The third season premiered on Fox on September 11, 2013. The original show is in the United Kingdom. Simon Cowell and Demi Lovato returned as judges for their respective third and second season. Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio joined Cowell and Lovato on the panel as replacements for former judges, Britney Spears and LA Reid. The show is hosted by America's Best Dance Crew host Mario Lopez. Producer auditions began on March 6, 2013, in Los Angeles, and ended on May 4, 2013, in Denver. The judges auditions, which are televised, began on May 21, 2013, in Charleston, and ended on July 12, 2013, in Los Angeles. New for this season is the removal of the bootcamp and judges' houses rounds of the competition which have been replaced with a new middle section, more reminiscent of the live shows.
On December 18, 2013 Demi Lovato announced her departure from the show.
This season was won by the indie folk-pop duo Alex & Sierra.
This season was also the last season for this show as it was officially canceled on February 7, 2014.
This season was preceded by the first and second seasons in 2011 and 2012 respectively.
Judges and hosts[]
On October 22, 2012, it was announced that The X Factor would be returning for a third season with Simon Cowell confirmed to be returning. On December 14, L.A. Reid announced that he would not be returning as a judge for a third season, as he wished to refocus his work on his record company, Epic Records. Britney Spears stated her intentions on returning to the show for its third season, but it was confirmed on January 11, 2013, that she would not be returning, in order to focus on her music career. Following the conclusion of season two, Demi Lovato questioned whether she would return for another season, or instead focus on her own career as a performer, stating, "I have no idea what’s gonna happen next season, and I don't think anybody does." However, on March 28, 2013, it was confirmed that Lovato will return. On April 22, it was confirmed by Fox that Mario Lopez would be returning to host season three, but Khloé Kardashian was not asked to return as co-host for a second season. Cowell confirmed via his Twitter account that the full judging panel will be announced on May 20, 2013, with auditions beginning the next day. On May 20, 2013, the day before auditions began, Fox officially confirmed that former Destiny's Child member and The X Factor UK judge Kelly Rowland, and Mexican singer and former La Voz... México judge Paulina Rubio had been hired to replace Spears and Reid. |
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Auditions[]
City | Auditions dates | Venue | |
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Producers | Judges | ||
Los Angeles, California | March 6, 2013 | July 10–12, 2013 | Galen Center |
New Orleans, Louisiana | April 14, 2013 | June 11–12, 2013 | Lakefront Arena |
Charleston, South Carolina | March 19, 2013 | May 21–22, 2013 | North Charleston Coliseum |
Long Island, New York | April 25, 2013 | June 19–21, 2013 | Nassau Coliseum |
Denver, Colorado | May 14, 2013 | June 30 – July 2, 2013 | Denver Coliseum |
Final 40[]
On September 26, 2013, the top forty acts, ten for each category, were revealed as follows;
Judge | Category | Contestants eliminated |
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Lovato | Girls | Primrose Martin, Rylie Brown, Jamie Pineda, Bree Randall, Simone Torres, Ashly Williams |
Rubio | Boys | Isaiah Alston, Al Calderon, Chase Goehring, Stone Martin, Isaac Tauaefa, Timmy Thames |
Rowland | Over 25s | Jeff Brinkman, Victoria Carriger, Allison Davis, Kristine Mirelle, Lorie Moore, Denny Smith |
Cowell | Groups | Forever in Your Mind, Girls United, GLAMOUR, Good News, WiLD THiNGZ, Yellow House Canyon |
Four-chair challenge[]
For this season of The X Factor, Cowell confirmed that the boot camp and judges' houses sections of the competition, which traditionally followed the audition rounds, had been dropped and replaced with a brand new stage called "The Four-Chair challenge". Speaking on the change, he said "It [boot camp and Judges' houses] was the one element of the show I wasn't happy with, and it looked too similar to what everybody else is doing." He went on to describe the new "middle section" as "really dramatic, very tough on us and the contestants, and very high pressure", and compared the new round as similar to the live shows.
This season, the categories will not follow the age-based format from Season Two but rather the format from Season One: Boys, Girls, Over 25s and Groups. Rowland will mentor Over 25s, Lovato the Girls, Rubio the Boys, and for the second season in a row, Simon Cowell will mentor the Groups. The Four-chair challenge episodes were broadcast on 2 two-hour Wednesdays and 2 one-hour Thursdays shows on October 2,3, 9 and 10.
Key:
- – 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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Episode 7 (October 2) | ||||||
Over 25s (Rowland) | Victoria Carriger | 1 | "Make You Feel My Love" | Put in chair 1 | — | |
Kristine Mirelle | 2 | "Oops!... I Did It Again" | Put in chair 2 | — | ||
Jeff Gutt | 3 | "Amazing Grace" | Put in chair 3 | — | ||
Rachel Potter | 4 | "Irreplaceable" | Put in chair 4 | — | ||
Lorie Moore | 5 | "I'll Make Love to You" | Put in chair 2 | Kristine Mirelle | ||
Allison Davis | 6 | "Tik Tok" / "Push It" | Eliminated | — | ||
Jeff Brinkman | 7 | "Without You" | Put in chair 1 | Victoria Carriger | ||
Denny Smith | 8 | "In the Midnight Hour" | Eliminated | — | ||
James Kenney | 9 | "Lean on Me" | Put in chair 1 | Jeff Brinkman | ||
Lillie McCloud | 10 | "A House Is Not a Home" | Put in chair 2 | Lorie Moore | ||
Girls (Lovato) | Bree Randall | 11 | "Glad You Came" | Put in chair 1 | — | |
Khaya Cohen | 12 | "Locked Out of Heaven" | Put in chair 2 | — | ||
Jamie Pineda | 13 | "Don't Speak" | Put in chair 3 | — | ||
Ashly Williams | 14 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Put in chair 4 | — | ||
Episode 8 (October 3) | ||||||
Simone Torres | 15 | "A Change Is Gonna Come" | Put in chair 1 | Bree Randall | ||
Danie Geimer | 16 | "Georgia on My Mind" | Put in chair 1 | Simone Torres | ||
Rylie Brown | 17 | "Angels" | Eliminated | — | ||
Primrose Martin | 18 | "Blame It on the Boogie" | Eliminated | — | ||
Rion Paige | 19 | "I Won't Let Go" | Put in chair 4 | Ashly Williams | ||
Ellona Santiago | 20 | "Clarity" | Put in chair 3 | Jamie Pineda | ||
Episode 9 (October 9) | ||||||
Boys (Rubio) | Al Calderon | 21 | "Call Me Maybe" | Put in chair 1 | — | |
Isaiah Alston | 22 | "The Greatest Love of All" | Eliminated | — | ||
Isaac Tauaefa | 23 | "Bubbly" | Eliminated | — | ||
Carlos Guevara | 24 | "Ain't No Sunshine" | Put in chair 2 | — | ||
Stone Martin | 25 | "Torn" | Put in chair 3 | — | ||
Chase Goehring | 26 | "Airplanes" | Put in chair 4 | — | ||
Tim Olstad | 27 | "The Climb" | Put in chair 3 | Stone Martin | ||
Carlito Olivero | 28 | "Dreaming of You" | Put in chair 4 | Chase Goehring | ||
Timmy Thames | 29 | "New Girl in Town" | Put in chair 3 | Tim Olstad | ||
Tim Olstad | N/A | N/A (reinstated by mentor)* | Put in chair 1 | Al Calderon | ||
Josh Levi | 30 | "I Can't Make You Love Me" | Put in chair 3 | Timmy Thames | ||
Groups (Cowell) | Girls United | 31 | "Yeah 3x" | Put in chair 1 | — | |
WiLD THiNGZ | 32 | "Party Rock Anthem" | Put in chair 2 | — | ||
GLAMOUR | 33 | "When I'm Gone" | Put in chair 3 | — | ||
Restless Road | 34 | "Somebody Like You" | Put in chair 4 | — | ||
Episode 10 (October 10) | ||||||
Sweet Suspense | 35 | "Wishing on a Star" | Put in chair 2 | WiLD THiNGZ | ||
Yellow House Canyon | 36 | "Hell on Heels" | Eliminated | — | ||
Forever in Your Mind | 37 | "Lovebug" | Put in chair 3 | GLAMOUR | ||
Good News | 38 | "Landslide" | Eliminated | — | ||
Alex & Sierra | 39 | "You're the One That I Want" | Put in chair 1 | Girls United | ||
RoXxy Montana | 40 | "Man in the Mirror" | Put in chair 3 | Forever in Your Mind |
*Paulina initially switched out Tim Olstad for Timmy Thames, but after some consideration brought him back and instead switched out Al Calderon.
Finalists[]
The final 16 finalists were confirmed as follows;
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third place
Category (mentor) | Acts | ||||
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Boys (Rubio) | Carlos Guevara | Josh Levi | Carlito Olivero | Tim Olstad | |
Girls (Lovato) | Khaya Cohen | Danie Geimer | Rion Paige | Ellona Santiago | |
Over 25s (Rowland) | Jeff Gutt | James Kenney | Lillie McCloud | Rachel Potter | |
Groups (Cowell) | Alex & Sierra | Restless Road | RoXxy Montana | Sweet Suspense |
Live shows[]
Results summary[]
- Color key
– | Act was eliminated by their mentor (no public vote or final showdown) |
– | Act was in the bottom three and had to sing again in the final showdown |
– | Act was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated |
– | Act received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown) |
Contestant | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Quarter-Final | Semi-Final | Final | |||||
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Wednesday Vote | Thursday Vote | First Vote | Second Vote | ||||||||||
Alex & Sierra | Saved | N/A | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | Winner | |||
Jeff Gutt | 6th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | Runner-Up | |||||
Carlito Olivero | 7th | 8th | 8th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | Eliminated (final) | |||||
Restless Road | 8th | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | Eliminated (semi-final) | ||||||
Rion Paige | 3rd | 6th | 1st | 6th | 5th | Eliminated (quarter-final) | |||||||
Ellona Santiago | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 6th | ||||||||
Josh Levi | Eliminated | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 7th | Eliminated (week 5) | |||||||
Lillie McCloud | Saved | 9th | 7th | 5th | 8th | ||||||||
Tim Olstad | 12th | 9th | 9th | Eliminated (week 4) | |||||||||
Khaya Cohen | 11th | 11th | 10th | ||||||||||
Rachel Potter | 4th | 10th | Eliminated (week 3) | ||||||||||
Sweet Suspense | 10th | 12th | |||||||||||
Carlos Guevara | 13th | Eliminated (week 3) | |||||||||||
RoXxy Montana | Eliminated | Eliminated (week 1) | |||||||||||
James Kenney | |||||||||||||
Danie Geimer | |||||||||||||
Final showdown | N/A | N/A | N/A | Cohen, Potter |
Olivero, Olstad |
Levi, Paige |
Olivero, Paige |
No final showdown or judges' votes; results were based on public votes alone--> | |||||
Judges voted to | Send Through | Eliminate | |||||||||||
Rowland's vote | Potter, Gutt, McCloud |
Cohen | Olstad | Paige | Paige | ||||||||
Rubio's vote | Olivero, Guevara, Olstad |
Potter | Olstad | Paige | Paige | ||||||||
Lovato's vote | Santiago, Paige, Cohen |
Potter | Olstad | Levi | Olivero | ||||||||
Cowell's vote | Restless Road, Alex & Sierra, Sweet Suspense |
Potter | N/A* | Levi | Paige | ||||||||
Eliminated | Danie Geimer by Lovato |
Carlos Guevara Public vote to save |
Sweet Suspense Public vote to save |
Khaya Cohen Public vote to save |
Lillie McCloud Public vote to save |
Ellona Santiago Public vote to save |
Restless Road Public vote to save |
Carlito Olivero Public vote to win |
Jeff Gutt Public vote to win | ||||
Josh Levi by Rubio | |||||||||||||
James Kenney by Rowland |
Rachel Potter 3 of 4 votes Majority |
Tim Olstad 3 of 3 votes Majority |
Josh Levi 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Rion Paige 3 of 4 votes Majority | |||||||||
RoXxy Montana by Cowell |
- 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.
- Levi returned to the competition in week 2 because the judges felt that he "deserves a second shot".
- Owing to graphics error in which incorrect voting numbers were displayed on screen during the performance recap, there was no elimination in week 2. All acts performed again on Thursday night in week 2 and a public re-vote was conducted. Carlos Guevara was eliminated on Wednesday night in week 3 after receiving the least amount of votes in week 2.
- In Week 4, Cowell did not need to vote as there was already a majority. However, he stated that he would have voted to eliminate Tim Olstad.
Live show details[]
Week 1 (October 29)[]
Act | Order | Song[1] | Result[2] |
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Ellona Santiago | 1 | "Till the World Ends" | Safe |
Danie Geimer | 2 | "Wrecking Ball" | Eliminated |
Rion Paige | 3 | "Skyscraper" | Safe |
Khaya Cohen | 4 | "Mercy" | Safe |
Josh Levi | 5 | "Only Girl (in the World)" | Eliminated |
Carlos Guevara | 6 | "Don't You Worry Child" | Safe |
Carlito Olivero | 7 | "Maria Maria" | Safe |
Tim Olstad | 8 | "Always" | Safe |
Lillie McCloud | 9 | "When a Man Loves a Woman" | Safe |
Jeff Gutt | 10 | "Try" | Safe |
Rachel Potter | 11 | "I Hope You Dance" | Safe |
James Kenney | 12 | "Red" | Eliminated |
RoXxy Montana | 13 | "Royals" | Eliminated |
Sweet Suspense | 14 | "I Love It" | Safe |
Alex & Sierra | 15 | "Blurred Lines" | Safe |
Restless Road | 16 | "Roar" | Safe |
There was no public vote in the first week. Instead, each of the judges selected one of their own acts to eliminate.
- Judges' decisions to eliminate[2]
- Lovato: Danie Geimer – gave no reason
- Rubio: Josh Levi – gave no reason
- Rowland: James Kenney – based on the performances
- Cowell: RoXxy Montana – gave no reason
Week 2 (November 6/7)[]
- November 6
- Theme: Motown songs (billed as "Motown Night")[3]
- Group performance: "ABC" / "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" / "Reach Out I'll Be There" / "Dancing in the Street"Template:Cn
One of the four acts that did not face the public vote in week 1 and was eliminated by their mentor was reinstated to the show as the judges felt that the act "deserves a second shot". The reinstated act was announced as Josh Levi.[4]
Act | Order | Song[4] |
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Josh Levi | 1 | "Who's Lovin' You" |
Rachel Potter | 2 | "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" |
Carlos Guevara | 3 | "What's Going On" |
Restless Road | 4 | "Easy" |
Ellona Santiago | 5 | "Baby Love" |
Jeff Gutt | 6 | "Say You, Say Me" |
Alex & Sierra | 7 | "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" |
Khaya Cohen | 8 | "My Girl" |
Carlito Olivero | 9 | "Stop! In the Name of Love" |
Lillie McCloud | 10 | "All In Love Is Fair" |
Sweet Suspense | 11 | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" |
Rion Paige | 12 | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" |
Tim Olstad | 13 | "I'll Be There" |
- November 7
- Theme: "Save Me" songs[5]
Owing to graphics error in which incorrect voting numbers were displayed on screen during the performance recap, there was no elimination this week, instead all the acts performed their "Save Me" songs on Thursday night and a public re-vote was conducted after the show. The results were announced the following week, at the start of the live show on Wednesday night.[5]
Selena Gomez was going to perform her single "Slow Down" but due to graphics issues, she performed on the second night in week 3.Template:Cn
Act | Order | Song |
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Josh Levi | 1 | "Stay" |
Rachel Potter | 2 | "Anyway" |
Carlos Guevara | 3 | "Cannonball" |
Restless Road | 4 | "Don't You Wanna Stay" |
Ellona Santiago | 5 | "Titanium" |
Jeff Gutt | 6 | "In the Air Tonight" |
Alex & Sierra | 7 | "Give Me Love" |
Khaya Cohen | 8 | "Distant Dreamer" |
Carlito Olivero | 9 | "If You're Not the One" |
Lillie McCloud | 10 | "Who Wants to Live Forever" |
Sweet Suspense | 11 | "That Should Be Me" |
Rion Paige | 12 | "Born This Way" |
Tim Olstad | 13 | "I Believe I Can Fly" |
Week 3 (November 13/14)[]
- Theme: Songs from the 1980s (billed as "80s Night")[6]
- Group performance: "Perfect Day"[7]
- Musical guests: Selena Gomez ("Slow Down")[8] and Fifth Harmony ("Me & My Girls")[9]
Starting from week three, two acts will be eliminated from each results show until week six. The three acts with the fewest public votes will be announced and then the act with the fewest votes will be automatically eliminated. The remaining two acts will then perform in the final showdown and face the judges' votes.Template:Cn Carlos Guevara, the act that received the fewest votes from the public re-vote in week 2, was eliminated at the start of the November 13 episode.[10] He would have performed "Mad World".[10]
Act | Order | Song[10] | Result[7] |
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Carlos Guevara | N/A | N/A (already eliminated) | Eliminated |
Lillie McCloud | 1 | "Ain't Nobody" | Safe |
Carlito Olivero | 2 | "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" | Safe |
Rion Paige | 3 | "We Belong" | Safe |
Sweet Suspense | 4 | "Mickey" | Eliminated |
Tim Olstad | 5 | "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | Safe |
Khaya Cohen | 6 | "Borderline" | Bottom three |
Restless Road | 7 | "Footloose" | Safe |
Rachel Potter | 8 | "Alone" | Bottom three |
Ellona Santiago | 9 | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" | Safe |
Josh Levi | 10 | "Straight Up" | Safe |
Jeff Gutt | 11 | "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" | Safe |
Alex & Sierra | 12 | "Addicted to Love" | Safe |
Final showdown details[7] | |||
Khaya Cohen | 1 | "Don't Give Up on Me" | Safe |
Rachel Potter | 2 | "From This Moment On" | Eliminated |
- Judges' votes to eliminate[7]
- Rowland: Khaya Cohen – based on the final showdown performances, effectively backing her own act, Rachel Potter
- Rubio: Rachel Potter – gave no reason
- Lovato: Rachel Potter – gave no reason, though effectively backed her own act, Khaya Cohen
- Cowell: Rachel Potter – felt Cohen has more potential in the competition
Week 4 (November 20/21)[]
- Theme: Songs by British artists (billed as "British Invasion Night")[11]
- Musical guests: One Direction ("Story of My Life")[12]
Act | Order | Song | Result |
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Rion Paige | TBA | ||
Ellona Santiago | TBA | ||
Khaya Cohen | TBA | ||
Carlito Olivero | TBA | ||
Josh Levi | TBA | ||
Tim Olstad | TBA | ||
Jeff Gutt | TBA | ||
Lillie McCloud | TBA | ||
Restless Road | TBA | ||
Alex & Sierra | TBA | ||
Final showdown details | |||
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Notable past contestants[]
- Ashly Williams, who was eliminated in the 4-Chair Challenge, later tried out for the BET show Chasing Destiny, created by former judge Kelly Rowland, in 2016 and won a spot in an all-female singing group called June's Diary. The group's first single, "All of Us", was released on June 6, 2016 via Epic Records. They released their second single, "L.A.N.C.E.", on June 24, 2016.
Team Rankings[]
1.Groups
Alex & Sierra (22) - 1/16: Final | Restless Road (18-19) - 4/16: Semi-Final | Sweet Suspense (14-17) - 12/16: Week 3 | RoXxy Montana (20-22) - 14/16: Week 1 |
2.Boys
Carlito Olivero (24) - 3/16: Final | Josh Levi (15) - 7/16: Week 5 | Tim Olstad (25) - 9/16: Week 4 | Carlos Guevara (16) - 13/16: Week 2 |
3.Over 25s
Jeff Gutt (37) - 2/16: Final | Lillie McCloud (55) - 8/16: Week 5 | Rachel Potter (29) - 11/16: Week 3 | James Kenney (35) - 15/16: Week 1 |
4.Girls
Rion Paige (13) - 5/16: Quarter-Final | Ellona Santiago (17) - 6/16: Quarter-Final | Khaya Cohen (16) - 10/16: Week 4 | Danie Geimer (15) - 16/16: Week 1 |
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