The X Factor: Season 6
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of The X Factor Season 5.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
Auditions 1: Off To A Flying Start
Aug 22, 2009 · 60 min
Britain's biggest talent show returns for a brand new series. Judges Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh sift through a record-breaking number of applicants,
Series 6 - Auditions 2
Aug 29, 2009 · 60 min
Britain's biggest talent show rolls into Birmingham for auditions along with judges Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh and now of course, a live audience. It
Series 6 - Auditions 3
Sep 5, 2009 · 60 min
The auditions for Britain's biggest talent competition continue, as more wannabe popstars perform in front of the studio audience and judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Dannii Minog
Series 6 - Auditions 4
Sep 12, 2009 · 60 min
Britain's biggest and best open talent competition continues with some more good, bad and unbelievable auditions from across the country. The wannabes will be performing in front o
Series 6 - Auditions 5
Sep 19, 2009 · 60 min
With only two more auditions to go before the bootcamp stage and the assignment of the categories, judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole continue the nat
Series 6 - Auditions 6
Sep 20, 2009 · 60 min
It is the last leg of this year's auditions, and we will see the final group of hopefuls from the record number who applied. Judges Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue, Cheryl Cole and Lo
Series 6 - Boot Camp 1
Sep 26, 2009 · 60 min
The successful auditionees head to London's Hammersmith Apollo for the biggest bootcamp ever. Judges Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue, Louis Walsh and Cheryl Cole will be putting 200 a
Series 6 - Boot Camp 2
Sep 27, 2009 · 60 min
Join host Dermot O'Leary for the second in our bootcamp weekend double bill. The 50 remaining acts must perform again in front of an audience of thousands. Each singer has been abl
Judges Houses 1: Singing For Survival
Oct 3, 2009 · 60 min
The X Factor goes global, as the 24 remaining acts jet off around the world to the judges' houses. Simon is at his home in Los Angeles, while Cheryl is in Marrakech, Louis is in It
Series 6 - Boot Camp 4
Oct 4, 2009 · 60 min
It is make or break time for the 24 remaining hopefuls - at the end of today's show they will find out whether they have been chosen for the live stages. There are only three place
Series 6 - Elimination - 1
Oct 10, 2009 · 60 min
It's the moment of truth for the final 12 as they perform live in front of the nation... with the first of two live shows as the final 12 sing live - and the judges each mentor one
Series 6 - Elimination - 1 (Result)
Oct 11, 2009 · 60 min
It's a brand new live Sunday night results show as the final 12 discover the outcome of the public vote. The two acts with the lowest number of votes will sing for survival in the
Live Show 2: Diva Week
Oct 17, 2009 · 60 min
Watch all 11 acts strut their stuff as they make their claim to The X Factor throne. Tonight the competition really hots up, and Whitney Houston is a special guest tomorrow night.
Live Results 2 : And Then There Were Ten
Oct 18, 2009 · 60 min
Join host Dermot O'Leary live as the 11 remaining acts find out the results of the public vote. The two acts with the lowest number of votes must sing for survival in the final sho
Live Show 3: Big Band Week
Oct 24, 2009 · 60 min
The 10 remaining acts battle it out to win the public's votes and stay in the competition. Today's theme is Big Band, which means the contestants must face the challenge of singing
Series 6 - Elimination - 3 (Result)
Oct 25, 2009 · 60 min
Join Dermot O'Leary live for the results of the public vote. The two acts with the lowest number of votes must perform again in the final showdown. Then judges Louis Walsh, Dannii
Series 6 - Elimination - 4
Oct 31, 2009 · 60 min
All the performances and much more from The X Factor's very first Rock week.
Series 6 - Elimination - 4 (Result)
Nov 1, 2009 · 60 min
Dermot O'Leary hosts the all-new Sunday night X Factor results show, as the nine acts find out the results of the public vote. The two with the lowest number of votes will sing for
Series 6 - Elimination - 5
Nov 7, 2009 · 60 min
The battle for the crown continues as the eight remaining acts step onto Britain's biggest stage for the fifth live show. Each of the performers will be hoping to impress the votin
Series 6 - Elimination - 5 (Result)
Nov 8, 2009 · 60 min
Dermot O'Leary hosts the live results show. The remaining performers will be on tenterhooks as the results of the public vote are revealed, as the two acts with the lowest number o
Series 6 - Elimination - 6
Nov 14, 2009 · 60 min
Only seven acts remain and the competition will be getting fiercer than ever as the performers battle it out to stay in the running. Judges Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogu
Series 6 - Elimination - 6 (Result)
Nov 15, 2009 · 60 min
It is time for the seven remaining acts to find out the result of the public vote. The two acts with the lowest numbers of votes must sing for survival in the final showdown. Then
Live Show 7: Wham! Week
Nov 21, 2009 · 60 min
There are only six acts remaining in the competition, and today they must sing live again in a battle to win the biggest prize in pop. Also fighting it out are judges Simon Cowell,
Live Results 7: Who Will Stay And Who Will Go Go?
Nov 22, 2009 · 60 min
It is time to reveal the results of the public vote. The two acts with the fewest votes will have to perform again in a sing-off, and then it is up to the judges to decide who stay
Live Show 8: Take That & Elton John Week
Nov 28, 2009 · 60 min
It is the eighth live show, and with only five acts remaining, the pressure is really on to make an impression on both the judges and the voters at home. Panellists Simon Cowell, C
Series 6 - Elimination - 8 (Result)
Nov 29, 2009 · 60 min
Dermot O'Leary reveals the results of the latest public vote. The two acts with the fewest votes must take part in a sing-off, and then judges Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue, Louis W
Series 6 - Elimination - 9
Dec 5, 2009 · 60 min
Dermot O'Leary hosts the semi-finals. The four remaining acts - Danyl, Joe, Olly and Stacey - must perform two songs each, and it will be up to them to really sing their hearts out
Series 6 - Elimination - 9 (Result)
Dec 6, 2009 · 60 min
Lady Gaga and Janet Jackson perform in tonight's show, as Dermot O'Leary reveals which performers will have to fight for survival in a sing-off. The bottom two acts will face the j
Series 6 - The Final
Dec 12, 2009 · 60 min
It is the final! Hundreds of thousands of hopefuls came to the nationwide auditions, but now only three acts remain to battle it out for the title - and one will be going home toda
Series 6 - The Final (Result)
Dec 13, 2009 · 60 min
Now the moment the nation has been waiting for arrives, as Dermot O'Leary reveals who the public has crowned 2009 X Factor champion. Joining Dermot and the remaining two acts are j