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The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The first series began airing on BBC on 1 January 2016 and finished on 1 April 2016. Nina Dobrev presented the series of the main show on BBC and Ian Somerhalder presented spin-off show The Xtra Factor on BBC Two.
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==
==Promotion==
==Selection process==
===Eligibility===
===Auditions===
====Mobile auditions====
====Open auditions====
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====
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===
===Judges' houses===
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*
==Finalists==
Key:
: – Winner
: – Runner-up
: – Third place
Category (mentor)	Acts	Acts	Acts	Acts
Boys (TBA) 	 	 	 	
Girls (TBA) 	 	 	 	
Over 25s (TBA) 	 	 	 	
Groups (TBA) 	 	 	 	
==Live shows==
===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
TBA 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Sing-off 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	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
TBA's vote to eliminate	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	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
TBA's vote to eliminate	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	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
TBA's vote to eliminate	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	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
TBA's vote to eliminate	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	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 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Eliminated 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===Live show details===
====Week 1 (1/2 January)====
*Theme: TBA
*Group performance: "TBA"
*Musical guests: Artist ("Song") and Artist ("Song")
 Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
TBA 	1 	"TBA" 	Safe
TBA 	2 	"TBA" 	Safe
TBA 	3 	"TBA" 	Safe
TBA 	4 	"TBA" 	Safe
TBA 	5 	"TBA" 	Safe
TBA 	6 	"TBA" 	Safe
TBA 	7 	"TBA" 	Safe
TBA 	8 	"TBA" 	Safe
TBA 	9 	"TBA" 	Safe
TBA 	10 	"TBA" 	Safe
TBA 	11 	"TBA" 	Safe
TBA 	12 	"TBA" 	Safe
TBA 	13 	"TBA" 	Safe
TBA 	14 	"TBA" 	Safe
TBA 	15 	"TBA" 	Safe
TBA 	16 	"TBA" 	Safe
Sing-off details	Sing-off details	Sing-off details	Sing-off details
TBA 	1 	"TBA" 	Safe
TBA 	2 	"TBA" 	Eliminated
;Judges' vote to eliminate
* Judge: Act – reason
* Judge: Act – reason
* Judge: Act – reason
* Judge: Act – reason
==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 	
==Controversies==
==See also==