The X Factor (season 3)

The third season of The X Factor premiered on October 15, 2013. Simon Cowell and Demi Lovato returned as judges, with Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio joining the series as new judges.
Beginning with this season, performance episodes were broadcast on Tuesday nights and results were revealed on Wednesdays. The season finale will be broadcast on December 18, 2013.
==Finalists==
Key:
: – Winner
: – Runner-up
: – Third place
Category (mentor) 	Acts 	Acts 	Acts
Boys (Rubio) 	Brandon James	Ethan McCoy 	Leon Smith
Girls (Lovato) 	Mia May 	Jessie Smallwood	Trina
Over 25s (Rowland)	Priyal Bahri 	Max Dawson 	Jade Melrose
Groups (Cowell) 	5240 	Exit Now 	Sage
==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 5 	Week 6 	Week 7 	Week 8 	Week 9 	Week 10
Contestant 	Week 1 	Week 2 	Week 3 	Week 4 	Return 	Results 	Week 6 	Week 7 	Week 8 	Week 9 	Week 10
Sage 	3rd10.4% 	1st12.1% 	1st12.0% 	2nd13.6% 	 	3rd13.3% 	4th13.1% 	3rd17.1% 	1st23.2% 	2nd26.4% 	1st38.4%
Exit Now 	7th7.7% 	8th7.6% 	3rd11.1% 	3rd12.6% 	 	5th11.6% 	1st15.3% 	4th13.9% 	5th17.6% 	3rd22.2% 	2nd31.1%
Mia May 	2nd10.8% 	4th10.2% 	5th10.4% 	7th10.1% 	 	2nd14.0% 	7th10.6% 	6th11.1% 	2nd20.3% 	1st30.6% 	3rd30.5%
Priyal Bahri 	1st11.2% 	2nd11.0% 	2nd11.6% 	9th6.9% 	1st33.0% 	1st14.7% 	3rd14.8% 	1st18.6% 	3rd19.6% 	4th20.8% 	Eliminated (week 9)
Max Dawson 	9th7.3% 	7th8.7% 	4th10.9% 	4th11.9% 	 	9th6.9% 	6th11.2% 	2nd18.2% 	4th19.4% 	Eliminated (week 8) 	Eliminated (week 8)
Trina 	8th7.5% 	10th7.0% 	6th10.2% 	1st13.8% 	 	4th12.7% 	5th12.0% 	5th11.4% 	Eliminated (week 7) 	Eliminated (week 7) 	Eliminated (week 7)
Jessie Smallwood 	5th8.6% 	9th7.2% 	7th9.1% 	6th10.6% 	 	6th9.8% 	2nd15.0% 	7th9.6% 	Eliminated (week 7) 	Eliminated (week 7) 	Eliminated (week 7)
Brandon James 	10th7.1% 	5th10.0% 	8th8.8% 	8th9.4% 	 	7th9.1% 	8th7.5% 	Eliminated (week 6) 	Eliminated (week 6) 	Eliminated (week 6) 	Eliminated (week 6)
Leon Smith 	4th9.0% 	3rd10.8% 	9th8.6% 	5th11.1% 	 	8th8.0% 	Eliminated (week 5) 	Eliminated (week 5) 	Eliminated (week 5) 	Eliminated (week 5) 	Eliminated (week 5)
5240 	6th8.2% 	6th8.7% 	10th7.3% 	Eliminated (week 3) 	2nd26.1% 	Eliminated (week 3) 	Eliminated (week 3) 	Eliminated (week 3) 	Eliminated (week 3) 	Eliminated (week 3) 	Eliminated (week 3)
Ethan McCoy 	11th6.8% 	11th6.6% 	Eliminated (week 2) 	Eliminated (week 2) 	4th19.3% 	Eliminated (week 2) 	Eliminated (week 2) 	Eliminated (week 2) 	Eliminated (week 2) 	Eliminated (week 2) 	Eliminated (week 2)
Jade Melrose 	12th5.3% 	Eliminated (week 1) 	Eliminated (week 1) 	Eliminated (week 1) 	3rd21.6% 	Eliminated (week 1) 	Eliminated (week 1) 	Eliminated (week 1) 	Eliminated (week 1) 	Eliminated (week 1) 	Eliminated (week 1)
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Final showdown 	McCoy,Melrose 	McCoy,Trina 	5240,Smith 	Bahri,James 	 	Dawson,Smith 	James,May 	May,Trina 	Dawson,Exit Now 	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
Rowland's vote to eliminate	McCoy 	McCoy 	5240 	James 	 	Smith 	May 	May 	Exit Now 	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
Rubio's vote to eliminate 	Melrose 	Trina 	5240 	Bahri 	 	Dawson 	May 	Trina 	Dawson 	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 	Melrose 	McCoy 	5240 	Bahri 	 	Smith 	James 	None(abstained) 	Dawson 	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 	McCoy 	McCoy 	Smith 	James 	 	Smith 	James 	Trina 	Dawson 	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 	Jade Melrose2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Ethan McCoy3 of 4 votesMajority	52403 of 4 votesMajority	Priyal Bahri2 of 4 votesDeadlock	 	Leon Smith3 of 4 votesMajority	Brandon James2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Jessie SmallwoodPublic vote	Max Dawson3 of 4 votesDeadlock	Priyal BahriPublic vote 	
Eliminated 	Jade Melrose2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Ethan McCoy3 of 4 votesMajority	52403 of 4 votesMajority	Priyal Bahri2 of 4 votesDeadlock	 	Leon Smith3 of 4 votesMajority	Brandon James2 of 4 votesDeadlock	Trina2 of 3 votesMajority 	Max Dawson3 of 4 votesDeadlock	Priyal BahriPublic vote 	
Reference(s) 	Week 1: Made in America 	Week 2: Songs from the 1980s 	Week 3: Halloween 	Week 4: Love and Heartbreak 	Week 5: Musical Inspirations	 	 	 	 	 	
===Live show details===
==== Week 1 (October 15/16) ====
*Theme: Made in America
*Group performance: "Roar"
*Musical guest: Nick Bradford
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Mia May 	1 	"Brave" 	Safe
Brandon James 	2 	"Forever" 	Safe
Jade Melrose 	3 	"All-American Girl" 	Bottom two
Exit Now 	4 	"Body Language" 	Safe
Trina 	5 	"Power" 	Safe
Ethan McCoy 	6 	"Wanted" 	Bottom two
Max Dawson 	7 	"Give It 2 U" 	Safe
5240 	8 	"Tongue Tied" 	Safe
Jessie Smallwood 	9 	"Our Song" 	Safe
Leon Smith 	10 	"Apologize" 	Safe
Priyal Bahri 	11 	"Hung Up" 	Safe
Sage 	12 	"Sweater Weather" 	Safe
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details
Ethan McCoy 	1 	"You Don't Know Here Like I Do"	Safe
Jade Melrose 	2 	"Cry" 	Eliminated
;Judges' votes to eliminate
*Lovato: Jade Melrose
*Rubio: Jade Melrose
*Rowland: Ethan McCoy
*Cowell: Ethan McCoy
With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Jade Melrose was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
==== Week 2 (October 22/23) ====
*Theme: Songs from the 1980s
*Group performance: "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
*Musical guest: Joanna Pacitti ("What I've Become")
Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Sage 	1 	"When Doves Cry" 	Safe
Trina 	2 	"Buffalo Stance" 	Bottom two
Ethan McCoy 	3 	"Love in the First Degree" 	Bottom two
Pryial Bahri 	4 	"Cold Hearted" 	Safe
5240 	5 	"Cruel Summer" 	Safe
Jessie Smallwood 	6 	"9 to 5" 	Safe
Brandon James 	7 	"Billie Jean" 	Safe
Max Dawson 	8 	"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"	Safe
Exit Now 	9 	"Part-Time Lover" 	Safe
Mia May 	10 	"Hello" 	Safe
Leon Smith 	11 	"Every Breathe You Take" 	Safe
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details
Ethan McCoy 	1 	"Wagon Wheel" 	Eliminated
Trina 	2 	"Lose Yourself" 	Safe
;Judges' votes to eliminate
*Lovato: Ethan McCoy
*Rubio: Trina
*Rowland: Ethan McCoy
*Cowell: Ethan McCoy
==== Week 3 (October 29/30) ====
*Theme: Halloween
*Group performance: "Thriller"
*Musical guest: Josh Spears ("Can't Stop")
Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Exit Now 	1 	"This Is Halloween" 	Safe
Jessie Smallwood 	2 	"Ghost Dance" 	Safe
Leon Smith 	3 	"Pet Sematary" 	Bottom two
Max Dawson 	4 	"Super Freak" 	Safe
Sage 	5 	"Somebody's Watching Me" 	Safe
Mia May 	6 	"I Put a Spell on You" 	Safe
Brandon James 	7 	"Superstition" 	Safe
Priyal Bahri 	8 	"Toxic" 	Safe
5240 	9 	"Monster Hospital" 	Bottom two
Trina 	10 	"A Nightmare on My Street"	Safe
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details
5240 	1 	"Closer" 	Eliminated
Leon Smith 	2 	"Fix You" 	Safe
;Judges' votes to eliminate
*Cowell: Leon Smith
*Lovato: 5240
*Rubio: 5240
*Rowland: 5240
==== Week 4 (November 5/6) ====
*Theme: Love and heartache Week 4 Theme
*Group performance: TBA
*Musical guest: Sheki ("Looking Hot")
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Trina 	1 	"Wrecking Ball" 	Safe
Brandon James 	2 	"Love Me Again" 	Bottom two
Priyal Bahri 	3 	"Stickwitu" 	Bottom two
Sage 	4 	"Let Her Go" 	Safe
Jessie Smallwood 	5 	"I Told You So" 	Safe
Leon Smith 	6 	"Use Somebody" 	Safe
Max Dawson 	7 	"Please Don't Go" 	Safe
Exit Now 	8 	"End of the Road" 	Safe
Mia May 	9 	"Open Arms" 	Safe
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details
Priyal Bahri 	1 	"Promiscuous" 	Eliminated
Brandon James 	2 	"Glow in the Dark" 	Safe
;Judges' votes to eliminate
*Lovato: Priyal Bahri
*Rubio: Priyal Bahri
*Rowland: Brandon James
*Cowell: Brandon James
==== Week 5 (November 12/13) ====
*Theme: Musical inspirations
*Group performance: TBA
*Musical guest: Belle Meade ("Here We Go Again"), Angie Parker feat. Yonas ("Earthquake")
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Inspiration 	Result
Leon Smith 	1 	"Come Together" 	The Beatles 	Bottom two
Mia May 	2 	"Sober" 	Pink 	Safe
Exit Now 	3 	"It's Gonna Be Me" 	N Sync 	Safe
Max Dawson 	4 	"I Can Only Imagine" 	David Guetta 	Bottom two
Trina 	5 	"Doo Wop (That Thing)" 	Lauryn Hill 	Safe
Sage 	6 	"Bittersweet Symphony" 	The Verve 	Safe
Brandon James 	7 	"Adorn" 	Miguel 	Safe
Jessie Smallwood 	8 	"Before He Cheats" 	Carrie Underwood 	Safe
Priyal Bahri 	9 	"On the Floor" 	Jennifer Lopez 	Safe
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details
Max Dawson 	1 	"Lose Yourself to Dance"	"Lose Yourself to Dance"	Safe
Leon Smith 	2 	"Harlem" 	"Harlem" 	Eliminated
;Judges' votes to eliminate
*Lovato:
*Rubio:
*Rowland:
*Cowell:
==== Week 6 (November 19/20) ====
*Theme: Songs from movies
*Group performance: "We Remain"
*Musical guest: James Bradford ("Blur"), Hayley Dunn ("Glow in the Dark")
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Movie 	Result
Jessie Smallwood 	1 	"Safe & Sound" 	The Hunger Games 	Safe
Brandon James 	2 	"I Believe I Can Fly" 	Space Jam 	Bottom two
Priyal Bahri 	3 	"Die Another Day" 	Die Another Day 	Safe
Mia May 	4 	"Moon River" 	Breakfast At Tiffany's 	Bottom two
Exit Now 	5 	"Best Song Ever" 	One Direction: This Is Us 	Safe
Max Dawson 	6 	"Elastic Heart" 	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 	Safe
Trina 	7 	"Lose Yourself" 	8 Mile 	Safe
Sage 	8 	"Place For Us" 	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 	Safe
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details
Brandon James 	1 	"Wake Me Up" 	"Wake Me Up" 	Eliminated
Mia May 	2 	"Like You'll Never See Me Again"	"Like You'll Never See Me Again"	Safe
==== Week 7 (November 26/27) ====
*Theme: Giving thanks
*Group performance: TBA
*Musical guest: Katie Davis ("Close Your Eyes"), Rachel Simpson ("Sorry Adam")
Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Act 	Order 	Song 	Result
Trina 	1 	"Hold On, We're Going Home" 	Bottom two
Sage 	2 	"Everything" 	Safe
Mia May 	3 	"You'll Never Walk Alone" 	Bottom two
Priyal Bahri 	4 	"Unwritten" 	Safe
Exit Now 	5 	"With A Little Help From My Friends"	
Jessie Smallwood 	6 	"Thank You" 	Eliminated
Max Dawson 	7 	"Heart Attack" 	Safe
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details
Mia May 	1 	"Enchanted" 	Safe
Trina 	2 	"Marvin's Room" 	Eliminated
;Judges' votes to eliminate
*Rowland: Mia May
*Rubio: Trina
*Lovato: Did not vote
*Cowell: Trina
==== Week 8 (December 3/4) ====
*Theme: Unplugged songs; Party Anthems
*Group performance: TBA
*Musical guest: The Diamonds ("All Fired Up"), Christina Vega ("Breath of Life")
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show
Act 	Order 	First song 	Order 	Second song 	Result
Max Dawson 	1 	"Burn" 	6 	"More" 	Bottom two
Sage 	2 	"Demons" 	7 	"You Make Me" 	Safe
Mia May 	3 	"Fix You" 	8 	"U + Ur Hand" 	Safe
Priyal Bahri 	4 	"Underneath Your Clothes"	9 	"Exotic" 	Safe
Exit Now 	5 	"Ho Hey" 	10 	"Pour Some Sugar On Me"	Bottom two
Final showdown details	Final showdown details	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details 	Final showdown details
Max Dawson 	1 	"Stay the Night" 	"Stay the Night" 	"Stay the Night" 	Eliminated
Exit Now 	2 	"Too Close For Comfort" 	"Too Close For Comfort"	"Too Close For Comfort"	Safe
;Judges' votes to eliminate
*Cowell: Max Dawson
*Rowland: Exit Now
*Rubio: Max Dawson
*Lovato: Max Dawson
==== Semi-Finals (December 10/11) ====
*Theme: Hit songs (The Music Biz); Get me to the final songs
*Group performance: TBA
*Musical guest: Michael Reilly ("Got Me Good"), The Urgency ("Windows Down")
Contestants' performances on the ninth live show
Act 	Order	First song 	Order	Second song 	Result
Exit Now 	1 	"Lucky Strike" 	5 	"This Is What It Feels Like"	Safe
Priyal Bahri	2 	"Elevate" 	6 	"Rhythm Nation" 	Eliminated
Sage 	3 	"Gods & Monsters"	7 	"Chocolate" 	Safe
Mia May 	4 	"Tightrope" 	8 	"Skyscraper" 	Safe
==== Finals (December 17/18) ====
;December 17
*Theme: Favorite performance / Superstar duet / Winner's single
Contestants' performances on the tenth live show
Act 	Order	First song 	Order	Second song 	Order	Third song
Sage 	1 	"Bittersweet Symphony"	4 	"Wonderful Life" (with Haley Allen)	7 	"Hallelujah"
Mia May 	2 	"Sober" 	5 	"End of Time" (with Serena) 	8 	"A Moment Like This"
Exit Now	3 	"End of the Road" 	6 	"Stole My Heart" (with Trench Five)	9 	"Let It Be"
;December 18
*Theme: Christmas songs
*Musical guests: Isabella Day ("Winter Dream"), Julianne Houser ("Mark My Wards"), Nate Nash ("Christmas Eve"), Justin Pratt ("Rock Me")
Contestants' performances on the final show
Act 	Order	Song 	Result
Sage 	1 	"Happy Xmas (The War Is Over)"	Winner
Mia May 	2 	"Underneath the Tree" 	Eliminated
Exit Now	3 	"Last Christmas" 	Runner-up
== References ==