The X Factor/National

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. 
==Judges, presenters and other personnel==
==Selection process==
===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 	 	
===Six-chair challenge===
===Judges' houses===
Summary of judges' houses
Judge	Category	Location	Guest mentor(s)	Contestants eliminated	Wildcard
TBA 	Over 25s	TBA 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA
TBA 	Girls 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA
TBA 	Boys 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA
TBA 	Groups 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA
==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 BBC rating(millions)	Official BBC HD rating(millions)	Viewers(millions)	Weekly rank
Auditions 1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Auditions 2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Auditions 3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Auditions 4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Auditions 5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Auditions 6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Auditions 7 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Auditions 8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Bootcamp 1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Bootcamp 2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Bootcamp 3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Judges' houses 1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Judges' houses 2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Judges' houses 3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live show 1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live results 1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live show 2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live results 2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live show 3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live results 3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live show 4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live results 4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live show 5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live results 5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live show 6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live results 6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live show 7 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live results 7 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live show 8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live results 8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live show 9 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live results 9 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live final 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Live final results	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Series average 	Series average	 	 	 	 	 	
==Controversies==
==See also==