Presenter(s) Kate Thornton (ITV) Song "Against All Odds" Mentor Simon Cowell Presented by Steve Jones Origin Tortola | Co-presenter(s) Ben Shephard (ITV2) Genre(s) Blue-eyed soul, jazz Air date September 4, 2004 Broadcaster FOX | |
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Broadcast from 4 September – 11 December 2004 Judges Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell, L.A. Reid, Nicole Scherzinger, Cheryl (Los Angeles & Chicago auditions) Winners Steve Brookstein, Melanie Amaro | ||
Can saara keep her place in competition with alive results show 1 the x factor uk 2016
The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent; the winner of which receives a £1 million recording contract with the Syco Music record label. The first series was broadcast from 4 September to 11 December 2004. The competition was split into several stages: auditions, bootcamp and live shows, with Louis Walsh, Sharon Osbourne and Simon Cowell as judges. Kate Thornton presented the show on ITV, whilst Ben Shephard presented spin-off show The Xtra Factor on ITV2.
Contents
- Can saara keep her place in competition with alive results show 1 the x factor uk 2016
- The x factor uk 2016 live shows week 1 episode 13 intro full clip s13e13
- Applications and auditions
- Bootcamp
- Judges homes
- Finalists
- Format
- Results summary
- Week 1 23 October
- Week 2 30 October
- Week 3 6 November
- Week 4 13 November
- Week 5 20 November
- Week 6 27 November
- Week 7 Semi final 4 December
- Week 8 Final 11 December
- Ratings
- Controversy and criticism
- References
Auditions were held in Dublin, Newcastle, London, Leeds, Birmingham and Glasgow.
The series was won by Steve Brookstein, with Cowell as the winning mentor. Brookstein went on to have some chart success, with runners-up G4 achieving two platinum albums before splitting up in 2007.
The x factor uk 2016 live shows week 1 episode 13 intro full clip s13e13
Applications and auditions
Prior to the audition phase, advertisements appeared on ITV, in newspapers, and trade magazines, promising that the new show would encourage groups, and while the emphasis was on singing, would welcome those who played instruments and wrote their own songs. Thus the show would differentiate itself from its predecessor, Pop Idol.
For the first episode of auditions, which aired on 4 September 2004, the judges visited Leeds and London. For the second episode, which aired on 11 September 2004, the judges visited Newcastle. The third episode aired on 18 September 2004, the fourth on 25 September 2004 and the fifth on 2 October 2004.
Bootcamp
After the initial auditions, each judge was randomly allocated a category:
Each judge chose twelve acts from their category to go through to round two — bootcamp. After bootcamp, each judge selected five acts to progress to round three — "judges' homes". The bootcamp episodes aired on 9 and 16 October 2004.
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, unlike later series, which would feature 12/16). Unlike future series of the show, in series one the judges actually took their contestants to their real houses. In future, the locations that the contestants were sent to were mostly abroad and considered more 'glamorous'. Also, in earlier series of the show the judges were assisted at this stage by a whole supporting panel compared to later series where to have just one assistant has become the norm. Additionally, the supporting panels mainly consisted of people who had credentials such as vocal coaches and record producers as opposed to later series where helpers at this stage were most world-famous singers.
Finalists
Key:
– Winner – Runner-up – Third placeFormat
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.
The live shows started on 23 October 2004 and ended on 11 December 2004.
Results summary
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Week 1 (23 October)
Week 2 (30 October)
Week 3 (6 November)
Week 4 (13 November)
Week 5 (20 November)
Week 6 (27 November)
This week did not feature a final showdown and instead the act with the fewest public votes, Rowetta Satchell, was automatically eliminated.
Week 7: Semi-final (4 December)
The semi-final did not feature a final showdown and instead the act with the fewest public votes, Tabby Callaghan, was automatically eliminated.
Week 8: Final (11 December)
Ratings
This series achieved an average of 7.4 million viewers per episode, the lowest of any The X Factor UK series so far.
Controversy and criticism
It was reported in tabloid newspapers that the show's audition process was unfair after Walsh was accused of cheating. He was thought to have advised the group Co-Ed on things such as song choices, which caused controversy after it was revealed that he had actually previously managed Co-Ed after they appeared on the Irish version of Popstars in 2001. Around the same time, footage of Cowell and Osbourne coaching contestants to argue back to the judges was being auctioned over the Internet.
Prior to the first live show, Osbourne accused Cowell of "rigging" the show by editing footage to make the contestants in his category more appealing to viewers. Osbourne attracted criticism again following the final in December 2004 when she was forced to make an apology after attracting what Cowell referred to as "record complaints" over an outburst by Osbourne in which she criticised eventual winner Steve Brookstein. This left her place on the show uncertain, although she returned for the second series in 2005
Despite finishing as runners-up, G4 have since referred to The X Factor as "just panto".