The X Factor (UK) / Season 2
| Season 2 of The X Factor (United Kingdom) | |||
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| Manufacturing company | Syco TV, Talkback Thames | ||
| First broadcast | August 20, 2005 - December 17, 2005 on ITV | ||
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The X Factor is a British music competition looking for new singing talent. The second season aired from August 20, 2005 to December 17, 2005. It was longer than the first season. Simon Cowell,Louis WalshandSharon Osbournecontinued to serve as the jury, whileKate Thornton returnedas presenter. Ben Shephardalso continued to host the spin-offThe Xtra Factoron ITV2 TV.
Shayne Ward prevailed against almost 75,000 other applicants and was named the winner of the season, making Louis Walsh the winning juror. By participating in the competition and the popularity that went with it, not only Ward, but also runner-up Andy Abraham , third-placed group Journey South and Maria Lawson , who came in eighth, got a record deal. The fifth-placed Chico Slimani was also able to top the British single charts with a single .
Jury, moderation and other cast
- Season two jury
Simon Cowell , Sharon Osbourne, and Louis Walsh were reinstated as judges on the show, exposing rumors that Osbourne and Walsh would not be returning due to financial reasons being false. Kate Thornton and Ben Shephard also returned as presenters, with Shephard only moderating the spin-off The Xtra Factor on ITV2. Yvie Burnett was also hired as a vocal coach.
course
The auditions were broadcast once a week from August 20 to September 24, 2005. After the auditions, each juror was assigned a category:
- Sharon Osbourne: Over 25s (solo artist aged 25+ )
- Louis Walsh: 16-24s (solo artist up to 24 years)
- Simon Cowell: Groups
The first Bootcamp episode appeared on the first and the second on October 8th. At the end of the boot camp, each juror could only take seven of his artists into the next round.
The candidates who made it into the round of Judges' Houses drove to a house that was each treated as the home of their mentor. They were interviewed there and performed one more time. After that, each juror had the opportunity to take four of his candidates to the live shows instead of only 3 as in the previous year . There were a total of 12 finalists .
| Juror | category | place | Retired candidates |
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| Cowell | Groups | Marbella | 4th Base Eskimo Blonde The Brothers |
| Osbourne | Over 25s | Beverly Hills | Richie Glynn Justin Hawes Haifa Kayali |
| Walsh | 16-24s | Dublin | James Bellamy Alexandra Burke Trevor Hodgson |
Finalists
Legend:
- _ - Winner
- _ - Runner-up
- _ - Third place
| Category (mentor) | Candidates | |||
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| 16–24s (Walsh) | Nicholas Dorsett | Phillip Magee | Shayne Ward | Chenai Zinyuku |
| Over 25s (Osbourne) | Andy Abraham | Brenda Edwards | Maria Lawson | Chico Slimani |
| Groups (Cowell) | 4Tune | Addictive ladies | The Conway Sisters | Journey South |
Live shows / finals
Two live shows were broadcast every Saturday evening during the competition. Up to and including week 7, each act performed a song on the first live show and the audience was given the opportunity to call for their favorite act. In the second show, the two candidates with the fewest votes were named and they had to sing one more time before the jury decided who had to leave the show.
The format changed from week eight, in which each candidate appeared with a song twice on the first show and once on the Results Show . At the end of this, the act with the fewest votes had to leave the show. The live shows began on October 15, and the live finals aired on December 17, 2005.
Summary of live shows / finals
- Legend
| _ | Candidate was among the two with the fewest votes (Bottom Two) and had to sing again (Final Showdown) |
| _ | The candidate received the fewest votes and was directly excluded from the show |
| _ | Candidate was chosen as the winner |
| Act | 1 week | 2 weeks | 3 week | 4th week | 5th week | 6th week | 7th week | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |
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| First vote | Second vote | ||||||||||
| Shayne Ward | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | winner |
| Andy Abraham | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | 2nd place |
| Journey South | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | 3rd place | Eliminated (final) |
| Brenda Edwards | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | Further | 4th Place | Eliminated (semi-finals) |
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| Chico Slimani | Bottom Two | Further | Bottom Two | Further | Further | Further | Bottom Two | 5th place | Eliminated (quarter-finals) |
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| The Conway Sisters | Further | Further | Further | Further | 8th place | Bottom Two | Bottom Two | Eliminated (week 7) |
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| Nicholas Dorsett | Further | Further | Further | Bottom Two | Further | Bottom Two | Eliminated (week 6) |
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| Maria Lawson | Further | Further | Further | 1st place | 7th place | Eliminated (week 5) |
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| Chenai Zinyuku | Further | Bottom Two | Further | Bottom Two | Eliminated (week 4) |
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| Phillip Magee | Further | Further | Bottom Two | Eliminated (week 3) |
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| 4Tune | Further | Bottom Two | Eliminated (week 2) |
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| Addictive ladies | Bottom Two | Eliminated (week 1) |
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| Final showdown | Addictive ladies, Slimani |
4Tune, Zinyuku |
Magee, Slimani |
Dorsett, Zinyuku |
The Conway Sisters, Lawson |
The Conway Sisters, Dorsett |
The Conway Sisters, Slimani |
No more final showdown , only audience votes counted | |||
| Walsh's nominations | Addictive ladies | 4Tune | Slimani | Zinyuku | Lawson | The Conway Sisters | - 1 | ||||
| Osbourne's nominations | Addictive ladies | 4Tune | Magee | Dorsett | The Conway Sisters | Dorsett | The Conway Sisters | ||||
| Cowell's nominations | Slimani | Zinyuku | Magee | Zinyuku | Lawson | Dorsett | - {FN | 2} | ||||
| Retired |
Addictiv Ladies two out of three nominations majority |
4Tune two out of three nominations majority |
Phillip Magee two out of three majority nominations |
Chenai Zinyuku two out of three nominations majority |
Maria Lawson two out of three majority nominations |
Nicholas Dorsett two out of two majority nominations |
The Conway Sisters two out of two majority nominations |
Chico Slimani audience voting too few votes |
Brenda Edwards audience voting too few votes |
Journey South audience voting too few votes |
Andy Abraham audience voting too few votes |
Live show details
Week 1 (October 15)
| candidate | sequence | song | Result |
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| Addictive ladies | 1 | "Superstar" | Eliminated |
| Shayne Ward | 2 | "Right Here Waiting" | Further |
| Chico Slimani | 3 | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | Bottom Two |
| Journey South | 4th | "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" | Further |
| Phillip Magee | 5 | "Amazed" | Further |
| Brenda Edwards | 6th | "Son of a Preacher Man" | Further |
| The Conway Sisters | 7th | "SOS" | Further |
| Nicholas Dorsett | 8th | "On the Wings of Love" | Further |
| Maria Lawson | 9 | "Emotion" | Further |
| 4Tune | 10 | "I Want It That Way" | Further |
| Chenai Zinyuku | 11 | "The Closest Thing to Crazy" | Further |
| Andy Abraham | 12 | "Greatest Love of All" | Further |
- Nomination of jurors for leaving the show
- Cowell: Chico Slimani - said the jury should choose real talent rather than a joke act, said that the judges had to pick the real talent over a "joke act" to protect their own group Addictiv Ladies.
- Osbourne: Addictiv Ladies - to protect their own act Chico Slimani
- Walsh: Addictiv Ladies - said Slimanie has the all-round entertainment package .
Week 2 (October 22)
| candidate | sequence | song | Result |
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| Andy Abraham | 1 | "You to Me Are Everything" | Further |
| Chenai Zinyuku | 2 | "Young Hearts Run Free" | Bottom Two |
| 4Tune | 3 | "I'll Be There" | Eliminated |
| Chico Slimani | 4th | "Play That Funky Music" | Further |
| Nicholas Dorsett | 5 | "Let's Get It On" | Further |
| The Conway Sisters | 6th | "You Raise Me Up" | Further |
| Maria Lawson | 7th | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | Further |
| Phillip Magee | 8th | "Wind Beneath My Wings" | Further |
| Journey South | 9 | "Desperado" | Further |
| Brenda Edwards | 10 | "Rescue Me" | Further |
| Shayne Ward | 11 | "If You're Not the One" | Further |
- Jury nominations for leaving the show
- Cowell: Chenai Zinyuku - to protect your own group, 4Tune.
- Walsh: 4Tune - to protect your own candidate Chenai Zinyuku.
- Osbourne: 4Tune - said Zinyuku had better chances of selling music.
Week 3 (October 29)
| candidate | sequence | song | Result |
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| Phillip Magee | 1 | "Johnny B. Goode" | Eliminated |
| Brenda Edwards | 2 | Midnight Train to Georgia | Further |
| Shayne Ward | 3 | "Summer of '69" | Further |
| Chico Slimani | 4th | "Livin 'la Vida Loca" | Bottom Two |
| The Conway Sisters | 5 | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | Further |
| Chenai Zinyuku | 6th | "Hero" | Further |
| Andy Abraham | 7th | "Unforgettable" | Further |
| Journey South | 8th | "Angel of Harlem" | Further |
| Nicholas Dorsett | 9 | "Let's Stay Together" | Further |
| Maria Lawson | 10 | "Piece of My Heart" | Further |
- Jurors nominations for leaving the show
- Osbourne: Phillip Magee - to protect your own candidate, Chico Slimani.
- Walsh: Chico Slimani - to protect your own candidate, Phillip Magee.
- Cowell: Phillip Magee - said he was getting used to Slimani's "entertainment factor".
Week 4 (November 5th)
| candidate | sequence | song | Result |
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| Brenda Edwards | 1 | "Somebody Else's Guy" | Further |
| Nicholas Dorsett | 2 | "I Want You Back" | Bottom Two |
| Andy Abraham | 3 | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | Further |
| Chenai Zinyuku | 4th | "Always on My Mind" | Eliminated |
| Chico Slimani | 5 | "Kiss" | Further |
| Journey South | 6th | "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | Further |
| Maria Lawson | 7th | "You're Beautiful" | Further |
| Shayne Ward | 8th | "You Make Me Feel Brand New" | Further |
| The Conway Sisters | 9 | "One Voice" | Further |
- Jurors nominations for leaving the show
- Osbourne: Nicholas Dorsett - said Zinyku deserved more.
- Cowell: Chenai Zinyuku - said Dorsett was out of bottom two recently and deserves a second chance.
- Walsh: Chenai Zinyuku - said it was very difficult to choose between two of your own candidates.
Week 5 (November 12)
| candidate | sequence | song | Result |
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| Shayne Ward | 1 | "Cry Me a River" | Further |
| Maria Lawson | 2 | "Brown Sugar" | Eliminated |
| The Conway Sisters | 3 | "Hold On" | Bottom Two |
| Andy Abraham | 4th | "I'll Make Love to You" | Further |
| Journey South | 5 | "Livin 'on a Prayer" | Further |
| Chico Slimani | 6th | "Hero" | Further |
| Nicholas Dorsett | 7th | "I Believe I Can Fly" | Further |
| Brenda Edwards | 8th | "Heartbreaker" | Further |
- Jurors nominations for leaving the show
- Osbourne: The Conway Sisters - to protect own candidate, Maria Lawson.
- Cowell: Maria Lawson - to protect your own group, The Conway Sisters.
- Walsh: Maria Lawson - went according to his feelings.
Walsh's decision to eliminate Lawson caused controversy when Osbourne accused Walsh of being part of the "Irish Mafia", since both he and The Conway Sisters are Irish. Cowell, though backed his own act to eliminate Lawson, said that if he had to go with his heart, he would have sent his own act home. He felt they would not have a chance to win, and that Lawson had more talent and her elimination would be the first one that the public would disagree with. Walsh's decision to eliminate Lawson sparked controversy when Sharon Osbourne accused him of being part of the "Irish Mafia" on the grounds that both he and The Conway Sisters were Irish. Although Cowell supported his own act of eliminating Lawson, he said that if he had to go with his heart he would have sent his own group home. He felt that they would have no chance of victory and that Lawson would have more talent and their elimination would be the first that the public would not agree with.
Week 6 (November 19)
| candidate | sequence | song | Result |
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| The Conway Sisters | 1 | "One Moment in Time" | Bottom Two |
| Andy Abraham | 2 | "Me and Mrs. Jones" | Further |
| Nicholas Dorsett | 3 | "If I Ever Fall in Love" | Eliminated |
| Journey South | 4th | "Angels" | Further |
| Brenda Edwards | 5 | "Last Dance" | Further |
| Shayne Ward | 6th | "A Million Love Songs" | Further |
| Chico Slimani | 7th | "It's Chico Time" | Further |
- Jurors nominations for leaving the show
- Walsh: The Conway Sisters - for the protection of your own candidate, Nicholas Dorsett.
- Cowell: Nicholas Dorsett - To Protect Your Act, The Conway Sisters.
- Osbourne: Nicholas Dorsett - no explanation.
Week 7 (November 26)
| candidate | sequence | song | Result |
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| Chico Slimani | 1 | "Billie Jean" | Bottom Two |
| The Conway Sisters | 2 | "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" | Eliminated |
| Andy Abraham | 3 | "I Have Nothing" | Further |
| Shayne Ward | 4th | "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" | Further |
| Brenda Edwards | 5 | "I Will Always Love You" | Further |
| Journey South | 6th | "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | Further |
- Jurors nominations for leaving the show
Osbourne: The Conway Sisters - for the protection of your own candidate, Chico Slimani. Cowell: The Conway Sisters - said that both acts deserved to be in the Bottom Two , but Slimani had entertainment value and so he voted to eliminate The Conway Sisters even though they were his own group. This marked the first time in the show's history that a mentor decided to send home his or her own act against an act in a different category.
- Walsh did not have to vote because a majority had already been reached,
Week 8: Quarter-Finals (December 3rd)
| candidate | sequence | 1st song | sequence | 1st song | Result |
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| Journey South | 1 | "Bad Day" | 6th | "Candle in the Wind" | safe |
| Chico Slimani | 2 | "I Got You (I Feel Good)" | 7th | "Time Warp" | Eliminated |
| Brenda Edwards | 3 | "I'm Outta Love" | 8th | "I'll Never Love This Way Again" | Further |
| Shayne Ward | 4th | "Take Your Mama" | 9 | "Careless Whisper" | Further |
| Andy Abraham | 5 | "Easy Lover" | 10 | "When I Fall in Love" | Further |
Week 9: Semi-Finals (December 10th)
| candidate | sequence | 1st song | sequence | 2nd song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Abraham | 1 | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | 5 | "Lately" | Further |
| Journey South | 2 | "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" | 6th | "Let it be" | Further |
| Brenda Edwards | 3 | "Respect" | 7th | "Without You" | Eliminated |
| Shayne Ward | 4th | "If Tomorrow Never Comes" | 8th | "Unchained Melody" | Further |
Week 10: Finals (December 17th)
- Musical guest: The X Factor rejex (" My Way ")
| candidate | sequence | 1st song | sequence | 2nd song | sequence | 3rd song | sequence | 4th song | Result |
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| Journey South | 1 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | 4th | "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" | 7th | "Let it be" | - | already retired | 3rd place |
| Andy Abraham | 2 | "When a Man Loves a Woman" | 5 | "O Holy Night" | 8th | "Me and Mrs. Jones" | 10 | "That's My Goal" | 2nd place |
| Shayne Ward | 3 | "If You're Not the One" | 6th | "When a Child Is Born" | 9 | "Over the Rainbow" | 11 | "That's My Goal" | winner |
reception
Audience ratings
| episode | Broadcast date | Official ITV1 ratings | Weekly rank |
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| Auditions 1 | 20th of August | 6.72 | 13 |
| Auditions 2 | August 27 | 7.48 | 10 |
| Auditions 3 | September 3 | 7.75 | 9 |
| Auditions 4 | September 10 | 7.29 | 12 |
| Auditions 5 | 17th of September | 9.79 | 5 |
| Auditions 6 | September 24th | 04/10 | 8th |
| Bootcamp 1 | October 1 | 8.93 | 9 |
| Bootcamp 2 | 8.96 | 8th | |
| Judges' Houses 1 | 8th October | 9.09 | 10 |
| Judges' Houses 2 | 9.96 | 7th | |
| Live show 1 | 15th October | 7.87 | 14th |
| Live Results 1 | 8.96 | 11 | |
| Live show 2 | October 22nd | 8.47 | 12 |
| Live Results 2 | 9.02 | 8th | |
| Live show 3 | October 29th | 8.60 | 9 |
| Live Results 3 | 9.52 | 6th | |
| Live show 4 | November 5th | 7.76 | 13 |
| Live Results 4 | 7.51 | 14th | |
| Live show 5 | November 12th | 9.09 | 10 |
| Live Results 5 | 8.99 | 12 | |
| Live show 6 | November 19th | 8.95 | 12 |
| Live Results 6 | 8.76 | 13 | |
| Live show 7 | November 26th | 8.45 | 21st |
| Live Results 7 | 9.13 | 14th | |
| Live show 8 | 3rd of December | 10.00 | 9 |
| Live Results 8 | 8.95 | 18th | |
| Live show 9 | 10th of December | 7.80 | 16 |
| Live Results 9 | 8.48 | 14th | |
| Live finals | December 17th | 9.65 | 7th |
| Live Finale Results | 9.90 | 6th |
Controversy
Elimination of Maria Lawson and "Irish Mafia"
After the final showdown of the fifth live show, there was much discussion about Louis Walsh's decision to keep The Conway Sisters in the competition and to eliminate Maria Lawson for it. Osbourne later said Walsh was part of the "Irish Mafia" since The Convey Sisters, like Walsh, are Irish. When the voting results of all live shows were published at the end of the show, it was found that Lawson had received twice as many calls as the Conway Sisters.
Louis Walsh
Rumors later surfaced that Louis Walsh had left the show due to bullying by fellow judges. In addition to the media attention on his decision against Maria Lawson, there had been verbal attacks against him. In addition, Sharon Osbourne had spilled him on November 19, 2005 during the sixth live show with water. Walsh had previously asked her if she was on drugs and if she was taking " Ozzy's " drugs after she started to positively rate Journey South's performance. Cowell is said to have pleaded with Walsh to come back after he actually wanted to leave the show. Louis Walsh said he felt he couldn't take the pressure any more and put the thought that the incident might have been a PR gag, so he dismissed it.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neil Wilkes: 'X Factor' to return on August 20 . In: Digital Spy . August 9, 2005. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
- ↑ a b Weekly Viewing Summary (see relevant week) . BARB . Archived from the original on July 1, 2014.
- ↑ Naomi Gordon: Aiden Grimshaw, Ella Henderson, Maria Lawson: 'X Factor's shock exits . In: Digital Spy , November 19, 2012.
- ↑ Neil Wilkes: Louis Walsh quits 'The X Factor'? . In: Digital Spy , November 23, 2005.
- ↑ Dave West: Walsh "agrees 'X Factor' come-back deal" . In: Digital Spy , November 24, 2005.