The X Factor (Australian season 6)

The X Factor
Season 6
Hosted byLuke Jacobz (The X Factor)
Judges
WinnerMarlisa Punzalan
Winning mentorRonan Keating
Runner-upDean Ray
Release
Original networkSeven Network
Original release13 July (2014-07-13) –
20 October 2014 (2014-10-20)
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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. Season 6 premiered on the Seven Network on 13 July 2014 and ended on 20 October 2014. Luke Jacobz returned as host, while Dannii Minogue, Redfoo, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Ronan Keating returned as judges. Comedy duo Luke & Wyatt joined the sixth season as the hosts of the online spin-off show The Fan Factor. The winner was Marlisa Punzalan and her winner's single "Stand by You" was released after the final. 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.

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.

Judges

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. Scherzinger was eventually replaced by former judge Mel B.

Selection process

Auditions

Open auditions in front of the show's producers took place in 13 cities and ran from November 2013 to January 2014. Online and DVD auditions were also held for those who could not attend the open auditions. 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.

Super bootcamp

The super bootcamp stage of the competition was held at The Star in Pyrmont, New South Wales. Filming began in late April 2014.[citation needed] The first day of bootcamp saw judges Ronan Keating, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Redfoo and Dannii Minogue split each category into collaborations. The male and female soloists were put into ensembles of four within their category, the Over 25s were put into ensembles of three, and the acts from the Groups category were put into pairs. Each collaboration was given a list of songs which they had to choose from and only had 24 hours to rehearse. On the second day, each collaboration performed their chosen song for the judges. 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). The judges then sent home half of the 100 acts.

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. Bassingthwaighte was given the Boys, Keating was given the Girls, Redfoo was given the Over 25s and Minogue was given the Groups category. On the fourth day, each act individually performed one song to the judges and a live audience of one thousand. On the fifth and final day of bootcamp, the judges revealed which acts they put through to home visits.

The 24 successful acts were:

Home visits and wildcards

The final round of the selection process, the home visits, saw each judge take their remaining six acts to exclusive locations around the world. 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. On the first day, each act had a one-on-one mentoring session with their mentor. Minogue was assisted by Jessica Mauboy during the mentoring sessions for the Groups. On the second day of home visits, each act performed one song to their mentor and guest mentor. 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. After the performances, the judges along with their guest mentors, narrowed down the acts to three each. On the third and final day, the judges revealed which acts they put through to the live shows.

Key:

– Wildcard winner
Summary of home visits
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. Bassingthwaighte chose Jesse Teinaki, Keating chose Alice Bottomley, Redfoo chose Ryan Imlach, and Minogue chose Brothers3. The public then voted for which of the four wildcards would become the thirteenth contestant. Brothers3 were announced as the wildcard winners during the first live show on 10 August 2014.

Acts

Key:

– Winner
– Runner-Up
– Wildcard (Live Shows)
Act Age(s) Hometown Category (mentor) Result
Marlisa Punzalan 14 Glendenning, New South Wales Girls (Keating) Winner
Dean Ray 22 Narromine, New South Wales Boys (Bassingthwaighte) Runner-Up
Brothers3 16-18 Mudgee Groups (Minogue) 3rd Place
Reigan Derry 26 Maida Vale, Western Australia Over 25s (Redfoo) 4th Place
Caitlyn Shadbolt 18 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 17-21 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

Live shows

Results summary

Colour key

Act in Team Dannii
Act in Team Redfoo
Act in Team Natalie Bassingthwaighte
Act in Team Ronan

– 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
Weekly results per act
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 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

  • 1 Minogue was not required to vote as there was already a majority.
  • 2 For the first time in the show's history and only for week five, the positions of the public votes were revealed in the order that the public voted based on the live performances that week.
  • 3 Bassingthwaighte was absent for the week six showdown. As a result, three unanimous votes were required for an act to be eliminated. However, as Redfoo and Keating voted to save their own acts, Minogue abstained and the public vote was counted, resulting in Pitt's elimination.
  • 4 For the first time in the show's history and only for week seven, a bottom three was featured.

Live show details

Week 1 (10/11 August)

Acts' performances on the first live show
Act 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
Judges' vote to eliminate
  • Redfoo: Trill – based his decision on the live performance and final showdown performances and who really wanted it more.
  • Minogue: Adrien Nookadu – backed her own act, Trill.
  • Bassingthwaighte: Trill – backed her own act, Adrien Nookadu.
  • Keating: Trill – went with his gut.
Notes
  • On 16 August 2014, Brothers3's performance of "Just the Way You Are" debuted at number 99 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The following week, it moved up to a new peak of number 98.

Week 2 (17/18 August)

Acts' performances on the second live show
Act 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 (NiKaDa) 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 (NiKaDa) 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
Judges' vote to eliminate
  • Redfoo: Younger Than Yesterday – based the decision on all performances so far.
  • Keating: Younger Than Yesterday – stated that XOX had more to improve.
  • Bassingthwaighte: Younger Than Yesterday – went with her gut.
  • Minogue was not required to vote as there was already a majority and did not say how she would have voted as both acts were in her category.
Notes
  • On 23 August 2014, Brothers3's performance of "Always on My Mind" debuted at number 73 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Week 3 (24/25 August)

Acts' performances on the third live show
Act Category (mentor) Order Song Decade Result
Brothers3 Groups (Minogue) 1 "Happy Birthday Helen" 1990s Safe
Caitlyn Shadbolt Girls (Dawes) 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 (Dawes) 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 (Dawes) 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
Judges' vote to eliminate
  • Keating: Adrien Nookadu – backed his own act, Sydnee Carter.
  • Bassingthwaighte: Sydnee Carter – backed her own act, Adrien Nookadu.
  • Redfoo: Adrien Nookadu – saw a growth in Carter and wanted to see what else she could do.
  • Minogue: Sydnee Carter – felt that Nookadu had more to succeed.

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.

Notes
  • Each mentor was given a different decade to choose their remaining acts songs from, including the 70s, 80s, 90s and now.
  • On 30 August 2014, the performances of four acts entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Dean Ray's performance of "Reckless" debuted at number 50, Sydnee Carter's performance of "Video Killed the Radio Star" debuted at number 63, Reigan Derry's performance of "Chandelier" debuted at number 81, and Brothers3's performance of "Happy Birthday Helen" debuted at number 86.

Week 4 (31 August/1 September)

Acts' performances on the fourth live show
Act 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
Judges' vote to eliminate
  • Keating: XOX – felt that Tee had more to develop.
  • Bassingthwaighte: XOX – backed her own act, Tee.
  • Minogue: Tee – backed her own act, XOX.
  • Redfoo: XOX – stated that Tee could improve more.
Notes
  • The songs for the remaining acts were chosen by the public.
  • With XOX eliminated, Minogue had only one act (Brothers3) left in the competition. Minogue lost her third act within four weeks of the live shows, all of which were chosen as her top three for the live shows. Her remaining act Brothers3 were voted into the live shows as the wildcard.
  • On 6 September 2014, the performances of four acts entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Reigan Derry's performance of "Stay with Me" debuted at number 20, Brothers3's performance of "Hey Brother" debuted at number 58, Sydnee Carter's performance of "Say Something" debuted at number 73, and Jason Heerah's performance of "Higher Ground" debuted at number 98. On 19 September 2014, Derry's performance debuted at number 28 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.

Week 5 (7/8 September)

Acnts' performances on the fifth live show
Act 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
Judges' vote to eliminate
  • Redfoo: Sydnee Carter – backed his own act, Jason Heerah.
  • Keating: Jason Heerah – backed his own act, Sydnee Carter.
  • Bassingthwaighte: Sydnee Carter – felt that she had not seen the best of Carter and complained about her lack of consistency.
  • Minogue: Sydnee Carter – stated that Heerah had improved that week.
Notes
  • During the live decider on Monday night, for the first time in the show's history, and only for one week, the safe contestants' names were called in descending order of the number of public votes they received.
  • On 13 September 2014, the performances of three acts entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Dean Ray's performance of "Budapest" debuted at number 15, Reigan Derry's performance of "Bang Bang" debuted at number 53, and Brothers3's performance of "Pompeii" debuted at number 91. On 26 September 2014, Ray's performance debuted at number 29 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.

Week 6 (14/15 September)

Acts' performances on the sixth live show
Act 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
Judges' vote to eliminate
  • Redfoo: Caitlyn Shadbolt – backed his own act, Rochelle Pitt.
  • Keating: Rochelle Pitt – backed his own act, Caitlyn Shadbolt.
  • Due to Bassingthwaighte's absence, three unanimous votes were required for an act to be eliminated. However, as Redfoo and Keating backed their own acts, Minogue was not required to vote and the result went to deadlock. Minogue refused to say who she would have voted to eliminate, implying she would have sent the result to deadlock if Bassingthwaighte was present.

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.

Notes
  • Bassingthwaighte was absent for the live decider because she had attended the funeral of her manager Mark Byrne earlier that day.
  • On 20 September 2014, the performances of two acts entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Marlisa Punzalan's performance of "Nothing Else Matters" debuted at number 87 and Dean Ray's performance of "New Sensation" debuted at number 90.

Week 7 (21/23 September)

Acts' performances on the seventh live show
Act 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
Judges' vote to eliminate
  • Keating: Tee – Backed his own act, Caitlyn Shadbolt. Based on the performances from previous weeks, he chose to send home Tee.
  • Bassingthwaighte: Caitlyn Shadbolt – Backed her own act, Tee. She chose to send home Shadbolt because she felt that Heerah had handled the different genres in each week better and had been more consistent.
  • Minogue: Caitlyn Shadbolt – felt she was not as strong as Tee and Heerah.
  • Redfoo: Tee – Backed his own act, Jason Heerah. Redfoo chose to send home Tee because he felt that Tee had not found himself as an artist yet.

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.

Notes
  • This week's live decider aired on Tuesday night due to the Seven Network's coverage of the 2014 Brownlow Medal.
  • For the first time in the show's history, and only for this week, the final showdown in the live decider consisted of a bottom three.
  • On 27 September 2014, the performances of four acts entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Jason Heerah's performance of "Latch" debuted at number 38, Dean Ray's performance of "Stolen Dance" debuted at number 40, Reigan Derry's performance of "Dog Days Are Over" debuted at number 61, and Brothers3's performance of "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" debuted at number 75.

Week 8 (28/29 September)

Acts' performances on the eighth live show
Act 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
Judges' vote to eliminate
  • Keating: Jason Heerah – stated that it was a very tough decision.
  • Bassingthwaighte: Jason Heerah – based on whose performances were downloaded on iTunes more.
  • Minogue: Reigan Derry – based on whose final showdown performance had the most connection and moved her the most.
  • Redfoo: Reigan Derry – could not send either of his own acts home and sent the result to deadlock.

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.

Notes
  • Brothers3 became the first group to not land in the bottom two in week eight. All other groups since season two have passed week eight after surviving the bottom two.
  • On 4 October 2014, the performances of two acts entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Dean Ray's performance of "Into My Arms" debuted at number 36, and Reigan Derry's performance of "Burn for You" debuted at number 78.

Week 9: Quarter-Final (5/6 October)

Acts' performances in the quarter-final
Act 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
Judges' vote to eliminate
  • Keating: Dean Ray – backed his own act, Caitlyn Shadbolt.
  • Redfoo: Caitlyn Shadbolt – went with his gut and based on whose performances were more consistent.
  • Bassingthwaighte: Caitlyn Shadbolt – backed her own act, Dean Ray.
  • Minogue: Caitlyn Shadbolt – based her decision on the number of standing ovations Ray had received.
Notes
  • On 11 October 2014, the performances of three acts entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Dean Ray's performances of "Crying" and "Lonely Boy" debuted at numbers 26 and 99 respectively, Brothers3's performances of "Que Sera" and "The Sound of Silence" debuted at numbers 42 and 48 respectively, and Marlisa Punzalan's performances of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "Titanium" debuted at numbers 93 and 96 respectively.

Week 10: Semi-Final (12/13 October)

Acts' performances in the semi-final
Act 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
Judges' vote to send through to the Grand Final
  • Minogue: Marlisa Punzalan – stated that Punzalan had improved more.
  • Keating: Marlisa Punzalan – backed his own act, Marlisa Punzalan.
  • Redfoo: Reigan Derry – backed his own act, Reigan Derry.
  • Bassingthwaighte: Reigan Derry – went with her gut.

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.

Notes
  • During the semi-final week, each judge had one act left in the competition. After Derry's elimination, Redfoo became the only judge with no act in the grand final.
  • On 18 October 2014, the performances of three acts entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Dean Ray's performances of "Folsom Prison Blues" / "That's All Right (Mama)" and "The Power of Love" debuted at numbers 49 and 65 respectively, Derry's performance of "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" debuted at number 63, and Brothers3's performance of "Massachusetts" debuted at number 87.

Week 11: Final (19/20 October)

19 October
Acts' performances on the Sunday Final
Act 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.

20 October
Acts' performances on the Monday Final
Act Category (mentor) Order Best Song Result
Marlisa Punzalan Girls (Keating) 1 "Titanium" Winner
Dean Ray Boys (Bassingthwaighte) 2 "Budapest" Runner-Up
Notes
  • For the first time in season six, there was no theme for the grand final.
  • On 25 October 2014, performances from the top three finalists entered the ARIA Singles Chart. Dean Ray's performance of "Bette Davis Eyes" debuted at number 33, Marlisa Punzalan's performance of "Yesterday" debuted at number 67, and Brothers3's performance of "Safe & Sound" debuted at number 82.

Charity single

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. 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.

Reception

Controversy and criticism

XOX were criticised by Keating and Redfoo after their performance of Deee-Lite's "Groove Is in the Heart" during the third live show. 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." However, Bassingthwaighte disagreed with their comments and said she loved the performance. The criticism divided the judging panel as "it quickly became a battle of the sexes". 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.[citation needed] 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."

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." 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."

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. 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.[citation needed] 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." Derry's mentor Redfoo defended her outfit by saying that it was not oversexualised, before taking aim at Minogue's outfit. 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!" During the ninth live decider show the following night, Redfoo apologised to Minogue for the comments he made about her outfit. Minogue accepted his apology and said "I've had a chat with Reigan and we've sorted it out. We are all moving on."

Ratings

Colour key:
– Highest rating during the season
– Lowest rating during the season
Week Episode Original airdate Timeslot Viewers
(millions)
Nightly
rank
Ref.
1 1 "Auditions" 13 July 2014 Sunday 6:32 pm8:18 pm 1.226 #2
2 14 July 2014 Monday 7:31 pm9:10 pm 0.970 #8
3 15 July 2014 Tuesday 7:32 pm9:15 pm 1.245 #2
2 4 20 July 2014 Sunday 6:33 pm8:20 pm 1.274 #4
5 22 July 2014 Tuesday 7:32 pm9:17 pm 1.166 #3
6 23 July 2014 Wednesday 7:32 pm9:16 pm 1.079 #4
3 7 "Super Bootcamp" 27 July 2014 Sunday 6:32 pm8:16 pm 1.114 #5
8 29 July 2014 Tuesday 7:35 pm8:56 pm 1.107 #2
9 30 July 2014 Wednesday 7:31 pm9:05 pm 0.914 #6
4 10 "Home Visits" 3 August 2014 Sunday 6:32 pm8:22 pm 1.035 #5
11 4 August 2014 Monday 7:29 pm9:07 pm 1.055 #6
12 5 August 2014 Tuesday 7:32 pm9:07 pm 1.088 #4
5 13 "Live show 1" 10 August 2014 Sunday 6:32 pm9:14 pm 1.152 #4
14 "Live decider 1" 11 August 2014 Monday 7:33 pm8:47 pm 1.107 #4
6 15 "Live show 2" 17 August 2014 Sunday 6:32 pm8:53 pm 1.129 #4
16 "Live decider 2" 18 August 2014 Monday 7:31 pm8:45 pm 1.078 #5
7 17 "Live show 3" 24 August 2014 Sunday 6:32 pm8:52 pm 1.115 #5
18 "Live decider 3" 25 August 2014 Monday 7:32 pm8:47 pm 1.057 #5
8 19 "Live show 4" 31 August 2014 Sunday 6:32 pm8:34 pm 1.115 #5
20 "Live decider 4" 1 September 2014 Monday 7:31 pm8:44 pm 1.167 #3
9 21 "Live show 5" 7 September 2014 Sunday 6:32 pm8:31 pm 1.180 #4
22 "Live decider 5" 8 September 2014 Monday 7:33 pm8:57 pm 1.174 #6
10 23 "Live show 6" 14 September 2014 Sunday 6:32 pm8:19 pm 1.202 #4
24 "Live decider 6" 15 September 2014 Monday 7:37 pm8:51 pm 1.142 #4
11 25 "Live show 7" 21 September 2014 Sunday 6:35 pm8:08 pm 1.131 #5
26 "Live decider 7" 23 September 2014 Tuesday 7:37 pm8:59 pm 1.094 #4
12 27 "Live show 8" 28 September 2014 Sunday 6:35 pm7:54 pm 1.113 #4
28 "Live decider 8" 29 September 2014 Monday 7:33 pm8:57 pm 1.161 #3
13 29 "Live show 9" 5 October 2014 Sunday 6:35 pm8:50 pm 0.874 #7
30 "Live decider 9" 6 October 2014 Monday 7:35 pm8:50 pm 1.062 #6
14 31 "Live show 10" 12 October 2014 Sunday 6:35 pm8:21 pm 1.187 #9
32 "Live decider 10" 13 October 2014 Monday 7:32 pm8:58 pm 1.302 #2
15 33 "Live Grand Final show" 19 October 2014 Sunday 8:01 pm10:20 pm 1.316 #1
34 "Live Grand Final decider" 20 October 2014 Monday 7:33 pm9:49 pm 1.378 #2
"Winner announced" 1.428 #1

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