The X Factor (Australian TV series) season 6
Template:Infobox reality music competition The X Factor is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent; the winner of which receives a Sony Music Australia recording contract.[1] The sixth season premiered on the Seven Network on 13 July 2014 and ended on 20 October 2014.[2][3] Luke Jacobz returned as host, while Ronan Keating, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Dannii Minogue and Redfoo returned as judges.[4] Comedy duo Luke & Wyatt joined the sixth season as the hosts of the online spin-off show The Fan Factor.[5] The winner was Marlisa Punzalan and her winner's single "Stand by You" was released after the final.[3] Punzalan became the youngest winner of the show at 15 years old and was the first Under 25 Girl to do so. She was mentored by Keating, who won as mentor for the second time after previously mentoring season two winner Altiyan Childs in 2010.[3]
Open auditions in front of the show's producers took place in 13 cities from November 2013 to January 2014. The successful auditionees chosen by the producers were then invited back to the last set of auditions that took place in front of the judges and a live studio audience in April 2014. Following auditions was super bootcamp, where all four judges worked together and collectively chose 24 acts, including six from each of the four categories: Under 25 Boys (male soloists aged 14 to 24), Under 25 Girls (female soloists aged 14 to 24), Over 25s (soloists aged 25 and over) and Groups. After super bootcamp was the home visits round, where each judge reduced their six acts to three, with assistance from guest mentors James Blunt, John Legend, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Mauboy and Nicole Scherzinger. The live shows began on 10 August 2014. This was the first season of The X Factor Australia to feature a wildcard in the live shows as the thirteenth finalist.[6]
Selection process
Auditions
Open auditions in front of the show's producers took place in 13 cities[7][8] and ran from November 2013 to January 2014.[7] Online and DVD auditions were also held for those who could not attend the open auditions.[9] The auditionees chosen by the producers were invited back to the last set of auditions that took place in front of the judges and a live studio audience. These auditions were filmed at the Hisense Arena in Melbourne on 4, 5 and 6 April, and at the Qantas Credit Union Arena in Sydney on 9, 10, 11 and 12 April.[10]
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Super bootcamp
The super bootcamp stage of the competition was held at The Star in Pyrmont, New South Wales.[11] Filming began in late April 2014.[12] The first day of bootcamp saw judges Ronan Keating, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Redfoo and Dannii Minogue split each category into collaborations.[11] The male and female soloists were put into ensembles of four within their category,[13] the Over 25s were put into ensembles of three, and the acts from the Groups category were put into pairs.[11] Each collaboration was given a list of songs which they had to choose from and only had 24 hours to rehearse.[11] On the second day, each collaboration performed their chosen song for the judges.[11] At the end of the day, a select group of soloists from the Boys and Girls categories were first requested by the judges to return to the stage to form a boy band (consisting of Ellis Hall, Harry Targett and Joel Watson) and a girl group (consisting of Serenity, Tahnie Cristini, Chaska Halliday and Nada Leigh Nasser).[11][14] The judges then sent home half of the 100 acts.[11]
On the third day, each judge found out which category they would be mentoring, and the remaining 48 acts each had a one-on-one mentoring session with their mentor.[11] Bassingthwaighte was given the Under 25 Boys, Keating was given the Under 25 Girls, Redfoo was given the Over 25s and Minogue was given the Groups category.[11][14] On the fourth day, each act individually performed one song to the judges and a live audience of one thousand.[11] On the fifth and final day of bootcamp, the judges revealed which acts they put through to home visits.[15]
The 24 successful acts were:
- Under 25 Boys: Jaymie Deboucherville, James Johnston, Adrien Nookadu, Dean Ray, Tee, Jesse Teinaki[15]
- Under 25 Girls: Alice Bottomley, Sydnee Carter, Shanell Dargan, Chloe Papandrea, Marlisa Punzalan, Caitlyn Shadbolt[15]
- Over 25s: Reigan Derry, Jason Heerah, Ryan Imlach, Rochelle Pitt, Stephanie Totino, Amali Ward[15]
- Groups: Brothers3, MajikHoney, Paris Inc., Trill, XOX, Younger Than Yesterday [15]
Home visits and wildcards
The final round of the selection process, the home visits, saw each judge take their remaining six acts to exclusive locations around the world.[16] Bassingthwaighte and Keating took the Under 25 Boys and Girls to New York City, Redfoo took the Over 25s to Las Vegas, and Minogue took the Groups to an exclusive location in Sydney.[16] On the first day, each act had a one-on-one mentoring session with their mentor.[16] Minogue was assisted by Jessica Mauboy during the mentoring sessions for the Groups.[16] On the second day of home visits, each act performed one song to their mentor and guest mentor.[16] Bassingthwaighte was assisted by American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez, Keating was assisted by John Legend, Redfoo was assisted by former X Factor UK judge Nicole Scherzinger, and Minogue was assisted by James Blunt.[15][17] After the performances, the judges along with their guest mentors, narrowed down the acts to three each.[18] On the third and final day, the judges revealed which acts they put through to the live shows.[18]
Key:
- – Wildcard winner
Judge | Category | Location | Assistant(s) | Contestants eliminated | Wildcards |
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Bassingthwaighte | Under 25 Boys | New York City | Jennifer Lopez | Jaymie Deboucherville, James Johnston | Jesse Teinaki |
Keating | Under 25 Girls | John Legend | Shanell Dargan, Chloe Papandrea | Alice Bottomley | |
Redfoo | Over 25s | Las Vegas | Nicole Scherzinger | Stephanie Totino, Amali Ward | Ryan Imlach |
Minogue | Groups | Sydney | Jessica Mauboy James Blunt |
MajikHoney, Paris Inc. | Brothers3 |
At the end of home visits, it was announced that each judge could bring back one eliminated act from their category, who did not make the top twelve, as their wildcard.[18] Bassingthwaighte chose Jesse Teinaki, Keating chose Alice Bottomley, Redfoo chose Ryan Imlach, and Minogue chose Brothers3.[18] The public then voted for which of the four wildcards would become the thirteenth finalist.[18] Brothers3 were announced as the wildcard winners during the first live show on 10 August 2014.[6]
Finalists and categories
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third Place
Category (Mentor) | Acts | |||
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Under 25 Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | Adrien Nookadu | Dean Ray | Tee | |
Under 25 Girls (Keating) | Sydnee Carter | Marlisa Punzalan | Caitlyn Shadbolt | |
Over 25s (Redfoo) | Reigan Derry | Jason Heerah | Rochelle Pitt | |
Groups (Minogue) | Brothers3 | Trill | XOX | Younger Than Yesterday |
Live shows
Results summary
- Colour key
- – Contestant announced as safe
- – Contestant in the bottom two or three and had to perform in the final showdown
- – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown)
Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 52 | Week 6 | Week 74 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | |
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Marlisa Punzalan | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 5th | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | Winner | |
Dean Ray | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 2nd | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Runner-Up | |
Brothers3 | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 1st | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | |
Reigan Derry | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | Safe | Safe | 5th | Safe | 4th | Eliminated (Week 10) | |
Caitlyn Shadbolt | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 6th | 7th | Bottom three | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 9) | ||
Jason Heerah | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom three | 6th | Eliminated (Week 8) | |||
Tee | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | 7th | Safe | Bottom three | Eliminated (Week 7) | ||||
Rochelle Pitt | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 4th | 8th | Eliminated (Week 6) | |||||
Sydnee Carter | Safe | Safe | 10th | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 5) | ||||||
XOX | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 4) | |||||||
Adrien Nookadu | Bottom two | Safe | 11th | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||||
Younger Than Yesterday | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||||
Trill | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||||
Final showdown | Trill | XOX | Sydnee Carter | XOX | Sydnee Carter | Caitlyn Shadbolt | Caitlyn Shadbolt | Jason Heerah | Caitlyn Shadbolt | Reigan Derry | No final showdown/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who wins | |
Adrien Nookadu | Younger Than Yesterday | Adrien Nookadu | Tee | Jason Heerah | Rochelle Pitt | Jason Heerah | Reigan Derry | Dean Ray | Marlisa Punzalan | |||
—4 | Tee | —4 | ||||||||||
Judges voted to | Eliminate | Send through | ||||||||||
Minogue's vote | Adrien Nookadu | —1 | Sydnee Carter | Tee | Sydnee Carter | —3 | Caitlyn Shadbolt | Reigan Derry | Caitlyn Shadbolt | Marlisa Punzalan | ||
Bassingthwaighte's vote | Trill | Younger Than Yesterday | Sydnee Carter | XOX | Sydnee Carter | —3 | Caitlyn Shadbolt | Jason Heerah | Caitlyn Shadbolt | Reigan Derry | ||
Redfoo's vote | Trill | Younger Than Yesterday | Adrien Nookadu | XOX | Sydnee Carter | Caitlyn Shadbolt | Tee | Reigan Derry | Caitlyn Shadbolt | Reigan Derry | ||
Keating's vote | Trill | Younger Than Yesterday | Adrien Nookadu | XOX | Jason Heerah | Rochelle Pitt | Tee | Jason Heerah | Dean Ray | Marlisa Punzalan | ||
Eliminated | Trill 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Younger Than Yesterday 3 of 3 votes Majority |
Adrien Nookadu 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
XOX 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Sydnee Carter 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Rochelle Pitt 1 of 2 votes Deadlock3 |
Tee 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Jason Heerah 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Caitlyn Shadbolt 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Reigan Derry 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Marlisa Punzalan Winner | |
Dean Ray Runner-Up | ||||||||||||
Brothers3 Third Place |
Notes
- 1 Minogue was not required to vote as there was already a majority.
- 2 For the first time in the show's history and only for week five, the positions of the public votes were revealed in the order that the public voted based on the live performances that week.
- 3 Bassingthwaighte was absent for the week six showdown. As a result, three unanimous votes were required for an act to be eliminated. However, as Redfoo and Keating voted for different acts, Minogue was not required to vote and the public vote was counted, resulting in Pitt's elimination.
- 4 For the first time in the show's history and only for week seven, a bottom three was featured.
Live show details
Week 1 (10/11 August)
- Theme: Judges' choice[19]
- Group performance: "Geronimo"[20]
- Celebrity performers: Dami Im ("Gladiator")[6] and Guy Sebastian ("Come Home With Me")[6]
Act | Order | Song[19] | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Jason Heerah | 1 | "Sing" | Safe |
Tee | 2 | "Love Me Again" | Safe |
Sydnee Carter | 3 | "Don't Panic" | Safe |
Younger Than Yesterday | 4 | "Somebody to You" | Safe |
Rochelle Pitt | 5 | "History Repeating" | Safe |
Trill | 6 | "I Will Never Let You Down" | Bottom two |
Adrien Nookadu | 7 | "Stupid Love" | Bottom two |
Marlisa Punzalan | 8 | "All by Myself" | Safe |
Brothers3 | 9 | "Just the Way You Are" | Safe |
Caitlyn Shadbolt | 10 | "Days Go By" | Safe |
XOX | 11 | "Braveheart" | Safe |
Dean Ray | 12 | "Sympathy for the Devil" | Safe |
Reigan Derry | 13 | "Unconditionally" | Safe |
Final showdown details | |||
Act | Order | Song[20] | Result |
Trill | 1 | "Leave (Get Out)" | Eliminated |
Adrien Nookadu | 2 | "When I Was Your Man" | Safe |
- Judges' vote to eliminate[20]
- Redfoo: Trill – based his decision on the live performance and final showdown performances and who really wanted it more
- Minogue: Adrien Nookadu – backed her own act, Trill
- Bassingthwaighte: Trill – backed her own act, Adrien Nookadu
- Keating: Trill – went with his gut
- Notes
- On 16 August 2014, Brothers3's performance of "Just the Way You Are" debuted at number 99 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[21] The following week, it moved up to a new peak of number 98.[22]
Week 2 (17/18 August)
- Theme: Legends[23]
- Group performance: "Get the Girl Back" and "MMMBop" with Hanson[24]
- Celebrity performers: Ella Henderson ("Ghost")[25] and G.R.L. ("Ugly Heart")[25]
Act | Order | Song[23] | Result |
---|---|---|---|
XOX | 1 | "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" | Bottom two |
Adrien Nookadu | 2 | "Like I Love You" | Safe |
Sydnee Carter | 3 | "Live and Let Die" | Safe |
Rochelle Pitt | 4 | "Gimme Shelter" | Safe |
Reigan Derry | 5 | "Toxic" | Safe |
Dean Ray | 6 | "Janie's Got a Gun" | Safe |
Younger Than Yesterday | 7 | "One Way or Another" | Bottom two |
Marlisa Punzalan | 8 | "Paparazzi" | Safe |
Caitlyn Shadbolt | 9 | "Blaze of Glory" | Safe |
Tee | 10 | "Hey Jude" | Safe |
Jason Heerah | 11 | "Working Day and Night" | Safe |
Brothers3 | 12 | "Always on My Mind" | Safe |
Final showdown details | |||
Act | Order | Song[24] | Result |
XOX | 1 | "Nobody's Perfect" | Safe |
Younger Than Yesterday | 2 | "On Top of the World" | Eliminated |
- Judges' vote to eliminate[24]
- Redfoo: Younger Than Yesterday – based the decision on all performances until this week
- Keating: Younger Than Yesterday – gave no reason
- Bassingthwaighte: Younger Than Yesterday – went with her gut
- Minogue: not required to vote as there was already a majority
- Notes
- On 23 August 2014, Brothers3's performance of "Always on My Mind" debuted at number 73 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[22]
Week 3 (24/25 August)
- Theme: Decades Challenge[26]
- Group performance: "Boom Clap"[27]
- Celebrity performers: Jimmy Barnes featuring Diesel ("I'd Die to Be with You Tonight")[27] and Gabrielle Aplin ("Please Don't Say You Love Me")[27]
Act | Order | Song[26] | Decade | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brothers3 | 1 | "Happy Birthday Helen" | 90s | Safe |
Caitlyn Shadbolt | 2 | "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" | 70s | Safe |
Rochelle Pitt | 3 | "Nothing's Real but Love" | Now | Safe |
Tee | 4 | "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" | 80s | Safe |
Sydnee Carter | 5 | "Video Killed the Radio Star" | 70s | Bottom two |
Adrien Nookadu | 6 | "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" | 80s | Bottom two |
XOX | 7 | "Groove Is in the Heart" | 90s | Safe |
Dean Ray | 8 | "Reckless" | 80s | Safe |
Reigan Derry | 9 | "Chandelier" | Now | Safe |
Marlisa Punzalan | 10 | "Hopelessly Devoted to You" | 70s | Safe |
Jason Heerah | 11 | "Runaway Baby" | Now | Safe |
Final showdown details | ||||
Act | Order | Song[27] | Result | |
Sydnee Carter | 1 | "Hey Ya!" | Safe | |
Adrien Nookadu | 2 | "I Can't Make You Love Me" | Eliminated |
- Judges' vote to eliminate[27]
- Keating: Adrien Nookadu – backed his own act, Sydnee Carter
- Bassingthwaighte: Sydnee Carter – backed her own act, Adrien Nookadu
- Redfoo: Adrien Nookadu – saw a growth in Carter and wanted to see what else she can do
- Minogue: Sydnee Carter – gave no reason
With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Nookadu received the fewest votes and was eliminated.[27]
- Notes
- Each mentor was given a different decade to choose their remaining acts songs from, including the 70s, 80s, 90s and now.[26]
- On 30 August 2014, the performances of four acts entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Dean Ray's performance of "Reckless" debuted at number 50, Sydnee Carter's performance of "Video Killed the Radio Star" debuted at number 63, Reigan Derry's performance of "Chandelier" debuted at number 81, and Brothers3's performance of "Happy Birthday Helen" debuted at number 86.[28]
Week 4 (31 August/1 September)
- Theme: Top 10 Hits[29]
- Group performance: "Army of Two"[30]
- Celebrity performers: Redfoo ("New Thang")[31] and Paloma Faith ("Only Love Can Hurt Like This")[31]
Act | Order | Song[29] | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Tee | 1 | "Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)" | Bottom two |
Rochelle Pitt | 2 | "Proud Mary" | Safe |
Marlisa Punzalan | 3 | "It's Oh So Quiet" | Safe |
Reigan Derry | 4 | "Stay with Me" | Safe |
Brothers3 | 5 | "Hey Brother" | Safe |
Dean Ray | 6 | "Mr. Brightside" | Safe |
Sydnee Carter | 7 | "Say Something" | Safe |
Jason Heerah | 8 | "Higher Ground" | Safe |
XOX | 9 | "Problem" | Bottom two |
Caitlyn Shadbolt | 10 | "Shake It Off" | Safe |
Final showdown details | |||
Act | Order | Song[30] | Result |
XOX | 1 | "Suit & Tie" | Eliminated |
Tee | 2 | "When a Man Loves a Woman" | Safe |
- Judges' vote to eliminate[30]
- Keating: XOX – gave no reason
- Bassingthwaighte: XOX – stated that Tee did not deserve to be in the bottom two; backing her own act, Tee
- Minogue: Tee – backed her own act, XOX
- Redfoo: XOX – gave no reason
- Notes
- The songs for the remaining acts were chosen by the public.[32]
- With XOX eliminated, Minogue had only one act (Brothers3) left in the competition. Minogue lost her third act within four weeks of the live shows, all of which were chosen as her top three for the live shows. Her remaining act Brothers3 were voted into the live shows as the wildcard.
- On 6 September 2014, the performances of four acts entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Reigan Derry's performance of "Stay with Me" debuted at number 20, Brothers3's performance of "Hey Brother" debuted at number 58, Sydnee Carter's performance of "Say Something" debuted at number 73, and Jason Heerah's performance of "Higher Ground" debuted at number 98.[33] On 19 September 2014, Derry's performance debuted at number 28 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.[34]
Week 5 (7/8 September)
- Theme: Latest and Greatest[35]
- Group performance: "Jump (for My Love)"[36]
- Celebrity performers: Hilary Duff ("All About You")[36] and Ariana Grande ("Problem", "Bang Bang" and "Break Free")[36]
Act | Order | Song[35] | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Marlisa Punzalan | 1 | "Let It Go" | Safe (5th) |
Brothers3 | 2 | "Pompeii" | Safe (1st) |
Tee | 3 | "Hold On, We're Going Home" | Safe (7th) |
Sydnee Carter | 4 | "Strong" | Bottom two |
Rochelle Pitt | 5 | "Rolling in the Deep" | Safe (4th) |
Jason Heerah | 6 | "She Came to Give It to You" | Bottom two |
Dean Ray | 7 | "Budapest" | Safe (2nd) |
Caitlyn Shadbolt | 8 | "You and I" | Safe (6th) |
Reigan Derry | 9 | "Bang Bang" | Safe (3rd) |
Final showdown details | |||
Act | Order | Song[36] | Result |
Sydnee Carter | 1 | "Little Talks" | Eliminated |
Jason Heerah | 2 | "Let's Get It On" | Safe |
- Judges' vote to eliminate[36]
- Redfoo: Sydnee Carter – backed his own act, Jason Heerah
- Keating: Jason Heerah – backed his own act, Sydnee Carter
- Bassingthwaighte: Sydnee Carter – felt that she had not seen the best of Carter and said that her performances each week had not been consistent
- Minogue: Sydnee Carter – gave no reason
- Notes
- During the live decider on Monday night, for the first time in the show's history, and only for one week, the safe contestants' names were called in descending order of the amount of public votes they received.[37]
- On 13 September 2014, the performances of three acts entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Dean Ray's performance of "Budapest" debuted at number 15, Reigan Derry's performance of "Bang Bang" debuted at number 53, and Brothers3's performance of "Pompeii" debuted at number 91.[38] On 26 September 2014, Ray's performance debuted at number 29 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.[39]
Week 6 (14/15 September)
- Theme: Rock[40]
- Group performance: "Maps"[41]
- Celebrity performers: Nathaniel Willemse ("Live Louder")[42] and Meghan Trainor ("All About That Bass")[42]
Act | Order | Song[40] | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Dean Ray | 1 | "New Sensation" | Safe |
Rochelle Pitt | 2 | "Heavy Cross" | Bottom two |
Tee | 3 | "Don't Stop Me Now" | Safe |
Marlisa Punzalan | 4 | "Nothing Else Matters" | Safe |
Reigan Derry | 5 | "Boys in Town" | Safe |
Caitlyn Shadbolt | 6 | "Closer to the Edge" | Bottom two |
Jason Heerah | 7 | "Seven Nation Army" | Safe |
Brothers3 | 8 | "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" | Safe |
Final showdown details | |||
Act | Order | Song[41] | Result |
Caitlyn Shadbolt | 1 | "Before the Worst" | Safe |
Rochelle Pitt | 2 | "Respect" | Eliminated |
- Judges' vote to eliminate[41]
- Redfoo: Caitlyn Shadbolt – backed his own act, Rochelle Pitt
- Keating: Rochelle Pitt – backed his own act, Caitlyn Shadbolt
- Minogue: Due to Bassingthwaighte's absence, three unanimous votes were required for an act to be eliminated. However, as Redfoo and Keating backed their own acts, Minogue was not required to vote and the result was deadlock.
With the acts in the bottom two receiving one vote each, the result was reverted to the earlier public vote. Pitt received the fewest votes and was eliminated.[41]
- Notes
- Bassingthwaighte was absent for the live decider because she had attended the funeral of her manager Mark Byrne earlier that day.[43]
- On 20 September 2014, the performances of two acts entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Marlisa Punzalan's performance of "Nothing Else Matters" debuted at number 87 and Dean Ray's performance of "New Sensation" debuted at number 90.[44]
Week 7 (21/23 September)
- Theme: Judges' Challenge[45]
- Group performance: "Best Day of My Life" with American Authors[46]
- Celebrity performers: Ricki-Lee Coulter ("Happy Ever After")[47] and American Authors ("Believer")[46]
Act | Order | Song[45] | Chosen by[45] | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brothers3 | 1 | "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" | Ronan Keating | Safe |
Marlisa Punzalan | 2 | "Try" | Redfoo | Safe |
Reigan Derry | 3 | "Dog Days Are Over" | Natalie Bassingthwaighte | Safe |
Tee | 4 | "When Doves Cry" | Ronan Keating | Bottom three |
Caitlyn Shadbolt | 5 | "Still Into You" | Natalie Bassingthwaighte | Bottom three |
Dean Ray | 6 | "Stolen Dance" | Redfoo | Safe |
Jason Heerah | 7 | "Latch" | Dannii Minogue | Bottom three |
Final showdown details | ||||
Act | Order | Song[46] | Result | |
Caitlyn Shadbolt | 1 | "Temporary Home" | Safe | |
Jason Heerah | 2 | "We Can Work It Out" | Safe | |
Tee | 3 | "You Are So Beautiful" | Eliminated |
- Judges' vote to eliminate[46]
- Keating: Tee – Backed his own act, Caitlyn Shadbolt. Based on the performances from previous weeks, he chose to send home Tee.
- Bassingthwaighte: Caitlyn Shadbolt – Backed her own act, Tee. She chose to send home Shadbolt because she felt that Jason Heerah had handled the different genres in each week better and had been more consistent.
- Minogue: Caitlyn Shadbolt – felt she was not as strong as Tee and Heerah
- Redfoo: Tee – Backed his own act, Jason Heerah. Redfoo chose to send home Tee because he felt that Tee had not found himself as an artist yet.
With Shadbolt and Tee both receiving two votes each, Heerah was announced safe automatically and the result was deadlock. The vote was reverted to the earlier public vote. Tee received the fewest votes and was eliminated.
- Notes
- This week's live decider aired on Tuesday night due to the Seven Network's coverage of the 2014 Brownlow Medal.[48]
- For the first time in the show's history, and only for this week, the final showdown in the live decider consisted of a bottom three.[46]
- On 27 September 2014, the performances of four acts entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Jason Heerah's performance of "Latch" debuted at number 38, Dean Ray's performance of "Stolen Dance" debuted at number 40, Reigan Derry's performance of "Dog Days Are Over" debuted at number 61, and Brothers3's performance of "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" debuted at number 75.[49]
Week 8 (28/29 September)
- Theme: Aussie Week[50]
- Group performance: "I'm Ready" with AJR[51]
- Celebrity performers: The Veronicas ("You Ruin Me")[51] and Ed Sheeran ("Thinking Out Loud" and "Don't")[51]
Act | Order | Song[50] | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Jason Heerah | 1 | "Like It Like That" | Bottom two |
Caitlyn Shadbolt | 2 | "Bow River" | Safe |
Reigan Derry | 3 | "Burn for You" | Bottom two |
Marlisa Punzalan | 4 | "Super Love" | Safe |
Brothers3 | 5 | "Amnesia" | Safe |
Dean Ray | 6 | "Into My Arms" | Safe |
Final showdown details | |||
Act | Order | Song[51] | Result |
Jason Heerah | 1 | "Never Tear Us Apart" | Eliminated |
Reigan Derry | 2 | "Stay" | Safe |
- Judges' vote to eliminate[51]
- Keating: Jason Heerah – stated that it was a very tough decision
- Bassingthwaighte: Jason Heerah – based on whose performances were downloaded on iTunes more
- Minogue: Reigan Derry – based on whose final showdown performance had the most connection and moved her the most
- Redfoo: Reigan Derry – decided to take it to deadlock because he could not send his own act home
With both acts receiving two votes each, the result was deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Heerah received the fewest votes and was eliminated.[51]
- Notes
- Brothers3 became the first group to not land in the bottom two in week eight. All other groups since season two have passed week eight after surviving the bottom two.
- On 4 October 2014, the performances of two acts entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Dean Ray's performance of "Into My Arms" debuted at number 36, and Reigan Derry's performance of "Burn for You" debuted at number 78.[52]
Week 9 (5/6 October)
- Theme: Killer Tracks and Curveballs[53]
- Group performance: "Am I Wrong" with Nico & Vinz[54]
- Celebrity performers: Taylor Henderson ("Host of Angels")[54] and Nico & Vinz ("In Your Arms")[54]
Act | Order | Killer Track[53] | Order | Curveball[53] | Result |
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Dean Ray | 1 | "Lonely Boy" | 9 | "Crying" | Bottom two |
Marlisa Punzalan | 2 | "Titanium" | 6 | "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" | Safe |
Reigan Derry | 10 | "Only Girl (In the World)" | 3 | "Creep" | Safe |
Brothers3 | 4 | "The Sound of Silence" | 7 | "Que Sera" | Safe |
Caitlyn Shadbolt | 5 | "Before He Cheats" | 8 | "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" | Bottom two |
Final showdown details | |||||
Act | Order | Song[54] | Result | ||
Caitlyn Shadbolt | 1 | "If I Die Young" | Eliminated | ||
Dean Ray | 2 | "Hurt" | Safe |
- Judges' vote to eliminate[54]
- Keating: Dean Ray – backed his own act, Caitlyn Shadbolt
- Redfoo: Caitlyn Shadbolt – went with his gut and based on whose performances were more consistent
- Bassingthwaighte: Caitlyn Shadbolt – backed her own act, Dean Ray
- Minogue: Caitlyn Shadbolt – based her decision on the amount of standing ovations Ray had received
- Notes
- On 11 October 2014, the performances of three acts entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Dean Ray's performances of "Crying" and "Lonely Boy" debuted at numbers 26 and 99 respectively, Brothers3's performances of "Que Sera" and "The Sound of Silence" debuted at numbers 42 and 48 respectively, and Marlisa Punzalan's performances of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "Titanium" debuted at numbers 93 and 96 respectively.[55]
Week 10: Semi-Final (12/13 October)
- Theme: Power and Passion[56]
- Group performance: "Reach Out I'll Be There" / "You Can't Hurry Love" with Boyzone[57]
- Celebrity performers: The Script ("Superheroes")[58] and 5 Seconds of Summer ("Amnesia" and "Good Girls")[58]
Act | Order | Power song[56] | Order | Passion song[56] | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brothers3 | 1 | "Best Song Ever" | 5 | "Massachusetts" | Safe |
Marlisa Punzalan | 2 | "Girl on Fire" | 6 | "Impossible" | Bottom two |
Dean Ray | 8 | "Folsom Prison Blues" / "That's All Right (Mama)" | 3 | "The Power of Love" | Safe |
Reigan Derry | 4 | "Can't Remember to Forget You" | 7 | "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" | Bottom two |
Final showdown details | |||||
Act | Order | Song[57] | Result | ||
Reigan Derry | 1 | "Hallelujah" | Eliminated | ||
Marlisa Punzalan | 2 | "Help!" | Safe |
- Judges' vote to send through to the Grand Final[57]
- Minogue: Marlisa Punzalan – gave no reason
- Keating: Marlisa Punzalan – backed his own act
- Redfoo: Reigan Derry – backed his own act
- Bassingthwaighte: Reigan Derry – went with her gut
With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Punzalan received the most public votes and was saved.[57]
- Notes
- During the semi-final week, each judge had one act left in the competition. After Derry's elimination, Redfoo became the only judge with no act in the grand final.
- On 18 October 2014, the performances of three acts entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Dean Ray's performances of "Folsom Prison Blues" / "That's All Right (Mama)" and "The Power of Love" debuted at numbers 49 and 65 respectively, Derry's performance of "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" debuted at number 63, and Brothers3's performance of "Massachusetts" debuted at number 87.[59]
Week 11: Grand Final (19/20 October)
- 19 October
- Group performance: "Lovers on the Sun" (performed by top three finalists)[60]
Act | Order | Audition song[60] | Order | Duet[60] | Order | Winner's single[60] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marlisa Punzalan | 1 | "Yesterday" | 8 | "Never Be the Same" with Jessica Mauboy | 5 | "Stand by You" |
Brothers3 | 4 | "Safe & Sound" | 2 | "Like a Drum" with Guy Sebastian | 7 | "The Lucky Ones" |
Dean Ray | 9 | "Bette Davis Eyes" | 6 | "Dear Darlin'" with Olly Murs | 3 | "Coming Back" |
- 20 October
- Group performances:
- "Dark Horse" (performed by top thirteen finalists)[3]
- "Beneath Your Beautiful" (performed by top two finalists)[3]
- Celebrity performers: Olly Murs ("Wrapped Up"),[3] Jessica Mauboy ("Can I Get a Moment?"),[3] Guy Sebastian ("Mama Ain't Proud")[3] and Taylor Swift ("Shake It Off")[3]
Act | Order | Best Moment[3] | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Brothers3 | N/A | N/A (already eliminated) | Third place |
Marlisa Punzalan | 1 | "Titanium" | Winner |
Dean Ray | 2 | "Budapest" | Runner-up |
- Notes
- For the first time in season six, there was no theme for the grand final.
- On 25 October 2014, performances from the top three finalists entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Dean Ray's performance of "Bette Davis Eyes" debuted at number 33, Marlisa Punzalan's performance of "Yesterday" debuted at number 67, and Brothers3's performance of "Safe & Sound" debuted at number 82.[61]
Charity single
In September 2014, the top six finalists and Australian pop group Justice Crew recorded a cover of Pharrell Williams' song "Happy" for the Sony Foundation's youth cancer program, You Can.[62] Their version was released on the iTunes Store on 29 September 2014, as a charity single to help raise funds for You Can to establish specialised youth cancer centres across Australia.[63][64]
Reception
Controversy and criticism
XOX were criticised by Keating and Redfoo after their performance of Deee-Lite's "Groove Is in the Heart" during the third live show.[65] Redfoo said they look "like a pop act but it's not sounding like a pop act", while Keating said their performance was lacking and "just didn't feel it fired, it just didn't happen. You've got to get it right."[66] However, Bassingthwaighte disagreed with their comments and said she loved the performance.[65] The criticism divided the judging panel as "it quickly became a battle of the sexes".[66][67] XOX's mentor Minogue told Keating that she was personally offended by his comments because she felt it was hypocritical as he did not like her criticising his acts.[68] She then went on to say, "We took on board the feedback [from last week] so we took this song and did a club remix of it. If you're not used to that and you don't go to clubs anymore because you're too old then I'm sorry."[65]
Following XOX's elimination in week four of the live shows, Minogue stated that she believed the group were the victim of unwarranted criticism, saying that "Other acts have faltered but have not had the same criticism. I feel really strongly about that."[69] In an interview with TV Week, group member Nada-Leigh Nasser believed that Keating's consistently negative comments could have played a part in their elimination: "Ronan is very influential and his opinion does matter. We accept any criticism we get because we know it's all constructive in the end. But we do acknowledge that it would affect a lot of people's opinions."[70]
More controversy occurred after Reigan Derry's performance of Radiohead's "Creep" during the ninth live show, when Minogue criticised Derry's outfit for being too oversexualised.[71] Derry, who used to be a member of the girl band Scarlett Belle, had stated in her audition for The X Factor that she felt people did not get to see the real her because of how oversexualised the band was.[72] Minogue told her: "I watched again your first audition and I listened to every word you said. You know, oversexualised and you just wanted to sing the song and you just wanted everybody to listen to your voice. In the close-ups of this outfit, if you don't want to be oversexualised...I'm getting mixed messages."[71] Derry's mentor Redfoo defended her outfit by saying that it was not oversexualised, before taking aim at Minogue's outfit.[71] He said, "Look what you're wearing! You want to talk about oversexualised, look what you're wearing! Let's get real. Let's get really real. This is see through!"[73] During the ninth live decider show the following night, Redfoo apologised to Minogue for the comments he made about her outfit.[74] Minogue accepted his apology and said "I've had a chat with Reigan and we've sorted it out. We are all moving on."[74]
Ratings
- Colour key:
- – Highest rating during the season
- – Lowest rating during the season
Week | Episode | Original airdate | Timeslot | Viewers (millions) |
Nightly rank |
Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | "Auditions" | 13 July 2014 | Sunday 6:32 pm–8:18 pm | 1.226 | #2 | [75] |
2 | 14 July 2014 | Monday 7:31 pm–9:10 pm | 0.970 | #8 | [76] | ||
3 | 15 July 2014 | Tuesday 7:32 pm–9:15 pm | 1.245 | #2 | [77] | ||
2 | 4 | 20 July 2014 | Sunday 6:33 pm–8:20 pm | 1.274 | #4 | [78] | |
5 | 22 July 2014 | Tuesday 7:32 pm–9:17 pm | 1.166 | #3 | [79] | ||
6 | 23 July 2014 | Wednesday 7:32 pm–9:16 pm | 1.079 | #4 | [80] | ||
3 | 7 | "Super Bootcamp" | 27 July 2014 | Sunday 6:32 pm–8:16 pm | 1.114 | #5 | [81] |
8 | 29 July 2014 | Tuesday 7:35 pm–8:56 pm | 1.107 | #2 | [82] | ||
9 | 30 July 2014 | Wednesday 7:31 pm–9:05 pm | 0.914 | #6 | [83] | ||
4 | 10 | "Home Visits" | 3 August 2014 | Sunday 6:32 pm–8:22 pm | 1.035 | #5 | [84] |
11 | 4 August 2014 | Monday 7:29 pm–9:07 pm | 1.055 | #6 | [85] | ||
12 | 5 August 2014 | Tuesday 7:32 pm–9:07 pm | 1.088 | #4 | [86] | ||
5 | 13 | "Live show 1" | 10 August 2014 | Sunday 6:32 pm–9:14 pm | 1.152 | #4 | [87] |
14 | "Live decider 1" | 11 August 2014 | Monday 7:33 pm–8:47 pm | 1.107 | #4 | [88] | |
6 | 15 | "Live show 2" | 17 August 2014 | Sunday 6:32 pm–8:53 pm | 1.129 | #4 | [89] |
16 | "Live decider 2" | 18 August 2014 | Monday 7:31 pm–8:45 pm | 1.078 | #5 | [90] | |
7 | 17 | "Live show 3" | 24 August 2014 | Sunday 6:32 pm–8:52 pm | 1.115 | #5 | [91] |
18 | "Live decider 3" | 25 August 2014 | Monday 7:32 pm–8:47 pm | 1.057 | #5 | [92] | |
8 | 19 | "Live show 4" | 31 August 2014 | Sunday 6:32 pm–8:34 pm | 1.115 | #5 | [93] |
20 | "Live decider 4" | 1 September 2014 | Monday 7:31 pm–8:44 pm | 1.167 | #3 | [94] | |
9 | 21 | "Live show 5" | 7 September 2014 | Sunday 6:32 pm–8:31 pm | 1.180 | #4 | [95] |
22 | "Live decider 5" | 8 September 2014 | Monday 7:33 pm–8:57 pm | 1.174 | #6 | [96] | |
10 | 23 | "Live show 6" | 14 September 2014 | Sunday 6:32 pm–8:19 pm | 1.202 | #4 | [97] |
24 | "Live decider 6" | 15 September 2014 | Monday 7:37 pm–8:51 pm | 1.142 | #4 | [98] | |
11 | 25 | "Live show 7" | 21 September 2014 | Sunday 6:35 pm–8:08 pm | 1.131 | #5 | [99] |
26 | "Live decider 7" | 23 September 2014 | Tuesday 7:37 pm–8:59 pm | 1.094 | #4 | [100] | |
12 | 27 | "Live show 8" | 28 September 2014 | Sunday 6:35 pm–7:54 pm | 1.113 | #4 | [101] |
28 | "Live decider 8" | 29 September 2014 | Monday 7:33 pm–8:57 pm | 1.161 | #3 | [102] | |
13 | 29 | "Live show 9" | 5 October 2014 | Sunday 6:35 pm–8:50 pm | 0.874 | #7 | [103] |
30 | "Live decider 9" | 6 October 2014 | Monday 7:35 pm–8:50 pm | 1.062 | #6 | [104] | |
14 | 31 | "Live show 10" | 12 October 2014 | Sunday 6:35 pm–8:21 pm | 1.187 | #9 | [105] |
32 | "Live decider 10" | 13 October 2014 | Monday 7:32 pm–8:58 pm | 1.302 | #2 | [106] | |
15 | 33 | "Live Grand Final show" | 19 October 2014 | Sunday 8:01 pm–10:20 pm | 1.316 | #1 | [107] |
34 | "Live Grand Final decider" | 20 October 2014 | Monday 7:33 pm–9:49 pm | 1.378 | #2 | [108] | |
"Winner announced" | 1.428 | #1 | [108] |
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