The X Factor (Australia season 5)

The X Factor
Season 5
Broadcast from	29 July – 28 October 2013
Judges	Ronan Keating Natalie Bassingthwaighte Redfoo Dannii Minogue
Host(s)	Luke Jacobz
Broadcaster	Seven Network
Winner
Dami Im
Origin	Daisy Hill, Queensland
Song	"Alive"
Genre(s)	Pop, soul
Mentor	Dannii Minogue
Runner-up
Taylor Henderson

The X Factor is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent; the winner of which receives a Sony Music Australia recording contract and a management deal.^[1] The fifth season premiered on the Seven Network on 29 July 2013 and ended on 28 October 2013.^[2][3] The winner was Dami Im and her winner's single "Alive" was released after the final.^[3] Im was mentored throughout by Dannii Minogue, who won as mentor for the first time on the Australian series, and third overall.^[3] The show was presented by Luke Jacobz, and Ronan Keating and Natalie Bassingthwaighte returned as judges. Minogue and Redfoo joined the judging panel as replacements for former judges, Mel B and Guy Sebastian.

Open auditions in front of the show's producers took place in 14 cities throughout December 2012 and January 2013. The last set of auditions, in front of the judges and a live studio audience, were filmed in April. Following auditions was super bootcamp, where Keating, Minogue and Redfoo worked together and collectively chose 24 acts (six from each category). Bassingthwaighte did not attend the Sydney auditions and bootcamp because she was pregnant at the time and was advised not to fly from her home in Melbourne. During bootcamp, the Over 25s category was changed to Over 24s (soloists aged 24 and over), the Under 25 Boys was changed to Under 24 Boys (male soloists aged 14 to 23) and the Under 25 Girls was changed to Under 24 Girls (female soloists aged 14 to 23). Bassingthwaighte returned for the home visits stage, and each judge reduced their six acts to three. They were also assisted by guest mentors Jon Bon Jovi, will.i.am, Kylie Minogue, Kelly Osbourne and Sebastian.

The live shows, which began on 25 August 2013, returned to Sunday and Monday nights as seen in season two. This was a change of format from seasons three and four, in which the live shows were broadcast on Monday and Tuesday nights.

Judges

In February 2013, it was reported that Guy Sebastian would not be returning for the fifth season, due to tour commitments and to focus on a music career in the United States.^[4] It was also reported that Mel B was not returning, due to visa troubles in Australia and her commitments with America's Got Talent.^[5][6] The following month, Ronan Keating confirmed in an interview with News Limited that both judges had left.^[7] Dannii Minogue was announced as Mel B's replacement on 12 April.^[8] The Sunday Telegraph confirmed on 21 April that Redfoo would be Sebastian's replacement.^[9]

Redfoo was offered the opportunity to join the judging panel during his visit to Australia for the 2013 Australian Open, where he was supporting girlfriend and then-World number-one Victoria Azarenka.^[10] The producers later visited his recording studio in Hollywood and explained to him what The X Factor is about.^[10] In an interview with The West Australian, Redfoo said "they basically explained the show because I didn't know if I wanted to just be a judge. And they said 'Wait a second, wait a second, no it's not just judging, that's just to pick your team. Then you're really a mentor, you're going to be mentoring a category.' Then they said 'You can be a winner too.'"^[11] Minogue revealed to The Daily Telegraph that she was offered many other TV roles but chose to join The X Factor because she had always been a fan of the Australian version.^[12]

Selection process

Auditions

Open auditions in front of the show's producers began in December 2012 and ended in January 2013.^[13] These auditions took place in 14 cities.^[13] Online and DVD auditions were also introduced into the season for those who could not attend the open auditions.^[14] The 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. These auditions were filmed at Allphones Arena in Sydney on 21, 22 and 23 April,^[15] and at Hisense Arena in Melbourne on 28, 29 and 30 April.^[16] Natalie Bassingthwaighte did not attend the Sydney auditions because she was pregnant at the time and was advised not to fly from her home in Melbourne.^[11][17]

Super bootcamp

The super bootcamp stage of the competition was filmed at The Star casino in Pyrmont, New South Wales.^[18] Bassingthwaighte did not attend because she was on maternity leave.^[18] The first day of bootcamp saw the judges split the 150 acts into four categories: Under 25 Boys, Under 25 Girls, Over 25s and Groups.^[18] Each act performed one song in front of their entire category and the judges.^[18] At the end of the day, the judges sent home 75 acts.^[18] On the second day, the remaining acts were put into ensembles of 10 and were each given a song which they had to learn and perform for the judges.^[18] Season four winner Samantha Jade helped each ensemble with stage presence and choreography.^[18] The judges sent home more acts, but called back some rejected soloists from the Boys and Girls categories to form three supergroups – a boy band (consisting of Fabian Andres, Zac Hakos, Jayden Rodrigues and Nick Tabone), girl group (consisting of Jessica Kent, Dina Knoweiss, Rebecca Quinn and Carla Wehbe) and mixed group (consisting of Kelebek, Jacinta Gulisano and Jordan Rodrigues).^[19] On the third day, the remaining 50 acts each individually performed one song to the judges and a live audience of one thousand.^[19] After the performances, the judges narrowed down the acts to 24. Redfoo suggested that the Over 25s category be changed to Over 24s.^[20] The Boys and Girls categories then comprised singers aged 14 to 23, rather than 14 to 24.^[20] The judges removed Zac Hakos from the boy band because they felt his heart was not in the group.^[20]

The 24 successful acts were:

• Under 24 Boys: Georgie Bannard, Omar Dean, Taylor Henderson, Mitchell Thompson, Ofisa "Tee" Toleafoa, Jai Waetford
• Under 24 Girls: Joelle Hadjia, Ellie Lovegrove, Georgina Mastin, Riv Ngwenya, Jiordan Tolli, Vendulka Wichta
• Over 24s: Tyler Hudson, Dami Im, Michael Ross, Barry Southgate, Gemma Thorpe, Cat Vas
• Groups: Adira–Belle, Boy Band, Girl Group, JTR, Straight Up, Third Degree

Matt Gresham had originally been put through to Home Visits in the Over 24s category but decided he could not commit to the competition and was replaced by Dami Im.^[21]

Home visits

The home visits round was filmed in June 2013^[22][23] and saw the remaining 24 acts travel to exclusive locations around the world to find out which judge would become their mentor. The judges received news of their categories from The X Factor creator Simon Cowell by telephone.^[21] The Over 24s travelled to New York City and were assigned to Dannii Minogue, the Groups travelled to Sir Richard Branson's Makepeace Island in Sunshine Coast, Queensland and were assigned to Natalie Bassingthwaighte, the Under 24 Boys travelled to Los Angeles and were assigned to Ronan Keating, and the Under 24 Girls travelled to London and were assigned to Redfoo.^[21] The first day of home visits saw each act having a private mentoring session with their mentor, ahead of their solo performance in front of their mentor and guest mentor the next day.^[21] Redfoo was assisted by Jon Bon Jovi during the mentoring sessions for the Under 24 Girls.^[21]

On the second day, each judge was given a guest mentor to help them decide their final three acts. Bassingthwaighte was assisted by former X Factor judge Guy Sebastian, Redfoo was assisted by will.i.am, Keating was assisted by Kelly Osbourne (who replaced Miley Cyrus due to laryngitis)^[23] and Minogue was assisted by her older sister Kylie.^[24][25] It was the first time in 26 years that Dannii and Kylie had worked together on Australian television since Young Talent Time.^[12]

Summary of home visits

Judge	Category	Location	Assistant(s)	Contestants eliminated
Keating	Under 24 Boys	Los Angeles	Kelly Osbourne	Georgie Bannard, Mitchell Thompson, Ofisa "Tee" Toleafoa
Redfoo	Under 24 Girls	London	Jon Bon Jovi will.i.am	Georgina Mastin, Riv Ngwenya, Vendulka Wichta
Minogue	Over 24s	New York City	Kylie Minogue	Tyler Hudson, Michael Ross, Gemma Thorpe
Bassingthwaighte	Groups	Makepeace Island	Guy Sebastian	Boy Band, Girl Group, Straight Up

Finalists and categories

Key:

     – Winner

     – Runner-up

     – Third Place

Category (Mentor)	Acts
Under 24 Boys (Keating)	Omar Dean	Taylor Henderson	Jai Waetford
Under 24 Girls (Redfoo)	Joelle Hadjia	Ellie Lovegrove	Jiordan Tolli
Over 24s (Minogue)	Dami Im	Barry Southgate	Cat Vas
Groups (Bassingthwaighte)	Adira–Belle	JTR	Third Degree

Live shows

Results summary

Colour key

     – Contestant was announced as safe

     – Contestant in the bottom two and had to perform again in the final showdown

     – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown)

Weekly results per contestant

Contestant	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
Dami Im	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Winner
Taylor Henderson	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	3rd	Runner-Up
Jai Waetford	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	3rd
Third Degree	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	4th	4th	Eliminated (Week 9)
Jiordan Tolli	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	5th	5th	Eliminated (Week 8)
Omar Dean	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	Safe	6th	Eliminated (Week 7)
JTR	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	8th	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 6)
Joelle Hadjia	Safe	Bottom two	Safe	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 5)
Ellie Lovegrove	Safe	Safe	Safe	9th	Eliminated (Week 4)
Barry Southgate	Bottom two	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 3)
Cat Vas	Safe	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 2)
Adira–Belle	Bottom two	Eliminated (Week 1)
Final showdown	Adira-Belle	Cat Vas	JTR	Ellie Lovegrove	Joelle	JTR	Omar Dean	Jiordan Tolli	Taylor Henderson	No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who wins
	Barry Southgate	Joelle	Barry Southgate	JTR	Jiordan Tolli	Third Degree	Jiordan Tolli	Third Degree	Third Degree
Judges voted to	Eliminate								Send through
Minogue's vote	Adira-Belle	Joelle	JTR	Ellie Lovegrove	Joelle	JTR	Jiordan Tolli	Jiordan Tolli	Third Degree
Bassingthwaighte's vote	Barry Southgate	Cat Vas	Barry Southgate	Ellie Lovegrove	Joelle	N/A2	Omar Dean	Jiordan Tolli	Third Degree
Redfoo's vote	Adira-Belle	Cat Vas	Barry Southgate	JTR	N/A1	JTR	Omar Dean	Third Degree	Taylor Henderson
Keating's vote	Adira-Belle	Cat Vas	Barry Southgate	JTR	Joelle	JTR	Jiordan Tolli	Third Degree	Taylor Henderson
Eliminated	Adira-Belle 3 of 4 votes Majority	Cat Vas 3 of 4 votes Majority	Barry Southgate 3 of 4 votes Majority	Ellie Lovegrove 2 of 4 votes Deadlock	Joelle 3 of 3 votes Majority	JTR 3 of 3 votes Majority	Omar Dean 2 of 4 votes Deadlock	Jiordan Tolli 2 of 4 votes Deadlock	Third Degree 2 of 4 votes Deadlock	Dami Im Winner
										Taylor Henderson Runner-up
										Jai Waetford Third Place

Notes

• ¹ Redfoo was not required to vote as there was already a majority.
• ² Bassingthwaighte was not required to vote as there was already a majority.

Live show details

Week 1 (25/26 August)

• Theme: Judges' Choice^[26]
• Group performance: "I Like It"^[27]
• Celebrity performers: Samantha Jade ("Firestarter")^[28] and Jessie J ("It's My Party")^[28]

Contestants' performances on the first live show

Act	Order	Song[26]	Result
Third Degree	1	"#thatPOWER"	Safe
Barry Southgate	2	"When I Get You Alone"	Bottom two
Jiordan Tolli	3	"Smile"	Safe
Taylor Henderson	4	"I Won't Let You Go"	Safe
Cat Vas	5	"Addicted to Love"	Safe
Adira–Belle	6	"Run the World (Girls)"	Bottom two
Ellie Lovegrove	7	"Songbird"	Safe
JTR	8	"Everything Has Changed"	Safe
Omar Dean	9	"Numb"	Safe
Dami Im	10	"One"	Safe
Joelle	11	"Sweet Nothing"	Safe
Jai Waetford	12	"Fix You"	Safe
Final showdown details
Act	Order	Song[29]	Result
Adira–Belle	1	"Chain of Fools"	Eliminated
Barry Southgate	2	"Irreplaceable"	Safe

Judges' vote to eliminate^[29]

• Bassingthwaighte: Barry Southgate – backed her own act, Adira–Belle
• Minogue: Adira–Belle – backed her own act, Barry Southgate
• Redfoo: Adira–Belle – based his decision on the final showdown performances and who really wanted it
• Keating: Adira–Belle – was not sure if they would survive the next week

Notes

• On 31 August 2013, the performances of three finalists entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Dami Im's performance of "One" debuted at number 52, Jai Waetford's performance of "Fix You" debuted at number 55 and Taylor Henderson's performance of "I Won't Let You Go" debuted at number 84.^[30] The following week, "One" peaked at number 42.^[31]

Week 2 (1/2 September)

• Theme: Legends^[32]
• Group performance: "Thank You" and "Classic" with MKTO^[33]
• Celebrity performers: Ricki-Lee ("Come & Get in Trouble with Me")^[34] and John Newman ("Love Me Again")^[34]

Contestants' performances on the second live show

Act	Order	Song[32]	Result
JTR	1	"Can't Get You Out of My Head"	Safe
Joelle Hadjia	2	"Rude Boy"	Bottom two
Cat Vas	3	"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"	Bottom two
Omar Dean	4	"Roxanne"	Safe
Jiordan Tolli	5	"Thriller"	Safe
Jai Waetford	6	"I Want to Hold Your Hand"	Safe
Barry Southgate	7	"Freedom! '90"	Safe
Taylor Henderson	8	"Run to You"	Safe
Ellie Lovegrove	9	"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"	Safe
Third Degree	10	"Till the World Ends"	Safe
Dami Im	11	"Purple Rain"	Safe
Final showdown details
Act	Order	Song[33]	Result
Cat Vas	1	"High and Dry"	Eliminated
Joelle Hadjia	2	"Give Me Love"	Safe

Judges' vote to eliminate^[33]

• Keating: Cat Vas – has been rooting for Joelle throughout the whole show
• Minogue: Joelle – backed her own act, Cat Vas
• Redfoo: Cat Vas – backed his own act, Joelle
• Bassingthwaighte: Cat Vas – felt Joelle had more to bring than Cat

Notes

• On 7 September 2013, the performances of two finalists entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Dami Im's performance of "Purple Rain" debuted at number 29 and Jiordan Tolli's performance of "Thriller" debuted at number 63.^[31]

Week 3 (8/9 September)

• Theme: Top 10 Hits^[35]
• Group performance: "Can You Feel It"^[36]
• Celebrity performers:
  • Sunday – Redfoo ("Let's Get Ridiculous")^[37]
  • Monday – The Collective ("Another Life")^[38] and Miguel ("Adorn")^[38]

Contestants' performances on the third live show

Act	Order	Song[35]	Result
Third Degree	1	"Wild"	Safe
Jai Waetford	2	"The Way You Make Me Feel"	Safe
Barry Southgate	3	"California Gurls"	Bottom two
Ellie Lovegrove	4	"I'm Like a Bird"	Safe
Omar Dean	5	"Cry Me a River"	Safe
JTR	6	"Everybody Talks"	Bottom two
Joelle	7	"Locked Out of Heaven"	Safe
Taylor Henderson	8	"I Will Wait"	Safe
Dami Im	9	"Don't Leave Me This Way"	Safe
Jiordan Tolli	10	"With or Without You"	Safe
Final showdown details
Act	Order	Song[36]	Result
JTR	1	"The Man Who Can't Be Moved"	Safe
Barry Southgate	2	"Mirrors"	Eliminated

Judges' vote to eliminate^[36]

• Bassingthwaighte: Barry Southgate – backed her own act, JTR
• Redfoo: Barry Southgate – felt that he was missing strong vocal performances
• Minogue: JTR – backed her own act, Barry Southgate
• Keating: Barry Southgate – said he went with his gut

Notes

• On 14 September 2013, the performances of three finalists entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Taylor Henderson's performance of "I Will Wait" debuted at number 64, Dami Im's performance of "Don't Leave Me This Way" debuted at number 67 and Jai Waetford's performance of "The Way You Make Me Feel" debuted at number 97.^[39]

Week 4 (15/16 September)

• Theme: Latest and Greatest^[40]
• Group performance: "Pompeii"^[41]
• Celebrity performers: Rudimental ("Right Here" / "Feel the Love")^[41] and Kodaline ("High Hopes")^[41]

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show

Act	Order	Song[40]	Result
Ellie Lovegrove	1	"Wings"	Bottom two
JTR	2	"Want U Back"	Bottom two
Taylor Henderson	3	"Let Her Go"	Safe
Joelle	4	"True Love"	Safe
Jai Waetford	5	"It Will Rain"	Safe
Jiordan Tolli	6	"Burn"	Safe
Third Degree	7	"Love the Way You Lie"	Safe
Omar Dean	8	"Skyscraper"	Safe
Dami Im	9	"Roar"	Safe
Final showdown details
Act	Order	Song[41]	Result
Ellie Lovegrove	1	"I Got You (I Feel Good)"	Eliminated
JTR	2	"Waiting on the World to Change"	Safe

Judges' vote to eliminate^[41]

• Redfoo: JTR – backed his own act, Ellie Lovegrove
• Minogue: Ellie Lovegrove – gave no reason
• Bassingthwaighte: Ellie Lovegrove – backed her own act, JTR
• Keating: JTR – decided to take it to deadlock as he couldn't decide who to send home

With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote.^[41] Ellie Lovegrove received the fewest votes and was eliminated.^[41]

Notes

• On 21 September 2013, the performances of two finalists entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Dami Im's performance of "Roar" debuted at number 44 and Taylor Henderson's performance of "Let Her Go" debuted at number 85.^[42]

Week 5 (22/24 September)

• Theme: Rock^[43]
• Group performance: "Love Will Save the Day" and "Picture of You" with Boyzone^[44]
• Celebrity performers: Capital Cities ("Safe and Sound")^[45] and Karmin ("Acapella")^[45]

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show

Act	Order	Song[43]	Result
Dami Im	1	"Best of You"	Safe
Third Degree	2	"By the Way"	Safe
Joelle	3	"Joey"	Bottom two
Omar Dean	4	"Any Way You Want It"	Safe
Jiordan Tolli	5	"Dancing with Myself"	Bottom two
Jai Waetford	6	"Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)"	Safe
JTR	7	"Thnks fr th Mmrs"	Safe
Taylor Henderson	8	"Choirgirl"	Safe
Final showdown details
Act	Order	Song[44]	Result
Joelle	1	"A Thousand Miles"	Eliminated
Jiordan Tolli	2	"Torn"	Safe

Judges' vote to eliminate^[44]

• Keating: Joelle – said he went with his gut
• Bassingthwaighte: Joelle – felt that Jiordan Tolli had a better run vocally throughout the live shows
• Minogue: Joelle – gave no reason
• Redfoo: not required to vote as there was already a majority

Notes

• This week's results show aired on Tuesday night due to the Seven Network's coverage of the 2013 Brownlow Medal.^[46]
• On 28 September 2013, the performances of three finalists entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Joelle's performance of "Joey" debuted at number 33, Taylor Henderson's performance of "Choirgirl" debuted at number 51 and Dami Im's performance of "Best of You" debuted at number 78.^[47]

Week 6 (29/30 September)

• Theme: Family Heroes^[48]
• Group performance: "Counting Stars"^[49]
• Celebrity performers: Jessica Mauboy ("Pop a Bottle (Fill Me Up)")^[50] and Jason Derulo ("Talk Dirty")^[50]

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show

Act	Order	Song[48]	Result
Third Degree	1	"Smooth Criminal"	Bottom two
Jai Waetford	2	"That Should Be Me"	Safe
JTR	3	"MMMBop"	Bottom two
Omar Dean	4	"Careless Whisper"	Safe
Taylor Henderson	5	"The Horses"	Safe
Jiordan Tolli	6	"Don't Speak"	Safe
Dami Im	7	"Bridge over Troubled Water"	Safe
Final showdown details
Act	Order	Song[49]	Result
JTR	1	"Lego House"	Eliminated
Third Degree	2	"Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)"	Safe

Judges' vote to eliminate^[49]

• Keating: JTR – felt that there have been weeks where JTR have really struggled
• Minogue: JTR – gave no reason
• Redfoo: JTR – said he went with his gut
• Bassingthwaighte: not required to vote as there was already a majority

Notes

• On 5 October 2013, the performances of three finalists entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Dami Im's performance of "Bridge over Troubled Water" debuted at number 15, Taylor Henderson's performance of "The Horses" debuted at number 27 and Jai Waetford's performance of "That Should Be Me" debuted at number 83.^[51]
• This is the first week where Dami Im didn't receive a standing ovation from all 4 judges
• Based on the voting percentages, it was noted that Dami Im received more than 60% of the votes from the public

Week 7 (6/7 October)

• Theme: Judges' Challenge^[52]
• Group performance: "We Come Running"^[53]
• Celebrity performers: Nathaniel Willemse ("You")^[54] and James Blunt ("Bonfire Heart")^[54]

Contestants' performances on the seventh live show

Act	Order	Song[52]	Chosen by[55]	Result
Taylor Henderson	1	"Wake Me Up"	Dannii Minogue	Safe
Omar Dean	2	"She Will Be Loved"	Redfoo	Bottom two
Dami Im	3	"Clarity"	Ronan Keating	Safe
Jai Waetford	4	"Somewhere Only We Know"	Natalie Bassingthwaighte	Safe
Jiordan Tolli	5	"Royals"	Natalie Bassingthwaighte	Bottom two
Third Degree	6	"Pump It"	Redfoo	Safe
Final showdown details
Act	Order	Song[53]		Result
Omar Dean	1	"You Found Me"		Eliminated
Jiordan Tolli	2	"Stay"		Safe

Judges' vote to eliminate^[53]

• Keating: Jiordan Tolli – backed his own act, Omar Dean
• Redfoo: Omar Dean – backed his own act, Jiordan Tolli
• Bassingthwaighte: Omar Dean – gave no reason
• Minogue: Jiordan Tolli – decided to take it to deadlock

With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote.^[53] Omar Dean received the fewest votes and was eliminated.^[53]

Notes

• Omar Dean's elimination ended a record streak of six consecutive weeks where all three acts from one category had been safe without ever landing in the bottom two.
• All six acts received standing ovations for their performances.
• On 12 October 2013, the performances of five finalists entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Taylor Henderson's performance of "Wake Me Up" debuted at number 49, Dami Im's performance of "Clarity" debuted at number 77, Jiordan Tolli's performance of "Royals" debuted at number 81, Third Degree's performance of "Pump It" debuted at number 84 and Jai Waetford's performance of "Somewhere Only We Know" debuted at number 95.^[56]

Week 8 (13/14 October)

• Theme: Aussie Week^[57]
• Group performance: "Impossible"^[58]
• Celebrity performers: Havana Brown ("Warrior")^[59] and James Arthur ("You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You")^[60]

Contestants' performances on the eighth live show

Act	Order	Song[57]	Result
Dami Im	1	"You're the Voice"	Safe
Jiordan Tolli	2	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Bottom two
Jai Waetford	3	"Plans"	Safe
Third Degree	4	"Battle Scars"	Bottom two
Taylor Henderson	5	"One Crowded Hour"	Safe
Final showdown details
Act	Order	Song[58]	Result
Jiordan Tolli	1	"Young and Beautiful"	Eliminated
Third Degree	2	"Thrift Shop"	Safe

Judges' vote to eliminate^[58]

• Redfoo: Third Degree – backed his own act, Jiordan Tolli
• Minogue: Jiordan Tolli – gave no reason
• Bassingthwaighte: Jiordan Tolli – backed her own act, Third Degree
• Keating: Third Degree – decided to "let Australia decide" and take it to deadlock as it was a tough decision

With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote.^[58] Jiordan Tolli received the fewest votes and was eliminated.^[58]

Notes

• With Jiordan Tolli eliminated, Redfoo had no more remaining acts to mentor.
• On 19 October 2013, Taylor Henderson's performance of "One Crowded Hour" debuted at number 38 on the ARIA Singles Chart.^[61]

Week 9: Semi-final (20/21 October)

• Theme: Power and Passion^[62]
• Mentor: Tina Arena^[63]
• Celebrity performers: Imagine Dragons ("On Top of the World"),^[64] Tina Arena ("You Set Fire to My Life"),^[65] and Little Mix ("Move")^[65]

Contestants' performances on the ninth live show

Act	Order	First song[62]	Order	Second song[62]	Result
Third Degree	1	"Give Me Everything"	6	"Pound the Alarm"	Bottom two
Dami Im	2	"Saving All My Love for You"	8	"Wrecking Ball"	Safe
Jai Waetford	3	"I Won't Give Up"	5	"Dynamite"	Safe
Taylor Henderson	4	"Against All Odds"	7	"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"	Bottom two
Final showdown details
Act	Order	Song[64]			Result
Taylor Henderson	1	"Stand by Me"			Safe
Third Degree	2	"Crazy in Love"			Eliminated

Judges' vote to send through to the Grand Final^[64]

• Keating: Taylor Henderson – backed his own act, Taylor Henderson
• Bassingthwaighte: Third Degree – backed her own act, Third Degree
• Minogue: Third Degree – gave no reason
• Redfoo: Taylor Henderson – went with his gut

With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote.^[64] Taylor Henderson received the most votes and was saved.^[64]

Notes

• With Third Degree eliminated, Bassingthwaighte had no more remaining acts to mentor.
• On 26 October 2013, the performances of the four finalists entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Taylor Henderson's performance of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" debuted at number two, Dami Im's performances of "Wrecking Ball" and "Saving All My Love for You" debuted at numbers 61 and 85 respectively, Jai Waetford's performance of "Dynamite" debuted at number 89, Henderson's performance of "Against All Odds" debuted at number 90 and Third Degree's performance of "Pound the Alarm" debuted at number 96.^[66]
• This is the first week where Dami Im lost her 1st place spot to Jai Waetford in the public voting but still made it to the Grand Final

Week 10: Grand Final (27/28 October)

27 October

• Group performance: "LaserLight" (performed by top three finalists)^[67]
• Celebrity performers: One Direction ("Best Song Ever")^[67]

Contestants' performances on the tenth live show

Act	Order	Audition song[67]	Order	Last shot song[67]	Order	Winner's single[67]
Taylor Henderson	1	"Some Nights"	8	"The Blower's Daughter"	4	"Borrow My Heart"
Jai Waetford	7	"Don't Let Me Go"	5	"The Only Exception"	2	"Your Eyes"
Dami Im	3	"Hero"	9	"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"	6	"Alive"

28 October

• Group performances:
  • "Blow" (performed by top twelve finalists)^[3]
  • "Alone Together" with Fall Out Boy (performed by top three finalists)^[3]
• Celebrity performers: Guy Sebastian ("Like a Drum")^[3] and Katy Perry ("Roar" and "Unconditionally")^[3]

Contestants' performances on the final live show

Act	Order	Best moment from the Live Shows[3]	Result[3]
Jai Waetford	N/A	N/A (already eliminated)	Third place
Taylor Henderson	1	"Wake Me Up"	Runner-up
Dami Im	2	"Purple Rain"	Winner

Notes

• For the first time this season there was no theme.
• On 2 November 2013, performances from the top three finalists entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Jai Waetford's performance of "Don't Let Me Go" debuted at number 37, Taylor Henderson's performances of "The Blower's Daughter" and "Some Nights" debuted at numbers 43 and 45 respectively, and Dami Im's performances of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" and "Hero" debuted at numbers 29 and 62 respectively.^[68]
• Based on the voting percentages, Dami Im won with 56.2% of votes compared to 29.56% of Taylor Henderson. (Jai Waetford carry over freeze votes: 14.24%)

Ratings

Colour key:

     – Highest rating during the season

     – Lowest rating during the season

Episode		Original airdate	Timeslot	Viewers (millions)	Nightly rank	Ref.
1	"Auditions"	2013-07-29 !29 July 2013	Monday 7:34 pm–9:11 pm	1.633	#1	[69]
2		2013-07-30 !30 July 2013	Tuesday 7:33 pm–8:51 pm	1.510	#1	[70]
3		2013-07-31 !31 July 2013	Wednesday 7:34 pm–8:46 pm	1.490	#1	[71]
4		2013-08-04 !4 August 2013	Sunday 6:32 pm–7:44 pm	1.552	#1	[72]
5		2013-08-05 !5 August 2013	Monday 7:34 pm–8:42 pm	1.379	#1	[73]
6		2013-08-06 !6 August 2013	Tuesday 7:32 pm–8:40 pm	1.480	#1	[74]
7	"Super Bootcamp"	2013-08-11 !11 August 2013	Sunday 6:31 pm–8:09 pm	1.314	#3	[75]
8		2013-08-12 !12 August 2013	Monday 7:31 pm–8:48 pm	1.422	#1	[76]
9		2013-08-13 !13 August 2013	Tuesday 7:33 pm–8:50 pm	1.554	#1	[77]
10	"Home Visits"	2013-08-18 !18 August 2013	Sunday 6:33 pm–8:19 pm	1.382	#2	[78]
11		2013-08-19 !19 August 2013	Monday 7:32 pm–9:02 pm	1.495	#1	[79]
12		2013-08-20 !20 August 2013	Tuesday 7:31 pm–9:01 pm	1.416	#1	[80]
13	"Live show 1"	2013-08-25 !25 August 2013	Sunday 6:32 pm–8:54 pm	1.522	#1	[81]
14	"Live decider 1"	2013-08-26 !26 August 2013	Monday 7:31 pm–8:42 pm	1.428	#1	[82]
15	"Live show 2"	2013-09-1 !1 September 2013	Sunday 6:30 pm–8:52 pm	1.360	#1	[83]
16	"Live decider 2"	2013-09-2 !2 September 2013	Monday 7:32 pm–8:47 pm	1.393	#1	[84]
17	"Live show 3"	2013-09-8 !8 September 2013	Sunday 6:32 pm–9:02 pm	1.556	#2	[85]
18	"Live decider 3"	2013-09-9 !9 September 2013	Monday 7:32 pm–8:45 pm	1.317	#2	[86]
19	"Live show 4"	2013-09-15 !15 September 2013	Sunday 6:32 pm–8:33 pm	1.440	#2	[87]
20	"Live decider 4"	2013-09-16 !16 September 2013	Monday 7:33 pm–8:47 pm	1.400	#2	[88]
21	"Live show 5"	2013-09-22 !22 September 2013	Sunday 6:32 pm–8:20 pm	1.474	#1	[89]
22	"Live decider 5"	2013-09-24 !24 September 2013	Tuesday 7:31 pm–8:48 pm	1.343	#1	[90]
23	"Live show 6"	2013-09-29 !29 September 2013	Sunday 6:32 pm–8:18 pm	1.543	#1	[91]
24	"Live decider 6"	2013-09-30 !30 September 2013	Monday 7:31 pm–8:46 pm	1.525	#2	[92]
25	"Live show 7"	2013-10-06 !6 October 2013	Sunday 6:32 pm–7:42 pm	1.246	#2	[93]
26	"Live decider 7"	2013-10-07 !7 October 2013	Monday 7:32 pm–8:47 pm	1.457	#1	[94]
27	"Live show 8"	2013-10-13 !13 October 2013	Sunday 6:32 pm–7:50 pm	1.811	#1	[95]
28	"Live decider 8"	2013-10-14 !14 October 2013	Monday 7:31 pm–8:44 pm	1.637	#1	[96]
29	"Live show 9"	2013-10-20 !20 October 2013	Sunday 6:32 pm–8:17 pm	1.763	#1	[97]
30	"Live decider 9"	2013-10-21 !21 October 2013	Monday 7:31 pm–8:54 pm	1.673	#1	[98]
31	"Live Grand Final show"	2013-10-27 !27 October 2013	Sunday 6:32pm–8:58 pm	2.020	#1	[99]
32	"Live Grand Final decider"	2013-10-28 !28 October 2013	Monday 7:32pm–10:00 pm	2.251	#2	[100]
	"Winner announced"			2.431	#1	[100]

References

External links

• The X Factor at Yahoo!7