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Performances & Results
Live show details
Week 1 (11 October
2008)
Theme:
Number 1 songs in either the UK
or US charts
Celebrity guest:
Leon
Jackson
Song performed by celebrity guest: "Don't
Call This Love"
- Judges' votes to eliminate
 |
Cowell: Bad Lashes Described both acts as "shocking". |
|
Cole:
Girlband Had no standout comment on either act. |
|
Minogue: Girlband Had no standout comment on either act. |
|
Walsh:
Bad Lashes Based on the fact that he couldn't pick between two of his
own acts, he chose Bad Lashes to take it to a deadlock. |
- Notes
| As both acts received two votes from the
judges, the result went to deadlock and was referred to the public vote. The
act that received the fewest public votes was Bad Lashes who were duly
eliminated from the show. |
Week 2 (18 October
2008)
Theme:
Songs by Michael Jackson or
The Jackson 5
Celebrity guest:
Girls
Aloud
Song performed by celebrity guest: "The
Promise"
- Judges' votes to eliminate
|
Walsh:
Ruth Lorenzo Backing his own act, Girlband. |
|
Minogue: Girlband Backing her own act, Ruth Lorenzo. |
|
Cole:
Girlband Stating that Ruth had nailed her performance of Purple Rain. |
|
Cowell: Ruth Lorenzo Wanting it taken to deadlock. |
- Notes
| The result again went to deadlock and Girlband
were eliminated having received the fewest public votes. During the show, a
mistake was made in one of the overlays and Ruth's number was briefly
displayed incorrectly, meaning any calls to that number would not have
registered a vote. After the show, viewers complained that they had dialled
this incorrect number and could not get through to vote for Ruth, but ITV
insisted the issue should not have made any difference to the overall result.[21] |
Week 3 (25 October
2008)
Theme:
Big Band
Celebrity guest: None
Song performed by celebrity guest: No celebrity guest; in the results
show the finalists instead performed a cover version of the
Mariah
Carey song "Hero"
on behalf of the
Help for Heroes charity. This song was released on Sunday 26 as a download
and Monday 27 physically.
- Judges' votes to eliminate
|
Cowell: Daniel Evans Backing his own act, Scott Bruton. |
|
Cole:
Scott Bruton Commented that Scott lacked passion. |
|
Minogue: Scott Bruton Backing her own act, Daniel Evans. |
|
Walsh:
Scott Bruton Commented that Daniel "sang every word like he meant
it". |
Week 4 (1 November
2008)
Theme:
Disco[22]
Celebrity guest:
Will Young[23]
Song performed by celebrity guest: "Grace"
- Judges' votes to eliminate
|
Cowell: Rachel Hylton Backing his own act, Austin Drage. |
|
Cole:
Austin Drage Stated she was prepared to give Rachel a "moment to
shine". |
|
Minogue: Austin Drage Backing her own act, Rachel Hylton. |
|
Walsh:
Austin Drage Said Rachel had "raw talent". |
Week 5 (8 November
2008)
Theme:
Songs by Mariah Carey[24]
Celebrity guest:
Mariah
Carey
Song performed by celebrity guest: "I
Stay in Love"; Carey also performed a special version of "Hero"
with 11 of the 12 finalists, Diana Vickers was suffering from laryngitis so
couldn't attend.
[25]
- Judges' votes to eliminate
|
Cowell: Laura White Commenting that the girls "were not the
worst singers of the night". |
|
Cole:
Ruth Lorenzo Backing her own act, Laura White. |
|
Minogue: Laura White Backing her own act, Ruth Lorenzo. |
|
Walsh:
Laura White Commenting that Ruth Lorenzo was more of a "battler". |
- Notes
|
Diana Vickers did not perform as she was suffering from
laryngitis. The show's producers allowed her to go through to week six. It
is the first time this has happened in the show's history. The producers of
the show gave the following statement; "Diana Vickers did not perform on
tonight's The X Factor on doctor's orders. Because of these exceptional
circumstances producers have let her miss this week's show and she will return
to the competition next week. All other artists supported this decision."[26]
Vickers had been due to perform "Always
Be My Baby".[27] |
Week 6 (15 November
2008)
Theme:
Best of British
Celebrity guest:
Leona
Lewis
Song performed by celebrity guest: "Run"
[28]
- Judges' votes to eliminate
|
Walsh:
Daniel Evans Had no standout comment on either performance, though
had consistently criticised Daniel throughout the competition. |
|
Cole:
Daniel Evans Had no standout comment on either act. |
|
Cowell: Daniel Evans Commented that Rachel "threw it away"
with her performance and that he would have liked to see her perform with a
bit more passion, but said, "This may come as a surprise, but the act I'm
going to send home is Daniel." |
|
Minogue: Did not vote as there was already a majority. When asked by
Dermot O'Leary which way she would have voted had her vote been required, she
said she would have been unable to decide and would have sent it to deadlock. |
Notes
| During the week, ITV were uncertain if Diana
would be able to perform due to her continued illness, and raised the question
of whether she should be given another week off if she was still too sick to
sing.[29]
It was, however, later confirmed that she would appear.[30] |
| JLS performed their three songs as a medley. |
Week 7 (22 November
2008)
Theme:
Songs by Take That[31]
Celebrity guests:
Take That,
Same Difference and
Rhydian Roberts[32]
Songs performed by celebrity guests: "Greatest
Day" (Take That), "We
R One" (Same Difference) and "The
Impossible Dream" (Rhydian Roberts)
Judges' votes to eliminate:
|
Walsh:
Rachel Hylton Backing his own act, JLS. |
|
Minogue: JLS Backing her own act, Rachel Hylton. |
|
Cole:
Rachel Hylton Stated that it had been the best Rachel had sung since
the auditions, but said JLS would go further in the competition than Rachel. |
|
Cowell: Rachel Hylton Stated that this was the third time
Rachel was in the bottom two, and that JLS shouldn't have been in the bottom
two. |
Notes
| JLS had previously been rehearsing to sing
"Rule the World", with the approval of their mentor, Louis Walsh. Contrary to
this, as Dannii Minogue had higher priority in the judges' song-selection
rota, she selected the song for her artist Rachel Hylton to sing. This led to
an on-screen argument between Minogue and Walsh.[33] |
Week 8 (29 November
2008)
Theme:
Songs by Britney Spears and
American classics
Celebrity guest:
Britney Spears and
Miley
Cyrus[34]
Song performed by celebrity guests: "Womanizer"
(Britney Spears), "7
Things" (Miley Cyrus)
[35]
Notes:
| This week, there was no bottom two; the act
that received the fewest public votes was automatically eliminated. Each act
also performed twice, with voting open after all acts performed once. |
| Despite a live performance by Britney Spears,
the Miley Cyrus performance was recorded before the main live broadcast due to
her tight schedule.[citation
needed] |
| Britney Spears' performance was lip-synced,
performed to a backing track.
[36] |
Week 9 (Semi-final, 6
December 2008)
Theme: Judges' and contestants' choice
acts will sing two songs: one chosen by their mentor and one that they have
chosen themselves.[37]
Celebrity guest:
Il Divo
[38]
Song performed by celebrity guest: "Amazing
Grace"
