The X Factor (season 2)

The second season of The X Factor will premiere on October 17, 2012. The taping of auditions began on August 20, 2012. The season finale will air on December 20, 2012.
Previous contestants Joanna Pacitti, Trench Five, Natalia Kahn, as well as pop superstar Anna Thomas have been confirmed to take the stage during the first four results shows.
==Finalists==
Key: 
: – Winner
: – Runner-up
: – Third place
Category (mentor) 	Acts 	Acts 	Acts 	Acts
Teens (Lovato) 	Jake Miller 	Michael Reilly 	Allison Sanchez	
Young Adults (Spears)	Nick Bradford	Julianne Houser 	Grace Potter 	Christina Vega
Over 25s (Reid) 	Darroh Andrew	Gwen Cooper 	Angie Parker 	
Groups (Cowell) 	UFO 	The Untouchables	The Urgency 	
==Live shows==
===Results summary===
;Color key
 –	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 received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown)
 –	Contestant received the most public votes
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 	Week 10 	
Contestant 	Week 1 	Week 2 	Week 3 	Week 4 	Week 5 	Week 6 	Week 7 	Week 8 	Week 9 	Round 1 	Round 2 	
Nick Bradford 	2nd13.55% 	2nd13.18% 	2nd14.64% 	1st15.88% 	1st15.45% 	1st21.36% 	1st20.45% 	1st24.09% 	1st31.82% 	1st38.05% 	Winner52.94% 	
Julianne Houser 	1st13.91% 	1st19.82% 	3rd14.45% 	2nd14.52% 	3rd14.09% 	4th13.18% 	3rd16.81% 	3rd20.00% 	3rd23.64% 	2nd33.82% 	2nd47.06% 	
Angie Parker 	5th10.27% 	7th6.45% 	8th5.45% 	9th5.90% 	4th13.64% 	5th12.27% 	4th16.36% 	4th18.64% 	2nd25.45% 	3rd28.14% 	Eliminated (week 10) 	
The Urgency 	4th10.73% 	4th9.09% 	6th9.09% 	6th9.17% 	7th9.09% 	3rd13.64% 	2nd19.09% 	2nd21.55% 	4th19.09% 	Eliminated (week 9) 	Eliminated (week 9) 	
Christina Vega 	3rd11.73% 	3rd9.27% 	1st16.36% 	5th10.89% 	2nd14.55% 	2nd20.45% 	6th13.18% 	5th15.73% 	Eliminated (week 8) 	Eliminated (week 8) 	Eliminated (week 8) 	
Michael Reilly 	7th6.09% 	9th5.91% 	9th4.64% 	8th6.35% 	5th12.73% 	6th10.00% 	5th14.09% 	Eliminated (week 7) 	Eliminated (week 7) 	Eliminated (week 7) 	Eliminated (week 7) 	
Darroh Andrew 	8th5.45% 	8th6.27% 	5th10.91% 	7th9.07% 	6th9.55% 	7th9.09% 	Eliminated (week 6) 	Eliminated (week 6) 	Eliminated (week 6) 	Eliminated (week 6) 	Eliminated (week 6) 	
Gwen Cooper 	12th4.64% 	10th5.45% 	10th4.55% 	4th11.80% 	8th6.36% 	Eliminated (week 5) 	Eliminated (week 5) 	Eliminated (week 5) 	Eliminated (week 5) 	Eliminated (week 5) 	Eliminated (week 5) 	
The Untouchables 	11th4.91% 	5th8.18% 	7th6.27% 	3rd11.89% 	9th4.55% 	Eliminated (week 5) 	Eliminated (week 5) 	Eliminated (week 5) 	Eliminated (week 5) 	Eliminated (week 5) 	Eliminated (week 5) 	
Allison Sanchez 	6th7.18% 	11th5.00% 	4th11.82% 	10th4.54% 	Eliminated (week 4) 	Eliminated (week 4) 	Eliminated (week 4) 	Eliminated (week 4) 	Eliminated (week 4) 	Eliminated (week 4) 	Eliminated (week 4) 	
Jake Miller 	10th5.00% 	6th6.82% 	11th1.82% 	Eliminated (week 3) 	Eliminated (week 3) 	Eliminated (week 3) 	Eliminated (week 3) 	Eliminated (week 3) 	Eliminated (week 3) 	Eliminated (week 3) 	Eliminated (week 3) 	
Grace Potter 	9th5.09% 	12th4.55% 	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) 	
UFO 	13th1.45% 	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) 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Final showdown 	Cooper, UFO 	Potter, Sanchez 	Cooper, Miller 	Parker, Sanchez 	Cooper, Urgency 	Andrew, Reilly 	Reilly, Vega 	Parker, Vega 	No final showdown or judges' vote: results were based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results were based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results were based on public votes alone	
Reid's vote to eliminate 	UFO 	Potter 	Miller 	Sanchez 	Urgency 	Reilly 	Reilly 	Vega 	No final showdown or judges' vote: results were based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results were based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results were based on public votes alone	
Spears' vote to eliminate 	UFO 	Sanchez 	Cooper 	Sanchez 	Cooper 	Andrew 	Reilly 	Parker 	No final showdown or judges' vote: results were based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results were based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results were based on public votes alone	
Lovato's vote to eliminate	UFO 	Potter 	Cooper 	Parker 	Cooper 	Andrew 	Vega 	Vega 	No final showdown or judges' vote: results were based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results were based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results were based on public votes alone	
Cowell's vote to eliminate	Cooper 	Sanchez 	Miller 	Sanchez 	Cooper 	Reilly 	Reilly 	Parker 	No final showdown or judges' vote: results were based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results were based on public votes alone	No final showdown or judges' vote: results were based on public votes alone	
Eliminated 	UFO3 of 4 votesMajority	Grace Potter2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Jake Miller2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Allison Sanchez3 of 4 votesMajority	The Untouch-ables4.55%to save 	Darroh Andrew2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Michael Reilly3 of 4 votesMajority	Christina Vega2 of 4 votesDeadlock	The Urgency19.09%to save 	Angie Parker28.14%to save 	Julianne Houser47.06%to win 	
Eliminated 	UFO3 of 4 votesMajority	Grace Potter2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Jake Miller2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Allison Sanchez3 of 4 votesMajority	Gwen Cooper3 of 4 votesMajority	Darroh Andrew2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Michael Reilly3 of 4 votesMajority	Christina Vega2 of 4 votesDeadlock	The Urgency19.09%to save 	Angie Parker28.14%to save 	Nick Bradford52.94%to win 	
Reference(s) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Live show details===
====Week 1 (October 17/18)====
*Theme: Number-one songs
*Celebrity performers: Joanna Pacitti ("Out From Under")
*Group performance:
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Christina Vega 	1 	"We Belong Together" 	Safe
Michael Reilly 	2 	"I'm Yours" 	Safe
UFO 	3 	"Without You" 	Bottom two
Gwen Cooper 	4 	"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"	Bottom two
Julianne Houser 	5 	"Give Your Heart a Break" 	Safe
Jake Miller 	6 	"One More Night" 	Safe
The Untouchables 	7 	"Independent Women" 	Safe
Darroh Andrew 	8 	"The Sound of Silence" 	Safe
Grace Potter 	9 	"Call Me" 	Safe
Allison Sanchez 	10 	"Torn" 	Safe
The Urgency 	11 	"It's Gonna Be Me" 	Safe
Angie Parker 	12 	"It Kills Me" 	Safe
Nick Bradford 	13 	"Bent" 	Safe
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details
Gwen Cooper 	1 	"Every Breath You Take" 	Safe
UFO 	2 	"So Sick" 	Eliminated
;Judges' votes to eliminate
: 
*Reid: UFO - backed his own act, Gwen Cooper
*Spears: UFO
*Lovato: UFO
*Cowell: Gwen Cooper - backed his own act, UFO
====Week 2 (October 24/25)====
*Theme: Love and heartbreak
*Celebrity performers: Charlie Matthews ("Better With You"), Trench Five ("Die Young")
*Group performance:
Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Grace Potter 	1 	"Love Story" 	Bottom two
Jake Miller 	2 	"Tell Me a Lie" 	Safe
Angie Parker 	3 	"Heaven Sent" 	Safe
Nick Bradford 	4 	"Breakeven" 	Safe
Allison Sanchez 	5 	"So What" 	Bottom two
The Urgency 	6 	"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)"	Safe
Gwen Cooper 	7 	"Can't Get You Outta My Head" 	Safe
Christina Vega 	8 	"My Life Would Suck Without You" 	Safe
Michael Reilly 	9 	"Boyfriend" 	Safe
The Untouchables 	10 	"We Found Love" 	Safe
Darroh Andrew 	11 	"Too Close" 	Safe
Julianne Houser 	12 	"Wide Awake" 	Safe
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details
Grace Potter 	1 	"One and Only" 	Eliminated
Allison Sanchez 	2 	"Bleeding Love" 	Safe
====Week 3 (October 31/November 1)====
*Theme: Halloween
*Celebrity performers: Natalia Kahn ("Magnet"), Beckett O'Connor ("Beautiful People")
*Group performance:
Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Darroh Andrew 	1 	"Don't Fear the Reaper" 	Safe
Julianne Houser 	2 	"Disturbia" 	Safe
Michael Reilly 	3 	"Superstition" 	Safe
The Untouchables 	4 	"Thriller" 	Safe
Gwen Cooper 	5 	"Somebody's Watching Me" 	Bottom two
Nick Bradford 	6 	"I Will Possess Your Heart"	Safe
Allison Sanchez 	7 	"Stay" 	Safe
The Urgency 	8 	"Toxic"/"Poison" 	Safe
Angie Parker 	9 	"Magic Man" 	Safe
Christina Vega 	10 	"Seven Devils" 	Safe
Jake Miller 	11 	"Ghostbusters" 	Bottom two
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details
Gwen Cooper 	1 	 	
Jake Miller 	2 	 	
====Week 4 (November 7/8)====
*Theme: Club classics
*Celebrity performers: Anna Thomas, James Bradford
*Group performance:
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Angie Parker 	1 	"When Love Takes Over" 	Bottom two
Christina Vega 	2 	"Hold It Against Me" 	Safe
Michael Reilly 	3 	"What Makes You Beautiful" 	Safe
The Urgency 	4 	"Music"/"Hung Up" 	Safe
Darroh Andrew 	5 	"All Together Now" 	Safe
Julianne Houser 	6 	"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"	Safe
Allison Sanchez 	7 	"Firework" 	Bottom two
Gwen Cooper 	8 	"Spectrum (Say My Name)" 	
Nick Bradford 	9 	"Don't You Worry Child" 	
The Untouchables 	10 	"Don't Stop the Music" 	
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details
Angie Parker 	1 	"Without You" 	Safe
Allison Sanchez 	2 	"Breakaway" 	Eliminated
====Week 5 (November 14/15)====
*Theme: British invasion
*Celebrity performers: Kate McGill ("Look Down"), Josh Spears ("Starlight")
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Nick Bradford 	1 	"Run" 	Safe
Gwen Cooper 	2 	"You've Got the Love" 	Bottom three
The Untouchables 	3 	"Biology" 	Eliminated
Julianne Houser 	4 	"Footprints in the Sand" 	Safe
Darroh Andrew 	5 	"Supermassive Black Hole" 	Safe
The Urgency 	6 	"Unwritten" 	Bottom three
Christina Vega 	7 	"Better in Time" 	Safe
Angie Parker 	8 	"Read All About It (Part III)"	Safe
Michael Reilly 	9 	"The A Team" 	Safe
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details
Gwen Cooper 	1 	"Laserlight" 	Eliminated
The Urgency 	2 	"Domino" 	Safe
====Week 6 (November 21/22)====
*Theme: Songs from movies
*Celebrity performers: Kyle Carter ("Rainy Season"), They Must Be Giants ("I Would Do Anything For You")
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Julianne Houser 	1 	"Somewhere" (West Side Story) 	Safe
Angie Parker 	2 	"Color" (Precious) 	Safe
Michael Reilly 	3 	"It Will Rain" (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1) 	Bottom two
Nick Bradford 	4 	"Neutron Star Collison (Love Is Forever)" (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)	Safe
Darroh Andrew 	5 	"Another Way to Die" (Quantum of Solace) 	Bottom two
The Urgency 	6 	"A Hard Day's Night" (A Hard Day's Night) 	Safe
Christina Vega 	7 	"Skyfall" (Skyfall) 	Safe
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details
Darroh Andrew 	1 	"Rolling in the Deep" 	Eliminated
Michael Reilly 	2 	"The Cave" 	Safe
====Week 7 (November 28/29)====
*Theme: One hit wonders
*Celebrity performers: Alicia Stone ("Love You So Good"), Kimmi Pickler ("They Don't Make Them Like That Anymore")
Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Christina Vega 	1 	"Mercy" 	Bottom two
The Urgency 	2 	"Gallery" 	Safe
Julianne Houser 	3 	"Rehab" 	Safe
Michael Reilly 	4 	"Chasing Cars" 	Botom two
Nick Bradford 	5 	"Bad Day" 	Safe
Angie Parker 	6 	"Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)"	Safe
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details
Michael Reilly 	1 	"Little Things" 	Eliminated
Christina Vega 	2 	"Blank Page" 	Safe
====Week 8 (December 5/6)====
*Theme: Motown songs, Rock
*Celebrity performers: Billie Jones ("Make a Baby"), Leaders of the Misled, Travis Webby ("Going Down")
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show
Act 	Order 	First song 	Order 	Second song 	Result
Angie Parker 	1 	"You Keep Me Hangin' On" 	6 	"Crimson and Clover" 	Bottom two
Julianne Houser 	2 	"All in Love is Fair" 	7 	"Hey Jude" 	Safe
Nick Bradford 	3 	"I Wish It Would Rain" 	8 	"Ruby" 	Safe
Christina Vega 	4 	"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" 	9 	"Scars" 	Bottom two
The Urgency 	5 	"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"	10 	"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"	Safe
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details
Angie Parker 	1 	"No More Drama" 	"No More Drama" 	"No More Drama" 	Safe
Christina Vega 	2 	"Everytime" 	"Everytime" 	"Everytime" 	Eliminated
====Week 9 (December 12/13)====
*Theme: Musical heroes, "get me to the final" songs
*Celebrity performers: Katie Davis ("You Bring Me Joy"), Nikita & Desiree ("Stay With Me")
Contestants' performances at the semi-final
Act 	Order	First song 	Order	Second song 	Result
Julianne Houser	1 	"Vision of Love" 	5 	"Just a Dream" 	Safe
The Urgency 	2 	"Bye, Bye, Bye" 	6 	"Home" 	Eliminated
Angie Parker 	3 	"Brand New Me" 	7 	"Schoolin' Life"	Safe
Nick Bradford 	4 	"Losing My Religion"	8 	"Everything" 	Safe
====Week 10 (December 19/20)====
;December 19
*Theme: Favorite performance / Superstar duet / Winner's single
*Celebrity performers: TBA
Contestants' performances on the tenth live show
Act 	Order	First song 	Order	Second song 	Order	Third song
Angie Parker 	1 	"Heaven Sent" 	4 	"Wreckless Love"(Duet with Elle Hudson) 	7 	"Impossible"
Nick Bradford 	2 	"Run" 	5 	"Stand Up"(Duet with Beckett O'Connor) 	8 	"Forever Young"
Julianne Houser	3 	"Footprints in the Sand"	6 	"The Angel Who Never Got Her Wings"(Duet with Kymbyrly Creek)	9 	"Skyscraper"
;December 20
*Theme: Christmas song
*Celebrity performers: Nate Nash, Jake Sutherland & Lady Dee, Joanna Pacitti
Contestants' performances on the final show
Act 	Order	Song 	Result
Nick Bradford 	1 	"Wish List" 	
Julianne Houser	2 	"O Holy Night" 	
Angie Parker 	3 	"This Christmas"	Eliminated