The X Factor (British TV series) series 5: Difference between revisions
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|style="background:#00FF99" |'''Runner-up''' <br /> 41.66% |
|style="background:#00FF99" |'''Runner-up''' <br /> 41.66% |
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!style="background:#4169E1" | || Eoghan Quigg |
!style="background:#4169E1" | || Eoghan Quigg |
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|style="background:lightgreen" | '''1st'''<br />21.19% |
|style="background:lightgreen" | '''1st'''<br />21.19% |
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|style="background:lightgreen" |'''1st'''<br />26.77% |
|style="background:lightgreen" |'''1st'''<br />26.77% |
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|style="background:#FA8072"| ''Eliminated'' <br> (Week 10) |
|style="background:#FA8072"| ''Eliminated'' <br> (Week 10) |
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!style="background:#FF69B4" | || Diana Vickers |
!style="background:#FF69B4" | || Diana Vickers |
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|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''4th'''<br />7.35% |
|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''4th'''<br />7.35% |
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|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''2nd'''<br />16.24% |
|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''2nd'''<br />16.24% |
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|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''2nd'''<br />15.13% |
|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''2nd'''<br />15.13% |
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|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''3rd'''<br />15.24% |
|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''3rd'''<br />15.24% |
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|style="background:silver" | '''Safe ''' |
|style="background:silver" | '''Safe ''' |
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|style="background:lightgreen" | '''1st'''<br />31.30% |
|style="background:lightgreen" | '''1st'''<br />31.30% |
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|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''2nd'''<br />18.94% |
|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''2nd'''<br />18.94% |
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|style="background:#FA8072" colspan=3 | ''Eliminated'' <br> (Week 8) |
|style="background:#FA8072" colspan=3 | ''Eliminated'' <br> (Week 8) |
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!style="background:#FFA500" | || Rachel Hylton |
!style="background:#FFA500" | || Rachel Hylton |
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|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''8th'''<br />4.77% |
|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''8th'''<br />4.77% |
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|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''8th'''<br />5.01% |
|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''8th'''<br />5.01% |
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|style="background:#FA8072" colspan=5 | ''Eliminated''<br>(Week 6) |
|style="background:#FA8072" colspan=5 | ''Eliminated''<br>(Week 6) |
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!style="background:#FF69B4" | || Laura White |
!style="background:#FF69B4" | || Laura White |
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|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''3rd'''<br />16.99% |
|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''3rd'''<br />16.99% |
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|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''4th'''<br />8.99% |
|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''4th'''<br />8.99% |
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|style="background:#FA8072" colspan=7 | ''Eliminated''<br>(Week 4) |
|style="background:#FA8072" colspan=7 | ''Eliminated''<br>(Week 4) |
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!style="background:#4169E1" | || Scott Bruton |
!style="background:#4169E1" | || Scott Bruton |
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|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''2nd'''<br />19.48% |
|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''2nd'''<br />19.48% |
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|style="background:#B4FB84" | '''9th'''<br />4.17% |
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|style="background:#FA8072" colspan=8 | ''Eliminated''<br>(Week 3) |
|style="background:#FA8072" colspan=8 | ''Eliminated''<br>(Week 3) |
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!style="background:#FF0000" | || Girlband |
!style="background:#FF0000" | || Girlband |
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|style="background:#87D3F8" | '''11th'''<br />2.17% |
|style="background:#87D3F8" | '''11th'''<br />2.17% |
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|style="background:#FF7BBB" | '''11th'''<br />2.30% |
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| style="background:#FA8072" colspan=9 | ''Eliminated''<br>(Week 2) |
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|style="background:#FF7BBB" | '''12th '''<br />1.51% |
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| Bad Lashes|| Ruth Lorenzo || Daniel Evans || Rachel Hylton || Laura White|| Daniel Evans || Rachel Hylton |
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! style="background:#9E7BFF" | || Minogue's vote to eliminate |
! style="background:#9E7BFF" | || Minogue's vote to eliminate |
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| Girlband|| Girlband || Scott Bruton || Austin Drage || Laura White || ''N/A'' <sup>2</sup> || JLS |
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| Girlband || Girlband || Scott Bruton || Austin Drage || Ruth Lorenzo || Daniel Evans || Rachel Hylton |
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| Bad Lashes || Ruth Lorenzo || Scott Bruton || Austin Drage || Laura White' || Daniel Evans || Rachel Hylton |
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| style="background:#FF7BBB" rowspan=2 | '''Bad Lashes'''<br><small>2 of 4 votes </small><br><small>Deadlock</small> |
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| style="background:#FF7BBB" rowspan=2 | '''Girlband'''<br><small>2 of 4 votes </small><br><small>Deadlock </small> |
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|style="background:#FA8072" rowspan=2 | '''Scott Bruton'''<br><small>3 of 4 votes </small><br><small>Majority</small> |
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|style="background:#FA8072" rowspan=2 | '''Austin Drage'''<br><small>3 of 4 votes </small><br><small>Majority</small> |
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|style="background:#FA8072" rowspan=2 | '''Daniel Evans'''<br><small>3 of 3 votes</small><br><small>Majority</small> |
|style="background:#FA8072" rowspan=2 | '''Daniel Evans'''<br><small>3 of 3 votes</small><br><small>Majority</small> |
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|style="background:#FA8072" rowspan=2 |'''Rachel Hylton'''<br><small> 3 of 4 votes</small><br><small>Majority</small> |
|style="background:#FA8072" rowspan=2 |'''Rachel Hylton'''<br><small> 3 of 4 votes</small><br><small>Majority</small> |
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|style="background:pink" rowspan=2 | '''Ruth Lorenzo'''<br>15.23%<br><small>to save</small></small> |
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|style="background:pink" rowspan=2 | '''Diana Vickers'''<br>12.79%<br><small>to save</small> |
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|style="background:pink; width:5%" rowspan=2 | '''Eoghan Quigg'''<br>25.33%<br><small>to win</small> |
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| style="background:#FFE87C; width:5%" | {{nowrap|'''Alexandra Burke'''}}<br>58.34%<br><small>to win</small> |
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Revision as of 21:18, 26 December 2009
Template:Infobox reality music competition The fifth UK series of The X Factor was broadcast on ITV in 2008. The series premiered on 16 August and was won by Alexandra Burke on 13 December, with Cheryl Cole emerging as the winning mentor. Auditions in front of producers were held in April/May, with callbacks in front of the judges in June. The number of applicants for series 5 reached an all-time high with a reported 182,000[1] people auditioning. A number of well-established music acts from around the world, such as Mariah Carey, Girls Aloud, Beyoncé, Take That, Il Divo, Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears and winner of two years ago Leona Lewis performed during the live stages of the show.
Burke's prize, as winner, was a £1 million recording contract with Syco Music (a subsidiary of Sony BMG). Her debut single, "Hallelujah", written and originally recorded by Leonard Cohen, was released for digital download at 00:01 on 14 December 2008, with the CD format following on 17 December. It soon was announced that her single, was the fastest selling of all time.
Judges and presenters
The judges for series 5 were Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue, Louis Walsh and Cheryl Cole. On 6 June 2008 (six days before filming was due to begin at the London auditions) ITV announced that long-standing judge Sharon Osbourne had left the show.[2][3] Media speculation over the reasons for Osbourne's departure alluded to rising tensions between her and fellow judge Dannii Minogue, as well as disputes over pay.[3] When interviewed by Chris Moyles on BBC Radio 1, Osbourne said that it was "the best four years of [her] life" but felt that it was "time to move on."[4] She later revealed that fellow judge Dannii was "99.9%" of her reason for leaving, citing that the atmosphere was causing too much stress. Osbourne admitted that when she informed the producers of her decision to resign, she hoped to be kept on instead of Dannii.[5].
Much media coverage and speculation surrounded the question of who would replace Osbourne. Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown revealed on 16 September 2008 in an interview for New! Magazine that she, among others, was approached by Cowell as a possible replacement.[6] However, on 10 June 2008, four days after Osbourne's departure, ITV confirmed that Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole was the new judge for series 5 and the replacement for Sharon Osbourne. Minogue praised the new judge, saying: "She’s very knowledgeable about music and I think she’s going to bring a new side to the show."[7] Cowell is reported by Minogue to feel that Cole's voiced opinions are something "which he loves".[7]
Presenter Dermot O'Leary returned to host the main ITV1 show, choosing to leave other projects, including his ongoing role as the host of Big Brother's Little Brother, in order to concentrate on The X Factor.[8] Xtra Factor presenter Fearne Cotton left after series 4, having presented for only one series, to be replaced by Holly Willoughby.[9] Brian Friedman returned as choreographer and performance coach (billed as "Creative Director"), along with Yvie Burnett as vocal coach.
Auditions
A reported "record-breaking" 182,000 applied for series 5,[1][10] with filming for auditions in front of judges taking place in June/July 2008. Auditions were held in the cities of London, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff, and Glasgow.[11]
Dannii Minogue was missing from some of the auditions due to visits to her native Australia in order to film auditions for Australia's Got Talent.
Bootcamp
As in series 4, all four judges worked together at the bootcamp stage of the competition. This took place at indigO2 at The O2 in Greenwich, London on 4 August 2008, and was televised in two episodes on 27 and 28 September 2008.[12][13] Contestants are said to have stayed in a nearby hotel in Blackheath.[13]
During the bootcamp stage, around 150 acts were whittled down to just 24 which advanced to the next round, 6 in each category.
After completion of bootcamp, the judges were told the category that they were to mentor. The category mentors were as follows:[14]
- Simon Cowell: Boys
- Cheryl Cole: Girls
- Dannii Minogue: Over 25s
- Louis Walsh: Groups
Visits to judges' houses
This round was filmed in late August/early September and was broadcast over two shows on 4 October and 5 October. As in previous years, the judges welcomed the six acts from their selected category to their "homes".[15] Each act had only one chance to impress their mentor who, along with a guest judge (largely from the music industry), had the task of selecting which three acts were to go though to the live shows and which three would be eliminated.
Category | Mentor | Location | Guest judge | Acts eliminated at this stage | ||
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Boys | Simon Cowell | Barbados | Sinitta | Alan Turner | Liam Payne | Mali-Michael McCalla |
Girls | Cheryl Cole | Cannes | Kimberley Walsh | Amy Connelly | Annastasia Baker | Hannah Bradbeer |
Over 25s | Dannii Minogue | St. Tropez | Emma Bunton | James Williams | Louise Heatly | Suzie Furlonger |
Groups | Louis Walsh | Castle Leslie, Ireland | Shane Filan | 4Instinct | Desire | Priority |
Categories and finalists
The final 12 were confirmed as follows.
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runners-up
- – Eliminated
Category (Mentor) | Acts | ||
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Boys (Simon Cowell) | Austin Drage | Eoghan Quigg | Scott Bruton |
Girls (Cheryl Cole) | Alexandra Burke | Diana Vickers | Laura White |
Over 25s (Dannii Minogue) | Daniel Evans | Rachel Hylton | Ruth Lorenzo |
Groups (Louis Walsh) | Bad Lashes | Girlband | JLS |
Live shows
The live shows began on 11 October 2008, and continued through to the finale on 13 December 2008. Leon Jackson performed on the first live show, promoting his second single "Don't Call This Love". Girls Aloud performed their new single, "The Promise", on the second show on 18 October. This became the first single from their fifth album Out of Control, as announced by Cole at the X Factor launch in August. Will Young performed his new song "Grace" on 1 November. Mariah Carey appeared on 8 November and performed her new single "I Stay in Love", plus a special version of "Hero" with 11 of the finalists (Diana Vickers was ill with laryngitis so could not perform). Leona Lewis appeared the week after and performed her new single "Run" from the deluxe edition of her album Spirit. Take That performed on the 22 November show, as did series 4 third-place act Same Difference, who performed their debut single, and series 4 runner-up Rhydian Roberts, who sang a track from his debut album.[16] On the 29 November show, Miley Cyrus performed her new song "7 Things" and Britney Spears performed her new single "Womanizer".
Boyzone, Westlife and Beyoncé Knowles were guests on the final show where they duetted with the finalists, with Knowles performing "Listen" with Alexandra Burke. Knowles also performed "If I Were a Boy" from her album I Am... Sasha Fierce.
An added twist for this series, confirmed on the first live show, was that acts in the bottom-two showdown sang a new song of their own choosing, rather than repeating the song they performed in the first part of the show (as was the case in previous series). As the series continued, some bloggers noticed a pattern emerging, that the acts performing early on are much more likely to feature in the "sing-off" to decide who will be eliminated.[17]
Heroes: Help for Heroes performance
The twelve finalists together recorded a cover version of Mariah Carey's 1993 hit "Hero" in support of the Help for Heroes charity.[18] The single was available for download from 25 October 2008, after the finalists performed the song live on that night's show. It was released in stores on 27 October, and Simon Cowell predicted it "will go straight to the top of the charts".[19] In the first week of its release it went straight to number 1 and sold 313,244 copies, more than the rest of the top ten combined.[20]
Results summary
Contestants' colour key:
– Mentored by Cowell (Boys – 14 to 24) – Contestant did perform – Mentored by Minogue (Over 25s) – Contestant was announced as safe (no particular order) – Mentored by Cole (Girls – 14 to 24) – Contestant was announced as safe (no particular order) and received the highest number of votes that week – Mentored by Walsh (Groups) – Contestant was in the bottom 2 and had to perform in the sing-off – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no judges vote) – The judges failed to reach a majority verdict and so the result went to deadlock and the lowest voted act was eliminated
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | |||
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Alexandra Burke | 6th 7.20% |
7th 7.15% |
6th 8.83% |
6th 8.82% |
2nd 18.35% |
4th 13.31% |
4th 14.97% |
1st 24.53% |
2nd 31.04% |
1st 44.02% |
Winner 58.34% | |
JLS | 7th 5.03% |
3rd 9.21% |
4th 10.81% |
2nd 17.00% |
4th 13.26% |
5th 9.91% |
5th 11.75% |
2nd 24.34% |
1st 35.03% |
2nd 30.65% |
Runner-up 41.66% | |
Eoghan Quigg | 1st 21.19% |
1st 26.77% |
1st 20.73% |
1st 19.81% |
1st 27.39% |
2nd 19.56% |
1st 31.79% |
3rd 19.58% |
3rd 21.14% |
3rd 25.33% |
Eliminated (Week 10) | |
Diana Vickers | 4th 7.35% |
2nd 16.24% |
2nd 15.13% |
3rd 15.24% |
Safe | 1st 31.30% |
2nd 18.94% |
4th 16.32% |
4th 12.79% |
Eliminated (Week 9) | ||
Ruth Lorenzo | 10th 3.47% |
10th 2.95% |
5th 8.93% |
5th 10.25% |
7th 6.94% |
3rd 13.91% |
3rd 16.07% |
5th 15.23% |
Eliminated (Week 8) | |||
Rachel Hylton | 8th 4.77% |
8th 5.01% |
3rd 12.21% |
9th 3.81% |
5th 10.39% |
7th 4.48% |
6th 6.48% |
Eliminated (Week 7) | ||||
Daniel Evans | 5th 7.21% |
6th 8.23% |
9th 5.94% |
4th 10.83% |
3rd 13.77% |
6th 7.53% |
Eliminated (Week 6) | |||||
Laura White | 3rd 16.99% |
4th 8.99% |
7th 7.53% |
7th 7.38% |
6th 9.90% |
Eliminated (Week 5) | ||||||
Austin Drage | 9th 3.63% |
5th 8.98% |
8th 6.22% |
8th 6.86% |
Eliminated (Week 4) | |||||||
Scott Bruton | 2nd 19.48% |
9th 4.17% |
10th 3.67% |
Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||||
Girlband | 11th 2.17% |
11th 2.30% |
Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||||
Bad Lashes | 12th 1.51% |
Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||||
Bottom two | Bad Lashes, Girlband |
Girlband, Ruth Lorenzo |
Daniel Evans, Scott Bruton |
Austin Drage, Rachel Hylton |
Laura White, Ruth Lorenzo |
Daniel Evans, Rachel Hylton |
JLS, Rachel Hylton |
No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated. | ||||
Cowell's vote to eliminate | Bad Lashes | Ruth Lorenzo | Daniel Evans | Rachel Hylton | Laura White | Daniel Evans | Rachel Hylton | |||||
Minogue's vote to eliminate | Girlband | Girlband | Scott Bruton | Austin Drage | Laura White | N/A 2 | JLS | |||||
Cole's vote to eliminate | Girlband | Girlband | Scott Bruton | Austin Drage | Ruth Lorenzo | Daniel Evans | Rachel Hylton | |||||
Walsh's vote to eliminate | Bad Lashes | Ruth Lorenzo | Scott Bruton | Austin Drage | Laura White' | Daniel Evans | Rachel Hylton | |||||
Eliminated | Bad Lashes 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Girlband 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Scott Bruton 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Austin Drage 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Laura White 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Daniel Evans 3 of 3 votes Majority |
Rachel Hylton 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Ruth Lorenzo 15.23% to save |
Diana Vickers 12.79% to save |
Eoghan Quigg 25.33% to win |
JLS 41.66% to win | |
Alexandra Burke 58.34% to win |
Notes
- 1 Diana Vickers was issued a bye in week five after suffering from laryngitis.
- 2 Dannii Minogue did not need to vote because the three other judges had already all voted against Daniel Evans.
Percentages:[21]
Live show details
Week 1 (11 October 2008)
Theme: Number 1 songs in either the UK or US charts
Celebrity guest: Leon Jackson ("Don't Call This Love")
Order | Artist | Mentor | Song (original artists) | Result | |
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1 | Girlband | Walsh | "Venus" (The Shocking Blue) | Bottom two | |
2 | Austin Drage | Cowell | "Every Breath You Take" (The Police) | Safe | |
3 | Daniel Evans | Minogue | "I Want To Know What Love Is" (Foreigner) | Safe | |
4 | Alexandra Burke | Cole | "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (Whitney Houston) | Safe | |
5 | JLS | Walsh | "I'll Make Love To You" (Boyz II Men) | Safe | |
6 | Scott Bruton | Cowell | "Yeh Yeh" (Georgie Fame) | Safe | |
7 | Rachel Hylton | Minogue | "With Every Heartbeat" (Robyn feat. Kleerup) | Safe | |
8 | Diana Vickers | Cole | "With or Without You" (U2) | Safe | |
9 | Bad Lashes | Walsh | "It Must Have Been Love" (Roxette) | Bottom two | |
10 | Eoghan Quigg | Cowell | "Imagine" (John Lennon) | Safe | |
11 | Ruth Lorenzo | Minogue | "Take My Breath Away" (Berlin) | Safe | |
12 | Laura White | Cole | "Fallin'" (Alicia Keys) | Safe | |
Bottom two details | |||||
1 | Girlband | Walsh | "That's What Friends Are For" (Rod Stewart) | Safe | |
2 | Bad Lashes | Walsh | "Wonderwall" (Oasis) | Eliminated |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Cowell: Bad Lashes – Described both acts as "shocking".
- Cole: Girlband – Had no standout comment on either act.
- Minogue: Girlband – Had no standout comment on either act.
- Walsh: Bad Lashes – Based on the fact that he couldn't pick between two of his own acts, he chose Bad Lashes to take it to a deadlock.
- Notes
- As both acts received two votes from the judges, the result went to deadlock and was referred to the public vote. The act that received the fewest public votes was Bad Lashes who were duly eliminated from the show.
Week 2 (18 October 2008)
Theme: Songs by Michael Jackson or The Jackson 5
Celebrity guest: Girls Aloud ("The Promise")
Order | Artist | Mentor | Michael Jackson song | Result | |
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1 | Alexandra Burke | Cole | "I'll Be There" | Safe | |
2 | Scott Bruton | Cowell | "She's out of My Life" | Safe | |
3 | Ruth Lorenzo | Minogue | "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" | Bottom two | |
4 | Girlband | Walsh | "Heal the World" | Bottom two | |
5 | Laura White | Cole | "You Are Not Alone" | Safe | |
6 | Austin Drage | Cowell | "Billie Jean" | Safe | |
7 | Daniel Evans | Minogue | "One Day in Your Life" | Safe | |
8 | JLS | Walsh | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | Safe | |
9 | Diana Vickers | Cole | "Man in the Mirror" | Safe | |
10 | Rachel Hylton | Minogue | "Dirty Diana" | Safe | |
11 | Eoghan Quigg | Cowell | "Ben" | Safe | |
Bottom two details | |||||
1 | Ruth Lorenzo | Minogue | "Purple Rain" (Prince) | Safe | |
2 | Girlband | Walsh | "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" (Aerosmith) | Eliminated |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Walsh: Ruth Lorenzo – Backing his own act, Girlband.
- Minogue: Girlband – Backing her own act, Ruth Lorenzo.
- Cole: Girlband – Stating that Ruth had nailed her performance of Purple Rain.
- Cowell: Ruth Lorenzo – Taking it to deadlock as he wanted to give Girlband a second chance whereas he felt Ruth didn't "play to her strengths".
- Notes
- The result again went to deadlock and Girlband were eliminated having received the fewest public votes. During the show, a mistake was made in one of the overlays and Ruth's number was briefly displayed incorrectly, meaning any calls to that number would not have registered a vote. After the show, viewers complained that they had dialled this incorrect number and could not get through to vote for Ruth, but ITV insisted the issue should not have made any difference to the overall result.[22]
Week 3 (25 October 2008)
Theme: Big Band
Group Performance: "Hero"
Order | Artist | Mentor | Big Band Song (original artists) | Result | |
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1 | Scott Bruton | Cowell | "That's Life" (Frank Sinatra) | Bottom two | |
2 | Daniel Evans | Minogue | "The Lady Is A Tramp" (Frank Sinatra) | Bottom two | |
3 | Laura White | Cole | "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday) | Safe | |
4 | Eoghan Quigg | Cowell | "L-O-V-E" (Nat King Cole) | Safe | |
5 | Ruth Lorenzo | Minogue | "Summertime" (Ella Fitzgerald) | Safe | |
6 | Alexandra Burke | Cole | "Candyman" (Christina Aguilera) | Safe | |
7 | Austin Drage | Cowell | "Mack The Knife" (Louis Armstrong) | Safe | |
8 | JLS | Walsh | "Ain't That A Kick In The Head?" (Dean Martin) | Safe | |
9 | Diana Vickers | Cole | "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin) | Safe | |
10 | Rachel Hylton | Minogue | "Feeling Good" (Gilbert Price) | Safe | |
Bottom two details | |||||
1 | Scott Bruton | Cowell | "I Can't Make You Love Me" (Bonnie Raitt) | Eliminated | |
2 | Daniel Evans | Minogue | "To Where You Are" (Josh Groban) | Safe |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Cowell: Daniel Evans – Backing his own act, Scott Bruton.
- Cole: Scott Bruton – Felt the "belief and passion" in Daniel's performance.
- Minogue: Scott Bruton – Backing her own act, Daniel Evans.
- Walsh: Scott Bruton – Commented that Daniel "sang every word like he meant it".
Week 4 (1 November 2008)
Theme: Disco
Celebrity guest: Will Young ("Grace")
Order | Artist | Mentor | Disco Song (original artists) | Result | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rachel Hylton | Minogue | "Lost In Music" (Sister Sledge) | Bottom two | |
2 | Austin Drage | Cowell | "Wishing on a Star" (Rose Royce) | Bottom two | |
3 | Diana Vickers | Cole | "Call Me" (Blondie) | Safe | |
4 | Daniel Evans | Minogue | "Don't Leave Me This Way" (Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes) | Safe | |
5 | Laura White | Cole | "Somebody Else’s Guy" (Jocelyn Brown) | Safe | |
6 | Eoghan Quigg | Cowell | "Could It Be Magic" (Barry Manilow) | Safe | |
7 | Ruth Lorenzo | Minogue | "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand) | Safe | |
8 | Alexandra Burke | Cole | "On The Radio" (Donna Summer) | Safe | |
9 | JLS | Walsh | Medley of "Working My Way Back To You"/"Forgive Me Girl" (Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons/The Spinners) | Safe | |
Bottom two details | |||||
1 | Rachel Hylton | Minogue | "No More Drama" (Mary J. Blige) | Safe | |
2 | Austin Drage | Cowell | "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" (Carole King) | Eliminated |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Cowell: Rachel Hylton – Backing his own act, Austin Drage.
- Cole: Austin Drage – Stated she was prepared to give Rachel a "moment to shine".
- Minogue: Austin Drage – Backing her own act, Rachel Hylton.
- Walsh: Austin Drage – Said Rachel had "raw talent".
Week 5 (8 November 2008)
Theme: Songs by Mariah Carey
Celebrity guest: Mariah Carey ("I Stay in Love", "Hero")
Order | Artist | Mentor | Mariah Carey song | Result | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Eoghan Quigg | Cowell | "Anytime You Need a Friend" | Safe | |
2 | Ruth Lorenzo | Minogue | "My All" | Bottom two | |
3 | Laura White | Cole | "Endless Love" | Bottom two | |
4 | Rachel Hylton | Minogue | "Against All Odds" | Safe | |
5 | Diana Vickers | Cole | N/A – see note below. | Safe | |
6 | JLS | Walsh | "One Sweet Day" | Safe | |
7 | Daniel Evans | Minogue | "Open Arms" | Safe | |
8 | Alexandra Burke | Cole | "Without You" | Safe | |
Bottom two details | |||||
1 | Ruth Lorenzo | Minogue | "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan) | Safe | |
2 | Laura White | Cole | "Over the Rainbow" (Judy Garland) | Eliminated |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Cowell: Laura White – Commented that the girls "were not the worst singers of the night".
- Cole: Ruth Lorenzo – Backing her own act, Laura White.
- Minogue: Laura White – Backing her own act, Ruth Lorenzo.
- Walsh: Laura White – Commented that Ruth was more of a fighter.
- Notes
- Diana Vickers did not perform as she was suffering from laryngitis. The show's producers allowed her to go through to week six. It was the first time this had happened in the show's history. The producers of the show gave the following statement; "Diana Vickers did not perform on tonight's The X Factor on doctor's orders. Because of these exceptional circumstances producers have let her miss this week's show and she will return to the competition next week. All other artists supported this decision."[23] Vickers had been due to perform "Always Be My Baby".[24]
Week 6 (15 November 2008)
Theme: Best of British
Celebrity guest: Leona Lewis ("Run")
Order | Artist | Mentor | Song (original artists) | Result | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Daniel Evans | Minogue | "It's Not Unusual" (Tom Jones) | Bottom two | |
2 | Alexandra Burke | Cole | "You Are So Beautiful" (Billy Preston) | Safe | |
3 | JLS | Walsh | Medley of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (The Beatles)/"Twist and Shout" (The Isley Brothers)/"Hey Jude" (The Beatles) | Safe | |
4 | Rachel Hylton | Minogue | "You Know I'm No Good" (Amy Winehouse) | Bottom two | |
5 | Eoghan Quigg | Cowell | "One More Try" (George Michael) | Safe | |
6 | Diana Vickers | Cole | "Yellow" (Coldplay) | Safe | |
7 | Ruth Lorenzo | Minogue | "Angels" (Robbie Williams) | Safe | |
Bottom two details | |||||
1 | Daniel Evans | Minogue | "Bridge over Troubled Water" (Simon & Garfunkel) | Eliminated | |
2 | Rachel Hylton | Minogue | "One" (U2) | Safe |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Walsh: Daniel Evans – Had no standout comment on either performance, but had consistently criticised Daniel throughout the competition.
- Cole: Daniel Evans – Stated that she had seen a spark back from Rachel this week.
- Cowell: Daniel Evans – Commented that Rachel "threw it away" with her last performance and that he would have liked to see her perform with more passion, but said, "This may come as a surprise, but the act I'm going to send home is Daniel."
- Minogue: Did not vote as there was already a majority.
Notes
- During the week, ITV were uncertain if Diana would be able to perform due to her continued illness, and raised the question of whether she should be given another week off if she was still too sick to sing.[25] It was, however, later confirmed that she would appear.[26]
- JLS performed their three songs as a medley.
Week 7 (22 November 2008)
Theme: Songs by Take That
Celebrity guests: Take That ("Greatest Day"), Same Difference ("We R One") and Rhydian Roberts ("The Impossible Dream")
Order | Artist | Mentor | Take That song | Result | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alexandra Burke | Cole | "Relight My Fire" | Safe | |
2 | Ruth Lorenzo | Minogue | "Love Ain't Here Anymore" | Safe | |
3 | JLS | Walsh | "A Million Love Songs" | Bottom two | |
4 | Rachel Hylton | Minogue | "Rule the World" | Bottom two | |
5 | Diana Vickers | Cole | "Patience" | Safe | |
6 | Eoghan Quigg | Cowell | "Never Forget" | Safe | |
Bottom two details | |||||
1 | JLS | Walsh | "Stand by Me"/"Beautiful Girls" (Ben E. King/Sean Kingston) | Safe | |
2 | Rachel Hylton | Minogue | "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" (Jennifer Holliday) | Eliminated |
Judges' votes to eliminate:
- Walsh: Rachel Hylton – Backing his own act, JLS.
- Minogue: JLS – Backing her own act, Rachel Hylton.
- Cole: Rachel Hylton – Stated that it had been the best Rachel had sung since the auditions, but said JLS would go further in the competition than Rachel.
- Cowell: Rachel Hylton – Stated that this was the third time Rachel was in the bottom two and that JLS shouldn't have been in the final showdown.
Notes
- JLS had previously been rehearsing to sing "Rule the World", with the approval of their mentor, Louis Walsh. Contrary to this, Dannii Minogue, who had higher priority in the judges' song-selection rota, selected the song for her artist Rachel Hylton to sing. This led to an on-screen argument between Minogue and Walsh.[27]
- Take That's performance was pre-recorded due to show timing constraints. Same Difference and Rhydian Roberts both performed live in the results show, though Same Difference lip-synched their performance to a backing track because of their highly choreographed dance routine.
Week 8 (29 November 2008)
Theme: Britney Spears Songs / American classics
Celebrity guests: Britney Spears ("Womanizer") and Miley Cyrus ("7 Things")
Order | Artist | Mentor | Britney Spears song | Order | American Classic (original artists) | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ruth Lorenzo | Minogue | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" | 6 | "Always" (Bon Jovi) | Eliminated |
2 | JLS | Walsh | "...Baby One More Time" | 7 | "You Light Up My Life" (Debby Boone) | Safe |
3 | Alexandra Burke | Cole | "Toxic" | 8 | "Listen" (Beyoncé) | Safe |
4 | Eoghan Quigg | Cowell | "Sometimes" | 9 | "We're All In This Together" (High School Musical) | Safe |
5 | Diana Vickers | Cole | "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" | 10 | "Everybody Hurts" (R.E.M.) | Safe |
Notes:
- This week, there was no final showdown or judges' vote; the act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. Each act also performed twice, with voting open after all acts performed once.
- Despite a live performance by Britney Spears, the Miley Cyrus performance was recorded before the main live broadcast due to her tight schedule.
Week 9 (Semi-final, 6 December 2008)
Theme: Mentor's choice followed by Contestant's choice
Celebrity guest: Il Divo ("Amazing Grace")
Order | Artist | Mentor | Mentor's Choice (original artists) | Order | Contestant's Choice (original artists) | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Eoghan Quigg | Cowell | "Year 3000" (Busted) | 5 | "Does Your Mother Know?" (ABBA) | Safe |
2 | Diana Vickers | Cole | "Girlfriend" (Avril Lavigne) | 6 | "White Flag" (Dido) | Eliminated |
3 | Alexandra Burke | Cole | "Don't Stop the Music" (Rihanna) | 7 | "Un-Break My Heart" (Toni Braxton) | Safe |
4 | JLS | Walsh | "Umbrella" (Rihanna) | 8 | "I'm Already There" (Lonestar) | Safe |
Week 10 (Final, 13 December 2008)
Theme: Christmas songs, A Duet with a celebrity guest, Previously performed favourite & The Winner's song, "Hallelujah"
Celebrity guests: Beyoncé Knowles ("If I Were a Boy"), Boyzone and Westlife
Group Performances: "I Have a Dream" (The Auditionees), "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (The 2008 Finalists)
Order | Artist | Mentor | Christmas Song (original artists) |
Celebrity Duet (original artists) |
Contestant's Favourite (original artists) |
Winner's Song | Result |
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1 | Eoghan Quigg | Cowell | "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"(Wizzard) | "Picture of You" duet with Boyzone (Boyzone) | "We're All In This Together" (High School Musical) | N/A – eliminated after third performance | Third Place |
2 | JLS | Walsh | "Last Christmas" (Wham!) | "Flying Without Wings" duet with Westlife (Westlife) | "I'm Already There" (Lonestar) | "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen) | Runner-up |
3 | Alexandra Burke | Cole | "Silent Night" (Christmas carol) | "Listen" duet with Beyoncé (Beyoncé) | "You Are So Beautiful" (Billy Preston) | "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen) | Winner |
Voting details
On the final Xtra Factor broadcast of the series, shortly after the winner was announced on the main show, presenter Holly Willoughby announced the contestants who received the most votes from the public for each of the 10 live shows. Also the official website published the official percentages of votes per week. Eoghan Quigg had the most with 6. See the results summary for details.
The total number of votes cast for the entire series was 16,469,064.
Ratings
Show | Date | Overnight rating | Share | Peak | Official rating | Weekly Rank | Source |
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Auditions 1 | 16 August | 10.2m | 48.2% | 12.1m | 10.78m | #1 | [28] |
Auditions 2 | 23 August | 9.4m | 45.4% | 10.9m | 10.10m | #1 | [29] |
Auditions 3 | 30 August | 8.2m | 43.5% | 9.8m | 8.80m | #2 | [30] |
Auditions 4 | 6 September | 9.0m | 42.8% | 10.5m | 9.57m | #1 | [31] |
Auditions 5 | 13 September | 9.4m | 43.2% | 10.4m | 9.96m | #1 | [32] |
Auditions 6 | 20 September | 9.3m | 41.7% | 10.5m | 10.01m | #1 | [33] |
Bootcamp 1 | 27 September | 8.2m | 36.0% | 9.3m | 8.94m | #6 | [34] |
Bootcamp 2 | 28 September | 8.9m | 38.1% | 9.8m | 9.47m | #1 | [35] |
Judges' houses 1 | 4 October | 9.8m | 40.5% | 11.0m | 10.84m | #1 | [36] |
Judges' houses 2 | 5 October | 9.5m | 42.7% | 11.4m | 10.11m | #3 | [37] |
Live show 1 | 11 October | 10.4m | 44.1% | 11.3m | 11.09m | #1 | [38] |
Results 1 | 8.0m | 40.8% | 9.2m | 9.05m | #7 | ||
Live show 2 | 18 October | 9.3m | 38.5% | 10.9m | 10.21m | #3 | [39] |
Results 2 | 7.9m | 39.7% | 9.1m | 9.13m | #9 | ||
Live show 3 | 25 October | 9.7m | 39.7% | 10.8m | 10.37m | #2 | [40] |
Results 3 | 7.7m | 38.0% | 8.7m | 8.89m | #10 | ||
Live show 4 | 1 November | 10.9m | 43.3% | 12.1m | 11.65m | #1 | [41] |
Results 4 | 8.5m | 37.6% | 9.8m | 9.72m | #6 | ||
Live show 5 | 8 November | 10.2m | 42.6% | 11.2m | 10.72m | #2 | [42] |
Results 5 | 8.3m | 35.6% | 10.0m | 9.46m | #7 | ||
Live show 6 | 15 November | 10.6m | 43.5% | 11.8m | 11.28m | #1 | [43] |
Results 6 | 9.5m | 42.9% | 10.5m | 10.62m | #2 | ||
Live show 7 | 22 November | 10.6m | 43.2% | 12.2m | 11.77m | #1 | [44] |
Results 7 | 9.2m | 41.1% | 10.0m | 9.98m | #6 | ||
Live show 8 | 29 November | 11.9m | 46.0% | 12.8m | 12.67m | #1 | [45] |
Results 8 | 10.7m | 50.0% | 11.3m | 11.41m | #2 | ||
Semi Final | 6 December | 9.7m | 39.1% | 11.6m | 10.30m | #3 | |
Semi Final Results | 9.8m | 39.6% | 11.2m | 10.60m | #2 | ||
Final Performances | 13 December | 13.2m | 50.3% | 14.6m | 13.77m | #2 | [47] |
Final Results | 13.5m | 54.4% | 14.6m | 14.06m | #1 | ||
Series average | 2008 | 9.7m | 42.4% | 11.0m | 10.51m | - |
Viewing figures for series 5 were, at the time of airing, the highest ever for any X Factor series, about 20% up on the previous series.[48] This, however, was beaten by the 2009 series.
The first show of the series had the highest launch audience for any series, peaking with over 12 million viewers.[49] The entire Auditions phase officially averaged 9.9m, a rise of 1.2m over the previous series.
The Bootcamp episodes performed well in the ratings; although the Saturday episode was beaten for the first time by Strictly Come Dancing,[50] the Sunday episode restored the balance.[51] The Saturday Judges' houses episode had the highest audience since the opening show, and the Sunday episode had a lower rating but still exceeded that of Strictly Come Dancing.[52] The entire Bootcamp and Judges' houses phase officially averaged 9.8m, a rise of 2.5m over the previous series.
The X Factor's live shows pulled in very strong audiences, often rating as the most watched programme of the week.[53] The final was the second most watched television programme of 2008 with 14.06m [54] .
Series 5 of The X Factor officially averaged 10.5m, at the time becoming the most watched British talent series of the 21st century.
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