| The X Factor | |
|---|---|
| Series 6 | |
| Broadcast from | 22 August 2009–13 December 2009 |
| Judges | Simon Cowell Dannii Minogue Louis Walsh Cheryl Cole |
| Presenter(s) | Dermot O'Leary (ITV1) Holly Willoughby (ITV2) |
| Broadcaster | ITV |
| Winner: Joe McElderry |
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Winner Joe McElderry singing on 20 March 2010 at The O2 Arena on The X Factor Live tour
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| Origin | South Shields, England |
| Song | "The Climb" |
| Runner-up | |
| Olly Murs | |
| Chronology | |
| ◄ 2009 ► | |
The sixth series of British television music competition The X Factor started on ITV on 22 August 2009 and was won by Joe McElderry on 13 December 2009.[1] Cheryl Cole emerged as the winning mentor for the second consecutive year, the first time in the show's history that a mentor has won back-to-back series.[2] The show was presented by Dermot O'Leary, with spin-off show The Xtra Factor hosted by Holly Willoughby on ITV2.
Public auditions by aspiring singers began in June 2009 and were held in five cities across the UK. Judges Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue, Louis Walsh, and Cheryl Cole returned to judge the contestants,[3] with auditions being held in front of a live audience for the first time. Following initial auditions, the "Boot camp" stage took place in August 2009, where the number of contestants was narrowed down to 24. The 24 contestants were split into their categories, Boys, Girls, Over 25s and Groups, and given a judge to mentor them at the "Judges' houses" stage and throughout the finals.
During "Judges' houses", the 24 acts were reduced to twelve, who went on to the live finals, with one act being eliminated each week by a combination of public vote and judges' decision until a winner was found. The live shows started on 10 October 2009. The acts performed every Saturday night with the results announced on Sundays. This was change of format from previous series in which the results were announced later on the Saturday evening.
The winner's single for this series was a cover version of Miley Cyrus's "The Climb".[4]
Auditions were held during June and July 2009 across five cities: London (Excel Centre), Manchester (Manchester Central), Birmingham (ICC), Cardiff (International Arena) and Glasgow (Braehead Arena).[3][5][6][7][8] In a change to previous series, auditions were held in front of a live audience due to the success of a similar system on Britain's Got Talent.[9][10] However, Glaswegian auditionees had already been judged using the old format, meaning that they had to apply again, as their initial audition was void.[11]
As with the auditions, the "Bootcamp" selection stage was filmed in front of a live audience. Filming took place on 1 August at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo.[12] Approximately 200 acts attended bootcamp. They were initially split into groups of three, and judges gave instant decisions on who would leave based on the group performances, bringing the number of acts down to 100. The judges then cut the number of acts down to 50. Following a further set of auditions, the number of contestants was narrowed to 24. Originally, the group Trucolorz were chosen by the judges for the final 24 but were disqualified due to one of the group's members being too young for the show, and they were replaced by Harmony Hood.[13][14]
The contestants were then split into the usual four categories before the judges discovered which category they would mentor for the rest of the competition. The Boys (16–24) were mentored by Cole, Minogue had the Girls (16–24), Cowell mentored the Over 25s, and Walsh took charge of the Groups.
Each judge had help from a guest judge during the "Judges' houses" stage. Will Young assisted Cole in Marrakech, Morocco, Minogue had help from her sister Kylie Minogue in Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai,[15] Boyzone singer Ronan Keating helped Walsh near Lake Como in Italy, and Cowell had help from Sinitta in Los Angeles.[16] At Judges' Houses, each act sang for their respective judge, and each judge and their guest eliminated three acts, leaving 12 acts to perform in the live shows.
The eliminated acts were:
The final 12 acts were confirmed as follows:
Key:
| Category (Mentor) | Acts | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (Cole) | Lloyd Daniels | Rikki Loney | Joe McElderry |
| Girls (Minogue) | Rachel Adedeji | Lucie Jones | Stacey Solomon |
| Over 25s (Cowell) | Jamie Archer | Danyl Johnson | Olly Murs |
| Groups (Walsh) | John & Edward | Kandy Rain | Miss Frank |
The live shows began on 10 October 2009, and continued through to the finale on 12 December 2009. For this series the results shows were on Sunday nights instead of Saturdays as they were for the first five series. In another change to the format of previous years, the remaining finalists performed a song as a group at the start of each results show. As previously, each week had a different song theme. Each act performed one song on the Saturday night show and the results were announced on the Sunday. Beginning with week 8 of the live shows, with five acts remaining, each contestant would sing two songs. Up to week 8, the two acts with the fewest public votes were in the bottom two and would sing again in the "final showdown". The songs they performed in the bottom two were of their own choice and did not necessarily follow that week's theme. The four judges then each chose one act from the bottom two that they wanted to be eliminated from the show. If each act received an equal number of judges' votes, the result was deadlocked and the act with the fewest public votes was eliminated. From week 8 onwards, there was no bottom two and the act with the fewest votes was eliminated. In a change to the format of previous years, the remaining finalists performed a song as a group at the start of each results show.
During each results show, either one or two guest artists would perform. Series 5 winner Alexandra Burke and Robbie Williams performed on the first live results show,[17][18] with Whitney Houston[19] and judge Cheryl Cole on the second. Michael Bublé and Westlife appeared on the third week,[20] and Bon Jovi and JLS performed in week 4.[21] Leona Lewis and The Black Eyed Peas performed for week 5,[22] while week 6 featured a performance from Shakira.[23] Susan Boyle appeared on the show for week 7 along with Mariah Carey.[18][24][25] Rihanna and Alicia Keys performed in week 8[26] with Janet Jackson and Lady Gaga appearing in week 9.[27] Guests in the final were Robbie Williams, Michael Bublé and George Michael (Saturday show) and Alexandra Burke, JLS, Leona Lewis, George Michael and Paul McCartney (Sunday show). In some weeks, the guest performers also mentored the acts in the run-up to that week's live show.
The choice of musical guests on The X Factor live shows had a significant impact on the UK Singles Chart. Of the seven singles that made Number One from 18 October to 19 December, six of them had reached the top after having been performed on an X Factor live show the previous weekend. They were, in order: "Bad Boys" by Alexandra Burke, "Fight for This Love" by Cheryl Cole, "Everybody in Love" by JLS, "Meet Me Halfway" by the Black Eyed Peas, "You Are Not Alone" by the finalists and "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga. This impact was noted by several commentators. After "Bad Romance" became the sixth song to reach Number One off the back of a performance on The X Factor, James Masterton of Yahoo! Music called the show "a guarantor of Number One hits".[28] Gennaro Castaldo of HMV remarked: "As soon as an artist goes on, almost overnight we see a surge in demand. Album sales can double or treble."[29] He added: "In an age when there are very few truly mass-audience platforms left, the X Factor has become pivotal for those labels and artists seeking to reach a family-based audience."[30] Paul Williams, editor of Music Week, explained: "The impact of the programme's incredible numbers on music sales is all too evident, with the top end of the singles and albums charts week after week since the current season began heavily dominated by whoever has been on the show."[31]
Colour key:
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown |
| – | Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown) |
| – | Contestant received the most public votes |
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | Sunday | ||||||||||
| Joe McElderry | 3rd 12.7% |
4th 13.3% |
2nd 12.9% |
3rd 10.2% |
2nd 17.2% |
2nd 16.0% |
1st 34.2% |
1st 37.1% |
1st 42.2% |
1st 52.2% |
Winner 61.3% |
| Olly Murs | 7th 6.2% |
5th 10.6% |
7th 8.6% |
2nd 13.4% |
3rd 12.9% |
5th 10.3% |
6th 9.8% |
3rd 18.7% |
2nd 19.6% |
2nd 27.7% |
Runner up 38.7% |
| Stacey Solomon | 2nd 12.9% |
1st 15.4% |
5th 10.7% |
5th 8.1% |
5th 10.8% |
1st 25.5% |
2nd 17.7% |
2nd 20.1% |
3rd 19.4% |
3rd 20.1% |
Eliminated (Week 10) |
| Danyl Johnson | 1st 27.1% |
7th 6.5% |
9th 7.6% |
1st 36.2% |
1st 19.6% |
3rd 15.5% |
3rd 15.5% |
4th 12.5% |
4th 18.8% |
Eliminated (Week 9) |
|
| Lloyd Daniels | 6th 6.4% |
2nd 15.0% |
8th 8.0% |
8th 5.5% |
4th 12.0% |
6th 9.7% |
4th 12.1% |
5th 11.6% |
Eliminated (Week 8) |
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| John & Edward | 8th 4.5% |
8th 5.6% |
6th 9.2% |
6th 6.6% |
7th 9.2% |
4th 14.6% |
5th 10.7% |
Eliminated (Week 7) |
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| Jamie Archer | 5th 8.9% |
3rd 14.4% |
4th 11.2% |
4th 8.7% |
6th 9.5% |
7th 8.4% |
Eliminated (Week 6) |
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| Lucie Jones | 4th 10.5% |
6th 8.1% |
3rd 11.3% |
7th 6.4% |
8th 8.8% |
Eliminated (Week 5) |
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| Rachel Adedeji | 11th 2.3% |
10th 3.7% |
1st 15.4% |
9th 4.9% |
Eliminated (Week 4) |
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| Miss Frank | 9th 4.0% |
9th 3.9% |
10th 5.1% |
Eliminated (Week 3) |
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| Rikki Loney | 10th 3.0% |
11th 3.5% |
Eliminated (Week 2) |
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| Kandy Rain | 12th 1.5% |
Eliminated (Week 1) |
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| Final showdown | Rachel Adedeji, Kandy Rain |
Rachel Adedeji, Rikki Loney |
Danyl Johnson, Miss Frank |
Rachel Adedeji, Lloyd Daniels |
John & Edward, Lucie Jones |
Jamie Archer, Lloyd Daniels |
John & Edward, Olly Murs |
No final showdown or judges' vote: results were based on public votes alone | |||
| Walsh's vote to eliminate | Rachel Adedeji1 | N/A2 | Danyl Johnson | Lloyd Daniels | Lucie Jones | Jamie Archer | Olly Murs | ||||
| Minogue's vote to eliminate | Kandy Rain | Rikki Loney | Miss Frank | Lloyd Daniels | John & Edward | Lloyd Daniels | John & Edward | ||||
| Cole's vote to eliminate | Kandy Rain | Rachel Adedeji | Danyl Johnson | Rachel Adedeji | John & Edward | Jamie Archer | John & Edward | ||||
| Cowell's vote to eliminate | Rachel Adedeji | Rikki Loney | Miss Frank | Rachel Adedeji | Lucie Jones | Lloyd Daniels | John & Edward | ||||
| Eliminated | Kandy Rain 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Rikki Loney 2 of 3 votes Majority |
Miss Frank 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Rachel Adedeji 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Lucie Jones 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Jamie Archer 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
John & Edward 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Lloyd Daniels 11.6% to save |
Danyl Johnson 18.8% to save |
Stacey Solomon 20.1% to win |
Olly Murs 38.7% to win |
| Joe McElderry 61.3% to win |
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| Reference(s) | [32] | [33] | [34] | [35] | [36] | [37] | |||||
The voting percentages and the order in which the contestants finished (other than the revelation of the bottom two) were not announced until after the completion of the series.[38]
| Act | Order | Song [39] | Musical hero | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Adedeji | 1 | "Let Me Entertain You" | Robbie Williams | Bottom two |
| Kandy Rain | 2 | "Addicted to Love" | Tina Turner | Bottom two |
| Olly Murs | 3 | "She's the One" | Robbie Williams | Safe |
| Rikki Loney | 4 | "Back to Black" | Amy Winehouse | Safe |
| Stacey Solomon | 5 | "The Scientist" | Coldplay | Safe |
| Miss Frank | 6 | "Who's Lovin' You" | The Jackson 5 | Safe |
| Jamie Archer | 7 | "Get It On" | T. Rex | Safe |
| Lloyd Daniels | 8 | "Cry Me a River" | Justin Timberlake | Safe |
| Lucie Jones | 9 | "Footprints in the Sand" | Leona Lewis | Safe |
| John & Edward | 10 | "Rock DJ" | Robbie Williams | Safe |
| Joe McElderry | 11 | "No Regrets" | Robbie Williams | Safe |
| Danyl Johnson | 12 | "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" | Jennifer Hudson | Safe |
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Adedeji | 1 | "Nobody Knows" | Safe |
| Kandy Rain | 2 | "Fighter" | Eliminated |
Walsh was absent from the Sunday night results show due to the sudden death of Boyzone singer and close friend Stephen Gately, whom he managed.[40] Due to this, the show did not take its usual format; there were no lights and neither O'Leary nor the three other judges made an entrance. Instead, the show commenced with O'Leary already on stage and the judges already sitting at their desk. Both O'Leary and judge Simon Cowell addressed the viewers and audience regarding Gately's death and Walsh's absence.[41] Following this, the show went on as normal with Minogue, Cowell and Cole present as judges.
As Walsh was not present, his vote was automatically given to back his own act, Kandy Rain. Both acts received two votes each, therefore the result went to deadlock. The act that received the fewest public votes was Kandy Rain, who therefore were eliminated.
Walsh was absent from both shows this weekend, again due to Stephen Gately's death. The funeral took place on 17 October and Walsh paid his respects. This statement was released: "Due to recent tragic events, Louis Walsh will not be appearing on either the Saturday or Sunday live The X Factor shows this weekend as he is attending Stephen Gately's funeral. Louis has been in close contact with his acts throughout the week, although his opinions will not be represented in the show this weekend."[44]
| Act | Order | Song [42] | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucie Jones | 1 | "How Will I Know" | Safe |
| Olly Murs | 2 | "A Fool in Love" | Safe |
| Miss Frank | 3 | "All the Man That I Need" | Safe |
| Rachel Adedeji | 4 | "If I Were a Boy" | Bottom two |
| Joe McElderry | 5 | "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" | Safe |
| Danyl Johnson | 6 | "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" | Safe |
| Lloyd Daniels | 7 | "Bleeding Love" | Safe |
| John & Edward | 8 | "Oops!... I Did It Again" | Safe |
| Rikki Loney | 9 | "Respect" | Bottom two |
| Jamie Archer | 10 | "Hurt" | Safe |
| Stacey Solomon | 11 | "At Last" | Safe |
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Adedeji | 1 | "With or Without You" | Safe |
| Rikki Loney | 2 | "Flying Without Wings" | Eliminated |
For the first time in the show's history, a contestant sang a cover version of a new song that had not yet even been sung live by the original recording artist.[45] Cowell's decision for Danyl Johnson to sing "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" garnered a disapproving reception from Houston, with Cowell saying that Johnson "didn't exactly get rave reviews [from Houston and Davis] in that room [for the masterclass]."[45][46]
| Act | Order | Song [47] | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olly Murs | 1 | "Bewitched" | Safe |
| Lloyd Daniels | 2 | "Fly Me to the Moon" | Safe |
| Miss Frank | 3 | "That's Life" | Bottom two |
| Rachel Adedeji | 4 | "Proud Mary" | Safe |
| Jamie Archer | 5 | "Angel of Harlem" | Safe |
| Stacey Solomon | 6 | "When You Wish Upon a Star" | Safe |
| Danyl Johnson | 7 | "Feeling Good" | Bottom two |
| Joe McElderry | 8 | "Sway" | Safe |
| Lucie Jones | 9 | "My Funny Valentine" | Safe |
| John & Edward | 10 | "She Bangs" | Safe |
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Frank | 1 | "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" | Eliminated |
| Danyl Johnson | 2 | "With a Little Help from My Friends" | Safe |
The result went to deadlock, and Miss Frank were eliminated from the competition.
| Act | Order | Song [48] | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe McElderry | 1 | "Don't Stop Believin'" | Safe |
| Lucie Jones | 2 | "Sweet Child o' Mine" | Safe |
| Danyl Johnson | 3 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Safe |
| Lloyd Daniels | 4 | "I Kissed a Girl" | Bottom two |
| Stacey Solomon | 5 | "Somewhere Only We Know" | Safe |
| Jamie Archer | 6 | "Rocks" | Safe |
| Rachel Adedeji | 7 | "One" | Bottom two |
| John & Edward | 8 | "We Will Rock You" | Safe |
| Olly Murs | 9 | "Come Together" | Safe |
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Adedeji | 1 | "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" | Eliminated |
| Lloyd Daniels | 2 | "You Are So Beautiful" | Safe |
The result went to deadlock, and Rachel Adedeji was eliminated from the competition.
| Act | Order | Song [49] | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacey Solomon | 1 | "Son of a Preacher Man" | Pulp Fiction | Safe |
| Olly Murs | 2 | "Twist and Shout" | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Safe |
| Lloyd Daniels | 3 | "Stand by Me"/"Beautiful Girls" | Stand by Me | Safe |
| Jamie Archer | 4 | "Crying" | Gummo | Safe |
| Lucie Jones | 5 | "This Is Me" | Camp Rock | Bottom two |
| Danyl Johnson | 6 | "Purple Rain" | Purple Rain | Safe |
| John & Edward | 7 | "Ghostbusters" | Ghostbusters | Bottom two |
| Joe McElderry | 8 | "Circle of Life" | The Lion King | Safe |
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucie Jones | 1 | "One Moment in Time" | Eliminated |
| John & Edward | 2 | "Rock DJ" | Safe |
The result went to deadlock and Lucie Jones was eliminated.
| Act | Order | Song[53] | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Archer | 1 | "Radio Ga Ga" | Bottom two |
| Lloyd Daniels | 2 | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | Bottom two |
| Olly Murs | 3 | "Don't Stop Me Now" | Safe |
| Joe McElderry | 4 | "Somebody to Love" | Safe |
| John & Edward | 5 | "Under Pressure" / "Ice Ice Baby"1 | Safe |
| Stacey Solomon | 6 | "Who Wants to Live Forever" | Safe |
| Danyl Johnson | 7 | "We Are the Champions" | Safe |
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Archer | 1 | "The Show Must Go On" | Eliminated |
| Lloyd Daniels | 2 | "Last Request" | Safe |
1John & Edward performed a mashup of both songs.
The result went to deadlock and Jamie Archer was eliminated.
| Act | Order | Song[55] | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Daniels | 1 | "Faith" | Safe |
| Stacey Solomon | 2 | "I Can't Make You Love Me" | Safe |
| John & Edward | 3 | "I'm Your Man" / "Wham Rap!" | Bottom two |
| Danyl Johnson | 4 | "Careless Whisper" | Safe |
| Olly Murs | 5 | "Fastlove" | Bottom two |
| Joe McElderry | 6 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | Safe |
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| John & Edward | 1 | "No Matter What" | Eliminated |
| Olly Murs | 2 | "Wonderful Tonight" | Safe |
| Act | Order | First Song[57] | Order | Second Song[57] | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danyl Johnson | 1 | "Relight My Fire" | 7 | "Your Song" | Safe |
| Lloyd Daniels | 2 | "A Million Love Songs" | 6 | "I'm Still Standing" | Eliminated |
| Olly Murs | 3 | "Love Ain't Here Anymore" | 8 | "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" | Safe |
| Joe McElderry | 4 | "Could It Be Magic" | 9 | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" | Safe |
| Stacey Solomon | 5 | "Rule the World" | 10 | "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" | Safe |
For the first time in the series, there was no final showdown and the act that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. This was Lloyd Daniels. After the announcement, Daniels bid farewell by reprising his performance of "A Million Love Songs".
| Act | Order | First Song[59] | Order | Second Song[59] | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olly Murs | 1 | "Can You Feel It" | 5 | "We Can Work It Out" | Safe |
| Joe McElderry | 2 | "She's Out of My Life" | 6 | "Open Arms" | Safe |
| Stacey Solomon | 3 | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | 7 | "Somewhere" | Safe |
| Danyl Johnson | 4 | "Man in the Mirror" | 8 | "I Have Nothing" | Eliminated |
There was, again, no final showdown, and Danyl Johnson was eliminated having received the fewest votes. He performed a reprise of "Man in the Mirror".
| Act | Order | First Song (Audition song)[60] | Second song (duet)[60] | Third song (favourite performance)[60] | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacey Solomon | 1 | "What a Wonderful World" | "Feeling Good" | "Who Wants to Live Forever" | Third place |
| Olly Murs | 2 | "Superstition" | "Angels" | "A Fool in Love" | Safe |
| Joe McElderry | 3 | "Dance with My Father" | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" | Safe |
The show also featured Jeff Brazier reporting from Solomon's home town of Dagenham, Michael Underwood in Colchester for Murs and Kimberley Walsh in McElderry's home town of South Shields. The contestant that received the fewest votes on Saturday was eliminated at the end of the show, coming third in the competition.
| Act | Order | First Song (favourite performance)[62] | Second song (winner's songs) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olly Murs | 1 | "Twist and Shout" | "The Climb" | Runner-up |
| Joe McElderry | 2 | "Don't Stop Believin'" | "The Climb" | Winner |
The first episode, which was broadcast on 22 August and showed the first set of auditions, attracted 9.9 million viewers; 47.9% of the viewing audience and the largest amount of viewers within its timeslot.[63] One week later, 9.75 million people viewed the second episode; a 47.1% share of the TV audience.[64] The third episode averaged 11.76 million viewers and a 51.9% audience share.[65] Episode four attracted 10.26 million viewers.[66] The fifth episode, which was scheduled directly against Strictly Come Dancing drew in about 9.27 million viewers, compared to 7.72 for Strictly.[67] The X Factor reached a record high number of viewers for the second and third results shows on 18 and 25 October, scoring 14.8 million viewers each.[68][69] This was beaten on 8 November when the fifth results show peaked at 16.6 million people.[70]
The final episode peaked with 19.7 million viewers when Joe McElderry was announced as the winner.[71]
| Show | Date | Overnight rating (millions) |
Share | Peak (millions) |
Official rating (millions)[72] |
Weekly rank | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auditions 1 | 22 August | 9.91 | 47.9% | 11.60 | 11.00 | 1 | [63] |
| Auditions 2 | 29 August | 9.75 | 47.1% | 11.80 | 10.81 | 1 | [64] |
| Auditions 3 | 5 September | 11.76 | 51.9% | 12.90 | 12.84 | 1 | [65] |
| Auditions 4 | 12 September | 10.26 | 51.7% | 12.10 | 11.31 | 1 | [66] |
| Auditions 5 | 19 September | 9.27 | 38.0% | 10.70 | 10.57 | 2 | [67] |
| Auditions 6 | 20 September | 10.52 | 41.4% | 11.80 | 11.37 | 1 | [73] |
| Boot camp 1 | 26 September | 9.05 | 36.6% | 10.10 | 10.39 | 2 | [74] |
| Boot camp 2 | 27 September | 10.87 | 42.5% | 12.20 | 11.86 | 1 | [75][76] |
| Judges' houses 1 | 3 October | 10.12 | 38.9% | 12.00 | 11.46 | 2 | [77] |
| Judges' houses 2 | 4 October | 12.38 | 44.9% | 13.90 | 13.35 | 1 | [78] |
| Live show 1 | 10 October | 11.31 | 43.8% | 12.90 | 12.64 | 2 | [79][80] |
| Results 1 | 11 October | 13.00 | 46.4% | 14.60 | 13.82 | 1 | [81] |
| Live show 2 | 17 October | 10.86 | 42.1% | 12.20 | 12.07 | 2 | [68] |
| Results 2 | 18 October | 13.17 | 46.7% | 14.80 | 13.89 | 1 | [68] |
| Live show 3 | 24 October | 11.58 | 44.1% | 13.50 | 12.80 | 2 | [82] |
| Results 3 | 25 October | 13.38 | 47.9% | 14.80 | 14.02 | 1 | [69] |
| Live show 4 | 31 October | 10.34 | 42.3% | 12.00 | 11.74 | 2 | [83] |
| Results 4 | 1 November | 13.87 | 47.8% | 15.80 | 14.52 | 1 | [84] |
| Live show 5 | 7 November | 11.79 | 46.9% | 13.60 | 13.05 | 2 | [82] |
| Results 5 | 8 November | 14.36 | 49.4% | 16.60 | 15.00 | 1 | [70][85] |
| Live show 6 | 14 November | 11.93 | 45.1% | 14.10 | 13.45 | 2 | [86] |
| Results 6 | 15 November | 14.30 | 47.9% | 16.40 | 15.02 | 1 | [87] |
| Live show 7 | 21 November | 13.04 | 48.6% | 14.50 | 14.03 | 2 | [88] |
| Results 7 | 22 November | 13.82 | 46.5% | 15.90 | 14.51 | 1 | [89] |
| Live show 8 | 28 November | 12.30 | 47.8% | 13.90 | 13.46 | 2 | [90] |
| Results 8 | 29 November | 13.47 | 45.9% | 15.60 | 14.34 | 1 | [91] |
| Semi-final performances | 5 December | 12.36 | 49.5% | 13.70 | 13.40 | 2 | [92] |
| Semi-final results | 6 December | 13.01 | 46.2% | 15.40 | 13.55 | 1 | [93] |
| Top 3 | 12 December | 12.36 | 48.0% | 14.50 | 13.34 | 2 | [94] |
| Top 2 | 13 December | 15.62 | 53.2% | 19.70 | 16.28 | 1 | [95] |
| Series average | 2009 | 12.0m | 45.9% | 13.9m | 13.0m |
This series of The X Factor was sponsored by TalkTalk and featured break bumpers pioneered by CHI & Partners, showing light graffiti set against night-time backdrops across the UK.[96] Part of the deal, which applied to ITV1, ITV2 and the programme's website, saw TalkTalk customers having the chance to design the break bumpers and download exclusive content.[96] In the Republic of Ireland, the series was sponsored by Domino's Pizza.
On 2 August 2009, The People reported that some Boot Camp contestants felt they had been poorly treated by the show's producers; one compared the experience with that of a concentration camp and another claimed that those competing were only allowed to use the toilet twice a day.[97] However, a spokesperson for the programme refuted the claims, saying "Yes, it was long hours but they knew what they were signing up for. The hopefuls got breakfast at the hotel and decent food throughout the day".
The new audition format (whereby auditions are held in front of a studio audience) was criticised by fans, by judge Cheryl Cole and by certain former contestants.[98]
The show was criticised in September 2009 for "recycling" contestants, as three singers from the final 24 acts had already been in pop bands, two had auditioned for The X Factor in previous years and one had appeared on Britain's Got Talent.[99]
Controversy began after the first live show on 10 October, after judge Dannii Minogue commented on press reports regarding Danyl Johnson's sexuality, sparking an online backlash.[100] Minogue's comments received some media coverage[101] resulting in Minogue releasing a statement on the issue:
"I want to clear up exactly what happened on last night's X Factor show and post my sincere apologies to anyone who took offense [sic]. I made a comment about Danyl changing the lyrics of his song. It was meant to be a humorous moment about the fact he has an opportunity to have fun with his song. An openly bi-sexual singing a song that is lyrically a 'girl's song'. Danyl and I were joking about the very same thing in rehearsals on Friday, so it carried on to the show. I'd like to apologise to anyone that was offended by my comments, it was never my intention. I spoke to Danyl straight after the show last night and he wasn't offended or upset by my comments, and knew exactly what I was saying."[102]
Minogue also apologised on the live results show on 11 October, saying Danyl was not upset by her comments.[103] It has since been reported that Ofcom received around 4000 complaints from viewers over the comment.[104]
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