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The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The sixth series started on ITV on 22 August 2009 and was won by Joe McElderry on 13 December 2009. Cheryl Cole emerged as the winning mentor for the second consecutive year, the first time in the show's history that a mentor has won back-to-back series.
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This is where you can find the clips of the sixth season of The X Factor in UK.
- Production
- Twists/Changes
- Selection Process
- Live Shows
- Controversies
- Team Rankings
- Trivia
The show was presented by Dermot O'Leary for the third year running, with spin-off show The Xtra Factor presented by Holly Willoughby on ITV2. Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Colereturned as judges.
Audtions: Auditions were held in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff and Glasgow. In a change to previous years, auditions were held in front of a live audience due to the success of a similar system on Britain's Got Talent. However, Glaswegian auditionees had already been judged using the old format, meaning that they had to apply again, as th...
Auditions
See: List of The X Factor UK auditionees (series 6) In a change to previous years, auditions were moved from a room to an arena in front of an audience similar to the format used by Britain's Got Talent. Previous contestants who returned to audition were eventual winner Joe McElderry who auditioned in Series 4 but opted to leave as he felt he was too young at the time. Finalists Rikki Loney and Rachel Adedeji also auditioned during Series 5 but both were rejected at bootcamp. Danyl Johnson au...
Bootcamp
See: Bootcamp (UK series 6)
Judges' Houses
See: Judges' Houses (UK series 6)
Results Summary
1. In Week 1, Walsh was absent from the result show due to the sudden death of Boyzone’s Stephen Gately, a band which he was a manager of, at the time. Due to his act, Kandy Rain being in the Bottom Two, an automatic vote was cast to eliminate Adedeji on the typical assumption that Walsh would have voted to eliminate Adedeji if he was present, which happens when a judge has one of their acts in the Bottom Two. 2. In Week 2, Walsh was absent from the result show due to his attendance of Stephe...
Bootcamp On 2 August 2009, it was reported that some bootcamp contestants felt they had been poorly treated by the show's producers; one compared the experience with that of a concentration camp and another claimed that those competing were only allowed to use the toilet twice a day. However, a spokesperson for the programme refuted the claims, say...
1. Over 25s (mentored by Simon Cowell) 2. Boys (mentored by Cheryl Cole) 3. Girls (mentored by Dannii Minogue) 4. Groups (mentored by Louis Walsh)
One notable auditionee was British gymnast Louis Smithwho was criticized by all four judges for his singing skills and did not pass the audition stage. He went on to win a silver medal at the Londo...This is the second consecutive series where only one judgehad a full category until Week 6.This is the first series to feature the most number of times where the result went to deadlock. The result went to deadlock for four consecutive weeks out of the five weeks the result went to deadl...This is the first series where only one judge had all her acts eliminated by the public vote, with her first two acts eliminated via deadlock, and her highest-placing act finishing in third place....- 22 August 2009-13 December 2009
- Dermot O'LearyHolly Willoughby
- ITVITV2
- 3 min
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Aug 22, 2009 · Judges Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh sift through a record-breaking number of applicants, who this year must audition in front of a studio audience and the panel. The heats start in London, before moving on to Manchester and Glasgow.
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The X Factor UK: With Louis Walsh, Simon Cowell, Dermot O'Leary, Sharon Osbourne. British singing competition in which contestants sing cover songs to try and impress judges and voting viewers.
