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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 Girls Aloud, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Il Divo and Britney Spears 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.

Judges and presenters

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Judges (front row, from left to right) Walsh, Cole, Cowell and Minogue. Presenters (back row, from left to right) O'Leary and Willoughby.

The judges for series 5 were Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Dannii Minogue 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
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

Main article: List of The X Factor finalists (UK series 5)

The final 12 were confirmed as follows.

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runners-up
  – Eliminated
Category (Mentor) Acts
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" (which was pre-recorded) 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)
  – Mentored by Minogue (Over 25s)
  – Mentored by Cole (Girls – 14 to 24)
  – Mentored by Walsh (Groups)
  – Indicates that the contestant had the highest number of votes that week
  – Contestant did not perform
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10
Round 1 Round 2
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% 		Btm 2
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% 		Btm
25.33% 		Eliminated
(Week 10)
Diana Vickers 4th
7.35% 		2nd
16.24% 		2nd
15.13% 		3rd
15.24% 		Safe
Given Bye1 		1st
31.30% 		2nd
18.94% 		4th
16.32% 		Btm
12.79%
Eliminated
(Week 9)
Ruth Lorenzo 10th
3.47% 		Btm 2
2.95% 		5th
8.93% 		5th
10.25% 		Btm
6.94% 		3rd
13.91% 		3rd
16.07% 		Btm
15.23%
Eliminated
(Week 8)
Rachel Hylton 8th
4.77% 		8th
5.01% 		3rd
12.21% 		Btm
3.81% 		5th
10.39% 		Btm
4.48% 		Btm
6.48% 		Eliminated
(Week 7)
Daniel Evans 5th
7.21% 		6th
8.23% 		Btm 2
5.94% 		4th
10.83% 		3rd
13.77% 		Btm 2
7.53% 		Eliminated
(Week 6)
Laura White 3rd
16.99% 		4th
8.99% 		7th
7.53% 		7th
7.38% 		Btm 2
9.90% 		Eliminated
(Week 5)
Austin Drage 9th
3.63% 		5th
8.98% 		8th
6.22% 		Btm 2
6.86% 		Eliminated
(Week 4)
Scott Bruton 2nd
19.48% 		9th
4.17% 		Btm
3.67% 		Eliminated
(Week 3)
Girlband Btm 2
2.17% 		Btm
2.30% 		Eliminated
(Week 2)
Bad Lashes Btm
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.

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
Song performed by celebrity guest: "Don't Call This Love"

Order Artist Mentor Song (original artists) Result
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(s): Girls Aloud
Song performed by celebrity guest(s): "The Promise"

Order Artist Mentor Michael Jackson song Result
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
Celebrity guest: None
Song performed by celebrity guest: No celebrity guest; in the results show the finalists instead performed a cover version of the Mariah Carey song "Hero" on behalf of the Help for Heroes charity. This song was released on Sunday 26 as a download and Monday 27 physically.

Order Artist Mentor Song (original artists) Result
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[23]
Celebrity guest: Will Young[24]
Song performed by celebrity guest: "Grace"

Order Artist Mentor 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" (The Shirelles) 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[25]
Celebrity guest: Mariah Carey
Song performed by celebrity guest: "I Stay in Love"; Carey also performed a special version of "Hero" with 11 of the 12 finalists, Diana Vickers was suffering from laryngitis so couldn't attend.[26]

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."[27] Vickers had been due to perform "Always Be My Baby".[28]

Week 6 (15 November 2008)

Theme: Best of British
Celebrity guest: Leona Lewis
Song performed by celebrity guest: "Run" [29]

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. When asked by Dermot O'Leary which way she would have voted had her vote been required, she said she would have been unable to decide and would have sent it to deadlock.

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.[30] It was, however, later confirmed that she would appear.[31]
  • JLS performed their three songs as a medley.

Week 7 (22 November 2008)

Theme: Songs by Take That[32]
Celebrity guests: Take That, Same Difference and Rhydian Roberts[33]
Songs performed by celebrity guests: "Greatest Day" (Take That), "We R One" (Same Difference) and "The Impossible Dream" (Rhydian Roberts)

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.[34]
  • 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)

Themes:

  1. Songs by Britney Spears
  2. American classics

Celebrity guests: Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus[35]
Songs performed by celebrity guests: "Womanizer" (Britney Spears), "7 Things" (Miley Cyrus) [36]

Order Artist Mentor Britney Spears song Order Second song (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. [citation needed]Spears, meanwhile, lip-synched her performance to a backing track.

Week 9 (Semi-final, 6 December 2008)

Themes:[37]

  1. Mentor's choice
  2. Contestant's choice

Celebrity guest: Il Divo [38]
Song performed by celebrity guest: "Amazing Grace"

Order Artist Mentor First song – mentor's choice (original artists) Order Second song – 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)

Themes:

  1. Christmas songs
  2. Duet with a celebrity guest
  3. Favourite song already performed previously in competition
  4. Winner's song, "Hallelujah", to be performed by the two finalists that remain after the one with fewest votes is eliminated

Celebrity guests: Beyoncé, Boyzone, Westlife
Song performed by celebrity guest: "If I Were a Boy" by Beyoncé
Duets performed by celebrity guests with the finalists: See below

This year's final also included a performance of "I Have a Dream" by auditionees from the last five years and a performance of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by the 12 finalists.

Order Artist Mentor First song (original artists) Second song (original artists) Third song (original artists) Fourth song (winner's song) Result
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" sung 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. 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
Auditions 1 16 August 10.2m 48.2% 12.1m 10.78m #1 [39]
Auditions 2 23 August 9.4m 45.4% 10.9m 10.10m #1 [40]
Auditions 3 30 August 8.2m 43.5% 9.8m 8.80m #2 [41]
Auditions 4 6 September 9.0m 42.8% 10.5m 9.57m #1 [42]
Auditions 5 13 September 9.4m 43.2% 10.4m 9.96m #1 [43]
Auditions 6 20 September 9.3m 41.7% 10.5m 10.01m #1 [44]
Bootcamp 1 27 September 8.2m 36.0% 9.3m 8.94m #6 [45]
Bootcamp 2 28 September 8.9m 38.1% 9.8m 9.47m #1 [46]
Judges' houses 1 4 October 9.8m 40.5% 11.0m 10.84m #1 [47]
Judges' houses 2 5 October 9.5m 42.7% 11.4m 10.11m #3 [48]
Live show 1 11 October 10.4m 44.1% 11.3m 11.09m #1 [49]
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 [50]
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 [51]
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 [52]
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 [53]
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 [54]
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 [55]
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 [56]
Results 8 10.7m 50.0% 11.3m 11.41m #2
Semi Final 6 December 9.7m 39.1% 11.6m 10.30m #3

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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 [58]
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 the highest ever for any X Factor series, about 20% up on the previous series.[59]

The first show of the series had the highest launch audience for any series, peaking with over 12 million viewers.[60] 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,[61] the Sunday episode restored the balance.[62] 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.[63] 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.[64] The final was the second most watched television programme of 2008 with 14.06m [65] .

Series 5 of The X Factor officially averaged 10.5m, becoming the second most watched talent series of the 21st century, behind Britain's Got Talent (series 3).

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