The X Factor: Series 2

The X Factor: Series 2 is the second season of The X Factor. Unlike Series 1, Series 2 had 16 acts instead of 12, and was the only season to have a judge leave the competition midway through. The winner was Cher Lloyd, who was menrored by Louis Walsh.
Judges: Pop Diva/Singer Cheryl Cole (Weeks 1-2), Pop Diva/Singer Dannii Minogue (Week 4-), Irish Producer Louie Walsh, World-Proclaimed "Mr. Nasty" Simon Cowell, and Grammy-Award winning singer Beyoncé.
Key:
Green: Winner
Grey: Runner-Up
Yellow: 3rd Place
Orange: Withdrew
Red: Eliminated
White: Still In Competition
Final 16:
Category (Mentor)	
Acts	
Acts	
Acts	
Acts
Groups (Dannii)	
Kandy	
Erotica Pleasure	
Toybox	
Tip Top Trio
Boys (Beyoncé)	
Stephen Harris	
Joseph Dalton	
Adam Sayer	
Adam Young
Over-28s (Simon)	
Tillie White	
Mary Bunt	
Rodney Batter	
Patrick Ross
Girls (Louie)	
Erin Fields	
Rebecca White	
Courtney Preston	
Cher Lloyd
==Live Show Details==
Week 1:
Theme: Number-One Hits
*For Week 2 and Week 3, two people will go home.
Act	
Order	
Song	
Result
Rebecca White	
1	
"Umbrella"	
Safe (9th)
Erotica Pleasure	
2	
"Love Sex Magic"	
Bottom Two
Courtney Preston	
3	
"Fireflies"	
Safe (12th)
Cher Lloyd	
4	
"Empire State Of Mind / Empire State Of Mind II (Broken Down)	
Safe (13th)
Tip Top Trio	
5	
"Just The Way You Are"	
Safe (5th)
Kandy	
6	
"It's Raining Men"	
Safe (6th)
Mary Bunt	
7	
"Heaven"	
Safe (8th)
Adam Sayer	
8	
"I Will Survive"	
Safe (2nd)
Tillie White	
9	
"I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman"	
Safe (14th)
Rodney Batter	
10	
"She's The One"	
Safe (10th)
Toybox	
11	
"Dreams"	
Safe (4th)
Patrick Ross	
12	
"Tragedy"	
Bottom Two
Stephen Harris	
13	
"Can't Buy Me Love"	
Safe (3rd)
Adam Young	
14	
"I Don't Want To Talk About It"	
Safe (1st)
Joseph Dalton	
15	
"Alive"	
Safe (7th)
Erin Fields	
16	
"(You Drive Me) Crazy"	
Safe (11th)
Final Showdown Results	
Final Showdown Results	
Final Showdown Results	
Final Showdown Results
Patrick Ross	
1	
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"	
Safe (15th)
Erotica Pleasure	
2	
"Better In Time"	
Eliminated
Judges Vote To Eliminate:
Cheryl: Patrick Ross - Backing up her act, Erotica Pleasure.
Beyoncé: Erotica Pleasure - Feels that they don't harmonize very well when they sing together.
Simon: Erotica Pleasure - Backing up his act, Patrick Ross.
Louie: Erotica Pleasure - Feels that Patrick's performance connected.
Week 2:
Theme: Contestants Choice
*Two people will go home this week, and next week. 
Act	
Order	
Song	
Result
Toybox	
1	
"Impossible"	
Safe (3rd)
Erin Fields	
2	
"Seasons Of Love"	
Safe (2nd)
Kandy	
3	
"So What"	
Safe (11th)
Adam Young	
4	
"Dear Mr. President"	
Safe (7th)
Adam Sayer	
5	
"Unwritten"	
Bottom Three
Joseph Dalton	
6	
"The Silence"	
Safe (6th)
Tillie White	
7	
"Don't Stop Beleving"	
Safe (12th)
Stephen Harris	
8	
"Singing In The Rain"	
Safe (8th)
Rodney Batter	
9	
"Forget You"	
Safe (4th)
Patrick Ross	
10	
"Ridin' Solo"	
Safe (1st)
Courtney Preston	
11	
"Strip Me"	
Bottom Three
Mary Bunt	
12	
"I Dreamed A Dream"	
Safe (10th)
Cher Lloyd	
13	
"Kissin' Thru The Phone/ Crank That"	
Safe (9th)
Tip Top Trio	
14	
"The Fear"	
Eliminated
Rebecca White	
15	
"These Boots Are Made For Walking"	
Safe (5th)
Final Showdown Details	
Final Showdown Details	
Final Showdown Details	
Final Showdown Details
Courtney Preston	
1	
"Amazing Grace"	
Safe (13th)
Adam Sayer	
2	
"Cry Me A River"	
Eliminated
Notes:
After it was revealed that Tip Top Trio had been eliminated, Cheryl proceeded to walk out of the building because she thought it was unfair that every week, her acts are going home. She got into a taxi cab and did not return. It is undecided wether she will come back for Live Show 3. 
Judges Vote To Eliminate:
Cheryl: N/A - She walked out of the building, did not vote.
Beyoncé: Courtney Preston - Backing up her own act, Adam Sayer.
Simon: Adam Sayer - Thought Courtney's performance was amazing, and Adam wasn't so great.
Louie: Adam Sayer - Backing up his own act, Courtney Preston.
Week 3:
Theme: Bon Jovi Songs
*Two people will go home this week.
Act	
Order	
Song	
Result
Kandy	
1	
?	
Safe (1st)
Tillie White	
2	
?	
Safe (8th)
Cher Lloyd	
3	
?	
Bottom Three
Stephen Harris	
4	
?	
Safe (9th)
Patrick Ross	
5	
?	
Bottom Three
Courtney Preston	
6	
?	
Safe (4th)
Rodney Batter	
7	
?	
Safe (3rd)
Adam Young	
8	
?	
Safe (10th)
Mary Bunt	
9	
?	
Safe (7th)
Erin Fields	
10	
?	
Safe (5th)
Joseph Dalton	
11	
?	
Safe (6th)
Rebecca White	
12	
?	
Eliminated
Toybox	
13	
?	
Safe (2nd)
Final Showdown Results	
Final Showdown Results	
Final Showdown Results	
Final Showdown Results
Cher Lloyd	
1	
"Rocket Man"	
Safe (11th)
Patrick Ross	
2	
"Livin' On A Prayer"	
Eliminated
Notes:
After some public batter, The final awaited news came strolling along the news this morning: Cheryl will not be present at Live Show 3. Rumors have spurred that she will not be returning at all. Also, none of the contestants' performances were broadcast due to a tape delay. 
Judges Vote To Eliminate:
Cheryl: N/A - Was absent; did not vote. 
Beyoncé: Patrick Ross - Feels that he didn't improve since he was in the bottom two.
Simon: Cher Lloyd - Backing up his own act, Patrick Ross.
Louie: Patrick Ross - Backing up his own act, Cher Lloyd/
Week 4:
Theme: Kylie Minogue Songs
Act	
Order	
Song	
Result
Adam Young	
1	
"Wow"	
Safe (7th)
Stephen Harris	
2	
"Can't Get You Outta My Head"	
Safe (2nd)
Tillie White	
3	
"2 Hearts"	
Safe (9th)
Toybox	
4	
"Get Outta My Way"	
Safe (4th)
Rodney Batter	
5	
"All The Lovers"	
Safe (6th)
Courtney Preston	
6	
"Slow"	
Bottom Two
Cher Lloyd	
7	
"Better Than Today"	
Safe (8th)
Kandy	
8	
"The Locomotion"	
Safe (1st)
Erin Fields	
9	
"Live & Learn"	
Safe (5th)
Mary Bunt	
10	
"Confide In Me"	
Safe (3rd)
Joseph Dalton	
11	
"Rhythm Of Love"	
Bottom Two
Final Showdown Results	
Final Showdown Results	
Final Showdown Results	
Final Showdown Results
Joseph Dalton	
1	
"Shocked"	
Eliminated
Courtney Preston	
2	
"In My Arms"	
Safe (10th)
Notes:
It has been confirmed that Cheryl will not be coming back to The X Factor. Dannii Minogue, sister of Kylie Minogue, has replaced her, and her acts will become Dannii's acts. 
Judges Vote To Eliminate:
Dannii: Joseph Dalton - Feels that Courtney has more vocal presence then Joseph.
Beyoncé: Courtney Preston - Backing up her act, Joseph Dalton. 
Simon: Courtney Preston - Knew that Louie would vote to save Courtney, so forced it to deadlock.
Louie: Joseph Dalton - Backing up her own act, Courtney Preston. 
Deadlock Results:
Courtney Preston: 87.65% to save
Joseph Dalton: 23.45% to save - Eliminated
Week 5:
Theme: Songs By Kelly Clarkson
Act	
Order	
Song	
Result
Mary Bunt	
1	
N/A, Did not perform.	
N/A
Cher Lloyd	
2	
"Miss Independence"	
Safe (2nd)
Courtney Preston	
3	
"Never Again"	
Safe (5th)
Tillie White	
4	
"Walk Away"	
Safe (6th)
Kandy	
5	
"Behind These Hazel Eyes"	
Safe (7th)
Erin Fields	
6	
"Breakaway"	
Safe (4th)
Stephen Harris	
7	
"Low"	
Safe (1st)
Rodney Batter	
8	
"Since U Been Gone"	
Bottom Two
Toybox	
9	
"One Minute"	
Safe (3rd)
Adam Young	
10	
Because Of You"	
Bottom Two
Final Showdown Results	
Final Showdown Results	
Final Showdown Results	
Final Showdown Results
Adam Young	
1	
"My Life Would Suck Without U"	
Safe (8th)
Rodney Batter	
2	
"A Moment Like This"	
Eliminated
Notes:
Mary Bunt could not perform due to laryngitis. They gave her a bye onto the next week. 
Judges Vote To Eliminate:
Dannii: Rodney Batter - Stated that Adam's performance delivered more. 
Beyoncé: Rodney Batter - Backing up her own act, Adam Young. 
Simon: Adam Young - Backing up his own act, Rodney Batter.
Louie: Rodney Batter - Reason not stated.
Week 6:
Theme: Songs From The 80s
Act	
Order	
Song	
Result
Toybox	
1	
"How Will I Know"	
Safe (5th)
Kandy	
2	
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"	
Bottom Two
Erin Fields	
3	
"Put Some Sugar On Me"	
Safe (6th)
Adam Young	
4	
"Billie Jean"	
Bottom Two
Cher Lloyd	
5	
"When Doves Cry"	
Safe (4th)
Courtney Preston	
6	
"Walk Like An Egyptian"	
Safe (1st)
Stephen Harris	
7	
"Jump"	
Safe (3rd)
Tillie White	
8	
"Time After Time"	
Safe (2nd)
Final Showdown Results	
Final Showdown Results	
Final Showdown Results	
Final Showdown Results
Adam Young	
1	
"Walking On Sunshine"	
Eliminated
Kandy	
2	
"Super Freak"	
Safe (7th)
Notes:
It was undecided wether Mary Bunt would perform this week. Simon Cowell, as said on The Xtra Factor, "[Mary] will not be continuing in this competition. She had a severe allergic reaction to a food she had ate."
Judges Vote To Eliminate:
Dannii: Adam Young - Backing up her own act, Kandy.
Beyoncé: Kandy - Backing up her own act, Adam Young.
Simon: Adam Young - Believes he hasn't improved since last week.
Louie: Adam Young - Stated that he needs practice. 
Week 7:
Theme: Songs From The 90s
Act	
Order	
Song	
Result
Courtney Preston	
1	
"Smells Like A Teen Spirit Thing"	
Safe (5th)
Stephen Harris	
2	
"One"	
Safe (3rd)
Tillie White	
3	
"Jeremy"	
Safe (2nd)
Erin Fields	
4	
"You Oughta Know"	
Bottom Two
Cher Lloyd	
5	
"Vision Of Love"	
Safe (4th)
Kandy	
6	
"Say My Name"	
Safe (1st)
Toybox	
7	
"Sabotage"	
Bottom Two
Final Showdown Results	
Final Showdown Results	
Final Showdown Results	
Final Showdown Results
Toybox	
1	
"Enter Sandman"	
Eliminated
Erin Fields	
2	
"Waterfalls"	
Safe (6th)
Notes:
N/A
Judges Vote To Eliminate:
Dannii: Erin Fields - Backing up her own act Toybox.
Beyoncé: Toybox - Stated that his performance was very weak. 
Simon: Toybox - Stated that their performance sucked. 
Louie: Toybox - Backing up his own act, Erin Fields. 
Week 8:
Theme: Songs From The 00s
*There is no more bottom two. Instead, the person with the lowest amount of public votes will be eliminated.
Act	
Order	
Song	
Result
Cher Lloyd	
1	
"Here Without You"	
Safe (4th)
Stephen Harris	
2	
"She Will Be Loved"	
Safe (1st)
Courtney Preston	
3	
"Run It"	
Bottom Two
Kandy	
4	
"Kryptonite"	
Safe (2nd)
Tillie White	
5	
"Hanging By A Moment"	
Safe (3rd)
Erin Fields	
6	
"Leave"	
Eliminated
Notes:
N/A
Week 9:
Theme: Contestants' Choice
*There is no more bottom two. Instead, the person with the lowest amount of public votes will be eliminated.
Act	
Order	
Song	
Result
Cher Lloyd	
1	
"I'll Always Love You"	
Safe (1st)
Stephen Harris	
2	
"Love Story"	
Bottom Two
Courtney Preston	
3	
"Photograph"	
Safe (3rd)
Kandy	
4	
"Fallin'"	
Safe (2nd)
Tillie White	
5	
"Someday"	
Eliminated
Notes:
N/A
Week 10:
Theme: Contestants' Choice 2
*There is no more bottom two. Instead, the person with the lowest amount of public votes will be eliminated.
Act	
Order	
Song	
Result
Kandy	
1	
"Drops Of Jupiter"	
Eliminated
Courtney Preston	
2	
"Toxic"	
Safe (2nd)
Stephen Harris	
3	
"Underneath It All"	
Bottom Two
Cher Lloyd	
4	
"Ignition"	
Safe (1st)
Notes:
N/A
Week 11/Final:
Theme: Contestants' Choice 
*There is no more bottom two. Instead, the person with the lowest amount of public votes will be eliminated.
Act	
Order	
Audition Song	
Celebrity Duet	
Favourite Performance	
Result
Courtney Preston	
1	
"Firework"	
"Firework" (Katy Perry)	
"Never Again" (Week 5)	
Safe (2nd)
Cher Lloyd	
2	
"Buttons"	
"Empire State Of Mind" (Jay-Z)	
"Empire State Of Mind/ESOM II (Week 1)	
Safe (1st)
Stephen Harris	
3	
"Mine"	
"Mine" (Taylor Swift)	
"Love Story" (Week 9)	
Third Place
Notes:
N/A
Act	
Order	
Contestants' Favourite	
Winner's Single	
Result
Cher Lloyd	
1	
"Miss Independence" (Week 5)	
"Like A Prayer"	
Winner!
Courtney Preston	
2	
"Toxic" (Week 10)	
"Like A Prayer"	
Runner-Up
==Results Summary==
	
Week 1	
Week 2	
Week 3	
Week 4	
Week 5	
Week 6	
Week 7	
Week 8	
Week 9	
Week 10	
Final
Cher Lloyd	
13th
1.3%	
9th
3.9%	
11th
4.7%	
8th
5.5%	
2nd
17.2%	
4th
14.6%	
4th
12.1%	
4th
12.5%	
1st
42.2%	
1st
46.4%	
Winner
61.3%
Courtney Preston	
12th
1.5%	
13th
2.4%	
4th
11.2%	
10th
4.5%	
5th
10.8%	
1st
25.5%	
5th
10.7%	
5th
11.6%	
3rd
19.4%	
2nd
34.6%	
Runner-Up
38.7%
Stephen Harris	
3rd
12.7%	
8th
5.6%	
9th
7.6%	
2nd
13.4%	
1st
19.6%	
3rd
15.5%	
3rd
15.5%	
1st
37.1%	
4th
18.8%	
3rd
12.1%	
Third Place
20.1%
Kandy	
6th
6.4%	
11th
3.5%	
1st
15.4%	
1st
36.2%	
7th
9.2%	
7th
8.4%	
1st
34.2%	
2nd
20.1%	
2nd
19.6%	
4th
9.1%	
Eliminated
(Week 10)
Tillie White	
14th
1.2%	
12th
3.1%	
8th
8.0%	
9th
4.9%	
6th
9.5%	
2nd
16.0%	
2nd
17.7%	
3rd
18.7%	
5th
18.4%	
Eliminated
(Week 9)	
Eliminated
(Week 9)
Erin Fields	
11th
2.3%	
2nd
15.0%	
5th
10.7%	
5th
8.1%	
4th
12.0%	
6th
9.7%	
6th
9.8%	
6th
10.7%	
Eliminated
(Week 8)	
Eliminated
(Week 8)	
Eliminated
(Week 8)
Toybox	
4th
10.5%	
3rd
14.4%	
2nd
12.9%	
4th
8.7%	
3rd
12.9%	
5th
10.3%	
7th
5.6%	
Eliminated
(Week 7)	
Eliminated
(Week 7)	
Eliminated
(Week 7)	
Eliminated
(Week 7)
Adam Young	
1st
27.1%	
7th
6.5%	
10th
5.1%	
7th
6.4%	
8th
8.8%	
8th
7.5%	
Eliminated
(Week 6)	
Eliminated
(Week 6)	
Eliminated
(Week 6)	
Eliminated
(Week 6)	
Eliminated
(Week 6)
Rodney Batter	
10th
3.0%	
4th
13.3%	
3rd
11.3%	
6th
6.6%	
9th
7.2%	
Eliminated
(Week 5)	
Eliminated
(Week 5)	
Eliminated
(Week 5)	
Eliminated
(Week 5)	
Eliminated
(Week 5)	
Eliminated
(Week 5)
Mary Bunt	
8th
4.5%	
10th
3.7%	
7th
8.6%	
3rd
10.2%	
N/A	
Withdrew
(Week 5)	
Withdrew
(Week 5)	
Withdrew
(Week 5)	
Withdrew
(Week 5)	
Withdrew
(Week 5)	
Withdrew
(Week 5)
Joseph Dalton	
7th
6.2%	
6th
8.1%	
6th
9.2%	
11th
3.7%	
Eliminated
(Week 4)	
Eliminated
(Week 4)	
Eliminated
(Week 4)	
Eliminated
(Week 4)	
Eliminated
(Week 4)	
Eliminated
(Week 4)	
Eliminated
(Week 4)
Patrick Ross	
15th
1.1%	
1st
15.4%	
12th
3.3%	
Eliminated
(Week 3)	
Eliminated
(Week 3)	
Eliminated
(Week 3)	
Eliminated
(Week 3)	
Eliminated
(Week 3)	
Eliminated
(Week 3)	
Eliminated
(Week 3)	
Eliminated
(Week 3)
Rebecca White	
9th
4.0%	
5th
10.6%	
13th
2.9%	
Eliminated
(Week 3)	
Eliminated
(Week 3)	
Eliminated
(Week 3)	
Eliminated
(Week 3)	
Eliminated
(Week 3)	
Eliminated
(Week 3)	
Eliminated
(Week 3)	
Eliminated
(Week 3)
Adam Sayer	
2nd
12.9%	
14th
1.7%	
Eliminated
(Week 2)	
Eliminated
(Week 2)	
Eliminated
(Week 2)	
Eliminated
(Week 2)	
Eliminated
(Week 2)	
Eliminated
(Week 2)	
Eliminated
(Week 2)	
Eliminated
(Week 2)	
Eliminated
(Week 2)
Tip Top Trio	
5th
8.9%	
15th
0.9%	
Eliminated
(Week 2)	
Eliminated
(Week 2)	
Eliminated
(Week 2)	
Eliminated
(Week 2)	
Eliminated
(Week 2)	
Eliminated
(Week 2)	
Eliminated
(Week 2)	
Eliminated
(Week 2)	
Eliminated
(Week 2)
Erotica Pleasure	
16th
0.8%	
Eliminated
(Week 1)	
Eliminated
(Week 1)	
Eliminated
(Week 1)	
Eliminated
(Week 1)	
Eliminated
(Week 1)	
Eliminated
(Week 1)	
Eliminated
(Week 1)	
Eliminated
(Week 1)	
Eliminated
(Week 1)	
Eliminated
(Week 1)
											
Cheryl's vote to eliminate	
Patrick Ross	
Left the competition	
Left the competition	
Left the competition	
Left the competition	
Left the competition	
Left the competition	
Left the competition	
Left the competition	
Left the competition	
Left the competition
Dannii's vote to eliminate	
Not A judge	
Not A judge	
Not A judge	
Joseph Dalton	
Rodney Batter	
Adam Young	
Erin Fields	
N/A	
N/A	
N/A	
N/A
Beyoncé's vote to eliminate	
Erotica Pleasure	
Courtney Preston	
Patrick Ross	
Courtney Preston	
Rodney Batter	
Kandy	
Toybox	
N/A	
N/A	
N/A	
N/A
Simon's vote to eliminate	
Erotica Pleasure	
Adam Sayer	
Cher Lloyd	
Courtney Preston	
Adam Young	
Adam Young	
Toybox	
N/A	
N/A	
N/A	
N/A
Louie's vote to eliminate	
Erotica Pleasure	
Adam Sayer	
Patrick Ross	
Joseph Dalton	
Rodney Batter	
Adam Young	
Toybox	
N/A	
N/A	
N/A	
N/A
Eliminated	
Erotica Pleasure
3/4 Votes Majority	
Adam Sayer 2/3 Votes Majority	
Patrick Ross 2/3 Votes Majority	
Joseph Dalton 23.45%/2/4 votes Deadlock	
Rodney Batter 3/4 Votes Majority	
Adam Young 3/4 Votes Majority	
Toybox 3/4 Votes Majority	
Erin Fields 10.7% to save	
Tillie White 18.4% to save	
Kandy
9.1%
to save	
Stephen Harris, Courtney Preston
20.1% to save; 38.7% to save