Season 1 | |
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Creator | piperjr |
Genre | |
Host | Eileen Davidson |
Judges/Mentors | Colbie Caillat Jeff Timmons Julianne Hough Ricky Martin Ludacris |
No. of Episodes | 27 |
No. of Contestants | 20 |
Winner | |
Jordin Sparks | |
Runner-Up | |
Carly Rose Sonenclar | |
Chronology | |
Proceeded by - |
Followed by Season 2 |
The X Factor 1 is the first season of the reality music competition based on the original UK series, with the purpose of pitting the best singers in the business against each other, and finding out who will come out victorious. The season was hosted by soap opera star Eileen Davidson and the mentors being pop star Colbie Caillat, former 98 degress singer Jeff Timmons, country star Julianne Hough, hispanic singer Ricky Martin, and rapper Ludacris.
Caillat mentored the girls, Martin mentored the boys, Hough mentored the over 25s, Ludacris mentored the over 40s, and Timmons mentored the groups.
After 10 weeks of competition, Jordin Sparks was crowned winner, and Colbie Caillat was crowned winning mentor, with Carly Rose Sonenclar as Runner-Up.
The Four-Chair Challenge
At the start of this round, the judges are to be allocated their categories that they will mentor for the entire season. This round took place over a 4-night premiere.
- – Contestant was immediately eliminated after performance without switch
- – Contestant was switched out later in the competition and eventually eliminated
- – Contestant was not switched out and made the final four of their own category
Episode | Category (mentor) |
Act | Order | Song | Mentor's decision | Switched with |
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Part 1 | Boys (Martin) |
David Archuleta | 1 | Crush | Put in Chair 1 | — |
Austin Mahone | 2 | Mmm Yeah | Put in Chair 2 | — | ||
Nick Jonas | 3 | Jealous | Put in Chair 3 | — | ||
Enrique Iglesias | 4 | Bailando | Put in Chair 4 | — | ||
Jake Short | 5 | Price Tag | Eliminated | — | ||
Cody Simpson | 6 | All Day | Put in Chair 1 | David Archuleta | ||
Chord Overstreet | 7 | Just the Way You Are | Put in Chair 4 | Enrique Iglesias | ||
Peyton Clark | 8 | More | Eliminated | — | ||
Austin Butler | 9 | Whatever My Love | Eliminated | — | ||
Shane Harper | 10 | One Step Closer | Put in Chair 4 | Chord Overstreet | ||
Girls (Caillat) |
Victoria Justice | 11 | Make It Shine | Put in Chair 1 | — | |
Carly Rose Sonenclar | 12 | Feeling Good | Put in Chair 2 | — | ||
Danielle Bradbury | 13 | Who I Am | Put in Chair 3 | — | ||
Part 2 | Jordin Sparks | 14 | One Step At a Time | Put in Chair 4 | — | |
Becky G | 15 | Shower | Eliminated | — | ||
Ella Henderson | 16 | Ghost | Put in Chair 3 | Danielle Bradbury | ||
Tiffany Houghton | 17 | Love Like That | Eliminated | — | ||
Sabrina Carpenter | 18 | The Middle of Starting Over | Eliminated | — | ||
China Anne McClain | 19 | Beautiful | Put in Chair 3 | Ella Henderson | ||
Tinashe | 20 | 2 On | Put in Chair 1 | Victoria Justice | ||
Over 25's (Hough) |
Christina Millian | 21 | Dip It Low | Put in Chair 1 | — | |
Luke Bryan | 22 | Crash My Party | Put in Chair 2 | — | ||
Jana Kramer | 23 | Whiskey | Put in Chair 3 | — | ||
Jason Mraz | 24 | 93 Million Miles | Put in Chair 4 | — | ||
Sara Bareilles | 25 | Gravity | Put in Chair 1 | Christina Millian | ||
Part 3 | Michael Buble | 26 | Haven't Met You Yet | Eliminated | — | |
Kiely Williams | 27 | Circle Game | Eliminated | — | ||
Harry Shum, Jr. | 28 | L-O-V-E | Eliminated | — | ||
Christina Aguilera | 29 | Fighter | Put in Chair 1 | Sara Bareilles | ||
Kris Allen | 30 | Live Like We're Dying | Put in Chair 4 | Jason Mraz | ||
Over 40's (Ludacris) |
Debbie Gibson | 31 | Only In My Dreams | Put in Chair 1 | — | |
Brad Paisley | 32 | River Bank | Put in Chair 2 | — | ||
Idina Menzel | 33 | Let It Go | Put in Chair 3 | — | ||
Tom Jones | 34 | She's a Lady | Eliminated | — | ||
Kristin Chenoweth | 35 | If You Hadn't, But You Did | Put in Chair 4 | — | ||
Steven Tyler | 36 | Dream On | Eliminated | — | ||
Patti LaBelle | 37 | On My Own | Put in Chair 2 | Brad Paisley | ||
Part 4 | Gene Simmons | 38 | No Song | Withdrew | — | |
Dolly Parton | 39 | Jolene | Put in Chair 1 | Debbie Gibson | ||
Clint Black | 40 | When I Said I Do | Eliminated | — | ||
Groups (Timmons) |
Little Mix | 41 | Wings | Put in Chair 1 | — | |
5 Seconds of Summer | 42 | Amnesia | Put in Chair 2 | — | ||
Xscape | 43 | My Little Secret | Eliminated | — | ||
NSYNC | 44 | Bye Bye Bye | Put in Chair 3 | — | ||
Spice Girls | 45 | Wannabe | Put in Chair 4 | — | ||
Fall Out Boy | 46 | Young Volcanoes | Put in Chair 2 | 5 Seconds of Summer | ||
The Pussycat Dolls | 47 | Don't Cha | Eliminated | — | ||
Backstreet Boys | 48 | Everybody (Backstreet's Back) | Put in Chair 3 | NSYNC | ||
Paramore | 49 | Ain't It Fun | Put in Chair 4 | Spice Girls | ||
One Direction | 50 | Story of My Life | Put in Chair 3 | Backstreet Boys |
Finalists
The final 20 acts were confirmed as follows:
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-Up
- – Third Place
Category (mentor) | Acts | ||||
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Boys (Martin) | Shane Harper | Nick Jonas | Austin Mahone | Cody Simpson | |
Girls (Caillat) | China Anne McClain | Carly Rose Sonenclar | Jordin Sparks | Tinashe | |
Over 25s (Hough) | Christina Aguilera | Kris Allen | Luke Bryan | Jana Kramer | |
Over 40s (Ludacris) | Kristin Chenoweth | Patti LaBelle | Idina Menzel | Dolly Parton | |
Groups (Timmons) | Fall Out Boy | Little Mix | One Direction | Paramore |
Results summary
- Color key
– | Contestant did not face the public vote |
– | Contestant was eliminated by their mentor (no public vote or final showdown) |
– | Contestant was in the bottom three (or two) and had to sing again in the final showdown |
– | 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 final showdown) |
– | Contestant received the most public votes |
Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 |
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Jordin Sparks | Saved | Safe | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | Safe | Winner |
Carly R. Sonenclar | Saved | Safe | 10th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | Bottom 3 | Safe | Runner-Up |
Austin Mahone | Saved | Safe | 1st | 6th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | Safe | 3rd |
Idina Menzel | Saved | Safe | 4th | 4th | 6th | 4th | Bottom 3 | 3rd | 4th | Eliminated (Week 9) |
China A. McClain | Saved | Safe | 11th | 5th | 8th | 5th | 5th | Bottom 3 | Eliminated (Week 8) | |
Jana Kramer | Saved | Safe | 3rd | Bottom 3 | Bottom 3 | Bottom 3 | 4th | 6th | Eliminated (Week 8) | |
Little Mix | Saved | Safe | 12th | 11th | 9th | 6th | Bottom 3 | Eliminated (Week 7) | ||
Nick Jonas | Saved | Safe | 5th | 7th | 5th | 7th | 8th | Eliminated (Week 7) | ||
Shane Harper | Saved | Safe | 9th | 9th | 7th | Bottom 3 | Eliminated (Week 6) | |||
Christina Aguilera | Saved | Safe | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 10th | Eliminated (Week 6) | |||
Luke Bryan | Saved | Safe | 13th | 8th | Bottom 3 | Eliminated (Week 5) | ||||
One Direction | Saved | Safe | 8th | 10th | 12th | Eliminated (Week 5) | ||||
Cody Simpson | Not Saved2 | Safe | 7th | Bottom 3 | Re-Eliminated (Week 4) | |||||
Patti LaBelle | Saved | Safe | Bottom 2 | 14th | Eliminated (Week 4) | |||||
Paramore | Saved | Safe | Bottom 2 | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||
Dolly Parton | Saved | 16th | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||
Fall Out Boy | Not Saved | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||
Kristin Chenoweth | Not Saved | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||
Kris Allen | Not Saved | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||
Tinashe | Not Saved | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||
Final showdown | None | LaBelle, Paramore |
Kramer, Simpson |
Bryan, Kramer |
Harper, Kramer |
Little Mix, Menzel |
McClain, Sonenclar |
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Judges voted to | Save1 | None | Eliminate | |||||||
Martin's vote | Jonas, Mahone, Harper |
N/A3 | Kramer | Kramer | Kramer | Little Mix | McClain | |||
Caillat's vote | Sparks, McClain, Sonenclar |
Paramore | Simpson | Bryan | Harper | N/A3 | McClain | |||
Hough's vote | Aguilera, Bryan, Kramer |
Paramore | Simpson | Bryan | Harper | Little Mix | N/A3 | |||
Ludacris' vote | Menzel, LaBelle, Parton |
Paramore | Kramer | Kramer | Kramer | Little Mix | N/A3 | |||
Timmons' vote | Paramore, One D., Little Mix |
LaBelle | Simpson | Bryan | Harper | Menzel | McClain | |||
Eliminated | Tinashe by Caillat |
Dolly Parton Public vote to save |
Paramore 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Patti LaBelle Public vote to save |
One Direction Public vote to save |
Christina Aguilera Public vote to save |
Nick Jonas Public vote to save |
Jana Kramer Public vote to save |
Idina Menzel Public vote to save |
Austin Mahone Public vote to win |
Kris Allen by Hough | ||||||||||
Kristin Chenoweth by Ludacris |
Cody Simpson 3 of 5 votes Majority |
Luke Bryan 3 of 5 votes Majority |
Shane Harper 3 of 5 votes Majority |
Little Mix 3 of 4 Votes Majority |
China Anne McClain 3 of 3 Votes Majority |
Carly Rose Sonenclar Public vote to win | ||||
Cody Simpson by Martin | ||||||||||
Fall Out Boy by Timmons |
^1 : There was no public vote in the first week and therefore no final showdown. Each judge was required to reduce their number of acts to three.
^2 : Simpson returned to the competition in week two because the judges felt that he "deserves a second shot".
^3 : This judge was not required to vote as there was already a majority.
Live Show Details
Week 1: Top 20 (November 5th/6th)
Act | Order | Song | Result |
---|---|---|---|
China Anne McClain | 1 | Listen | Safe |
Luke Bryan | 2 | That's My Kind of Night | Safe |
Kristin Chenoweth | 3 | Hopelessly Devoted to You | Eliminated |
Austin Mahone | 4 | Say Somethin | Safe |
Paramore | 5 | Misery Business | Safe |
Jordin Sparks | 6 | Battlefield | Safe |
Christina Aguilera | 7 | Ain't No Other Man | Safe |
Patti LaBelle | 8 | If Only You Knew | Safe |
Nick Jonas | 9 | Your Biggest Fan | Safe |
Fall Out Boy | 10 | Centuries | Eliminated |
Tinashe | 11 | Pretend | Eliminated |
Jana Kramer | 12 | Why Ya Wanna | Safe |
Dolly Parton | 13 | 9 To 5 | Safe |
Cody Simpson | 14 | Pretty Brown Eyes | Eliminated |
Little Mix | 15 | Move | Safe |
Carly Rose Sonenclar | 16 | Hallelujah | Safe |
Kris Allen | 17 | Prove It To You | Eliminated |
Idina Menzel | 18 | Defying Gravity | Safe |
Shane Harper | 19 | Dancin' in the Rain | Safe |
One Direction | 20 | Steal My Girl | Safe |
Week 2: Top 16 (November 12th/13th)
- Theme: Veterans Week (Song from a Deceased Musician)
- Musical guest: Sam Smith (I'm Not the Only One)
Act | Order | Song | Deceased Artist | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Christina Aguilera | 1 | Back to Black | Amy Winehouse | Safe |
Idina Menzel | 2 | Heaven Knows | Donna Summer | Safe |
Shane Harper | 3 | Billie Jean | Michael Jackson | Safe |
Little Mix | 4 | I'm Your Baby Tonight | Whitney Houston | Safe |
Carly Rose Sonenclar | 5 | Ain't No Mountain High Enough | Tammi Terrell/Marvin Gaye | Safe |
Jana Kramer | 6 | I Look to You | Whitney Houston | Safe |
Dolly Parton | 7 | Cry Me a River | Ella Fitzgerald | Eliminated |
Austin Mahone | 8 | Jailhouse Rock | Elvis Presley | Safe |
One Direction | 9 | Beat It | Michael Jackson | Safe |
China Anne McClain | 10 | I Have Nothing | Whitney Houston | Safe |
Luke Bryan | 11 | Tougher Than the Rest | Chris LeDoux | Safe |
Patti LaBelle | 12 | I Will Always Love You | Whitney Houston | Safe |
Nick Jonas | 13 | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Safe |
Paramore | 14 | War | Edwin Starr | Safe |
Jordin Sparks | 15 | I Wanna Dance with Somebody | Whitney Houston | Safe |
Cody Simpson | 16 | Bad | Michael Jackson | Safe |
Week 3: Top 15 (November 19th/20th)
- Theme: Celebrate Your Birth
- Musical guest: Katy Perry (Birthday)
Act | Order | Song | Year | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jana Kramer | 1 | She Works Hard for the Money | 1983 | Safe |
Austin Mahone | 2 | Not Gon' Cry | 1996 | Safe |
China Anne McClain | 3 | My All | 1998 | Safe |
One Direction | 4 | That's the Way Love Goes | 1993 | Safe |
Idina Menzel | 5 | Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves | 1971 | Safe |
Luke Bryan | 6 | Sara Smile | 1976 | Safe |
Shane Harper | 7 | Another Sad Love Song | 1993 | Safe |
Jordin Sparks | 8 | Like a Prayer | 1989 | Safe |
Paramore | 9 | Livin' On a Prayer | 1986 | Bottom Two |
Patti LaBelle | 10 | Long Ago (And Far Away) | 1944 | Bottom Two |
Christina Aguilera | 11 | Call Me | 1980 | Safe |
Cody Simpson | 12 | My Heart Will Go On | 1997 | Safe |
Carly Rose Sonenclar | 13 | Livin' La Vida Loca | 1999 | Safe |
Little Mix | 14 | Save the Best For Last | 1992 | Safe |
Nick Jonas | 15 | Achy Breaky Heart | 1992 | Safe |
Final showdown details | ||||
Paramore | 1 | Still Into You | Eliminated | |
Patti LaBelle | 2 | Lady Marmalade | Safe |
Week 4: Top 14 (November 26th/27th)
- Theme: Giving Thanks
- Musical guest: Jennifer Lopez (I Luh Ya Papi)
Act | Order | Song | Result | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Shane Harper | 1 | Not Over You | Safe | |
One Direction | 2 | Live While We're Young | Safe | |
Carly Rose Sonenclar | 3 | When I Was Your Man | Safe | |
Idina Menzel | 4 | Tomorrow | Safe | |
Luke Bryan | 5 | Sweet Home Alabama | Safe | |
Nick Jonas | 6 | Let Me Love You | Safe | |
Little Mix | 7 | Salute | Safe | |
Jordin Sparks | 8 | Halo | Safe | |
Cody Simpson | 9 | I'm Yours | Bottom Three | |
Christina Aguilera | 10 | I'm Goin' Down | Safe | |
China Anne McClain | 11 | California King Bed | Safe | |
Jana Kramer | 12 | Somethin' Bad | Bottom Three | |
Austin Mahone | 13 | If I Ain't Got You | Safe | |
Patti LaBelle | 14 | Diamonds | Eliminated | |
Final showdown details | ||||
Jana Kramer | 1 | Love | Safe | |
Cody Simpson | 2 | On My Mind | Eliminated |
Week 5: Top 12 (December 3rd/4th)
- Theme: 2010s
- Musical guest: Carrie Underwood (Good Girl)
Act | Order | Song | Result | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Luke Bryan | 1 | Cruise | Bottom Three | |
Jordin Sparks | 2 | Stay | Safe | |
Nick Jonas | 3 | Best I Ever Had | Safe | |
One Direction | 4 | What Makes You Beautiful | Eliminated | |
Christina Aguilera | 5 | Not Myself Tonight | Safe | |
Austin Mahone | 6 | What About Love | Safe | |
China Anne McClain | 7 | True Love | Safe | |
Idina Menzel | 8 | For the First Time in Forever | Safe | |
Shane Harper | 9 | Let Her Go | Safe | |
Carly Rose Sonenclar | 10 | Unconditionally | Safe | |
Little Mix | 11 | Born This Way | Safe | |
Jana Kramer | 12 | Baggage Claim | Bottom Three | |
Final showdown details | ||||
Luke Bryan | 1 | Roller Coaster | Eliminated | |
Jana Kramer | 2 | One of the Boys | Safe |
Week 6: Top 10 (December 10th/11th)
- Theme: Song by Miley Cyrus
- Musical guest: Miley Cyrus (Party in the U.S.A.)
Act | Order | Song | Result | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Idina Menzel | 1 | See You Again | Safe | |
Carly Rose Sonenclar | 2 | Wrecking Ball | Safe | |
Austin Mahone | 3 | 7 Things | Safe | |
Jana Kramer | 4 | When I Look At You | Bottom Three | |
Little Mix | 5 | Someone Else | Safe | |
Nick Jonas | 6 | Adore You | Safe | |
China Anne McClain | 7 | Breakout | Safe | |
Christina Aguilera | 8 | The Climb | Eliminated | |
Shane Harper | 9 | Can't Be Tamed | Bottom Three | |
Jordin Sparks | 10 | Wherever I Go | Safe | |
Final showdown details | ||||
Jana Kramer | 1 | I Hope It Rains | Safe | |
Shane Harper | 2 | Rocketship | Eliminated |
Week 7: Top 8 (December 17th/18th)
- Theme: Songs from Movies
- Musical guest: Adele (Someone Like You)
Act | Order | Song | Movie | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
China Anne McClain | 1 | Something's Got a Hold On Me | Burlesque | Safe |
Austin Mahone | 2 | She Will Be Loved | The Last Song | Safe |
Little Mix | 3 | Don't You (Forget About Me) | The Breakfast Club | Bottom Three |
Jordin Sparks | 4 | Gotta Go My Own Way | High School Musical 2 | Safe |
Jana Kramer | 5 | Country Strong | Country Strong | Safe |
Idina Menzel | 6 | Grateful | Beyond the Lights | Bottom Three |
Nick Jonas | 7 | Skyfall | Skyfall | Eliminated |
Carly Rose Sonenclar | 8 | Somewhere Over the Rainbow | The Wizard of Oz | Safe |
Final showdown details | ||||
Little Mix | 1 | Miss Movin' On | Eliminated | |
Idina Menzel | 2 | Brave | Safe |
Week 8: Top 6 (December 31st/January 1st)
- Themes: Contestant's Choice; Pepsi Challenge
- Musical Guest: Ariana Grande (Break Free)
For the first time this season, each contestant will perform two songs. The list of song choices for the Pepsi Challenge was released via Twitter on December 26, 2014.
Act | Song choices | Result |
---|---|---|
Austin Mahone | Drive By | Not chosen |
I Don't Want To Be | Chosen | |
It Will Rain | Not chosen | |
Carly Rose Sonenclar | Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) | Not chosen |
Treasure | Chosen | |
Vision of Love | Not chosen | |
Jana Kramer | Blown Away | Not chosen |
I Hope You Dance | Chosen | |
I Won't Give Up | Not chosen | |
Jordin Sparks | Almost is Never Enough | Not chosen |
Love The Way You Lie (Part 2) | Chosen | |
A Thousand Miles | Not chosen | |
China Anne McClain | Human | Not chosen |
Rumor Has It | Chosen | |
Skyscraper | Not chosen | |
Idina Menzel | Heaven Help My Heart | Not chosen |
Poker Face | Not chosen | |
You Learn to Live Without | Chosen |
Act | Order | First Song | Order | Second Song | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Austin Mahone | 1 | Maps | 7 | I Don't Want To Be | Safe |
Carly Rose Sonenclar | 2 | Turning Tables | 8 | Treasure | Bottom Three |
Jana Kramer | 3 | My Hallelujah Song | 9 | I Hope You Dance | Eliminated |
Jordin Sparks | 4 | Cannonball | 10 | Love The Way You Lie (Part 2) | Safe |
China Anne McClain | 5 | Bubbly | 11 | Rumor Has It | Bottom Three |
Idina Menzel | 6 | Fast Car | 12 | You Learn to Live Without | Safe |
Final showdown details | |||||
Carly Rose Sonenclar | 1 | Brokenhearted | Safe | ||
China Anne McClain | 2 | Impossible | Eliminated |
Week 9: Semi-Final (January 7th/8th)
- Themes: Contestant's Choice; Song to Get Into the Final
- Musical Guest: Toni Braxton (Un-Break My Heart); Justin Bieber (As Long As You Love Me)
Act | Order | First Song | Order | Second Song | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carly Rose Sonenclar | 1 | Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) | 5 | Girl on Fire | Safe |
Jordin Sparks | 2 | A Thousand Miles | 6 | Chandelier | Safe |
Idina Menzel | 3 | Poker Face | 7 | Breakeven | Eliminated |
Austin Mahone | 4 | 50 Ways to Say Goodbye | 8 | Marry Me | Safe |
Week 10: Final (January 14th/15th)
The final consisted of two two-hour episodes on January 14 and 15.
- January 14
- Themes: Retrospective Songs (Best Performance of the Season); Duet with Celebrity; Song For the Win
Act | Order | First Song | Order | Second Song (duet) | Order | Third Song |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jordin Sparks | 1 | Stay | 4 | Big Girls Don't Cry (with Fergie) | 7 | Titanium |
Austin Mahone | 2 | If I Ain't Got You | 5 | Bruises (with Ashley Monroe) | 8 | Not a Bad Thing |
Carly Rose Sonenclar | 3 | Turning Tables | 6 | Who Says (with Selena Gomez) | 9 | No One |
- January 15
- Theme: Mentor Songs
- Musical Guests: Julianne Hough (That Song In My Head); Maroon 5 (Animals); Kandi Burruss (Leave U)
Act | Order | Song | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Austin Mahone | 1 | Adiós | Third Place |
Carly Rose Sonenclar | 2 | Try | Runner-Up |
Jordin Sparks | 3 | Fallin' For You | Winner |