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Revision as of 09:07, 29 November 2013

Template:Infobox reality talent competition 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 will run until 15 December 2013. Dermot O'Leary has returned to present the main show on ITV and Caroline Flack is back to present spin-off show The Xtra Factor on ITV2, along with comedian Matt Richardson, who took over the role as co-presenter from Olly Murs. Flack also presents backstage segments during the live shows. Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger have returned as judges for their respective tenth, third and second series. Tulisa Contostavlos has been replaced by original judge Sharon Osbourne, who has returned to the show after departing following series 4 in 2007, making this her fifth series. This was the final series of the three-year deal signed by Simon Cowell in 2010,[1] 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.[2]

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 will run until the final on 15 December 2013.

A trailer entitled "The Ultimate X Factor Mash-up", celebrating 10 years of The X Factor, was released on 25 July 2013. It features a mashup of various music videos from past contestants.

Judges and presenters

Series 10 judges
Louis Walsh
Gary Barlow
Nicole Scherzinger
Sharon Osbourne

The judges for series 10 were confirmed on 22 May 2013 as Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow, Nicole Scherzinger and Sharon Osbourne.[3] It was reported on 22 February 2013 that Tulisa Contostavlos would not return for series 10, after being a judge for two series,[4] Initially she denied this,[5] but on 9 May 2013 it was reported that Osbourne had replaced Contostavlos.[6] Scherzinger initially suggested that she may not return due to her schedule,[7] but did, with a reported pay rise.[8]

Show creator and former judge Simon Cowell, now a judge on The X Factor in the United States, said that he would appear at the live shows via a satellite link,[9] but this is yet to happen. It was reported that he would also appear during the bootcamp stage, discussing the acts with the judges before they decide who to put through to judges' houses,[10][11] but this did not happen. Osbourne stated in July 2013 that she was back for just one series, "to go out on a high",[12] and during the first live show, Barlow revealed that this would be his last series on the show.[13] Walsh, who has appeared on the show since its inception, has announced this will be his last series, stating he wanted his "life back",[14] although he later said he "might come back" if Cowell returned,[15] and later still he said he would most likely continue as "I'm having so much fun this year, I might stay".[16]

Dermot O'Leary returned to present the main show on ITV for his seventh series,[3][17] whilst Caroline Flack came back to present spin-off show The Xtra Factor on ITV2.[18] Olly Murs, Flack's co-presenter for series 8 and 9, wanted to focus on his music career and therefore did not come back.[19] On 29 May, it was announced that comedian Matt Richardson would co-present The Xtra Factor with Flack,[20] after reports that Nick Grimshaw, Dave Berry or Rylan Clark may replace Murs.[21] Flack also presents backstage on the main X Factor programme, during the live shows on Saturdays.[22]

Selection process

Auditions

Mobile auditions

Between 25 March and 1 April 2013, mobile auditions took place in Inverness, Great Yarmouth, Warrington, Aberdeen, Colchester, Hull, Dumfries, Grimsby, Romford, Belfast, Newport on the Isle of Wight, Sunderland, Wakefield, Bangor, Middlesbrough, Yeovil, Aberystwyth, Blackburn, Dublin, Blackpool, Cork, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport in Wales.[23] It was reported that around 20 people attended Colchester auditions on 26 March and producers tried to convince passers-by to audition. A spokesperson for the show commented: "The X Factor mobile auditions are taking place across the UK this week, allowing budding artists to try out in towns and cities where the auditions tour doesn't reach. The numbers attending vary from location to location and are on a par with last year when we found our winner James Arthur. Overall applications are strong for this series and are in line with last year. We've had strong turnouts at other locations for the mobile auditions with more than 250 people turning up at Hull and over 100 in Great Yarmouth."[24]

Open auditions

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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.[citation needed] Open auditions in front of the show's producers began in London (ExCeL London) on 6 April[25] 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.[26] Auditions were not held in Liverpool this year, after it was one of the locations in the past two series.[27] Producers said that they were "mixing it up", although reports claim that they were unimpressed with talent in Liverpool, despite three consecutive finalists—Rebecca Ferguson (series 7), Marcus Collins (series 8) and Christopher Maloney (series 9)—coming from Liverpool.[27] 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.[28] Almost 8,000 auditionees attended in London,[25] whilst Cardiff attracted at least 3,000,[29] Brimingham produced around 5,000,[30] over 4,000 auditioned in Manchester[31] and over 2,000 in Glasgow.[32]

Judges' auditions

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 are successful in the room auditions then face a second audition in an arena—the format used since series 6—to prove they can impress an audience. If they are successful in this audition, they will enter the bootcamp stage of the competition. Cowell hoped the "intimate" room auditions would increase ratings.[3][33] The room auditions in front of the judges began in Glasgow on 4 June at the Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor Hotel[34] and continued in Birmingham on 10 June[35] at the International Convention Centre.[36] Manchester auditions took place over three days from 13 to 15 June at Old Trafford,[37][38] followed by London auditions which also took place over three days,[citation needed] from 19 to 21 June at ExCeL London.[39][40] Due to a lack of successful groups, extra auditions specifically for groups took place at Price Studios in Battersea, London, on 1 July.[41] Auditions then concluded in Cardiff on 3 July at the Motorpoint Arena.[42] The arena auditions took place at a single venue, Wembley Arena, over four days, from 15 to 18 July.[43] The broadcast of auditions started on 31 August 2013, with room auditions being shown on Saturday nights and arena auditions on Sundays.[44]

Numerous contestants from previous series returned to audition again for this series, including: Amy Mottram, who was Contostavlos' wildcard contestant in series 9 and failed to be chosen ahead of Maloney as the 13th finalist;[45] Terry Winstanley, who made it to judges' houses in series 8;[46] Johnny Rocco, whose audition in series 4 ended with him "cursing" Walsh after getting a "no" from all four judges;[47] John Adams, who reached bootcamp in series 8;[46] Curtis Golden, Joseph Whelan and Gathan Cheema, all of whom got to bootcamp in series 9;[46][48][49] Stephanie Woods, who got to judges' houses in series 4;[50] Jade Richards, who got to judges' houses in series 8 and bootcamp in series 9;[51] and Melanie McCabe, who got to bootcamp in series 5 and 9 and to judges' houses in series 8.[46][51] 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, and The Dolly Rockers, who made it to judges' houses in series 3.[51] Another notable group to audition were 1990s pop rock band Next of Kin, who were once labelled "the British Hanson".[52] It has been reported that finalist Sam Bailey also auditioned for the show before, as well as for Britain's Got Talent.[53]

Summary of judges' auditions
City Room auditions Arena auditions
Date(s) Venue Date(s) Venue
Glasgow 4 June 2013[3] Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor Hotel[34] —
Birmingham 10 June 2013[35] International Convention Centre[36]
Manchester 13–15 June 2013[37][38] Old Trafford[37]
London 19–21 June 2013[39][40] ExCeL London[39] 15–18 July 2013[43] Wembley Arena[43]
1 July 2013[41] Price Studios[41]
Cardiff 3 July 2013[42] Motorpoint Arena[42] —

Bootcamp

On 17 April 2013, it was reported that this series' bootcamp could be changed and be conducted abroad like judges' houses,[54][55] however, it was later confirmed that bootcamp would take place at Wembley Arena[56] over four days, across three sessions between 9 and 12 August.[57] 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,[10] 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.[11] However, this did not happen.

In a change to the usual format, the judges were allocated their categories before bootcamp,[11] via a phonecall from executive producer Richard Holloway.[58] Walsh has the boys, Scherzinger has the girls, Osbourne has the over 25s and Barlow has the groups.[57] 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.[58] 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'.[59] Bootcamp was broadcast over two episodes, each of 90 minutes, on 28 and 29 September.[60][61]

Judges' houses

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, Sinitta and Shane Filan 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.[62] Osbourne took the Over 25s to her own home in Beverly Hills, California,[62] assisted by Robbie Williams; Barlow was assisted by former contestant Olly Murs to mentor the Groups in New York City; and Scherzinger took the Girls to Antigua with Mary J. Blige,[63] staying at the St James Club resort.[62] 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.[64][65]

Kingsland were forced to change their name due to copyright issues and would now be known as Kingsland Road.[66] It was also reported that Code 4 and Rough Copy had both been forced to lose a member each due to visa problems.[67] The new girl group formed at bootcamp by Barlow was called Miss Dynamix.[68]

Summary of judges' houses
Judge Category Location[63] Assistant(s)[63] Contestants eliminated
Barlow Groups New York Olly Murs Brick City, Code 4, Xyra[69]
Osbourne Over 25s Beverly Hills Robbie Williams Zoe Devlin, Andrea Magee, Joseph Whelan[70]
Scherzinger Girls Antigua Mary J. Blige Relley C, Melanie McCabe, Jade Richards[71]
Walsh Boys Saint-Tropez Nicole Appleton, Shane Filan, Sinitta Paul Akister, Ryan Mathie, Giles Potter[72]

Finalists

Main article: List of The X Factor finalists (UK series 10)

Key:

  – Eliminated
Category (mentor) Acts[73][74]
Boys (Walsh) Sam Callahan Luke Friend Nicholas McDonald
Girls (Scherzinger) Abi Alton Hannah Barrett Tamera Foster
Over 25s (Osbourne) Sam Bailey Lorna Simpson Shelley Smith
Groups (Barlow) Kingsland Road Miss Dynamix Rough Copy

Live shows

The live shows started on 12 October.[75] As in previous series, each week's song choices follow a particular theme. Each contestant performs on Saturday, while eliminations and guest performances take place on Sunday. 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,[76] where the second contestant to face the "sing-off" was revealed.[77] "Deadlock" was eliminated while there was a flash vote,[78] 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,[79] and the flash vote did not return after this.

The final will take place on 15 December 2013[80] at Wembley Arena.[81]

Musical guests

Each results show features musical performances from at least two artists, while occasionally, artists perform on the main performances show. Ellie Goulding and Cher performed on the first results show,[82] Robin Thicke and Katy Perry performed on the second,[83] and The Wanted and Lady Gaga performed on the third.[84] 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.[85] Series 8 winners Little Mix performed on the fourth live results show, followed by Taylor Swift with Gary Lightbody.[86] Robbie Williams and Celine Dion appeared on the fifth results show,[87] though Dion's performance was pre-recorded.[88] The sixth live results show featured performances from judge Gary Barlow,[89] who is re-launching his solo career,[90] and Miley Cyrus.[89] Series 6 runner-up Olly Murs performed on the seventh live show,[91] while JLS, Mary J. Blige with Jessie J, and series 7 finalists One Direction performed on the seventh live results show.[92] Series 7 runner-up Rebecca Ferguson and series 9 winner James Arthur will perform during the eighth results show,[93] while Series 3 winner Leona Lewis and Michael Bublé will perform on the semi-final live results show.[94] Elton John, Barlow, One Direction and Perry will reportedly perform on the final results show on 15 December.[95] Liam Gallagher said that his band Beady Eye would be performing.[96] Also reported to be possibly performing are Mariah Carey, Susan Boyle,[97] Beyoncé, Gloria Estefan and Britney Spears.[98] It is reported that John will perform and mentor the contestants.[99]

Results summary

Colour key
  – Contestant did not face the public vote
  – Contestant received the fewest public votes or was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the sing-off
Weekly results per contestant
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10
Saturday Sunday Saturday Sunday Saturday Sunday Saturday Sunday
Sam Bailey Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe
Rough Copy Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two
Tamera Foster Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe Safe Safe
Luke Friend Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Safe
Nicholas McDonald Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe
Hannah Barrett Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 9th Safe Bottom two Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(week 7)
Sam Callahan Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(week 6)
Abi Alton Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(week 5)
Kingsland Road Safe Safe 10th — Safe Safe Bottom two Eliminated
(week 4)
Miss Dynamix Safe Safe —1 —1 10th — Eliminated
(week 3)
Shelley Smith 12th — Safe 9th Eliminated
(week 2)
Lorna Simpson Safe 11th Eliminated
(week 1)
Sing-off Simpson,
Smith 		Kingsland Road,
Smith 		Barrett,
Miss Dynamix 		Foster,
Kingsland Road 		Alton,
Barrett 		Callahan,
Friend 		Barrett,
Rough Copy
Walsh's vote
to eliminate 		Simpson Smith —2 Kingsland Road —2 None (abstained) Barrett
Osbourne's vote
to eliminate 		None (abstained) Kingsland Road Miss Dynamix Kingsland Road Alton —3 Barrett
Barlow's vote
to eliminate 		Smith Smith Barrett Foster Alton Callahan Barrett
Scherzinger's vote
to eliminate 		Simpson Smith Miss Dynamix Kingsland Road None (abstained) Callahan 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
Reference(s) [82] [100] [84] [101] [87] [89] [92]
  • ^1 Miss Dynamix were given a bye in week 2 because band member SeSe Foster was too ill to perform.[102]
  • ^2 Walsh did not need to vote as there was already a majority. He said he would have voted to eliminate Miss Dynamix in week 3 and Abi Alton in week 5.
  • ^3 Osbourne did not need to vote as there was already a majority. She said she would have voted to eliminate Callahan.

Live show details

Week 1 (12/13 October)

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song[104] Result[82]
Hannah Barrett 1 "What's Love Got to Do with It" Safe
Nicholas McDonald 2 "True" Safe
Miss Dynamix 3 "Jump (for My Love)" Safe
Sam Bailey 4 "The Power of Love" Safe
Sam Callahan 5 "Summer of '69" Safe
Kingsland Road 6 "I'm Your Man" Safe
Shelley Smith 7 "Alone" Lost flash vote
Abi Alton 8 "Livin' on a Prayer" Safe
Lorna Simpson 9 "So Emotional" Lost public vote
Tamera Foster 10 "Ain't Nobody" Safe
Luke Friend 11 "Every Breath You Take" Safe
Rough Copy 12 "In the Air Tonight" Safe
Sing-off details[82]
Shelley Smith 1 "One Night Only" Safe
Lorna Simpson 2 "There You'll Be" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate[82]
  • Osbourne abstained from voting as both acts were in her category
  • Walsh: Lorna Simpson – gave no reason
  • Barlow: Shelley Smith – despite saying that Smith was only in the bottom two through a poor song choice, he felt that Simpson would go further in the competition
  • Scherzinger: Lorna Simpson – thought that Smith had more potential

Week 2 (19/20 October)

Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act Order Song[106] Result[100]
Sam Bailey 1 "Make You Feel My Love" Safe
Kingsland Road 2 "Marry You" Lost flash vote
Nicholas McDonald 3 "She's the One" Safe
Abi Alton 4 "Can't Get You Out of My Head" Safe
Shelley Smith 5 "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" Lost public vote
Miss Dynamix 6 —1 Given bye
Sam Callahan 7 "I Won't Give Up" Safe
Tamera Foster 8 "Beneath Your Beautiful" Safe
Luke Friend 9 "Let Her Go" Safe
Rough Copy 10 "I Want It That Way" Safe
Hannah Barrett 11 "Beautiful" Safe
Sing-off details[100]
Kingsland Road 1 "Try" Safe
Shelley Smith 2 "Stop!" Eliminated

^1 Due to band member SeSe Foster attending hospital, Miss Dynamix did not perform and were given a bye to the next week.[102] They would have performed "Dreams",[106] but performed it in week 3.[107]

Judges' votes to eliminate[100]
  • Barlow: Shelley Smith – backed his own act, Kingsland Road
  • Osbourne: Kingsland Road – gave no comment, but effectively backed her own act, Shelley Smith
  • Scherzinger: Shelley Smith – based on the fact that she saved Smith the previous week
  • Walsh: Shelley Smith – said he thought Kingsland Road had more potential

Week 3 (26/27 October)

Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Order Song[107] Film Result[84]
Rough Copy 1 "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Safe
Sam Callahan 2 "All I Want Is You" Reality Bites Safe
Hannah Barrett 3 "Skyfall" Skyfall Lost public vote
Nicholas McDonald 4 "Angel" City of Angels Safe
Abi Alton 5 "Moon River" Breakfast at Tiffany's Safe
Miss Dynamix 6 "Dreams" Magnolia Lost flash vote
Sam Bailey 7 "My Heart Will Go On" Titanic Safe
Kingsland Road 8 "Oh, Pretty Woman" Pretty Woman Safe
Luke Friend 9 "Kiss from a Rose" Batman Forever Safe
Tamera Foster 10 "Listen" Dreamgirls Safe
Sing-off details[84]
Hannah Barrett 1 "Read All About It, Pt. III" Safe
Miss Dynamix 2 "Don't You Worry Child" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate[84]
  • Scherzinger: Miss Dynamix – backed her own act, Hannah Barrett
  • Barlow: Hannah Barrett – backed his own act, Miss Dynamix
  • 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)

The flash vote was "rested" 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.[79]

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Act Order Song[110] Result[101]
Luke Friend 1 "Play That Funky Music" Safe
Kingsland Road 2 "Blame It on the Boogie" Bottom two
Tamera Foster 3 "Wishing on a Star" Bottom two
Sam Callahan 4 "Relight My Fire" Safe
Rough Copy 5 "September" Safe
Abi Alton 6 "I Will Survive" Safe
Nicholas McDonald 7 "Rock with You" Safe
Hannah Barrett 8 "Somebody Else's Guy" Safe
Sam Bailey 9 "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" Safe
Sing-off details[101]
Kingsland Road 1 "I Won't Let You Go" Eliminated
Tamera Foster 2 "I Have Nothing" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate[101]
  • Scherzinger: Kingsland Road – backed her own act, Tamera Foster
  • Barlow: Tamera Foster – backed his own act, Kingsland Road
  • Osbourne: Kingsland Road – gave no comment
  • Walsh: Kingsland Road – gave no reason

Week 5 (9/10 November)

The acts performed with a 36-piece live band, instead of a backing track.[87] The flash vote did not return this week, and a show source said there were no plans for it to return.[111] 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.[112]

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Act Order Song[113] Result[87]
Abi Alton 1 "That's Life" Bottom two
Sam Bailey 2 "Theme from New York, New York" Safe
Nicholas McDonald 3 "Dream a Little Dream of Me" Safe
Luke Friend 4 "Moondance" Safe
Hannah Barrett 5 "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" Bottom two
Rough Copy 6 "Hit the Road Jack" Safe
Tamera Foster 7 "Cry Me a River" Safe
Sam Callahan 8 "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" Safe
Sing-off details[87]
Abi Alton 1 "Lego House" Eliminated
Hannah Barrett 2 "Wrecking Ball" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate[87]
  • Scherzinger abstained from voting as both acts were in her category
  • Barlow: Abi Alton – based on the performances in the sing-off
  • Osbourne: Abi Alton – gave no reason
  • Walsh was not required to vote but stated he would have eliminated Alton

Week 6 (16/17 November)

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.[116]

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act Order Song[117] Result[89]
Hannah Barrett 1 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" Safe
Luke Friend 2 "Your Song" Bottom two
Sam Bailey 3 "Something" Safe
Rough Copy 4 "Viva la Vida" Safe
Sam Callahan 5 "Faith" Bottom two
Tamera Foster 6 "Diamonds Are Forever" Safe
Nicholas McDonald 7 "Someone like You" Safe
Sing-off details[89]
Luke Friend 1 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" Safe
Sam Callahan 2 "Iris" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate[89]
  • 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 but stated she would have eliminated Callahan

Week 7 (23/24 November)

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act Order Song[119] Previous finalist Result
Nicholas McDonald 1 "The Climb" Joe McElderry Safe
Hannah Barrett 2 "Hallelujah" Alexandra Burke Bottom two
Luke Friend 3 "What Makes You Beautiful" One Direction Safe
Rough Copy 4 "Don't Let Go (Love)" Little Mix Bottom two
Tamera Foster 5 "Impossible" James Arthur Safe
Sam Bailey 6 "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis Safe
Sing-off details[92]
Hannah Barrett 1 "I'd Rather Go Blind" Eliminated
Rough Copy 2 "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate[92]
  • 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[120]

Week 8 (30 November/1 December)

For the first time this series, contestants will perform two songs each. Their first song will be by their musical hero,[121] and their second song will be chosen by the public via voting on a smartphone app.[122] On 24 November, the song choices for the public were revealed.[124]

Choices for jukebox week
Act Song choices[124]
Luke Friend "Bridge over Troubled Water" "Skinny Love" "One Day like This"
Nicholas McDonald "The Prayer" "Amazed" "Just the Way You Are"
Rough Copy "End of the Road" "I Believe I Can Fly" "If You Ever"
Sam Bailey "The Living Years" "Clown" "Without You"
Tamera Foster "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" "This Woman's Work" "Emotion"
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show
Act Order First song[125] Musical hero Order Second song[125] Result
Luke Friend "I Will Wait" Mumford & Sons "One Day like This"
Nicholas McDonald "Greatest Day" Take That "Just the Way You Are"
Rough Copy "Every Little Step"/"She's Got That Vibe" Bobby Brown/R. Kelly "I Believe I Can Fly"
Sam Bailey "How Will I Know" Whitney Houston "Clown"
Tamera Foster "We Found Love" Rihanna "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
Sing-off details

Week 9: Semi-final (7/8 December)

Winner's single

This year's winner's single will be released on 16 December 2013, the day after the winner is announced. It will enter the UK Singles Chart on 22 December, meaning it will be a contender for the Christmas number-one single. This is different to series 8 winners Little Mix and series 9 winner James Arthur, who released their winners' singles two weeks before the Christmas chart, thus avoiding the Christmas number-one battle.[126] On 24 November, it was revealed that, like Arthur's winner's single, this series' winner's single will be a charity release to raise money for Together for Short Lives, and also the Great Ormond Street Hospital.[127]

Reception

Ratings

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.[128] The first Sunday show the following night attracted average overnight ratings of 9.21 million, a 36.2% audience share.[129] The following Saturday, on 7 September, the ratings dropped to 840,000 fewer than the launch, an overnight rating of 7.94 million.[130] 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.[131][132] The ratings for the third Saturday show were up on the second by 710,000, with an average overnight rating of 8.65 million.[133] The next day, the average overnight ratings reached 9.08 million[134] and peaked at 10.7 million.[135] The final weekend of auditions saw viewers decrease by around 200,000 on the Saturday,[136] though the next day saw the show reach a new peak audience of 9.42 million, according to overnight figures.[137]

Summary of episode ratings
Episode Air date Duration (minutes) ^1 Official ITV rating
(millions)[138] ^2 		Weekly rank[138] ^3 Overnight share (%) Official ITV HD rating
(millions)[139] 		Total viewers
(millions) ^2
Auditions 1 31 August 80 8.69 3 40.0[128] 1.30 9.99
Auditions 2 1 September 60 9.21 1 36.2[129] 1.20 10.41
Auditions 3 7 September 60 7.94 8 36.3[130] 1.30 9.24
Auditions 4 8 September 60 8.89 2 35.5[131] 1.38 10.27
Auditions 5 14 September 60 8.33 7 40.0[133] 1.44 9.77
Auditions 6 15 September 60 8.86 2 34.7[134] 1.34 10.20
Auditions 7 21 September 60 8.30 5 38.2[136] 1.37 9.67
Auditions 8 22 September 60 9.14 2 37.3[137] 1.47 10.61
Bootcamp 1 28 September 90 7.75 11 34.6[140] 1.21 8.96
Bootcamp 2 29 September 90 9.12 4 37.3[141] 1.38 10.50
Judges' houses 1 5 October 110 8.14 8 34.8[142] 1.46 9.60
Judges' houses 2 6 October 110 7.85 12 32.8[143] 1.28 9.13
Live show 1 12 October 135 7.72 11 33.3[144] 1.30 9.02
Live results 1 13 October 60 8.79 5 35.8[145] 1.28 10.07
Live show 2 19 October 125 7.50 14 32.9[146] 1.10 8.60
Live results 2 20 October 60 8.12 10 32.9[147] 1.25 9.37
Live show 3 26 October 120 7.40 16 33.7[148] 1.32 8.72
Live results 3 27 October 60 8.29 8 33.5[149] 1.40 9.69
Live show 4 2 November 110 7.53 14 33.2[150] 1.15 8.68
Live results 4 3 November 60 7.90 11 31.7[151] 1.10 9.00
Live show 5 9 November 95 8.14 11 34.5[152] 1.19 9.33
Live results 5 10 November 60 8.38 9 34.1[153] 1.36 9.74
Live show 6 16 November 90 7.74 12 34.9[154] 1.39 9.13
Live results 6 17 November 60 8.59 6 33.0[155] 1.29 9.88
Live show 7 23 November 90
Live results 7 24 November 60
Live show 8 30 November 90
Live results 8 1 December 60
Live show 9 7 December 90
Live results 9 8 December 60
Live final 14 December 125
Live final results 15 December 120

1 Includes advert breaks
2 Excludes ITV+1
3 The rank for the ITV broadcast, compared with all channels for that week, from Monday to Sunday.

Controversy and criticism

Trailer

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.[156] 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.[157] 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."[158] Cardle later described being omitted from the advert as "disappointing", especially for fans who would have liked to have seen him in it.[159] Melanie C, who has collaborated with Cardle, was more critical, saying: "I think it's really f**king rude the way they have left him out."[160]

Format changes

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".[161] 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"[161] and "generally the singers who stun us on Saturday will impress again on Sunday."[161] 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."[161]

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."[162] 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",[162] 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."[162] 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."[162]

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."[163] 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."[164]

The new "flash vote" twist during the live shows was met negatively by Lorna Simpson, who was the first contestant to be eliminated, who said it was unfair that fellow sing-off contestant Shelley Smith had more time to prepare than she did, claiming "They set me up to go out in the first week".[165] It was reported that Cowell could be 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.[166] The flash vote was not used in week 4 due to a performance at the start of the show by Nile Rodgers and Chic,[79] and was not used again in week 5. A source from the show said, "at the moment it is not scheduled to return".[111]

Contestants

Before judges' houses, urban act Code 4 had to drop one of their members after it emerged that Mark Wyman 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."[67] Code 4 did not make it to the live shows. Three-piece band Rough Copy also had to lose member Kazeem "Kaz" Ajope 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 Ajope and advanced to judges' houses as a duo.[67] Fans questioned the events, and the extent to which ITV wanted to resolve them, saying they had a year to get a visa, and Barlow could have stayed in the United Kingdom. Barlow put Rough Copy through to the live shows and Ajobe was allowed to rejoin the band.[167] Furthermore, just after Ajobe was reinstated, controversy was caused when his criminal past was publicised. Ajobe responded stating: "I've done things I am not proud of. I haven't been an angel but I am a changed man now."[168]

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.[169]

Judges' comments

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. Osbourne then said to McDonald, "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."[170] 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."[171] The dancer declined to comment, but a source close to her said that she was embarrassed by Osbourne's comment.[170]

Guest performances

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.[172] Lady Gaga wore nude-coloured underwear and her lyrics included "do what you want with my body".[173] 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."[172] Ofcom said, "We will assess all the complaints received on this issue before deciding whether to investigate."[172]

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