South Norwood 6th Place
Sam Callahan 19 Essex Boys (Walsh) 7th Place
Abi Alton 19 Guisborough Girls (Scherzinger) 8th Place
Kingsland Road 19–25 East London Groups (Barlow) 9th Place
Miss Dynamix 16–22 Various 10th Place
Shelley Smith 35 Farringdon Over 25s (Osbourne) 11th Place
Lorna Simpson 26 South Norwood 12th Place

Live shows edit

The live shows started on 12 October.[79] As in previous series, each week's song choices followed a particular theme. Each contestant performed on Saturday, while eliminations and guest performances took place on Sunday. For the first three weeks, a new "flash vote" took place at the end of each Saturday night show, where the voting lines opened for about eight minutes, and the act with the fewest votes faced the "sing-off" (formerly called the "final showdown") on Sunday. Voting lines for the remaining contestants then reopened, and stayed open until the Sunday shows,[80] where the second contestant to face the "sing-off" was revealed.[81] "Deadlock", where the act with the fewest public votes is eliminated after the judges' votes are tied, was eliminated while there was a flash vote,[82] and instead, in the event that judges' votes were tied, the contestant that lost the flash vote was eliminated. However, in week 4 the flash vote was rested because of Nile Rodgers and Chic's performance, meaning there was not enough time at the end of the show for the flash vote, and "deadlock" would have returned if the judges' votes had been tied,[83] and the flash vote did not return after this. Deadlock was used in weeks 8 and 9 due to tie votes from the judges.[84][85]

The final took place at the normal venue, Wembley Arena[86] on 14 and 15 December 2013.[87]

Musical guests edit

Each results show featured musical performances from at least two artists, while occasionally, artists performed on the main performances show. Ellie Goulding and Cher performed on the first results show,[88] Robin Thicke and Katy Perry performed on the second,[89] and The Wanted and Lady Gaga performed on the third.[90] Nile Rodgers and Chic performed a medley of three songs on the fourth live show, in what was billed as a "special edition" of The X Factor.[91] Little Mix performed on the fourth live results show, followed by Taylor Swift with Gary Lightbody.[92] Robbie Williams and Celine Dion appeared on the fifth results show,[93] though Dion's performance was pre-recorded.[94] The sixth live results show featured performances from judge Gary Barlow,[95] who was relaunching his solo career,[96] and Miley Cyrus.[95] Olly Murs performed on the seventh live show,[97] then JLS, Mary J. Blige with Jessie J, and One Direction performed on the seventh live results show.[97] Rebecca Ferguson and James Arthur performed on the eighth results show,[84] Leona Lewis and Michael Bublé performed on the semi-final live results show,[85] Tom Odell and The Killers performed in the first show of the final,[98] and One Direction, Perry, Elton John and Barlow performed in the second show of the final.[99]

Results summary edit

Colour key

  Act in team Nicole

  Act in team Gary

  Act in team Sharon

  Act in team Louis

  – Act did not face the public vote because they were already in the sing-off
  – Act received the fewest public votes or was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the sing-off
  – Act received the fewest public votes and was eliminated immediately
  – Act was given a "Bye Week" and automatically advanced to the following week
  – Act received the most public votes
Weekly results per act[100]
Act Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final
Saturday Vote Sunday Vote1 Saturday Vote Sunday Vote1 Saturday Vote Sunday Vote1 Saturday Vote Sunday Vote1
Sam Bailey 1st
23.4% 		2nd
23.3% 		2nd
16.8% 		2nd
17.4% 		1st
27.0% 		1st
27.0% 		1st
31.1% 		1st
28.4% 		2nd
26.5% 		1st
36.0% 		1st
27.4% 		1st
29.6% 		1st
38.2% 		Winner
53.4%
Nicholas McDonald 2nd
23.3% 		1st
23.5% 		1st
28.1% 		1st
27.1% 		2nd
25.3% 		2nd
24.8% 		2nd
18.2% 		2nd
20.2% 		1st
31.4% 		2nd
23.9% 		2nd
25.1% 		2nd
28.2% 		2nd
32.1% 		Runner-Up
36.3%
Luke Friend 9th
3.4% 		9th
3.5% 		7th
5.9% 		8th
6.0% 		3rd
7.9% 		3rd
7.5% 		6th
7.0% 		5th
9.0% 		6th
8.0% 		3rd
13.0% 		4th
19.3% 		3rd
26.7% 		3rd
29.7% 		Eliminated
(final)
Rough Copy 3rd
18.4% 		3rd
16.4% 		5th
8.6% 		4th
10.2% 		8th
6.2% 		6th
6.7% 		5th
7.5% 		3rd
11.1% 		4th
8.7% 		6th
8.7% 		3rd
19.7% 		4th
15.5% 		Eliminated
(semi-final)
Tamera Foster 6th
4.9% 		7th
5.1% 		4th
9.4% 		5th
9.2% 		4th
7.7% 		4th
7.3% 		9th
4.7% 		4th
10.0% 		5th
8.3% 		4th
9.3% 		5th
8.5% 		Eliminated
(quarter-final)
Hannah Barrett 5th
5.3% 		5th
5.2% 		3rd
12.7% 		3rd
10.4% 		7th
6.2% 		9th
5.9% 		3rd
12.0% 		7th
7.1% 		3rd
9.9% 		5th
9.1% 		Eliminated
(week 7)
Sam Callahan 8th
3.5% 		6th
5.1% 		8th
5.1% 		7th
6.6% 		9th
4.8% 		8th
6.0% 		4th
7.6% 		6th
8.0% 		7th
7.1% 		Eliminated
(week 6)
Abi Alton 4th
9.2% 		4th
9.0% 		6th
6.1% 		6th
6.9% 		5th
6.6% 		5th
7.1% 		7th
6.7% 		8th
6.2% 		Eliminated
(week 5)
Kingsland Road 7th
3.7% 		8th
4.1% 		10th
3.6% 		— 6th
6.5% 		7th
6.6% 		8th
5.2% 		Eliminated
(week 4)
Miss Dynamix 10th
1.8% 		10th
2.2% 		Bye Week2 10th
1.8% 		— Eliminated
(week 3)
Shelley Smith 12th
1.5% 		— 9th
3.7% 		9th
4.3% 		Eliminated
(week 2)
Lorna Simpson 11th
1.6% 		11th
1.7% 		Eliminated
(week 1)
Final Showdown Simpson,
Smith 		Kingsland Road,
Smith 		Barrett,
Miss Dynamix 		Foster,
Kingsland Road 		Alton,
Barrett 		Cahallan,
Friend 		Barrett,
Rough Copy 		Foster,
Friend 		Friend,
Rough Copy 		No sing-off or judges' votes: results based on public votes alone
Judges voted to Eliminate Send Through
Walsh's vote (Boys) Simpson Smith —3 Kingsland Road —4 None (abstained) Barrett Foster Friend
Osbourne's vote (Over 25s) None (abstained) Kingsland Road Miss Dynamix Kingsland Road Alton —5 Barrett Foster Friend
Barlow's vote (Groups) Smith Smith Barrett Foster Alton Callahan Barrett Friend Rough Copy
Scherzinger's vote (Girls) Simpson Smith Miss Dynamix Kingsland Road None (abstained) Callahan Rough Copy Friend Rough Copy
Eliminated Lorna Simpson
2 of 3 votes
Majority 		Shelley Smith
3 of 4 votes
Majority 		Miss Dynamix
2 of 3 votes
Flash Vote 		Kingsland Road
3 of 4 votes
Majority 		Abi Alton
2 of 2 votes
Majority 		Sam Callahan
2 of 2 votes
Majority 		Hannah Barrett
3 of 4 votes
Majority 		Tamera Foster
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock 		Rough Copy
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock 		Luke Friend
28.8%
to save 		Nicholas McDonald
36.2%
to win
Reference(s) [88] [101] [90] [102] [93] [95] [97] [84] [85] [103] [1]
  • ^1 Owing to the freezing of votes, the voting percentages in Weeks 1, 2 and 3, as well as the Final for all the Sunday Votes do not add up to 100%. Shelley Smith received 0.5% of the Sunday Vote in Week 1, Kingsland Road received 1.1% of the Sunday Vote in Week 2, Miss Dynamix received 0.5% of the Sunday Vote in Week 3 and Luke Friend received 10.3% of the Sunday Vote in the Final.[100]
  • ^2 Miss Dynamix were given a bye in Week 2 as band member SeSe Foster was too ill to perform. Miss Dynamix automatically advanced to Week 3.[104]
  • ^3 Walsh did not need to vote as Scherzinger and Osbourne had already voted to eliminate Miss Dynamix; having lost the flash vote, they would have been eliminated regardless of Walsh's decision. Walsh said he would have voted to eliminate Miss Dynamix.
  • ^4 Walsh did not need to vote as there was already a majority. He said he would have voted to eliminate Abi Alton.
  • ^5 Osbourne did not need to vote as there was already a majority. She said she would have voted to eliminate Sam Callahan.

Live show details edit

Week 1 (12/13 October) edit

Acts' performances on the first live show
Act Category (mentor) Order Song[106] Year Result[88]
Hannah Barrett Girls (Scherzinger) 1 "What's Love Got to Do with It" 1984 Safe
Nicholas McDonald Boys (Walsh) 2 "True" 1983 Safe (Highest Votes- Sunday Public Vote)
Miss Dynamix Groups (Barlow) 3 "Jump (for My Love)" 1984 Safe
Sam Bailey Over 25s (Osbourne) 4 "The Power of Love" 1984 Safe (Highest Votes- Saturday Flash Vote)
Sam Callahan Boys (Walsh) 5 "Summer of '69" 1985 Safe
Kingsland Road Groups (Barlow) 6 "I'm Your Man"
Shelley Smith Over 25s (Osbourne) 7 "Alone" 1987 Lost Saturday Flash Vote
Abi Alton Girls (Scherzinger) 8 "Livin' on a Prayer" 1986 Safe
Lorna Simpson Over 25s (Osbourne) 9 "So Emotional" 1987 Lost Sunday Public Vote
Tamera Foster Girls (Scherzinger) 10 "Ain't Nobody" 1983 Safe
Luke Friend Boys (Walsh) 11 "Every Breath You Take"
Rough Copy Groups (Barlow) 12 "In the Air Tonight" 1981
Sing-off details[88]
Shelley Smith Over 25s (Osbourne) 1 "One Night Only" Saved
Lorna Simpson Over 25s (Osbourne) 2 "There You'll Be" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate[88]
  • Osbourne abstained from voting as both acts were in her category.
  • Walsh: Lorna Simpson – gave no reason.
  • Barlow: Shelley Smith – said that Smith was only in the bottom two through a poor song choice, but felt that Simpson would go further in the competition.
  • Scherzinger: Lorna Simpson – thought that there was "more to see from" Smith.

However, if the result was tied, Simpson would have been saved.

Week 2 (19/20 October) edit

Acts' performances on the second live show
Act Category (mentor) Order Song[108] Result[101]
Sam Bailey Over 25s (Osbourne) 1 "Make You Feel My Love" Safe
Kingsland Road Groups (Barlow) 2 "Marry You" Lost Saturday Flash Vote
Nicholas McDonald Boys (Walsh) 3 "She's the One" Safe (Highest Votes - Saturday And Sunday Votes)
Abi Alton Girls (Scherzinger) 4 "Can't Get You Out of My Head" Safe
Shelley Smith Over 25s (Osbourne) 5 "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" Lost Sunday Public Vote
Miss Dynamix Groups (Barlow) 6 Bye Week2 Automatically Advanced
Sam Callahan Boys (Walsh) 7 "I Won't Give Up" Safe
Tamera Foster Girls (Scherzinger) 8 "Beneath Your Beautiful"
Luke Friend Boys (Walsh) 9 "Let Her Go"
Rough Copy Groups (Barlow) 10 "I Want It That Way"
Hannah Barrett Girls (Scherzinger) 11 "Beautiful"
Sing-off details[101]
Kingsland Road Groups (Barlow) 1 "Try" Saved
Shelley Smith Over 25s (Osbourne) 2 "Stop!" Eliminated

^1 Due to band member SeSe Foster being in the hospital, Miss Dynamix did not perform and were given a bye week which automatically advanced them to the following week.[104] They would have performed "Dreams",[108] but actually performed the song the following week.[109]

Judges' votes to eliminate[101]
  • Barlow: Shelley Smith – gave no reason but effectively backed his own act, Kingsland Road.
  • Osbourne: Kingsland Road – backed her own act, Shelley Smith.
  • Scherzinger: Shelley Smith – based on the fact that she saved Smith the previous week.
  • Walsh: Shelley Smith – felt Kingsland Road had more potential.

However, if Walsh tied the result, Kingsland Road would have been eliminated.

Week 3 (26/27 October) edit

Acts' performances on the third live show
Act Category (mentor) Order Song[109] Film Result[90]
Rough Copy Groups (Barlow) 1 "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Safe
Sam Callahan Boys (Walsh) 2 "All I Want Is You" Reality Bites
Hannah Barrett Girls (Scherzinger) 3 "Skyfall" Skyfall Lost Sunday Public Vote
Nicholas McDonald Boys (Walsh) 4 "Angel" City of Angels Safe
Abi Alton Girls (Scherzinger) 5 "Moon River" Breakfast at Tiffany's
Miss Dynamix Groups (Barlow) 6 "Dreams" Magnolia Lost Saturday Flash Vote
Sam Bailey Over 25s (Osbourne) 7 "My Heart Will Go On" Titanic Safe (Highest Votes - Saturday And Sunday Votes)
Kingsland Road Groups (Barlow) 8 "Oh, Pretty Woman" Pretty Woman Safe
Luke Friend Boys (Walsh) 9 "Kiss from a Rose" Batman Forever
Tamera Foster Girls (Scherzinger) 10 "Listen" Dreamgirls
Sing-off details[90]
Hannah Barrett Girls (Scherzinger) 1 "Read All About It, Pt. III" Saved
Miss Dynamix Groups (Barlow) 2 "Don't You Worry Child" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate[90]
  • Scherzinger: Miss Dynamix – backed her own act, Hannah Barrett.
  • Barlow: Hannah Barrett – backed his own act, Miss Dynamix, but was surprised Barrett was in the sing off due to her performance from the previous night being one of his favourites.
  • Osbourne: Miss Dynamix – gave no reason.
  • Walsh was not required to vote, but stated he would have eliminated Miss Dynamix.

Week 4 (2/3 November) edit

The flash vote was cancelled this week because of lack of time, due to Rodgers and Chic's performance, and the two acts receiving the fewest votes were announced during Sunday's results show.[83]

Acts' performances on the fourth live show
Act Category (mentor) Order Song[112] Result[102]
Luke Friend Boys (Walsh) 1 "Play That Funky Music" Safe
Kingsland Road Groups (Barlow) 2 "Blame It on the Boogie" Bottom Two
Tamera Foster Girls (Scherzinger) 3 "Wishing on a Star"
Sam Callahan Boys (Walsh) 4 "Relight My Fire" Safe
Rough Copy Groups (Barlow) 5 "September"
Abi Alton Girls (Scherzinger) 6 "I Will Survive"
Nicholas McDonald Boys (Walsh) 7 "Rock with You"
Hannah Barrett Girls (Scherzinger) 8 "Somebody Else's Guy"
Sam Bailey Over 25s (Osbourne) 9 "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" Safe (Highest Votes)
Sing-off details[102]
Kingsland Road Groups (Barlow) 1 "I Won't Let You Go" Eliminated
Tamera Foster Girls (Scherzinger) 2 "I Have Nothing" Saved
Judges' votes to eliminate[102]
  • Scherzinger: Kingsland Road – backed her own act, Tamera Foster.
  • Barlow: Tamera Foster – backed his own act, Kingsland Road.
  • Osbourne: Kingsland Road – gave no comment; she later said on The Xtra Factor that she could not think of a reason to send them home nor to justify keeping them in the competition despite her own fondness for them.
  • Walsh: Kingsland Road – said that Foster "sang her heart out" in her sing-off performance and had "star quality".

However, voting statistics revealed that Kingsland Road received more votes than Foster which meant that if Walsh sent the result to deadlock, Kingsland Road would have been saved.

Week 5 (9/10 November) edit

The acts performed with a 36-piece live band, instead of a backing track.[93] The flash vote did not return this week, and a show source said there were no plans for it to return.[113] Cowell made an appearance during rehearsals via VT this week and told the final 8 they would be taking part in the 2014 live tour.[114]

Acts' performances on the fifth live show
Act Category (mentor) Order Song[115] Big Band Artist Result[93]
Abi Alton Girls (Scherzinger) 1 "That's Life" Frank Sinatra Bottom Two
Sam Bailey Over 25s (Osbourne) 2 "Theme from New York, New York" Liza Minnelli Safe (Highest Votes)
Nicholas McDonald Boys (Walsh) 3 "Dream a Little Dream of Me" The Mamas and the Papas Safe
Luke Friend 4 "Moondance" Van Morrison
Hannah Barrett Girls (Scherzinger) 5 "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" James Brown Bottom Two
Rough Copy Groups (Barlow) 6 "Hit the Road Jack" Ray Charles Safe
Tamera Foster Girls (Scherzinger) 7 "Cry Me a River" Julie London
Sam Callahan Boys (Walsh) 8 "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" Dean Martin
Sing-off details[93]
Abi Alton Girls (Scherzinger) 1 "Lego House" Eliminated
Hannah Barrett Girls (Scherzinger) 2 "Wrecking Ball" Saved
Judges' votes to eliminate[93]
  • Scherzinger abstained from voting as both acts were in her category.
  • Barlow: Abi Alton – based on the sing-off performances.
  • Osbourne: Abi Alton – gave no reason.
  • Walsh was not required to vote but stated he would have eliminated Alton.

Week 6 (16/17 November) edit

A minimum of 15p from every contestant vote cast, plus a minimum of 50p from every track downloaded from this weekend's live performances, will be donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee's relief efforts following Typhoon Haiyan.[118]

Acts' performances on the sixth live show
Act Category (mentor) Order Song[119] British Artist Result[95]
Hannah Barrett Girls (Scherzinger) 1 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones Safe
Luke Friend Boys (Walsh) 2 "Your Song" Elton John Bottom Two
Sam Bailey Over 25s (Osbourne) 3 "Something" The Beatles Safe
Rough Copy Groups (Barlow) 4 "Viva la Vida" Coldplay
Sam Callahan Boys (Walsh) 5 "Faith" George Michael Bottom Two
Tamera Foster Girls (Scherzinger) 6 "Diamonds Are Forever" Shirley Bassey Safe
Nicholas McDonald Boys (Walsh) 7 "Someone like You" Adele Safe (Highest Votes)
Sing-off details[95]
Luke Friend Boys (Walsh) 1 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" Saved
Sam Callahan Boys (Walsh) 2 "Iris" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate[95]
  • Walsh abstained from voting as both acts were in his category.
  • Scherzinger: Sam Callahan – said Friend was the better singer.
  • Barlow: Sam Callahan – gave no reason.
  • Osbourne was not required to vote, but stated she would have eliminated Callahan.

Week 7 (23/24 November) edit

Acts' performances on the sixth live show
Act Category (mentor) Order Song[121] Previous Finalist Result
Nicholas McDonald Boys (Walsh) 1 "The Climb" Joe McElderry Safe
Hannah Barrett Girls (Scherzinger) 2 "Hallelujah" Alexandra Burke Bottom Two
Luke Friend Boys (Walsh) 3 "What Makes You Beautiful" One Direction Safe
Rough Copy Groups (Barlow) 4 "Don't Let Go (Love)" Little Mix Bottom Two
Tamera Foster Girls (Scherzinger) 5 "Impossible" James Arthur Safe
Sam Bailey Over 25s (Osbourne) 6 "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis Safe (Highest Votes)
Sing-off details[97]
Hannah Barrett Girls (Scherzinger) 1 "I'd Rather Go Blind" Eliminated
Rough Copy Groups (Barlow) 2 "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" Saved
Judges' votes to eliminate[97]
  • Scherzinger: Rough Copy – backed her own act, Hannah Barrett.
  • Barlow: Hannah Barrett – gave no reason, but effectively backed his own act, Rough Copy.
  • Osbourne: Hannah Barrett – because it was Barrett's third time in the bottom two.
  • Walsh: Hannah Barrett – gave no reason, but on The Xtra Factor he said that it was because Barrett had been in the sing-off three times and Rough Copy had more to give.[122]

However, voting statistics revealed that Barrett received more votes than Rough Copy which meant that if Walsh sent the result to deadlock, Barrett would have advanced to the quarter-final and Rough Copy would have been eliminated.

Week 8: Quarter-Final (30 November/1 December) edit

For the first time this series, the acts performed two songs each. One song was chosen by a public vote via the official The X Factor app.[123] On 24 November, the song choices for the public were revealed.[127]

List of song choices for the jukebox week theme
Act Category (mentor) Song Choices[127] Result[128] Percentage[129]
Luke Friend Boys (Walsh) "Bridge over Troubled Water" Not Chosen 33.0%
"Skinny Love" Chosen 42.0%
"One Day Like This" Not Chosen 25.0%
Nicholas McDonald "The Prayer" 11.0%
"Amazed" 20.2%
"Just the Way You Are" Chosen 68.8%
Rough Copy Groups (Barlow) "End of the Road" Not Chosen 38.4%
"I Believe I Can Fly" Chosen 46.5%
"If You Ever" Not Chosen 15.1%
Sam Bailey Over 25s (Osbourne) "The Living Years" 10.3%
"Clown" Chosen 54.4%
"Without You" Not Chosen 35.3%
Tamera Foster Girls (Scherzinger) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Chosen 46.0%
"This Woman's Work" Not Chosen 20.9%
"Emotion" 33.1%
Acts' performances in the quarter-final
Act Category (mentor) Order First song[128] Theme[128] Order Second song[128] Theme[128] Result[84]
Nicholas McDonald Boys (Walsh) 1 "Just the Way You Are" Viewers' Choice 6 "Greatest Day" Musical Hero Safe
Sam Bailey Over 25s (Osbourne) 2 "How Will I Know" Musical Hero 7 "Clown" Viewers' Choice Safe (Highest Votes)
Tamera Foster Girls (Scherzinger) 3 "We Found Love" Musical Hero 9 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Viewers' choice Bottom Two
Luke Friend Boys (Walsh) 4 "Skinny Love" Viewers' Choice 8 "I Will Wait" Musical Hero
Rough Copy Groups (Barlow) 5 "Every Little Step"/"She's Got That Vibe" Musical Hero 10 "I Believe I Can Fly" Viewers' Choice Safe
Sing-off details[84]
Tamera Foster Girls (Scherzinger) 1 "The Voice Within" Eliminated
Luke Friend Boys (Walsh) 2 "Run" Saved
Judges' votes to eliminate[84]
  • Scherzinger: Luke Friend – backed her own act, Tamera Foster, but said that Friend had a gift that no one could take away from him.
  • Walsh: Tamera Foster – backed his own act, Luke Friend, who he said was better in the sing-off.
  • Osbourne: Tamera Foster – said that Friend delivered "an organic natural performance" in the sing-off.
  • Barlow: Luke Friend – could not decide so chose to take the vote to deadlock; he further explained his statement by saying that Friend had one of his "best nights" but thought Foster had "come back strong" in the quarter-final and that she was going to be "one of the biggest stars after the series".

With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Foster was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 9: Semi-Final (7/8 December) edit

Acts' performances in the semi-final
Act Category (mentor) Order Beyoncé song[131] Order Elton John song[131] Result[85]
Luke Friend Boys (Walsh) 1 "Best Thing I Never Had" 6 "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" Bottom Two
Nicholas McDonald Boys (Walsh) 2 "Halo" 5 "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" Safe
Sam Bailey Over 25s (Osbourne) 3 "If I Were a Boy" 8 "Candle in the Wind" Safe (Highest Votes)
Rough Copy Groups (Barlow) 4 "Survivor" 7 "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" Bottom Two
Sing-off details[85]
Luke Friend Boys (Walsh) 1 "Somewhere Only We Know" Saved
Rough Copy Groups (Barlow) 2 "End of the Road" Eliminated
Judges' votes to send through to the final[85]
  • Barlow: Rough Copy – gave no reason but essentially backed his own act, Rough Copy.
  • Walsh: Luke Friend – gave no reason but essentially backed his own act, Luke Friend.
  • Scherzinger: Rough Copy – gave no reason.
  • Osbourne: Luke Friend – could not decide so chose to take the vote to deadlock.

With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Friend advanced to the final as the act with the most public votes.[85]

Week 10: Final (14/15 December) edit

14 December
Acts' performances on the Saturday Final
Act Category (mentor) Order New Song[98] Order Duet Song[98] Partner Result[103]
Nicholas McDonald Boys (Walsh) 1 "Candy" 5 "Flying Without Wings" Shane Filan Safe
Sam Bailey Over 25s (Osbourne) 2 "The Edge of Glory" 6 "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" Nicole Scherzinger Safe (Highest Votes)
Luke Friend Boys (Walsh) 3 "We Are Young" 4 "Anything Could Happen" Ellie Goulding Eliminated

Luke Friend received the fewest public votes and was automatically eliminated.[103]

15 December
Acts' performances on the Sunday Final
Act Category (mentor) Order Favourite song[133] Order Winner's song[135] Result[1]
Nicholas McDonald Boys (Walsh) 1 "Angel" 3 "Superman (It's Not Easy)" Runner-Up
Sam Bailey Over 25s (Osbourne) 2 "The Power of Love" 4 "Skyscraper" Winner

Prize edit

As the winner, Sam Bailey received a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music, she went on to join Beyoncé Knowles for one night in Birmingham, on the UK leg of her The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour in 2014.[136] Bailey's winner's single "Skyscraper" was released on 16 December, the day after she won,[135][137] and sold over 100,000 copies to become the Christmas number one on 22 December. This made Bailey the first X Factor winner since Matt Cardle in 2010 to gain the Christmas number one (series 8 winners Little Mix and series 9 winner James Arthur both released their winners' singles two weeks before the Christmas chart, thus avoiding the Christmas number-one battle, although they both charted in the top three of the Christmas chart regardless).[137] On 24 November, it was revealed that the winner's single, like Arthur's, would be a charity release to raise money for Together for Short Lives, and also the Great Ormond Street Hospital.[138] If Nicholas McDonald had won, he would have released "Superman (It's Not Easy)" as his winner's single.[135]

Reception edit

Ratings edit

The series launch on 31 August 2013 received average overnight ratings of 8.78 million, a 40% share of the viewing audience at that time, and peaked at 9.08 million. The average rating was 680,000 more viewers than the series 9 launch, but still 2.5 million fewer than the series 8 launch.[139] The first Sunday show the following night attracted average overnight ratings of 9.21 million, a 36.2% audience share.[140] This was officially the highest rated episode of the series.[141] The following Saturday, on 7 September, the ratings dropped to 840,000 fewer than the launch, an overnight rating of 7.94 million.[142] The second Sunday show saw viewers fall by 300,000 viewers compared to the previous Sunday, but it was up by more than 1 million on the fourth auditions episode of series 9.[143][144] The ratings for the third Saturday show were up on the second by 710,000, with an average overnight rating of 8.65 million.[145] The next day, the average overnight ratings reached 9.08 million[146] and peaked at 10.7 million.[147] The final weekend of auditions saw viewers decrease by around 200,000 on the Saturday,[148] though the next day saw the show reach a new peak audience of 9.42 million, according to overnight figures.[149]

Summary of episode ratings
Episode Air date Duration (minutes)1 Share (%) Official ITV rating
(millions)[141] 		Official ITV HD rating
(millions)[150] 		Official ITV+1 rating
(millions)[151] 		Total viewers
(millions) 		Weekly rank[141]3
Auditions 1 31 August 80 40.0[139] 8.69 1.30 0.48 10.47 2
Auditions 2 1 September 60 36.2[140] 9.21 1.20 0.78 11.19 1
Auditions 3 7 September 60 36.3[142] 7.94 1.30 0.39 9.63 2
Auditions 4 8 September 60 35.5[143] 8.89 1.38 0.58 10.85 1
Auditions 5 14 September 60 40.0[145] 8.34 1.44 0.43 10.21 3
Auditions 6 15 September 60 34.7[146] 8.86 1.34 0.61 10.81 1
Auditions 7 21 September 60 38.2[148] 8.30 1.37 0.38 10.05 3
Auditions 8 22 September 60 37.3[149] 9.15 1.47 0.49 11.11 2
Bootcamp 1 28 September 90 34.6[152] 7.75 1.21 —2 8.96 9
Bootcamp 2 29 September 90 37.3[153] 9.12 1.38 0.31 10.81 2
Judges' houses 1 5 October 110 34.8[154] 8.14 1.46 0.32 9.92 3
Judges' houses 2 6 October 110 32.8[155] 7.85 1.28 0.40 9.53 6
Live show 1 12 October 135 33.3[156] 7.72 1.30 0.31 9.33 5
Live results 1 13 October 60 35.8[157] 8.79 1.28 —2 10.07 3
Live show 2 19 October 125 32.9[158] 7.50 1.10 0.39 8.99 10
Live results 2 20 October 60 32.9[159] 8.12 1.25 0.33 9.70 7
Live show 3 26 October 120 33.7[160] 7.40 1.21 0.31 8.92 12
Live results 3 27 October 60 33.5[161] 8.29 1.18 —2 9.47 7
Live show 4 2 November 110 33.2[162] 7.53 1.15 —2 8.68 10
Live results 4 3 November 60 31.7[163] 7.90 1.10 0.36 9.36 9
Live show 5 9 November 95 34.5[164] 8.14 1.18 —2 9.32 10
Live results 5 10 November 60 34.1[165] 8.38 1.26 —2 9.64 8
Live show 6 16 November 90 34.9[166] 7.74 1.39 0.33 9.46 8
Live results 6 17 November 60 33.0[167] 8.59 1.19 —2 9.78 5
Live show 7 23 November 90 27.2[168] 7.26 1.24 0.37 8.87 16
Live results 7 24 November 60 33.3[169] 8.34 1.21 —2 9.55 11
Live show 8 30 November 90 32.2[170] 7.29 1.20 —2 8.49 17
Live results 8 1 December 60 29.4[171] 6.86 1.37 0.33 8.56 16
Live show 9 7 December 90 35.5[172] 7.84 1.23 —2 9.07 13
Live results 9 8 December 60 34.3[173] 8.34 1.23 —2 9.57 12
Live final 14 December 125 34.9[174] 7.79 1.32 0.32 9.43 7
Live final results 15 December 120 36.3[175] 8.92 1.28 —2 10.20 3
Series average — 34.5 8.16 1.28 0.414 9.69 —

1 Includes advert breaks
2 The ITV+1 figure for this episode is unavailable as it was outside the top 10 programmes of the week on BARB.
3 The rank for the ITV broadcast, compared with all channels for that week, from Monday to Sunday.
4 The average figure for ITV+1 includes only the episodes with figures available.

Controversy and criticism edit

Trailer edit

The mash-up video trailer promoting the tenth series was published as a "mash up of all the best a decade of X Factor has to offer" on 25 July 2013. The trailer consists of various music videos from 13 past contestants: winners Shayne Ward, Leona Lewis, Alexandra Burke, Joe McElderry, Little Mix and James Arthur, and finalists One Direction, JLS, Olly Murs, Union J, Amelia Lily, Cher Lloyd and Misha B.[176] However, fans questioned the absence of successful contestants Diana Vickers and Rebecca Ferguson, and winners Steve Brookstein, Leon Jackson and Matt Cardle were also not included.[177] Cardle's manager Will Talbot said that he believed the show was "attempting to erase Matt from the history books. [...] In truth, it pretty much sums up Syco's attitude to him during the months after he inconveniently (for them) won the show. Unfortunately there is a misconception that Matt has slagged off the show and fallen out with Sony but this is not true."[178] Cardle later described being omitted from the advert as "disappointing", especially for fans who would have liked to have seen him in it.[179] Melanie C, who has collaborated with Cardle, was more critical, saying: "I think it's really f****** rude the way they have left him out."[180]

Format changes edit

The change to the format of the auditions was criticised by Alex Fletcher from entertainment news website Digital Spy, who said he could not see the logic in having auditions broadcast on both Saturdays and Sundays, as complaints from series 9 were not about needing extra auditions, but about "dour judges" and "underwhelming finalists".[181] He praised the return of the audition room but felt that "the producers and [Simon] Cowell evidently weren't confident in the format change and have kept the arena auditions as an extra second round," stating that the Bootcamp stage of the competition could have been used to show "how the acts cope under pressure with a live audience," adding that "the Sunday show feels like a bit of a formality"[181] and "generally the singers who stun us on Saturday will impress again on Sunday."[181] He said that "the extra Sunday helping of The X Factor will still rate much higher than anything else that was going to air in that slot for ITV. So for the bean counters and X Factor PR machine it will probably be labelled a hit. In the long-term, however, I fear this 'Supersized X Factor' may lead some viewers to reach for their remotes suffering from reality TV fatigue."[181]

Additionally, Fletcher was critical of the format change to bootcamp, saying "The show can be cruel for those taking part, brutal for those who don't make the grade, and its fickleness is nothing compared to the harsh realities of the music industry. However, the argument that 'the music industry is meaner' fell apart this week. [...] I refuse to believe that anyone in the music industry has even been given a contract, told they're brilliant and then forced to watch 15 other people sing and have that contract ripped up in front of their faces. And even if they have, I bet they didn't have an audience of 4,000 people chanting at them to be on their way. This was reality TV at its most cruel."[182] He wondered if the change was a "desperate attempt to create interest in a series that has performed solidly in the ratings, but without creating any real talking points or memorable moments",[182] and said that "watching Karen Harding, Lydia Lucy and Sheena McHugh get put into the Top 6 and then have the dream of a spot at Judges' Houses snatched away from them felt needlessly mean. Whether the trio deserved to make Judges' Houses or not felt irrelevant. The audience finger-pointing and the chanting of 'Swap! Swap! Swap!' made the whole process terribly ugly."[182] He questioned the show's producers' "need to make it even more vicious", opined that the new twist "definitely undermines the credibility of the show's judges", and said, "The whole twist felt contrived and unpleasant, and I hope it won't be returning in 2014."[182]

Fans and viewers of the show also criticised the bootcamp format, with some viewers said to be fearing for the contestants' wellbeing, with one calling it "blood sport". Singer Lily Allen, who watched the show, said, "When did become alright to f*** with people's minds. X Factor has got fully mean."[183] Contestant Lydia Lucy, who was initially chosen to be in Scherzinger's final six but was replaced by Abi Alton, said, "It still hasn't sunk in. I've been absolutely devastated. [...] If Simon Cowell was in front of me now I'd tell him to change the format back to how it was. This way is like dangling a carrot in front of someone and then taking it away."[184]

The new "flash vote" twist during the live shows was met negatively by Lorna Simpson, who was the first contestant to be eliminated. Simpson said it was unfair that she had far less time to prepare than fellow sing-off contestant Shelley Smith, claiming "They set me up to go out in the first week".[185] It was reported that Cowell was planning to axe the flash vote after The X Factor was heavily beaten by Strictly Come Dancing in the ratings for the second live show.[186] The flash vote was not used in week 4 due to a performance at the start of the show by Nile Rodgers and Chic,[83] and was not used again in week 5. A source from the show said, "at the moment it is not scheduled to return".[113] The flash vote was not used again after week 3.

Contestants edit

Before judges' houses, urban act Code 4 had to drop one of their members, Mark Wyman, after it emerged that he had a criminal record, and a spokesman for The X Factor said, "Unfortunately due to problems in getting a visa Mark was unable to travel to Judges' Houses in America, meaning that he ended up having to leave the band to carry on in the competition as a three piece."[72] Code 4 did not make it to the live shows. Three-piece band Rough Copy also had to lose member Kazeem "Kaz" Ajobe before the six-chair challenge due to visa problems. The same had happened to the group in series 9, but this year the other two members, Sterling Ramsay and Joey James, continued without Ajobe and advanced to judges' houses as a duo.[72] Fans questioned the events, and the extent to which ITV wanted to resolve them, saying they had a year to get a visa,[187] and Barlow could have stayed in the United Kingdom, the latter sentiment to which Barlow admitted to Ajobe he should have done during the judges' houses episodes.[188] Barlow put Rough Copy through to the live shows and Ajobe was allowed to rejoin the band.[189][190] Furthermore, just after Ajobe was reinstated, controversy was caused when his criminal past was publicised. Ajobe responded by stating: "I've done things I am not proud of. I haven't been an angel but I am a changed man now."[191]

There was criticism over SeSe Foster of Miss Dynamix being allowed to compete in the show, because she was five months pregnant when the live shows began. Some viewers also thought it was unfair that Miss Dynamix got an automatic bye to the next week when Foster collapsed before the second live show. Foster dismissed this, saying that she "deserve[s] a shot at a better life" and insisted her collapse was not related to her pregnancy.[192] The following week, Miss Dynamix were eliminated after losing the flash-vote and the sing-off to Hannah Barrett. Following this, Barlow stated that he felt that all public hopes of the group continuing in the competition had ended with their absence in week 2, despite him previously hoping that Foster's collapse would have gained more sympathy for them from the public.[193]

Judges' comments edit

Some viewers were shocked by a comment made by Osbourne following 16-year-old Nicholas McDonald's performance of "She's the One" during the second live show. As McDonald got to the end of the song, a female backing dancer walked towards him and he kissed her cheek after the song finished. Despite the minimum age of sexual consent in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies standing at 16, Osbourne then said to McDonald, who was 16 and therefore legal, "Who on earth was that piece of whatever next to you? That paedophile. You're only 16. You can't be doing that. That's a disgrace ITV."[194] She was later spoken to by producers, but Walsh defended her, saying "She meant nothing wrong by it. We all say things we shouldn't and X Factor is not scripted."[195] The dancer declined to comment, but a source close to her said that she was embarrassed by Osbourne's comment.[194]

Guest performances edit

Ofcom received around 200 complaints about Lady Gaga's performance, including her costume and lyrics, during the third results show on 27 October 2013. ITV received 60 complaints directly.[196] Lady Gaga wore nude-coloured underwear and her lyrics included "do what you want with my body".[197] A spokeswoman for ITV said, "We do not believe Lady Gaga's performance was inappropriate for the family audience of The X Factor results show, which has an established tradition of featuring performances from the biggest music stars. Lady Gaga is well known for her highly individual performance style."[196] Ofcom said, "We will assess all the complaints received on this issue before deciding whether to investigate."[196]

Robin Thicke's performance, which featured a large number of scantily-clad female dancers, also received a total of 317 complaints.[198] On 16 December, both Gaga and Thicke were cleared of any wrongdoing, with an Ofcom spokesman stating, "We assessed the complaints and concluded there were no grounds to investigate."[198]

Final edit

There were technical problems during Sam Bailey's duet performance with Scherzinger,[199] when Jedward's voices could be heard as they completed a microphone test.[200] The duet was panned by viewers who accused Scherzinger of being "selfish" by singing the "best" lines and notes of the song.[201]

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  • The X Factor

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The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent The tenth series began airing on ITV on 31 August and finished on 15 December 2013 Dermot O Leary returned to present the main show on ITV and Caroline Flack was back to present spin off show The Xtra Factor on ITV2 along with comedian Matt Richardson who replaced Olly Murs Flack also presented backstage segments during the live shows Louis Walsh Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger returned as judges for their respective tenth third and second series with Sharon Osbourne returning to replace Tulisa after five series away This was Barlow s final series as a judge Osbourne and Scherzinger also departed the series but reprised their roles as judges with Walsh again in series 13 and series 14 The X FactorSeries 10Sam Bailey performing in Gibraltar in 2015 Hosted byDermot O Leary ITV JudgesNicole Scherzinger Gary Barlow Sharon Osbourne Louis WalshWinnerSam BaileyWinning mentorSharon OsbourneRunner upNicholas McDonaldFinals venueWembley ArenaReleaseOriginal networkITVITV2 The Xtra Factor Original release31 August 2013 08 31 15 December 2013 2013 12 15 Series chronology PreviousSeries 9Next Series 11List of episodes Auditions for the series started in March 2013 with mobile auditions taking place in 23 towns and cities After this open auditions in front of producers took place in April and May in London Birmingham Cardiff Manchester and Glasgow Auditions in front of the judges occurred in June and July in the same five cities with two types of audition auditionees who were successful in a first audition in an audition room used for the first time since series 5 went on to attend an audition in an arena which replaced the rooms in series 6 After bootcamp and judges houses the live shows began on 12 October 2013 and ran until the final on 15 December 2013 which was won by over 25s contestant Sam Bailey This marked the first time someone from the over 25s category had won the show since Steve Brookstein won series 1 in 2004 1 2 It also marked the first time that Osbourne had been the winning mentor having failed during her first stint on the show 1 As the winner Bailey received a 1 million recording contract with Syco Music and also supported Beyonce at one of her shows during the UK leg of her The Mrs Carter Show World Tour in 2014 This was the final series of the three year deal signed by Simon Cowell in 2010 3 before it was announced by ITV on 15 November that the show s contract was extended by a further three years keeping it on air until 2016 4 Contents 1 Judges presenters and other personnel 2 Selection process 2 1 Auditions 2 1 1 Mobile auditions 2 1 2 Open auditions 2 1 3 Judges auditions 2 2 Bootcamp Six Chair Challenge 2 3 Judges houses 3 Acts 4 Live shows 4 1 Musical guests 4 2 Results summary 4 3 Live show details 4 3 1 Week 1 12 13 October 4 3 2 Week 2 19 20 October 4 3 3 Week 3 26 27 October 4 3 4 Week 4 2 3 November 4 3 5 Week 5 9 10 November 4 3 6 Week 6 16 17 November 4 3 7 Week 7 23 24 November 4 3 8 Week 8 Quarter Final 30 November 1 December 4 3 9 Week 9 Semi Final 7 8 December 4 3 10 Week 10 Final 14 15 December 5 Prize 6 Reception 6 1 Ratings 6 2 Controversy and criticism 6 2 1 Trailer 6 2 2 Format changes 6 2 3 Contestants 6 2 4 Judges comments 6 2 5 Guest performances 6 2 6 Final 7 References 8 External linksJudges presenters and other personnel editSeries 10 judges nbsp Nicole Scherzinger nbsp Gary Barlow nbsp Sharon Osbourne nbsp Louis Walsh It was reported on 22 February 2013 that Tulisa would not return for series 10 after being a judge for two series 5 She initially denied this and said she wanted to return 6 However Tulisa confirmed on 21 May after months of speculation that she would be departing the show The following day it was confirmed that original judge Sharon Osbourne who had been on the panel from series 1 to series 4 would join the remaining three judges from series 9 Louis Walsh Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger ending rumours that Scherzinger may leave to focus on her second studio album and be replaced by series 9 guest judge Mel B which happened in series 11 7 8 Osbourne stated in July that she was back for just one series to go out on a high 9 and during the first live show Barlow revealed that this would be his last series on the show 10 Walsh who had appeared on the show since its inception announced he would be leaving the show after this series although he later said he might come back if Simon Cowell returned 11 and later still he said he would most likely continue claiming I m having so much fun this year I might stay 12 Walsh eventually confirmed his return for series 11 following the returns of both Cowell and Cheryl Cole Dermot O Leary returned to present the main show on ITV for his seventh series 13 14 whilst Caroline Flack came back to present spin off show The Xtra Factor on ITV2 15 Olly Murs Flack s co presenter for series 8 and 9 wanted to focus on his music career and therefore did not come back 16 On 29 May it was announced that comedian Matt Richardson would co present The Xtra Factor with Flack 17 after reports that Nick Grimshaw Dave Berry or Rylan Clark may replace Murs 18 Flack also presented backstage on the main X Factor programme during the live shows on Saturdays 19 Yvie Burnett returned as vocal coach Brian Burke left as creative director and was replaced by Jerry Reeve and Mark Swany Hart Selection process editAuditions edit Mobile auditions edit Between 25 March and 1 April 2013 mobile auditions took place in Inverness 20 Great Yarmouth 21 Warrington 22 Aberdeen 23 Colchester 24 Hull 25 Dumfries 26 Grimsby 27 Romford 28 Belfast 29 Newport on the Isle of Wight 30 Sunderland 31 Wakefield 32 Bangor 33 Middlesbrough Yeovil Aberystwyth Blackburn Dublin Blackpool Cork Merthyr Tydfil and Newport in Wales 27 It was reported that around 20 people attended Colchester auditions on 26 March and producers tried to convince passers by to audition Open auditions edit nbsp nbsp Birmingham nbsp Manchester nbsp London nbsp Cardiff nbsp Glasgowclass notpageimage Cities where auditions were held For the first time since series 6 auditions took place in five cities instead of six Open auditions in front of the show s producers began in London ExCeL London on 6 April 34 and continued in Birmingham International Convention Centre on 13 April Cardiff Millennium Stadium on 20 April and Manchester Old Trafford on 27 April before concluding in Glasgow SECC on 1 May 35 Auditions were not held in Liverpool this year after it was one of the locations in the past two series 36 Producers said that they were mixing it up although reports claim that they were unimpressed with talent in Liverpool despite four finalists Ray Quinn series 3 Rebecca Ferguson series 7 Marcus Collins series 8 and Christopher Maloney series 9 coming from Liverpool 36 Additionally auditions returned to Birmingham after being replaced by Newcastle in series 9 Producers previously held auditions in Newcastle instead of Birmingham because they thought that Birmingham provided no memorable talent but reportedly decided to return there after disappointing results in Newcastle 37 Almost 8 000 auditionees attended in London 34 whilst Cardiff attracted at least 3 000 38 Birmingham produced around 5 000 39 over 4 000 auditioned in Manchester 40 and over 2 000 in Glasgow 41 Judges auditions edit This series saw the return of the original auditions format last used in series 5 where auditionees performed in a room in front of the judges Those who were successful in the room auditions then faced a second audition in an arena the format used since series 6 to prove they can impress an audience If they were successful in this audition they entered the bootcamp stage of the competition Cowell hoped the intimate room auditions would increase ratings 13 42 The room auditions in front of the judges began in Glasgow on 4 June at the Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor Hotel 43 and continued in Birmingham on 10 June at the International Convention Centre 44 Manchester auditions took place over three days from 13 to 15 June at Old Trafford 45 46 followed by London auditions which also took place over three days from 19 to 21 June at ExCeL London 47 48 non primary source needed Due to a lack of successful groups extra auditions specifically for groups took place on 1 July at Price Studios in Battersea London citation needed Auditions then concluded in Cardiff on 3 July at the Motorpoint Arena 49 The arena auditions took place at a single venue Wembley Arena over four days from 15 to 18 July 50 The broadcast of auditions started on 31 August 2013 with room auditions being shown on Saturday nights and arena auditions on Sundays 51 The first room audition episode aired on 31 August and featured auditions from Cardiff Manchester London and Birmingham The second room audition episode featured auditions from Manchester Cardiff and Glasgow The third room audition episode showcased auditions from London Manchester Birmingham and Glasgow Numerous contestants from previous series returned to audition again for this series including Amy Mottram who was Tulisa s wildcard contestant in series 9 and failed to be chosen ahead of Maloney as the 13th contestant 52 Terry Winstanley who made it to judges houses in series 8 53 Johnny Rocco whose audition in series 4 ended with him cursing Walsh after getting a no from all four judges 54 John Adams who reached bootcamp in series 8 53 Curtis Golden Joseph Whelan and Gathan Cheema all of whom got to bootcamp in series 9 53 55 56 Stephanie Woods who got to judges houses in series 4 57 Jade Richards who got to judges houses in series 8 and bootcamp in series 9 58 and Melanie McCabe who got to bootcamp in series 5 and 9 and to judges houses in series 8 53 58 Also auditioning again were groups Rough Copy who were initially to through to judges houses in series 9 but had to back out due to visa problems The Dolly Rockers who made it to judges houses in series 3 and James Bellamy and Duane Lamonte from Brick City who both made it to judges houses in series 2 and series 6 respectively 58 Another notable group to audition were 1990s pop rock band Next of Kin who were once labelled the British Hanson 59 Summary of judges auditions City Room auditions Arena auditions Date s Venue Date s Venue Glasgow 4 June 2013 13 Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor Hotel 43 Birmingham 10 June 2013 44 International Convention Centre Manchester 13 15 June 2013 45 46 Old Trafford 45 London 19 21 June 2013 47 48 ExCeL London 47 15 18 July 2013 50 Wembley Arena 50 1 July 2013 Price Studios Cardiff 3 July 2013 49 Motorpoint Arena 49 Bootcamp Six Chair Challenge edit On 17 April 2013 it was reported that this series bootcamp could be changed and be conducted abroad like judges houses 60 61 however it was later confirmed that bootcamp would take place at Wembley Arena 62 over four days across three sessions between 9 and 12 August 63 It was reported that Cowell was planning to give advice on which acts should progress through this stage meeting with the judges on his yacht to give opinions on the acts 64 65 but further reports claimed that due to a pregnancy scandal Cowell would instead speak to the judges by telephone as he did in series 9 65 However this did not happen In a change to the usual format the judges were allocated their categories before bootcamp 65 via a phonecall from executive producer Richard Holloway 66 Walsh has the Boys Scherzinger had the Girls Osbourne has the Over 25s and Barlow has the Groups 63 On the first day of bootcamp soloists were put into groups of three within their category and groups were put into pairs They had to perform within that pair or group and the category judge would then decide who would continue 66 There was then a change in the format that saw the judges choose the acts to advance to judges houses immediately after their bootcamp performance instead of waiting until everyone had performed Each judge had six places to their judges house and they granted a seat to the performers they wanted to advance in their category However if a judge already chose six acts for their category they could replace them if they preferred a later performer therefore causing bootcamp to be branded the ultimate game of musical chairs or even Six Chair Challenge was introduced 67 Bootcamp was broadcast over two episodes each of 90 minutes on 28 and 29 September 68 69 Judges houses edit Judges houses took place in September Each judge took the remaining members of their category to an overseas location and had guests to assist them in their decisions Walsh was assisted by Nicole Appleton and Shane Filan along with the returning Sinitta who s Walsh s assists for the Second Time and Ninth Overall Appearances in the Judges Houses when he mentored the Boys in Saint Tropez France in a property worth 10 5 million next door to a property owned by Nicolas Sarkozy whose gardeners interrupted filming 70 Osbourne took the Over 25s to her own home in Beverly Hills California 70 assisted by Robbie Williams Barlow was assisted by series 6 runner up and former The Xtra Factor co presenter Olly Murs to mentor the Groups in New York City and Scherzinger took the Girls to Antigua with Mary J Blige 71 staying at the St James Club resort 70 Groups Code 4 and Rough Copy were forced to lose a member each during judges houses because of visa problems 72 At judges houses Each act performed two songs for their mentor and his her guest judge although only one song was mentioned and shown on the main show with the other song shown on The Xtra Factor instead although only the acts who made it to the live shows had their second songs shown Judges houses was broadcast over two programmes on 5 and 6 October 73 74 Judges Houses Performances Boys Nicholas If You re Not The One Sam C We Are Young Luke Cannonball Giles You re Beautiful Paul Last Request Ryan Just Give Me a Reason Groups Kingsland Road Dance with Me Tonight Brick City All Around the World Rough Copy Boyfriend Xyra In the Air Tonight Code 4 Superstition Miss Dynamix Pure Shores Over 25s Sam B I Have Nothing Shelley Girl on Fire Lorna If I Were a Boy Andrea High and Dry Joseph I ll Stand by You Zoe Fix You Girls Tamera Fallin Jade Hurt Abi Only You Relley C Many Rivers to Cross Melanie Run Hannah A Change Is Gonna Come Summary of judges houses Judge Category Location 71 Assistant s 71 Acts Eliminated Barlow Groups New York City Olly Murs Brick City Code 4 Xyra 75 Osbourne Over 25s Beverly Hills Robbie Williams Zoe Devlin Andrea Magee Joseph Whelan 76 Scherzinger Girls Antigua Mary J Blige Relley C Melanie McCabe Jade Richards 77 Walsh Boys Saint Tropez Nicole Appleton Shane Filan and Sinitta Paul Akister Ryan Mathie Giles Potter 78 Acts editKey Winner Runner Up Act Age s Hometown Category mentor Result Sam Bailey 36 Leicester Over 25s Osbourne Winner Nicholas McDonald 17 North Lanarkshire Boys Walsh Runner Up Luke Friend 17 Teignmouth Boys Walsh 3rd Place Rough Copy 24 27 Various Groups Barlow 4th Place Tamera Foster 16 Gravesend Girls Scherzinger 5th Place Hannah Barrett 17 South Norwood 6th Place Sam Callahan 19 Essex Boys Walsh 7th Place Abi Alton 19 Guisborough Girls Scherzinger 8th Place Kingsland Road 19 25 East London Groups Barlow 9th Place Miss Dynamix 16 22 Various 10th Place Shelley Smith 35 Farringdon Over 25s Osbourne 11th Place Lorna Simpson 26 South Norwood 12th PlaceLive shows editThe live shows started on 12 October 79 As in previous series each week s song choices followed a particular theme Each contestant performed on Saturday while eliminations and guest performances took place on Sunday For the first three weeks a new flash vote took place at the end of each Saturday night show where the voting lines opened for about eight minutes and the act with the fewest votes faced the sing off formerly called the final showdown on Sunday Voting lines for the remaining contestants then reopened and stayed open until the Sunday shows 80 where the second contestant to face the sing off was revealed 81 Deadlock where the act with the fewest public votes is eliminated after the judges votes are tied was eliminated while there was a flash vote 82 and instead in the event that judges votes were tied the contestant that lost the flash vote was eliminated However in week 4 the flash vote was rested because of Nile Rodgers and Chic s performance meaning there was not enough time at the end of the show for the flash vote and deadlock would have returned if the judges votes had been tied 83 and the flash vote did not return after this Deadlock was used in weeks 8 and 9 due to tie votes from the judges 84 85 The final took place at the normal venue Wembley Arena 86 on 14 and 15 December 2013 87 Musical guests edit Each results show featured musical performances from at least two artists while occasionally artists performed on the main performances show Ellie Goulding and Cher performed on the first results show 88 Robin Thicke and Katy Perry performed on the second 89 and The Wanted and Lady Gaga performed on the third 90 Nile Rodgers and Chic performed a medley of three songs on the fourth live show in what was billed as a special edition of The X Factor 91 Little Mix performed on the fourth live results show followed by Taylor Swift with Gary Lightbody 92 Robbie Williams and Celine Dion appeared on the fifth results show 93 though Dion s performance was pre recorded 94 The sixth live results show featured performances from judge Gary Barlow 95 who was relaunching his solo career 96 and Miley Cyrus 95 Olly Murs performed on the seventh live show 97 then JLS Mary J Blige with Jessie J and One Direction performed on the seventh live results show 97 Rebecca Ferguson and James Arthur performed on the eighth results show 84 Leona Lewis and Michael Buble performed on the semi final live results show 85 Tom Odell and The Killers performed in the first show of the final 98 and One Direction Perry Elton John and Barlow performed in the second show of the final 99 Results summary edit Colour key Act in team Nicole Act in team Gary Act in team Sharon Act in team Louis Act did not face the public vote because they were already in the sing off Act received the fewest public votes or was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the sing off Act received the fewest public votes and was eliminated immediately Act was given a Bye Week and automatically advanced to the following week Act received the most public votes Weekly results per act 100 Act Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Quarter Final Semi Final Final Saturday Vote Sunday Vote1 Saturday Vote Sunday Vote1 Saturday Vote Sunday Vote1 Saturday Vote Sunday Vote1 Sam Bailey 1st 23 4 2nd 23 3 2nd 16 8 2nd 17 4 1st 27 0 1st 27 0 1st31 1 1st 28 4 2nd 26 5 1st 36 0 1st 27 4 1st 29 6 1st 38 2 Winner 53 4 Nicholas McDonald 2nd23 3 1st23 5 1st28 1 1st27 1 2nd25 3 2nd24 8 2nd18 2 2nd20 2 1st31 4 2nd23 9 2nd25 1 2nd28 2 2nd32 1 Runner Up 36 3 Luke Friend 9th3 4 9th3 5 7th5 9 8th6 0 3rd7 9 3rd7 5 6th7 0 5th9 0 6th8 0 3rd13 0 4th19 3 3rd26 7 3rd29 7 Eliminated final Rough Copy 3rd18 4 3rd16 4 5th8 6 4th10 2 8th6 2 6th6 7 5th7 5 3rd11 1 4th8 7 6th8 7 3rd19 7 4th15 5 Eliminated semi final Tamera Foster 6th4 9 7th5 1 4th9 4 5th9 2 4th7 7 4th7 3 9th4 7 4th10 0 5th8 3 4th9 3 5th8 5 Eliminated quarter final Hannah Barrett 5th5 3 5th5 2 3rd12 7 3rd10 4 7th6 2 9th5 9 3rd12 0 7th7 1 3rd9 9 5th9 1 Eliminated week 7 Sam Callahan 8th3 5 6th5 1 8th5 1 7th6 6 9th4 8 8th6 0 4th7 6 6th8 0 7th7 1 Eliminated week 6 Abi Alton 4th9 2 4th9 0 6th6 1 6th6 9 5th6 6 5th7 1 7th 6 7 8th6 2 Eliminated week 5 Kingsland Road 7th3 7 8th4 1 10th3 6 6th6 5 7th6 6 8th5 2 Eliminated week 4 Miss Dynamix 10th1 8 10th2 2 Bye Week2 10th1 8 Eliminated week 3 Shelley Smith 12th1 5 9th3 7 9th4 3 Eliminated week 2 Lorna Simpson 11th1 6 11th1 7 Eliminated week 1 Final Showdown Simpson Smith Kingsland Road Smith Barrett Miss Dynamix Foster Kingsland Road Alton Barrett Cahallan Friend Barrett Rough Copy Foster Friend Friend Rough Copy No sing off or judges votes results based on public votes alone Judges voted to Eliminate Send Through Walsh s vote Boys Simpson Smith 3 Kingsland Road 4 None abstained Barrett Foster Friend Osbourne s vote Over 25s None abstained Kingsland Road Miss Dynamix Kingsland Road Alton 5 Barrett Foster Friend Barlow s vote Groups Smith Smith Barrett Foster Alton Callahan Barrett Friend Rough Copy Scherzinger s vote Girls Simpson Smith Miss Dynamix Kingsland Road None abstained Callahan Rough Copy Friend Rough Copy Eliminated Lorna Simpson2 of 3 votesMajority Shelley Smith3 of 4 votesMajority Miss Dynamix2 of 3 votesFlash Vote Kingsland Road3 of 4 votesMajority Abi Alton2 of 2 votesMajority Sam Callahan2 of 2 votesMajority Hannah Barrett3 of 4 votesMajority Tamera Foster2 of 4 votesDeadlock Rough Copy2 of 4 votesDeadlock Luke Friend28 8 to save Nicholas McDonald36 2 to win Reference s 88 101 90 102 93 95 97 84 85 103 1 1 Owing to the freezing of votes the voting percentages in Weeks 1 2 and 3 as well as the Final for all the Sunday Votes do not add up to 100 Shelley Smith received 0 5 of the Sunday Vote in Week 1 Kingsland Road received 1 1 of the Sunday Vote in Week 2 Miss Dynamix received 0 5 of the Sunday Vote in Week 3 and Luke Friend received 10 3 of the Sunday Vote in the Final 100 2 Miss Dynamix were given a bye in Week 2 as band member SeSe Foster was too ill to perform Miss Dynamix automatically advanced to Week 3 104 3 Walsh did not need to vote as Scherzinger and Osbourne had already voted to eliminate Miss Dynamix having lost the flash vote they would have been eliminated regardless of Walsh s decision Walsh said he would have voted to eliminate Miss Dynamix 4 Walsh did not need to vote as there was already a majority He said he would have voted to eliminate Abi Alton 5 Osbourne did not need to vote as there was already a majority She said she would have voted to eliminate Sam Callahan Live show details edit Week 1 12 13 October edit Theme Songs from the 1980s 105 Group performance Get Lucky 88 Musical guests Ellie Goulding Burn and Cher I Hope You Find It 88 Acts performances on the first live show Act Category mentor Order Song 106 Year Result 88 Hannah Barrett Girls Scherzinger 1 What s Love Got to Do with It 1984 Safe Nicholas McDonald Boys Walsh 2 True 1983 Safe Highest Votes Sunday Public Vote Miss Dynamix Groups Barlow 3 Jump for My Love 1984 Safe Sam Bailey Over 25s Osbourne 4 The Power of Love 1984 Safe Highest Votes Saturday Flash Vote Sam Callahan Boys Walsh 5 Summer of 69 1985 Safe Kingsland Road Groups Barlow 6 I m Your Man Shelley Smith Over 25s Osbourne 7 Alone 1987 Lost Saturday Flash Vote Abi Alton Girls Scherzinger 8 Livin on a Prayer 1986 Safe Lorna Simpson Over 25s Osbourne 9 So Emotional 1987 Lost Sunday Public Vote Tamera Foster Girls Scherzinger 10 Ain t Nobody 1983 Safe Luke Friend Boys Walsh 11 Every Breath You Take Rough Copy Groups Barlow 12 In the Air Tonight 1981 Sing off details 88 Shelley Smith Over 25s Osbourne 1 One Night Only Saved Lorna Simpson Over 25s Osbourne 2 There You ll Be Eliminated Judges votes to eliminate 88 Osbourne abstained from voting as both acts were in her category Walsh Lorna Simpson gave no reason Barlow Shelley Smith said that Smith was only in the bottom two through a poor song choice but felt that Simpson would go further in the competition Scherzinger Lorna Simpson thought that there was more to see from Smith However if the result was tied Simpson would have been saved Week 2 19 20 October edit Theme Love and heartbreak 107 Group performance Wake Me Up 101 Musical guests Robin Thicke Blurred Lines and Katy Perry Roar 89 Acts performances on the second live show Act Category mentor Order Song 108 Result 101 Sam Bailey Over 25s Osbourne 1 Make You Feel My Love Safe Kingsland Road Groups Barlow 2 Marry You Lost Saturday Flash Vote Nicholas McDonald Boys Walsh 3 She s the One Safe Highest Votes Saturday And Sunday Votes Abi Alton Girls Scherzinger 4 Can t Get You Out of My Head Safe Shelley Smith Over 25s Osbourne 5 Single Ladies Put a Ring on It Lost Sunday Public Vote Miss Dynamix Groups Barlow 6 Bye Week2 Automatically Advanced Sam Callahan Boys Walsh 7 I Won t Give Up Safe Tamera Foster Girls Scherzinger 8 Beneath Your Beautiful Luke Friend Boys Walsh 9 Let Her Go Rough Copy Groups Barlow 10 I Want It That Way Hannah Barrett Girls Scherzinger 11 Beautiful Sing off details 101 Kingsland Road Groups Barlow 1 Try Saved Shelley Smith Over 25s Osbourne 2 Stop Eliminated 1 Due to band member SeSe Foster being in the hospital Miss Dynamix did not perform and were given a bye week which automatically advanced them to the following week 104 They would have performed Dreams 108 but actually performed the song the following week 109 Judges votes to eliminate 101 Barlow Shelley Smith gave no reason but effectively backed his own act Kingsland Road Osbourne Kingsland Road backed her own act Shelley Smith Scherzinger Shelley Smith based on the fact that she saved Smith the previous week Walsh Shelley Smith felt Kingsland Road had more potential However if Walsh tied the result Kingsland Road would have been eliminated Week 3 26 27 October edit Theme Songs from films Movie week 110 Group performance Locked Out of Heaven 90 Musical guests The Wanted Show Me Love America and Lady Gaga Venus Do What U Want 90 Acts performances on the third live show Act Category mentor Order Song 109 Film Result 90 Rough Copy Groups Barlow 1 Everything I Do I Do It for You Robin Hood Prince of Thieves Safe Sam Callahan Boys Walsh 2 All I Want Is You Reality Bites Hannah Barrett Girls Scherzinger 3 Skyfall Skyfall Lost Sunday Public Vote Nicholas McDonald Boys Walsh 4 Angel City of Angels Safe Abi Alton Girls Scherzinger 5 Moon River Breakfast at Tiffany s Miss Dynamix Groups Barlow 6 Dreams Magnolia Lost Saturday Flash Vote Sam Bailey Over 25s Osbourne 7 My Heart Will Go On Titanic Safe Highest Votes Saturday And Sunday Votes Kingsland Road Groups Barlow 8 Oh Pretty Woman Pretty Woman Safe Luke Friend Boys Walsh 9 Kiss from a Rose Batman Forever Tamera Foster Girls Scherzinger 10 Listen Dreamgirls Sing off details 90 Hannah Barrett Girls Scherzinger 1 Read All About It Pt III Saved Miss Dynamix Groups Barlow 2 Don t You Worry Child Eliminated Judges votes to eliminate 90 Scherzinger Miss Dynamix backed her own act Hannah Barrett Barlow Hannah Barrett backed his own act Miss Dynamix but was surprised Barrett was in the sing off due to her performance from the previous night being one of his favourites Osbourne Miss Dynamix gave no reason Walsh was not required to vote but stated he would have eliminated Miss Dynamix Week 4 2 3 November edit Theme Disco 111 Group performance A Night to Remember 102 Musical guests Saturday Nile Rodgers and Chic Le Freak He s the Greatest Dancer Good Times 91 Sunday Little Mix Move and Taylor Swift featuring Gary Lightbody The Last Time 92 The flash vote was cancelled this week because of lack of time due to Rodgers and Chic s performance and the two acts receiving the fewest votes were announced during Sunday s results show 83 Acts performances on the fourth live show Act Category mentor Order Song 112 Result 102 Luke Friend Boys Walsh 1 Play That Funky Music Safe Kingsland Road Groups Barlow 2 Blame It on the Boogie Bottom Two Tamera Foster Girls Scherzinger 3 Wishing on a Star Sam Callahan Boys Walsh 4 Relight My Fire Safe Rough Copy Groups Barlow 5 September Abi Alton Girls Scherzinger 6 I Will Survive Nicholas McDonald Boys Walsh 7 Rock with You Hannah Barrett Girls Scherzinger 8 Somebody Else s Guy Sam Bailey Over 25s Osbourne 9 No More Tears Enough Is Enough Safe Highest Votes Sing off details 102 Kingsland Road Groups Barlow 1 I Won t Let You Go Eliminated Tamera Foster Girls Scherzinger 2 I Have Nothing Saved Judges votes to eliminate 102 Scherzinger Kingsland Road backed her own act Tamera Foster Barlow Tamera Foster backed his own act Kingsland Road Osbourne Kingsland Road gave no comment she later said on The Xtra Factor that she could not think of a reason to send them home nor to justify keeping them in the competition despite her own fondness for them Walsh Kingsland Road said that Foster sang her heart out in her sing off performance and had star quality However voting statistics revealed that Kingsland Road received more votes than Foster which meant that if Walsh sent the result to deadlock Kingsland Road would have been saved Week 5 9 10 November edit Theme Big band 93 Group performance Love Me Again 93 Musical guests Celine Dion Loved Me Back to Life and Robbie Williams Go Gentle 93 The acts performed with a 36 piece live band instead of a backing track 93 The flash vote did not return this week and a show source said there were no plans for it to return 113 Cowell made an appearance during rehearsals via VT this week and told the final 8 they would be taking part in the 2014 live tour 114 Acts performances on the fifth live show Act Category mentor Order Song 115 Big Band Artist Result 93 Abi Alton Girls Scherzinger 1 That s Life Frank Sinatra Bottom Two Sam Bailey Over 25s Osbourne 2 Theme from New York New York Liza Minnelli Safe Highest Votes Nicholas McDonald Boys Walsh 3 Dream a Little Dream of Me The Mamas and the Papas Safe Luke Friend 4 Moondance Van Morrison Hannah Barrett Girls Scherzinger 5 It s a Man s Man s Man s World James Brown Bottom Two Rough Copy Groups Barlow 6 Hit the Road Jack Ray Charles Safe Tamera Foster Girls Scherzinger 7 Cry Me a River Julie London Sam Callahan Boys Walsh 8 Ain t That a Kick in the Head Dean Martin Sing off details 93 Abi Alton Girls Scherzinger 1 Lego House Eliminated Hannah Barrett Girls Scherzinger 2 Wrecking Ball Saved Judges votes to eliminate 93 Scherzinger abstained from voting as both acts were in her category Barlow Abi Alton based on the sing off performances Osbourne Abi Alton gave no reason Walsh was not required to vote but stated he would have eliminated Alton Week 6 16 17 November edit Theme The Great British Songbook 116 Group performance Never Forget 117 Musical guests Miley Cyrus Wrecking Ball and Gary Barlow Let Me Go 95 A minimum of 15p from every contestant vote cast plus a minimum of 50p from every track downloaded from this weekend s live performances will be donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee s relief efforts following Typhoon Haiyan 118 Acts performances on the sixth live show Act Category mentor Order Song 119 British Artist Result 95 Hannah Barrett Girls Scherzinger 1 I Can t Get No Satisfaction The Rolling Stones Safe Luke Friend Boys Walsh 2 Your Song Elton John Bottom Two Sam Bailey Over 25s Osbourne 3 Something The Beatles Safe Rough Copy Groups Barlow 4 Viva la Vida Coldplay Sam Callahan Boys Walsh 5 Faith George Michael Bottom Two Tamera Foster Girls Scherzinger 6 Diamonds Are Forever Shirley Bassey Safe Nicholas McDonald Boys Walsh 7 Someone like You Adele Safe Highest Votes Sing off details 95 Luke Friend Boys Walsh 1 I Still Haven t Found What I m Looking For Saved Sam Callahan Boys Walsh 2 Iris Eliminated Judges votes to eliminate 95 Walsh abstained from voting as both acts were in his category Scherzinger Sam Callahan said Friend was the better singer Barlow Sam Callahan gave no reason Osbourne was not required to vote but stated she would have eliminated Callahan Week 7 23 24 November edit Theme The Best of The X Factor songs recorded or performed by previous finalists 120 Guest mentors Joe McElderry Alexandra Burke Shayne Ward Little Mix Olly Murs and Leona Lewis 97 Group performance Everybody in Love with JLS 97 Musical guests Saturday Olly Murs Hand on Heart 97 Sunday JLS Everybody in Love with finalists Mary J Blige featuring Jessie J Do You Hear What I Hear and One Direction Story of My Life 97 Acts performances on the sixth live show Act Category mentor Order Song 121 Previous Finalist Result Nicholas McDonald Boys Walsh 1 The Climb Joe McElderry Safe Hannah Barrett Girls Scherzinger 2 Hallelujah Alexandra Burke Bottom Two Luke Friend Boys Walsh 3 What Makes You Beautiful One Direction Safe Rough Copy Groups Barlow 4 Don t Let Go Love Little Mix Bottom Two Tamera Foster Girls Scherzinger 5 Impossible James Arthur Safe Sam Bailey Over 25s Osbourne 6 Bleeding Love Leona Lewis Safe Highest Votes Sing off details 97 Hannah Barrett Girls Scherzinger 1 I d Rather Go Blind Eliminated Rough Copy Groups Barlow 2 Stop Crying Your Heart Out Saved Judges votes to eliminate 97 Scherzinger Rough Copy backed her own act Hannah Barrett Barlow Hannah Barrett gave no reason but effectively backed his own act Rough Copy Osbourne Hannah Barrett because it was Barrett s third time in the bottom two Walsh Hannah Barrett gave no reason but on The Xtra Factor he said that it was because Barrett had been in the sing off three times and Rough Copy had more to give 122 However voting statistics revealed that Barrett received more votes than Rough Copy which meant that if Walsh sent the result to deadlock Barrett would have advanced to the quarter final and Rough Copy would have been eliminated Week 8 Quarter Final 30 November 1 December edit Theme Contestant s musical heroes viewers choice billed as Jukebox week 123 124 Group performance Burn 125 Musical guests Rebecca Ferguson I Hope and James Arthur Recovery 84 126 non primary source needed For the first time this series the acts performed two songs each One song was chosen by a public vote via the official The X Factor app 123 On 24 November the song choices for the public were revealed 127 List of song choices for the jukebox week theme Act Category mentor Song Choices 127 Result 128 Percentage 129 Luke Friend Boys Walsh Bridge over Troubled Water Not Chosen 33 0 Skinny Love Chosen 42 0 One Day Like This Not Chosen 25 0 Nicholas McDonald The Prayer 11 0 Amazed 20 2 Just the Way You Are Chosen 68 8 Rough Copy Groups Barlow End of the Road Not Chosen 38 4 I Believe I Can Fly Chosen 46 5 If You Ever Not Chosen 15 1 Sam Bailey Over 25s Osbourne The Living Years 10 3 Clown Chosen 54 4 Without You Not Chosen 35 3 Tamera Foster Girls Scherzinger The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Chosen 46 0 This Woman s Work Not Chosen 20 9 Emotion 33 1 Acts performances in the quarter final Act Category mentor Order First song 128 Theme 128 Order Second song 128 Theme 128 Result 84 Nicholas McDonald Boys Walsh 1 Just the Way You Are Viewers Choice 6 Greatest Day Musical Hero Safe Sam Bailey Over 25s Osbourne 2 How Will I Know Musical Hero 7 Clown Viewers Choice Safe Highest Votes Tamera Foster Girls Scherzinger 3 We Found Love Musical Hero 9 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Viewers choice Bottom Two Luke Friend Boys Walsh 4 Skinny Love Viewers Choice 8 I Will Wait Musical Hero Rough Copy Groups Barlow 5 Every Little Step She s Got That Vibe Musical Hero 10 I Believe I Can Fly Viewers Choice Safe Sing off details 84 Tamera Foster Girls Scherzinger 1 The Voice Within Eliminated Luke Friend Boys Walsh 2 Run Saved Judges votes to eliminate 84 Scherzinger Luke Friend backed her own act Tamera Foster but said that Friend had a gift that no one could take away from him Walsh Tamera Foster backed his own act Luke Friend who he said was better in the sing off Osbourne Tamera Foster said that Friend delivered an organic natural performance in the sing off Barlow Luke Friend could not decide so chose to take the vote to deadlock he further explained his statement by saying that Friend had one of his best nights but thought Foster had come back strong in the quarter final and that she was going to be one of the biggest stars after the series With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote Foster was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes Week 9 Semi Final 7 8 December edit Themes Songs by Beyonce songs by Elton John billed as Elton John vs Beyonce 130 131 Group performance Signed Sealed Delivered I m Yours 132 Musical guests Leona Lewis One More Sleep and Michael Buble You Make Me Feel So Young 85 Acts performances in the semi final Act Category mentor Order Beyonce song 131 Order Elton John song 131 Result 85 Luke Friend Boys Walsh 1 Best Thing I Never Had 6 Something About the Way You Look Tonight Bottom Two Nicholas McDonald Boys Walsh 2 Halo 5 Don t Let the Sun Go Down on Me Safe Sam Bailey Over 25s Osbourne 3 If I Were a Boy 8 Candle in the Wind Safe Highest Votes Rough Copy Groups Barlow 4 Survivor 7 Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word Bottom Two Sing off details 85 Luke Friend Boys Walsh 1 Somewhere Only We Know Saved Rough Copy Groups Barlow 2 End of the Road Eliminated Judges votes to send through to the final 85 Barlow Rough Copy gave no reason but essentially backed his own act Rough Copy Walsh Luke Friend gave no reason but essentially backed his own act Luke Friend Scherzinger Rough Copy gave no reason Osbourne Luke Friend could not decide so chose to take the vote to deadlock With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote Friend advanced to the final as the act with the most public votes 85 Week 10 Final 14 15 December edit 14 December Themes No theme new song celebrity duets 133 Group performance Lifted 134 Musical guests Tom Odell Another Love 98 Kitty Brucknell 2 Shoes John amp Edward Wagner Johnny Robinson Diva Fever and Rylan Clark 103 Live and Let Die Under Pressure Ice Ice Baby Love Shack Spice Up Your Life The Killers Human Mr Brightside 98 Acts performances on the Saturday Final Act Category mentor Order New Song 98 Order Duet Song 98 Partner Result 103 Nicholas McDonald Boys Walsh 1 Candy 5 Flying Without Wings Shane Filan Safe Sam Bailey Over 25s Osbourne 2 The Edge of Glory 6 And I Am Telling You I m Not Going Nicole Scherzinger Safe Highest Votes Luke Friend Boys Walsh 3 We Are Young 4 Anything Could Happen Ellie Goulding Eliminated Luke Friend received the fewest public votes and was automatically eliminated 103 15 December Themes Favourite performance song of the series 133 winner s single Group performance Roar 99 all contestants except Lorna Simpson Musical guests One Direction Midnight Memories Katy Perry Unconditionally and Gary Barlow featuring Elton John Face to Face 99 Acts performances on the Sunday Final Act Category mentor Order Favourite song 133 Order Winner s song 135 Result 1 Nicholas McDonald Boys Walsh 1 Angel 3 Superman It s Not Easy Runner Up Sam Bailey Over 25s Osbourne 2 The Power of Love 4 Skyscraper WinnerPrize editAs the winner Sam Bailey received a 1 million recording contract with Syco Music she went on to join Beyonce Knowles for one night in Birmingham on the UK leg of her The Mrs Carter Show World Tour in 2014 136 Bailey s winner s single Skyscraper was released on 16 December the day after she won 135 137 and sold over 100 000 copies to become the Christmas number one on 22 December This made Bailey the first X Factor winner since Matt Cardle in 2010 to gain the Christmas number one series 8 winners Little Mix and series 9 winner James Arthur both released their winners singles two weeks before the Christmas chart thus avoiding the Christmas number one battle although they both charted in the top three of the Christmas chart regardless 137 On 24 November it was revealed that the winner s single like Arthur s would be a charity release to raise money for Together for Short Lives and also the Great Ormond Street Hospital 138 If Nicholas McDonald had won he would have released Superman It s Not Easy as his winner s single 135 Reception editRatings edit This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it December 2013 The series launch on 31 August 2013 received average overnight ratings of 8 78 million a 40 share of the viewing audience at that time and peaked at 9 08 million The average rating was 680 000 more viewers than the series 9 launch but still 2 5 million fewer than the series 8 launch 139 The first Sunday show the following night attracted average overnight ratings of 9 21 million a 36 2 audience share 140 This was officially the highest rated episode of the series 141 The following Saturday on 7 September the ratings dropped to 840 000 fewer than the launch an overnight rating of 7 94 million 142 The second Sunday show saw viewers fall by 300 000 viewers compared to the previous Sunday but it was up by more than 1 million on the fourth auditions episode of series 9 143 144 The ratings for the third Saturday show were up on the second by 710 000 with an average overnight rating of 8 65 million 145 The next day the average overnight ratings reached 9 08 million 146 and peaked at 10 7 million 147 The final weekend of auditions saw viewers decrease by around 200 000 on the Saturday 148 though the next day saw the show reach a new peak audience of 9 42 million according to overnight figures 149 Summary of episode ratings Episode Air date Duration minutes 1 Share Official ITV rating millions 141 Official ITV HD rating millions 150 Official ITV 1 rating millions 151 Total viewers millions Weekly rank 141 3 Auditions 1 31 August 80 40 0 139 8 69 1 30 0 48 10 47 2 Auditions 2 1 September 60 36 2 140 9 21 1 20 0 78 11 19 1 Auditions 3 7 September 60 36 3 142 7 94 1 30 0 39 9 63 2 Auditions 4 8 September 60 35 5 143 8 89 1 38 0 58 10 85 1 Auditions 5 14 September 60 40 0 145 8 34 1 44 0 43 10 21 3 Auditions 6 15 September 60 34 7 146 8 86 1 34 0 61 10 81 1 Auditions 7 21 September 60 38 2 148 8 30 1 37 0 38 10 05 3 Auditions 8 22 September 60 37 3 149 9 15 1 47 0 49 11 11 2 Bootcamp 1 28 September 90 34 6 152 7 75 1 21 2 8 96 9 Bootcamp 2 29 September 90 37 3 153 9 12 1 38 0 31 10 81 2 Judges houses 1 5 October 110 34 8 154 8 14 1 46 0 32 9 92 3 Judges houses 2 6 October 110 32 8 155 7 85 1 28 0 40 9 53 6 Live show 1 12 October 135 33 3 156 7 72 1 30 0 31 9 33 5 Live results 1 13 October 60 35 8 157 8 79 1 28 2 10 07 3 Live show 2 19 October 125 32 9 158 7 50 1 10 0 39 8 99 10 Live results 2 20 October 60 32 9 159 8 12 1 25 0 33 9 70 7 Live show 3 26 October 120 33 7 160 7 40 1 21 0 31 8 92 12 Live results 3 27 October 60 33 5 161 8 29 1 18 2 9 47 7 Live show 4 2 November 110 33 2 162 7 53 1 15 2 8 68 10 Live results 4 3 November 60 31 7 163 7 90 1 10 0 36 9 36 9 Live show 5 9 November 95 34 5 164 8 14 1 18 2 9 32 10 Live results 5 10 November 60 34 1 165 8 38 1 26 2 9 64 8 Live show 6 16 November 90 34 9 166 7 74 1 39 0 33 9 46 8 Live results 6 17 November 60 33 0 167 8 59 1 19 2 9 78 5 Live show 7 23 November 90 27 2 168 7 26 1 24 0 37 8 87 16 Live results 7 24 November 60 33 3 169 8 34 1 21 2 9 55 11 Live show 8 30 November 90 32 2 170 7 29 1 20 2 8 49 17 Live results 8 1 December 60 29 4 171 6 86 1 37 0 33 8 56 16 Live show 9 7 December 90 35 5 172 7 84 1 23 2 9 07 13 Live results 9 8 December 60 34 3 173 8 34 1 23 2 9 57 12 Live final 14 December 125 34 9 174 7 79 1 32 0 32 9 43 7 Live final results 15 December 120 36 3 175 8 92 1 28 2 10 20 3 Series average 34 5 8 16 1 28 0 414 9 69 1 Includes advert breaks 2 The ITV 1 figure for this episode is unavailable as it was outside the top 10 programmes of the week on BARB 3 The rank for the ITV broadcast compared with all channels for that week from Monday to Sunday 4 The average figure for ITV 1 includes only the episodes with figures available Controversy and criticism edit Trailer edit The mash up video trailer promoting the tenth series was published as a mash up of all the best a decade of X Factor has to offer on 25 July 2013 The trailer consists of various music videos from 13 past contestants winners Shayne Ward Leona Lewis Alexandra Burke Joe McElderry Little Mix and James Arthur and finalists One Direction JLS Olly Murs Union J Amelia Lily Cher Lloyd and Misha B 176 However fans questioned the absence of successful contestants Diana Vickers and Rebecca Ferguson and winners Steve Brookstein Leon Jackson and Matt Cardle were also not included 177 Cardle s manager Will Talbot said that he believed the show was attempting to erase Matt from the history books In truth it pretty much sums up Syco s attitude to him during the months after he inconveniently for them won the show Unfortunately there is a misconception that Matt has slagged off the show and fallen out with Sony but this is not true 178 Cardle later described being omitted from the advert as disappointing especially for fans who would have liked to have seen him in it 179 Melanie C who has collaborated with Cardle was more critical saying I think it s really f rude the way they have left him out 180 Format changes edit The change to the format of the auditions was criticised by Alex Fletcher from entertainment news website Digital Spy who said he could not see the logic in having auditions broadcast on both Saturdays and Sundays as complaints from series 9 were not about needing extra auditions but about dour judges and underwhelming finalists 181 He praised the return of the audition room but felt that the producers and Simon Cowell evidently weren t confident in the format change and have kept the arena auditions as an extra second round stating that the Bootcamp stage of the competition could have been used to show how the acts cope under pressure with a live audience adding that the Sunday show feels like a bit of a formality 181 and generally the singers who stun us on Saturday will impress again on Sunday 181 He said that the extra Sunday helping of The X Factor will still rate much higher than anything else that was going to air in that slot for ITV So for the bean counters and X Factor PR machine it will probably be labelled a hit In the long term however I fear this Supersized X Factor may lead some viewers to reach for their remotes suffering from reality TV fatigue 181 Additionally Fletcher was critical of the format change to bootcamp saying The show can be cruel for those taking part brutal for those who don t make the grade and its fickleness is nothing compared to the harsh realities of the music industry However the argument that the music industry is meaner fell apart this week I refuse to believe that anyone in the music industry has even been given a contract told they re brilliant and then forced to watch 15 other people sing and have that contract ripped up in front of their faces And even if they have I bet they didn t have an audience of 4 000 people chanting at them to be on their way This was reality TV at its most cruel 182 He wondered if the change was a desperate attempt to create interest in a series that has performed solidly in the ratings but without creating any real talking points or memorable moments 182 and said that watching Karen Harding Lydia Lucy and Sheena McHugh get put into the Top 6 and then have the dream of a spot at Judges Houses snatched away from them felt needlessly mean Whether the trio deserved to make Judges Houses or not felt irrelevant The audience finger pointing and the chanting of Swap Swap Swap made the whole process terribly ugly 182 He questioned the show s producers need to make it even more vicious opined that the new twist definitely undermines the credibility of the show s judges and said The whole twist felt contrived and unpleasant and I hope it won t be returning in 2014 182 Fans and viewers of the show also criticised the bootcamp format with some viewers said to be fearing for the contestants wellbeing with one calling it blood sport Singer Lily Allen who watched the show said When did become alright to f with people s minds X Factor has got fully mean 183 Contestant Lydia Lucy who was initially chosen to be in Scherzinger s final six but was replaced by Abi Alton said It still hasn t sunk in I ve been absolutely devastated If Simon Cowell was in front of me now I d tell him to change the format back to how it was This way is like dangling a carrot in front of someone and then taking it away 184 The new flash vote twist during the live shows was met negatively by Lorna Simpson who was the first contestant to be eliminated Simpson said it was unfair that she had far less time to prepare than fellow sing off contestant Shelley Smith claiming They set me up to go out in the first week 185 It was reported that Cowell was planning to axe the flash vote after The X Factor was heavily beaten by Strictly Come Dancing in the ratings for the second live show 186 The flash vote was not used in week 4 due to a performance at the start of the show by Nile Rodgers and Chic 83 and was not used again in week 5 A source from the show said at the moment it is not scheduled to return 113 The flash vote was not used again after week 3 Contestants edit Before judges houses urban act Code 4 had to drop one of their members Mark Wyman after it emerged that he had a criminal record and a spokesman for The X Factor said Unfortunately due to problems in getting a visa Mark was unable to travel to Judges Houses in America meaning that he ended up having to leave the band to carry on in the competition as a three piece 72 Code 4 did not make it to the live shows Three piece band Rough Copy also had to lose member Kazeem Kaz Ajobe before the six chair challenge due to visa problems The same had happened to the group in series 9 but this year the other two members Sterling Ramsay and Joey James continued without Ajobe and advanced to judges houses as a duo 72 Fans questioned the events and the extent to which ITV wanted to resolve them saying they had a year to get a visa 187 and Barlow could have stayed in the United Kingdom the latter sentiment to which Barlow admitted to Ajobe he should have done during the judges houses episodes 188 Barlow put Rough Copy through to the live shows and Ajobe was allowed to rejoin the band 189 190 Furthermore just after Ajobe was reinstated controversy was caused when his criminal past was publicised Ajobe responded by stating I ve done things I am not proud of I haven t been an angel but I am a changed man now 191 There was criticism over SeSe Foster of Miss Dynamix being allowed to compete in the show because she was five months pregnant when the live shows began Some viewers also thought it was unfair that Miss Dynamix got an automatic bye to the next week when Foster collapsed before the second live show Foster dismissed this saying that she deserve s a shot at a better life and insisted her collapse was not related to her pregnancy 192 The following week Miss Dynamix were eliminated after losing the flash vote and the sing off to Hannah Barrett Following this Barlow stated that he felt that all public hopes of the group continuing in the competition had ended with their absence in week 2 despite him previously hoping that Foster s collapse would have gained more sympathy for them from the public 193 Judges comments edit Some viewers were shocked by a comment made by Osbourne following 16 year old Nicholas McDonald s performance of She s the One during the second live show As McDonald got to the end of the song a female backing dancer walked towards him and he kissed her cheek after the song finished Despite the minimum age of sexual consent in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies standing at 16 Osbourne then said to McDonald who was 16 and therefore legal Who on earth was that piece of whatever next to you That paedophile You re only 16 You can t be doing that That s a disgrace ITV 194 She was later spoken to by producers but Walsh defended her saying She meant nothing wrong by it We all say things we shouldn t and X Factor is not scripted 195 The dancer declined to comment but a source close to her said that she was embarrassed by Osbourne s comment 194 Guest performances edit Ofcom received around 200 complaints about Lady Gaga s performance including her costume and lyrics during the third results show on 27 October 2013 ITV received 60 complaints directly 196 Lady Gaga wore nude coloured underwear and her lyrics included do what you want with my body 197 A spokeswoman for ITV said We do not believe Lady Gaga s performance was inappropriate for the family audience of The X Factor results show which has an established tradition of featuring performances from the biggest music stars Lady Gaga is well known for her highly individual performance style 196 Ofcom said We will assess all the complaints received on this issue before deciding whether to investigate 196 Robin Thicke s performance which featured a large number of scantily clad female dancers also received a total of 317 complaints 198 On 16 December both Gaga and Thicke were cleared of any wrongdoing with an Ofcom spokesman stating We assessed the complaints and concluded there were no grounds to investigate 198 Final edit There were technical problems during Sam Bailey s duet performance with Scherzinger 199 when Jedward s voices could be heard as they completed a microphone test 200 The duet was panned by viewers who accused Scherzinger of being selfish by singing the best lines and notes of the song 201 References edit a b c d Sam Bailey wins X Factor final BBC News 15 December 2013 Retrieved 15 December 2013 Lawrie Sam 16 December 2013 Sam Bailey wins The X Factor 2013 Undertone Online Retrieved 21 June 2014 Sweney Mark 18 October 2010 ITV confirms The X Factor and Britain s Got Talent deal for three more years The Guardian Retrieved 16 October 2013 Nissim Mayer 15 November 2013 Simon Cowell signs new ITV deal X Factor BGT for three more years Digital Spy Retrieved 15 November 2013 Heritage Stuart 22 February 2013 The X Factor should Simon Cowell axe Tulisa The Guardian Retrieved 22 December 2017 Daniels Colin 17 March 2013 Tulisa denies X Factor axe I want to come back I m a fighter Digital Spy Retrieved 4 April 2013 Sharon Osbourne confirmed to replace Tulisa on 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7million Metro Retrieved 16 September 2013 a b Eames Tom 22 September 2013 The X Factor drops to 8 5m on Saturday Digital Spy Retrieved 23 September 2013 a b Eames Tom 23 September 2013 Downton Abbey returns with over 9 million down from last series Digital Spy Retrieved 23 September 2013 Weekly Top 10 Programmes Broadcasters Audience Research Board Retrieved 25 December 2013 Weekly Top 10 Programmes Broadcasters Audience Research Board Retrieved 12 August 2023 Hilton Beth 29 September 2013 Atlantis debuts with 5 6m on BBC Ones Digital Spy Retrieved 30 September 2013 Eames Tom 30 September 2013 Downton Abbey rises in ratings for second episode on ITV Digital Spy Retrieved 30 September 2013 Hilton Beth 6 October 2013 Atlantis continues with 5m on BBC One Digital Spy Retrieved 6 October 2013 Eames Tom 7 October 2013 Strictly beats X Factor on Sunday Downton Abbey drops Digital Spy Retrieved 7 October 2013 Hilton Beth 13 October 2013 Strictly beats X Factor by 2 million on Saturday 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on BBC One Digital Spy Retrieved 9 December 2013 Eames Tom 9 December 2013 I m a Celebrity Kian Egan victory attracts 11 million Digital Spy Retrieved 9 December 2013 Martin Liam 15 December 2013 Strictly Come Dancing semi final peaks with 10 61m viewers on BBC One Digital Spy Retrieved 16 December 2013 Eames Tom 16 December 2013 The X Factor drops to lowest rated final since 2004 launch with 9 5m Digital Spy Retrieved 16 December 2013 Exclusive The Ultimate X Factor Mash Up video The X Factor itv com 25 July 2013 Retrieved 27 July 2013 Robertson James 26 July 2013 The X Factor ultimate mash up See who gets snubbed in amazing poptastic official remix Daily Mirror Retrieved 26 July 2013 Copsey Robert 26 July 2013 Matt Cardle s manager angered by blacklisting on new X Factor ad Digital Spy Retrieved 28 July 2013 Eames Tom 10 October 2013 Matt Cardle X Factor advert omission was disappointing Digital Spy Retrieved 17 October 2013 Daniels Colin 18 August 2013 Mel C slams Matt Cardle X Factor snub Digital Spy Retrieved 17 October 2013 a b c d Fletcher Alex 1 September 2013 X Factor supersize weekends Is it overkill Digital Spy Retrieved 2 September 2013 a b c d Fletcher Alex 28 September 2013 X Factor s new Boot Camp chair swap twist Is it too cruel Digital Spy Retrieved 28 September 2013 Bryant Tom 30 September 2013 X Factor 2013 Fans blast cruel new format as show twist leaves contestant distraught Daily Mirror Retrieved 30 September 2013 Walker Danny 30 September 2013 X Factor reject Lydia Lucy slams show says exit was like dangling a carrot in front of someone and then taking it away Daily Mirror Retrieved 30 September 2013 Wood Lucy 15 October 2013 X Factor reject Lorna Simpson slams the show as a fix They set me up to go out in the first week SugarScape Retrieved 25 October 2013 McGarry Lisa 23 October 2013 Simon Cowell to axe flash vote X Factor 2013 loses to Strictly Come Dancing again Unreality TV Retrieved 25 October 2013 X Factor fans question Rough Copy s visa woes story Metro 29 September 2013 Westbrook Caroline 6 October 2013 The X Factor 2013 Rough Copy become a trio again after Gary Barlow saves the day Metro X Factor Rough Copy will be a trio for the live shows BBC 7 October 2013 Bloss Andrew 7 October 2013 Three Croydon acts make it into X Factor live shows Croydon Guardian Dyke Peter 7 October 2013 Ex con Factor Rough Copy singer in trouble for assault and drugs Daily Star Retrieved 19 October 2013 Eames Tom 21 October 2013 X Factor Miss Dynamix s SeSe Collapse was anxiety not pregnancy Digital Spy Retrieved 25 October 2013 Hodgson Claire 28 October 2013 Gary Barlow admits he was prepared for Miss Dynamix exit on Sunday s X Factor Daily Mirror a b Darvill Josh 21 October 2013 X Factor 2013 Sharon Osbourne spoken to over paedophile rant TellyMix Retrieved 2 November 2013 Rogers Kathryn 21 October 2013 X Factor storm brewing over Sharon paedophile jibe Daily Star Retrieved 2 November 2013 a b c Lady Gaga s performance on X Factor draws complaints Newsbeat 29 October 2013 Retrieved 29 October 2013 Hope Hannah Wilson Jess 28 October 2013 Lady Gaga s X Factor performance receives hundreds of complaints from viewers Daily Mirror Retrieved 29 October 2013 a b Robin Thicke s X Factor performance cleared Daily Star 17 December 2013 Retrieved 12 January 2014 Westbrook Caroline 14 December 2013 The X Factor 2013 Viewers left baffled by technical hitch during Sam Bailey s duet with Nicole Scherzinger Metro Retrieved 15 December 2013 Kitchener Shaun 15 December 2013 The X Factor 2013 Sam Bailey amp Nicole Scherzinger Duet Interrupted By Voices Of Jedward EntertainmentWise Retrieved 21 December 2013 Darvill Josh 15 December 2013 X Factor 2013 Nicole Scherzinger accused of selfish Sam Bailey duet TellyMix Retrieved 15 December 2013 External links editThe X Factor Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The X Factor British TV series series 10 amp oldid 1222199407, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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