The X Factor: Celebrity

2019 celebrity edition of The X Factor

Season of television series

The X Factor: Celebrity

Hosted by| Dermot O'Leary (ITV)
Judges| Simon Cowell
Louis Walsh
Nicole Scherzinger
Winner| Megan McKenna
Winning mentor| Louis Walsh
Runner-up| Max and Harvey
No. of episodes| 8
Release
Original network|

* ITV
* YouTube (Xtra Bites)

Original release| 12 October (2019-10-12) –
30 November 2019 (2019-11-30)

The X Factor: Celebrity is a British celebrity special edition of The X Factor which premiered on 12 October 2019 on ITV.[1] It is a revamped version of the 2006 celebrity format The X Factor: Battle of the Stars. Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh judged this series, with Dermot O'Leary presenting the series and Vick Hope hosting Xtra Bites on YouTube.[2]

The format for the series was announced in 2019, after The X Factor was contracted until 2020.[3] The celebrity lineup was announced on 30 September 2019. On 30 November, Megan McKenna won the series with 46.3% of the vote, with Max and Harvey finishing in second place and Jenny Ryan in third place.[4][5]

## Background and judges

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The X Factor: Celebrity judges

Simon Cowell

Louis Walsh

Nicole Scherzinger

The series' predecessor, The X Factor: Battle of the Stars aired in 2006 as a celebrity incarnation of The X Factor. It was reported on 26 August 2006 that Cowell had axed Battle of the Stars, describing it as "pointless" and adding "we are never going to do it again." However, Cowell later stated in an interview with The Sun on 30 November 2018 that he would consider reviving the show for a second series as a charity special.[6]

The series was first reported in early 2019, as the main series was being put on hiatus due to declining ratings.[7][8] On 7 July 2019, Walsh spoke about the return of the series, stating, "I go to Los Angeles on Tuesday, I go to Simon's house in Malibu, it's me, Simon and Nicole, we're doing the celebrity one."[9] On 22 October 2019, it was revealed that Vick Hope would host Xtra Bites on YouTube, each episode premiered after each live show.[10]

The format of the series differs heavily than Battle of the Stars to bring it more in line with the main series. Notable differences between this series and Battle of the Stars are instead of competing for charity, the acts are competing to win a record contract with Syco Music, and the live shows, instead of being aired daily, are aired every Saturday night, allowing more time inbetween shows for the acts to develop their artistry.

## Acts

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A teaser, released in September 2019, teased the potential contestants of the series, of which include: a film star, model, online influencers, professional dancer, social media stars and a soap star.[11] The full line-up was revealed on 30 September 2019.[12] Cowell mentored the Groups, Walsh mentored the 16-30s and Scherzinger mentored the Over 31s. During auditions, Cowell's America's Got Talent co-judge Howie Mandel and American Idol co-judge Randy Jackson appeared as guest judges.

Key:

– Winner
– Runner-up
– Third place
– Fourth place
– Eliminated in the Live shows
– Eliminated in the Auditions
Act  | Age(s)  | Hometown  | Category (Mentor)  | Known For  | Result

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Megan McKenna | 27  | Barking, England  | 16-30s (Walsh)  | Television personality  | Winner
Max and Harvey | 16  | Sandhurst, England  | Groups (Cowell)  | YouTube personalities  | Runner-up
Jenny Ryan[a] | 37  | Bolton, England  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | Quizzer & The Chase star  | 3rd place
V5[b] | 18–21  | Colombia / Puerto Rico /
Brazil / Cuba / Mexico  | Groups (Cowell)  | Social media influencers  | 4th place
Try Star[c] | 21–34  | Birmingham / Harare, Zimbabwe / Chester | Rugby union players  | 5th place
Vinnie Jones[d] | 54  | Watford, England  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | Actor & former Premier League footballer  | 6th place
Kevin McHale | 31  | Plano, Texas, U.S.  | 16-30s (Walsh)  | Glee actor  | 7th place
No Love Lost[e] | 21–24  | Essex / London / Staffordshire | Groups (Cowell)  | Love Island stars  | 8th place
Martin Bashir | 56  | Wandsworth, England  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | Journalist & news anchor  | 9th place
Jonny Labey | 26  | Grouville, Jersey | 16-30s (Walsh)  | Former EastEnders actor  | 10th place
Victoria Ekanoye | 36  | Bury, England  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | Former Coronation Street actress  | 11th place
Olivia Olson | 27  | Los Angeles, California, U.S.  | 16-30s (Walsh)  | Actress & singer  | 12th place
Ricki Lake | 51  | Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | Hairspray actress & former talk show host  | 13th place
Hayley Hasselhoff | 27  | Los Angeles, California, U.S.  | 16-30s (Walsh)  | Actress & model  | Eliminated
Cole and Edwards[f] | 43 & 48  | Christchurch, New Zealand (Cole)
London, England (Edwards) | Groups (Cowell)  | Former Strictly Come Dancing professional (Cole)
Former Hollyoaks actor (Edwards) | Eliminated

### Notes

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1. ^ Ryan was originally eliminated in the Auditions, but on 21 October 2019, she was brought back into the competition.
2. ^ V5 consists of social media influencers Laura Buitrago, Alondra Martinez, Sofia Oliveira, Wendii Sarmiento, and Renata Vaca. Vaca replaced Natalie Valerin, who left before the live shows.
3. ^ Try Star consists of Levi Davis, Thom Evans and Ben Foden.
4. ^ Jones did not audition for the series due to the death of his wife, but Cowell invited him to join the live shows.
5. ^ No Love Lost (previously known as Love Islanders) consist of stars Eyal Booker, Zara McDermott, Samira Mighty and Wes Nelson.
6. ^ Cole and Edwards consists of Brendan Cole and Jeremy Edwards.

## Auditions

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The audition process took place in Los Angeles, California. The celebrity acts were all asked to meet with O'Leary in a location where they then spent two days with the production team working on vocal training and song choices. They then auditioned for Cowell, Walsh and Scherzinger at a house party in Malibu consisting of various singers, songwriters, record producers and talent judges for the acts to perform in front of.

Some of the guest judges that the celebrities got to perform in front of were as follows:[13]

* Tricky Stewart
* Diane Warren
* David Foster
* Pete Waterman O.B.E.
* Sinitta
* Dallas Austin
* J.C. Chasez
* Victoria Monét
* Randy Jackson
* Howie Mandel
* JoJo
* Michelle Visage

Vinnie Jones, who was due to take part in the show, was unable to fly to Los Angeles for his audition due to the death of his wife Tanya Terry on 6 July 2019. Cowell personally called Jones two months later and offered him an unconditional place in the live shows.

Order  | Celebrity  | Category  | Song choice[14] | Result

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Week 1 (12 October 2019)
1  | No Love Lost[a] | Groups  | "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"  | Advanced
2  | Kevin McHale  | 16-30s  | "Never Be the Same"
3  | Max and Harvey  | Groups  | "I Don't Care"
"Sucker"
4  | Cole & Edwards  | Groups  | "Love at First Sight"  | Eliminated
5  | Martin Bashir  | Over 31s  | "L-O-V-E"  | Advanced
6  | Hayley Hasselhoff  | 16-30s  | "Someone You Loved"  | Eliminated
7  | Jenny Ryan  | Over 31s  | "Somebody to Love"  | Advanced[b]
8  | Try Star  | Groups  | "No Diggity"
Week 2 (19 October 2019)
1  | Olivia Olson  | 16-30s  | "Location"  | Advanced
"Come Together"
2  | Jonny Labey  | 16-30s  | "Feel It Still"
"Feeling Good" with David Foster
3  | Megan McKenna  | 16-30s  | "Everything but You"
4  | Ricki Lake  | Over 31s  | "Us"
5  | V5  | Groups  | "Juice"
6  | Victoria Ekanoye  | Over 31s  | "The House of the Rising Sun"

### Notes

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1. ^ Love Islanders changed their name to No Love Lost before live shows.
2. ^ Ryan was originally eliminated in the Auditions, but on 21 October 2019, she was brought back into the competition.

## Live shows

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### Results summary

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Colour key
- | Act was eliminated by their mentor

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– | Act was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated
– | Act received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no sing-off)
- | Act received the most public votes
– | Act was given a Safe Seat from the judges
Weekly results per act[15] Act  | Auditions  | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Quarter-Final | Semi-Final | Final

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First Vote  | Second Vote
Megan McKenna  | Advanced | 1st
26.7%  | 1st
30.1%  | 1st
25.7%  | 1st
21.6%  | 1st
28.6%  | 1st
40.6%  | Winner
46.3%4
Max and Harvey  | 5th
10.6%  | 3rd
12.2%  | Safe
Seat | 4th
14.0%  | 3rd
16.9%  | 2nd
27.5%  | Runner-Up
27.1%4
Jenny Ryan  | Eliminated1 | Safe
Seat | 5th
10.4%  | 2nd
25.5%  | 3rd
14.5%  | 2nd
17.2%  | 3rd
21.2%  | 3rd
22.4%4
V5  | Advanced | 6th
8.7%  | 4th
12.0%  | 5th
11.0%  | 5th
10.5%  | 5th
11.1%  | 4th
10.7%  | Eliminated (final)
Try Star  | Safe
Seat | Safe
Seat | 3rd
17.5%  | 2nd
20.8%  | 4th
15.7%  | Eliminated (semi-final)
Vinnie Jones  | 2nd
16.5%  | 2nd
14.0%  | Safe
Seat | 6th
10.1%  | 6th
10.5%
Kevin McHale  | 7th
7.9%  | Safe
Seat | Safe
Seat | 7th
8.5%  | Eliminated (quarter-final)
No Love Lost  | 3rd
11.2%  | Safe
Seat | 4th
13.7%  | Eliminated (week 3)
Martin Bashir  | 8th
3.7%  | 6th
9.3%  | 6th
6.6%
Jonny Labey  | Safe
Seat | 7th
6.6%  | Eliminated (week 2)
Victoria Ekanoye  | 4th
10.7%  | 8th
5.4%
Olivia Olson  | 9th
2.9%  | Eliminated (week 1)
Ricki Lake  | 10th
1.1%
Hayley Hasselhoff  | Eliminated | Eliminated (Auditions)
Cole & Edwards
Final Showdown  | N/A  | Bashir,
Olson  | Bashir,
Labey  | No Love Lost,
V5  | Jones,
McHale  | Try Star,
V5  | No sing-off or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone
Walsh's vote
to eliminate (16-30s)  | Hasselhoff  | Bashir | Bashir | No Love Lost | Jones | —3
Scherzinger's vote
to eliminate (Over 31s)  | Ryan  | Olson | Labey | No Love Lost | McHale | Try Star
Cowell's vote
to eliminate (Groups)  | Cole & Edwards  | Olson | None (abstained) | —2 | McHale | Try Star
Eliminated  | Cole & Edwards
by Cowell  | Ricki Lake
1.1%
to save  | Victoria Ekanoye
5.4%
to save  | Martin Bashir
6.6%
to save  | Kevin McHale
2 of 3 votes
Majority  | Vinnie Jones
10.5%
to save  | V5
10.7%
to save  | Jenny Ryan
22.4%
to win
Hayley Hasselhoff
by Walsh  | Olivia Olson
2 of 3 votes
Majority  | Jonny Labey
1 of 2 votes
Deadlock  | No Love Lost
2 of 2 votes
Majority  | Try Star
2 of 2 votes
Majority  | Max and Harvey
27.1%
to win
Jenny Ryan
by Scherzinger

* ^1 Although Ryan was eliminated by Scherzinger, Ryan later returned as the thirteenth finalist.
* ^2 Cowell was not required to vote as there was already a majority.
* ^3 Walsh was not required to vote as there was already a majority.
* ^4 The voting percentages in the final's second vote do not add up to 100%, owing to the freezing of votes. V5 received 4.2% of the final vote.[15]

### Week 1 (26 October)

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* Theme: Express Yourself

Acts' performances on the first live show  Act  | Category (mentor)  | Order  | Song (original artist)[16] | Result

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Kevin McHale  | 16-30s (Walsh)  | 1  | "Good as Hell" (Lizzo)  | Safe
Ricki Lake  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | 2  | "Landslide" (Fleetwood Mac)  | Eliminated (Fewest Public Votes)
No Love Lost  | Groups (Cowell)  | 3  | "All or Nothing" (original song)  | Safe
Jenny Ryan  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | 4  | "Rise Like a Phoenix" (Conchita Wurst)  | Saved by Scherzinger
Jonny Labey  | 16-30s (Walsh)  | 5  | "Show Me Love" (Robin S.)  | Saved by Walsh
V5  | Groups (Cowell)  | 6  | "Bad Guy"/"Taki Taki" (Billie Eilish) / (DJ Snake)  | Safe
Martin Bashir  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | 7  | "Danke Schoen" (Wayne Newton)  | Bottom Three
Max and Harvey  | Groups (Cowell)  | 8  | "When Will I Be Famous?" (Bros)  | Safe
Olivia Olson  | 16-30s (Walsh)  | 9  | "Anyone Who Had a Heart" (Dionne Warwick)  | Eliminated (Judges' Vote)
Vinnie Jones  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | 10  | "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" (Solomon Burke)  | Safe
Megan McKenna  | 16-30s (Walsh)  | 11  | "This" (original song)  | Safe (Highest Votes)
Victoria Ekanoye  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | 12  | "Never Tear Us Apart" (INXS)  | Safe
Try Star  | Groups (Cowell)  | 13  | "Pony"/"Old Town Road" (Ginuwine) / (Lil Nas X)  | Saved by Cowell

Judges' votes to eliminate

* Walsh: Martin Bashir - backed his own act, Olivia Olson.
* Scherzinger: Olivia Olson - backed her own act, Martin Bashir.
* Cowell: Olivia Olson - concluded that the public would like to see Bashir through to next week more.

### Week 2 (2 November)

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* Musical Guest: James Arthur ("Quite Miss Home")[17]

Acts' performances on the second live show  Act  | Category (mentor)  | Order  | Song  | Result

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Jonny Labey  | 16-30s (Walsh)  | 1  | "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"  | Eliminated (Deadlock)
Jenny Ryan  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | 2  | "This Is My Life"  | Safe
No Love Lost  | Groups (Cowell)  | 3  | "Would I Lie to You?" (semi-original song)  | Saved by Cowell
Victoria Ekanoye  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | 4  | "Why Don't You Love Me"  | Eliminated (Fewest Public Votes)
Max and Harvey  | Groups (Cowell)  | 5  | "Cool"  | Safe
Kevin McHale  | 16-30s (Walsh)  | 6  | "Dance Monkey"  | Saved by Walsh
Try Star  | Groups (Cowell)  | 7  | "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"  | Saved by Scherzinger
Martin Bashir  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | 8  | "Easy"  | Bottom Three
V5  | Groups (Cowell)  | 9  | "Despacito"/"Mi Gente"  | Safe
Vinnie Jones  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | 10  | "Lip Up Fatty"
Megan McKenna  | 16-30s (Walsh)  | 11  | "Stronger" (original song)  | Safe (Highest Votes)

Judges' votes to eliminate

* Walsh: Martin Bashir - backed his own act, Jonny Labey.
* Scherzinger: Jonny Labey - backed her own act, Martin Bashir.
* Cowell abstained from voting as he wanted to hear the public's opinion and sent the result to deadlock.

With the acts in the bottom two receiving one vote each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Jonny Labey was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.

### Week 3 (9 November)

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Acts' performances on the third live show  Act  | Category (mentor)  | Order  | Song  | Result

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Kevin McHale  | 16-30s (Walsh)  | 1  | "Don't Start Now"  | Saved by Walsh
Max and Harvey  | Groups (Cowell)  | 2  | "Can't Hold Us"  | Saved by Cowell
Vinnie Jones  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | 3  | "It Must Be Love"/"House of Fun"/"One Step Beyond"  | Saved by Scherzinger
Try Star  | Groups (Cowell)  | 4  | "No Diggity"  | Safe
V5  | Groups (Cowell)  | 5  | "Motivation"/"I Like It"  | Bottom Three
Martin Bashir  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | 6  | "That's Life"  | Eliminated
Megan McKenna  | 16-30s (Walsh)  | 7  | "Half of My Heart" (original song)  | Safe (Highest Votes)
No Love Lost  | Groups (Cowell)  | 8  | "Money Where Your Mouth Is" (original song)  | Bottom Three
Jenny Ryan  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | 9  | "The Edge of Glory"  | Safe
Sing-off details
V5  | Groups (Cowell)  | 1  | "Juice"  | Saved
No Love Lost  | Groups (Cowell)  | 2  | "Sorry"  | Eliminated

Judges' votes to eliminate

* Walsh: No Love Lost - based his decision on whom he thought would sell more records.
* Scherzinger: No Love Lost - said that she liked V5 more consistently throughout the competition.
* Cowell was not required to vote as there was already a majority and did not say how he would have voted as both were his own acts. However, in response to No Love Lost's elimination, he said that he would organise a public vote to bring back one of the eliminated acts for the final.

However, voting statistics revealed that No Love Lost received more votes than V5 which meant that if the result went to deadlock, No Love Lost would have advanced to the quarter-final and V5 would have been eliminated.

### Week 4: Quarter-Final (16 November)

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* Musical Guest: Lizzo ("Good as Hell")[18]

At the beginning of the show, Cowell stated that Safe Seats would no longer be used due to negative viewer reception, therefore all acts would face the public vote.

This is also the only live show with one contestant going home.

Acts' performances in the quarter-final  Act  | Category (mentor)  | Order  | Song  | Result

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Max and Harvey  | Groups (Cowell)  | 1  | "High Hopes"  | Safe
Kevin McHale  | 16-30s (Walsh)  | 2  | "I Feel Love"  | Bottom Two
V5  | Groups (Cowell)  | 3  | "Bang Bang"  | Safe
Vinnie Jones  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | 4  | "I Fought the Law"/"Should I Stay or Should I Go"  | Bottom Two
Megan McKenna  | 16-30s (Walsh)  | 5  | "When I'm Crying" (original song)  | Safe (Highest Votes)
Jenny Ryan  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | 6  | "Euphoria"  | Safe
Try Star  | Groups (Cowell)  | 7  | "Boom"
Sing-off details
Vinnie Jones  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | 1  | "The Galway Shawl"  | Saved
Kevin McHale  | 16-30s (Walsh)  | 2  | "Something's Got to Give"  | Eliminated

Shortly before the judges voted, Jones announced that he did not wish to obstruct McHale's progress and requested to withdraw.

Judges' votes to eliminate

* Scherzinger: Kevin McHale - backed her own act, Vinnie Jones.
* Walsh: Vinnie Jones - backed his own act, Kevin McHale.
* Cowell: Kevin McHale - Disregarded Jones' request to leave and said he was going with his heart, believing that Jones still had a chance of winning the competition.

### Week 5: Semi-Final (23 November)

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* Theme: Movies
* Musical Guest: Louis Tomlinson ("Don't Let It Break Your Heart")

At the start of the show, O'Leary announced that Cowell's request for a wildcard vote had to be declined, and that four finalists would be found amongst the remaining six acts.

Acts' performances in the semi-final  Act  | Category (mentor)  | Order  | Song  | Movie  | Result

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Try Star  | Groups (Cowell)  | 1  | "The Greatest Show"  | The Greatest Showman | Bottom Three
Jenny Ryan  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | 2  | "Skyfall"  | Skyfall | Safe
Max and Harvey  | Groups (Cowell)  | 3  | "Kiss You"  | One Direction: This Is Us
Vinnie Jones  | Overs (Scherzinger)  | 4  | "(I've Had) The Time of My Life"  | Dirty Dancing | Eliminated
Megan McKenna  | 16-30s (Walsh)  | 5  | "It Must Have Been Love"  | Pretty Woman | Safe (Highest Votes)
V5  | Groups (Cowell)  | 6  | "September"  | Trolls | Bottom Three
Sing-off details
Try Star  | Groups (Cowell)  | 1  | "Hold Me While You Wait"  | Eliminated
V5  | Groups (Cowell)  | 2  | "Con Calma"/"End of Time"  | Saved

Judges' votes to eliminate

* Scherzinger: Try Star - opted to save V5 as she was "all about girl power".
* Cowell: Try Star - commended Try Star on their overall progress in the competition as they had not been singers before, but ultimately felt that V5 had a better chance of being successful outside the show.
* Walsh was not required to vote as there was already a majority and did not say how he would have voted.

However, voting statistics revealed that Try Star received more votes than V5 which meant that if the result went to deadlock, Try Star would have advanced to the final and V5 would have been eliminated.

### Week 6: Final (30 November)

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* Theme: Christmas; Song of the Series
* Musical guest: Kevin McHale, Jenny Ryan, The CutKelvins, Leon Mallett, Tabby Callaghan, Spencer Sutherland ("How Will I Know" / "Take Me to the Clouds Above"); and The Pussycat Dolls ("Buttons" / "When I Grow Up" / "Don't Cha" / "React")[19]

Acts' performances in the final  Act  | Category (mentor)  | Order  | Song  | Order  | Song  | Result

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V5  | Groups (Cowell)  | 1  | "All I Want for Christmas Is You"  | N/A  | N/A (Already Eliminated)  | Eliminated in Round 1
Jenny Ryan  | Over 31s (Scherzinger)  | 2  | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"  | 6  | "The Edge of Glory"  | Eliminated in Round 2
Max and Harvey  | Groups (Cowell)  | 3  | "Last Christmas"  | 7  | "Kiss You"  | Runner-Up
Megan McKenna  | 16-30s (Walsh)  | 4  | "One More Sleep"  | 5  | "This" (original song)  | Winner

Following the announcement that McKenna had won, she performed her winner's single, "It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted)".

## Reception

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### Ratings

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Episode  | Air date  | Official rating
(millions)[20],1 | Weekly
rank[20],2

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Auditions 1  | 12 October 2019 | 6.29  | 12
Auditions 2  | 19 October 2019 | 5.15  | 21
Live show 1  | 26 October 2019 | 4.45  | 35
Live show 2  | 2 November 2019 | 3.89  | 47
Live show 3  | 9 November 2019 | 3.80  | 48
Live show 4  | 16 November 2019 | <3.393 | —
Live show 5  | 23 November 2019 | <3.473
Live final  | 30 November 2019 | <3.383

#### Notes

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* 1 The ratings over a 7-day period, including the broadcasts on ITV and streaming through ITV Hub using BARB's four-screen dashboard system (includes viewers watching on tablets/smartphones).
* 2 The rank for the ITV broadcast, compared with all channels for that week, from Monday to Sunday.
* 3 No viewing figure is available for this episode as it fell outside the top 50 programmes for the week.

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Special|

* Battle of the Stars
* Celebrity
* The Band

Winners|

| Main|

* Steve Brookstein
* Shayne Ward
* Leona Lewis
* Leon Jackson
* Alexandra Burke
* Joe McElderry
* Matt Cardle
* Little Mix
* James Arthur
* Sam Bailey
* Ben Haenow
* Louisa Johnson
* Matt Terry
* Rak-Su
* Dalton Harris

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Special|

* Lucy Benjamin
* Megan McKenna
* RLY

Other contestants|

| Series 1|

* G4
* Tabby Callaghan
* Rowetta Satchell
* Roberta Howett

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Series 2|

* Andy Abraham
* Journey South
* Brenda Edwards
* Chico Slimani
* The Conway Sisters
* Maria Lawson

Series 3|

* Ray Quinn
* Ben Mills
* The MacDonald Brothers
* Kerry McGregor

Series 4|

* Rhydian Roberts
* Same Difference
* Hope
* Daniel de Bourg

Series 5|

* JLS
* Eoghan Quigg
* Diana Vickers
* Ruth Lorenzo
* Laura White

Series 6|

* Olly Murs
* Stacey Solomon
* Jedward
* Lucie Jones
* Rachel Adedeji

Series 7|

* Rebecca Ferguson
* One Direction
* Cher Lloyd
* Mary Byrne
* Katie Waissel
* Aiden Grimshaw
* Belle Amie

Series 8|

* Marcus Collins
* Amelia Lily
* Misha B
* Janet Devlin
* Kitty Brucknell
* Frankie Cocozza

Series 9|

* Jahméne Douglas
* Christopher Maloney
* Union J
* Rylan Clark
* Ella Henderson
* Lucy Spraggan
* Carolynne Poole

Series 10|

* Nicholas McDonald
* Luke Friend
* Rough Copy
* Kingsland Road
* Tamera Foster

Series 11|

* Fleur East
* Andrea Faustini
* Lauren Platt
* Stereo Kicks
* Stevi Ritchie
* Only the Young
* Jake Quickenden
* Chloe Jasmine
* Blonde Electra

Series 12|

* Reggie 'n' Bollie
* 4th Impact
* Seann Miley Moore

Series 13|

* Saara Aalto
* 5 After Midnight
* Emily Middlemas
* Honey G
* Four of Diamonds

Series 14|

* Grace Davies
* Alisah Bonaobra
* Spencer Sutherland

Series 15|

* Scarlett Lee
* Brendan Murray
* Janice Robinson
* Olatunji Yearwood

Singles|

| Winners singles|

* "Against All Odds"
* "That's My Goal"
* "A Moment Like This"
* "When You Believe"
* "Hallelujah"
* "The Climb"
* "When We Collide"
* "Cannonball"
* "Impossible"
* "Skyscraper"
* "Something I Need"
* "Forever Young"
* "When Christmas Comes Around"
* "Dimelo"
* "The Power of Love"

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Charity singles|

* "Hero"
* "You Are Not Alone"
* "Heroes"
* "Wishing on a Star"

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