The X Factor series 9 - LIVE Show Weekend 2

DAYS LEFT FOR 3RD X FACTOR LIVE SHOW: Only 5 days to go!

DAYS LEFT FOR 3RD X FACTOR LIVE RESULTS' SHOW: Only 6 days to go!

Another weekend of X Factor action came and went!

As part of the Love & Heartbreak theme, the 12 acts performed on Saturday-night on that X Factor stage, in their bid for the public votes and a place for Weekend 3.

Sunday-night was all-about the decision by the public, with the voting results, which was to define who secured a place for Weekend 3!

After performances from 2010 X Factor runner-up Rebecca Ferguson and US Grammy award-winning star Taylor Swift, it was back to business as the results of the public vote were revealed in no-particular order!

With 10 guaranteed places up-for-grabs and a 11th-place to be fought for in the dreaded Final Showdown for the judges' vote.

The 2 acts whom had received the fewest of public votes and had to compete in the Final Showdown were Melanie Masson and District 3, making it a battle between Gary and Louis' respective categories.

After District 3 having performed first and with Melanie last-up to perform, it was decision time for the judges, on the act they were sending home.

Louis, who had the casting-vote last-week, was first-up to decide and defending his own act, he decided to send home.....MELANIE.

Tulisa, who saw all 3 of her acts intact, was next to decide and after a while, she decided to send home......MELANIE.

Gary, who had stormed-off after last-week's results; show, was next-up to decide and he too, decided to defend his own act, opting to send home......DISTRICT 3.

So it was 2 votes for Melanie and 1 vote for District 3 but there was still one more vote to cast and that one was down to Nicole, who also saw all 3 of her acts through.

Nicole, after quite some time, decided to send home......DISTRICT 3.

So the votes were tied, which meant that for the 2nd-week running, the result went to DEADLOCK, meaning that the act who received fewer votes was to leave the competition.

The act who had received the fewest of votes and was eliminated from the show was......MELANIE.

The result meant that District 3 had secured the 11th and final-place for Weekend 3, meaning that Louis had kept all 3 of his acts intact, whilst for the 2nd-time, Gary lost another act from his Over 28s category.

Missed any of the action from Weekend 2? You can watch both The X Factor and The Xtra Factor online NOW on the ITV Player @ http://www.itv.com/player

So Weekend 2 is officially over but Weekend 3 is along the way!

Good luck to the 11 remaining acts and the eliminated acts, the judges/mentors, the presenters and everyone of the X Factor team!



eXtra NEWS

X Factor 2006 winner Leona Lewis' new album 'Glassheart' has released and is OUT NOW!

Also, Rebecca Ferguson's deluxe edition of her debut album 'Heaven' and her new single 'Backtrack' is OUT NOW!

Looks like more competition in the charts coming-up!


Speaking of the charts, here is some news about the charts this-week, starting with the Big Top 40 (iTunes) chart!

Leona made a new-entry this-week at NO#12 with her new single 'Trouble.'

Last-year's X Factor winners' Little Mix are now at NO#17 with their new single 'Wings' whilst at NO#25 this-week is Amelia Lily with her new single 'You Bring Me Joy.'

At NO#9 this-week are One Direction with their new single 'Live While We're Young.'

Now onto the Official UK Top 40 Singles' Chart!

Leona's new single 'Trouble' was also a new entry in this chart this-week, entering at NO#7 this-week!

Meanwhile, One Direction are now at NO#6 with 'Live While We're Young' whilst Little Mix are now at NO#17 with 'Wings.'

Amelia Lily is now at NO#21 this-week with 'You Bring Me Joy.'

Over to the Official UK Top 40 Albums' Chart, One Direction's album 'Up All Night' remains unmoved at NO#23 this-week!

Congratulations to all of our artists! We are proud of you!







 

From the performances...to the Results!

 

DAYS LEFT FOR 3RD X FACTOR LIVE SHOW: Only 6 days to go!

DAYS LEFT FOR 3RD X FACTOR LIVE RESULTS' SHOW: Only 7 days to go!

DAYS LEFT FOR RELEASE OF LEONA LEWIS' NEW ALBUM 'GLASSHEART': Only 1 day left to go! (15th October)

DAYS LEFT FOR RELEASE OF REBECCA FERGUSON'S DEBUT ALBUM 'HEAVEN': Only 1 day left to go! (15th October)


Another weekend of performances finally came as last-night saw the start of Weekend 2 of The X Factor!

The 12 remaining acts performed as part of the Love & Heartbreak theme, in their bid to win YOUR votes and a step-closer to that £1 million recording contract!

It was their turn to do their bit last-night. Now it is time for YOU to do your bit and that is by voting!

Here are those all-important numbers you need to call or text!


The BOYS (a.k.a Team Nicole) - Mentored by NICOLE SCHERZINGER

To vote for Jahmene Douglas, call 09020 50 51 01
or text 6 50 51 01

To vote for Rylan Clark, call 09020 50 51 11
or text 6 50 51 11

To vote for James Arthur, call 09020 50 51 05
or text 6 50 51 05


The GIRLS (a.k.a Team Tulisa) - Mentored by TULISA CONTOSTAVLOS

To vote for Lucy Spraggan, call 09020 50 51 06
or text 6 50 51 06

To vote for Ella Henderson, call 09020 50 51 04
or text 6 50 51 04

To vote for Jade Ellis, call 09020 50 51 08
or text 6 50 51 08


The OVER 28s (a.k.a Team Gary) - Mentored by GARY BARLOW

To vote for Kye Sones, call 09020 50 51 10
or text 6 50 51 10

To vote for Melanie Masson, call 09020 50 51 12
or text 6 50 51 12

To vote for Christopher Maloney, call 09020 50 51 02
or text 6 50 51 02


The GROUPS (a.k.a Team Louis) - Mentored by LOUIS WALSH

To vote for District3, call 09020 50 51 07
or text 6 50 51 07

To vote for MK1, call 09020 50 51 09
or text 6 50 51 09

To vote for Union J, call 09020 50 51 03
or text 6 50 51 03


Lines are still open but they won't be for long, they will close on tonight's Results' Show.

The 2 acts who receive the fewest of votes, are going to have to perform against each-other in the Final Showdown for the judges' vote, which will sadly mean that an X Factor journey will come to an end for 1 act.

So if YOU don't want your favourite act to be in that dreaded bottom-two tonight, you need to VOTE NOW!

More voting details are on the link below
http://xfactor.itv.com/2012/vote/

So what are you waiting for, get voting NOW!

Join Dermot with those all-important results plus performances from Grammy-award US star Taylor Swift and X Factor 2010 runner-up Rebecca Ferguson, on The X Factor tonight at 8:00pm only on ITV1!

Remember to join Caroline and Olly right afterwards, with all the reaction, gossip and much-more on The Xtra Factor tonight at 9:00pm only on ITV2!

Don't miss it, guys!

Good luck to the 12 remaining acts, the judges/mentors, the presenters, the guest-stars and everyone of the X Factor team!

Weekend 2 is finally here!!!!!

DAYS LEFT FOR RELEASE OF LEONA LEWIS' NEW ALBUM 'GLASSHEART': Only 2 days to go! (15th October)

DAYS LEFT FOR RELEASE OF REBECCA FERGUSON'S DEBUT ALBUM 'HEAVEN': Only 2 days to go! (15th October)


Last-week marked the start of the LIVE shows with Weekend 1, which also turned-out to end in controversy as well!

Now another weekend of performances has come, as it is officially Weekend 2 of The X Factor!

Dermot is back tonight with all the performances from the 12 remaining acts, as they perform once again on that X Factor stage for YOUR votes, which will decide who stays in the race for that £1 million recording contract!

With all the comments and also on-hand to back their acts, are none other than the judges/mentors in Gary, Nicole, Tulisa and Louis!

Elsewhere, Caroline and Olly have all the reaction and all the backstage gossip right after the performances.

Tonight promises to be another exciting-night of X Factor action, so YOU need to be tuned-in as well as be prepared for voting!

Join Dermot with all the performances from the 12 remaining acts, on The X Factor tonight at 8:20pm only on ITV1!

Don't forget to switch over to ITV2 right-afterwards with The Xtra Factor, as Caroline and Olly have all the reaction and much more from 10:35pm tonight!

Don't miss it, guys!

Good luck to all 12 remaining acts, the judges/mentors, the presenters and everyone of the X Factor team!

The X Factor series 9 - LIVE Show Weekend 1

DAYS LEFT FOR 2ND-X FACTOR LIVE SHOW: Only 5 days to go!

DAYS LEFT FOR 2ND-X FACTOR LIVE RESULTS' SHOW: Only 6 days to go!

DAYS LEFT FOR RELEASE OF LEONA LEWIS' NEW ALBUM 'GLASSHEART': Only 7 days to go! (15th October)

DAYS LEFT FOR RELEASE OF REBECCA FERGUSON'S DEBUT ALBUM 'HEAVEN': Only 7 days to go! (15th October)


After weeks of auditions, the Bootcamp and the Judges' Houses, it was time for the start of the LIVE shows, as Weekend 1 finally came!

Saturday-night saw 12 acts turn to 13 acts thanks to a public vote for the WildCard act, as Christopher Maloney secured the 13th and final-place for the LIVE show.

Weekend 1 had the theme of Heroes Week, as all 13 acts performed songs inspired with the success of Team GB during the summer of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

For the first-time, phone/text lines had opened even before the start of all performances.

With the action of Saturday-night having passed-by, it was the action of Sunday-night next, with the first Results!

After performances from 2006 X Factor winner Leona Lewis and Grammy award-winning star Ne-Yo, the first results' were finally revealed!

11 guaranteed places for Weekend 2 were up-for-grabs whilst the 12th-place was to be decided by the judges with the Final Showdown.

The 2 acts that ended-up in the bottom-two and having to perform again in the Final Showdown were Carolynne Poole and Rylan Clark.

After both Rylan and Carolynne's performances, it was time for the judges' to make their decision.

Nicole was first to decide and defending her act, she decided to send home.....CAROLYNNE.

Gary was next-up and with no hesitation, he decided to send home.....RYLAN.

Tulisa, who saw all 3 of her acts through to Weekend 2, was next to decide and after quite some time, she decided to send home.....RYLAN.

The casting-vote turned-out to be the pressurising one, which was down to Louis, who saw all 3 of his acts through to Weekend 2.

Despite being instructed by Dermot to make his decision and with Gary and Nicole also talking-over, Louis said he wanted to keep Carolynne in the show and after being asked by Dermot to confirm his decision, Louis then decided to take the decision to.....DEADLOCK!

So it was 2 votes each for both Rylan and Carolynne, which resulted in going back to the public vote.

The act who received the fewest votes and was eliminated from the competition was.....CAROLYNNE.

The last and final 12th-place went to Rylan, which put him through to Weekend 2 and Carolynne's X Factor journey came to an end.

The result turned-out to be controversial, as Gary stormed-off when it was revealed.

Missed any of it? You can watch both The X Factor and The Xtra Factor online NOW on the ITV Player @ http://www.itv.com/itvplayer

Good luck to the 12 remaining acts and to Carolynne, the judges/mentors, the presenters and everyone of the X Factor team!

Tonight, it's all about the RESULTS!

 

DAYS LEFT FOR RELEASE OF LEONA LEWIS' NEW ALBUM 'GLASSHEART': Only 8 days to go! (15th October)

DAYS LEFT FOR RELEASE OF REBECCA FERGUSON'S DEBUT ALBUM 'HEAVEN': Only 8 days to go! (15th October)

Last-night, it was all-about the performances as the first X Factor LIVE show finally came!

Before the start of all the performances, there was still something needed to be done as the final 12 turned to the final 13, as the WildCard result was revealed, with Christopher Maloney winning YOUR votes to be in the race for that £1 million recording contract.

For the first-time in X Factor history, the phone/text lines had opened even before all 13 acts had performed on that X Factor stage for the first-time, with songs as part of Heroes Week.

The finalists' had done their bit last-night with their performances. Now it is time for YOU to do your bit by voting!

Here are those all-important numbers you will need to vote!

The BOYS - Mentored by NICOLE SCHERZINGER

To vote for Jahmene Douglas, call 09020 50 51 13 

or text 6 50 51 13

To vote for Rylan Clark, call 09020 50 51 09 

or text 6 50 51 09

To vote for James Arthur, call 09020 50 51 02 

or text 6 50 51 02

The GIRLS - Mentored by TULISA CONTOSTAVLOS

To vote for Lucy Spraggan, call 09020 50 51 04 or 

text 6 50 51 04

To vote for Ella Henderson, call 09020 50 51 11 

or text 6 50 51 11

To vote for Jade Ellis, call 09020 50 51 08 

or text 6 50 51 08

The OVER 28s - Mentored by GARY BARLOW

To vote for Kye Sones, call 09020 50 51 10

or text 6 50 51 10

To vote for Melanie Masson, call 09020 50 51 03

or text 6 50 51 03

To vote for Christopher Maloney, call 09020 50 51 06

or text 6 50 51 06

To vote for Carolynne Poole, call 09020 50 51 12

or text 6 50 51 12

The GROUPS - Mentored by LOUIS WALSH

To vote for District3, call 09020 50 51 01

or text 6 50 51 01

To vote for MK1, call 09020 50 51 05

or text 6 50 51 05

To vote for Union J, call 09020 50 51 07

or text 6 50 51 07

Tonight will be about the first and all-important results. Lines will close on tonight's Results' Show and once the lines close, it will be too-late!

More details of voting are on the link below

http://xfactor.itv.com/2012/vote/

Sadly, an X Factor journey will end for 1 act tonight, so if YOU don't want your favourite act to be eliminated, you need to VOTE NOW!

Join Dermot with those-all important results plus performances from Ne-Yo and 2006 X Factor winner Leona Lewis, on The X Factor tonight at 8:00pm only on ITV1!

Don't forget to join Caroline and Olly with all the reaction and all the gossip on The Xtra Factor tonight at 9:00pm only on ITV2!

Don't miss-it!

Good luck to all 13 acts, the guest-stars, the judges/mentors, the presenters and everyone of the X Factor team!

eXtra NEWS

With all the X Factor action, there has been a celebration of gongs today at Wembley Arena!

One Direction, whom had finished 3rd on The X Factor in 2010, have won 3 awards at today's annual BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards!

They won the awards for Best British Music Act whilst their single 'One Thing' picked-up the Best British Single award and their album 'Up All Night' picked-up the Best British Album award!

Tulisa was also at the ceremony to accept the Best British TV Show award. which went to The X Factor!!!!!!!

Congratulations to all the nominees and award winners! We are proud of you!

The LIVE shows are almost here!

DAYS LEFT FOR RELEASE OF LEONA LEWIS' NEW ALBUM: 'GLASSHEART': Only 10 days to go! (15th October)

DAYS LEFT FOR RELEASE OF REBECCA FERGUSON'S NEW ALBUM 'HEAVEN': Only 10 days to go! (15th October)


DAYS LEFT FOR 1ST X FACTOR LIVE SHOW: Only 1 day to go!

DAYS LEFT FOR 1ST X FACTOR LIVE RESULTS' SHOW: Only 2 days to go!


From the auditions to bootcamp and the judges' houses, the LIVE shows are almost here!

With Simon Cowell having called all 4 judges' revealing the categories they would mentor, they had to whittle it down to 3 acts each but with a twist, a wildcard act!

So with Gary having to look-after the Over 28's, Louis being given the Groups category, Nicole being awarded the Boys category and Tulisa being given the Girls category, they had the difficult task of selecting their final acts for the LIVE shows in the Judges' Houses round.

Tomorrow-night, Dermot will be back with all the action from the 1st X Factor LIVE show, as the final 12 acts perform for YOUR votes and a chance for that £1 million recording contract, whilst Caroline and Olly have all the backstage action from the show!

The BOYS - Mentored by NICOLE SCHERZINGER

James Arthur
Rylan Clark
Jahmene Douglas

Wildcard - Adam Burridge


The GIRLS - Mentored by TULISA CONTOSTAVLOS

Jade Ellis
Ella Henderson
Lucy Spraggan

Wildcard - Amy Mottram


The OVER 28's - Mentored by GARY BARLOW

Melanie Masson
Carolynne Poole
Kye Sones

Wildcard - Christopher Maloney


The GROUPS - Mentored by LOUIS WALSH

GMD3
MK1
Union J

Wildcard - Times Red


So it will turn from 12 acts to 13 acts because only 1 Wildcard act will win a place amongst the final acts and that decision, lies with YOU by voting!

Here are those all-important numbers you need to vote!

To vote for Adam Burridge (Boys), call 09020 50 51 17 or 
text 6 50 51 17

To vote for Amy Mottram (Girls), call 09020 50 51 18 or 
text 6 50 51 18

To vote for Christopher Maloney (Over 28's), 
call 09020 50 51 19 or text 6 50 51 19

To vote for Times Red (Groups), call 09020 50 51 20 or 
text 6 50 51 20


Dermot will be announcing the 1 Wildcard act who will join the final acts in the contest at the beginning of the first LIVE show tomorrow!

So what are you waiting for? Get voting NOW before the lines close! More voting details are on the link below.

http://xfactor.itv.com/2012/vote/
 
Join Dermot at the 1st X Factor LIVE show, on The X Factor tomorrow night at 8:00pm only on ITV1!

Don't forget to join Caroline and Olly with all the reaction plus all the gossip, on The Xtra Factor tomorrow-night at 10:20pm only on ITV2!

Don't miss it, guys!

Good luck to the final 12 acts and the 4 Wildcard acts, the judges/mentors, the presenters and everyone of the X Factor team!

WHOSE TIME IS NOW?

DAYS LEFT FOR LAUNCH OF THE X FACTOR UK (SERIES 9) 2012: Only 5 days to go!

The search for the next big-thing in music gets underway and it is only a weekend away!

Last-year's time was for Little Mix, who became the first-ever Group to win the hit ITV show!

Now that very hit ITV show is coming-back and the question this-year is.....WHOSE TIME IS NOW?

The search is almost about to get underway for the next big-thing in music. No prizes in guessing what this hit show is called. It is..........THE X FACTOR!

Dermot is back once-again with all the actions at-the-scenes of the auditions, as Gary Barlow, Tulisa Contostavlos and Louis Walsh all-return once-again but joining them in the search is ex-Pussycat Dolls' star Nicole Scherzinger!

Meanwhile, returning once-again but with all the backstage action are none-other than Caroline Flack and former X Factor 2009 finalist Olly Murs!

This-weekend will see the beginning of the nationwide-search, as the team meet hopefuls in London and Newcastle, all hoping to impress the judges in their bid to make it through to Bootcamp!

Amongst the thousands of hopefuls, that winner will be amongst them and there is great-determination to uncover that talent.

Tune-in to ITV1 with all the action at the auditions, on The X Factor this Saturday (18th August) from 8:00pm!

Also, don't forget to join Caroline and Olly as they bring all the action from backstage, with The Xtra Factor this Saturday (18th August) at 9:30pm only on ITV2!

Don't miss it, guys!

Good luck to all the hopefuls, the judges/mentors, the presenters and everyone of the X Factor team!

eXtra NEWS

Last-night saw a celebration of British music at the Olympic Stadium with the Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Amongst the performers at the spectacle were X Factor 2010 finalists' One Direction, who performed their hit single 'What Makes You Beautiful.' 

Also, our very-own X Factor judge Gary Barlow, having gone through such a horrific tragedy with the terrible death of his daughter Poppy, was joined by his fellow Take That members, as they gave a spectacular performance of 'Rule The World' whilst the Olympic flame was being distinguished.

The entire nation salutes you Gary and our condolences are with you and your wife Dawn, all the family and loved-ones.