The X Factor (UK series 8)

The X Factor
Series 8
Broadcast from 20 August–11 December 2011
Judges Louis Walsh
Gary Barlow
Kelly Rowland
Tulisa Contostavlos
Alexandra Burke (week 4)
Presenter(s) Dermot O'Leary (ITV1)
Co-presenter(s) Caroline Flack (ITV2)
Olly Murs (ITV2)
Broadcaster ITV
Winner:
Little Mix
Origin South Shields, Romford, High Wycombe
Song "Cannonball"
Genre(s) Urban pop, Hip hop
Runner-up
Marcus Collins
Chronology
◄ 2011  

The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The eighth series began airing on ITV on 20 August 2011[1] and ended on 11 December 2011. The winner was Little Mix, a four-piece girl group known earlier in the series as Rhythmix, consisting of members Jesy Nelson, Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, and Jade Thirlwall. They became the first act in the groups category to win in the show's history with new judge Tulisa Contostavlos emerging as their winning mentor. Louis Walsh was the only judge from the previous series to return, and was joined by Contostavlos, Gary Barlow and Kelly Rowland, who all appeared as judges for the first time. Previous judges Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole all left to join other shows before recording for this series started. Dermot O'Leary presented the show on ITV, while Caroline Flack and series 6 runner-up Olly Murs co-presented the spin-off show The Xtra Factor on ITV2, replacing Konnie Huq from the previous year.

On 4 August 2011, promotional pictures of the judges surfaced across the internet. The next day, an advertisement premiered on itv.com.[2]

Contents

Judges and presenters

Series 8 judges

Gary Barlow
Kelly Rowland
Tulisa Contostavlos
Louis Walsh

On 5 May 2011, it was announced that X Factor judges Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole would leave their positions on the judging panel to concentrate on The X Factor USA.[3] On 14 May 2011, Dannii Minogue announced that she would not be appearing on the eighth series either, due to a clash with Australia's Got Talent, another show for which she judges. Of her decision, Minogue said, "During discussions for me to return [to The X Factor] it became clear that unfortunately, this year, The X Factor audition dates in the UK clash with the live shows of Australia's Got Talent during June and July. For this reason I am unable to return".[4]

After Cole and Cowell announced their departures, a number of celebrities were linked to the judging role including Frankie Sandford of The Saturdays[5] and Alesha Dixon, a judge on the rival Strictly Come Dancing.[6] Five days before Minogue announced that she would not be on the show, news broke that Cowell had offered a seat to Gary Barlow of Take That, though his contract was not finalised.[7] Following Minogue's announcement, it was reported that Tulisa Contostavlos from N-Dubz had been in talks with producers to take on a judging role.[4] It was also suggested that Kelly Rowland, formerly of Destiny's Child, was in talks to take a seat on the judging panel, which was later confirmed.[8] On 30 May 2011, the judging lineup was confirmed as Louis Walsh, Barlow, Contostavlos and Rowland.[9][10] Barlow said that he was "extremely excited" to work on the show, and hoped to find a global superstar. Contostavlos hoped to "bring something fresh and new to the panel", promising to speak her mind. Rowland wanted an "opportunity to hear a few diamonds in the rough" and said she would be "sternly honest".[10] In week 4 of the live finals on 29 and 30 October, Rowland was unable to attend due to a throat infection and was replaced for these shows by Alexandra Burke, who won series 5.[11]

In March 2011, Konnie Huq, who presented spin-off series The Xtra Factor for series 7, was told that her contract would not be renewed.[12] Matt Edmondson, Frankie Sandford, Kimberley Walsh, and series 6 contestant Stacey Solomon were all rumoured to be in the running,[13] but it was confirmed on 31 May 2011 that Caroline Flack would co-present The Xtra Factor with series 6 runner-up Olly Murs.[14]

Selection process

Applications and auditions

The first appeal for applicants for series 8 was broadcast during series 7 on 11 December 2010. For the first time, contestants could upload a video to YouTube. Auditions in front of the judges for series 8 took place in Cardiff, London, Glasgow, Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester. It is the first time auditions have taken place in Liverpool, and the city replaces Dublin, where auditions were held in 2010. A source from the show said, "There are only so many places we can go for auditions. We went to Dublin last year but we haven't been to Liverpool so we thought we should do it this year. Obviously this is a blow to the Irish contestants but it's only a short hop across the Irish Sea to Liverpool".[15]

The auditions started in Birmingham's LG Arena on 1 and 2 June. They then took place in Glasgow's Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre on 6 June and continued in Manchester's Event City on 12, 13 and 14 June. More auditions took place at Cardiff's International Arena on 29 June, and at London's O2 Arena on 6, 7 and 8 July, and finished in Liverpool's Echo Arena on 13 and 14 July.[16] The Manchester auditions were postponed from 18–20 May.[17]

London and Birmingham auditions were broadcast during the first episode on 20 August 2011.[18] More of the London auditions, as well as the Liverpool auditions, aired on 27 August 2011.[19] On 10 September, the Glasgow auditions and more from London were shown.[20] More from London, plus the Manchester auditions were broadcast in the 11 September episode.[21]

Bootcamp

Bootcamp started on 18 August 2011.[22] The first episode of bootcamp was broadcast on 24 September 2011. It showed 187 acts attend a pre-bootcamp party[23] at a hotel in Croydon,[24] while the judges reviewed their auditions to see if there were some acts they wanted to cut before bootcamp started.[23] They cut 35 acts, leaving 152. The acts were split into 30 groups in which to perform at Wembley Arena, and each group was given one of six songs by the judges: "You've Got the Love", "Breakeven", "Price Tag", "Born This Way", "Forget You" or "Firework".[23] The judges then went on to cut over 80 acts, but called some soloists back, who were asked if they were interested in forming groups. All agreed and were workshopped to see which singers would work well together.[23] They formed six groups.[25] The 61[25] remaining acts were then given the task of learning one song, making it their own and performing it in front of a live audience,[23] the second time bootcamp was open to an audience (the first was in 2009). The judges then chose the final 32 acts, based on these performances. However, they only chose 31 acts, and the final group was made from four members of two groups previously put together by the judges.[25]

Judges' houses

Judges' houses, the final part of the selection process, was filmed in September.[26] Judges were given their categories in late August. Barlow mentored the Boys, Rowland the Girls, Walsh the Over 25s, and Contostavlos the Groups.[25][27] Robbie Williams joined Barlow in Los Angeles,[28] Jennifer Hudson assisted Rowland in Miami,[29] Walsh was accompanied by Sinitta in Barcelona,[30] and Contostavlos received help from Jessie J in Mykonos.[31] At judges' houses each act performed two songs for their mentor and his/her guest judge, although only one song was mentioned and shown on the main show, with the other song shown on The Xtra Factor instead.

Sian Phillips was originally selected for the judges' houses, but due to visa issues, she was unable to travel to Miami and was thus replaced by Sarah Watson in the Girls category.[32]

The sixteen eliminated acts were:

Goldie Cheung, who was initially put through by Walsh, pulled out of the competition at the end of the judges' houses stage, stating that she did not want to be away from her family.[33] She was replaced in the finals by Sami Brookes.

Finalists

Main article: List of The X Factor finalists (UK series 8)

The final 16 finalists were confirmed as follows;

Key:

     – Winner
     – Runner up
     – Third Place
     – Ejected
Category (mentor) Acts
Boys (Barlow) Frankie Cocozza Marcus Collins Craig Colton James Michael
Girls (Rowland) Misha B Janet Devlin Sophie Habibis Amelia Lily
Over 25s (Walsh) Sami Brookes Kitty Brucknell Jonjo Kerr Johnny Robinson
Groups (Contostavlos) 2 Shoes Little Mix Nu Vibe The Risk

Live shows

The live shows began on 8 October. Each week, the contestants' performances took place on Saturday and the results were announced on Sunday. As with previous series, each live show had a different theme. The results show often featured a group performance by the remaining contestants and guest live performances.

The first live results show included live performances from series 7 winner Matt Cardle and Cee Lo Green,[34] while Katy Perry and The Wanted performed on the second results show.[35] On the third results show, Bruno Mars, Professor Green, Emeli Sandé and Kelly Clarkson performed.[36] Series 7 contestant Cher Lloyd and The X Factor USA judge Nicole Scherzinger performed on the fourth live result show.[37] Series 5 runners up JLS and Florence and the Machine performed on the fifth live results show,[38] while Lady Gaga and series 7 contestants One Direction performed on the sixth. The seventh live show featured performances from Rihanna and series 7 runner-up Rebecca Ferguson,.[39] The eighth live results show included performances from former contestant and The Xtra Factor host Olly Murs featuring The Muppets, and Jessie J.[40][41] JLS and One Direction also appeared alongside the 16 finalists to perform this year's charity single, "Wishing on a Star".[40][41] The semi-final live result show featured performances from Justin Bieber and The X Factor judge Rowland.[42] The live final featured performances from Coldplay, JLS, Leona Lewis, Michael Bublé and One Direction [43]

For the live finals, The X Factor received new graphics and theme music similar to those already introduced on The X Factor USA. Voting by text message, which had been absent since 2007, was reintroduced for this series in addition to the premium rate telephone vote,[44] but was not available during the final.[45]

During the fourth week of the live shows, it was announced that judge, Kelly Rowland was unable to travel back from Los Angeles due to a throat infection. During this week, it was announced that Series 5 Winner Alexandra Burke would replace her as a judge on the show.[11] After Burke accepted the role as guest judge, she became the first X Factor contestant to retun to the show as a judge.[11] It was reported on 28 June 2011 that the final would take place on 10 and 11 December 2011 at Wembley Arena instead of the usual Fountain Studios.[46] ITV later confirmed this on 15 August.[47]

On 26 October 2011, Rhythmix announced that they would change their name due to pressure from a children's music charity of the same name, after the programme tried to trademark "Rhythmix" in Europe. A spokesperson for The X Factor said, "At the request of the charity Rhythmix, the members of the girl group Rhythmix have decided to change their name, a decision which has the support of Syco and TalkbackTHAMES. The group's new name will be announced in due course". It was reported that the group decided to make the change, despite no legal reason to do so, to avoid any difficulties for the charity.[48] The name was subsequently changed to Little Mix.[49] On 28 October 2011, Ashley Baptise decided to leave The Risk. In an interview on the official website, he said, "It's been a really tough decision but I have decided to leave The Risk. I don't believe my future lies in a boyband and it's not fair on [the other members] Charlie, Derry and Andy to remain in the band when I am not truly committed to it for the long term. I believe The Risk can win The X Factor and I'm backing them all the way. I count them as my friends so I know we'll stay in touch." He was replaced by Ashford Campbell, who was a member of Nu Vibe, another manufactured boyband who had already previously been eliminated.[50]

On 8 November 2011, Frankie Cocozza was asked to leave the series after breaking a "golden rule" of the show. A spokesperson said, "Frankie is leaving the show today after breaking competition rules. He is going to take some time out before continuing his career as a singer. We wish him all the best for his future."[51] It was later reported that Cocozza was asked to leave the series for boasting about his use of the drug cocaine, when the rules of The X Factor strictly prohibit drug use. Barlow, his mentor, was said to be "hugely disappointed" by Cocozza's behaviour, but wished him the best for his future.[52][53] It was announced that the four contestants eliminated by their mentors in week 1; 2 Shoes, Amelia Lily, James Michael and Jonjo Kerr; would be given the chance to face a public vote, with the winner of the vote being reinstated in the competition.[54] Amelia Lily won the public vote with 48% of the overall total and replaced Cocozza in the competition.

Results summary

Colour key
     – Contestant was eliminated by their mentor (no public vote or final showdown)
     – 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 64 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 105
Return vote Elimination vote Saturday Sunday
Little Mix
(Rhythmix)		 Saved 4th
8.7%		 6th
6.0%		 2nd
13.7%		 4th
11.9%		 N/A 3rd
15.3%		 1st
26.1%		 2nd
22.4%		 1st
34.4%		 1st
39.0%		 Winner
48.3%
Marcus Collins Saved 7th
6.8%		 4th
11.2%		 6th
10.1%		 2nd
16.0%		 N/A 4th
12.9%		 4th
14.4%		 3rd
21.0%		 2nd
24.0%		 2nd
34.5%		 Runner-up
42.8%
Amelia Lily Not saved Eliminated
(week 1)		 1st
48.8%		 1st
27.4%		 5th
11.3%		 1st
23.8%		 3rd
21.4%		 3rd
26.5%		 Eliminated
(week 10)
Misha B Saved 5th
7.8%		 3rd
11.8%		 10th
5.1%		 3rd
12.2%		 N/A 7th
8.0%		 2nd
22.5%		 5th
14.5%		 4th
20.2%		 Eliminated
(week 9)
Janet Devlin Saved 1st
23.6%		 1st
19.2%		 1st
14.7%		 1st
18.0%		 N/A 2nd
17.4%		 3rd
14.8%		 4th
18.3%		 Eliminated
(week 8)
Craig Colton Saved 6th
6.9%		 8th
6.0%		 3rd
13.0%		 5th
10.1%		 N/A 5th
10.6%		 6th
10.9%		 Eliminated
(week 7)
Kitty Brucknell Saved 10th
5.9%		 11th
3.0%		 4th
12.9%		 8th
7.6%		 N/A 6th
8.4%		 Eliminated
(week 6)
Frankie Cocozza Saved 11th
5.2%		 7th
6.0%		 8th
5.7%		 6th
8.7%		 Ejected
(week 6)
Johnny Robinson Saved 8th
6.5%		 2nd
17.1%		 5th
12.2%		 7th
8.3%		 Eliminated
(week 5)
The Risk Saved 2nd
10.9%		 5th
8.3%		 7th
7.2%		 9th
7.2%		 Eliminated
(week 5)
Sophie Habibis Saved 3rd
8.9%		 9th
5.8%		 9th
5.4%		 Eliminated
(week 4)
Sami Brookes Saved 9th
6.2%		 10th
5.6%		 Eliminated
(week 3)
Nu Vibe Saved 12th
2.6%		 Eliminated
(week 2)
2 Shoes Not saved Eliminated
(week 1)		 4th
11.3%		 Not returned
(week 6)
James Michael Not saved Eliminated
(week 1)		 2nd
26.7%		 Not returned
(week 6)
Jonjo Kerr Not saved Eliminated
(week 1)		 3rd
13.2%		 Not returned
(week 6)
Final showdown None1 Frankie Cocozza,
Nu Vibe		 Sami Brookes,
Kitty Brucknell		 Misha B,
Sophie Habibis		 Kitty Brucknell,
Johnny Robinson		 None4 Misha B,
Kitty Brucknell		 Craig Colton,
Amelia Lily		 Misha B,
Janet Devlin		 No final showdown or judges' vote: results were based on public votes alone
Judges voted to: Save Eliminate Eliminate
Walsh's vote Sami Brookes,
Kitty Brucknell,
Johnny Robinson		 Nu Vibe Sami Brookes Sophie Habibis Johnny Robinson Misha B Craig Colton Janet Devlin
Contostavlos' vote Rhythmix,
The Risk,
Nu Vibe		 Frankie Cocozza Kitty Brucknell Sophie Habibis Johnny Robinson Kitty Brucknell Amelia Lily Janet Devlin
Rowland's vote Janet Devlin,
Misha B,
Sophie Habibis		 Nu Vibe Sami Brookes Sophie Habibis2 Johnny Robinson Kitty Brucknell Craig Colton None (refused)
Barlow's vote Marcus Collins,
Craig Colton,
Frankie Cocozza		 Nu Vibe Sami Brookes N/A3 N/A3 Kitty Brucknell Amelia Lily N/A3
Eliminated Jonjo Kerr
by Walsh		 Nu Vibe
3 of 4 votes
Majority		 Sami Brookes
3 of 4 votes
Majority		 Sophie Habibis
3 of 3 votes
Majority		 The Risk
7.2%
to save		 Amelia Lily
48.8%
to return4		 Kitty Brucknell
3 of 4 votes
Majority		 Craig Colton
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock		 Janet Devlin
2 of 2 votes
Majority		 Misha B
20.2%
to save		 Amelia Lily
26.5%
to win		 Marcus Collins
42.8%
to win
James Michael
by Barlow
2 Shoes
by Contostavlos		 Johnny Robinson
3 of 3 votes
Majority		 Little Mix
48.3%
to win
Amelia Lily
by Rowland
Reference(s) [55][56] [56][57] [56][58] [56][59] [56][60] [56][61] [56][62] [56][63] [64][56] [56][65] [56] [56]

Live show details

Week 1 (8/9 October)

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song[68] Result[55]
Amelia Lily 1 "Billie Jean" Eliminated
Johnny Robinson 2 "Believe" Safe
Rhythmix 3 "Super Bass" Safe
Frankie Cocozza 4 "The A Team" Safe
Sophie Habibis 5 "Teenage Dream" Safe
Jonjo Kerr 6 "You Really Got Me" Eliminated
2 Shoes 7 "Something Kinda Ooooh" Eliminated
James Michael 8 "Ticket to Ride" Eliminated
Misha B 9 "Rolling in the Deep" Safe
Nu Vibe 10 "Beautiful People" Safe
Marcus Collins 11 "Moves Like Jagger" Safe
Sami Brookes 12 "Free" Safe
The Risk 13 "She Said" Safe
Craig Colton 14 "Jar of Hearts" Safe
Kitty Brucknell 15 "Who Wants to Live Forever" Safe
Janet Devlin 16 "Fix You" Safe
Judges' decisions to eliminate[55]

Week 2 (15/16 October)

Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act Order Song[71] Result[57]
Nu Vibe 1 "With or Without You" Bottom two
Sami Brookes 2 "I Will Always Love You" Safe
Craig Colton 3 "Best Thing I Never Had" Safe
Janet Devlin 4 "Can't Help Falling in Love" Safe
Frankie Cocozza 5 "The Scientist" Bottom two
Johnny Robinson 6 "Can't Get You Out of My Head" Safe
Marcus Collins 7 "Russian Roulette" Safe
Rhythmix 8 "I'm Like a Bird" Safe
Misha B 9 "Would I Lie to You?" Safe
The Risk 10 "Just the Way You Are" Safe
Sophie Habibis 11 "Wherever You Will Go" Safe
Kitty Brucknell 12 "It's Oh So Quiet" Safe
Final showdown details[72]
Nu Vibe 1 "Promise This" Eliminated
Frankie Cocozza 2 "Red" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate[57]

Week 3 (22/23 October)

Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Order Song Result[58]
Marcus Collins 1 "Are You Gonna Go My Way?" Safe
Janet Devlin 2 "Sweet Child o' Mine" Safe
Sami Brookes 3 "If I Could Turn Back Time" Bottom two
Rhythmix 4 "Tik Tok"/"Push It" Safe
Sophie Habibis 5 "Livin' on a Prayer" Safe
Craig Colton 6 "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" Safe
Kitty Brucknell 7 "Live And Let Die" Bottom two
Frankie Cocozza 8 "Rocks" Safe
The Risk 9 "Crazy" Safe
Johnny Robinson 10 "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" Safe
Misha B 11 "Purple Rain" Safe
Final showdown details[58]
Sami Brookes 1 "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" Eliminated
Kitty Brucknell 2 "The Edge of Glory" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate[58]

Week 4 (29/30 October)

Rowland did not appear on the judging panel for week 4 due to illness,[76] so series 5 winner Alexandra Burke took her place on the panel.[77] However, Burke did not vote on the results show; instead, Rowland voted via telephone link from Los Angeles. Rhythmix's new name 'Little Mix' took effect from Week 4.[59]

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Act Order Song[78] Result[59]
The Risk 1 "Thriller" Safe
Johnny Robinson 2 "That Ole Devil Called Love" Safe
Sophie Habibis 3 "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" Bottom two
Marcus Collins 4 "Superstition"/"Need You Tonight" Safe
Misha B 5 "Tainted Love" Bottom two
Janet Devlin 6 "Every Breath You Take" Safe
Frankie Cocozza 7 "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" Safe
Kitty Brucknell 8 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Safe
Little Mix 9 "E.T." Safe
Craig Colton 10 "Set Fire to the Rain" Safe
Final showdown details[59]
Sophie Habibis 1 "Shelter" Eliminated
Misha B 2 "Use Somebody" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate[59]

Week 5 (5/6 November)

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Act Order Song Result[60]
Johnny Robinson 1 "Hung Up" / "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" Bottom three
Janet Devlin 2 "I Want You Back" Safe
Craig Colton 3 "Heaven" Safe
The Risk 4 "A Night to Remember" Eliminated
Marcus Collins 5 "Reet Petite" Safe
Kitty Brucknell 6 "Like a Prayer" Bottom three
Frankie Cocozza 7 "I Gotta Feeling" Safe
Misha B 8 "Proud Mary" Safe
Little Mix 9 "Don't Stop the Music" Safe
Final showdown details[60]
Johnny Robinson 1 "Unchained Melody" Eliminated
Kitty Brucknell 2 "Beautiful Disaster" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate[60]

Week 6 (12/13 November)

On 8 November 2011, Frankie Cocozza was removed from the show for breaking one of the rules of the competition and did not perform.[51] The four acts that did not face the public vote in week 1 and were eliminated by their mentors—Amelia Lily, James Michael, Jonjo Kerr, and 2 Shoes—faced the public vote. The act with the most votes replaced Cocozza.[67] The winner of the vote was announced as Amelia Lily with 48% of the public vote.[61] The show was also delayed by fifteen minutes due to a power fault at BT Tower, the show's main relay device, so footage from the audition stage was shown instead.[86]

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act Order Song[87] Result[62]
Kitty Brucknell 1 "Don't Stop Me Now" Bottom two
Craig Colton 2 "Paparazzi" Safe
Little Mix 3 "Telephone / Radio Ga Ga" Safe
Janet Devlin 4 "Somebody to Love" Safe
Marcus Collins 5 "Another One Bites the Dust" Safe
Misha B 6 "Born This Way" Bottom two
Amelia Lily 7 "The Show Must Go On" Safe
Final showdown details[62]
Kitty Brucknell 1 "Over the Rainbow" Eliminated
Misha B 2 "Who You Are" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate[62]

Week 7 (19/20 November)

Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Act Order Song[90] Film[90] Result[63]
Craig Colton 1 "Licence to Kill" Licence to Kill Bottom two
Janet Devlin 2 "Kiss Me" How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Safe
Amelia Lily 3 "Think" Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Bottom two
Misha B 4 "I Have Nothing" The Bodyguard Safe
Little Mix 5 "Don't Let Go (Love)" Set It Off Safe
Marcus Collins 6 "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" Ghostbusters II Safe
Final showdown details[63]
Craig Colton 1 "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" Eliminated
Amelia Lily 2 "You and I" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate[63]

With the judges deadlocked, Craig Colton was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.[63]

Week 8 (26/27 November)

Starting in week 8, each act performed two songs with voting lines opening after the first round of performances.[92]

Contestants' performances on the eighth live show
Act Order First song[93] Order Second song[93] Result[64]
Little Mix 1 "Baby" / "Where Did Our Love Go" 6 "Beautiful" Safe
Janet Devlin 2 "MMMBop" 7 "Under the Bridge" Bottom two
Misha B 3 "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" 8 "Killing Me Softly with His Song" Bottom two
Marcus Collins 4 "I'm Your Man" 9 "Lately" Safe
Amelia Lily 5 "China in Your Hand" 10 "Since U Been Gone" Safe
Final showdown details[64]
Janet Devlin 1 "Chasing Cars" Eliminated
Misha B 2 "Out Here On My Own" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate[64]

Week 9: Semi-final (3/4 December)

Contestants' performances on the ninth live show
Act Order First song[95] Order Second song[95] Result[65]
Misha B 1 "Dancing in the Street" 5 "Perfect" Eliminated
Amelia Lily 2 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" 6 "I'm with You" Safe
Little Mix 3 "You Keep Me Hangin' On" 8 "If I Were a Boy" Safe
Marcus Collins 4 "My Girl" 7 "Can You Feel It" Safe

The semi-final did not feature a final showdown and instead the act with the fewest public votes, Misha B, was automatically eliminated.[96] After her elimination, Misha B reprised her week 6 sing off performance of "Who You Are" as her exit song.

Week 10: Final (10/11 December)

The final was held at Wembley Arena and lasted for four hours, split over Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 December 2011.[97]

10 December

Contestants' performances on the tenth live show
Act Order First song[103] Order Second song (duet)[103] Result
Marcus Collins 1 "Hey Ya!" 4 "She's Always a Woman" (with Gary Barlow) Safe
Little Mix 2 "You Got the Love" 5 "If I Ain't Got You"/"Empire State of Mind" (with Tulisa Contostavlos) Safe
Amelia Lily 3 "Ain't No Other Man" 6 "River Deep – Mountain High" (with Kelly Rowland) Third place

11 December

Contestants' performances on the final live show
Act Order First song[107] Order Second song[107] Order Third song Result[107]
Marcus Collins 1 "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" 3 "Last Christmas" 5 "Cannonball" Runner-up
Little Mix 2 "Don't Let Go (Love)" 4 "Silent Night" 6 "Cannonball" Winner

Charity single

It was announced on 12 October 2011, that the 16 finalists would record a cover version of "Wishing on a Star", released on 20 November in aid of Together for Short Lives, a charity which Cowell said do "amazing work". It is the fourth time finalists have released a charity single.[108] Series 5 contestants JLS and series 7 contestants One Direction also feature on the single.[84]

Winner's single

The winner's single is Damien Rice's "Cannonball". For the first time since series 1, the winner's single will not be released the week of the coveted Christmas number-one chart battle. The Official Charts Company announced that this year's Christmas number-one will be announced on Christmas Day,[109] meaning releases on 18 December will be new entries in the chart that week. The winner's single is scheduled to be released on 14 December,[110] which means it will have to maintain significant sales numbers in its second week to achieve the Christmas number-one. It was announced on 17 November that N-Dubz rapper Fazer would be producing the single.[111]

It was previously announced that Gary Barlow would write the debut single for the eventual winner of the competition.[112] It would have been the second original winner's song, the first being Shayne Ward's "That's My Goal".

Marks & Spencer deal

In September 2011, it was announced that Marks & Spencer would be The X Factor's official fashion partner. On 2 October 2011, it was revealed that the 16 finalists would star in the retailer's 2011 Christmas advertisement. It is a one minute advertisement that premiered during week 5 of the live shows. The finalists recorded a cover of the song "When You Wish upon a Star" to feature in the advert and modelled clothes from the company. The finalists will be paid for the advertisement.[113] After his ejection from the competition, M&S announced that Frankie Cocozza's face would be edited out of the advert, as it wasn't possible to edit his voice from the advert.[114][115] On 17 November 2011, M&S posted the latest edit of the advert to their official YouTube account, with Cocozza's vocals completely erased.[116]

Reception

Ratings

Initial viewing figures for the first episode were placed at 11.3 million for ITV1, however, the peak audience was 12.6 million, a match for the highest viewing figures for a The X Factor series opener, and almost 5 million more than Doctor Who on BBC One, the second-highest rated programme that night.[117][118]

Despite an apparent drop in ratings from the previous series, it was the second most watched series in the show's 8 year history and the most watched show of 2011, beating the Royal Wedding which aired during the spring.[119]

Episode Date Official ITV1 rating[120]
(millions)		 Weekly rank[120] Share (%) Official ITV1 HD rating[121]
(millions)		 Total ITV viewers (millions)
Auditions 1 20 August 11.05 1 45.7[122] 1.129 12.179
Auditions 2 27 August 10.63 1 42.9 1.015 11.645
Auditions 3 3 September 10.96 1 43.4[123] 1.003 11.963
Auditions 4 10 September 10.98 1 45.7[124] 1.058 12.038
Auditions 5 11 September 10.52 2 39.6[125] 1.101 11.621
Auditions 6 17 September 11.16 2 43.3[126] 1.172 12.332
Auditions 7 18 September 11.23 1 45.8[127] 1.173 12.403
Bootcamp 1 24 September 10.64 2 43[128] 1.050 11.690
Bootcamp 2 25 September 11.11 1 38.7[129] 1.061 12.171
Judges' houses 1 1 October 10.13 2 43.8[130] 1.106 11.236
Judges' houses 2 2 October 11.74 1 45.1[131] 1.175 12.915
Live show 1 8 October 10.89 2 40.3[132] 1.160 12.050
Live results 1 9 October 11.34 1 41.1[133] 1.265 12.605
Live show 2 15 October 9.90 3 39.1[134] 1.238 11.138
Live results 2 16 October 10.84 1 40.5[135] 1.257 12.097
Live show 3 22 October 9.73 3 38[136] 1.326 11.056
Live results 3 23 October 10.68 1 39.8[137] 1.213 11.893
Live show 4 29 October 9.74 3 38.8[138] 1.318 11.058
Live results 4 30 October 11.44 1 42[139] 1.311 12.751
Live show 5 5 November 9.63 3 40.3[140] 1.382 11.012
Live results 5 6 November 11.58 1 41.8[141] 1.215 12.795
Live show 6 12 November 11.23 2 40.9[142] 1.049 12.279
Live results 6 13 November 11.85 1 41.9[143] 1.402 13.252
Live show 7 19 November 10.48 2 39[144] 1.219 11.699
Live results 7 20 November 11.27 1 39.1[145] 1.297 12.567
Live show 8 26 November 10.05 2 38.4[146] 1.252 11.302
Live results 8 27 November 11.30 1 41.8[147] 1.479 12.779
Live show 9 3 December 10.23 2 39.9[148] 1.196 11.426
Live results 9 4 December 11.08 1 40.2[149] 1.375 12.455
Live final 10 December 10.35 2 40.1[150] 1.355 11.705
Live final results 11 December 12.09 1 44.3[151] 1.366 13.456
Series Average 10.82 N/A 41.2 1.218 12.036

Controversy

On 22 October, in her critique of Misha B's performance, Contostavlos commented on Misha's behaviour towards other contestants backstage, sparking a bullying row. Contostavlos was supported by Walsh who claimed Misha had been bullying his acts. Misha B's mentor, Rowland, and fellow judge Barlow, defended Misha, and on 23 October, Walsh apologised for his comments, although Contostavlos did not. On 3 December, following Misha B's semi-final performances, Barlow raised the incident again, saying that he believed Contostavlos and Walsh had ruined Misha's chances in the competition.[152] Misha B was then eliminated from the competition the following night, finishing fourth overall.

On 8 November, Frankie Cocozza was asked to leave the competition for boasting about using cocaine. The rules of the series strictly prohibit drug use during the show and Cocozza's mentor, Barlow, said that he was "hugely disappointed" by Cocozza's behaviour, but wished him luck with his future.[153][154]

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