The X Factor (UK series 1)
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Series 1 of UK TV talent show The X Factor was broadcast from 4 September to 11 December 2004. It was won by Steve Brookstein, who went on to have some chart success, with runners-up G4 achieving three platinum albums before splitting up in mid 2007. Although Brookstein won the series, his mentor Simon Cowell later admitted that G4 (mentored by fellow judge and rival Louis Walsh) were the real winners of the show.[1]
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[edit] Format
- See the main X Factor (UK) article for a general description of the show's format.
After the initial auditions, each judge was randomly allocated a category: Simon Cowell was assigned solo 25-and-overs, Louis Walsh got the groups and Sharon Osbourne the solo 16–24s.
Each judge then chose twelve acts from their category to go through to round two — boot camp. After boot camp, each judge selected five acts to progress to round three — judges' homes. In this round, the 15 acts (five for each judge) went to the homes of their respective judges, where they were interviewed and performed again. Each judge then chose three acts to go through to the finals (making a total of nine finalists).
The finals consisted of two live shows each Saturday evening. For the first five weeks each act performed once in the first show, after which the public voted for the act that they wanted to remain in the show. In the later results show, the two acts with the fewest votes were revealed. These two acts then had to sing again before the three judges decided who was eliminated.
The format changed in the sixth week: each act performed twice in the first show (with the judges offering their opinions after the second songs), and reprised one of their songs in the results show. The act with the fewest public votes was eliminated at the end of the second show, with the judges no longer having a say in who left.
[edit] Finalists
16 to 24s - Sharon Osbourne
- Cassie Compton, 17
- Roberta Howett, 23
- Tabby Callaghan, 23
25-and-overs - Simon Cowell
- Rowetta Satchell, 38
- Steve Brookstein, 35
- Verity Keays, 50
Groups - Louis Walsh
- 2 To Go (Peter Jones (24), Emma Paine (23))
- G4 (Mathew Stiff (24), Jonathan Ansell (22), Michael Christie (23), Ben Thapa (22))
- Voices With Soul (Grace, Hildia, and Corene Campbell)
[edit] Results Table
The Contestants labeled yellow were Sharon's Contestants (16s to 24s), the Contestants labeled light blue are Simon's Contestants (over 25s) and the Contestants labeled dark blue are Louis' (Groups).
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | ||
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| Steve Brookstein | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Winner (Week 8) |
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| G4 | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom Two |
Safe | Safe | Safe | Elminated (Week 8) |
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| Tabby Callaghan | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom Two |
Safe | Bottom | Eliminated (Week 7) |
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| Rowetta Satchell | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom | Eliminated (Week 6) |
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| Cassie Compton | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom Two |
Eliminated (Week 5) |
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| Voices With Soul | Bottom Two |
Safe | Bottom Two |
Bottom Two |
Eliminated (Week 4) |
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| 2 To Go | Safe | Bottom Two |
Bottom Two |
Eliminated (Week 3) |
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| Verity Keays | Safe | Bottom Two |
Eliminated (Week 2) |
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| Roberta Howett | Bottom Two |
Eliminated (Week 1) |
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| Bottom Two | Roberta, Voices |
2 To Go, Verity |
2 To Go, Voices |
G4, Voices |
Cassie, Tabby |
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| Simon's Vote | Roberta | 2 To Go | - | G4 | Cassie | - | - | - | |
| Sharon's Vote | Voices | Verity | 2 To Go | Voices | - | ||||
| Louis' Vote | Roberta | Verity | 2 To Go | Voices | Cassie | ||||
| Eliminated | Roberta 2 of 3 Votes |
Verity 2 of 3 Votes |
2 To Go 2 of 2 Votes |
Voices 2 of 3 Votes |
Cassie 2 of 2 Votes |
Rowetta Bottom |
Tabby Bottom |
G4 Runner-Up |
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| Steve Winner |
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[edit] Live show details
[edit] 23 October 2004
| Order | Artist | Song (original artists) | Results |
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| 1 | Voices With Soul | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell) | Bottom two |
| 2 | Verity | "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton) | |
| 3 | Roberta | "Superstar" (The Carpenters) | Eliminated |
| 4 | 2 To Go | "Don't Know Much" (Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville) | |
| 5 | Steve | "When a Man Loves a Woman" (Percy Sledge) | |
| 6 | Cassie | "Alfie" (Cilla Black) | |
| 7 | G4 | "Everybody Hurts" (R.E.M.) | |
| 8 | Rowetta | "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" (Dusty Springfield) | |
| 9 | Tabby | "You Really Got Me" (The Kinks) |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Sharon: Voices With Soul
- Louis: Roberta
- Simon: Roberta
[edit] 30 October 2004
| Order | Artist | Song (original artists) | Results |
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| 1 | Rowetta | "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" (U2) | |
| 2 | 2 To Go | "Always" (Atlantic Starr) | Bottom two |
| 3 | Cassie | "Without You" (Badfinger) | |
| 4 | Verity | "Wind Beneath My Wings" (Bette Midler) | Eliminated |
| 5 | G4 | "Don't Look Back in Anger" (Oasis) | |
| 6 | Tabby | "My Oh My" (Slade) | |
| 7 | Steve | "If You Don't Know Me By Now" (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) | |
| 8 | Voices With Soul | "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Aretha Franklin) |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Louis: Verity
- Simon: 2 to Go
- Sharon: Verity
[edit] 6 November 2004
| Order | Artist | Song (original artists) | Results |
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| 1 | Tabby | "Addicted to Love" (Robert Palmer) | |
| 2 | Voices with Soul | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Simon and Garfunkel) | Bottom Two |
| 3 | Steve | "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin) | |
| 4 | 2 To Go | "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" (Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes) | Eliminated |
| 5 | Cassie | "I Say a Little Prayer" (Dionne Warwick) | |
| 6 | Rowetta | "Over the Rainbow" (Judy Garland) | |
| 7 | G4 | "...Baby One More Time" (Britney Spears) |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Louis: 2 to Go
- Sharon: 2 to Go
- Simon: No vote required
[edit] 13 November 2004
| Order | Artist | Song (original artists) | Results |
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| 1 | G4 | "Circle of Life" (Elton John) | Bottom Two |
| 2 | Rowetta | "MacArthur Park" (Richard Harris) | |
| 3 | Tabby | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Aerosmith) | |
| 4 | Voices With Soul | "Lady Marmalade" (Labelle) | Eliminated |
| 5 | Cassie | "Hero" (Mariah Carey) | |
| 6 | Steve | "Help Me Make It Through The Night" (Gladys Knight & the Pips) |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Louis: Voices With Soul
- Simon: G4
- Sharon: Voices With Soul
[edit] 20 November 2004
| Order | Artist | Song (original artists) | Results |
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| 1 | Steve | "Let's Stay Together" (Al Green) | |
| 2 | Cassie | "All by Myself" (Eric Carmen) | Eliminated |
| 3 | G4 | "My Way" (Frank Sinatra) | |
| 4 | Tabby | "Sweet Child o' Mine" (Guns N' Roses) | Bottom Two |
| 5 | Rowetta | "Somewhere" (from the musical West Side Story) |
- Judges' votes to eliminate
- Sharon: Refused to vote as she had two of her acts in the bottom two
- Louis: Cassie
- Simon: Cassie
[edit] 27 November 2004
| Order | Artist | Song (original artists) | Results |
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| 1 | Rowetta | "River Deep - Mountain High" (Ike & Tina Turner) | Eliminated |
| 2 | G4 | "You'll Never Walk Alone" (from the musical Carousel) | |
| 3 | Steve | "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" * (Jackie Wilson) | |
| 4 | Tabby | "More Than Words" (Extreme) | |
| 5 | Rowetta | "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" * (Diana Ross) | Eliminated |
| 6 | G4 | "Somebody to Love" * (Queen) | |
| 7 | Steve | "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time" (R. Kelly) | |
| 8 | Tabby | "Livin' on a Prayer" * (Bon Jovi) |
* repeated in the second show
[edit] 4 December 2004
| Order | Artist | Song (original artists) | Results |
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| 1 | Tabby | "Pride (In the Name of Love)" * (U2) | Eliminated |
| 2 | Steve | "Have I Told You Lately that I Love You?" * (Van Morrison) | |
| 3 | G4 | "O Holy Night" (traditional) | |
| 4 | Tabby | "Sailing" (Rod Stewart) | Eliminated |
| 5 | Steve | "Greatest Love of All" (Whitney Houston) | |
| 6 | G4 | "Bohemian Rhapsody" * (Queen) |
* repeated in second show
[edit] Live final: 11 December 2004
| Order | Artist | Song (original artists) | Results |
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| 1 | Steve | "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher" (Jackie Wilson) | Winner |
| 2 | G4 | "Nessun Dorma" (Puccini) | Runner-Up |
| 3 | Steve | "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin) | Winner |
| 4 | G4 | "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Queen) | Runner-Up |
| 5 | Steve | "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" * (Phil Collins) | Winner |
| 6 | G4 | "Creep" (Radiohead) | Runner-Up |
* repeated in second show
[edit] Ratings
This siries had the lowest ratings of all four series to date, averaging 6.9 million viewers. The final achieved 8.1 million viewers for the performances and 9.7 million for the results.[citation needed]
[edit] References
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