The X Factor

The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The eleventh series began airing on ITV on 30 August 2014 and finished on 14 December 2014. Dermot O'Leary presented his eighth series of the main show on ITV and Sarah-Jane Crawford presented spin-off show The Xtra Factor on ITV2, replacing Caroline Flack and Matt Richardson. Louis Walsh was the only judge from series 10 to return and was joined by former judges Simon Cowell, and Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, and new judge Mel B. Sharon Osbourne, Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger left after series 10. Former judge Tulisa returned as a guest judge for the final on 13 December due to Mel B being ill. The series also saw the lower age limit decreased from 16 to 14, as it was in series 4 and 5. This was Walsh's final series as a judge before returning in series 13. It was also the only series in which Mel B was a main judge. It was O'Leary's final series as presenter on the main show, as he announced on 27 March 2015 that he was leaving to pursue other projects, before returning in series 13. On 11 May, Crawford also confirmed via Twitter that she would leave her position as The Xtra Factor presenter.
Room auditions took place in Manchester, London, Newcastle and Edinburgh from 16 June to 1 July, followed by arena auditions in London, that were held between 1 and 4 August. Bootcamp was held in London in August and judges' houses around Nice, Los Angeles, Bermuda and Cancún in September. The live shows began on 11 October. Fernandez-Versini mentored the Girls, Mel B mentored the Boys, Walsh mentored the Groups and Cowell mentored the Over 25s. Ben Haenow won the series against Fleur East on 14 December 2014 with 57.2% of the votes.
==Judges, presenters and other personnel==
During the tenth series, Sharon Osbourne stated that she was only back for one series, to "go out on a high". Also, during the first live show of series 10, Gary Barlow revealed that it would be his last series on the show. Louis Walsh, who had also been on the show from its first series, announced his intention to quit as well, stating that he wanted his "life back", although he later backtracked and said that he "might come back" if Simon Cowell returned. Midway throughout the live shows, Walsh said "I'm having so much fun this year, I might stay".
On 7 February 2014, Cowell, who left the UK show after series 7 to launch and judge the U.S. version, announced his return. He said, "I'm absolutely thrilled to be returning to The X Factor UK. It's been three years since I last judged the competition and I'm excited to find a global superstar again." On 13 February, it was reported that Nicole Scherzinger had quit the show, but her spokesman reported later that day that she was "still in discussions with bosses". On 14 February, Cowell announced that Scherzinger would not be returning by tweeting, "Nicole will always be a part of the X factor family. Now signed to Sony as an artist. Thank you Nicole for everything." On 10 March, former judge Cheryl Cole announced on her Instagram that she will be returning for the eleventh series, posting an image of herself and Cowell, accompanied by the caption: "GUESS WHAT!!.. I'm baaaacccckkkkk!!!!" On 30 May, Walsh confirmed he would be returning as a judge for his eleventh series. On 11 June, it was confirmed that series 9 guest judge Mel B, who has also previously judged the Australian version, would join the panel as the fourth permanent judge. Following Cole's wedding to Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini on July 7, it was announced by producers that she would be known throughout the series as her new married name, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini. On 13 December 2014, it was announced that former judge Tulisa Contostavlos would return as a guest judge for the final due to Mel B being ill.
Dermot O'Leary confirmed his return for his eighth series as presenter of the main show on ITV. On 3 February 2014, it was reported that Matt Richardson would not return as co-presenter on The Xtra Factor on ITV2. This was later denied, but it was confirmed on 4 June that Richardson would not return. On 11 June, Caroline Flack confirmed on Twitter that she will not be returning as presenter of The Xtra Factor. The next day, it was confirmed that Sarah-Jane Crawford will be the new presenter. Following her departure, Flack began competing as a contestant in the twelfth series of Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One. Brian Friedman, who served as creative director from series 4-7 before returning to work on the first three live shows of series 9, returned to replace Jerry Reeve and Mark "Swany" Swanhart.
Series 11 was O'Leary's final series hosting The X Factor, as he announced in March 2015 his decision to exit the series to pursue other projects. He was later replaced by Caroline Flack and Olly Murs, the latter of whom was a contestant during the competition's sixth series. This was the last series to feature Louis Walsh as a judge after 11 years, as he quit in May 2015 to return to full-time management. It was also the only series to feature new judge Mel B. They were replaced by BBC Radio 1 presenter Nick Grimshaw and The Voice UK coach, Rita Ora.
==Promotion==
On 12 March 2014, Cowell and Fernandez-Versini, the only confirmed judges at the time, appeared in a Daybreak interview together to promote the eleventh series for the first time. They discussed the upcoming series, their individual returns, Fernandez-Versini's departure from The X Factor USA and their subsequent feud; with Cowell admitting, "I made a mistake" (in relation to Fernandez-Versini's sudden departure). Two advertisements subsequently began to air on ITV featuring Fernandez-Versini and Cowell separately, to encourage potential contestants to audition. Previous contestants Olly Murs, Shayne Ward, One Direction, Jahméne Douglas and Little Mix also appeared in videos encouraging potential applicants to audition.
On 12 June, during ITV's coverage of the opening match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, a teaser trailer with the caption "Things Are About to Get Loud" first aired. The full trailer, featuring all four of the judges, was unveiled on ITV's YouTube channel on 1 August, and received its first TV airing the following evening.
==Selection process==
===Eligibility===
On 11 March 2014, Cowell confirmed at a press conference in London that closed room auditions would return for series 11, as well as the six-seat challenge at bootcamp. It was also revealed that the minimum age was being lowered from 16 to 14, as it was in series 4 and 5.
===Auditions===
====Mobile auditions====
In addition to the producers' auditions, the "Mobile Audition Tour" took place up and down the UK and Ireland throughout March and April. Auditions began to open on 24 March, and visited Cork, Belfast, Newquay, Exeter, Bournemouth, Southampton, Bristol, Newport, Barry, Swansea, Romford, Leicester, Brighton, Norwich, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, South Shields, Durham, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, Ayr, Solihull, Dudley, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Warrington, Leeds, Hull, Sheffield, Birkenhead, Blackpool, Bolton and Widnes by 28 April.
====Open auditions====
Producers auditions commenced on 5 April in Dublin and ended on 5 May in Liverpool. For the first time, nine open auditions were held, instead of the usual six, and the five in series 6 and 10. This series marked the first time that auditions had visited Ireland since series 7. It was also the first time open auditions were held in Plymouth and Edinburgh.
Audition city	Open audition date	Open audition venue
Dublin 	5 April 2014 	Convention Centre Dublin
Plymouth 	8 April 2014 	Holiday Inn Plymouth
Cardiff 	10 April 2014 	Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel and Spa
London 	13 April 2014 	Emirates Stadium
Birmingham 	23 April 2014 	St. Andrew's
Edinburgh 	27 April 2014 	Murrayfield Stadium
Gateshead 	30 April 2014 	Sage Gateshead
Manchester 	3 May 2014 	Old Trafford Cricket Ground
Liverpool 	5 May 2014 	Liverpool Convention Centre
====Judges auditions====
Continuing from the format from the last series, both room auditions and arena auditions were held for the judges. In this series four locations were used for the judges auditions, the fewest used in a series at the time (series 12 used two). The auditions started in Manchester (Emirates Old Trafford) on 16 and 17 June. The London auditions (Emirates Stadium) took place on 20 June and from 22–24 June, and were followed by Newcastle (St. James' Park) on 26 June, before concluding in Edinburgh (Assembly Rooms) on 1 July. The only judge missing from an audition day was Mel B, whose absence occurred during one of the arena audition days, due to commitments with America's Got Talent.
The first room audition episode aired on 30 August, and featured Manchester, London and Edinburgh. More room auditions from London, Edinburgh and Manchester, along with those from Newcastle, were shown in the 31 August episode.
Notable returning auditionees included Fleur East who reached the live shows in series 2 in the girl group Addictiv Ladies; Chloe Jasmine, who was rejected by the judges at her audition in series 3; Amy Connelly, who reached judges' houses in series 5; Jake Quickenden, who reached judges' houses in series 9; Lydia Lucy, who reached bootcamp in series 10; Tom Mann, who reached bootcamp in series 10; Barclay Beales, who reached bootcamp in series 10; and Paul Akister, who reached judges houses in series 10. Mann and Beales were both eventually put into the eight-piece boy band Stereo Kicks.
City 	Room auditions 	Room auditions 	Arena auditions 	Arena auditions
City 	Date(s) 	Venue 	Date(s) 	Venue
Manchester	16–17 June 2014	Old Trafford Cricket Ground	colspan="2" 	
London 	20 June 2014 	Emirates Stadium 	1–4 August 2014 	The SSE Arena, Wembley
London 	22–24 June 2014	Emirates Stadium 	1–4 August 2014 	The SSE Arena, Wembley
Newcastle 	26 June 2014 	St James' Park 	rowspan="2" colspan="2"	
Edinburgh 	1 July 2014 	Assembly Rooms 	 	
===Bootcamp===
It was reported in March 2014 that Cowell was considering axing the bootcamp stage in favour of the "six-seat challenge" from series 10, whereby judges were assigned their categories at the start of bootcamp and contestants took it in turns to perform for their judge. The six-seat challenge involves successful contestants being offered one of "six seats", representing places at the judges' houses stage of the competition. However, if a judge had already chosen six acts for their category, they could replace them if they preferred a later act. This was a controversial input to the series as many were disappointed to see acts sent home in such a harsh way.
Despite the reports, both bootcamp and the six-seat challenge took place. Walsh was given the Groups category, Mel B was given the Boys, Fernandez-Versini was given the Girls and Cowell was given the Over 25s. The six-seat challenge took place at The SSE Arena, Wembley on 9 and 10 August. A total of 114 acts successfully reached the bootcamp this year. They were put into groups and took part in a sing-off, where the judges cut half of the acts, leaving only 57 acts to compete for the "six-seat challenge". Any contestant under 16 could not be swapped out if they were given a seat.
===Judges' houses===
For judges' houses, Walsh took the Groups to Bermuda and was assisted by former judge Tulisa Contostavlos; Mel B took the Boys to Cancún, with assistance from fellow Spice Girls member Emma Bunton; Fernandez-Versini took the Girls to Nice and was assisted by Tinie Tempah; and Cowell took the Over 25s to Los Angeles, where he was assisted by Sinitta.
Summary of judges' houses
Judge 	Category	Location 	Guest mentor(s) 	Contestants eliminated 	Wildcard
Cowell 	Over 25s	Los Angeles	Sinitta 	Helen Fulthorpe, Lizzy Pattinson 	Stevi Ritchie
Fernandez-Versini	Girls 	Nice 	Tinie Tempah 	Kerrianne Covell, Emily Middlemas 	Lola Saunders
Brown 	Boys 	Cancún 	Emma Bunton 	Danny Dearden, Jordan Morris 	Jack Walton
Walsh 	Groups 	Bermuda 	Tulisa Contostavlos	Concept, New Girl Group, The Brooks	Overload Generation*
Overload Generation were originally eliminated during Boot Camp after being switched out in the six chair challenge. Despite this, Mel B chose them as Walsh's Wildcard act over the three groups that had been eliminated during the Judges Houses round.
==Finalists==
Key:
: – Winner
: – Runner-up
: – Third place
Category (mentor) 	Acts 	Acts 	Acts 	Acts
Boys (Mel B) 	Paul Akister 	Andrea Faustini§	Jake Quickenden 	Jack Walton
Girls (Fernandez-Versini)	Chloe Jasmine 	Stephanie Nala 	Lauren Platt 	Lola Saunders
Over 25s (Cowell) 	Fleur East‡ 	Ben Haenow† 	Jay James 	Stevi Ritchie
Groups (Walsh) 	Blonde Electra	Only The Young 	Overload Generation	Stereo Kicks
==Live shows==
It was announced on 24 September 2014 that there would be a wildcard twist on the live show. However, in a change to previous years, the judges selected the wildcard acts for each other's categories. Fernandez-Versini chose Stevi Ritchie for the Over 25s; Mel B chose Overload Generation for the Groups; Cowell chose Jack Walton for the Boys; and Walsh chose Lola Saunders for the Girls. This meant that there would be 16 finalists, and there would be double elimations like in series 7 and 8.
For the first time in the show's history, all votes via the official app will be free of charge. Mark Brittain, Global Head of Commercial at Syco Entertainment, announced, "We are constantly looking to innovate around the show. Giving the viewers the ability to vote free through the app will allow viewers, we believe, an even greater opportunity to interact with their favourite show and, of course, play the hugely important role in deciding the ultimate winner of the series."
The live shows began on 11 October 2014. Pharrell Williams and Taylor Swift performed on the first live results show, whilst Jessie J and Maroon 5 performed on the second live results show. The third live results show featured performances from OneRepublic and Ed Sheeran. The Script performed on the fourth live show, whilst John Legend and The X Factor judge Cheryl Fernandez-Versini performed on the following results show. The fifth live results show featured performances from Sam Smith and 2010 finalists One Direction, and the sixth live results show featured performances from former judge Nicole Scherzinger and 2009 runner-up Olly Murs. In addition, this results show had the world premiere of the official music video for Band Aid 30. The seventh live show included a performance from David Guetta featuring Emeli Sandé, while Labrinth and Take That performed on the following results show. Queen + Adam Lambert, series 9 semi-finalists Union J and series 9 contestant Ella Henderson performed on the eighth live results show on 30 November. 2012 US X Factor finalists Fifth Harmony, 2013 X Factor winner Sam Bailey, and Idina Menzel and Michael Bublé performed on the semi-final live results show on 7 December 2014. Take That, Meghan Trainor and Ed Sheeran performed on the live final on Saturday 13 December 2014, while Olly Murs featuring Demi Lovato, One Direction featuring Ronnie Wood and Sam Smith performed on the live final results show on Sunday 14 December 2014.
===Results summary===
;Colour key
 –	Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to perform again in the sing-off
 –	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 sing-off)
 –	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 	Saturday 	Sunday
Ben Haenow 	4th8.7% 	4th9.1% 	3rd10.1% 	1st12.2% 	1st14.8% 	1st16.4% 	1st19.4% 	1st26.4% 	1st36.5% 	1st45.1% 	Winner57.2%
Fleur East 	5th6.0% 	7th6.0% 	5th9.3% 	6th9.4% 	5th10.8% 	2nd14.0% 	2nd16.1% 	3rd17.9% 	2nd24.3% 	2nd32.7% 	Runner-up34.3%
Andrea Faustini 	1st19.2% 	1st14.5% 	1st14.4% 	2nd11.9% 	2nd14.0% 	4th12.7% 	6th13.2% 	2nd21.0% 	4th19.1% 	3rd22.2% 	Eliminated(week 10)
Lauren Platt 	2nd10.4% 	2nd12.7% 	2nd11.8% 	4th11.0% 	3rd13.1% 	3rd13.2% 	3rd16.0% 	4th17.8% 	3rd20.1% 	Eliminated(week 9) 	Eliminated(week 9)
Stereo Kicks 	11th4.6% 	12th4.4% 	6th8.9% 	9th8.3% 	4th12.4% 	5th12.2% 	4th15.3% 	5th16.8% 	Eliminated(week 8) 	Eliminated(week 8) 	Eliminated(week 8)
Stevi Ritchie 	10th4.9% 	8th5.9% 	7th7.4% 	3rd11.5% 	6th10.3% 	7th10.8% 	5th14.7% 	Eliminated(week 7) 	Eliminated(week 7) 	Eliminated(week 7) 	Eliminated(week 7)
Only The Young 	13th4.0% 	9th5.6% 	11th5.2% 	7th9.0% 	7th8.5% 	6th12.2% 	7th5.3% 	Eliminated(week 7) 	Eliminated(week 7) 	Eliminated(week 7) 	Eliminated(week 7)
Jay James 	7th5.5% 	5th7.6% 	8th7.1% 	8th8.3% 	8th8.1% 	8th8.5% 	Eliminated(week 6) 	Eliminated(week 6) 	Eliminated(week 6) 	Eliminated(week 6) 	Eliminated(week 6)
Paul Akister 	3rd10.0% 	3rd9.9% 	4th9.4% 	5th9.5% 	9th8.0% 	Eliminated(week 5) 	Eliminated(week 5) 	Eliminated(week 5) 	Eliminated(week 5) 	Eliminated(week 5) 	Eliminated(week 5)
Lola Saunders 	6th5.7% 	6th7.6% 	9th6.9% 	10th6.3% 	Eliminated(week 4) 	Eliminated(week 4) 	Eliminated(week 4) 	Eliminated(week 4) 	Eliminated(week 4) 	Eliminated(week 4) 	Eliminated(week 4)
Jack Walton 	9th5.0% 	10th5.3% 	10th5.3% 	11th2.6% 	Eliminated(week 4) 	Eliminated(week 4) 	Eliminated(week 4) 	Eliminated(week 4) 	Eliminated(week 4) 	Eliminated(week 4) 	Eliminated(week 4)
Jake Quickenden 	8th5.1% 	11th4.8% 	12th4.2% 	Eliminated(week 3) 	Eliminated(week 3) 	Eliminated(week 3) 	Eliminated(week 3) 	Eliminated(week 3) 	Eliminated(week 3) 	Eliminated(week 3) 	Eliminated(week 3)
Chloe Jasmine 	12th4.3% 	13th4.0% 	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)
Stephanie Nala 	14th2.9% 	14th2.6% 	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)
Overload Generation 	15th2.7% 	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)
Blonde Electra 	16th1.0% 	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)
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sing-off 	Nala,Overload Generation 	Jasmine,Stereo Kicks 	Only The Young,Quickenden 	Saunders,Stereo Kicks 	Akister,James 	James, Ritchie 	Faustini, Ritchie 	Platt, Stereo Kicks 	Faustini,Platt 	No sing-off or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone	No sing-off or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone
Walsh's vote to eliminate 	Nala 	Jasmine 	Quickenden 	Saunders 	Akister 	Ritchie 	Ritchie 	Platt 	Platt 	No sing-off or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone	No sing-off or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone
Brown's vote to eliminate 	Nala 	Jasmine 	Only The Young 	Saunders 	James 	James 	Ritchie 	Platt 	Platt 	No sing-off or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone	No sing-off or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone
 	Overload Generation 	Stereo Kicks 	Quickenden 	Stereo Kicks 	James 	James 	Ritchie 	Stereo Kicks 	Faustini 	No sing-off or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone	No sing-off or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone
Cowell's vote to eliminate	Overload Generation 	Jasmine 	Quickenden 	Stereo Kicks 	Akister 	Ritchie 	Faustini 	Stereo Kicks 	Platt 	No sing-off or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone	No sing-off or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone
Eliminated 	Blonde Electra1.0%to save 	Stephanie Nala2.6%to save 	Jake Quickenden3 of 4 votesMajority	Jack Walton2.6%to save 	Paul Akister2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Jay James2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Only The Young5.3%to save 	Stereo Kicks2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Lauren Platt3 of 4 votesMajority	Andrea Faustini22.2%to win 	Fleur East34.3%to win
Eliminated 	Overload Generation2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Chloe Jasmine3 of 4 votesMajority	Jake Quickenden3 of 4 votesMajority	Lola Saunders2 of 4 votes Deadlock	Paul Akister2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Jay James2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Stevi Ritchie3 of 4 votesMajority	Stereo Kicks2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Lauren Platt3 of 4 votesMajority	Andrea Faustini22.2%to win 	Fleur East34.3%to win
===Live show details===
====Week 1 (11/12 October)====
*Theme: Number ones
*Group performance: "Anything Could Happen"
*Musical guests: Pharrell Williams ("Gust of Wind") and Taylor Swift ("Shake It Off")
The wildcard acts were announced at the beginning of the show with Jack Walton chosen by Cowell for the Boys, Lola Saunders was chosen by Walsh for the Girls, Stevi Ritchie was chosen by Fernandez-Versini for the Over 25s, and Overload Generation were chosen by Mel B for the groups.
 Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Paul Akister 	1 	"Ghost" 	Safe
Lola Saunders 	2 	"Stay with Me" 	Safe
Overload Generation	3 	"I Kissed a Girl 	Bottom three
Jay James 	4 	"Changing" 	Safe
Stephanie Nala 	5 	"Everything I Own" 	Bottom three
Jack Walton 	6 	"Only Girl (In the World)" 	Safe
Chloe Jasmine 	7 	"Toxic" 	Safe
Stereo Kicks 	8 	"Roar" 	Safe
Stevi Ritchie 	9 	"Livin' la Vida Loca" 	Safe
Lauren Platt 	10 	"Happy" 	Safe
Blonde Electra 	11 	"Kids in America" 	Eliminated
Ben Haenow 	12 	"Bridge over Troubled Water" 	Safe
Jake Quickenden 	13 	"She's the One" 	Safe
Fleur East 	14 	"All About That Bass" 	Safe
Only The Young 	15 	"Jailhouse Rock"/"Twist and Shout"	Safe
Andrea Faustini 	16 	"Earth Song" 	Safe
Sing-off details 	Sing-off details	Sing-off details 	Sing-off details
Overload Generation	1 	"A Thousand Years" 	Eliminated
Stephanie Nala 	2 	"Have You Ever?" 	Safe
* Owing to the addition of four wildcard contestants, two acts were eliminated from the series' first results show. The three acts with the fewest public votes were announced as the bottom three and then the act with the fewest votes was automatically eliminated. The remaining two acts then performed in the sing-off for the judges' votes.
;Judges' vote to eliminate
* Cowell: Overload Generation – stated that he thought Nala's showdown performance was better than Overload Generation's "shockingly bad" performance, and that he had more belief in Nala as someone he could work with; he reiterated his statement on The Xtra Factor, saying he wasn't surprised about Overload Generation ending up in the bottom three and that Nala's saving was a "lucky escape" on his doing
* Fernandez-Versini: Overload Generation – backed her own act, Stephanie Nala
* Mel B: Stephanie Nala – stated that she had to stay true to whom she picked as Walsh's wildcard act
* Walsh: Stephanie Nala – backed his own act, Overload Generation, although he called Nala's performance in the sing-off "amazing"
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Overload Generation were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
====Week 2 (18/19 October)====
*Theme: 1980s music
*Group performance: "Love Runs Out"
*Musical guests: Jessie J ("Bang Bang") and Maroon 5 ("Animals")
 Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Jack Walton 	1 	"Straight Up" 	Safe
Stephanie Nala 	2 	"Call Me" 	Eliminated
Andrea Faustini 	3 	"One Moment in Time" 	Safe
Lauren Platt 	4 	"Flashdance... What a Feeling"	Safe
Ben Haenow 	5 	"Jealous Guy" 	Safe
Fleur East 	6 	"It's a Shame (My Sister)" 	Safe
Stereo Kicks 	7 	"The Boys of Summer" 	Bottom three
Lola Saunders 	8 	"Imagine" 	Safe
Jake Quickenden 	9 	"Total Eclipse of the Heart" 	Safe
Chloe Jasmine 	10 	"Fame" 	Bottom three
Paul Akister 	11 	"If You Don't Know Me by Now" 	Safe
Stevi Ritchie 	12 	"Never Gonna Give You Up" 	Safe
Only The Young 	13 	"Come On Eileen" 	Safe
Jay James 	14 	"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" 	Safe
Sing-off details	Sing-off details	Sing-off details 	Sing-off details
Chloe Jasmine 	1 	"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" 	Eliminated
Stereo Kicks 	2 	"I'll Stand by You" 	Safe
* Owing to the addition of four wildcard contestants, two acts were eliminated from the series' second results show. The three acts with the fewest public votes were announced as the bottom three and then the act with the fewest votes was automatically eliminated. The remaining two acts then performed in the sing-off for the judges' votes.
;Judges' vote to eliminate
* Fernandez-Versini: Stereo Kicks - backed her own act, Chloe Jasmine
* Walsh: Chloe Jasmine - backed his own act, Stereo Kicks
* Mel B: Chloe Jasmine - based on the final showdown performance
* Cowell: Chloe Jasmine - stated that he thought Walsh didn't know what to do with Stereo Kicks, but that they had more potential; on The Xtra Factor, he stated that he felt they wanted their place in the competition more
====Week 3 (25/26 October)====
*Theme: Songs from films
*Group performance: "Rather Be"
*Musical guests: OneRepublic ("I Lived") and Ed Sheeran ("Thinking Out Loud")
 Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Film 	Result
Jake Quickenden 	1 	"She's Like the Wind" 	Dirty Dancing 	Bottom two
Only The Young 	2 	"Boom Clap" 	The Fault in Our Stars 	Bottom two
Jay James 	3 	"Skyfall" 	Skyfall 	Safe
Andrea Faustini 	4 	"Listen" 	Dreamgirls 	Safe
Lola Saunders 	5 	"When You Believe" 	The Prince of Egypt 	Safe
Paul Akister 	6 	"Try a Little Tenderness" 	The Commitments 	Safe
Lauren Platt 	7 	"Let It Go" 	Frozen 	Safe
Jack Walton 	8 	"Eye of the Tiger" 	Rocky III 	Safe
Fleur East 	9 	"Lady Marmalade" 	Moulin Rouge! 	Safe
Stevi Ritchie 	10 	"Footloose" 	Footloose 	Safe
Stereo Kicks 	11 	"Let It Be"/"Hey Jude" 	Across the Universe 	Safe
Ben Haenow 	12 	"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"	Armageddon 	Safe
Sing-off details	Sing-off details	Sing-off details 	Sing-off details 	Sing-off details
Jake Quickenden 	1 	"Red" 	"Red" 	Eliminated
Only The Young 	2 	"The Winner Takes It All" 	"The Winner Takes It All"	Safe
;Judges' vote to eliminate
*Mel B: Only The Young - backed her own act, Jake Quickenden
*Walsh: Jake Quickenden - backed his own act, Only The Young
*Cowell: Jake Quickenden - criticised both acts' sing-off performances but felt that Only The Young had more potential
*Fernandez-Versini: Jake Quickenden - felt that Only The Young had not yet had their moment and wanted to give them another chance
====Week 4 (1/2 November)====
*Theme: Halloween
*Group performance: "Firework"
*Musical guests:
**Saturday: The Script ("No Good in Goodbye")
**Sunday: John Legend ("Ordinary People"/"All of Me") and Cheryl ("I Don't Care")
 Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Ben Haenow 	1 	"Highway to Hell" 	Safe
Lola Saunders 	2 	"Crazy" 	Bottom three
Fleur East 	3 	"Thriller" 	Safe
Jack Walton 	4 	"Bleeding Love" 	Eliminated
Jay James 	5 	"Mad World" 	Safe
Andrea Faustini 	6 	"Relight My Fire" 	Safe
Lauren Platt 	7 	"Dark Horse" 	Safe
Paul Akister 	8 	"Bat Out of Hell" 	Safe
Only The Young 	9 	"Monster Mash" 	Safe
Stereo Kicks 	10 	"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" 	Bottom three
Stevi Ritchie 	11 	"The Music of the Night" 	Safe
Sing-off details	Sing-off details	Sing-off details 	Sing-off details
Lola Saunders 	1 	"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"	Eliminated
Stereo Kicks 	2 	"Perfect" 	Safe
;Notes
*On 31 October, it was revealed that, due to warnings by Cowell to the contestants, the act with the fewest votes on Saturday's live show would be eliminated immediately. Walton was eliminated after receiving the fewest votes. The two acts with the next fewest votes on Sunday's results show then performed in the sing-off.
;Judges' vote to eliminate
* Walsh: Lola Saunders - backed his own act, Stereo Kicks, although he later stated on The Xtra Factor that he didn't want to send Saunders home as he chose her as Fernandez-Versini's wildcard
* Fernandez-Versini: Stereo Kicks - backed her own act, Lola Saunders
* Mel B: Lola Saunders - based on the sing-off performances, but complained about Stereo Kicks' lack of consistency.
* Cowell: Stereo Kicks - said that Saunders was the "clear better singer" and had more potential
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Saunders was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
====Week 5 (8/9 November)====
*Theme: Songs by Queen or Michael Jackson (billed as Queen vs. Michael Jackson; original theme was Disco)
*Group performance: "Never Forget"
*Musical guests: Sam Smith ("Like I Can") and One Direction ("Steal My Girl")
 Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Paul Akister 	1 	"Don't Stop Me Now" 	Bottom two
Jay James 	2 	"The Show Must Go On" 	Bottom two
Lauren Platt 	3 	"I'll Be There" 	Safe
Only The Young 	4 	"Blame It on the Boogie"	Safe
Ben Haenow 	5 	"Man in the Mirror" 	Safe
Stevi Ritchie 	6 	"Bohemian Rhapsody" 	Safe
Stereo Kicks 	7 	"You Are Not Alone" 	Safe
Fleur East 	8 	"Will You Be There" 	Safe
Andrea Faustini 	9 	"Somebody to Love" 	Safe
Sing-off details	Sing-off details	Sing-off details 	Sing-off details
Paul Akister 	1 	"Clown" 	Eliminated
Jay James 	2 	"Tears in Heaven" 	Safe
;Judges vote to eliminate
*Cowell: Paul Akister - backed his own act, Jay James, stating that he "needs this"
*Mel B: Jay James - based on the sing-off performances, effectively backing her own act, Paul Akister
*Fernandez-Versini: Jay James - based on the sing-off performances
*Walsh: Paul Akister - could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock; he was hesitant to say who he wanted to eliminate, as he had previously eliminated Akister at judges' houses in series 10
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Akister was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
====Week 6 (15/16 November)====
*Theme: Big band
*Group performance: "Shake It Off"
Musical guests: Nicole Scherzinger ("Run") and Olly Murs ("Wrapped Up")
The world premiere play and official video of the Band Aid 30 track "Do They Know It's Christmas?" were aired during the results show. Bob Geldof appeared on the results show to talk about the recording and promote the single.
 Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Andrea Faustini 	1 	"Summertime" 	Safe
Lauren Platt 	2 	"Smile" 	Safe
Jay James 	3 	"Empire State of Mind"/"Theme from New York, New York"	Bottom two
Stereo Kicks 	4 	"Mack the Knife" 	Safe
Ben Haenow 	5 	"Cry Me a River" 	Safe
Only The Young 	6 	"I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)" 	Safe
Stevi Ritchie 	7 	"Mambo No. 5"/"She Bangs" 	Bottom two
Fleur East 	8 	"Bang Bang" 	Safe
Sing-off details	Sing-off details	Sing-off details 	Sing-off details
Jay James 	1 	"Somewhere Only We Know" 	Eliminated
Stevi Ritchie 	2 	"Somebody to Love" 	Safe
;Judges vote to eliminate
*Cowell: Stevi Ritchie - conflicted about both his acts in the bottom two; said although Ritchie was the better performer, James was the better singer
*Walsh: Stevi Ritchie - said James was the better singer
*Mel B: Jay James - said James did amazing in the sing off but Ritchie surprised her by singing.
*Fernandez-Versini: Jay James - stated that she would miss Ritchie if he left the competition so she decided to send home James to make it go to Deadlock
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. James was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
====Week 7 (22/23 November)====
*Theme: Songs by Whitney Houston or Elton John (billed as Whitney Houston vs. Elton John)
*Group performance: "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
*Musical guests:
**Saturday: David Guetta featuring Emeli Sandé ("What I Did for Love")
**Sunday: Labrinth ("Jealous") and Take That ("These Days")
 Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Lauren Platt 	1 	"How Will I Know" 	Safe
Ben Haenow 	2 	"I Will Always Love You" 	Safe
Only The Young 	3 	"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"	Eliminated
Andrea Faustini 	4 	"I Have Nothing" 	Bottom three
Fleur East 	5 	"I'm Every Woman" 	Safe
Stevi Ritchie 	6 	"I'm Still Standing" 	Bottom three
Stereo Kicks 	7 	"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" 	Safe
Sing-off details	Sing-off details	Sing-off details 	Sing-off details
Andrea Faustini 	1 	"Stop!" 	Safe
Stevi Ritchie 	2 	"This Is the Moment" 	Eliminated
;Notes
*This week featured a double elimination. The first of the eliminations happened on Saturday night after the special guest performance from Guetta. Only The Young were eliminated after receiving the fewest votes. The two acts with the next fewest votes on Sunday's results show then performed in the sing-off.
;Judges' votes to eliminate
*Mel B: Stevi Ritchie - Based on the sing-off performances, effectively backing her own act, Andrea Faustini
*Fernandez-Versini: Stevi Ritchie - Based on the sing-off performances and the fact that she saved Ritchie the previous week
*Cowell: Andrea Faustini - Backed his own act, Stevi Ritchie, and also said Ritchie had more passion in the sing-off
*Walsh: Stevi Ritchie - Stated that he had preferred Faustini from day one
====Week 8 (29/30 November)====
* Themes: Songs chosen by other artists; Jukebox
* Group performance: "Somebody to Love" (with Queen + Adam Lambert)
* Musical guests: Queen + Adam Lambert ("Somebody to Love", with finalists), Union J ("You Got It All") and Ella Henderson ("Yours")
For the first time this series, contestants performed two songs each. One song was chosen by a public vote via the official The X Factor app. The second song was chosen by various music artists.
 Choices for jukebox week
Act 	Song choices 	Result
Fleur East 	 	
Fleur East 	"If I Ain't Got You" 	Chosen
Fleur East 	"Family Portrait" 	Not chosen
Fleur East 	"If You Love Me" 	Not chosen
Andrea Faustini	"Respect" 	Not chosen
Andrea Faustini	"Heartless" 	Not chosen
Andrea Faustini	"Hero" 	Chosen
Ben Haenow 	 	
Ben Haenow 	"Thinking Out Loud" 	Chosen
Ben Haenow 	"You Are So Beautiful" 	Not chosen
Ben Haenow 	"With a Little Help from My Friends" 	Not chosen
Lauren Platt 	"Ain't Nobody" 	Not chosen
Lauren Platt 	"Don't You Worry Child" 	Chosen
Lauren Platt 	"Story of My Life" 	Not chosen
Stereo Kicks 	 	
Stereo Kicks 	"Run" 	Chosen
Stereo Kicks 	"Fix You" 	Not chosen
Stereo Kicks 	"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"	Not chosen
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show
Act 	Order 	First song 	Chosen by 	Order 	Second song 	Chosen by 	Result
Ben Haenow 	1 	"Come Together" 	One Direction 	7 	"Thinking Out Loud" 	Public vote 	Safe
Lauren Platt 	2 	"Clarity" 	Little Mix 	6 	"Don't You Worry Child" 	Public vote 	Bottom two
Stereo Kicks 	3 	"Just the Way You Are" 	Tulisa 	8 	"Run" 	Public vote 	Bottom two
Fleur East 	4 	"A Fool in Love" 	Emeli Sandé 	9 	"If I Ain't Got You" 	Public vote 	Safe
Andrea Faustini 	5 	"Chandelier" 	Sam Smith 	10 	"Hero" 	Public vote 	Safe
Sing-off details	Sing-off details	Sing-off details 	Sing-off details 	Sing-off details 	Sing-off details 	Sing-off details 	Sing-off details
Lauren Platt 	1 	"I Know Where I've Been"	"I Know Where I've Been"	"I Know Where I've Been"	"I Know Where I've Been"	"I Know Where I've Been"	Safe
Stereo Kicks 	2 	"I Won't Give Up" 	"I Won't Give Up" 	"I Won't Give Up" 	"I Won't Give Up" 	"I Won't Give Up" 	Eliminated
;Judges' vote to eliminate
*Walsh: Lauren Platt - Backed his own act, Stereo Kicks
*Mel B: Lauren Platt - Based on the sing-off performances, although expressed regret at being chosen to vote before Fernandez-Versini
*Fernandez-Versini: Stereo Kicks - Backed her own act, Lauren Platt
*Cowell: Stereo Kicks - Based on the sing-off performances
With the acts in the sing-off receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Stereo Kicks were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
====Week 9: Semi-final (6/7 December)====
*Themes: Christmas; song to get you to the final (no theme)
*Musical guests: Fifth Harmony ("BO$$"), Sam Bailey ("With You") and Idina Menzel & Michael Bublé ("Baby, It's Cold Outside")
 Contestants' performances on the ninth live show
Act 	Order 	First song 	Order 	Second song 	Result
Fleur East 	1 	"All I Want for Christmas Is You"	6 	"Uptown Funk" 	Safe
Lauren Platt 	2 	"Stay Another Day" 	5 	"Story of My Life"	Bottom two
Ben Haenow 	3 	"Please Come Home for Christmas" 	8 	"Hallelujah" 	Safe
Andrea Faustini 	4 	"O Holy Night" 	7 	"Wrecking Ball" 	Bottom two
Sing-off details	Sing-off details	Sing-off details 	Sing-off details 	Sing-off details 	Sing-off details
Lauren Platt 	1 	"There You'll Be" 	"There You'll Be"	"There You'll Be" 	Eliminated
Andrea Faustini 	2 	"Who You Are" 	"Who You Are" 	"Who You Are" 	Safe
;Judges vote to eliminate
*Fernandez-Versini: Andrea Faustini - Backed her own act, Lauren Platt
*Mel B: Lauren Platt - Backed her own act, Andrea Faustini, although called Platt's performances one of her best
*Walsh: Lauren Platt - Based on the sing-off performances, although stated that his decision was difficult
*Cowell: Lauren Platt - Noted that this was both contestants' second time in the bottom two, and despite sticking by his decision to save Platt the previous week and criticising Faustini's oversinging, decided that Faustini had earned his overall place in the final more
====Week 10: Final (13/14 December)====
Mel B did not appear on the judging panel on Saturday's show due to illness and was replaced by former judge Contostavlos.
;13 December
*Themes: No theme; celebrity duets
*Group performance: "Rule the World" (with Take That); "All About That Bass" (with Meghan Trainor)
*Musical guests: Take That ("Rule the World", with finalists); Meghan Trainor ("All About That Bass", with finalists); Stevi Ritchie, Chloe Jasmine, Wagner, Diva Fever, Chico Slimani & Katie Waissel ("(I've Had) The Time of My Life" / "The Time (Dirty Bit)"); and Ed Sheeran ("Photograph")
 Contestants' performances on the tenth live show
Act 	Order	New song 	Order	Duet 	Result
Ben Haenow 	1 	"Demons" 	4 	"Thinking Out Loud" (with Ed Sheeran) 	Safe
Andrea Faustini	2 	"Feeling Good" 	5 	"Ghost" (with Ella Henderson) 	Eliminated
Fleur East 	3 	"Can't Hold Us"	6 	"Beneath Your Beautiful" (with Labrinth)	Safe
Andrea Faustini received the fewest public votes and was automatically eliminated.
;14 December
*Themes: Favourite performance (billed as "song of the series"); winner's single
*Group performance: "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (all finalists)
*Musical guests: Olly Murs featuring Demi Lovato ("Up"), One Direction featuring Ronnie Wood ("Where Do Broken Hearts Go") and Sam Smith ("Stay with Me")
 Contestants' performances on the final live show
Act 	Order	Favourite song 	Order	Winner's song 	Result
Ben Haenow	1 	"Man in the Mirror"	3 	"Something I Need"	Winner
Fleur East	2 	"Uptown Funk" 	4 	"Something I Need"	Runner-up
==Ratings==
Episode 	Air date 	Duration (minutes)	Share (%)	Official ITV rating(millions)	Official ITV HD rating(millions)	Total viewers(millions)	Weekly rank
Auditions 1 	 	85 	40.9 	8.33 	1.76 	10.09 	2
Auditions 2 	 	60 	32.2 	7.48 	1.36 	8.84 	3
Auditions 3 	 	80 	39.4 	8.08 	1.52 	9.60 	2
Auditions 4 	 	65 	28.4 	7.03 	1.46 	8.49 	4
Auditions 5 	 	80 	38.9 	8.09 	1.62 	9.71 	2
Auditions 6 	 	60 	32.9 	7.61 	1.47 	9.08 	3
Auditions 7 	 	80 	39.2 	8.13 	1.57 	9.70 	3
Auditions 8 	 	60 	35.2 	7.72 	1.63 	9.35 	4
Bootcamp 1 	 	60 	23.3 	5.62 	1.19 	6.81 	17
Bootcamp 2 	 	80 	32.3 	7.16 	1.31 	8.47 	5
Bootcamp 3 	 	60 	35.4 	8.16 	1.42 	9.58 	2
Judges' houses 1 	 	60 	27.7 	6.08 	1.20 	7.28 	17
Judges' houses 2 	 	80 	30.4 	6.76 	1.40 	8.16 	7
Judges' houses 3 	 	60 	33.9 	7.78 	1.80 	9.58 	4
Live show 1 	 	150 	31.3 	6.74 	1.57 	8.31 	8
Live results 1 	 	60 	33.7 	7.57 	1.75 	9.32 	4
Live show 2 	 	140 	33.2 	6.74 	1.65 	8.39 	8
Live results 2 	 	60 	33.6 	7.45 	1.52 	8.97 	4
Live show 3 	 	130 	31.6 	6.49 	1.53 	8.02 	9
Live results 3 	 	60 	31.1 	6.82 	1.39 	8.21 	8
Live show 4 	 	135 	31.7 	6.83 	1.34 	8.17 	8
Live results 4 	 	60 	28.9 	6.69 	1.42 	8.11 	9
Live show 5 	 	105 	33.2 	7.01 	1.57 	8.58 	7
Live results 5 	 	60 	27.6 	6.54 	1.31 	7.85 	10
Live show 6 	 	100 	32.6 	6.74 	1.54 	8.28 	9
Live results 6 	 	60 	31.9 	7.22 	1.64 	8.86 	6
Live show 7 	 	100 	32.4 	6.84 	1.39 	8.23 	9
Live results 7 	 	60 	30.4 	6.84 	1.43 	8.27 	8
Live show 8 	 	105 	33.1 	6.96 	1.42 	8.38 	11
Live results 8 	 	60 	30.4 	6.84 	1.46 	8.30 	12
Live show 9 	 	90 	31.0 	6.25 	1.48 	7.73 	15
Live results 9 	 	60 	31.4 	7.12 	1.53 	8.65 	11
Live final 	 	125 	35.8 	7.34 	1.59 	8.93 	4
Live final results	 	125 	35.2 	8.03 	1.85 	9.88 	3
Series average 	Series average	 	32.7 	7.11 	1.49 	8.61 	
 Includes advert breaks
 Excludes ITV+1
 The rank for the ITV broadcast, compared with all channels for that week, from Monday to Sunday.
==Controversies==
===Contestants===
====Adam Miller====
In July 2014, it was reported that auditionee Adam Miller was suing producers of the show for "cruel" treatment, claiming that they urged him to audition and persuaded him that he "wouldn't be embarrassing" himself, but he was then laughed at by Cowell during his audition which caused much controversy. Miller reportedly required counselling, and said, "I've been lied to, manipulated and used by the show and I can't be the only one. It might be Simon Cowell and it might be The X Factor, but that's wrong and I'm not going to let them get away with it. They approached me. They gave me a bit of self-confidence, then cruelly and deliberately stripped it away to make good TV." A spokesperson confirmed that Miller's audition would not be broadcast.
====Chloe Jasmine====
There were allegations of favouritism after Chloe Jasmine was allowed to audition twice. She apparently fluffed her arena audition by forgetting her words and bursting into tears, but none of this was shown on television. Instead, viewers saw Jasmine sail through to bootcamp after wowing the judges on a different night and singing the song "Why Don't You Do Right", tricking them into thinking that that had been her only audition. However, a show insider claimed that Chloe was given a second chance because she was going through a rough time: "Chloe was given a second chance as she was upset during her first performance. She had recently split up with her boyfriend so she wasn't in a fit state to perform. We gave her the chance to go away and compose herself. This does happen and the only reason it wasn't seen on the show was that there wasn't enough time to fit all of this into one episode."
====Stereo Kicks====
During The Xtra Factor after the second results show, in which Stereo Kicks took part in the sing-off, Crawford asked Walsh, their mentor, about them. He said, live on television, that he "never wanted eight [boys in the band]", "Simon put them together" and generally insinuated that he wanted to cut several members from the band. During several interviews between the week 2 results and the week 3 performance, Stereo Kicks mentioned how disappointed they were that their mentor didn't seem to want them, and there were rumours that the band would be split up during the week 3 live performances. These rumours turned out to be false, and Cowell made Walsh apologise to the band after their week 3 performance. Cowell also offered Stereo Kicks the opportunity to be mentored by him, although it is not certain whether he was serious.
Stereo Kicks member Jake Sims faced controversy for tweeting about drug use whilst on the show, leaving his place in the band uncertain, yet he ended up staying. Stereo Kicks announced they had split up on 18 July 2015.
====Fleur East====
After Fleur East completed her performance in week 2, Mel B commented that East had allowed the backing vocals of the track to drown out her own, and accused her of "cheating." This caused a massive uproar backstage after the live show had ended, especially between Mel B and Cowell, East's mentor. The following week, after East's performance, Mel B commented that East had proven her wrong all along, praised her for her performance and retracted her cheating allegations from the previous week.
Also, as the semi-finals approached, the other semi-finalists, Andrea Faustini, Ben Haenow and Lauren Platt, were reported to have complained about the judges apparently setting East up to win, with a source saying "It's beginning to look obvious the judges want her to win. It may as well be called The F Factor – it's very unfair." Haenow later stated in an interview that the rumours were false, and that their mentor Cowell is not biased towards any of his acts.
===Live shows===
====Judges comments====
During the fourth live show, Fernandez-Versini said that her act Lola Saunders kept the theme of Halloween by having mentally unstable people dancing behind in straitjackets while performing the Gnarls Barkley song "Crazy", this caused problems to charities that help mental health suffers and no public apology has been issued since.
====Results show performances====
During the results show of the semi-finals, Idina Menzel and Michael Bublé performed the holiday classic "Baby, It's Cold Outside", afterwards Mel B and Fernandez-Versini refused to stand, claiming it was because of nerves as their artists were in the bottom two and were unable to move in their dresses. Many outlets reported this as false as they were both seen dancing to Fifth Harmony and were lip synching through the track.
==References==
==External links==
* The X Factor
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