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The X Factor was 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.[1] Season 6 premiered on the Seven Network on 13 July 2014 and ended on 20 October 2014.[2] [3] Luke Jacobz returned as host, while Dannii Minogue, Redfoo, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Ronan Keating returned as judges.[4] Comedy duo Luke & Wyatt joined the sixth season as the hosts of the online spin-off show The Fan Factor.[5] The winner was Marlisa Punzalan and her winner's single "Stand by You" was released after the final.[3] 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.[3]
Open auditions in front of the show's producers took place in 13 cities from November 2013 to January 2014. The successful 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 in April 2014. Following auditions was super bootcamp, where all four judges worked together and collectively chose 24 acts, including six from each of the four categories: Boys, Girls, Over 25s and Groups. After super bootcamp was the home visits round, where each judge reduced their six acts to three, with assistance from guest mentors James Blunt, John Legend, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Mauboy and Nicole Scherzinger. The live shows began on 10 August 2014. This was the first season of The X Factor Australia to feature a wildcard in the live shows as the thirteenth contestant.
After the previous season concluded, the show confirmed that Keating, Redfoo, Bassingthwaighte and Minogue will all return for this season. Additionally, Minogue's confirmation on 24 February 2014, meant she would not return as a judge to the UK show for the 2014 UK series to replace Nicole Scherzinger despite popular demand in the UK for her to return to UK show in 2014.[6] Scherzinger was eventually replaced by former judge Mel B.
Open auditions in front of the show's producers took place in 13 cities[7] and ran from November 2013 to January 2014.[8] Online and DVD auditions were also held for those who could not attend the open auditions.[9] The auditionees chosen by the producers were 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 the Hisense Arena in Melbourne on 4, 5 and 6 April, and at the Qantas Credit Union Arena in Sydney on 9, 10, 11 and 12 April.[10]
| City | Dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Canberra | 7 November 2013 | Rydges Lakeside Canberra |
| Adelaide | 9 November 2013 | AAMI Stadium |
| Newcastle | 13 November 2013 | Hunter Stadium |
| Cairns | 19 November 2013 | Shangri-La Hotel, The Marina |
| Darwin | 21 November 2013 | The Hilton Hotel |
| Brisbane | 23–24 November 2013 | Suncorp Stadium |
| Mackay | 26 November 2013 | Central QLD Conservatorium of Music |
| Coffs Harbour | 3 December 2013 | Opal Cove Resort |
| Albury | 5 December 2013 | Albury Entertainment Centre |
| Melbourne | 7–9 December 2013 | Flemington Racecourse |
| Bunbury | 16 January 2014 | Quality Hotel Lord Forrest |
| Perth | 18–19 January 2014 | Parmelia Hilton |
| Sydney | 24–26 January 2014 | Australian Technology Park |
| City | Dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 4–6 April 2014 | Hisense Arena |
| Sydney | 9–12 April 2014 | Qantas Credit Union Arena |
The super bootcamp stage of the competition was held at The Star in Pyrmont, New South Wales.[11] Filming began in late April 2014. The first day of bootcamp saw judges Ronan Keating, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Redfoo and Dannii Minogue split each category into collaborations.[11] The male and female soloists were put into ensembles of four within their category,[12] the Over 25s were put into ensembles of three, and the acts from the Groups category were put into pairs.[11] Each collaboration was given a list of songs which they had to choose from and only had 24 hours to rehearse.[11] On the second day, each collaboration performed their chosen song for the judges.[11] At the end of the day, a select group of soloists from the Boys and Girls categories were first requested by the judges to return to the stage to form a boy band (consisting of Ellis Hall, Harry Target and Joel Watson) and a girl group (consisting of Serenity, Tahnie Cristini, Chaska Halliday and Nada Leigh Nasser).[11] [13] The judges then sent home half of the 100 acts.[11]
On the third day, each judge found out which category they would be mentoring, and the remaining 48 acts each had a one-on-one mentoring session with their mentor.[11] Bassingthwaighte was given the Boys, Keating was given the Girls, Redfoo was given the Over 25s and Minogue was given the Groups category.[11] [13] On the fourth day, each act individually performed one song to the judges and a live audience of one thousand.[11] On the fifth and final day of bootcamp, the judges revealed which acts they put through to home visits.[14]
The 24 successful acts were:
The final round of the selection process, the home visits, saw each judge take their remaining six acts to exclusive locations around the world.[15] Bassingthwaighte and Keating took the Boys and Girls to New York City, Redfoo took the Over 25s to Las Vegas, and Minogue took the Groups to an exclusive location in Sydney.[15] On the first day, each act had a one-on-one mentoring session with their mentor.[15] Minogue was assisted by Jessica Mauboy during the mentoring sessions for the Groups.[15] On the second day of home visits, each act performed one song to their mentor and guest mentor.[15] Bassingthwaighte was assisted by American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez, Keating was assisted by John Legend, Redfoo was assisted by former X Factor UK judge Nicole Scherzinger (who got replaced by Mel B as of UK Series 11) and Minogue was assisted by James Blunt.[14] [16] After the performances, the judges along with their guest mentors, narrowed down the acts to three each.[17] On the third and final day, the judges revealed which acts they put through to the live shows.[17]
Key:
– Wildcard winner
| Judge | Category | Location | Assistant(s) | Contestants eliminated | Wildcards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassingthwaighte | Boys | New York City | Jennifer Lopez | Jaymie Deboucherville, James Johnston | Jesse Teinaki | |
| Keating | Girls | John Legend | Shanell Dargan, Chloe Papandrea | Alice Bottomley | ||
| Redfoo | Over 25s | Las Vegas | Nicole Scherzinger | Stephanie Totino, Amali Ward | Ryan Imlach | |
| Minogue | Groups | Sydney | Jessica Mauboy James Blunt | MajikHoney, Paris Inc. | Brothers3 |
At the end of home visits, it was announced that each judge could bring back one eliminated act from their category, who did not make the top twelve, as their wildcard.[17] Bassingthwaighte chose Jesse Teinaki, Keating chose Alice Bottomley, Redfoo chose Ryan Imlach, and Minogue chose Brothers3.[17] The public then voted for which of the four wildcards would become the thirteenth contestant.[17] Brothers3 were announced as the wildcard winners during the first live show on 10 August 2014.[18]
Key:
– Winner
– Runner-Up
– Wildcard (Live Shows)
| Act | Age(s) | Hometown | Category (mentor) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlisa Punzalan | 15 | Glendenning, New South Wales | Girls (Keating) | Winner |
| Dean Ray | 22 | Narromine, New South Wales | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | Runner-Up |
| 16-18 | Mudgee | Groups (Minogue) | 3rd Place | |
| Reigan Derry | 26 | Maida Vale, Western Australia | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 4th Place |
| Caitlyn Shadbolt | 19 | Gympie, Queensland | Girls (Keating) | 5th Place |
| Jason Heerah | 31 | Melbourne, Victoria | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 6th Place |
| Tee | 24 | Sydney, New South Wales | Boys (Bassingwaighte) | 7th Place |
| Rochelle Pitt | 41 | Cairns, Queensland | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 8th Place |
| Sydnee Carter | 16 | Wanneroo | Girls (Keating) | 9th Place |
| XOX | 18-21 | Various | Groups (Minogue) | 10th Place |
| Adrian Nookadu | 17 | Sydney, New South Wales | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 11th Place |
| Younger Than Yesterday | 16 | Various | Groups (Minogue) | 12th Place |
| Trill | 14-15 | Various | 13th Place |
– Act with the most votes
– Act in the bottom two or three and had to perform in the final showdown
– Act received the fewest public votes and was automatically eliminated
| Act | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 52 | Week 6 | Week 74 | Week 8 | Quarter-Final | Semi-Final | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday Vote | Monday Vote | |||||||||||||
| Marlisa Punzalan | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 5th | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | Safe | Winner | ||
| Dean Ray | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 2nd | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom Two | Safe | Safe | Runner-Up | ||
| Brothers3 | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 1st | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | Eliminated (Final) | ||
| Reigan Derry | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 3rd | Safe | Safe | 5th | Safe | 4th | Eliminated (Semi-Final) | |||
| Caitlyn Shadbolt | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 6th | 7th | Bottom Three | Safe | Bottom Two | Eliminated (Quarter-Final) | ||||
| Jason Heerah | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom Two | Safe | Bottom Three | 6th | Eliminated (Week 8) | |||||
| Tee | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom Two | 7th | Safe | Bottom Three | Eliminated (Week 7) | ||||||
| Rochelle Pitt | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 4th | 8th | Eliminated (Week 6) | |||||||
| Sydnee Carter | Safe | Safe | 10th< | --Do not change this. Deadlock revealed Sydnee came 10th in Week 3's voting results, not 10th in the competition.--> | Safe | Bottom Two | Eliminated (Week 5) | |||||||
| XOX | Safe | Bottom Two | Safe | Bottom Two | Eliminated (Week 4) | |||||||||
| Adrien Nookadu | Bottom Two | Safe | 11th | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||||||
| Younger Than Yesterday | Safe | Bottom Two | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||||||
| Trill | Bottom Two | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||||||
| Final Showdown | Trill, Nookadu | XOX, Younger Than Yesterday | Carter, Nookadu | XOX, Tee | Carter, Heerah | Shadbolt, Pitt | Shadbolt, Tee, Heerah | Heerah, Derry | Shadbolt, Ray | Derry, Punzalan | No final showdown/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who wins | |||
| Judges voted to | Eliminate | Send Through | ||||||||||||
| Keating's vote (Girls) | Trill | Younger Than Yesterday | Nookadu | XOX | Heerah | Pitt | Tee | Heerah | Ray | Punzalan | ||||
| Bassingthwaighte's vote (Boys) | Trill | Younger Than Yesterday | Carter | XOX | Carter | 3 | Shadbolt | Heerah | Shadbolt | Derry | ||||
| Minogue's vote (Groups) | Nookadu | 1 | Carter | Tee | Carter | None (abstained) | Shadbolt | Derry | Shadbolt | Punzalan | ||||
| Redfoo's vote (Over 25s) | Trill | Younger Than Yesterday | Nookadu | XOX | Carter | Shadbolt | Tee | Derry | Shadbolt | Derry | ||||
| Eliminated | Trill 3 of 4 votes Majority | Younger Than Yesterday 3 of 3 votes Majority | Adrien Nookadu 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | XOX 3 of 4 votes Majority | Sydnee Carter 3 of 4 votes Majority | Rochelle Pitt 1 of 2 votes Deadlock3 | Tee 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Jason Heerah 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Caitlyn Shadbolt 3 of 4 votes Majority | Reigan Derry 2 of 4 votes Deadlock | Brothers3 Public Vote To Win | Dean Ray Public Vote To Win | ||
Notes
| Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Heerah | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 1 | "Sing" | Safe | |
| Tee | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 2 | "Love Me Again" | ||
| Sydnee Carter | Girls (Keating) | 3 | "Don't Panic" | ||
| Younger Than Yesterday | Groups (Minogue) | 4 | "Somebody to You" | ||
| Rochelle Pitt | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 5 | "History Repeating" | ||
| Trill | Groups (Minogue) | 6 | "I Will Never Let You Down" | Bottom Two | |
| Adrien Nookadu | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 7 | "Stupid Love" | ||
| Marlisa Punzalan | Girls (Keating) | 8 | "All by Myself" | Safe | |
| Brothers3 | Groups (Minogue) | 9 | "Just the Way You Are" | ||
| Caitlyn Shadbolt | Girls (Keating) | 10 | "Days Go By" | ||
| XOX | Groups (Minogue) | 11 | "Braveheart" | ||
| Dean Ray | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 12 | "Sympathy for the Devil" | ||
| Reigan Derry | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 13 | "Unconditionally" | ||
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Result | |
| Trill | Groups (Minogue) | 1 | "Leave (Get Out)" | Eliminated | |
| Adrien Nookadu | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 2 | "When I Was Your Man" | Safe | |
| Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Legend | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XOX | Groups (Minogue) | 1 | "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" | Katy Perry | Bottom Two | |
| Adrien Nookadu | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 2 | "Like I Love You" | Justin Timberlake | Safe | |
| Sydnee Carter | Girls (Keating) | 3 | "Live and Let Die" | Paul McCartney and Wings | ||
| Rochelle Pitt | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 4 | "Gimme Shelter" | The Rolling Stones | ||
| Reigan Derry | 5 | "Toxic" | Britney Spears | |||
| Dean Ray | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 6 | "Janie's Got a Gun" | Aerosmith | ||
| Younger Than Yesterday | Groups (Minogue) | 7 | "One Way or Another" | Blondie | Bottom Two | |
| Marlisa Punzalan | Girls (Keating) | 8 | "Paparazzi" | Lady Gaga | Safe | |
| Caitlyn Shadbolt | 9 | "Blaze of Glory" | Jon Bon Jovi | |||
| Tee | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 10 | "Hey Jude" | The Beatles | ||
| Jason Heerah | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 11 | "Working Day and Night" | Michael Jackson | ||
| Brothers3 | Groups (Minogue) | 12 | "Always on My Mind" | Elvis Presley | ||
| Final showdown details | ||||||
| Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Result | ||
| XOX | Groups (Minogue) | 1 | "Nobody's Perfect" | Safe | ||
| Younger Than Yesterday | Groups (Minogue) | 2 | "On Top of the World" | Eliminated | ||
| Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Decade | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brothers3 | Groups (Minogue) | 1 | "Happy Birthday Helen" | 1990s | Safe | |
| Caitlyn Shadbolt | Girls (Keating) | 2 | "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" | 1970s | ||
| Rochelle Pitt | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 3 | "Nothing's Real but Love" | 2010s | ||
| Tee | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 4 | "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" | 1980s | ||
| Sydnee Carter | Girls (Keating) | 5 | "Video Killed the Radio Star" | 1970s | Bottom Two | |
| Adrien Nookadu | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 6 | "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" | 1980s | ||
| XOX | Groups (Minogue) | 7 | "Groove Is in the Heart" | 1990s | Safe | |
| Dean Ray | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 8 | "Reckless" | 1980s | ||
| Reigan Derry | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 9 | "Chandelier" | 2010s | ||
| Marlisa Punzalan | Girls (Keating) | 10 | "Hopelessly Devoted to You" | 1970s | ||
| Jason Heerah | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 11 | "Runaway Baby" | 2010s | ||
| Final showdown details | ||||||
| Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Result | ||
| Sydnee Carter | Girls (Keating) | 1 | "Hey Ya!" | Safe | ||
| Adrien Nookadu | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 2 | "I Can't Make You Love Me" | Eliminated | ||
With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Nookadu received the fewest votes and was eliminated.[27]
| Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tee | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 1 | "Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)" | Bottom Two | |
| Rochelle Pitt | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 2 | "Proud Mary" | Safe | |
| Marlisa Punzalan | Girls (Keating) | 3 | "It's Oh So Quiet" | ||
| Reigan Derry | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 4 | "Stay with Me" | ||
| Brothers3 | Groups (Minogue) | 5 | "Hey Brother" | ||
| Dean Ray | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 6 | "Mr. Brightside" | ||
| Sydnee Carter | Girls (Keating) | 7 | "Say Something" | ||
| Jason Heerah | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 8 | "Higher Ground" | ||
| XOX | Groups (Minogue) | 9 | "Problem" | Bottom Two | |
| Caitlyn Shadbolt | Girls (Keating) | 10 | "Shake It Off" | Safe | |
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Result | |
| XOX | Groups (Minogue) | 1 | "Suit & Tie" | Eliminated | |
| Tee | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 2 | "When a Man Loves a Woman" | Safe | |
| Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlisa Punzalan | Girls (Keating) | 1 | "Let It Go" | Safe (5th) | |
| Brothers3 | Groups (Minogue) | 2 | "Pompeii" | Safe (1st) | |
| Tee | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 3 | "Hold On, We're Going Home" | Safe (7th) | |
| Sydnee Carter | Girls (Keating) | 4 | "Strong" | Bottom Two | |
| Rochelle Pitt | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 5 | "Rolling in the Deep" | Safe (4th) | |
| Jason Heerah | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 6 | "She Came to Give It to You" | Bottom Two | |
| Dean Ray | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 7 | "Budapest" | Safe (2nd) | |
| Caitlyn Shadbolt | Girls (Keating) | 8 | "You and I" | Safe (6th) | |
| Reigan Derry | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 9 | "Bang Bang" | Safe (3rd) | |
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Result | |
| Sydnee Carter | Girls (Keating) | 1 | "Little Talks" | Eliminated | |
| Jason Heerah | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 2 | "Let's Get It On" | Safe | |
| Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Rock Artist | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Ray | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 1 | "New Sensation" | INXS | Safe | |
| Rochelle Pitt | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 2 | "Heavy Cross" | Gossip | Bottom Two | |
| Tee | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 3 | "Don't Stop Me Now" | Queen | Safe | |
| Marlisa Punzalan | Girls (Keating) | 4 | "Nothing Else Matters" | Metallica | ||
| Reigan Derry | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 5 | "Boys in Town" | Divinyls | ||
| Caitlyn Shadbolt | Girls (Keating) | 6 | "Closer to the Edge" | Thirty Seconds to Mars | Bottom Two | |
| Jason Heerah | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 7 | "Seven Nation Army" | The White Stripes | Safe | |
| Brothers3 | Groups (Minogue) | 8 | "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" | Coldplay | ||
| Final showdown details | ||||||
| Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Result | ||
| Caitlyn Shadbolt | Girls (Keating) | 1 | "Before the Worst" | Safe | ||
| Rochelle Pitt | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 2 | "Respect" | Eliminated | ||
With the acts in the bottom two receiving one vote each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Pitt was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.[41]
| Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Chosen by | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brothers3 | Groups (Minogue) | 1 | "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" | Ronan Keating | Safe |
| Marlisa Punzalan | Girls (Keating) | 2 | "Try" | Redfoo | |
| Reigan Derry | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 3 | "Dog Days Are Over" | Natalie Bassingthwaighte | |
| Tee | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 4 | "When Doves Cry" | Ronan Keating | Bottom Three |
| Caitlyn Shadbolt | Girls (Keating) | 5 | "Still Into You" | Natalie Bassingthwaighte | |
| Dean Ray | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 6 | "Stolen Dance" | Redfoo | Safe |
| Jason Heerah | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 7 | "Latch" | Dannii Minogue | Bottom Three |
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Result | |
| Caitlyn Shadbolt | Girls (Keating) | 1 | "Temporary Home" | Safe | |
| Jason Heerah | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 2 | "We Can Work It Out" | ||
| Tee | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 3 | "You Are So Beautiful" | Eliminated | |
With Shadbolt and Tee both receiving two votes each, Heerah was announced safe automatically and the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Tee was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.
| Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Australian Musician | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Heerah | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 1 | "Like It Like That" | Guy Sebastian | Bottom Two | |
| Caitlyn Shadbolt | Girls (Keating) | 2 | "Bow River" | Cold Chisel | Safe | |
| Reigan Derry | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 3 | "Burn for You" | John Farnham | Bottom Two | |
| Marlisa Punzalan | Girls (Keating) | 4 | "Super Love" | Dami Im | Safe | |
| Brothers3 | Groups (Minogue) | 5 | "Amnesia" | 5 Seconds of Summer | ||
| Dean Ray | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 6 | "Into My Arms" | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | ||
| Final showdown details | ||||||
| Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Result | ||
| Jason Heerah | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 1 | "Never Tear Us Apart" | Eliminated | ||
| Reigan Derry | Over 25s (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. Heerah was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.[51]
| Category (mentor) | Order | Killer Track | Order | Curveball | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Ray | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 1 | "Lonely Boy" | 9 | "Crying" | Bottom Two | |
| Marlisa Punzalan | Girls (Keating) | 2 | "Titanium" | 6 | "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" | Safe | |
| Reigan Derry | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 10 | "Only Girl (In the World)" | 3 | "Creep" | ||
| Brothers3 | Groups (Minogue) | 4 | "The Sound of Silence" | 7 | "Que Sera" | ||
| Caitlyn Shadbolt | Girls (Keating) | 5 | "Before He Cheats" | 8 | "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" | Bottom Two | |
| Final showdown details | |||||||
| Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Result | |||
| Caitlyn Shadbolt | Girls (Keating) | 1 | "If I Die Young" | Eliminated | |||
| Dean Ray | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 2 | "Hurt" | Safe | |||
| Category (mentor) | Order | Power song | Order | Passion song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brothers3 | Groups (Minogue) | 1 | "Best Song Ever" | 5 | "Massachusetts" | Safe | |
| Marlisa Punzalan | Girls (Keating) | 2 | "Girl on Fire" | 6 | "Impossible" | Bottom Two | |
| Dean Ray | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 8 | "Folsom Prison Blues"/"That's All Right (Mama)" | 3 | "The Power of Love" | Safe | |
| Reigan Derry | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 4 | "Can't Remember to Forget You" | 7 | "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" | Bottom Two | |
| Final showdown details | |||||||
| Act | Category (mentor) | Order | Song | Result | |||
| Reigan Derry | Over 25s (Redfoo) | 1 | "Hallelujah" | Eliminated | |||
| Marlisa Punzalan | Girls (Keating) | 2 | "Help!" | Safe | |||
With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Punzalan advanced to the final as the act with the most public votes.[57]
| Category (mentor) | Order | Audition song | Order | Duet | Order | Winner's single | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlisa Punzalan | Girls (Keating) | 1 | "Yesterday" | 8 | "Never Be the Same" with Jessica Mauboy | 5 | "Stand by You" | Safe | |
| Brothers3 | Groups (Minogue) | 4 | "Safe & Sound" | 2 | "Like a Drum" with Guy Sebastian | 7 | "The Lucky Ones" | Eliminated | |
| Dean Ray | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 9 | "Bette Davis Eyes" | 6 | "Dear Darlin'" with Olly Murs | 3 | "Coming Back" | Safe |
Brothers3 received the fewest public votes and were automatically eliminated.
| Category (mentor) | Order | Best Song | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlisa Punzalan | Girls (Keating) | 1 | "Titanium" | Winner | |
| Dean Ray | Boys (Bassingthwaighte) | 2 | "Budapest" | Runner-Up |
In September 2014, the top six finalists and Australian pop group Justice Crew recorded a cover of Pharrell Williams' song "Happy" for the Sony Foundation's youth cancer program, You Can.[62] Their version was released on the iTunes Store on 29 September 2014, as a charity single to help raise funds for You Can to establish specialised youth cancer centres across Australia.[63] [64]
XOX were criticised by Keating and Redfoo after their performance of Deee-Lite's "Groove Is in the Heart" during the third live show.[65] Redfoo said they look "like a pop act but it's not sounding like a pop act", while Keating said their performance was lacking and "just didn't feel it fired, it just didn't happen. You've got to get it right."[66] However, Bassingthwaighte disagreed with their comments and said she loved the performance.[65] The criticism divided the judging panel as "it quickly became a battle of the sexes".[66] [67] XOX's mentor Minogue told Keating that she was personally offended by his comments because she felt it was hypocritical as he did not like her criticising his acts. She then went on to say, "We took on board the feedback [from last week] so we took this song and did a club remix of it. If you're not used to that and you don't go to clubs anymore because you're too old then I'm sorry."[65]
Following XOX's elimination in week four of the live shows, Minogue stated that she believed the group were the victim of unwarranted criticism, saying that "Other acts have faltered but have not had the same criticism. I feel really strongly about that."[68] In an interview with TV Week, group member Nada-Leigh Nasser believed that Keating's consistently negative comments could have played a part in their elimination: "Ronan is very influential and his opinion does matter. We accept any criticism we get because we know it's all constructive in the end. But we do acknowledge that it would affect a lot of people's opinions."[69]
More controversy occurred after Reigan Derry's performance of Radiohead's "Creep" during the ninth live show, when Minogue criticised Derry's outfit for being too oversexualised.[70] Derry, who used to be a member of the girl band Scarlett Belle, had stated in her audition for The X Factor that she felt people did not get to see the real her because of how oversexualised the band was. Minogue told her: "I watched again your first audition and I listened to every word you said. You know, oversexualised and you just wanted to sing the song and you just wanted everybody to listen to your voice. In the close-ups of this outfit, if you don't want to be oversexualised...I'm getting mixed messages."[70] Derry's mentor Redfoo defended her outfit by saying that it was not oversexualised, before taking aim at Minogue's outfit.[70] He said, "Look what you're wearing! You want to talk about oversexualised, look what you're wearing! Let's get real. Let's get really real. This is see through!"[71] During the ninth live decider show the following night, Redfoo apologised to Minogue for the comments he made about her outfit.[72] Minogue accepted his apology and said "I've had a chat with Reigan and we've sorted it out. We are all moving on."[72]
| Week | Episode | Original airdate | Timeslot | Viewers (millions) | Nightly rank | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Auditions" | Sunday – | 1.226 |
| [73] | |
| 2 | Monday – | 0.970 |
| [74] | |||
| 3 | Tuesday – | 1.245 |
| [75] | |||
| 2 | 4 | Sunday – | 1.274 |
| [76] | ||
| 5 | Tuesday – | 1.166 |
| [77] | |||
| 6 | Wednesday – | 1.079 |
| [78] | |||
| 3 | 7 | "Super Bootcamp" | Sunday – | 1.114 |
| [79] | |
| 8 | Tuesday – | 1.107 |
| [80] | |||
| 9 | Wednesday – | 0.914 |
| [81] | |||
| 4 | 10 | "Home Visits" | Sunday – | 1.035 |
| [82] | |
| 11 | Monday – | 1.055 |
| [83] | |||
| 12 | Tuesday – | 1.088 |
| [84] | |||
| 5 | 13 | "Live show 1" | Sunday – | 1.152 |
| [85] | |
| 14 | "Live decider 1" | Monday – | 1.107 |
| [86] | ||
| 6 | 15 | "Live show 2" | Sunday – | 1.129 |
| [87] | |
| 16 | "Live decider 2" | Monday – | 1.078 |
| [88] | ||
| 7 | 17 | "Live show 3" | Sunday – | 1.115 |
| [89] | |
| 18 | "Live decider 3" | Monday – | 1.057 |
| [90] | ||
| 8 | 19 | "Live show 4" | Sunday – | 1.115 |
| [91] | |
| 20 | "Live decider 4" | Monday – | 1.167 |
| [92] | ||
| 9 | 21 | "Live show 5" | Sunday – | 1.180 |
| [93] | |
| 22 | "Live decider 5" | Monday – | 1.174 |
| [94] | ||
| 10 | 23 | "Live show 6" | Sunday – | 1.202 |
| [95] | |
| 24 | "Live decider 6" | Monday – | 1.142 |
| [96] | ||
| 11 | 25 | "Live show 7" | Sunday – | 1.131 |
| [97] | |
| 26 | "Live decider 7" | Tuesday – | 1.094 |
| [98] | ||
| 12 | 27 | "Live show 8" | Sunday – | 1.113 |
| [99] | |
| 28 | "Live decider 8" | Monday – | 1.161 |
| [100] | ||
| 13 | 29 | "Live show 9" | Sunday – | 0.874 |
| [101] | |
| 30 | "Live decider 9" | Monday – | 1.062 |
| [102] | ||
| 14 | 31 | "Live show 10" | Sunday – | 1.187 |
| [103] | |
| 32 | "Live decider 10" | Monday – | 1.302 |
| [104] | ||
| 15 | 33 | "Live Grand Final show" | Sunday – | 1.316 |
| [105] | |
| 34 | "Live Grand Final decider" | Monday – | 1.378 |
| [106] | ||
| "Winner announced" | 1.428 |
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