The X Factor (season 1)

== Finalists ==
:Main article: List of The X Factor finalists (U.S. season 1)
Category (mentor) 	Acts 	Acts 	Acts 	Acts
Boys (Reid) 	Chris Albright 	Mark Foster 	Charlie Matthews	Kevin McHale
Girls (Cowell) 	Christina Borr 	Taylor Higgins	Joanna Pacitti 	Alicia Stone
Over 25s (Scherzinger)	Natalia Kahn 	Michael Knight	Lissie Maurus 	Kimmi Pickler
Groups (Abdul) 	Nikita & Desiree	Trench Five 	Triple Threat 	The Wilson Bros
== Result summary ==
 Weekly results per contestant 
Contestant 	Week 1 	Week 2 	Week 3 	Week 4 	Week 5 	Week 6 	Week 7 	Week 8 	Week 9 	Week 10
Joanna Pacitti 	Safe 	1st15.91% 	4th9.42% 	1st18.33% 	3rd11.85% 	4th15.00% 	3rd13.18% 	2nd21.23% 	1st29.07% 	Winner44.44%
Natalia Kahn 	Safe 	2nd14.55% 	5th9.25% 	3rd15.00% 	4th11.23% 	3rd17.73% 	2nd25.45% 	1st27.38% 	2nd27.14% 	Runner-up43.61%
Charlie Matthews 	Safe 	6th8.18% 	2nd12.75% 	6th7.67% 	1st18.46% 	1st20.45% 	1st26.36% 	3rd20.85% 	3rd22.36% 	3rd11.94%
Kimmi Pickler 	Safe 	3rd13.64% 	3rd12.58% 	2nd16.67% 	2nd18.08% 	2nd18.18% 	5th11.82% 	4th18.92% 	4th21.43% 	Eliminated(week 9)
Christina Borr 	Safe 	4th9.09% 	1st16.75% 	5th8.33% 	7th7.85% 	6th10.91% 	4th12.27% 	5th11.62% 	Eliminated(week 8) 	Eliminated(week 8)
Lissie Maurus 	Safe 	9th5.45% 	6th7.50% 	4th9.17% 	6th8.46% 	5th12.27% 	6th10.91% 	Eliminated(week 7) 	Eliminated(week 7) 	Eliminated(week 7)
Trench Five 	Safe 	11th4.55% 	9th6.58% 	8th6.83% 	5th10.77% 	7th5.45% 	Eliminated(week 6) 	Eliminated(week 6) 	Eliminated(week 6) 	Eliminated(week 6)
Triple Threat 	Safe 	8th5.91% 	8th7.17% 	7th7.33% 	8th7.54% 	Eliminated(week 5) 	Eliminated(week 5) 	Eliminated(week 5) 	Eliminated(week 5) 	Eliminated(week 5)
Alicia Stone 	Safe 	5th8.64% 	7th7.42% 	9th6.50% 	9th5.77% 	Eliminated(week 5) 	Eliminated(week 5) 	Eliminated(week 5) 	Eliminated(week 5) 	Eliminated(week 5)
Mark Foster 	Safe 	10th5.00% 	10th6.33% 	10th4.17% 	Eliminated(week 4) 	Eliminated(week 4) 	Eliminated(week 4) 	Eliminated(week 4) 	Eliminated(week 4) 	Eliminated(week 4)
Nikita & Desiree 	Safe 	7th6.82% 	11th4.25% 	Eliminated(week 3) 	Eliminated(week 3) 	Eliminated(week 3) 	Eliminated(week 3) 	Eliminated(week 3) 	Eliminated(week 3) 	Eliminated(week 3)
Kevin McHale 	Safe 	12th2.27% 	Eliminated(week 2) 	Eliminated(week 2) 	Eliminated(week 2) 	Eliminated(week 2) 	Eliminated(week 2) 	Eliminated(week 2) 	Eliminated(week 2) 	Eliminated(week 2)
Chris Albright 	Not Saved 	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)
Taylor Higgins 	Not Saved 	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)
The Wilson Bros 	Not Saved 	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)
Michael Knight 	Not Saved 	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)
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Final showdown 	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone	Kevin McHale,Trench Five 	Mark Foster,Nikita & Desiree 	Alicia Stone,Mark Foster 	Christina Borr,Triple Threat 	Christina Borr,Trench Five 	Kimmi Pickler, Lissie Maurus 	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone
Judges voted to 	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone	Eliminate 	Eliminate 	Eliminate 	Eliminate 	Eliminate 	Eliminate 	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone
Reid's vote to eliminate 	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone	Trench Five 	Nikita & Desiree 	Alicia Stone 	Triple Threat 	Trench Five 	Lissie Maurus 	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone
Scherzinger's vote to eliminate	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone	Kevin McHale 	Nikita & Desiree 	Mark Foster 	Christina Borr 	Trench Five 	Kimmi Pickler 	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone
Abdul's vote to eliminate 	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone	Kevin McHale 	Mark Foster 	Mark Foster 	Christina Borr 	Christina Borr 	Kimmi Pickler 	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone
Cowell's vote to eliminate 	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone	Kevin McHale 	Mark Foster 	Mark Foster 	Triple Threat 	Trench Five 	Lissie Maurus 	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results are based on public votes alone
Eliminated 	Michael Knight 	Kevin McHale3 of 4 votesMajority	Nikita & Desiree2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Mark Foster3 of 4 votesMajority	Alicia Stone5.77%to save 	Trench Five3 of 4 votesMajority	Lissie Maurus2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Christina Borr11.62%to save 	Kimmi Pickler21.43%to save 	Charlie Matthews11.94%to win
Eliminated 	The Wilson Bros 	Kevin McHale3 of 4 votesMajority	Nikita & Desiree2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Mark Foster3 of 4 votesMajority	Alicia Stone5.77%to save 	Trench Five3 of 4 votesMajority	Lissie Maurus2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Christina Borr11.62%to save 	Kimmi Pickler21.43%to save 	Natalia Kahn43.61%to win
Eliminated 	Taylor Higgins 	Kevin McHale3 of 4 votesMajority	Nikita & Desiree2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Mark Foster3 of 4 votesMajority	Triple Threat2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Trench Five3 of 4 votesMajority	Lissie Maurus2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Christina Borr11.62%to save 	Kimmi Pickler21.43%to save 	Joanna Pacitti44.44%to win
Eliminated 	Chris Albright 	Kevin McHale3 of 4 votesMajority	Nikita & Desiree2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Mark Foster3 of 4 votesMajority	Triple Threat2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Trench Five3 of 4 votesMajority	Lissie Maurus2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Christina Borr11.62%to save 	Kimmi Pickler21.43%to save 	Joanna Pacitti44.44%to win
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== Live shows ==
=== Week 1 (October 19/20) ===
*Theme: Number-one songs 
*Celebrity performers: Katy Smith ("Backseat Love") 
*Group performance: "I Gotta Feeling"
 Contestants' performances on the first live show 
Act 	Order	Song 	Result
Natalia Kahn 	1 	"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" 	Safe
The Wilson Bros 	2 	"Hey There Delilah" 	Eliminated
Kevin McHale 	3 	"Fireflies" 	Safe
Taylor Higgins 	4 	"Don't Forget About Us" 	Eliminated
Michael Knight 	5 	"Rock With You" 	Eliminated
Trench Five 	6 	"Viva la Vida" 	Safe
Mark Foster 	7 	"We Didn't Start the Fire"	Safe
Joanna Pacitti 	8 	"Just Dance" 	Safe
Kimmi Pickler 	9 	"9 to 5" 	Safe
Triple Threat 	10 	"Say My Name" 	Safe
Chris Albright 	11 	"I'll Be Missing You" 	Eliminated
Christina Borr 	12 	"Born This Way" 	Safe
Lissie Maurus 	13 	"Against All Odds" 	Safe
Nikita & Desiree	14 	"Big Girls Don't Cry" 	Safe
Charlie Matthews 	15 	"More Than Words" 	Safe
Alicia Stone 	16 	"Someone Like You" 	Safe
*The judges did not vote to eliminate this week. Instead the contestant with the fewest votes from the public in each category was eliminated.
=== Week 2 (October 26/27) ===
*Theme: Love and Heartbreak 
*Celebrity performers: Mr. Whiz and Lady Dee ("Come Back Down") 
*Group performance:
 Contestants' performances on the second live show 
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Trench Five 	1 	"This Love" 	Bottom two
Mark Foster 	2 	"He Stopped Loving Her Today" 	Safe
Christina Borr 	3 	"Enchanted" 	Safe
Lissie Maurus 	4 	"Turning Tables" 	Safe
Nikita & Desiree 	5 	"What Hurts the Most" 	Safe
Kevin McHale 	6 	"Cry Me a River" 	Bottom two
Alicia Stone 	7 	"Best Thing I Never Had" 	Safe
Kimmi Pickler 	8 	"My Heart Can't Tell You No" 	Safe
Triple Threat 	9 	"Super Bass" 	Safe
Charlie Matthews 	10 	"Apologize" 	Safe
Joanna Pacitti 	11 	"E.T." 	Safe
Natalia Kahn 	12 	"My Heart Is Broken" 	Safe
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details
Kevin McHale 	1 	"(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" 	Eliminated
Trench Five 	2 	"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"	Safe
;Judges' vote to eliminate
*Reid: Trench Five 
*Scherzinger: Kevin McHale 
*Abdul: Kevin McHale 
*Cowell: Kevin McHale
=== Week 3 (November 2/3) ===
*Theme: Party Anthems 
*Celebrity performers: Eris ("Time to Party") 
*Group performance: "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"
 Contestants' performances on the third live show 
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Christina Borr 	1 	"What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)" 	Safe
Lissie Maurus 	2 	"All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"	Safe
Triple Threat 	3 	"On the Floor" 	Safe
Charlie Matthews 	4 	"Tonight Is The Night" 	Safe
Joanna Pacitti 	5 	"Outta My Head" 	Safe
Natalia Kahn 	6 	"In the Dark" 	Safe
Nikita & Desiree 	7 	"Airplanes" 	Bottom two
Mark Foster 	8 	"Mony Mony" 	Bottom two
Alicia Stone 	9 	"Only Girl (In the World)" 	Safe
Kimmi Pickler 	10 	"Here for the Party" 	Safe
Trench Five 	11 	"Don't Wanna Go Home" 	Safe
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details
Mark Foster 	1 	"Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)" 	Safe
Nikita & Desiree 	2 	"You Belong With Me" 	Eliminated
;Judges' vote to eliminate
*Reid: Nikita & Desiree 
*Scherzinger: Nikita & Desiree 
*Abdul: Mark Foster 
*Cowell: Mark Foster
The result went to deadlock, and Nikita & Desiree were eliminated from the competition. 
=== Week 4 (November 9/10) ===
*Theme: Musical heroes 
*Celebrity performers: 
*Group performance:
 Contestants' performances on the fourth live show 
Act 	Order 	Song 	Musical hero 	Result
Kimmi Pickler 	1 	"Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That"	Dolly Parton 	Safe
Alicia Stone 	2 	"Always Be My Baby" 	Mariah Carey 	Bottom two
Triple Threat 	3 	"No Scrubs" 	TLC 	Safe
Charlie Matthews 	4 	"What Goes Around... Comes Around" 	Justin Timberlake 	Safe
Lissie Maurus 	5 	"Zombie" 	The Cranberries 	Safe
Christina Borr 	6 	"Many Rivers to Cross" 	Annie Lennox 	Safe
Trench Five 	7 	"I Want to Hold Your Hand" 	The Beatles 	Safe
Mark Foster 	8 	"Fame" 	David Bowie 	Bottom two
Natalia Kahn 	9 	"These Dreams" 	Heart 	Safe
Joanna Pacitti 	10 	"Everytime" 	Britney Spears 	Safe
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details	Final showdown details
Alicia Stone 	1 	 	Mariah Carey 	Safe
Mark Foster 	2 	 	David Bowie 	Eliminated
;Judges' vote to eliminate
*Reid: Alicia Stone 
*Scherzinger: Mark Foster 
*Abdul: Mark Foster 
*Cowell: Mark Foster
=== Week 5 (November 16/17) ===
*Theme: Songs from movies 
*Celebrity performers: Rachel Taylor ("Forever and Always") 
*Group performance:
 Contestants' performances on the fifth live show 
Act 	Order 	Song 	Movie 	Result
Joanna Pacitti 	1 	"My Heart Will Go On" 	Titanic 	Safe
Natalia Kahn 	2 	"What I've Done" 	Transformers 	Safe
Trench Five 	3 	"It Will Rain" 	Breaking Dawn Part 1 	Safe
Alicia Stone 	4 	"Seasons of Love" 	Rent 	Eliminated
Kimmi Pickler 	5 	"Country Strong" 	Country Strong 	Safe
Triple Threat 	6 	"Independent Women" 	Charlie's Angels 	Bottom three
Christina Borr 	7 	"Somewhere" 	West Side Story 	Bottom three
Lissie Maurus 	8 	"I See You" 	Avatar 	Safe
Charlie Matthews 	9 	"I Don't Want to Miss A Thing"	Armageddon 	Safe
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details	Final showdown details
Christina Borr 	1 	"Superstar" 	Jesus Christ Superstar	Safe
Triple Threat 	2 	 	 	Eliminated
;Judges' vote to eliminate
*Reid: Triple Threat 
*Scherzinger: Christina Borr 
*Abdul: Christina Borr 
*Cowell: Triple Threat
Alicia Stone was eliminated by the public vote. Christina Borr and Triple Threat competed in the Final Showdown. The result was went to deadlock and Triple Threat were eliminated from the competition. 
=== Week 6 (November 22/23) ===
*Theme: Rock 
*Celebrity performers: Radioactive ("Once I Die"), Niall and the Misfits ("Helium Hearts") 
*Group performance:
 Contestants' performances on the sixth live show 
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result 	
Lissie Maurus 	1 	"Dog Days Are Over" 	Safe 	
Trench Five 	2 	"Pumped Up Kicks" 	Bottom two 	
Christina Borr 	3 	"Have A Nice Day" 	Bottom two 	
Kimmi Pickler 	4 	"Piece of My Heart" 	Safe 	
Charlie Matthews 	5 	"I Don't Want to Be" 	Safe 	
Joanna Pacitti 	6 	"Since U Been Gone" 	Safe 	
Natalia Kahn 	7 	"Misery Business" 	Safe 	
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details
Christina Borr 	1 	"Paradise City" 	Safe 	
Trench Five 	2 	"Here Without You" 	Eliminated 	
;Judges' vote to eliminate
*Reid: Trench Five 
*Scherzinger: Trench Five 
*Abdul: Christina Borr 
*Cowell: Trench Five
=== Week 7 (November 30/December 1) ===
*Theme: Mash-ups 
*Celebrity performers: Billie Jones and Marsha Foxx ("Right Thru U") 
*Group performance:
 Contestants' performances on the seventh live show 
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result 	
Natalia Kahn 	1 	"Hit Me With Your Best Shot"/"One Way or Another"	Safe 	
Joanna Pacitti 	2 	"Poker Face"/"Bad Romance" 	Safe 	
Lissie Maurus 	3 	"Rumour Has It"/"Rumors" 	Bottom two 	
Charlie Matthews 	4 	"Marry You"/"Animal" 	Safe 	
Kimmi Pickler 	5 	"You Were Mine"/"Top of the World" 	Bottom two 	
Christina Borr 	6 	"Teenage Dream"/"Nothin' On You" 	Safe 	
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details	Final showdown details
Kimmi Pickler 	1 	"Hello God" 	Safe 	
Lissie Maurus 	2 	"Ironic" 	Eliminated 	
;Judges' vote to eliminate
*Reid: Lissie Maurus - thought that Kimmi has done better overall in the competition 
*Scherzinger: Kimmi Pickler - put the vote to deadlock after initially abstaining to vote 
*Abdul: Kimmi Pickler - thought Lissie did better in the Final showdown 
*Cowell: Lissie Maurus - gave no reason
=== Week 8 (December 7/8) ===
*Theme: Pop icons 
*Celebrity performers: Nate Nash ("Words I Couldn't Say"), Rachel Simpson ("Unusual You") 
*Group performance:
 Contestants' performances on the eighth live show 
Act 	Order	First song 	Order	Second song 	Result
Christina Borr 	1 	"Yoü and I" 	6 	"Get Back" 	Safe
Kimmi Pickler 	2 	"Underneath Your Clothes"	7 	"I Will Be" 	Eliminated
Joanna Pacitti 	3 	"Beautiful" 	9 	"Part of Me" 	Safe
Natalia Kahn 	4 	"Die Another Day" 	8 	"Georgia Line" 	Safe
Charlie Matthews	5 	"...Baby One More Time" 	10 	"If You Were My Girl"	Safe
*There will be no Final showdown. The act with the fewest public votes will be eliminated.
=== Semi-Final (December 14/15) ===
*Theme: Guilty pleasures; Contestant's choice 
*Celebrity performers: Young Trev and Hayley Dunn ("Words I Never Said") 
*Group performance:
 Contestants' performances on the ninth live show 
Act 	Order	Guilty pleasure 	Order	Contestant's choice 	Result
Natalia Kahn 	1 	"Your Love is My Drug"	5 	"Hit Me With Your Best Shot"	Safe
Charlie Matthews	2 	"Dynamite" 	6 	"Fix You" 	Safe
Kimmi Pickler 	3 	"Party in the U.S.A." 	7 	"I'm Holdin' On to Love" 	Eliminated
Joanna Pacitti 	4 	"California Gurls" 	8 	"Skyscraper" 	Safe
*There will be no Final showdown. The act with the fewest public votes will be eliminated.
=== Final (December 21/22) ===
*Theme: Christmas song / Superstar duet / Winner's single 
*Celebrity performers: Justin Pratt ("Under the Mistletoe"), Kate McGill ("This Christmas"/"Once"), Anna Thomas ("Nothing More to Say") 
*Group performance: "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
 Contestants' performances at the final 
Act 	Order	Christmas song 	Order	Superstar duet 	Order	Winner's single	Result
Joanna Pacitti 	1 	"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"	4 	"Heaven" (with Lady Dee) 	7 	"Who You Are" 	
Charlie Matthews	2 	"All I Want For Christmas Is You" 	5 	"Glow in the Dark" (with Jake Sutherland)	8 	"Hallelujah" 	Eliminated
Natalia Kahn 	3 	"Last Christmas" 	6 	"Out of This World" (with Nate Nash) 	9 	"Cannonball"