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The X Factor

Season 7

X factor logo.jpg
Creator piperjr
Genre Reality Competition
Host LL Cool J
Judges/Mentors Scooter Braun
Debbie Gibson
John Legend
Aubrey O'Day
No. of Episodes 32
No. of Contestants 13

Winner

MoJo

Runner-Up

Sam Crosby

Chronology

Proceeded by
Season 6
Followed by
Season 8

The X Factor 7 is the seventh 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. Initially, all four of the mentors and judges from last season were set to return. However, after the first audition, Julianne Hough left the panel, and guest judges filled her seat. By the time of bootcamp, Aubrey O'Day had signed on, and joined Scooter Braun, Debbie Gibson, and John Legend on the judging panel.


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


After ten weeks of competition, MoJo was crowned winner, and Aubrey O'Day was crowned winning mentor with Sam Crosby, as Runner-Up.






















Judges and Hosts[edit | edit source]

On May 25, 2006, all four mentors from the previous season were set to return to the judging panel for season seven. Speculation and media attention grew over the growing tensions between new judges Scooter Braun and Debbie Gibson towards Julianne Hough after they both criticized her harsh judging style and claimed she was playing up to the cameras. On the inaugural episode, Hough was seen arriving late, avoiding the two, and going so far as to ask fellow judge John Legend to move seats with her in order to sit away from Braun and Gibson. While viewing and judging the auditions, Hough was visibly checked out, lacked energy, and offered little to no input other than a vote. Following the auditions for the day, Hough announced she was leaving the show. With an impromptu departure, the panel was down to three, and another judge needed to be found. For the remainder of the auditions, guest judges, including pop singer/songwriter Sara Bareilles, pop star Jewel, season one semi-finalist Idina Menzel, country star Trisha Yearwood, R&B star Ciara, and pop star and Danity Kane member Aubrey O'Day, joined the panel to find a replacement. Following the final set of auditions and right before bootcamp, it was confirmed that O'Day would become the new permanent judge and join the panel for the remainder of the season.

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









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 five, along with a wildcard advanced to Judge's Houses, where they sang again for their spot in the live shows.

Auditions[edit | edit source]

198 hopefuls got to move onto bootcamp performances.

Summary of Auditions
City Venue Guest Judge Permanent Judges
Los Angeles, California Staples Center Arena None Julianne Hough
Scooter Braun
Debbie Gibson
John Legend
Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Palace Sara Bareilles Scooter Braun
Debbie Gibson
John Legend
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Wisconsin Center Jewel
Miami Beach, Florida Miami Beach Convention Center Idina Menzel
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Cox Convention Center Trisha Yearwood
Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Convention Center Ciara
Buffalo, New York Buffalo Niagara Convention Center Aubrey O'Day

Bootcamp[edit | edit source]

At the beginning of bootcamp, the 198 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, O'Day, 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
Davis Richardson 1 Trouble Man 27 (7,6,7,7)
Oliver Gibbons 2 Make It Mine 37 (9,9,10,9)
Demetri Drakos 3 Waiting On the World to Change 36 (9,9,9,9)
James Karn 4 Wild Love 24 (6,6,6,6)
Aaron Zimmer 5 Grenade 29 (6,6,7,7)
Antonio Romano 6 Nobody But Me 35 (9,9,9,8)
Jayden Shaw 7 The Hills 32 (8,7,9,8)
Sam Crosby 8 Nothing Really Matters 39 (10,10,9,10)
Blake Abraham 9 Slow Hands 28 (7,6,7,8)
Gabe McClay 10 It Had to Be You 34 (8,9,8,9)
Max Webb 11 Wake Me Up 40 (10,10,10,10)
Todd Nicholas 12 Symphony 36 (9,9,9,9)
Girls Auditions
Act Order Song Scores
Sara Trailer 1 I Could Use a Love Song 33 (8,8,9,8)
Meghan Kaine 2 Brave 25 (7,6,6,6)
Paris Stephens 3 La La La 35 (8,9,9,9)
Lindsay Preston 4 I Think We're Alone Now 24 (6,6,6,6)
Jenna Paige 5 Hurt 38 (10,9,10,9)
Kaci Fullerson 6 Wild Things 33 (8,8,9,8)
Colette Bloom 7 The Climb 29 (6,6,8,9)
Maya Neilson 8 Love All Over Me 34 (9,9,8,8)
Chloe Landry 9 Love Me Harder 27 (7,6,7,7)
Alexa Cotter 10 Goodbye To You 24 (6,6,6,6)
Brynn Rhodes 11 Over You 36 (9,9,9,9)
Tatianna Perez 12 Fighter 40 (10,10,10,10)
Over 25's Auditions
Act Order Song Scores
Deborah Kelly 1 Let It Be 36 (9,9,9,9)
Jeff Webster 2 Me and Mrs. Jones 37 (10,9,9,9)
Danielle Duncan 3 True Colors 24 (6,6,6,6)
Andy Schaeffer 4 Ain't That a Kick in the Head 27 (6,6,8,7)
Lynne Rowe 5 Close to You 35 (9,8,9,9)
Sidney Stanton 6 Don't Stop Me Now 32 (8,8,8,8)
Louise Valentine 7 Hounds of Love 34 (8,9,8,9)
Duane Jefferson 8 Truly 30 (7,6,9,8)
Phyllis Neely 9 All I Could Do Was Cry 29 (7,7,7,8)
Lance Brewer 10 Let's Dance 25 (7,6,6,6)
Virginia Duckworth 11 Love Song 40 (10,10,10,10)
Kenny Vann 12 What Hurts The Most 38 (9,10,10,9)
Groups Auditions
Act Order Song Scores
Black Attack 1 I Got You (I Feel Good) 37 (9,9,9,10)
Sky High 2 Dreams 31 (7,8,8,8)
Queen Bees 3 Miss Movin' On 28 (7,7,7,7)
Cory & Carter 4 Galway Girl 34 (8,8,9,9)
Sweet Spot 5 Don't Let Go 39 (10,10,9,10)
Cosmic Crew 6 Thnks fr th Mmrs 32 (8,8,8,8)
Rough Pearl 7 Eternal Flame 26 (7,6,7,6)
False Alarm 8 Kokomo 35 (9,8,9,9)
MoJo 9 You Don't Bring Me Flowers 38 (9,10,9,10)
The Fold 10 Story of My Life 33 (8,8,9,8)
Third Party 11 Try 36 (9,9,9,9)
X Nation 12 Let Me Love You 40 (10,10,10,10)

Judges' Houses[edit | edit source]

Key:

     – Wildcard winner
Summary of judges' houses
Judge Category Location Assistant(s) Contestants eliminated Wildcards
Braun Boys Sydney, Australia Nathan Sykes Antonio Romano, Demetri Darkos Todd Nicholas
Legend Girls Nassau, Bahamas John Mayer Maya Neilson, Paris Stephens Brynn Rhodes
Gibson Over 25's Beverly Hills, California Stacey Q Jeff Webster, Lynne Rowe Sidney Stanton
O'Day Groups Atlanta, Georgia P. Diddy Black Attack, Cory & Carter Third Party

Finalists[edit | edit source]

The final 13 acts were confirmed as follows:
Key:

     – Winner
     – Runner-Up
     – Third Place
Category (mentor) Acts
Boys (Braun) Sam Crosby Oliver Gibbons Max Webb
Girls (Legend) Colette Bloom Jenna Paige Tatianna Perez
Over 25's (Gibson) Virginia Duckworth Deborah Kelly Sidney Stanton Kenny Vann
Groups (O'Day) MoJo Sweet Spot X Nation

Results Summary[edit | edit source]

Colour key
     – 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 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10
MoJo 7th
7.92%
5th
8.98%
6th
7.97%
9th
6.26%
5th
9.40%
5th
11.59%
2nd
18.46%
4th
15.61%
2nd
26.05%
1st
39.83%
Sam Crosby 2nd
12.67%
1st
18.97%
2nd
15.29%
1st
22.14%
2nd
17.11%
1st
25.68%
1st
27.30%
1st
29.55%
1st
33.57%
2nd
36.98%
Sidney Stanton 4th
9.33%
4th
9.07%
3rd
11.13%
3rd
11.35%
4th
10.56%
4th
12.98%
4th
14.52%
3rd
18.57%
3rd
21.24%
3rd
23.19%
Sweet Spot 1st
18.24%
3rd
10.19%
1st
21.47%
2nd
16.62%
1st
24.24%
6th
9.45%
5th
12.08%
2nd
23.24%
4th
19.14%
Eliminated
(Week 9)
Colette Bloom 12th
2.98%
6th
8.01%
5th
8.20%
4th
9.08%
3rd
12.09%
2nd
18.26%
3rd
16.79%
5th
13.03%
Eliminated
(Week 8)
Tatianna Perez 6th
8.23%
2nd
12.66%
4th
9.88%
5th
8.77%
8th
6.59%
3rd
14.04%
6th
10.85%
Eliminated
(Week 7)
X Nation 9th
5.61%
9th
5.67%
8th
5.86%
8th
6.30%
6th
7.79%
7th
8.00%
Eliminated
(Week 6)
Max Webb 5th
8.80%
11th
4.16%
7th
6.32%
6th
7.51%
7th
6.94%
Eliminated
(Week 5)
Deborah Kelly 8th
6.45%
10th
4.96%
11th
3.83%
7th
6.85%
9th
5.28%
Eliminated
(Week 5)
Kenny Vann 3rd
10.09%
7th
7.48%
9th
5.11%
10th
5.12%
Eliminated
(Week 4)
Oliver Gibbons 11th
3.54%
8th
6.50%
10th
4.94%
Eliminated
(Week 3)
Jenna Paige 10th
4.77%
12th
3.35%
Eliminated
(Week 2)
Virginia Duckworth 13th
1.37%
Eliminated
(Week 1)
Sing-off Bloom,
Duckworth
Paige,
Webb
Gibbons,
Kelly
MoJo,
Vann
Perez,
Webb
Sweet Spot,
X Nation
Perez,
Sweet Spot
Bloom,
MoJo
No sing-off or judges' votes; results were based on public votes alone
Judges vote to Eliminate
Braun's vote Duckworth Paige Kelly Vann Perez N/A1 Perez Bloom
O'Day's vote Duckworth Webb Gibbons Vann Webb X Nation Perez Bloom
Gibson's vote Bloom Paige Gibbons MoJo Webb X Nation Sweet Spot MoJo
Legend's vote Duckworth Webb Gibbons Vann Webb X Nation Sweet Spot MoJo
Eliminated Virginia Duckworth
3 of 4 Votes
Majority
Jenna Paige
2 of 4 Votes
Deadlock
Oliver Gibbons
3 of 4 Votes
Majority
Kenny Vann
3 of 4 Votes
Majority
Deborah Kelly
5.28%
to save
X Nation
3 of 3 Votes
Majority
Tatianna Perez
2 of 4 Votes
Deadlock
Colette Bloom
2 of 4 Votes
Deadlock
Sweet Spot
19.14%
to save
Sidney Stanton
23.19%
to win
Max Webb
3 of 4 Votes
Majority
Sam Crosby
36.98%
to win

^1 : Braun was not required to vote as there was already a majority.

Live Shows[edit | edit source]

Week 1: Top 13 (October 18th/19th)[edit | edit source]

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result
Virginia Duckworth 1 I'm Coming Out Bottom Two
Max Webb 2 Adorn Safe
MoJo 3 Don't Go Breaking My Heart Safe
Tatianna Perez 4 Free Your Mind Safe
Kenny Vann 5 DONE. Safe
Oliver Gibbons 6 In Love With A Girl Safe
Sweet Spot 7 When I Grow Up Safe
Jenna Paige 8 Unconditionally Safe
Deborah Kelly 9 MacArthur Park Safe
Sam Crosby 10 Pray Safe
X Nation 11 It's Gonna Be Me Safe
Colette Bloom 12 Scars To Your Beautiful Bottom Two
Sidney Stanton 13 I'm Still Standing Safe
Sing-off details
Virginia Duckworth 1 All By Myself Eliminated
Colette Bloom 2 Hero Safe

Week 2: Top 12 (October 25th/26th)[edit | edit source]

Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act Order Song Result
Sweet Spot 1 Bang Bang Safe
Jenna Paige 2 Finally Bottom Two
Sidney Stanton 3 Never Gonna Give You Up Safe
Sam Crosby 4 Don't Safe
X Nation 5 Hey Baby Safe
Colette Bloom 6 Show Me Love Safe
Deborah Kelly 7 How Will I Know Safe
Max Webb 8 P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) Bottom Two
MoJo 9 Tilt Ya Head Back Safe
Tatianna Perez 10 Hate On Me Safe
Kenny Vann 11 Boot Scootin' Boogie Safe
Oliver Gibbons 12 Runaway Baby Safe
Sing-off details
Max Webb 1 This Woman's Work Safe
Jenna Paige 2 Keep Holding On Eliminated

Week 3: Top 11 (November 1st/2nd)[edit | edit source]

Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Order Song Result
Tatianna Perez 1 Man! I Feel Like A Woman Safe
Kenny Vann 2 If Tomorrow Never Comes Safe
X Nation 3 There Goes My Life Safe
Oliver Gibbons 4 Play It Again Bottom Two
Colette Bloom 5 Stay Safe
Sidney Stanton 6 I'll Still Be Loving You Safe
Sweet Spot 7 Landslide Safe
Sam Crosby 8 I Want Crazy Safe
Deborah Kelly 9 Red Bottom Two
MoJo 10 Just A Kiss Safe
Max Webb 11 How Do I Live Safe
Sing-off details
Oliver Gibbons 1 I Won't Give Up Eliminated
Deborah Kelly 2 Die With You Safe

Week 4: Top 10 (November 8th/9th)[edit | edit source]

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Act Order Song Movie Result
Sam Crosby 1 Stand By Me Stand by Me Safe
Sweet Spot 2 Save Me Magnolia Safe
Colette Bloom 3 Bound To You Burlesque Safe
Sidney Stanton 4 You Know My Name Casino Royale Safe
Max Webb 5 Ordinary Love Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Safe
MoJo 6 Summer Nights Grease Bottom Two
Tatianna Perez 7 Tightrope Friends with Benefits Safe
Kenny Vann 8 I Don't Want to Miss a Thing Armageddon Bottom Two
X Nation 9 It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday Cooley High Safe
Deborah Kelly 10 There You'll Be Pearl Harbor Safe
Sing-off details
Kenny Vann 1 God Gave Me You Eliminated
MoJo 2 Leather and Lace Safe

Week 5: Top 9 (November 15th/16th)[edit | edit source]

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Act Order Song Result
X Nation 1 Amnesia Safe
Deborah Kelly 2 Come See About Me Eliminated
Max Webb 3 Can You Stand The Rain Bottom Three
Tatianna Perez 4 Emotion Bottom Three
Sweet Spot 5 Who Can I Run To Safe
Sidney Stanton 6 I Want You Back Safe
Sam Crosby 7 Best Song Ever Safe
Colette Bloom 8 Release Me Safe
MoJo 9 I Do Safe
Sing-off details
Tatianna Perez 1 Because Of You Safe
Max Webb 2 Cry For You Eliminated

Week 6: Top 7 (November 22nd/23rd)[edit | edit source]

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act Order Song Result
Colette Bloom 1 Only Love Can Hurt Like This Safe
MoJo 2 Jealous Safe
Sidney Stanton 3 One More Night Safe
X Nation 4 Wild Heart Bottom Two
Sam Crosby 5 How Deep is Your Love Safe
Sweet Spot 6 Masterpiece Bottom Two
Tatianna Perez 7 River Safe
Sing-off details
X Nation 1 You and I Eliminated
Sweet Spot 2 I'll Be There Safe

Week 7: Top 6 (November 29th/30th)[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 Fallen Hero Order Second song Result
Sidney Stanton 1 Purple Rain Prince 7 93 Million Miles Safe
Tatianna Perez 2 I Say a Little Prayer Aretha Franklin 8 Easy Bottom Two
Sam Crosby 3 Fastlove, Pt. 1 George Michael 9 Dancing On My Own Safe
Sweet Spot 4 I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston 10 Always Remember Us This Way Bottom Two
MoJo 5 Free Fallin' Tom Petty 11 Almost Is Never Enough Safe
Colette Bloom 6 Last Dance Donna Summer 12 She Used To Be Mine Safe
Sing-off details
Sweet Spot 1 Chasing Pavements Safe
Tatianna Perez 2 Diamonds Eliminated

Week 8: Top 5 (December 6th/7th)[edit | edit source]

The list of song choices for the Pepsi Challenge was released on December 2, 2006.

Choices for Pepsi Challenge
Act Song choices Result
MoJo Beauty and the Beast Not chosen
Lucky Not chosen
Meant to Be Chosen
Sam Crosby All I Want is You Not chosen
Baby Be Mine Chosen
Time After Time Not chosen
Colette Bloom All I Ask Chosen
How Far I'll Go Not chosen
I Still Believe Not chosen
Sidney Stanton All Night Long (All Night) Not chosen
Alone Not chosen
Never Too Much Chosen
Sweet Spot Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg Not chosen
Breezy Chosen
Who Do You Think You Are Not chosen
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show
Act Order First song Order Second song Result
MoJo 1 Breakaway 6 Meant to Be Bottom Two
Sam Crosby 2 Dark Side 7 Baby Be Mine Safe
Colette Bloom 3 Piece By Piece 8 All I Ask Bottom Two
Sidney Stanton 4 Already Gone 9 Never Too Much Safe
Sweet Spot 5 Love So Soft 10 Breezy Safe
Sing-off details
Colette Bloom 1 How Far I'll Go Eliminated
MoJo 2 How Do I Breathe Safe

Week 9: Semi-Final (December 13th/14th)[edit | edit source]

  • Themes: Mentor's Choice; Contestant's Choice
  • Musical Guest: Ne-Yo (So Sick)
Contestants' performances on the ninth live show
Act Order First song Order Second song Result
Sidney Stanton 1 Waiting for a Girl Like You 5 Hello Safe
Sweet Spot 2 Damaged 6 Emotion Eliminated
Sam Crosby 3 Changes 7 Fallin' All In You Safe
MoJo 4 Hate That I Love You 8 I Can't Make You Love Me Safe

Week 10: Final (December 20th/21st)[edit | edit source]

The final consisted of two two-hour episodes on December 20 and 21.

December 20
  • 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
Sam Crosby 1 Dancing On My Own 4 Fix You (with Chris Martin) 7 When I Was Your Man
MoJo 2 Jealous 5 Lucky (with Colbie Caillat) 8 Up Where We Belong
Sidney Stanton 3 I'm Still Standing 6 Karma Chameleon (with Boy George) 9 Dream On
December 21
Contestants' performances on the final live show
Act Order Song Result
MoJo 1 The Greatest Gift of All Winner
Sidney Stanton 2 Last Christmas Third Place
Sam Crosby 3 This Christmas Runner Up