The X Factor: Battle of the Stars

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The X Factor: Battle of the Stars was a UK celebrity special edition of The X Factor, which screened on ITV, starting on 29 May 2006 and lasting for eight consecutive nights. Pop Idol was meant to air in its place as Celebrity Pop Idol but was stopped shortly before transmission, when ITV picked The X Factor over it.

Nine celebrity acts participated, singing live in front of the nation and facing the judges of the previous The X Factor series, Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh. Voting revenues were donated to the celebrities' chosen charities.

It was reported on 26 August 2006 that Simon Cowell had axed the show, describing it as "pointless" and adding "we are never going to do it again".

Categories

  – Winner

  – Eliminated

  – Runner-Up

Category (Mentor)	Acts
16-24s (Sharon Osbourne)	Michelle Marsh	Nikki Sanderson	Matt Stevens
25 and overs (Louis Walsh)	Lucy Benjamin	Gillian McKeith	Chris Moyles
Groups (Simon Cowell)	Paul and Debbie	James and Rebecca	The Chefs*

• * The Chefs was a quartet of celebrity chefs: Jean-Christophe Novelli, Aldo Zilli, Paul Rankin and Ross Burden.

Results summary

The Contestants labeled yellow were Sharon's Contestants (16s to 24s), the Contestants labeled light blue are Simon's Contestants (Groups) and the Contestants labeled dark blue are Louis' (Over 25s).

		Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7	Day 8
	Lucy Benjamin	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner
	Matt Stevens	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Runner-Up
	Chris Moyles	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom	Eliminated (Day 7)
	The Chefs	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Bottom	Eliminated (Day 6)
	Nikki Sanderson	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Day 5)
	James and Rebecca	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Day 4)
	Michelle Marsh	Safe	Bottom Two	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Day 3)
	Gillian McKeith	Bottom Two	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Day 2)
	Paul and Debbie	Bottom Two	Eliminated (Day 1)
Bottom Two		Gillian, Paul & Debbie	Gillian, Michelle	Lucy, Michelle	James & Rebecca, Nikki	Nikki, The Chefs	-	-	-
	Simon's Vote	Gillian	Gillian	Michelle	Nikki	Nikki	-	-	-
	Sharon's Vote	Paul & Debbie	Gillian	Lucy	James & Rebecca	The Chefs
	Louis' Vote	Paul & Debbie	Michelle	Michelle	James & Rebecca	Nikki
Eliminated		Paul & Debbie 2 of 3 Votes	Gillian 2 of 3 Votes	Michelle 2 of 3 Votes	James & Rebecca 2 of 3 Votes	Nikki 2 of 3 Votes	The Chefs Bottom	Chris Bottom	Matt Runner-Up
									Lucy Winner

Trivia

Rebecca Loos replaced Andrea Catherwood, who was originally scheduled to appear as James Hewitt's singing partner, but was not allowed to appear after ITV News Chiefs refused to give her permission.[1]