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The X Factor (Australian season 3)

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The X Factor
Season 3
Reece Mastin.jpg
Hosted byLuke Jacobz
JudgesRonan Keating
Guy Sebastian
Natalie Bassingthwaighte
Mel B
WinnerReece Mastin
Winning mentorGuy Sebastian
Runner-upAndrew Wishart
Release
Original networkSeven Network
Original release29 August (2011-08-29) –
22 November 2011 (2011-11-22)
Season chronology
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The X Factor was an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent; the winner of which received a management contract and a Sony Music Australia recording contract.[1][2] The third season premiered on the Seven Network on 29 August 2011[3] and ended on 22 November 2011.[1] The winner was Reece Mastin and his debut single "Good Night" was released after the final.[1] Mastin was mentored throughout by Guy Sebastian, who won as mentor for the first time.[1] There was only a one percent difference in the votes between Mastin and runner-up Andrew Wishart.[4] The season was presented by Luke Jacobz.[5] Ronan Keating and Sebastian were the only judges from the previous season who returned, while Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Mel B joined the judging panel as replacements for former judges, Natalie Imbruglia and Kyle Sandilands.

The competition was split into several stages: auditions, bootcamp, home visits and live shows. Auditions in front of the show's producers took place throughout March and April 2011. The successful auditionees chosen by the producers were then invited back to the last set of auditions that took place in front of the judges and a live studio audience during May and June. After the auditions was bootcamp, where successful acts were split into four categories: Boys[6] (male soloists aged 14 to 24), Girls[6] (female soloists aged 14 to 24), Over 25s (soloists aged 25 and over) and Groups. Each judge was given a category to mentor and had to decide on their twelve acts after day two, and their six acts after day three. Special guest judges, including Wynter Gordon, Stephen Belafonte, Darren Hayes and The Veronicas, were brought in to help the judges decide their acts. Following bootcamp was the home visits stage, where each of the judges reduced their six acts to three, with help from more guest judges including Beyoncé, Melanie C, Jason Derulo, Good Charlotte and Leona Lewis. The live shows began on 19 September 2011.[7]

The third season sparked controversy, namely Mel B's attitude towards the other judges, labeling them dishonest and boring.[8] Controversy also occurred between Sebastian and contestant Mitchell Callaway; Sebastian took aim at Callaway's attitude to the competition following his performance on the third live performance show.[9] There were also claims of a clash between Callaway and contestant Declan Sykes.[10] The grand final decider was watched by 1.99 million people, making it the highest rated television episode of the season.[11]

Judges[]

Season 3 judges
Mel B
Guy Sebastian
Natalie Bassingthwaighte
Ronan Keating

On 16 March 2011, judge Kyle Sandilands announced on his breakfast radio show, Kyle & Jackie O that he would not be returning to the judging panel for the third season.[12] Of his decision, Sandilands said, "Not because I didn't like it. I thought the show was great and it was great fun to do but it's just too hectic, it's too much work. So, I've told Channel Seven, no."[12] On 31 March 2011, it was announced that Natalie Bassingthwaighte would join the judging panel as a replacement for Natalie Imbruglia.[13] When speaking of her role as a judge, Bassingthwaighte said she would focus on bringing an honest critique to the show and would guide "the artists through the competition".[14] In late April 2011, it was confirmed that Mel B would be Sandilands' replacement.[15] Mel B said, "[The contestants] are either going to love me or hate me but it's going to be a fun ride. I'm really easy to get on with and I'm a hard worker. I'm firm but nice."[15] Guy Sebastian and Ronan Keating were the only judges from the second season who returned.[16]

Selection process[]

Auditions[]

In 2011, the minimum age for contestants to audition was changed to 14 years old, having previously been 16 years old.[17] Auditions in front of the show's producers began in March 2011 in five cities: Perth (Parmelia Hilton, 27 March), Adelaide (AAMI Stadium, 29 March), Brisbane (Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, 2–3 April), Sydney (Australian Technology Park, 8–10 April) and Melbourne (Moonee Valley Racecourse, 15–17 April).[18] The successful auditionees chosen by the producers were then invited back to the last set of auditions that took place in front of the judges and a live studio audience. These auditions were held in three cities: Brisbane (Brisbane Entertainment Centre, 21–22 May),[19] Melbourne (Hisense Arena, 27–29 May),[20] and Sydney (Sydney Entertainment Centre, 2–3 June).[20][21][22]

Bootcamp[]

The bootcamp stage was held in Sydney and was first broadcast on 7 September 2011.[23] On the first day of bootcamp, each judge was given a category to mentor and were joined by a celebrity guest judge to help them decide their top twelve acts.[23] Sebastian was assisted by Wynter Gordon and was given the Boys, Mel B was assisted by her husband Stephen Belafonte and was given the Girls, Bassingthwaighte teamed up with Darren Hayes and was assigned the Over 25s, and Keating was assisted by The Veronicas and had the Groups.[23][24] On the second day, the Boys each had to sing a song made famously by a female artist, the Over 25s got styled for a photo shoot and later each had to perform one song, the Girls had to perform choreography to either Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" or Lady Gaga's "Born This Way", and the Groups held recording sessions with vocal producer Erana Clark.[25] On the third day of bootcamp, the judges along with their celebrity guest judges, narrowed down the contestants to six each.[26]

The 24 successful acts were:

  • Boys: Rob Baron, Trent Bell, Reece Mastin, Johnny Ruffo, Declan Sykes, Mali Talefenua
  • Girls: Tyla Bertolli, Sophie Metcalfe (replaced Tara-Lynn Sharrock due to Visa issues),[27] Chantelle Morrell, Jacqui Newland, Christina Parie, Amy Walton
  • Over 25s: Mitchell Callaway, Pamela Cook, Marina Davis, Cleo Howman, Paige Phoenix, Andrew Wishart
  • Groups: Audio Vixen, Femme Da Funk, Hype (previously known as Lazy J & Big Guy), Three Wishez, Up Front, Young Men Society

Home visits[]

The final round of the selection process, the home visits (formerly the "judges' houses"),[24] saw the judges reduce their six acts to three. Each judge took their six acts to exclusive locations around the world. Sebastian and the Boys travelled to New York City, where he was assisted by Beyoncé and her A-Team, Mel B and the Girls visited Hollywood, where they met up with Melanie C, Bassingthwaighte and the Over 25s travelled to Double Island, Queensland, where she was helped by Jason Derulo, and Keating and the Groups travelled to Los Angeles, California, where they were assisted by Good Charlotte and Leona Lewis,.[28][29][30] After, the judges along with their celebrity guest judges, narrowed down the contestants to three each.[7]

Summary of judges' houses
Judge Category Location Assistant Contestants eliminated
Sebastian Boys[6] New York City Beyoncé Rob Baron, Trent Bell, Mali Talefenua
Mel B Girls[6] Hollywood Melanie C Sophie Metcalfe, Chantelle Morrell, Amy Walton
Bassingthwaighte Over 25s Double Island, Queensland Jason Derulo Pamela Cook, Marina Davis, Paige Phoenix
Keating Groups Los Angeles Good Charlotte
Leona Lewis 		Femme Da Funk, Hype, Up Front

Finalists[]

Key:

  – Winner
  – Runner-up
Act Age(s) Hometown Category (Mentor) Result
Reece Mastin 16 Scunthorpe/Greenwith, South Australia Boys (Sebastian) Winner
Andrew Wishart 40 Seaford, Victoria Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) Runner-up
Johnny Ruffo 23 Balcatta, Western Australia Boys (Sebastian) 3rd place
Three Wishez 18–23 Sydney Groups (Keating) 4th place
Declan Sykes 15 Fitzroy, Victoria Boys (Sebastian) 5th place
Christina Parie 15 Castle Hill, New South Wales Girls (Mel B) 6th place
Mitchell Callaway 25 Bowraville, New South Wales Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 7th place
Young Men Society 22–26 Sydney, New South Wales Groups (Keating) 8th place
Audio Vixen 19–28 Sydney, New South Wales Groups (Keating) 9th place
Jacqui Newland 23 Geelong, Victoria Girls (Mel B) 10th place
Tyla Bertolli 19 Melbourne Girls (Mel B) 11th place
Cleo Howman 25 Gold Coast, Queensland Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 12th place

Live shows[]

Results summary[]

Act's colour key:

– Act in the bottom two and had to perform again in the final showdown
– Act received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no final showdown)
Act Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final
Monday Vote Tuesday Vote
Reece Mastin Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom Two Safe Safe Safe Winner
Andrew Wishart Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up
Johnny Ruffo Safe Safe Safe 8th Safe 6th Safe Safe Safe 3rd Eliminated
(Final)
Three Wishez Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom Two 4th Eliminated
(Semi-Final)
Declan Sykes Safe Safe Safe Safe 7th Safe Safe Bottom Two Eliminated
(Quarter-Final)
Christina Parie Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom Two Eliminated
(Week 7)
Mitchell Callaway Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 7th Eliminated
(Week 6)
Young Men Society Safe Safe Bottom Two Safe 8th Eliminated
(Week 5)
Audio Vixen Safe Safe Safe 9th Eliminated
(Week 4)
Jacqui Newland Bottom Two Bottom Two Bottom Two Eliminated
(Week 3)
Tyla Bertolli Safe Bottom Two Eliminated
(Week 2)
Cleo Howman Bottom Two Eliminated
(Week 1)
Final Showdown Howman, Newland Newland, Bertolli Newland, Young Men Society Ruffo, Audio Vixen Young Men Society, Sykes Callaway, Ruffo Parie, Mastin Sykes, Three Wishez No bottom two/judges' vote; public votes alone decide who is eliminated.
Keating's vote to eliminate (Groups) Howman Newland Newland Ruffo Sykes Ruffo Parie Sykes
Bassingthwaighte's vote to eliminate (Over 25s) Newland Bertolli Newland Ruffo Young Men Society Ruffo Parie Sykes
Sebastian's vote to eliminate (Boys) Howman Bertolli Newland Audio Vixen Young Men Society Callaway Parie Three Wishez
Mel B's vote to eliminate (Girls) Howman Bertolli Young Men Society Audio Vixen Sykes Callaway Mastin Sykes
Eliminated Cleo Howman
3 of 4 votes
Majority 		Tyla Bertolli
3 of 4 votes
Majority 		Jacqui Newland
3 of 4 votes
Majority 		Audio Vixen
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock 		Young Men Society
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock 		Mitchell Callaway
2 of 4 votes
Deadlock 		Christina Parie
3 of 4 votes
Majority 		Declan Sykes
3 of 4 votes
Majority 		Three Wishez
Public Vote To Save 		Johnny Ruffo
Public Vote To Save 		Reece Mastin
Winner
Andrew Wishart
Runner-up

Live show details[]

Week 1 (19/20 September)[]

Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song[31] Result
Reece Mastin Boys (Sebastian) 1 "Closer to the Edge" Safe
Three Wishez Groups (Keating) 2 "Telephone" Safe
Andrew Wishart Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 3 "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" Safe
Christina Parie Girls (Mel B) 4 "Since U Been Gone" Safe
Mitchell Callaway Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 5 "Only Girl (In the World)" Safe
Johnny Ruffo Boys (Sebastian) 6 "Moves Like Jagger" Safe
Audio Vixen Groups (Keating) 7 "Viva la Vida" Safe
Jacqui Newland Girls (Mel B) 8 "Love Story" Bottom two
Declan Sykes Boys (Sebastian) 9 "Uprising" Safe
Cleo Howman Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 10 "Jar of Hearts" Bottom two
Young Men Society Groups (Keating) 11 "The Lazy Song"/"Price Tag" Safe
Tyla Bertolli Girls (Mel B) 12 "Set Fire to the Rain" Safe
Final showdown details
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song[32] Result
Cleo Howman Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 1 "Chasing Pavements" Eliminated
Jacqui Newland Girls (Mel B) 2 "Heavy Cross" Safe

Judges' vote to eliminate

  • Sebastian: Cleo Howman – based on the final showdown performance.[32]
  • Mel B: Cleo Howman – backed her own act, Jacqui Newland, though stated she did not like Howman since the start of the competition.[32]
  • Bassingthwaighte: Jacqui Newland – backed her own act, Cleo Howman.[32]
  • Keating: Cleo Howman – was impressed by Newland's passion during the final showdown.[32]

Notes

  • On the live performance show, the judges opened the show to perform their own hits together. Sebastian performed first on the piano, singing "Who's That Girl", followed by Bassingthwaighte's "Someday Soon". Keating then sang "Lovin' Each Day" and Mel B took the stage last to perform Spice Girls' "Who Do You Think You Are".[35]

Week 2 (27/28 September)[]

Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song[36] Result
Audio Vixen Groups (Keating) 1 "Valerie" Safe
Declan Sykes Boys (Sebastian) 2 "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" Safe
Mitchell Callaway Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 3 "All Summer Long" Safe
Jacqui Newland Girls (Mel B) 4 "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" Bottom two
Young Men Society Groups (Keating) 5 "You Shook Me All Night Long" Safe
Tyla Bertolli Girls (Mel B) 6 "The Edge of Glory" Bottom two
Reece Mastin Boys (Sebastian) 7 "I Kissed a Girl" Safe
Andrew Wishart Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 8 "I Want to Break Free" Safe
Three Wishez Groups (Keating) 9 "Don't Stop the Music"/"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" Safe
Johnny Ruffo Boys (Sebastian) 10 "Down" Safe
Christina Parie Girls (Mel B) 11 "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Safe
Final showdown details
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song[38] Result
Jacqui Newland Girls (Mel B) 1 "Respect" Safe
Tyla Bertolli Girls (Mel B) 2 "Fighter" Eliminated

Judges' vote to eliminate

  • Sebastian: Tyla Bertolli – went with his gut.[38]
  • Bassingthwaighte: Tyla Bertolli – based on the final showdown performance.[38]
  • Keating: Jacqui Newland – said that Bertolli had improved more.[38]
  • Mel B: Tyla Bertolli – said that Newland controlled her nerves better.[38]

Notes

  • This week's shows were aired on Tuesday and Wednesday nights due to the Seven Network televising the 2011 Brownlow Medal.[39]
  • The songs that the contestants sang in the live performance show were chosen by the Australian public.[40]
  • Sebastian was absent on the live results show, but present through live telecast, thus eligible to vote.

Week 3 (3/4 October)[]

Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Order Song[43] Rock Artist Result
Young Men Society 1 "Walk This Way" Run D.M.C Bottom two
Christina Parie 2 "Gives You Hell" The All-American Rejects Safe
Andrew Wishart 3 "The Flame" Cheap Trick Safe
Johnny Ruffo 4 "Here Without You" 3 Doors Down Safe
Three Wishez 5 "Numb" Linkin Park Safe
Jacqui Newland 6 "Shut Up and Drive" Rihanna Bottom two
Reece Mastin 7 "Dream On" Aerosmith Safe
Audio Vixen 8 "Good Times" The Easybeats Safe
Declan Sykes 9 "Life on Mars?" David Bowie Safe
Mitchell Callaway 10 "Run to Paradise" The Choirboys Safe
Final showdown details
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song[42] Result
Jacqui Newland Girls (Mel B) 1 "Just a Girl" Eliminated
Young Men Society Groups (Keating) 2 "Change the World" Safe

Judges' vote to eliminate

  • Keating: Jacqui Newland – backed his own act, Young Men Society.[42]
  • Mel B: Young Men Society – backed her own act, Jacqui Newland.[42]
  • Bassingthwaighte: Jacqui Newland – because it was Newland's third consecutive time in the bottom two.[42]
  • Sebastian: Jacqui Newland – said that Newland had been in the final showdown three weeks in a row whereas Young Men Society had more to give.[42]

Week 4 (10/11 October)[]

Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song[47] Result
Johnny Ruffo Boys (Sebastian) 1 "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" Bottom two
Mitchell Callaway Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 2 "Everybody Hurts" Safe
Three Wishez Groups (Keating) 3 "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" Safe
Reece Mastin Boys (Sebastian) 4 "Ironic" Safe
Audio Vixen Groups (Keating) 5 "Chains" Bottom two
Andrew Wishart Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 6 "Nothing Compares 2 U" Safe
Declan Sykes Boys (Sebastian) 7 "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Safe
Young Men Society Groups (Keating) 8 "Black or White" Safe
Christina Parie Girls (Mel B) 9 "Zombie" Safe
Final showdown details
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song[46] Result
Johnny Ruffo Boys (Sebastian) 1 "Just the Way You Are" Safe
Audio Vixen Groups (Keating) 2 "Somebody to Love" Eliminated

Judges' vote to eliminate

  • Keating: Johnny Ruffo – backed his own act, Audio Vixen.
  • Sebastian: Audio Vixen – backed his own act, Johnny Ruffo.
  • Bassingthwaighte: Johnny Ruffo – felt that Audio Vixen has improved more.
  • Mel B: Audio Vixen – could not decide so chose to take it to deadlock.

With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Audio Vixen were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.[46]

Week 5 (17/18 October)[]

Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song[48] Result
Christina Parie Girls (Mel B) 1 "Teenage Dirtbag" Safe
Young Men Society Groups (Keating) 2 "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"/"Get Busy" Bottom two
Declan Sykes Boys (Sebastian) 3 "Forever Young" Bottom two
Mitchell Callaway Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 4 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" Safe
Johnny Ruffo Boys (Sebastian) 5 "What Goes Around... Comes Around"/"Cry Me a River" Safe
Andrew Wishart Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 6 "Dakota" Safe
Reece Mastin Boys (Sebastian) 7 "She Will Be Loved" Safe
Three Wishez Groups (Keating) 8 "Lose Yourself" Safe
Final showdown details
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song[50] Result
Young Men Society Groups (Keating) 1 "Let's Get Married" Eliminated
Declan Sykes Boys (Sebastian) 2 "Wonderwall" Safe

Judges' vote to eliminate

  • Keating: Declan Sykes – backed his own act, Young Men Society.[50]
  • Sebastian: Young Men Society – backed his own act, Declan Sykes.[50]
  • Mel B: Declan Sykes – based her decision on who would be more favourably internationally.[50]
  • Bassingthwaighte: Young Men Society – chose to take it to deadlock since it was Young Men Society's second time in the bottom two and Sykes' first.[50]

With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Young Men Society were eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.[50]

Week 6 (24/25 October)[]

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song[51] Australian artist Result
Mitchell Callaway Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 1 "Throw Your Arms Around Me" Hunters & Collectors Bottom two
Johnny Ruffo Boys (Sebastian) 2 "Lost Without You" Delta Goodrem Bottom two
Three Wishez Groups (Keating) 3 "You're the Voice" John Farnham Safe
Andrew Wishart Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 4 "Flame Trees" Cold Chisel Safe
Declan Sykes Boys (Sebastian) 5 "Fall at Your Feet" Crowded House Safe
Christina Parie Girls (Mel B) 6 "Weir" Killing Heidi Safe
Reece Mastin Boys (Sebastian) 7 "Joker & the Thief" Wolfmother Safe
Final showdown details
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song[53] Result
Mitchell Callaway Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 1 "I Won't Let Go" Eliminated
Johnny Ruffo Boys (Sebastian) 2 "Billie Jean" Safe

Judges' vote to eliminate

  • Sebastian: Mitchell Callaway – backed his own act, Johnny Ruffo.[53]
  • Bassingthwaighte: Johnny Ruffo – backed her own act, Mitchell Callaway.[53]
  • Mel B: Mitchell Callaway – said Ruffo was the most improved since the first week.[53]
  • Keating: Johnny Ruffo – telling that Callaway has been trying more hard that week.[53]

With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result went to deadlock and reverted to the earlier public vote. Callaway was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.[53]

Week 7 (31 October/1 November)[]

Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song[54] Result
Reece Mastin Boys (Sebastian) 1 "Stayin' Alive" Bottom two
Declan Sykes Boys (Sebastian) 2 "Walking on a Dream" Safe
Christina Parie Girls (Mel B) 3 "When Love Takes Over" Bottom two
Andrew Wishart Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 4 "Titanium" Safe
Johnny Ruffo Boys (Sebastian) 5 "Without You" Safe
Three Wishez Groups (Keating) 6 "I Feel for You"/"Push It" Safe
Final showdown details
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song[56] Result
Christina Parie Girls (Mel B) 1 "I'm with You" Eliminated
Reece Mastin Boys (Sebastian) 2 "Always" Safe

Judges' vote to eliminate

  • Mel B: Reece Mastin – backed her own act, Christina Parie.[56]
  • Sebastian: Christina Parie – backed his own act, Reece Mastin.[56]
  • Keating: Christina Parie – stated that Mastin has improved more.[56]
  • Bassingthwaighte: Christina Parie – chose to eliminate Parie to "stay true to [her]self".[56]

Week 8 (7/8 November)[]

Contestants' performances on the eighth live show
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song[57] Result
Johnny Ruffo Boys (Sebastian) 1 "Sir Duke" Safe
Andrew Wishart Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 2 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" Safe
Declan Sykes Boys (Sebastian) 3 "Help!" Bottom two
Three Wishez Groups (Keating) 4 "In the Air Tonight" Bottom two
Reece Mastin Boys (Sebastian) 5 "All by Myself" Safe
Final showdown details
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song[59] Result
Declan Sykes Boys (Sebastian) 1 "The Ballad of Mona Lisa" Eliminated
Three Wishez Groups (Keating) 2 "Nobody's Perfect" Safe

Judges' vote to eliminate

  • Keating: Declan Sykes – backed his own act, Three Wishez.[59]
  • Sebastian: Three Wishez – backed his own act, Declan Sykes.[59]
  • Bassingthwaighte: Declan Sykes – stated that Three Wishez improved more.[59]
  • Mel B: Declan Sykes – stated that Three Wishez could go further in the competition.[59]

Week 9 (14/15 November) – Semi-final[]

Contestants' performances on the ninth live show
Act Category (Mentor) Order First song[60] Order Second song[60] Result
Andrew Wishart Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 1 "Animal" 5 "Burn for You" Safe
Johnny Ruffo Boys (Sebastian) 2 "So Sick" 6 "Tonight Tonight" Safe
Reece Mastin 3 "Breakeven" 7 "Paradise City" Safe
Three Wishez Groups (Keating) 4 "The Time (Dirty Bit)" 8 "Turning Tables" Eliminated[62]

Notes

  • For the first time this season, each act performed two songs – one uplifting and one emotional.[60]
  • Also for the first time, there was no final showdown and the act that received the fewest public votes was immediately eliminated.[62]

Week 10 (21/22 November) – Grand Final[]

21 November
Contestants' performances on the tenth live show
Act Category (Mentor) Order Audition song[63] Order Song of the series[63] Order Winner's single[63] Order Superstar duet[64][65] Result[1]
Andrew Wishart Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 1 "Someone Like You" 4 "Dakota" 7 "This Much I Know" 10 "You Found Me" Safe
Johnny Ruffo Boys (Sebastian) 2 "Do You Remember" 5 "Sir Duke" 8 "You Don't Wanna Know" 11 "Shoop"/"Push It" Eliminated
Reece Mastin Boys (Sebastian) 3 "Come Get Some" 6 "Dream On" 9 "Good Night" 12 "Kids" Safe

Johnny Ruffo received the fewest public votes and was automatically eliminated.

22 November

Guest performers: The Fray ("Heartbeat"),[66] Luke O'Dell ("Introvert Extrovert"),[1] Guy Sebastian ("Don't Worry Be Happy")[66] and Kylie Minogue ("I Should Be So Lucky")[66]

  • Group Performances:
    • "I Like How It Feels" (performed by top three finalists)
    • "Imagine" with Emmanuel Kelly (performed with top 12 finalists)[1]
Contestants' performances on the final live show
Act Category (Mentor) Order Song Result
Andrew Wishart Over 25s (Bassingthwaighte) 1 "With or Without You" Runner-up
Reece Mastin Boys (Sebastian) 2 "Cryin'" Winner

Reception[]

Controversy[]

Three days before the season's premiere, Mel B made comments about the other judges, labelling them dishonest and boring.[8] She said, "I don't care much for the other judges ... Ronan thinks he knows it all [and] Natalie is just too nice and really dishonest. Guy could just be boring, like 'get on with it. Keep it moving, brother.'"[8] During a radio interview with The Kyle and Jackie O Show on 29 August 2011, Bassingthwaighte responded to Mel B's comments saying, "I think it's in fun – I hope so otherwise she deserves a slap."[67] Mel B appeared on the same radio show the following day and said, "They're all scared of me and I love it, there's got to be one bitch on the show so I might as well take that bloody crown."[68]

More controversy occurred after Sebastian took aim at contestant Mitchell Callaway's attitude to the competition following his performance of "Run to Paradise" on the third live performance show.[9] Sebastian told Callaway: "You've got to have the right attitude to this competition, you've got to be focused and to be honest, not be rude to people and have the work ethic. For you to not learn your lyrics and for you to at times be rude to crew, you really have to pull that in and rein that in because you won't last long in this competition or this industry if you do that."[9] The following morning, Callaway's mentor Bassingthwaighte spoke to radio station 2Day FM about the issue:

"It makes me feel sick actually, I feel sick in the stomach ... I feel Mitchell did the best performance that he's done so far, I think Guy made the mistake of commenting on stuff that didn't happen on camera. He said he's rude to crew and needs to check his behaviour ... When he [Mitchell] got off stage he said, 'I'm not coming back'."[9]

However, later that same day, Callaway tweeted, "I'm not gunna quit guys ... It's not the Aussie way. I'm not gunna let al u beautiful ppl dwn. Or Natalie after everythyng she's done."[9] On the third live results show, Sebastian apologised to Callaway and said he "chose the wrong time and place to say it".[69] The Seven Network insiders revealed that a clash between Callaway and another contestant, Declan Sykes, was the real reason behind Sebastian's on-air rebuke.[10] Sykes, who battles Asperger syndrome, reportedly took offence at being pricked with a pin by Callaway.[10]

Contestants[]

Contestant Emmanuel Kelly appeared on the first episode of the season's audition show on 29 August 2011, and performed a rendition of John Lennon's "Imagine".[70] His performance earned a standing ovation from the judges and the audience.[70] Keating was full of praise for Kelly, who then moved into the next round of competition. Keating told Kelly: "I don't think I've ever been moved as I was by that performance."[70] Kelly and his brother Ahmed were adopted by Children First Foundation boss, Moira Kelly, who is also the guardian of the once-conjoined Bangladesh twins, Krishna and Trishna.[70] Kelly and his brother came from Iraq, where they were abandoned at an orphanage and both suffered limb deficiencies as a result of chemical warfare.[70] During the third day of bootcamp, Sebastian eliminated Kelly from the competition, disappointed that he had forgotten words to his song the day before.[71] Emmanuel Kelly appeared and gave an inspirational performance (speech and song) at the UN Youth Dialogue on 30 May 2018.

Another contestant, Luke O'Dell, appeared on the third audition show on 31 August. After failing to impress the judges with his rendition of Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone", O'Dell then sang an original song he wrote titled, "Introvert Extrovert", which made him an overnight internet sensation.[72] The song entered the iTunes' Top 100 chart overnight and landed O'Dell thousands of fans on social media and his official YouTube channel.[72][73] The song title also became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter for more than two hours, following his television performance of the song.[73] Overnight commentary on Twitter and Facebook quickly labelled O'Dell as the Australian version of Rebecca Black, who found fame with her song, "Friday".[72] However, O'Dell failed to move through to the next round of the competition.[72] Both Kelly and O'Dell returned to perform on the live grand final decider show.[1]

Ratings[]

The premiere episode on 29 August 2011 topped the night's overall ratings with 1,319,000 viewers,[74] compared to the 1,186,000 viewers who tuned in to watch the premiere episode of the second season.[75] All six of the audition episodes ranked first on their respective nights and peaked the highest the following night with an audience of 1,690,000 viewers.[74] The first live performance show on 19 September 2011, gained 1,452,000 viewers and topped the night's overall ratings.[76] The live grand final decider show on 22 November 2011, was the highest rated episode of the third season with 1,998,000 viewers.[11]

Colour key:
– Highest rating during the season
– Lowest rating during the season
Episode Original airdate Timeslot Viewers
(millions) 		Nightly
rank 		Ref
1 Auditions 29 August 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–9:00 pm 1.319 #1 [74]
2 30 August 2011 Tuesday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.690 #1
3 31 August 2011 Wednesday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.526 #1
4 1 September 2011 Thursday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.403 #1
5 5 September 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.475 #1 [77]
6 6 September 2011 Tuesday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.636 #1
7 Bootcamp 7 September 2011 Wednesday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.527 #1
8 8 September 2011 Thursday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.403 #1
9 12 September 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.398 #1 [78]
10 Home Visits 13 September 2011 Tuesday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.404 #2
11 14 September 2011 Wednesday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.457 #1
12 15 September 2011 Thursday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.284 #1
13 Live show 1 19 September 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–9:30 pm 1.452 #1 [76]
14 Live decider 1 20 September 2011 Tuesday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.429 #5
15 Live show 2 27 September 2011 Tuesday 7:30 pm–9:30 pm 1.410 #1 [79]
16 Live decider 2 28 September 2011 Wednesday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.221 #2
17 Live show 3 3 October 2011 1.255 #1 [80]
18 Live decider 3 4 October 2011 Tuesday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.399 #2
19 Live show 4 10 October 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–9:00 pm 1.310 #3 [81]
20 Live decider 4 11 October 2011 Tuesday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.486 #2
21 Live show 5 17 October 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–9:00 pm 1.371 #2 [82]
22 Live decider 5 18 October 2011 Tuesday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.418 #2 [83]
23 Live show 6 24 October 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–9:00 pm 1.352 #3 [84]
24 Live decider 6 25 October 2011 Tuesday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.387 #2 [85]
25 Live show 7 31 October 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.205 #3 [86]
26 Live decider 7 1 November 2011 Tuesday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.517 #3 [87]
27 Live show 8 7 November 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.326 #3 [88]
28 Live decider 8 8 November 2011 Tuesday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.574 #1 [89]
29 Live show 9 14 November 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–9:00 pm 1.408 #1 [90]
30 Live decider 9 15 November 2011 Tuesday 7:30 pm–8:30 pm 1.498 #1 [91]
31 Live Grand Final show 21 November 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–9:30 pm 1.458 #2 [92]
32 Live Grand Final decider 22 November 2011 Tuesday 7:30 pm–9:30 pm 1.721 #2 [11]
Winner announced 1.998 #1

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