The X Factor | |
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Season 5 | |
Hosted by | Luke Jacobz |
Judges | |
Winner | Dami Im |
Winning mentor | Dannii Minogue |
Runner-up | Taylor Henderson |
Release | |
Original network | Seven Network |
Original release | 29 July – 28 October 2013 |
Season chronology |
The X Factor is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent; the winner of which received a Sony Music Australia recording contract and a management deal. [1] The fifth season premiered on the Seven Network on 29 July 2013 and ended on 28 October 2013. [2] [3] The winner was Dami Im and her winner's single "Alive" was released after the final. [3] Im was mentored throughout by Dannii Minogue, who won as mentor for the first time on the Australian series, and third overall. [3] The show was presented by Luke Jacobz, and Ronan Keating and Natalie Bassingthwaighte returned as judges. Minogue and Redfoo joined the judging panel as replacements for former judges, Mel B (who quit the show to join America's Got Talent) and Guy Sebastian.
Open auditions in front of the show's producers took place in 14 cities throughout December 2012 and January 2013. The last set of auditions, in front of the judges and a live studio audience, were filmed in April. Following auditions was super bootcamp, where Keating, Minogue and Redfoo worked together and collectively chose 24 acts (six from each category). Bassingthwaighte did not attend the Sydney auditions and bootcamp because she was pregnant at the time and was advised not to fly from her home in Melbourne. During bootcamp, the Over 25s category was changed to Over 24s. Bassingthwaighte returned for the home visits stage, and each judge reduced their six acts to three. They were also assisted by guest mentors Jon Bon Jovi, will.i.am, Kylie Minogue, Kelly Osbourne and Sebastian.
The live shows, which began on 25 August 2013, returned to Sunday and Monday nights as seen in season two. This was a change of format from seasons three and four, in which the live shows were broadcast on Monday and Tuesday nights.
In February 2013, it was reported that Guy Sebastian would not be returning for season 5, due to tour commitments and to focus on a music career in the United States. [4] It was also reported that Mel B was not returning, due to visa issues in Australia and her commitments with America's Got Talent . [5] [6] The following month, Ronan Keating confirmed in an interview with News Limited that both judges had left. [7] Former judge on The X Factor UK, Dannii Minogue was announced as Mel B's replacement on 12 April. [8] The Sunday Telegraph confirmed on 21 April that Redfoo would be Sebastian's replacement. [9]
Redfoo was offered the opportunity to join the judging panel during his visit to Australia for the 2013 Australian Open, where he was supporting girlfriend and then-World number-one Victoria Azarenka. [10] The producers later visited his recording studio in Hollywood and explained to him what The X Factor is about. [10] In an interview with The West Australian , Redfoo said "they basically explained the show because I didn't know if I wanted to just be a judge. And they said 'Wait a second, wait a second, no it's not just judging, that's just to pick your team. Then you're really a mentor, you're going to be mentoring a category.' Then they said 'You can be a winner too.'" [11] Minogue revealed to The Daily Telegraph that she was offered many other TV roles but chose to join The X Factor because she had always been a fan of the Australian version. [12]
Open auditions in front of the show's producers began in December 2012 and ended in January 2013. [13] These auditions took place in 14 cities. [13] Online and DVD auditions were also introduced into the season for those who could not attend the open auditions. [14] The auditionees chosen by the producers were then invited back to the last set of auditions that took place in front of the judges and a live studio audience. These auditions were filmed at Allphones Arena in Sydney on 21, 22 and 23 April, [15] and at Hisense Arena in Melbourne on 28, 29 and 30 April. [16] Natalie Bassingthwaighte did not attend the Sydney auditions because she was pregnant at the time and was advised not to fly from her home in Melbourne. [11] [17]
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The super bootcamp stage of the competition was filmed at The Star casino in Pyrmont, New South Wales. [18] Bassingthwaighte did not attend because she was on maternity leave. [18] The first day of bootcamp saw the judges split the 150 acts into four categories: Boys, Girls, Over 25s and Groups. [18] Each act performed one song in front of their entire category and the judges. [18] At the end of the day, the judges sent home 75 acts. [18] On the second day, the remaining acts were put into ensembles of 10 and were each given a song which they had to learn and perform for the judges. [18] Season four winner Samantha Jade helped each ensemble with stage presence and choreography. [18] The judges sent home more acts, but called back some rejected soloists from the Boys and Girls categories to form three supergroups – a boy band (consisting of Fabian Andres, Zac Hakos, Jayden Rodrigues and Nick Tabone), girl group (consisting of Jessica Kent, Dina Knoweiss, Rebecca Quinn and Carla Wehbe) and unisex group (consisting of Kelebek, Jacinta Gulisano and Jordan Rodrigues). [19] On the third day, the remaining 50 acts each individually performed one song to the judges and a live audience of one thousand. [19] After the performances, the judges narrowed down the acts to 24. Redfoo suggested that the Over 25s category be changed to Over 24s. [20] The judges removed Zac Hakos from the boy band because they felt his heart was not in the group. [20]
The 24 successful acts were:
Matt Gresham had originally been put through to Home Visits in the Over 24s category but decided he could not commit to the competition and was replaced by Dami Im. [21]
The home visits round was filmed in June 2013 [22] [23] and saw the remaining 24 acts travel to exclusive locations around the world to find out which judge would become their mentor. The judges received news of their categories from The X Factor creator Simon Cowell by telephone. [21] The Over 24s travelled to New York City and were assigned to Dannii Minogue, the Groups travelled to Sir Richard Branson's Makepeace Island in Sunshine Coast, Queensland and were assigned to Natalie Bassingthwaighte, the Boys travelled to Los Angeles and were assigned to Ronan Keating, and the Girls travelled to London and were assigned to Redfoo. [21] The first day of home visits saw each act having a private mentoring session with their mentor, ahead of their solo performance in front of their mentor and guest mentor the next day. [21] Redfoo was assisted by Jon Bon Jovi during the mentoring sessions for the Girls. [21]
On the second day, each judge was given a guest mentor to help them decide their final three acts. Bassingthwaighte was assisted by former X Factor judge Guy Sebastian, Redfoo was assisted by will.i.am, Keating was assisted by Kelly Osbourne (who replaced Miley Cyrus due to laryngitis) [23] and Minogue was assisted by her older sister Kylie. [24] [25]
Judge | Category | Location | Assistant(s) | Contestants eliminated |
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Keating | Boys | Los Angeles | Kelly Osbourne | Georgie Bannard, Mitchell Thompson, Ofisa "Tee" Toleafoa |
Redfoo | Girls | London | Jon Bon Jovi will.i.am | Georgina Mastin, Riv Ngwenya, Vendulka Wichta |
Minogue | Over 24s | New York City | Kylie Minogue | Tyler Hudson, Michael Ross, Gemma Thorpe |
Bassingthwaighte | Groups | Makepeace Island | Guy Sebastian | Boy Band, Girl Group, Straight Up |
Key:
Act | Age(s) | Hometown | Category (mentor) | Result |
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Dami Im | 25 | Daisy Hill, Queensland | Over 24s (Minogue) | Winner |
Taylor Henderson | 20 | Ceres, Victoria | Boys (Keating) | Runner-Up |
Jai Waetford | 14 | Campbelltown, New South Wales | Boys (Keating) | 3rd Place |
Third Degree | 18–19 | Various | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 4th Place |
Jiordan Tolli | 19 | Melbourne | Girls (Redfoo) | 5th Place |
Omar Dean | 20 | Melbourne, Victoria | Boys (Keating) | 6th Place |
JTR | 19–23 | Sweden/Cornubia, Queensland | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 7th Place |
Joelle | 22 | Sydney | Girls (Redfoo) | 8th Place |
Ellie Lovegrove | 19 | Adelaide, South Australia | 9th Place | |
Barry Southgate | 30 | Kellyville, Queensland | Over 24s (Minogue) | 10th Place |
Cat Vas | 27 | Adelaide, South Australia | 11th Place | |
Adira Belle | 17–19 | Sydney, New South Wales | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 12th Place |
Act in Team Dannii
Act in Team Redfoo
Act in Team Natalie Bassingthwaighte
Act in Team Ronan
Act | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Quarter-Final | Semi-Final | Final | ||
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Sunday Vote | Monday Vote | |||||||||||
Dami Im | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | Winner | |
Taylor Henderson | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | Runner-Up | |
Jai Waetford | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | Eliminated (Final) | |
Third Degree | 4th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 4th | Eliminated (Semi-Final) | ||
Jiordan Tolli | 5th | 7th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 5th | Eliminated (Quarter-Final) | |||
Omar Dean | 6th | 4th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 6th | Eliminated (Week 7) | ||||
JTR | 7th | 8th | 9th | 8th | 5th | 7th | Eliminated (Week 6) | |||||
Joelle Hadjia | 8th | 10th | 7th | 7th | 8th | Eliminated (Week 5) | ||||||
Ellie Lovegrove | 9th | 6th | 8th | 9th | Eliminated (Week 4) | |||||||
Barry Southgate | 11th | 9th | 10th | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||||
Cat Vas | 10th | 11th | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||||
Adira–Belle | 12th | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||||
Final Showdown | Adira-Belle, Southgate | Vas, Joelle | JTR, Southgate | Lovegrove, JTR | Joelle, Tolli | JTR, Third Degree | Dean, Tolli | Tolli, Third Degree | Henderson, Third Degree | No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who wins | ||
Judges voted to | Eliminate | Send Through | ||||||||||
Keating's vote (Boys) | Adira-Belle | Vas | Southgate | JTR | Joelle | JTR | Tolli | Third Degree | Henderson | |||
Bassingthwaighte's vote (Groups) | Southgate | Vas | Southgate | Lovegrove | Joelle | —2 | Dean | Tolli | Third Degree | |||
Minogue's vote (Over 24s) | Adira-Belle | Joelle | JTR | Lovegrove | Joelle | JTR | Tolli | Tolli | Third Degree | |||
Redfoo's vote (Girls) | Adira-Belle | Vas | Southgate | JTR | —1 | JTR | Dean | Third Degree | Henderson | |||
Eliminated | Adira-Belle 3 of 4 votes Majority | Cat Vas 3 of 4 votes Majority | Barry Southgate 3 of 4 votes Majority | Ellie Lovegrove 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Joelle 3 of 3 votes Majority | JTR 3 of 3 votes Majority | Omar Dean 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Jiordan Tolli 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Third Degree 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Jai Waetford Public Vote To Win | Taylor Henderson Public Vote To Win | |
Notes
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song [26] | Result |
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Third Degree | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 1 | "#thatPOWER" | Safe |
Barry Southgate | Over 24s (Minogue) | 2 | "When I Get You Alone" | Bottom Two |
Jiordan Tolli | Girls (Redfoo) | 3 | "Smile" | Safe |
Taylor Henderson | Boys (Keating) | 4 | "I Won't Let You Go" | |
Cat Vas | Over 24s (Minogue) | 5 | "Addicted to Love" | |
Adira–Belle | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 6 | "Run the World (Girls)" | Bottom Two |
Ellie Lovegrove | Girls (Redfoo) | 7 | "Songbird" | Safe |
JTR | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 8 | "Everything Has Changed" | |
Omar Dean | Boys (Keating) | 9 | "Numb" | |
Dami Im | Over 24s (Minogue) | 10 | "One" | |
Joelle | Girls (Redfoo) | 11 | "Sweet Nothing" | |
Jai Waetford | Boys (Keating) | 12 | "Fix You" | |
Final showdown details | ||||
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song [29] | Result |
Adira–Belle | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 1 | "Chain of Fools" | Eliminated |
Barry Southgate | Over 24s (Minogue) | 2 | "Irreplaceable" | Safe |
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song [32] | Legend | Result |
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JTR | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 1 | "Can't Get You Out of My Head" | Kylie Minogue | Safe |
Joelle Hadjia | Girls (Redfoo) | 2 | "Rude Boy" | Rihanna | Bottom Two |
Cat Vas | Over 24s (Minogue) | 3 | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | Frankie Valli | |
Omar Dean | Boys (Keating) | 4 | "Roxanne" | The Police | Safe |
Jiordan Tolli | Girls (Redfoo) | 5 | "Thriller" | Michael Jackson | |
Jai Waetford | Boys (Keating) | 6 | "I Want to Hold Your Hand" | The Beatles | |
Barry Southgate | Over 24s (Minogue) | 7 | "Freedom! '90" | George Michael | |
Taylor Henderson | Boys (Keating) | 8 | "Run to You" | Bryan Adams | |
Ellie Lovegrove | Girls (Redfoo) | 9 | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | The Rolling Stones | |
Third Degree | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 10 | "Till the World Ends" | Britney Spears | |
Dami Im | Over 24s (Minogue) | 11 | "Purple Rain" | Prince | |
Final showdown details | |||||
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song [33] | Result | |
Cat Vas | Over 24s (Minogue) | 1 | "High and Dry" | Eliminated | |
Joelle Hadjia | Girls (Redfoo) | 2 | "Give Me Love" | Safe |
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song [35] | Result |
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Ellie Lovelace | Girls (Bassingthwaighte) | 1 | "Wild" | Safe |
Jai Waetford | Boys (Keating) | 2 | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | |
Barry Southgate | Over 24s (Minogue) | 3 | "California Gurls" | Bottom Two |
Third degree | Groups (Redfoo) | 4 | "I'm Like a Bird" | Safe |
Omar Dean | Boys (Keating) | 5 | "Cry Me a River" | |
JOelle | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 6 | "Everybody Talks" | Bottom Two |
Jtr | Groups (Redfoo) | 7 | "Locked Out of Heaven" | Safe |
Taylor Henderson | Boys (Keating) | 8 | "I Will Wait" | |
Dami Im | Over 24s (Minogue) | 9 | "Don't Leave Me This Way" | |
Jiordan Tolli | Girls (Bassinthwighte) | 10 | "With or Without You" | |
Final showdown details | ||||
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song [36] | Result |
Joelle | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 1 | "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" | Safe |
Barry Southgate | Over 24s (Minogue) | 2 | "Mirrors" | Eliminated |
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song [40] | Result |
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Ellie Lovegrove | Girls (Bassinthwghte) | 1 | "Wings" | Bottom Two |
JTR | Groups (Minogue) | 2 | "Want U Back" | |
Taylor Henderson | Boys (Redfoo) | 3 | "Let Her Go" | Safe |
Joelle | Girls (Bassinthwighte) | 4 | "True Love" | |
Jai Waetford | Boys (Keating) | 5 | "It Will Rain" | |
Jiordan Tolli | Girls (Redfoo) | 6 | "Burn" | |
Third Degree | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 7 | "Love the Way You Lie" | |
Omar Dean | Boys (Keating) | 8 | "Skyscraper" | |
Dami Im | Over 24s (Minogue) | 9 | "Roar" | |
Final showdown details | ||||
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song [41] | Result |
Ellie Lovegrove | Girls (Redfoo) | 1 | "I Got You (I Feel Good)" | Eliminated |
JTR | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 2 | "Waiting on the World to Change" | Safe |
With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. [41] Ellie Lovegrove was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes. [41]
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song [43] | Rock Artist | Result |
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Dami Im | Over 24s (Minogue) | 1 | "Best of You" | Foo Fighters | Safe |
Third Degree | Groups Bassignthwaighte) | 2 | "By the Way" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | |
Joelle | Girls (Redfoo) | 3 | "Joey" | Concrete Blonde | Bottom Two |
Omar Dean | Boys (Keating) | 4 | "Any Way You Want It" | Journey | Safe |
Jiordan Tolli | Girls (Redfoo) | 5 | "Dancing with Myself" | Billy Idol | Bottom Two |
Jai Waetford | Boys (Keating) | 6 | "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" | Train | Safe |
JTR | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 7 | "Thnks fr th Mmrs" | Fall Out Boy | |
Taylor Henderson | Boys (Keating) | 8 | "Choirgirl" | Cold Chisel | |
Final showdown details | |||||
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song [44] | Result | |
Joelle | Girls (Redfoo) | 1 | "A Thousand Miles" | Eliminated | |
Jiordan Tolli | Girls (Redfoo) | 2 | "Torn" | Safe |
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song [48] | Result |
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Third Degree | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 1 | "Smooth Criminal" | Bottom Two |
Jai Waetford | Boys (Keating) | 2 | "That Should Be Me" | Safe |
JTR | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 3 | "MMMBop" | Bottom Two |
Omar Dean | Boys (Keating) | 4 | "Careless Whisper" | Safe |
Taylor Henderson | 5 | "The Horses" | ||
Jiordan Tolli | Girls (Redfoo) | 6 | "Don't Speak" | |
Dami Im | Over 24s (Minogue) | 7 | "Bridge over Troubled Water" | |
Final showdown details | ||||
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song [49] | Result |
JTR | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 1 | "Lego House" | Eliminated |
Third Degree | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 2 | "Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)" | Safe |
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song [52] | Chosen by [55] | Result |
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Taylor Henderson | Boys (Keating) | 1 | "Wake Me Up" | Dannii Minogue | Safe |
Omar Dean | Boys (Keating) | 2 | "She Will Be Loved" | Redfoo | Bottom Two |
Dami Im | Over 24s (Minogue) | 3 | "Clarity" | Ronan Keating | Safe |
Jai Waetford | Boys (Keating) | 4 | "Somewhere Only We Know" | Natalie Bassingthwaighte | |
Jiordan Tolli | Girls (Redfoo) | 5 | "Royals" | Natalie Bassingthwaighte | Bottom Two |
Third Degree | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 6 | "Pump It" | Redfoo | Safe |
Final showdown details | |||||
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song [53] | Result | |
Omar Dean | Boys (Keating) | 1 | "You Found Me" | Eliminated | |
Jiordan Tolli | Girls (Redfoo) | 2 | "Stay" | Safe |
With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. [53] Omar Dean was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes. [53]
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song [57] | Australian Artist | Result |
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Dami Im | Over 24s (Minogue) | 1 | "You're the Voice" | John Farnham | Safe |
Jiordan Tolli | Girls (Redfoo) | 2 | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | Gotye | Bottom Two |
Jai Waetford | Boys (Keating) | 3 | "Plans" | Birds of Tokyo | Safe |
Third Degree | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 4 | "Battle Scars" | Guy Sebastian | Bottom Two |
Taylor Henderson | Boys (Keating) | 5 | "One Crowded Hour" | Augie March | Safe |
Final showdown details | |||||
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song [58] | Result | |
Jiordan Tolli | Girls (Redfoo) | 1 | "Young and Beautiful" | Eliminated | |
Third Degree | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 2 | "Thrift Shop" | Safe |
With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. [58] Jiordan Tolli was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes. [58]
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | First song [62] | Order | Second song [62] | Result |
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Third Degree | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 1 | "Give Me Everything" | 6 | "Pound the Alarm" | Bottom Two |
Dami Im | Over 24s (Minogue) | 2 | "Saving All My Love for You" | 8 | "Wrecking Ball" | Safe |
Jai Waetford | Boys (Keating) | 3 | "I Won't Give Up" | 5 | "Dynamite" | |
Taylor Henderson | Boys (Keating) | 4 | "Against All Odds" | 7 | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" | Bottom Two |
Final showdown details | ||||||
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song [64] | Result | ||
Taylor Henderson | Boys (Keating) | 1 | "Stand by Me" | Safe | ||
Third Degree | Groups (Bassingthwaighte) | 2 | "Crazy in Love" | Eliminated |
With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. [64] Taylor Henderson advanced to the final as the act with the most public votes. [64]
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Audition song [67] | Order | Last shot song [67] | Order | Winner's single [67] | Result |
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Taylor Henderson | Boys (Keating) | 1 | "Some Nights" | 8 | "The Blower's Daughter" | 4 | "Borrow My Heart" | Safe |
Jai Waetford | Boys (Keating) | 7 | "Don't Let Me Go" | 5 | "The Only Exception" | 2 | "Your Eyes" | Eliminated |
Dami Im | Over 24s (Minogue) | 3 | "Hero" | 9 | "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" | 6 | "Alive" | Safe |
Jai Waetford received the fewest public votes and was automatically eliminated.
Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Best song from the Live Shows [3] | Result [3] |
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Taylor Henderson | Boys (Keating) | 1 | "Wake Me Up" | Runner-Up |
Dami Im | Over 24s (Minogue) | 2 | "Purple Rain" | Winner |
Episode | Original airdate | Timeslot | Viewers (millions) | Nightly rank | Ref. | |
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1 | "Auditions" | 29 July 2013 | Monday 7:34 pm–9:11 pm | 1.633 | #1 | [69] |
2 | 30 July 2013 | Tuesday 7:33 pm–8:51 pm | 1.510 | #1 | [70] | |
3 | 31 July 2013 | Wednesday 7:34 pm–8:46 pm | 1.490 | #1 | [71] | |
4 | 4 August 2013 | Sunday 6:32 pm–7:44 pm | 1.552 | #1 | [72] | |
5 | 5 August 2013 | Monday 7:34 pm–8:42 pm | 1.379 | #1 | [73] | |
6 | 6 August 2013 | Tuesday 7:32 pm–8:40 pm | 1.480 | #1 | [74] | |
7 | "Super Bootcamp" | 11 August 2013 | Sunday 6:31 pm–8:09 pm | 1.314 | #3 | [75] |
8 | 12 August 2013 | Monday 7:31 pm–8:48 pm | 1.422 | #1 | [76] | |
9 | 13 August 2013 | Tuesday 7:33 pm–8:50 pm | 1.554 | #1 | [77] | |
10 | "Home Visits" | 18 August 2013 | Sunday 6:33 pm–8:19 pm | 1.382 | #2 | [78] |
11 | 19 August 2013 | Monday 7:32 pm–9:02 pm | 1.495 | #1 | [79] | |
12 | 20 August 2013 | Tuesday 7:31 pm–9:01 pm | 1.416 | #1 | [80] | |
13 | "Live show 1" | 25 August 2013 | Sunday 6:32 pm–8:54 pm | 1.522 | #1 | [81] |
14 | "Live decider 1" | 26 August 2013 | Monday 7:31 pm–8:42 pm | 1.428 | #1 | [82] |
15 | "Live show 2" | 1 September 2013 | Sunday 6:30 pm–8:52 pm | 1.360 | #1 | [83] |
16 | "Live decider 2" | 2 September 2013 | Monday 7:32 pm–8:47 pm | 1.393 | #1 | [84] |
17 | "Live show 3" | 8 September 2013 | Sunday 6:32 pm–9:02 pm | 1.556 | #2 | [85] |
18 | "Live decider 3" | 9 September 2013 | Monday 7:32 pm–8:45 pm | 1.317 | #2 | [86] |
19 | "Live show 4" | 15 September 2013 | Sunday 6:32 pm–8:33 pm | 1.440 | #2 | [87] |
20 | "Live decider 4" | 16 September 2013 | Monday 7:33 pm–8:47 pm | 1.400 | #2 | [88] |
21 | "Live show 5" | 22 September 2013 | Sunday 6:32 pm–8:20 pm | 1.474 | #1 | [89] |
22 | "Live decider 5" | 24 September 2013 | Tuesday 7:31 pm–8:48 pm | 1.343 | #1 | [90] |
23 | "Live show 6" | 29 September 2013 | Sunday 6:32 pm–8:18 pm | 1.543 | #1 | [91] |
24 | "Live decider 6" | 30 September 2013 | Monday 7:31 pm–8:46 pm | 1.525 | #2 | [92] |
25 | "Live show 7" | 6 October 2013 | Sunday 6:32 pm–7:42 pm | 1.246 | #2 | [93] |
26 | "Live decider 7" | 7 October 2013 | Monday 7:32 pm–8:47 pm | 1.457 | #1 | [94] |
27 | "Live show 8" | 13 October 2013 | Sunday 6:32 pm–7:50 pm | 1.811 | #1 | [95] |
28 | "Live decider 8" | 14 October 2013 | Monday 7:31 pm–8:44 pm | 1.637 | #1 | [96] |
29 | "Live show 9" | 20 October 2013 | Sunday 6:32 pm–8:17 pm | 1.763 | #1 | [97] |
30 | "Live decider 9" | 21 October 2013 | Monday 7:31 pm–8:54 pm | 1.673 | #1 | [98] |
31 | "Live Grand Final show" | 27 October 2013 | Sunday 6:32 pm–8:58 pm | 2.020 | #1 | [99] |
32 | "Live Grand Final decider" | 28 October 2013 | Monday 7:32 pm–10:00 pm | 2.251 | #2 | [100] |
"Winner announced" | 2.431 | #1 | [100] | |||
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Jiordan Anna Tolli is an Australian actress and singer, known for playing the role of Lolly Allen in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. In 2013, Tolli competed in the fifth season of The X Factor Australia and reached the top five.
Samantha Jade Gibbs is an Australian singer and songwriter. She has written tracks for artists including JoJo and Ashley Tisdale. In 2012, Jade won the fourth season of The X Factor Australia, the first woman to win the Australian series. She subsequently signed with Sony Music Australia and released her winner's single "What You've Done to Me", which debuted at number one on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Singles Chart. On 16 August 2024, Jade released her new EP, Love.Sick. Vol 2, debuting at #5 on the Australian iTunes Album Charts.
The X Factor is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent; the winner of which received a management contract and a Sony Music Australia recording contract. The third season premiered on the Seven Network on 29 August 2011 and ended on 22 November 2011. The winner was Reece Mastin and his debut single "Good Night" was released after the final. Mastin was mentored throughout by Guy Sebastian, who won as mentor for the first time. There was only a one percent difference in the votes between Mastin and runner-up Andrew Wishart. The season was presented by Luke Jacobz. Ronan Keating and Sebastian were the only judges from the previous season who returned, while Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Mel B joined the judging panel as replacements for former judges, Natalie Imbruglia and Kyle Sandilands.
The X Factor is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent; the winner of which received a Sony Music Australia recording contract and a new car. The fourth season premiered on the Seven Network on 20 August 2012 and ended on 20 November 2012. The winner was Samantha Jade and her winner's single "What You've Done to Me" was released after the final. Jade was mentored throughout by Guy Sebastian, who won as mentor for the second year in a row. The main live shows was presented by Luke Jacobz, while season three finalist Johnny Ruffo presented the digital live streaming show The X Stream. Mel B, Guy Sebastian, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Ronan Keating returned as judges.
The discography of The X Factor Australia consists of music releases from contestants of the show. While some contestants have been signed to record labels, others have released their music independently. Since season one, contestants have achieved commercial success on the Australian ARIA Charts, with thirteen top-ten albums, eighteen top-ten songs, and twenty-nine platinum and thirteen gold certifications.
Bella Ferraro is an Australian singer most notable for and was the tenth contestant eliminated on the fourth season of The X Factor Australia in 2012.
The Collective were an Australian boy band consisting of members Trent Bell, Julian De Vizio, Zach Russell, Jayden Sierra and Will Singe. They were formed during the fourth season of The X Factor Australia in 2012 and were the last contestant eliminated. The Collective subsequently signed with Sony Music Australia and released their debut single "Surrender", which debuted at number six on the ARIA Singles Chart. The group's self-titled album, The Collective, was released in December 2012 and debuted at number 11 on the ARIA Albums Chart. The Collective disbanded in 2015 to pursue solo careers.
Jai Waetford is an Australian pop singer and songwriter who was the last contestant eliminated on the fifth season of The X Factor Australia. He subsequently signed with Sony Music Australia and released his debut single "Your Eyes", which peaked at number six on the ARIA Singles Chart. Waetford's self-titled debut EP was released in December 2013 and peaked at number 21 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Waetford joined the Australian soap opera Neighbours in February 2016 as Angus Beaumont-Hannay; his debut episode aired on 2 May. His latest EP Heart Miles was released 3 June 2016.
Dami Im is an Australian singer and songwriter. She represented Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 held in Stockholm, Sweden with the song "Sound of Silence", placing second and achieving the highest Eurovision Song Contest score for Australia.
JTR is a Swedish boy band made up of John, Tom Lundbäck and Robin Lundbäck. The band's name is made up of the first letters of their given names John, Tom and Robin.
The Clique were an Australian pop duo consisting of members Jacinta Gulisano and Jordan Rodrigues. They were formed in 2013 originally as the trio Third Degree, who competed in the fifth season of The X Factor Australia and were the tenth contestant eliminated. The group subsequently signed with Sony Music Australia and released their debut single "Different Kind of Love", which peaked at number 22 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Following the departure of Kelebek in 2014, Third Degree changed their name to The Clique and were no longer signed to Sony Music. The group disbanded in 2015 to pursue solo careers.
Taylor James Henderson is an Australian singer and songwriter. Originating from Ceres, Victoria, Henderson rose to fame after placing third on the fourth series of Australia's Got Talent in 2010. Three years later, he became the runner-up on the fifth season of The X Factor Australia and subsequently received a recording contract with Sony Music Australia.
The X Factor is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent; the winner of which received a Sony Music Australia recording contract. Season 6 premiered on the Seven Network on 13 July 2014 and ended on 20 October 2014. Luke Jacobz returned as host, while Dannii Minogue, Redfoo, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Ronan Keating returned as judges. Comedy duo Luke & Wyatt joined the sixth season as the hosts of the online spin-off show The Fan Factor. The winner was Marlisa Punzalan and her winner's single "Stand by You" was released after the final. Punzalan became the youngest winner of the show at 15 years old and was the first contestant from the Girls category to do so. She was mentored by Keating, who won as mentor for the second time after previously mentoring season two winner Altiyan Childs in 2010.
"Alive" is the winner's single by season five winner of The X Factor Australia, Dami Im. It was released digitally on 28 October 2013, as the lead single from her self-titled second album. "Alive" was written and produced by DNA Songs. Four days after its release in Australia, the song debuted at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart. It was certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for selling over 70,000 copies.
Joanne Hadjia, known professionally as Joey Djia, is an Australian singer and songwriter. She is first known for competing as a finalist in the fourth season of The X Factor Australia, where she performed as part of the duo Good Question, and later in the show's fifth season as a solo act.
The X Factor is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent; the winner of which received a Sony Music Australia recording contract. The seventh season premiered on the Seven Network on 13 September 2015 and concluded on 24 November 2015. Luke Jacobz returned as the host of the show. Dannii Minogue was the only judge from the previous season who returned, while Redfoo, Ronan Keating and Natalie Bassingthwaighte were replaced by former judge Guy Sebastian, as well as new judges James Blunt and Chris Isaak. The winner was Cyrus Villanueva and his winner's single "Stone" was released after the final. He was mentored by Isaak, who won as mentor for the first time.
The X Factor was an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original British version, to find new singing talent; the winner of which received a Sony Music Australia recording contract. The eighth season, branded as X Factor: Next Generation, premiered on Seven Network on 3 October 2016. Jason Dundas replaced Luke Jacobz as host; with the judging panel consisting of Mel B, Guy Sebastian, Iggy Azalea and Adam Lambert. The winner was Isaiah Firebrace and his winner's single "It's Gotta Be You" was released after the final. He was mentored by Lambert, who won as mentor for the first and only time.