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Template:The X Factor UK The fifth UK series of The X Factor is currently being broadcast on ITV. It premiered on 16 August and will continue through to 13 December 2008. Auditions in front of producers were held in April/May, with callbacks in front of the judges in June. The number of applicants for series 5 reached an all-time high with a reported 182,000[1] people auditioning.

Like the previous series a year before, series 5 gained media attention even before auditions in front of the judges began. Press attention was largely over the changes made to the cast—most notably the departures of Sharon Osbourne as a judge[2] and Fearne Cotton as presenter of spin-off show The Xtra Factor.[3] ITV confirmed that Osbourne was to be replaced by Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole.[4][5] Cotton was replaced by Holly Willoughby.[3]

ITV confirmed that all twelve finalists would together record a cover version of Mariah Carey's 1993 hit "Hero" in support of the Help for Heroes charity.[6] The single will be available for download from 25 October 2008, after the finalists have performed the song live on that night's show. It will be released in stores on 27 October, and Simon Cowell has predicted it "will go straight to the top of the charts".[7]

Judges and Presenters

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Judges (front row, from left to right) Walsh, Cole, Cowell and Minogue. Presenters (back row, from left to right) O'Leary and Willoughby.

The judges for series 5 are Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole. On 6 June 2008 (six days before filming was due to begin at the London auditions) ITV announced that long-standing judge Sharon Osbourne had left the show.[2]Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). Media speculation over the reasons for Osbourne's departure alluded to rising tensions between her and fellow judge Dannii Minogue, as well as disputes over pay.[8] When interviewed by Chris Moyles on BBC Radio 1, Osbourne said that it was "the best four years of [her] life" but felt that it was "time to move on."[9]

Much media coverage and speculation surrounded who would replace Sharon. Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown revealed on 16 September 2008 in an interview for New! Magazine that she, among others, was approached by Cowell as a possible replacement for Sharon.[10] However, on 10 June 2008, four days after Osbourne's departure, ITV confirmed that Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole was the new judge for series 5 and the replacement for Sharon Osbourne. Minogue has praised the new judge, saying: "She’s very knowledgeable about music and I think she’s going to bring a new side to the show."[11] Cowell is reported by Minogue to feel that Cole's voiced opinions are something "which he loves".[11]

Presenter Dermot O'Leary returns to host the main ITV1 show, choosing to leave other projects, including his ongoing role as the host of Big Brother's Little Brother, in order to concentrate on The X Factor.[12] Xtra Factor presenter Fearne Cotton left after series 4, having presented for only one series, to be replaced by Holly Willoughby.[3] Brian Friedman returns as choreographer and performance coach (billed as "Creative Director").

Format

Auditions

A reported "record-breaking" 182,000 applied for series 5,[13][1] with filming for auditions in front of judges taking place in June/July 2008. Auditions were held in the cities of London, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff, and Glasgow.[14]

Dannii Minogue was missing from some of the auditions due to visits to her native Australia in order to film auditions for Australia's Got Talent.

Bootcamp

As in series 4, all four judges worked together at the bootcamp stage of the competition. This took place at the O2 arena in Greenwich, London on 4 August 2008, and was televised in two episodes on September 27 and September 28, 2008.[15][16] Contestants are said to have stayed in a nearby hotel in Blackheath.[16]

During the bootcamp stage, around 150 acts were whittled down to just 24 which advanced to the next round, 6 in each category.

After completion of bootcamp, the judges were told the category that they are to mentor. The category mentors are as follows: [17]

  • Dannii Minogue: 25-and-overs
  • Louis Walsh: Groups
  • Cheryl Cole: Girls
  • Simon Cowell: Boys

Visits To Judges' Houses

The "Visits To Judges' Houses" round was filmed in late August/early September and was broadcast over two shows on the 4th and 5th of October. As in previous years, the judges welcomed the six acts from their selected category to their "homes".[18] Each act had only one chance to impress their mentor who, along with a guest judge from the music industry, had the task of selecting which three acts were to go though to the live shows and which three would be eliminated.

Category Mentor Location Guest Judge Acts eliminated at this stage
Boys Simon Cowell Barbados Sinitta Alan Turner Liam Payne Mali-Michael McCalla
Girls Cheryl Cole Cannes Kimberley Walsh Amy Connelly Annastasia Baker Hannah Bradbeer
Groups Louis Walsh Castle Leslie, Ireland Shane Filan 4Instinct Desire Priority
25-and-overs Dannii Minogue St. Tropez Emma Bunton James Williams Louise Heatly Suzie Furlonger

Categories and Finalists

Main article: List of The X Factor finalists (UK series 5)

The final 12 have now been confirmed as follows.

Key:

  – Winner
  – Eliminated
  – Currently Competing
Category (Mentor) Acts
Boys (Simon Cowell) Austin Drage Eoghan Quigg Scott Bruton
Girls (Cheryl Cole) Alexandra Burke Diana Vickers Laura White
Over 25s (Dannii Minogue) Daniel Evans Rachel Hylton Ruth Lorenzo
Groups (Louis Walsh) Bad Lashes Girlband JLS

Live shows

The live shows began on 11 October 2008, and will continue through to the finale. Leon Jackson performed on the first live show, promoting his second single "Don't Call This Love". Girls Aloud will also be performing their new single, "The Promise". This will be the first single from their fifth album Out Of Control, as announced by Cole at the X Factor launch in August. It was confirmed on their official website that Girls Aloud will perform on October 18th.

It has been reported that there will be a Bond-themed live show in which the finalists will sing previous Bond theme songs. It has been confirmed that Alicia Keys and White Stripes frontman Jack White will perform on the show singing their duet "Another Way to Die", which is being used as the theme for the forthcoming 007 film Quantum of Solace.[19] Simon Cowell has stated that Britney Spears will be performing her new single "Womanizer" at one of the live shows.[20]

An added twist for this series, confirmed on the first live show, is that acts in the bottom-two showdown will sing a new song of their own choosing, rather than repeating the song they performed in the first part of the show (as was the case in previous series).

Results summary

Contestants' colour key:

  – Simon's contestants (Boys – 14 to 25)       – Dannii's contestants (Over 25s)
  – Cheryl's contestants (Girls – 14 to 25)   – Louis' contestants (Groups)
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10
Alexandra Burke Safe Safe Will
Compete
Austin Drage Safe Safe Will
Compete
Daniel Evans Safe Safe Will
Compete
Diana Vickers Safe Safe Will
Compete
Eoghan Quigg Safe Safe Will
Compete
JLS Safe Safe Will
Compete
Laura White Safe Safe Will
Compete
Rachel Hylton Safe Safe Will
Compete
Ruth Lorenzo Safe Bottom
Two		 Will
Compete
Scott Bruton Safe Safe Will
Compete
Girlband Bottom
Two		 Bottom Eliminated
(Week 2)
Bad Lashes Bottom Eliminated
(Week 1)
Bottom Two Girlband,
Bad Lashes		 Girlband,
Ruth Lorenzo
Simon's Vote Bad Lashes Ruth Lorenzo
Dannii's Vote Girlband Girlband
Cheryl's Vote Girlband Girlband
Louis' Vote Bad Lashes Ruth Lorenzo
Eliminated Bad Lashes
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock		 Girlband
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock

Live show details

Week 1 (11 October 2008)

Theme: Number 1 songs in either the UK or US charts
Celebrity Guest: Leon Jackson
Song performed by celebrity guest: Don't Call This Love

Order Artist Mentor Song (original artists) Results
1 Girlband Louis Walsh Venus (The Shocking Blue) Bottom Two
2 Austin Drage Simon Cowell Every Breath You Take (The Police) Safe
3 Daniel Evans Dannii Minogue I Want To Know What Love Is (Foreigner) Safe
4 Alexandra Burke Cheryl Cole I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (Whitney Houston) Safe
5 JLS Louis Walsh I'll Make Love To You (Boyz II Men) Safe
6 Scott Bruton Simon Cowell Yeh Yeh (Georgie Fame) Safe
7 Rachel Hylton Dannii Minogue With Every Heartbeat (Robyn feat. Kleerup) Safe
8 Diana Vickers Cheryl Cole With or Without You (U2) Safe
9 Bad Lashes Louis Walsh It Must Have Been Love (Roxette) Bottom Two
10 Eoghan Quigg Simon Cowell Imagine (John Lennon) Safe
11 Ruth Lorenzo Dannii Minogue Take My Breath Away (Berlin) Safe
12 Laura White Cheryl Cole Fallin' (Alicia Keys) Safe
Bottom Two Details
1 Girlband Louis Walsh That's What Friends Are For (Rod Stewart) Safe
2 Bad Lashes Louis Walsh Wonderwall (Oasis) Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate
  • Simon Cowell: Bad Lashes – Described both acts as "shocking".
  • Cheryl Cole: Girlband – Had no standout comment on either act.
  • Dannii Minogue: Girlband – Had no standout comment on either act.
  • Louis Walsh: Bad Lashes – Based on the fact that he couldn't pick between two of his own acts, he chose Bad Lashes to take it to a deadlock.
Notes
  • As both acts received two votes from the judges, the result went to "Deadlock" and was referred to the public vote. The act that received the fewest public votes was Bad Lashes who were duly eliminated from the show.

Week 2 (18 October 2008)

Theme: Songs by Michael Jackson or The Jackson 5
Celebrity Guest: Girls Aloud
Song performed by celebrity guest: The Promise

Order Artist Mentor Song (original artists) Results
1 Alexandra Burke Cheryl Cole I'll Be There (The Jackson 5) Safe
2 Scott Bruton Simon Cowell She's out of My Life (Michael Jackson) Safe
3 Ruth Lorenzo Dannii Minogue I Just Can't Stop Loving You (Michael Jackson) Bottom Two
4 Girlband Louis Walsh Heal the World (Michael Jackson) Bottom Two
5 Laura White Cheryl Cole You Are Not Alone (Michael Jackson) Safe
6 Austin Drage Simon Cowell Billie Jean (Michael Jackson) Safe
7 Daniel Evans Dannii Minogue One Day in Your Life (Michael Jackson) Safe
8 JLS Louis Walsh The Way You Make Me Feel (Michael Jackson) Safe
9 Diana Vickers Cheryl Cole Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson) Safe
10 Rachel Hylton Dannii Minogue Dirty Diana (Michael Jackson) Safe
11 Eoghan Quigg Simon Cowell Ben (Michael Jackson) Safe
Bottom Two Details
1 Ruth Lorenzo Dannii Minogue Purple Rain (Prince) Safe
2 Girlband Louis Walsh I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing (Aerosmith) Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate

Week 3 (25 October 2008)

Theme: Big Band
Celebrity Guest: None
Song performed by celebrity guest: No celebrity guest; instead finalists will perform a cover version of the Mariah Carey song Hero on behalf of the Help for Heroes charity in the results show which will later be released as a single.


Ratings

Viewing figures for series 5 are the highest ever so far for any X Factor series.

Show Date Average Peak Share (Strictly Come Dancing) Source
Auditions 1 16 August 10.2m 12.0m [citation needed]
Auditions 2 23 August 9.4m 10.2m [citation needed]
Auditions 3 30 August 8.2m 10.1m [citation needed]
Auditions 4 6 September 9.2m [citation needed]
Auditions 5 13 September 9.26m 10.5m 41.7% 6.7m [2]
Auditions 6 20 September 9.3m 8.0m [citation needed]
Bootcamp 1 27 September 8.2m 8.6m [citation needed]
Bootcamp 2 28 September 8.9m 8.1m [citation needed]
Judges' Homes 1 4 October 9.8m 11.0m 40.5% 10.0m [citation needed]
Judges' Homes 2 5 October 9.5m 43% [citation needed]
Live Show 1 11 October 10.4m 11.25m 48.5% 10.0m [3]
Results 1 8.0m 40.8% [citation needed]
Live Show 2 18 October [citation needed]
Results 2 [citation needed]

The first show of the series had the highest peak figure for any first show in the UK X Factor franchise.[21] The second show received similarly high ratings.[22][23] Viewer numbers fell for the third show, but warm weather was blamed for the drop and the programme was still the most-watched show of the day.[24] Ratings returned to their previous levels for the fourth episode.[25] Episode 5 was another ratings smash, eclipsing the preview of Strictly Come Dancing, as did the final auditions episode.[26]

The Bootcamp episodes performed well in the ratings; although the Saturday episode was beaten for the first time by Strictly,[27] the Sunday episode restored the balance.[28]

The Saturday "Judges' Homes" episode had the highest peak since the opening show, and the Sunday episode had a lower rating but still exceeded that of Strictly.[29]

The X Factor's first live show of the year pulled in a strong audience, considerably from the equivalent episode in 2007,[clarification needed] which had 6.17m (30.5%) in an earlier, 5.30pm timeslot. (Digital Spy, 12/10/08) [30]

The first Xtra Factor episode drew in an average of 1.2 million viewers, peaking at 1.5 million,[31] making it that week's highest-rated ITV2 programme. The show's second episode pulled in 1.1 million viewers,[32] while the third attracted 1.3 million.[33] Episode four was viewed by 1.2 million.[34] Episodes 5 and 6 continued to attract more than 1 million viewers for each show. The "Judges' Homes" episodes of Xtra Factor pulled in a strong 1.2 million viewers average for both shows, gaining the highest viewing figures for multi-channels. The first night of live shows pulled in just short of 1 million viewers and won the battle for multi-channel viewings once again.[35]

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