The X Factor (American TV series) season 1
Template:Infobox reality music competition The X Factor is an American television music competition to find new singing talent; the winner of which receives a $5 million recording contract with Epic Records.[1] The first season began airing on September 21, 2011, on the Fox network and is due to end on December 22, 2011 in the same year. It is simultaneously broadcast in Canada on CTV or CTV Two, depending on schedule.
Based on the UK format, the competition consists of auditions, in front of producers and then the judges with a live audience; bootcamp; judges' houses and then the live finals. Auditions for the show began in March 2011 and concluded in June 2011.[2] The show is hosted by Welsh TV presenter Steve Jones, while the judging panel consists of Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, L.A. Reid and Nicole Scherzinger.
An early preview of the show aired during the 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 12, 2011. Another preview was shown following American football coverage on Fox on September 11.
Selection process
Auditions
Auditions for producers began in Los Angeles, California, on March 27, 2011, at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. They then took place in Miami, Florida, on April 7, 2011, at the BankUnited Center and continued in Newark, New Jersey's Prudential Center on April 14, 2011. More auditions took place in Seattle, Washington's KeyArena on April 20, 2011, and Chicago, Illinois's Sears Centre on April 27, 2011, and finished in Dallas, Texas's American Airlines Center on May 26, 2011.[3][4]
It was reported that The X Factor had broken the auditions record in Los Angeles on March 27.[5] It was reported that over 20,000 people auditioned in Newark, New Jersey,[6] and it was also reported that over 5,000 people auditioned in Seattle.[7]
The MyStudio HD audition booths opened in Honolulu, Hawaii; Phoenix, Arizona; Nashville, Tennessee; Anchorage, Alaska; Kansas City, Kansas; and Denver, Colorado.[8] Originally scheduled to end on April 30, 2011, the booths' opening ended up being extended until May 8, 2011. After it was announced that people auditioning through this method was in such high demand, auditions at the booths' ended up being extended until May 15, 2011.
On June 3, Cowell announced that applicants could upload a video of them singing onto YouTube and it was opened for one week only (June 9).[9] Selected applicants would appear in front of the judges.
The last set of auditions took place during May and June, 2011. These auditions individually occur simultaneously before both the judges and a live studio audience; and with such audience in attendance able to applaud/cheer approval or disapproval and perhaps influencing the judges.[2]
| Audition city[3] | Date | Audition venue[2] | Date aired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles, California | May 8 and 9, 2011 | Galen Center | September 21, 2011 | The judging panel for these auditions consisted of Cheryl Cole, L.A. Reid, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell |
| Chicago, Illinois | May 19 and 20, 2011 | Sears Centre | September 28, 2011 | |
| Newark, New Jersey | June 8 and 9, 2011 | Prudential Center | September 29, 2011 | The judging panel for these auditions consisted of Nicole Scherzinger (previously co-host of the show, replaced Cole), Reid, Abdul and Cowell |
| Miami, Florida | June 14 and 15, 2011 | BankUnited Center | September 22, 2011 | |
| Dallas, Texas | June 21 and 22, 2011 | American Airlines Center | September 22, 2011 | |
| Seattle, Washington | June 28, 29 and 30, 2011 | KeyArena | September 21 and 28, 2011 |
Auditions footage first aired on September 21, though they were not aired in the same order that they occurred.[10]
Bootcamp
Day 1 of bootcamp started with dance training with choreographer Brian Friedman and then the acts were called to the stage in groups of 10 to sing in front of the judges. After all of them performed, the acts were brought in front of the judges as part of one of three groups. Two of these groups made it through and one was eliminated, leaving 100 acts still in the competition. The judges threw a party for the remaining acts that for many lasted late into the night.
Day 2 started with everyone getting woken up at 6 am and heading to meet Reid. He informed them that they would be put into "ensembles" and groups, and would be working with stylists, choreographers, and vocal coaches. They were given five hours to learn the songs they were given. One third of the acts would be eliminated by the end of the second day. Several of the ensembles performances were aired. The first ensemble performed "Creep", the second ensemble performed "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", the third ensemble performed "Desperado", the fourth ensemble performed "Wishing on a Star", the fifth ensemble performed "Superman (It's Not Easy)", the sixth ensemble performed "Feeling Good", the seventh ensemble performed "I Have Nothing" and the eighth ensemble performed "Run".
Day 2 continued with more ensembles performing for the judges. The ninth ensemble performed "What's Going On". Next, they showed a couple of quick shots of some ensembles, presumably consisting of all people that would not make it through to the end. The tenth ensemble that was covered in detail performed "I Won't Let Go". The eleventh (and final) ensemble performed "Chasing Cars". Next, the judges deliberated, and decided on which a third of the acts would be eliminated. Once again, three groups were brought in. Group 1 was eliminated, meaning groups 2 and 3 made it through to the next round of bootcamp.
Day 3 had all 64 acts perform for the judges. They were given a list of 35 songs at the end of the day 2 and were told to choose one that best represented them. At the end of this final bootcamp round, 32 acts would go through to the judges' houses. This final performance was done in front of a crowd of 3,000 people. After each of the performances, the judges gave no feedback.
The first bootcamp episode aired on October 5, 2011 and covered the first two days of bootcamp.[10] The second bootcamp episode aired on October 6 and covered the rest of Day 2 and the remainder of bootcamp. By the end of bootcamp, 162 acts were cut to 32, 8 acts in each category. The judges later found out which category they would mentor and their acts joined them at their house.
Judges' houses
Mariah Carey was contracted to aid Cowell in France, but was unable to attend due to Hurricane Irene grounding her flight to Paris. Enrique Iglesias helped Scherzinger to pick her finalists in Malibu, California and Pharrell Williams acted as a guest judge helping Abdul to pick her finalists in Santa Barbara, California. Rihanna helped L.A. Reid choose his finalists in The Hamptons, New York.[11]
In the United States, footage from Judges' houses was originally scheduled to air on October 12, 13 and 18. However, due to weather delaying the start of the 2011 American League Championship Series (ALCS), the footage from Judges' houses 1 was moved to October 13, with footage from Judges' houses 2 seen instead on October 16; the footage from Judges' houses 3 aired on October 18 as scheduled and featured footage of the judges revealing their 4 finalists (or 5 in the case of Cowell) in each category to take through to the live shows. In Canada the first Judges' Houses episode was broadcast as originally scheduled on October 12.[12] No episode was shown in Canada on October 13, with CTV and CTV Two opting to follow Fox's scheduling changes to take advantage of simsub rules.
The fifteen eliminated acts were:
- Boys: Skyelor Anderson, Tim Cifers, Brennin Hunt, Nick Voss.
- Girls: Caitlin Koch, Jazzlyn Little, Tora Woloshin.
- Over-30s: Tiger Budbill, Christa Collins, Elaine Gibbs, James Kenney.
- Groups: 2Squar'd, 4Shore, The Anser, Illusion Confusion.
Melanie Amaro was initially eliminated from the Girls' category, but was invited back to the competition after Cowell decided he had made a mistake in not including her, bringing the total number of finalists to 17.[13]
Finalists
The 17 finalists were confirmed as follows;
– Eliminated
| Category (mentor) | Acts | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (Reid) | Astro | Marcus Canty | Phillip Lomax | Chris Rene | ||||||||||||||||
| Girls (Cowell) | Melanie Amaro | Simone Battle | Rachel Crow | Drew | Tiah Tolliver | |||||||||||||||
| Over-30s (Scherzinger) | LeRoy Bell | Stacy Francis | Dexter Haygood | Josh Krajcik | ||||||||||||||||
| Groups (Abdul) | The Brewer Boys | InTENsity | Lakoda Rayne | The Stereo Hogzz | ||||||||||||||||
Live shows
The first two-and-a-half hour live show aired on a special Tuesday time slot on October 25; which followed the same format as the latest series of the UK show with each of the judges narrowing their number of acts down to three, without a public vote. The public vote starts with the following performance and results shows starting November 2, which airs on Wednesdays and Thursdays respectively (except for the live shows on November 22 and 23, that aired on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively during Thanksgiving). The two-part finale will be held on December 21 and 22.[14][15] Leona Lewis, the winner of series 3 of the UK X Factor, confirmed during an interview with The Sun that she had been invited to perform on one of the live shows.[16]
There was no guest performance during the first week. Outasight performed on the second live result show,[citation needed] while the third live result show featured performances from Jessie J and Willow Smith.[citation needed] Rihanna performed on the fourth live results show.[citation needed] Kelly Clarkson and Bruno Mars performed on the fifth live results show.[citation needed]. Tinie Tempah performed on the sixth live results show. Nicole Scherzinger is scheduled to perform in one of the live result shows.
Results summary
- Color key
| – | Contestant was eliminated by their mentor (no public vote or final showdown) |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the final showdown |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated |
| Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | Thursday | |||||||||
| Melanie Amaro | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | ||||
| Marcus Canty | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | 7th | Bottom three | ||||
| Rachel Crow | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | ||||
| Josh Krajcik | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | ||||
| Chris Rene | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | ||||
| Drew | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Eliminated (week 6) | |||
| Astro | Saved | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | 7th | Eliminated (week 6) | |||
| LeRoy Bell | Saved | Safe | Safe | Safe | 8th | Eliminated (week 5) | ||||
| Lakoda Rayne | Saved | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | 9th | Eliminated (week 5) | ||||
| Stacy Francis | Saved | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 4) | |||||
| The Stereo Hogzz | Saved | Bottom two | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 3) | ||||||
| InTENsity | Saved | Bottom two | Eliminated (week 2) | |||||||
| Tiah Tolliver | Not saved | Eliminated (week 1) | ||||||||
| Simone Battle | Not saved | Eliminated (week 1) | ||||||||
| Dexter Haygood | Not saved | Eliminated (week 1) | ||||||||
| The Brewer Boys | Not saved | Eliminated (week 1) | ||||||||
| Phillip Lomax | Not saved | Eliminated (week 1) | ||||||||
| Final showdown | None1 | InTENsity The Stero Hoggz |
Lakoda Rayne The Stereo Hogzz |
Astro Stacy Francis |
LeRoy Bell Marcus Canty |
Marcus Canty Drew |
||||
| Judges voted to: | Save | Eliminate | ||||||||
| Reid's vote | Astro, Marcus Canty, Chris Rene |
InTENsity | The Stereo Hogzz | Stacy Francis | LeRoy Bell | Drew | ||||
| Scherzinger's vote | Stacy Francis, Josh Krajcik, LeRoy Bell |
InTENsity | The Stereo Hogzz | Astro | Marcus Canty | Drew | ||||
| Abdul's vote | The Stereo Hogzz, Lakoda Rayne, InTENsity |
InTENsity | Lakoda Rayne | Stacy Francis | Marcus Canty | Drew | ||||
| Cowell's vote | Drew, Rachel Crow, Melanie Amaro |
The Stereo Hogzz | The Stereo Hogzz | Stacy Francis | LeRoy Bell | Marcus Canty | ||||
| Eliminated | Phillip Lomax | InTENsity 3 of 4 votes Majority |
The Stereo Hogzz 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Stacy Francis 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Lakoda Rayne Public vote |
Astro Public vote |
||||
| The Brewer Boys | ||||||||||
| Dexter Haygood | LeRoy Bell 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Drew 3 of 4 votes Majority |
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| Simone Battle | ||||||||||
| Tiah Tolliver | ||||||||||
| Reference(s) | [17] | [18] | [19] | [20] | [21] | [22] | ||||
- ^1 There was no public vote in the first week and therefore no final showdown. Each judge was required to reduce their categories to three acts .[23]
Live show details
Week 1 (October 25)
| Act | Order | SongCite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
|
Result[17] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astro | 1 | "Jump" | Safe |
| Chris Rene | 2 | "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" | Safe |
| Phillip Lomax | 3 | "I'm a Believer" | Eliminated |
| Marcus Canty | 4 | "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" | Safe |
| The Stereo Hogzz | 5 | "Try a Little Tenderness" | Safe |
| The Brewer Boys | 6 | "Rich Girl" / "Faith" | Eliminated |
| InTENsity | 7 | "The Clapping Song" / "Footloose" | Safe |
| Lakoda Rayne | 8 | "Come On Eileen" | Safe |
| Dexter Haygood | 9 | "Womanizer" / "I Kissed a Girl" | Eliminated |
| LeRoy Bell | 10 | "Nobody Knows" | Safe |
| Stacy Francis | 11 | "One More Try" | Safe |
| Josh Krajcik | 12 | "Forever Young" | Safe |
| Simone Battle | 13 | "Just Be Good to Me" | Eliminated |
| Rachel Crow | 14 | "Where Did Our Love Go" / "Baby" | Safe |
| Drew | 15 | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Safe |
| Tiah Tolliver | 16 | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | Eliminated |
| Melanie Amaro | 17 | "I Have Nothing" | Safe |
- There was no public vote/final showdown in the first week. Instead, each of the judges reduced their categories' to three acts.
Judges' decisions to eliminate[17]
- Reid: Phillip Lomax
- Abdul: The Brewer Boys
- Scherzinger: Dexter Haygood
- Cowell: Simone Battle and Tiah Tolliver
Week 2 (November 2/3)
- Celebrity performers: Outasight ("Tonight Is the Night")[24]
- Group Performance: "Without You"[citation needed]
| Act | Order | Song[25] | Result[18] |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Stereo Hogzz | 1 | "Rhythm Nation" | Bottom two |
| Chris Rene | 2 | "Superstar" | Safe |
| LeRoy Bell | 3 | "I'm Already There" | Safe |
| Rachel Crow | 4 | "Walking on Sunshine" | Safe |
| Lakoda Rayne | 5 | "Landslide" | Safe |
| Josh Krajcik | 6 | "Jar of Hearts" | Safe |
| Melanie Amaro | 7 | "Desperado" | Safe |
| Astro | 8 | "Hip Hop Hooray" / "Get Ur Freak On" | Safe |
| InTENsity | 9 | "Kids in America" / "Party Rock Anthem" | Bottom two |
| Drew | 10 | "Just a Dream" | Safe |
| Marcus Canty | 11 | "Nothin' on You" / "Every Little Step" | Safe |
| Stacy Francis | 12 | "Up to the Mountain" | Safe |
| Final showdown details[18] | |||
| The Stereo Hogzz | 1 | "Emotion" | Safe |
| InTENsity | 2 | "My Life Would Suck Without You" | Eliminated |
- Judges' votes to eliminate[18]
- Cowell: The Stereo Hogzz – based on the final showdown performance
- Abdul: InTENsity – based her decision on her experience working with both groups
- Scherzinger: InTENsity – believed that The Stereo Hogzz were more prepared
- Reid: InTENsity – did not have enough time to give his reason
Week 3 (November 9/10)
- Theme: Songs from movies[26]
- Celebrity performers: Willow Smith ("Fireball")[26] and Jessie J ("Domino")[26]
- Group Performance: "Save the World"[citation needed]
| Act | Order | Song[27] | Movie[27] | Result[19] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacy Francis | 1 | "Queen of the Night" | The Bodyguard | Safe |
| Marcus Canty | 2 | "I'm Going Down" | Car Wash | Safe |
| Drew | 3 | "Fix You" | You, Me & Dupree | Safe |
| LeRoy Bell | 4 | "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | Runaway Bride | Safe |
| Lakoda Rayne | 5 | "Somebody Like You" | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days | Bottom two |
| Astro | 6 | "Lose Yourself" | 8 Mile | Safe |
| Melanie Amaro | 7 | "Man in the Mirror" | Michael Jackson's This Is It | Safe |
| The Stereo Hogzz | 8 | "Ain't No Other Man" | Get Smart | Bottom two |
| Josh Krajcik | 9 | "With a Little Help from My Friends" | Across the Universe | Safe |
| Chris Rene | 10 | "Gangsta's Paradise" | Dangerous Minds | Safe |
| Rachel Crow | 11 | "I'd Rather Go Blind" | Cadillac Records | Safe |
| Final showdown details[19] | ||||
| Lakoda Rayne | 1 | "No Air" | Safe | |
| The Stereo Hogzz | 2 | "You Are Not Alone" | Eliminated | |
- Judges' votes to eliminate[19]
- Reid: The Stereo Hogzz – Didn't like their song choices through the competition.
- Scherzinger: The Stereo Hogzz – Based on her belief of "feminine empowerment", even though she liked both groups.
- Abdul: Lakoda Rayne – Originally wished to abstain from voting, but then realized that doing so would have eliminated The Stereo Hogzz as Reid and Scherzinger had already voted to save Lakoda Rayne.
- Cowell: The Stereo Hogzz – Based on who he thought had a greater potential to win the competition.
Week 4 (November 16/17)
- Theme: Rock[28]
- Celebrity performers: Rihanna ("We Found Love")[29]
- Group Performance: "We Will Rock You"[citation needed]
| Act | Order | Song[citation needed] | Result[20] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeRoy Bell | 1 | "We've Got Tonight" | Safe | |
| Rachel Crow | 2 | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | Safe | |
| Chris Rene | 3 | "No Woman, No Cry" | Safe | |
| Stacy Francis | 4 | "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" | Bottom two | |
| Melanie Amaro | 5 | "Everybody Hurts" | Safe | |
| Josh Krajcik | 6 | "The Pretender" | Safe | |
| Astro | 7 | "I'll Be Missing You" | Bottom two | |
| Lakoda Rayne | 8 | "Your Love" / "Go Your Own Way" | Safe | |
| Drew | 9 | "With or Without You" | Safe | |
| Marcus Canty | 10 | "Piece of My Heart" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details[20] | ||||
| Stacy Francis | 1 | "Amazing Grace" | Eliminated | |
| Astro | 2 | "Never Can Say Goodbye" | Safe | |
- Judges' votes to eliminate[20]
- Reid: Stacy Francis – backed his own act, Astro, but said he was disappointed in Astro acting like a quitter
- Scherzinger: Astro – backed her own act, Stacy Francis
- Abdul: Stacy Francis – gave no reason
- Cowell: Stacy Francis – told Astro that he didn't like his attitude and that he was showing disrespect, but believed Astro had a better chance of winning the competition
Week 5 (November 22/23)
- Theme: Giving Thanks[30]
- Celebrity performers: Kelly Clarkson ("What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)") and Bruno Mars ("It Will Rain")[30]
- Group Performance: "Raise Your Glass"/"So What"[citation needed]
The Pepsi Choice Group performance was choosen by the audience and included circus outfits along with a rotating stage and laser special effects in a hip-hop dance style.
Two acts were eliminated during the results show. The three acts with the fewest public votes were announced, and the act with the fewest votes was automatically eliminated. The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown and faced the judges' votes.[31]
| Act | Order | Song[citation needed] | Result[21] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Crow | 1 | "I Believe" | Safe | |
| Marcus Canty | 2 | "A Song for Mama" | Bottom three | |
| Melanie Amaro | 3 | "The World's Greatest" | Safe | |
| Chris Rene | 4 | "Let It Be" / "Young Homie" | Safe | |
| Lakoda Rayne | 5 | "You Belong with Me" | Eliminated | |
| LeRoy Bell | 6 | "Angel" | Bottom three | |
| Astro | 7 | "Show Me What You Got" | Safe | |
| Drew | 8 | "Skyscraper" | Safe | |
| Josh Krajcik | 9 | "Wild Horses" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details[21] | ||||
| Marcus Canty | 1 | "You Lost Me" | Safe | |
| LeRoy Bell | 2 | "Don't Let Me Down" | Eliminated | |
- Judges' votes to eliminate[21]
- Reid: LeRoy Bell – backed his own act, Marcus Canty, and said Canty had been the most consistent of the two
- Scherzinger: Marcus Canty – backed her own act, LeRoy Bell
- Abdul: Marcus Canty – based on the final showdown performance
- Cowell: LeRoy Bell – believed Canty had done better overall in the competition, but thought Bell sang better in the final showdown, so he put the decision up to the public.
With the judges deadlocked, LeRoy Bell received the fewest amount of votes and was eliminated.[21]
Week 6 (November 30/December 1)
- Theme: Songs by Michael Jackson[32]
- Celebrity performers: Tinie Tempah ("Pass Out")[32]
- Group Performance: "Man in the Mirror"[citation needed]
Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine; his three children Prince, Paris, and Blanket; and his brothers Marvin, Tito, and Jermaine were present in the audience during the performance show.[citation needed]
As in the previous week, two acts were eliminated from the bottom 3: the act with the fewest public votes and the act that the judges voted to eliminate after the final showdown.[33]
| Act | Order | Song[citation needed] | Result[22] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Krajcik | 1 | "Dirty Diana" | Safe | |
| Astro | 2 | "Black or White" | Eliminated | |
| Drew | 3 | "Billie Jean" | Bottom three | |
| Rachel Crow | 4 | "Can You Feel It" | Safe | |
| Marcus Canty | 5 | "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" | Bottom three | |
| Chris Rene | 6 | "I'll Be There" | Safe | |
| Melanie Amaro | 7 | "Earth Song" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details[22] | ||||
| Drew | 1 | "Listen to Your Heart" | Eliminated | |
| Marcus Canty | 2 | "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" | Safe | |
- Judges' votes to eliminate[22]
- Reid: Drew – backed his own act, Marcus Canty
- Cowell: Marcus Canty – backed his own act, Drew, while also taking responsibility for her being in the bottom three
- Scherzinger: Drew – felt that Canty gave a more emotional final showdown performance
- Abdul: Drew – said that Canty's final showdown song moved her more
Week 7 (December 7/8)
- Theme: TBA
- Celebrity performers: Mary J. Blige ("Mr. Wrong") and Lenny Kravitz ("Push")[34]
- Group Performance: TBA
Starting in week 7, each act will perform two songs.[34]
Reception
U.S. Nielsen ratings
| Episode | Airdate | Rating | Share | Rating/share (18-49) |
Viewers (millions) |
Rank (timeslot) |
Rank (night) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auditions 1 | September 21 | 7.2[35] | 12 | 4.4/12 | 12.49[36] | #1 | #2 |
| Auditions 2 | September 22 | 7.0[37] | 11 | 4.3/12 | 12.51[38] | #1 | #2 |
| Auditions 3 | September 28 | 6.9[39] | 11 | 4.1/11 | 11.86[40] | #1 | #2 |
| Auditions 4 | September 29 | 6.9[41] | 11 | 3.9/11 | 12.17[42] | #1 | #2 |
| Bootcamp 1 | October 5 | 6.8[43] | 11 | 4.1/11 | 11.93[44] | #1 | #2 |
| Bootcamp 2 | October 6 | 7.0[45] | 11 | 4.0/11 | 11.67[46] | #1 | #1 |
| Judges' houses 1 | October 13[Note 1] | 6.4 | 10 | 3.7/10 | 11.24[47] | #1 | #1 |
| Judges' houses 2 | October 16[Note 1] | 10 | 3.4/10 | 8.84[48] | #1 | #2 | |
| Judges' houses 3 | October 18 | 10 | 3.9/10 | 10.39[49] | #1 | #1 | |
| Live show 1 | October 25 | 7.0 | 12 | 4.4/12 | 12.09[50] | #1 | #1 |
| Live show 2 | November 2 | 6.8 | 11 | 4.0/11 | 11.76[51] | #1 | #1 |
| Live results 2 | November 3 | 6.4 | 11 | 3.7/11 | 11.64[52] | #2 | #2 |
| Live show 3 | November 9 | 10 | 3.8/10 | 10.25[53] | #2 | #2 | |
| Live results 3 | November 10 | 9 | 3.3/9 | 10.13[54] | #2 | #4 | |
| Live show 4 | November 16 | 10 | 3.9/10 | 11.31[55] | #1 | #2 | |
| Live results 4 | November 17 | 9 | 3.1/9 | 9.71[56] | #2 | #3 | |
| Live show 5 | November 22 | 5.8[57] | 9 | 3.2/9 | 9.43[58] | #2 | #3 |
| Live results 5 | November 23 | 8 | 2.5/8 | 8.51[59] | #2 | #3 | |
| Live show 6 | November 30 | 10 | 3.7/10 | 11.05[60] | #1 | #1 | |
| Live results 6 | December 1 | 6.0[61] | 9 | 3.1/9 | 10.34[62] | #1 | #1 |
| Live show 7 | December 7 | ||||||
| Live results 7 | December 8 | ||||||
| Live show 8 | December 14 | ||||||
| Live results 8 | December 15 | ||||||
| Live final | December 21 | ||||||
| Live final results | December 22 |
Notes
- ^ a b Due to a weather delay of the start of the fourth game of 2011 American League Championship Series on October 12, 2011 (also broadcast on Fox), the judges' houses 1 episode, which was originally scheduled for October 12, was moved back a day to October 13. The judges' houses 2 episode was originally scheduled for October 13 and so was also moved to October 16. The time-delay version shown in the UK was also delayed to avoid the results being shown outside of the U.S. first.
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