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The X Factor

Season 6

X factor logo.jpg
Creator piperjr
Genre Reality Competition
Host LL Cool J
Judges/Mentors Scooter Braun
Debbie Gibson
Julianne Hough
John Legend
No. of Episodes 32
No. of Contestants 16

Winner

Vernon Flames

Runner-Up

Sage Johnson

Chronology

Proceeded by
Season 5
Followed by
Season 7

The X Factor 6 is the sixth season of the reality music competition based on the original UK series, with the purpose of finding a star singer. The season was hosted by LL Cool J. Julianne Hough returned as a mentor and judge for this season, while Scooter Braun, Debbie Gibson, and John Legend joined the judging panel.


Legend mentored the boys, Gibson mentored the girls, Braun mentored the over 25's, and Hough mentored the groups.


After ten weeks of competition, Vernon Flames was crowned winner, and Scooter Braun was crowned winning mentor with Sage Johnson, as Runner-Up.






















Judges and Hosts[edit | edit source]

At the beginning of the previous season, Benji Madden announced that it would be his last season and he would leave to record another album. On February 12, 2005, Kandi Burruss announced her departure from the series to focus on her family and other music endeavors. On April 7, 2005, executive producer and judge Ricky Martin announced that he would step away from the judging table to devote more time to his album, but would still stay on as executive producer of the series. This left Julianne Hough as the only returning judge. On May 19, 2005, Piper TV announced that replacement judges for The X Factor. Talent manager and record producer Scooter Braun, 80s pop star Debbie Gibson, and R&B singer and songwriter John Legend would join Hough on the judging panel.

LL Cool J was confirmed to return as the host for this season, making it his fifth.









Selection Process[edit | edit source]

This season's selection process began with the audition stages, then the hopefuls went to "bootcamp", where they performed for a score and the top seven, along with a wildcard advanced to Judge's Houses, where they sang again for their spot in the live shows.

Auditions[edit | edit source]

163 hopefuls got to move onto bootcamp performances.

Summary of Auditions
City Venue Judges
Los Angeles, California Staples Center Arena Julianne Hough
Scooter Braun
Debbie Gibson
John Legend
Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis Convention Center
Wichita, Kansas Century II Convention Hall
Atlanta, Georgia Centennial Olympic Park
Richmond, Virginia Greater Richmond Convention Center
Boston, Massachusetts Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

Bootcamp[edit | edit source]

At the beginning of bootcamp, the 163 hopefuls that moved on from the auditions sang and were cut down to the 48 who moved onto the scored portion of bootcamp.

This season's bootcamp involves the 48 finalists battling it out for the 6 spots in each category. Each category has 12 finalists in it and they sing for a score, the five with the highest scores along with one wildcard are moving on to Judge's houses.

Scores are given in order by Braun, Hough, Gibson, and Legend in the tables.

     – Advanced to the next stage by judges overall scores
     – Advanced to the next stage as a wildcard chosen by their mentor
Boys Auditions
Act Order Song Scores
Frank Olson 1 Glory Days 28 (7,7,7,7)
Andres Hernandez 2 Bailando 31 (8,7,8,8)
Luke Berry 3 Hold On, We're Going Home 38 (9,10,10,9)
Cal Sampson 4 Remember The Time 29 (6,7,8,8)
Brendan Roberts 5 Haven't Met You Yet 37 (9,9,9,10)
Danny Pearce 6 Let Her Go 26 (6,6,7,7)
Reece Driver 7 Summertime 30 (8,8,7,7)
Xavier Coleman 8 I Don't Care Anymore 24 (6,6,6,6)
Greg Shallow 9 Still Got Time 33 (8,8,9,8)
Alex DeMarco 10 Perfect 39 (10,9,10,10)
Parker Francis 11 Something To Believe In 32 (8,8,8,8)
Wade Kennedy 12 Remember When 40 (10,10,10,10)
Girls Auditions
Act Order Song Scores
Shauna Davis 1 Ain't No Other Man 36 (9,9,9,9)
Isabelle Stewart 2 Lust For Life 26 (6,6,7,7)
Brittany Wallace 3 Soak Up The Sun 28 (7,7,7,7)
Leilani Kahale 4 Heart Attack 37 (9,9,10,9)
Willow Lee 5 She Bop 24 (6,6,6,6)
Courtney Hardy 6 When We Were Young 35 (9,8,9,9)
Jen Bentley 7 What Kind of Man 29 (7,7,7,8)
Amelia Stevens 8 Disaster 38 (9,10,10,9)
Olivia Edwards 9 Big Girls Don't Cry 34 (8,8,9,9)
Eva Young 10 Crazy Beautiful Life 23 (6,5,6,6)
Kammy Roland 11 I Can't Make You Love Me 40 (10,10,10,10)
Sage Johnson 12 Always Be My Baby 39 (9,10,10,10)
Over 25's Auditions
Act Order Song Scores
Helena Banks 1 Sweet Kind of Love 30 (7,7,8,8)
Veronica Green 2 So Far Away 37 (9,9,10,9)
Adam Rodriquez 3 Suspicious Minds 32 (8,8,8,8)
Quinn McMann 4 White Houses 27 (7,6,7,7)
Vernon Flames 5 Jungle Love 38 (10,9,10,9)
Ryan Everett 6 I Love You Baby 40 (10,10,10,10)
Melanie Nelson 7 It Should've Been You 26 (7,6,6,7)
Adam Maxwell 8 Freedom! 36 (9,9,9,9)
Lisa Johnson 9 I'd Rather Go Blind 37 (9,9,10,9)
Theo Phillips 10 Rocket Love 31 (7,8,8,8)
Steve Quincy 11 You Can Call Me Al 29 (7,8,7,7)
Elyse Thomas 12 Baby I'm Burnin' 39 (10,10,10,9)
Groups Auditions
Act Order Song Scores
Core Four 1 Don't Stop Me Now 35 (9,8,9,9)
Casey & Faith 2 Blank Space 30 (7,7,8,8)
Tulsa Takeover 3 Jesus, Take The Wheel 37 (9,10,9,9)
Love Lost 4 Angels 32 (8,8,8,8)
Round Two 5 Take Care 39 (9,10,10,10)
Six Pack 6 Fix You 33 (8,8,9,8)
KANE 7 Crazy In Love 40 (10,10,10,10)
Queendom 8 Mama Knows Best 28 (5,8,8,7)
Flying Penguins 9 Kiss You 36 (9,9,9,9)
Zensations 10 Stop! In the Name of Love 24 (6,6,6,6)
The Beat Boys 11 Margaritaville 29 (7,7,8,7)
Glory 12 Man in the Mirror 38 (9,10,9,10)

Judges' Houses[edit | edit source]

Summary of judges' houses
Judge Category Location Assistant(s) Contestants eliminated
Legend Boys Kingston, Jamaica Common Andres Hernandez, Greg Shallow
Gibson Girls Los Angeles, California Paula Abdul Courtney Hardy, Shauna Davis
Braun Over 25's Noord, Aruba Ariana Grande Adam Maxwell, Lisa Johnson
Hough Groups Nashville, Tennessee Martina McBride Flying Penguins, Tulsa Takeover

Finalists[edit | edit source]

The final 16 acts were confirmed as follows:
Key:

     – Winner
     – Runner-Up
     – Third Place
     – Ejected
Category (mentor) Acts
Boys (Legend) Luke Berry Alex DeMarco Wade Kennedy Brendan Roberts
Girls (Gibson) Sage Johnson Leilani Kahale Kammy Roland Amelia Stevens
Over 25's (Braun) Ryan Everett Vernon Flames Veronica Green Elyse Thomas
Groups (Hough) Glory KANE Queendom Round Two

Results Summary[edit | edit source]

Colour key
     Contestant was eliminated by their mentor (no public vote or sing-off)
     – Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to sing again in the sing-off
     – Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated
     – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no sing-off)
     – Contestant received the most public votes
Weekly results per contestant
Contestant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 63 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10
Vernon Flames Saved 1st
20.84%
3rd
11.14%
2nd
14.89%
2nd
20.01%
1st
27.18%
2nd
20.96%
1st
29.57%
1st
34.19%
1st
42.28%
Sage Johnson Not Saved Eliminated
(Week 1)
2nd
17.79%
1st
22.68%
4th
16.69%
2nd
25.05%
2nd
31.19%
Elyse Thomas Saved 2nd
12.92%
1st
22.13%
1st
23.26%
1st
25.34%
4th
12.70%
3rd
18.44%
2nd
21.23%
3rd
22.45%
3rd
26.53%
Glory Saved 8th
7.55%
5th
7.62%
9th
6.25%
3rd
13.35%
6th
9.67%
4th
15.02%
3rd
18.11%
4th
18.31%
Eliminated
(Week 9)
Amelia Stevens Saved 6th
7.86%
4th
9.79%
4th
9.01%
8th
6.99%
5th
10.98%
5th
12.27%
5th
14.40%
Eliminated
(Week 8)
Queendom Saved 11th
3.74%
6th
7.20%
5th
8.42%
6th
8.32%
3rd
13.23%
6th
10.63%
Eliminated
(Week 7)
KANE Saved 3rd
10.10%
2nd
15.03%
3rd
11.40%
4th
10.05%
7th
8.45%
Eliminated
(Week 6)
Wade Kennedy Saved 5th
8.39%
8th
5.99%
7th
7.23%
5th
8.64%
Ejected
(Week 5)
Luke Berry Saved 4th
9.77%
10th
4.87%
6th
7.98%
7th
7.30%
Eliminated
(Week 5)
Ryan Everett Saved 7th
7.68%
9th
5.31%
8th
6.36%
Eliminated
(Week 4)
Leilani Kahale Saved 10th
4.05%
7th
6.84%
10th
5.20%
Eliminated
(Week 4)
Alex DeMarco Saved 9th
4.31%
11th
4.08%
Eliminated
(Week 3)
Kammy Roland Saved 12th
2.79%
Eliminated
(Week 2)
Brendan Roberts Not Saved Eliminated
(Week 1)
Round Two Not Saved Eliminated
(Week 1)
Veronica Green Not Saved Eliminated
(Week 1)
Sing-off (none) Queendom,
Roland
Berry,
DeMarco
Everett,
Glory
Berry,
Stevens
Glory,
KANE
Queendom,
Stevens
Johnson,
Stevens
No sing-off or judges' votes; results were based on public votes alone
Judges vote to Save1 Eliminate
Braun's vote Everett,
Thomas,
Flames
Queendom DeMarco Glory Berry KANE Queendom Stevens
Hough's vote KANE,
Glory,
Queendom
Roland DeMarco Everett Berry Glory Stevens Stevens
Gibson's vote Stevens,
Roland,
Kahale
Queendom N/A2 Everett Berry Glory Queendom Johnson
Legend's vote Kennedy,
Berry,
DeMarco
Roland DeMarco Everett Stevens KANE Queendom Johnson
Eliminated Veronica Green
by Braun
Kammy Roland
2 of 4 Votes
Deadlock
Alex DeMarco
3 of 3 Votes
Majority
Leilani Kahale
5.20%
to save
Luke Berry
3 of 4 Votes
Majority
Sage Johnson
56.78%
to return
Queendom
3 of 4 Votes
Majority
Amelia Stevens
2 of 4 Votes
Deadlock
Glory
18.31%
to save
Elyse Thomas
26.53%
to win
Brendan Roberts
by Legend
Sage Johnson
by Gibson
Ryan Everett
3 of 4 Votes
Majority
KANE
2 of 4 Votes
Deadlock
Sage Johnson
31.19%
to win
Round Two
by Hough
  • ^1 : There was no public vote in the first week and therefore no sing-off. Each judge was required to reduce their number of acts to three.
  • ^2 : Gibson was not required to vote as there was already a majority.
  • ^3 : Following Wade Kennedy's eviction from the competition, one of the four acts who were eliminated in the first week of the competition by the judges (Brendan Roberts, Round Two, Sage Johnson, Veronica Green) returned to the competition following a public vote. The winner of the vote was announced as Sage Johnson with 56.78%

Live Shows[edit | edit source]

Week 1: Top 16 (October 19th/20th)[edit | edit source]

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
KANE 1 I'll Make Love To You Safe
Amelia Stevens 2 Baby I Safe
Brendan Roberts 3 Isn't She Lovely Eliminated
Vernon Flames 4 Kiss Safe
Glory 5 Ain't No Mountain High Enough Safe
Sage Johnson 6 Chains Eliminated
Alex DeMarco 7 Money On My Mind Safe
Veronica Green 8 I Am What I Am Eliminated
Round Two 9 Half of My Heart Eliminated
Leilani Kahale 10 Catch My Breath Safe
Luke Berry 11 The Remedy (I Won't Worry) Safe
Elyse Thomas 12 No More Drama Safe
Queendom 13 Get The Party Started Safe
Kammy Roland 14 Mexico Safe
Wade Kennedy 15 Yours If You Want It Safe
Ryan Everett 16 Love Runs Out Safe

Week 2: Top 12 (October 26th/27th)[edit | edit source]

Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act Order Song Result
Luke Berry 1 No One Safe
Elyse Thomas 2 We Belong Together Safe
Queendom 3 Countdown Bottom Two
Kammy Roland 4 What a Girl Wants Bottom Two
Wade Kennedy 5 Dirty Laundry Safe
Ryan Everett 6 Born This Way Safe
Glory 7 Rumour Has It Safe
Amelia Stevens 8 Skyscraper Safe
Alex DeMarco 9 Valerie Safe
Vernon Flames 10 Proud Mary Safe
KANE 11 Praying Safe
Leilani Kahale 12 Therapy Safe
Sing-off details
Kammy Roland 1 You and I Eliminated
Queendom 2 I'll Be There Safe

Week 3: Top 11 (November 2nd/3rd)[edit | edit source]

Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Order Song Result
Ryan Everett 1 I Don't Want To Be Safe
Glory 2 Never Would've Made It Safe
Alex DeMarco 3 Cry Me a River Bottom Two
Leilani Kahale 4 Umbrella Safe
Vernon Flames 5 Know You Now Safe
KANE 6 Are You Gonna Be My Girl Safe
Luke Berry 7 Mr. Brightside Bottom Two
Amelia Stevens 8 Candyman Safe
Elyse Thomas 9 Spotlight Safe
Wade Kennedy 10 Somebody Like You Safe
Queendom 11 London Bridge Safe
Sing-off details
Luke Berry 1 Dive Safe
Alex DeMarco 2 I Won't Give Up Eliminated

Week 4: Top 10 (November 9th/10th)[edit | edit source]

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Act Order Song Movie Result
Amelia Stevens 1 Because You Loved Me Up Close & Personal Safe
Wade Kennedy 2 Never Had 10 Years Safe
Vernon Flames 3 Kiss From a Rose Batman Forever Safe
Queendom 4 What Dreams Are Made Of The Lizzie McGuire Movie Safe
Leilani Kahale 5 GoldenEye GoldenEye Eliminated
Glory 6 Raise It Up August Rush Bottom Three
Elyse Thomas 7 Run to You The Bodyguard Safe
KANE 8 How Deep is Your Love Saturday Night Fever Safe
Ryan Everett 9 Lost Stars Begin Again Bottom Three
Luke Berry 10 Men in Black Men in Black Safe
Sing-off details
Ryan Everett 1 Use Somebody Eliminated
Glory 2 Somebody to Love Safe

Week 5: Top 8 (November 16th/17th)[edit | edit source]

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Act Order Song Result
Queendom 1 Girlfriend Safe
Luke Berry 2 Let Me Love You Bottom Two
Elyse Thomas 3 This Will Be Safe
KANE 4 Somebody That I Used to Know Safe
Amelia Stevens 5 Un-Break My Heart Bottom Two
Vernon Flames 6 I Got You (I Feel Good) Safe
Wade Kennedy 7 Blue Ain't Your Color Safe
Glory 8 Broken Together Safe
Sing-off details
Luke Berry 1 Mercy Eliminated
Amelia Stevens 2 Who You Are Safe

Week 6: Top 7 (November 23rd/24th)[edit | edit source]

On November 19, Wade Kennedy was ejected from the competition. The four acts that did not face the public vote in week 1 and were eliminated by their mentors—Brendan Roberts, Round Two, Sage Johnson, and Veronica Green—faced the public vote and the act with the most votes would replace Kennedy. The winner of the vote was announced as Sage Johnson with 56.78% of the public vote.

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act Order Song Result
Elyse Thomas 1 I'm Every Woman Safe
Glory 2 Lean On Me Bottom Two
Amelia Stevens 3 It's Not Right But It's Okay Safe
Queendom 4 Whip My Hair Safe
Vernon Flames 5 I Wish Safe
KANE 6 Human Nature Bottom Two
Sage Johnson 7 Behind These Hazel Eyes Safe
Sing-off details
Glory 1 I Believe I Can Fly Safe
KANE 2 Beneath Your Beautiful Eliminated

Week 7: Top 6 (November 30th/December 1st)[edit | edit source]

For the first time this season, each contestant will perform two songs.

Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Act Order First song Order Second song Result
Sage Johnson 1 I Saw Her Standing There 7 If I Were a Boy Safe
Vernon Flames 2 Don't Let Me Down 8 Best Thing I Never Had Safe
Queendom 3 All You Need is Love 9 Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) Bottom Two
Amelia Stevens 4 Yesterday 10 Runnin' (Lose It All) Bottom Two
Elyse Thomas 5 I Want to Hold Your Hand 11 Listen Safe
Glory 6 Help! 12 Dangerously In Love Safe
Sing-off details
Queendom 1 Reflection Eliminated
Amelia Stevens 2 Halo Safe

Week 8: Top 5 (December 7th/8th)[edit | edit source]

The list of song choices for the Pepsi Challenge was released on December 4, 2005.

Choices for Pepsi Challenge
Act Song choices Result
Glory Change Me Chosen
Trust In You Not chosen
You Waited Not chosen
Elyse Thomas Big White Room Not chosen
Love On The Brain Chosen
Unconditionally Not chosen
Sage Johnson Goodbye to You Not chosen
Torn Chosen
Try Not chosen
Vernon Flames My Girl Not chosen
Running on Sunshine Not chosen
Try a Little Tenderness Chosen
Amelia Stevens Human Chosen
Keep Holding On Not chosen
Latch Not chosen
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show
Act Order First song Order Second song Result
Glory 1 Go Your Own Way 6 Change Me Safe
Elyse Thomas 2 Dreams 7 Love On The Brain Safe
Sage Johnson 3 Landslide 8 Torn Bottom Two
Vernon Flames 4 Everywhere 9 Try a Little Tenderness Safe
Amelia Stevens 5 Seven Wonders 10 Human Bottom Two
Sing-off details
Amelia Stevens 1 A Thousand Years Eliminated
Sage Johnson 2 I Know Where I've Been Safe

Week 9: Semi-Final (December 14th/15th)[edit | edit source]

Contestants' performances on the ninth live show
Act Order First Song Order Second Song Result
Vernon Flames 1 Higher Love 5 Unaware Safe
Glory 2 Rise Up 6 Hallelujah Eliminated
Elyse Thomas 3 Big White Room 7 Gravity Safe
Sage Johnson 4 Ain't No Other Man 8 I'm Like a Bird Safe

Week 10: Final (December 21st/22nd)[edit | edit source]

The final consisted of two two-hour episodes on December 21 and 22.

December 21
  • Themes: Retrospective Songs (Best Performance of the Season); Duet with Celebrity; Song For the Win
Contestants' performances on the tenth live show
Act Order First Song Order Second Song (duet) Order Third Song
Elyse Thomas 1 Run to You 4 Where Do We Go From Here (with Deborah Cox) 7 Honeymoon Avenue
Sage Johnson 2 Chains 5 If I Ain't Got You (with Alicia Keys) 8 Hero
Vernon Flames 3 I Wish 6 It's Not Unusual (with Tom Jones) 9 Make You Feel My Love
December 22
Contestants' performances on the final live show
Act Order Song Result
Sage Johnson 1 All I Want For Christmas Is You Runner-Up
Vernon Flames 2 Someday at Christmas Winner
Elyse Thomas 3 Stay Another Day Third Place