| The X Factor | |
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| Series 2 | |
| Broadcast from | 20 August 2005–17 December 2005 |
| Judges | Simon Cowell Sharon Osbourne Louis Walsh |
| Presenter(s) | Kate Thornton (ITV1) Ben Shephard (ITV2) |
| Broadcaster | ITV |
| Winner: Shayne Ward |
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Winner Shayne Ward in Hong-Kong
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| Origin | Clayton, Manchester, England |
| Song | "That's My Goal" |
| Genre(s) | Pop, R&B, soul |
| Runner-up | |
| Andy Abraham | |
| Chronology | |
| ◄ 2005 ► | |
The second UK series of The X Factor ran from 20 August to 17 December 2005.[1] Shayne Ward was declared the winner and Louis Walsh emerged as the winning mentor. The second series was longer than the first, with seven acts in each of the three categories going to the judges' homes, and twelve acts in the finals instead of nine. All three judges — Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh — returned for the series, quashing rumours that Osbourne and Walsh might not return for financial reasons. Kate Thornton also returned as host. 75,000 people auditioned for the second series.
On the back of their performances and popularity in the competition, Ward (winner), Andy Abraham (runner-up), Journey South (3rd place) and Maria Lawson (8th place) landed recording contracts. Chico Slimani (5th place) also released a single which topped the UK Singles Chart.
On the episode broadcast on 24 September 2005, the mentoring selection was made, with Cowell in charge of Groups, Osbourne looking after the Over-25s and Walsh managing the 16–24s. The bootcamp stages were shown on 1 October 2005, and those who got through were taken to the "judges' homes". It was at this stage where viewers were first introduced to future winner Alexandra Burke, who would miss out in this series but would be successful at making it into the finals three years later in the fifth series, which she went on to win.
The auditions episodes were broadcast on 20 August, 27 August, 3 September, 10 September, 17 September and 24 September 2005. The first two episodes of Bootcamp aired on 1 October 2005 and the last two the following week on 8 October 2005.
Key
| Category | Acts | |||
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| 16–24s (Louis Walsh) |
Nicholas Dorsett | Phillip Magee | Shayne Ward | Chenai Zinyuku |
| Over 25s (Sharon Osbourne) |
Andy Abraham | Brenda Edwards | Maria Lawson | Chico Slimani |
| Groups (Simon Cowell) |
4Tune | Addictiv Ladies | The Conway Sisters | Journey South |
The live shows began on 15 October 2005, and the final was broadcast live on 17 December 2005.
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||||||||
| Shayne Ward | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner 50.6% |
| Andy Abraham | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 1st | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Runner-up 49.4% |
| Journey South | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | Eliminated (Week 10) |
| Brenda Edwards | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 4th | Eliminated (Week 9) |
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| Chico Slimani | Bottom two |
Safe | Bottom two |
Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
5th | Eliminated (Week 8) |
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| The Conway Sisters | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 8th | Bottom two |
Bottom two |
Eliminated (Week 7) |
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| Nicholas Dorsett | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
1st | Bottom two |
Eliminated (Week 6) |
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| Maria Lawson | Safe | Safe | Safe | 1st | 7th | Eliminated (Week 5) |
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| Chenai Zinyuku | Safe | Bottom two |
Safe | Bottom two |
Eliminated (Week 4) |
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| Phillip Magee | Safe | Safe | Bottom two |
Eliminated (Week 3) |
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| 4Tune | Safe | Bottom two |
Eliminated (Week 2) |
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| Addictiv Ladies | Bottom two |
Eliminated (Week 1) |
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| Final Showdown | Addictiv Ladies, Chico Slimani |
4Tune, Chenai Zinyuku |
Chico Slimani, Phillip Magee |
Chenai Zinyuku, Nicholas Dorsett |
Maria Lawson, The Conway Sisters |
Nicholas Dorsett, The Conway Sisters |
Chico Slimani, The Conway Sisters |
No final showdown/final result; public votes alone decide who is eliminated. | |||
| Cowell's vote to eliminate | Chico Slimani | Chenai Zinyuku | Phillip Magee | Chenai Zinyuku | Maria Lawson | Nicholas Dorsett | The Conway Sisters 1 | ||||
| Osbourne's vote to eliminate | Addictiv Ladies | 4Tune | Phillip Magee | Nicholas Dorsett | The Conway Sisters | Nicholas Dorsett | The Conway Sisters | ||||
| Walsh's vote to eliminate | Addictiv Ladies | 4Tune | Chico Slimani | Chenai Zinyuku | Maria Lawson | The Conway Sisters | N/A2 | ||||
| Eliminated | Addictiv Ladies 2 of 3 votes Majority |
4Tune 2 of 3 Votes Majority |
Phillip Magee 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Chenai Zinyuku 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Maria Lawson 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Nicholas Dorsett 2 of 3 votes Majority |
The Conway Sisters 2 of 2 votes Majority |
Chico Slimani | Brenda Edwards | Journey South | Andy Abraham 49.4% to win (out of 2) |
| Shayne Ward 50.6% to win (out of 2) |
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Notes
| Order | Artist | Song | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addictiv Ladies | "Superstar" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Shayne Ward | "Right Here Waiting" | Safe |
| 3 | Chico Slimani | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | Bottom two |
| 4 | Journey South | "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" | Safe |
| 5 | Phillip Magee | "Amazed" | Safe |
| 6 | Brenda Edwards | "Son of a Preacher Man" | Safe |
| 7 | The Conway Sisters | "SOS" | Safe |
| 8 | Nicholas Dorsett | "On the Wings of Love" | Safe |
| 9 | Maria Lawson | "Emotion" | Safe |
| 10 | 4Tune | "I Want It That Way" | Safe |
| 11 | Chenai Zinyuku | "The Closest Thing to Crazy" | Safe |
| 12 | Andy Abraham | "Greatest Love of All" | Safe |
| Order | Artist | Song | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Abraham | "You to Me Are Everything" | Safe |
| 2 | Chenai Zinyuku | "Young Hearts Run Free" | Bottom two |
| 3 | 4Tune | "I'll Be There" | Eliminated |
| 4 | Chico Slimani | "Play That Funky Music" | Safe |
| 5 | Nicholas Dorsett | "Let's Get It On" | Safe |
| 6 | The Conway Sisters | "You Raise Me Up" | Safe |
| 7 | Maria Lawson | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | Safe |
| 8 | Phillip Magee | "Wind Beneath My Wings" | Safe |
| 9 | Journey South | "Desperado" | Safe |
| 10 | Brenda Edwards | "Rescue Me" | Safe |
| 11 | Shayne Ward | "If You're Not the One" | Safe |
| Order | Artist | Song | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phillip Magee | "Johnny B. Goode" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Brenda Edwards | "Midnight Train to Georgia" | Safe |
| 3 | Shayne Ward | "Summer of '69" | Safe |
| 4 | Chico Slimani | "Livin' la Vida Loca" | Bottom two |
| 5 | The Conway Sisters | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | Safe |
| 6 | Chenai Zinyuku | "Hero" | Safe |
| 7 | Andy Abraham | "Unforgettable" | Safe |
| 8 | Journey South | "Angel of Harlem" | Safe |
| 9 | Nicholas Dorsett | "Let's Stay Together" | Safe |
| 10 | Maria Lawson | "Piece of My Heart" | Safe |
| Order | Artist | Song | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brenda Edwards | "Somebody Else's Guy" | Safe |
| 2 | Nicholas Dorsett | "I Want You Back" | Bottom two |
| 3 | Andy Abraham | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | Safe |
| 4 | Chenai Zinyuku | "Always on My Mind" | Eliminated |
| 5 | Chico Slimani | "Kiss" | Safe |
| 6 | Journey South | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | Safe |
| 7 | Maria Lawson | "You're Beautiful" | Safe |
| 8 | Shayne Ward | "You Make Me Feel Brand New" | Safe |
| 9 | The Conway Sisters | "One Voice" | Safe |
| Order | Artist | Song | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shayne Ward | "Cry Me a River" | Safe |
| 2 | Maria Lawson | "Brown Sugar" | Eliminated |
| 3 | The Conway Sisters | "Hold On" | Bottom two |
| 4 | Andy Abraham | "I'll Make Love to You" | Safe |
| 5 | Journey South | "Livin' on a Prayer" | Safe |
| 6 | Chico Slimani | "Hero" | Safe |
| 7 | Nicholas Dorsett | "I Believe I Can Fly" | Safe |
| 8 | Brenda Edwards | "Heartbreaker" | Safe |
Louis Walsh had the casting vote, and chose to eliminate Maria Lawson. Sharon Osbourne accused him of being part of the "Irish Mafia" (since both he and the Conway Sisters are Irish). There was also talk that Simon Cowell wished he had eliminated the Conway Sisters, as he felt they wouldn't have a chance to win and that Lawson had more talent. It was also stated that he felt Lawson's was the first elimination that the public would disagree with.
| Order | Artist | Song | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Conway Sisters | "One Moment in Time" | Bottom two |
| 2 | Andy Abraham | "Me and Mrs. Jones" | Safe |
| 3 | Nicholas Dorsett | "If I Ever Fall in Love" | Eliminated |
| 4 | Journey South | "Angels" | Safe |
| 5 | Brenda Edwards | "Last Dance" | Safe |
| 6 | Shayne Ward | "A Million Love Songs" | Safe |
| 7 | Chico Slimani | "It's Chico Time" | Safe |
"It's Chico Time" was the first song to be written and composed especially for the show, by Slimani himself. It was released as a single in 2006 and got to number 1 in the UK Singles Chart.
With Louis Walsh and Simon Cowell both, as expected, supporting their own acts, the casting vote fell to Sharon Osbourne. After a lengthy pause Osbourne decided to eliminate Nicholas Dorsett. Osbourne declined to give a reason for her decision, but earlier in the show she had commented (as had Cowell) that Dorsett's singing was out of tune.
Following the show, rumours circulated that judge Louis Walsh had quit after being humiliated by fellow judges Sharon Osbourne and Simon Cowell, due to the media outrage at his choice to eliminate Maria Lawson. Walsh told The Sun on November 23, 2005, "I’ve been totally humiliated and undermined by both of them. This has caused me nothing but stress. The final straw was Sharon with the water and being booed by the audience and then Simon Cowell saying I was an idiot and stupid... I’ve had enough. I’m going back to Dublin. I’m not putting up with it any more." Judge and creator of the show Simon Cowell apparently "begged" Walsh to come back.
In the event Walsh did turn up for the next show; it was stated that he had indeed quit midweek but had been persuaded to return. He explained how he had felt he could not take the pressure any more, and denied that the episode was a publicity stunt.
| Order | Artist | Song | Results |
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| 1 | Chico Slimani | "Billie Jean" | Bottom two |
| 2 | The Conway Sisters | "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Andy Abraham | "I Have Nothing" | Safe |
| 4 | Shayne Ward | "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" | Safe |
| 5 | Brenda Edwards | "I Will Always Love You" | Safe |
| 6 | Journey South | "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | Safe |
For the only time on any X Factor series (as of series 8), a judge made an unforced decision to eliminate one of their own acts over another judge's act. Cowell voted to send home The Conway Sisters rather than Osbourne's contestant Chico Slimani. Osbourne had already supported her own act and Walsh did not get the opportunity to vote. Cowell said that both acts deserved to be in the bottom two, but felt Slimani had an entertainment value.
| Order | Artist | First song | Second song | Results |
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| 1 | Journey South | "Bad Day" | "Candle in the Wind" | Safe |
| 2 | Chico Slimani | "I Got You (I Feel Good)" | "Time Warp" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Brenda Edwards | "I'm Outta Love" | "I'll Never Love This Way Again" | Safe |
| 4 | Shayne Ward | "Take Your Mama" | "Careless Whisper" | Safe |
| 5 | Andy Abraham | "Easy Lover" | "When I Fall in Love" | Safe |
For the first time in the series, it was the viewers' votes alone that decided who left the competition. The results were, as usual, announced in no particular order, and at one stage in the voting period there was only 1% between the acts with the lowest number of votes. Chico Slimani ended up being eliminated, and performed "Time Warp" again as his final performance.
| Order | Artist | First song | Second song | Results |
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| 1 | Andy Abraham | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | "Lately" | Safe |
| 2 | Journey South | "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" | "Let It Be" | Safe |
| 3 | Brenda Edwards | "Respect" | "Without You" | Eliminated |
| 4 | Shayne Ward | "If Tomorrow Never Comes" | "Unchained Melody" | Safe |
It was reported that the difference in votes between Brenda Edwards and the act second from bottom was just 23.
| Order | Artist | First song | Second: Christmas song | Third song | Fourth song (new single) | Results |
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| 1 | Journey South | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" | "Let It Be" | N/A (Eliminated after third performance) | Third Place |
| 2 | Andy Abraham | "When a Man Loves a Woman" | "O Holy Night" | "Me and Mrs. Jones" | "That's My Goal" | Runner-up |
| 3 | Shayne Ward | "If You're Not the One" | "When a Child Is Born" | "Over the Rainbow" | "That's My Goal" | Winner |
In the final of series 2, each of the three finalists had to sing up to four songs: one of their own choice, a Christmas song, a song they had sung earlier in the series, and the new song "That's My Goal" — a version of which, recorded by the eventual winner, would be released to vie for the Christmas number one spot. (In the event, Shayne Ward's version did indeed make Christmas number one.)
Some of the more memorable acts that did not make it to the live shows also returned to sing "My Way." The show's oldest contestant, Althea Gaye, was among them; she would later feature on a cover of Nick Berry's "Every Loser Wins" with other X Factor auditionees, collectively known as X Factor Rejex. All the proceeds from the song went to charity. [2] [3]
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