The X Factor: Celebrity

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The X Factor: Celebrity
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Hosted by Dermot O'Leary (ITV)
Judges Simon Cowell
Louis Walsh
Nicole Scherzinger
Winner Megan McKenna
Winning mentor Louis Walsh
Runner-up Max and Harvey
No. of episodes8
Release
Original network
Original release12 October (2019-10-12) 
30 November 2019 (2019-11-30)

The X Factor: Celebrity is a British celebrity special edition of The X Factor which premiered on 12 October 2019 on ITV. [1] It is a revamped version of the 2006 celebrity format The X Factor: Battle of the Stars . Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh judged this series, with Dermot O'Leary presenting the series and Vick Hope hosting Xtra Bites on YouTube. [2]

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The format for the series was announced in 2019, after The X Factor was contracted until 2020. [3] The celebrity lineup was announced on 30 September 2019. On 30 November, Megan McKenna won the series with 46.3% of the vote, with Max and Harvey finishing in second place and Jenny Ryan in third place. [4] [5]

Background and judges

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Titlecard for the series
The X Factor: Celebrity judges

The series' predecessor, The X Factor: Battle of the Stars aired in 2006 as a celebrity incarnation of The X Factor . It was reported on 26 August 2006 that Cowell had axed Battle of the Stars, describing it as "pointless" and adding "we are never going to do it again." However, Cowell later stated in an interview with The Sun on 30 November 2018 that he would consider reviving the show for a second series as a charity special. [6]

The series was first reported in early 2019, as the main series was being put on hiatus due to declining ratings. [7] [8] On 7 July 2019, Walsh spoke about the return of the series, stating, "I go to Los Angeles on Tuesday, I go to Simon's house in Malibu, it's me, Simon and Nicole, we're doing the celebrity one." [9] On 22 October 2019, it was revealed that Vick Hope would host Xtra Bites on YouTube, each episode premiered after each live show. [10]

The format of the series differs heavily than Battle of the Stars to bring it more in line with the main series. Notable differences between this series and Battle of the Stars are instead of competing for charity, the acts are competing to win a record contract with Syco Music, and the live shows, instead of being aired daily, are aired every Saturday night, allowing more time inbetween shows for the acts to develop their artistry.

Acts

A teaser, released in September 2019, teased the potential contestants of the series, of which include: a film star, model, online influencers, professional dancer, social media stars and a soap star. [11] The full line-up was revealed on 30 September 2019. [12] Cowell mentored the Groups, Walsh mentored the 16-30s and Scherzinger mentored the Over 31s. During auditions, Cowell's America's Got Talent co-judge Howie Mandel and American Idol co-judge Randy Jackson appeared as guest judges.

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
  – Eliminated in the live shows
  – Eliminated in the auditions
ActAge(s)HometownCategory (mentor)Known ForResult
Cole and Edwards [lower-alpha 1] 43 & 48 Christchurch, New Zealand (Cole)
London, England (Edwards)
Groups (Cowell)Former Strictly Come Dancing professional (Cole)
Former Hollyoaks actor (Edwards)
Eliminated
Hayley Hasselhoff 27 Los Angeles, California, U.S.16-30s (Walsh)Actress & modelEliminated
Jenny Ryan [lower-alpha 2] 37 Bolton, EnglandOver 31s (Scherzinger)Quizzer & The Chase star3rd place
Jonny Labey 26 Grouville, Jersey 16-30s (Walsh)Former EastEnders actor10th place
Kevin McHale 31 Plano, Texas, U.S.Over 31s (Scherzinger) Glee actor7th place
Martin Bashir 56 Wandsworth, EnglandOver 31s (Scherzinger)Journalist & news anchor9th place
Max and Harvey 16 Sandhurst, EnglandGroups (Cowell) YouTube personalitiesRunner-up
Megan McKenna 27 Barking, England16-30s (Walsh)Television personalityWinner
No Love Lost [lower-alpha 3] 21–24 Essex / London / Staffordshire Groups (Cowell) Love Island stars8th place
Olivia Olson 27 Los Angeles, California, U.S.16-30s (Walsh)Actress & singer12th place
Ricki Lake 51 Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.Over 31s (Scherzinger) Hairspray actress & former talk show host13th place
Try Star [lower-alpha 4] 21–34 Birmingham / Harare, Zimbabwe / Chester Groups (Cowell) Rugby union players5th place
V5 [lower-alpha 5] 18–21Colombia / Puerto Rico /
Brazil / Cuba / Mexico
Groups (Cowell)Social media influencers4th place
Victoria Ekanoye 36 Bury, EnglandOver 31s (Scherzinger)Former Coronation Street actress11th place
Vinnie Jones [lower-alpha 6] 54 Watford, EnglandOver 31s (Scherzinger)Actor & former Premier League footballer6th place

Notes

  1. Cole and Edwards consists of Brendan Cole and Jeremy Edwards.
  2. Ryan was originally eliminated in the Auditions, but on 21 October 2019, she was brought back into the competition.
  3. No Love Lost (previously known as Love Islanders) consist of stars Eyal Booker, Zara McDermott, Samira Mighty and Wes Nelson.
  4. Try Star consists of Levi Davis, Thom Evans and Ben Foden.
  5. V5 consists of social media influencers Laura Buitrago, Alondra Martinez, Sofia Oliveira, Wendii Sarmiento, and Renata Vaca. Vaca replaced Natalie Valerin, who left before the live shows.
  6. Jones did not audition for the series due to the death of his wife, but Cowell invited him to join the live shows.

Auditions

The audition process took place in Los Angeles, California. The celebrity acts were all asked to meet with O'Leary in a location where they then spent two days with the production team working on vocal training and song choices. They then auditioned for Cowell, Walsh and Scherzinger at a house party in Malibu consisting of various singers, songwriters, record producers and talent judges for the acts to perform in front of.

Some of the guest judges that the celebrities got to perform in front of were as follows: [13]

Vinnie Jones, who was due to take part in the show, was unable to fly to Los Angeles for his audition due to the death of his wife Tanya Terry on 6 July 2019. Cowell personally called Jones two months later and offered him an unconditional place in the live shows.

OrderCelebrityCategorySong choice [14] Result
Week 1 (12 October 2019)
1No Love Lost [lower-alpha 1] Groups"There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"Advanced
2Kevin McHale16-30s"Never Be the Same"
3Max and HarveyGroups"I Don't Care"
"Sucker"
4Cole & EdwardsGroups"Love at First Sight"Eliminated
5Martin BashirOver 31s"L-O-V-E"Advanced
6Hayley Hasselhoff16-30s"Someone You Loved"Eliminated
7Jenny RyanOver 31s"Somebody to Love"Advanced [lower-alpha 2]
8Try StarGroups"No Diggity"
Week 2 (19 October 2019)
1Olivia Olson16-30s"Location"Advanced
"Come Together"
2Jonny Labey16-30s"Feel It Still"
"Feeling Good" with David Foster
3Megan McKenna16-30s"Everything but You"
4Ricki LakeOver 31s"Us"
5V5Groups"Juice"
6Victoria EkanoyeOver 31s"The House of the Rising Sun"

Notes

  1. Love Islanders changed their name to No Love Lost before live shows.
  2. Ryan was originally eliminated in the Auditions, but on 21 October 2019, she was brought back into the competition.

Live shows

Results summary

Colour key
  Act was eliminated by their mentor
 Act was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated
  Act received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no sing-off)
  Act received the most public votes
  Act was given a Safe Seat from the judges
Weekly results per act [15]
ActAuditions Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final
First VoteSecond Vote
Megan McKennaAdvanced1st
26.7%
1st
30.1%
1st
25.7%
1st
21.6%
1st
28.6%
1st
40.6%
Winner
46.3% 4
Max and Harvey5th
10.6%
3rd
12.2%
Safe
Seat
4th
14.0%
3rd
16.9%
2nd
27.5%
Runner-Up
27.1% 4
Jenny RyanEliminated 1 Safe
Seat
5th
10.4%
2nd
25.5%
3rd
14.5%
2nd
17.2%
3rd
21.2%
3rd
22.4% 4
V5Advanced6th
8.7%
4th
12.0%
5th
11.0%
5th
10.5%
5th
11.1%
4th
10.7%
Eliminated (final)
Try StarSafe
Seat
Safe
Seat
3rd
17.5%
2nd
20.8%
4th
15.7%
Eliminated (semi-final)
Vinnie Jones2nd
16.5%
2nd
14.0%
Safe
Seat
6th
10.1%
6th
10.5%
Kevin McHale7th
7.9%
Safe
Seat
Safe
Seat
7th
8.5%
Eliminated (quarter-final)
No Love Lost3rd
11.2%
Safe
Seat
4th
13.7%
Eliminated (week 3)
Martin Bashir8th
3.7%
6th
9.3%
6th
6.6%
Jonny LabeySafe
Seat
7th
6.6%
Eliminated (week 2)
Victoria Ekanoye4th
10.7%
8th
5.4%
Olivia Olson9th
2.9%
Eliminated (week 1)
Ricki Lake10th
1.1%
Hayley HasselhoffEliminatedEliminated (Auditions)
Cole & Edwards
Final ShowdownN/ABashir,
Olson
Bashir,
Labey
No Love Lost,
V5
Jones,
McHale
Try Star,
V5
No sing-off or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone
Walsh's vote
to eliminate (16-30s)
HasselhoffBashirBashirNo Love LostJones 3
Scherzinger's vote
to eliminate (Over 31s)
RyanOlsonLabeyNo Love LostMcHaleTry Star
Cowell's vote
to eliminate (Groups)
Cole & EdwardsOlsonNone (abstained) 2 McHaleTry Star
EliminatedCole & Edwards
by Cowell
Ricki Lake
1.1%
to save
Victoria Ekanoye
5.4%
to save
Martin Bashir
6.6%
to save
Kevin McHale
2 of 3 votes
Majority
Vinnie Jones
10.5%
to save
V5
10.7%
to save
Jenny Ryan
22.4%
to win
Hayley Hasselhoff
by Walsh
Olivia Olson
2 of 3 votes
Majority
Jonny Labey
1 of 2 votes
Deadlock
No Love Lost
2 of 2 votes
Majority
Try Star
2 of 2 votes
Majority
Max and Harvey
27.1%
to win
Jenny Ryan
by Scherzinger

Week 1 (26 October)

Acts' performances on the first live show
ActCategory (mentor)OrderSong (original artist) [16] Result
Kevin McHale16-30s (Walsh)1"Good as Hell" (Lizzo)Safe
Ricki LakeOver 31s (Scherzinger)2"Landslide" (Fleetwood Mac)Eliminated (Fewest Public Votes)
No Love LostGroups (Cowell)3"All or Nothing" (original song)Safe
Jenny RyanOver 31s (Scherzinger)4"Rise Like a Phoenix" (Conchita Wurst)Saved by Scherzinger
Jonny Labey16-30s (Walsh)5"Show Me Love" (Robin S.)Saved by Walsh
V5Groups (Cowell)6"Bad Guy"/"Taki Taki" (Billie Eilish) / (DJ Snake)Safe
Martin BashirOver 31s (Scherzinger)7"Danke Schoen" (Wayne Newton)Bottom Three
Max and HarveyGroups (Cowell)8"When Will I Be Famous?" (Bros)Safe
Olivia Olson16-30s (Walsh)9"Anyone Who Had a Heart" (Dionne Warwick)Eliminated (Judges' Vote)
Vinnie JonesOver 31s (Scherzinger)10"Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" (Solomon Burke)Safe
Megan McKenna16-30s (Walsh)11"This" (original song)Safe (Highest Votes)
Victoria EkanoyeOver 31s (Scherzinger)12"Never Tear Us Apart" (INXS)Safe
Try StarGroups (Cowell)13"Pony"/"Old Town Road" (Ginuwine) / (Lil Nas X)Saved by Cowell
Judges' votes to eliminate

Week 2 (2 November)

Acts' performances on the second live show
ActCategory (mentor)OrderSongResult
Jonny Labey16-30s (Walsh)1"Are You Gonna Be My Girl"Eliminated (Deadlock)
Jenny RyanOver 31s (Scherzinger)2"This Is My Life"Safe
No Love LostGroups (Cowell)3"Would I Lie to You?" (semi-original song)Saved by Cowell
Victoria EkanoyeOver 31s (Scherzinger)4"Why Don't You Love Me"Eliminated (Fewest Public Votes)
Max and HarveyGroups (Cowell)5"Cool"Safe
Kevin McHale16-30s (Walsh)6"Dance Monkey"Saved by Walsh
Try StarGroups (Cowell)7"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"Saved by Scherzinger
Martin BashirOver 31s (Scherzinger)8"Easy"Bottom Three
V5Groups (Cowell)9"Despacito"/"Mi Gente"Safe
Vinnie JonesOver 31s (Scherzinger)10"Lip Up Fatty"
Megan McKenna16-30s (Walsh)11"Stronger" (original song)Safe (Highest Votes)
Judges' votes to eliminate

With the acts in the bottom two receiving one vote each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Jonny Labey was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

Week 3 (9 November)

Acts' performances on the third live show
ActCategory (mentor)OrderSongResult
Kevin McHale16-30s (Walsh)1"Don't Start Now"Saved by Walsh
Max and HarveyGroups (Cowell)2"Can't Hold Us"Saved by Cowell
Vinnie JonesOver 31s (Scherzinger)3"It Must Be Love"/"House of Fun"/"One Step Beyond"Saved by Scherzinger
Try StarGroups (Cowell)4"No Diggity"Safe
V5Groups (Cowell)5"Motivation"/"I Like It"Bottom Three
Martin BashirOver 31s (Scherzinger)6"That's Life"Eliminated
Megan McKenna16-30s (Walsh)7"Half of My Heart" (original song)Safe (Highest Votes)
No Love LostGroups (Cowell)8"Money Where Your Mouth Is" (original song)Bottom Three
Jenny RyanOver 31s (Scherzinger)9"The Edge of Glory"Safe
Sing-off details
V5Groups (Cowell)1"Juice"Saved
No Love LostGroups (Cowell)2"Sorry"Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate

However, voting statistics revealed that No Love Lost received more votes than V5 which meant that if the result went to deadlock, No Love Lost would have advanced to the quarter-final and V5 would have been eliminated.

Week 4: Quarter-Final (16 November)

At the beginning of the show, Cowell stated that Safe Seats would no longer be used due to negative viewer reception, therefore all acts would face the public vote.

This is also the only live show with one contestant going home.

Acts' performances in the quarter-final
ActCategory (mentor)OrderSongResult
Max and HarveyGroups (Cowell)1"High Hopes"Safe
Kevin McHale16-30s (Walsh)2"I Feel Love"Bottom Two
V5Groups (Cowell)3"Bang Bang"Safe
Vinnie JonesOver 31s (Scherzinger)4"I Fought the Law"/"Should I Stay or Should I Go"Bottom Two
Megan McKenna16-30s (Walsh)5"When I'm Crying" (original song)Safe (Highest Votes)
Jenny RyanOver 31s (Scherzinger)6"Euphoria"Safe
Try StarGroups (Cowell)7"Boom"
Sing-off details
Vinnie JonesOver 31s (Scherzinger)1"The Galway Shawl"Saved
Kevin McHale16-30s (Walsh)2"Something's Got to Give"Eliminated

Shortly before the judges voted, Jones announced that he did not wish to obstruct McHale's progress and requested to withdraw.

Judges' votes to eliminate

Week 5: Semi-Final (23 November)

At the start of the show, O'Leary announced that Cowell's request for a wildcard vote had to be declined, and that four finalists would be found amongst the remaining six acts.

Acts' performances in the semi-final
ActCategory (mentor)OrderSongMovieResult
Try StarGroups (Cowell)1"The Greatest Show" The Greatest Showman Bottom Three
Jenny RyanOver 31s (Scherzinger)2"Skyfall" Skyfall Safe
Max and HarveyGroups (Cowell)3"Kiss You" One Direction: This Is Us
Vinnie JonesOvers (Scherzinger)4"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" Dirty Dancing Eliminated
Megan McKenna16-30s (Walsh)5"It Must Have Been Love" Pretty Woman Safe (Highest Votes)
V5Groups (Cowell)6"September" Trolls Bottom Three
Sing-off details
Try StarGroups (Cowell)1"Hold Me While You Wait"Eliminated
V5Groups (Cowell)2"Con Calma"/"End of Time"Saved
Judges' votes to eliminate

However, voting statistics revealed that Try Star received more votes than V5 which meant that if the result went to deadlock, Try Star would have advanced to the final and V5 would have been eliminated.

Week 6: Final (30 November)

Acts' performances in the final
ActCategory (mentor)OrderSongOrderSongResult
V5Groups (Cowell)1"All I Want for Christmas Is You"N/AN/A (Already Eliminated)Eliminated in Round 1
Jenny RyanOver 31s (Scherzinger)2"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"6"The Edge of Glory"Eliminated in Round 2
Max and HarveyGroups (Cowell)3"Last Christmas"7"Kiss You"Runner-Up
Megan McKenna16-30s (Walsh)4"One More Sleep"5"This" (original song)Winner

Following the announcement that McKenna had won, she performed her winner's single, "It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted)".


Reception

Ratings

EpisodeAir dateOfficial rating
(millions) [20] ,1
Weekly
rank [20] ,2
Auditions 112 October 20196.2912
Auditions 219 October 20195.1521
Live show 126 October 20194.4535
Live show 22 November 20193.8947
Live show 39 November 20193.8048
Live show 416 November 2019<3.39 3
Live show 523 November 2019<3.47 3
Live final30 November 2019<3.38 3

Notes

  • 1 The ratings over a 7-day period, including the broadcasts on ITV and streaming through ITV Hub using BARB's four-screen dashboard system (includes viewers watching on tablets/smartphones).
  • 2 The rank for the ITV broadcast, compared with all channels for that week, from Monday to Sunday.
  • 3 No viewing figure is available for this episode as it fell outside the top 50 programmes for the week.

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The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The twelfth series began airing on ITV on 29 August 2015 and ended on 13 December 2015. The judges were Simon Cowell, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, who returned for their respective ninth and fifth series as judges, series 9 guest judge and former The Voice UK coach Rita Ora, and BBC Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw, with Grimshaw and Ora replacing Louis Walsh, the only judge who had been on the show from its inception in 2004, and Mel B. It was presented by Caroline Flack and Olly Murs, who had both previously co-presented spin-off show The Xtra Factor on ITV2 and replaced Dermot O'Leary, who left after eight series. Rochelle Humes and Melvin Odoom presented The Xtra Factor, replacing Sarah-Jane Crawford. Louisa Johnson was announced as the winner on 13 December 2015, making Ora the winning mentor.

Stereo Kicks were an English-Irish boy band who were formed and were the twelfth contestant eliminated on the eleventh series of The X Factor in 2014. Stereo Kicks consisted of; James Graham, Jake Sims, Chris Leonard, Charlie Jones, Casey Johnson, Barclay Beales, Reece Bibby, and Tom Mann. Their debut single "Love Me So" was released on 21 June 2015 and charted at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart. Just a month later, however, having been together under a year, they announced they were disbanding due to their failure to land a record deal.

The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The thirteenth series began airing on ITV on Saturday 27 August 2016 and ended on Sunday 11 December 2016. Dermot O'Leary returned to present the main show on ITV for the ninth time to replace Olly Murs and Caroline Flack, who left after series 12. Simon Cowell was the only judge from the 12th series to return; Nicole Scherzinger, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh all returned, replacing Rita Ora, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Nick Grimshaw. Matt Edmondson and Rylan Clark-Neal replaced Rochelle Humes and Melvin Odoom as hosts of The Xtra Factor, which was rebranded as The Xtra Factor Live and was broadcast live twice every week, with Roman Kemp making appearances as a digital presenter and social media reporter. Matt Terry was announced the winner on 11 December 2016, making Scherzinger the winning mentor for the second time. Saara Aalto finished second.

The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The fourteenth series began airing on ITV on 2 September 2017, presented by Dermot O'Leary. For the first time in seven years, the judging panel remained the same as the previous series, with Nicole Scherzinger, Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh returning. This is the first series not to include companion show The Xtra Factor, after it was cancelled in January 2017. Its replacement is a programme called Xtra Bites presented by Becca Dudley on the ITV Hub. This is also the first series to be sponsored by Just Eat, with the show having been sponsored by TalkTalk since 2009, as well as the second time the show has premiered in September, rather than August, since the first series in 2004. Rak-Su won the competition on 3 December 2017 and they became the second group to win the competition and Simon Cowell became the winning mentor for the fourth time.

The fifteenth and final series of the British television music competition The X Factor began airing on ITV on 1 September 2018, presented by Dermot O'Leary. Simon Cowell returned alongside new judges Louis Tomlinson, Ayda Field, and Robbie Williams who replace departing judges Nicole Scherzinger, Sharon Osbourne, and Louis Walsh. Nile Rodgers filled in for Williams while he was away on his tour for weeks 3–5 of the live shows. On 2 December, Jamaican-born singer Dalton Harris won the series making him the first and only foreign contender to win the UK show. This was the only series that featured Tomlinson, Field, and Williams as judges.

<i>The X Factor: The Band</i> 2019 special edition of The X Factor

The X Factor: The Band is a special edition of British reality talent competition The X Factor, which premiered on 9 December 2019 on ITV. The format for the series was announced on 4 November 2019 as a last-minute replacement for a planned All Stars spin-off series, which was originally supposed to air following The X Factor: Celebrity in late 2019. The format is an accelerated version of The X Factor whereby solo artists auditioned in front of Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger to try to win a place in a boyband or girlband. The new bands would then compete for a chance to join Cowell's record label and launch their careers.

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