The X Factor (U.S. season 3)

The X Factor
Season 3
Broadcast from September 11 (2013-09-11) – December 19, 2013 (2013-12-19)
Judges Simon Cowell
Demi Lovato
Kelly Rowland
Paulina Rubio
Host(s) Mario Lopez
Broadcaster Fox
Winner
Alex & Sierra
Origin Florida
Song "Say Something"
Genre(s) Indie pop, indie folk, folk pop, pop
Mentor Simon Cowell
Runner-up
Jeff Gutt

The third and final season of the American music competition television show The X Factor premiered on Fox on September 11, 2013 and ended on December 19, 2013.[1] This season was hosted by Mario Lopez. Simon Cowell and Demi Lovato returned to the judging panel, while Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio joined the panel as replacements for the departing judges.

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 boot camp and judges' houses rounds of the competition which have been replaced with a new middle section, more reminiscent of the live shows.

On December 19, 2013, Alex & Sierra won the show, as mentored by Cowell. On February 7, 2014, Cowell announced his departure from the show which was followed by Fox announcing that it was not going to be renewing The X Factor for a fourth season.[2]

Judges and hosts

On October 22, 2012, it was announced that The X Factor would be returning for a third season,[3] with Simon Cowell confirmed to be returning.[4] On December 14, 2012, L.A. Reid announced he would not return to the show for its third season, as he wished to refocus his work on his record company, Epic Records.[5] Britney Spears stated her intentions on returning to the show for its third season,[6] but it was confirmed on January 11, 2013, that she would not be returning, in order to focus on her music career.[7]

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."[8] On March 28, 2013, it was confirmed that Lovato would return. On April 22, it was confirmed by Fox that Mario Lopez would be returning to host season three, along with the news of Khloé Kardashian not returning as co-host.[9] Cowell confirmed via his Twitter account that the full judging panel will be announced on May 20, 2013, with auditions beginning the next day.[10] On that same day, Fox confirmed that Destiny's Child member and one-time 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.[11] On December 19, 2013, Lovato announced that she was leaving the show in order to focus on her music career,[12] just two months before the show was officially cancelled by Fox on February 7, 2014.

Selection process

Auditions

Charleston
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Denver
Long Island
Cities where auditions were held.

In addition to having online auditions, it was announced at the conclusion of season 2 that auditions for season 3 would be held throughout the country in Charleston, South Carolina; Denver, Colorado; Long Island, New York; Los Angeles, California and New Orleans, Louisiana. On the "Registration and Audition Rules" document[13] on The X Factor's website about the auditions, it was announced where the auditions were going to be taking place.

Summary of auditions[14]
City Auditions dates Venue
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

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.[15]

This season, the categories did not follow the age-based format from season two but rather the format from season one: Boys, Girls, Over 25s and Groups. Rowland mentored Over 25s, Lovato the Girls, Rubio the Boys, and for the second season in a row, Cowell mentored the Groups.[16]

The four-chair challenge episodes were broadcast on two 2-hour Wednesdays and two 1-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
 Contestants performances on the four-chair challenge
Episode Category (mentor) Act Order Song[17][18][19][20] Mentor's decision Switched with
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 "The New Girl in Town" Put in chair 3 Tim Olstad
Tim Olstad N/A N/A (reinstated by mentor)1 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

^1 Rubio 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
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

The first two-hour live show aired on a special Tuesday time slot on October 29; which followed the same format as the first season with each of the judges narrowing their number of acts down to three, without a public vote. The public vote then started with the following performance and results shows starting November 6, which aired on Wednesdays and Thursdays respectively. As with previous seasons, each live show had a different theme. The live final took place in on December 18 and 19. Cowell had also said on Twitter that there may be a wildcard this season.[21] The leaderboard that showed which act had received the most public votes did not return.

Musical guests

Each results show featured musical performances from at least two artists. There was no guest performer on the first result show. Selena Gomez was supposed to perform on the second result show, but was postponed to third result show night[22] which featured a performance from season 2 finalist Fifth Harmony.[23] One Direction performed on the third results show.[24] Michael Bublé performed on the fifth performance show,[25] then again on the fifth results show alongside judge Demi Lovato.[26] Emblem3 and Little Mix performed on the sixth results show,[27] while Enrique Iglesias performed during the seventh results show.[28] Paulina Rubio,[29] Mary J. Blige, Lea Michele,[30] Leona Lewis, Pitbull and One Direction performed on the finale.[31]

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 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
Weekly results per contestant
Contestant Week 1 Week 23 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8
Wednesday3 Thursday
Alex & Sierra Saved N/A 1st5 1st5 1st5 1st5 1st5 1st5 Winner
Jeff Gutt Saved N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up
Carlito Olivero Saved N/A Safe Safe Bottom three Safe Bottom three Safe 3rd
Restless Road Saved N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe 4th Eliminated (week 7)
Rion Paige Saved N/A Safe Safe Safe 6th Bottom three Eliminated (week 6)
Ellona Santiago Saved N/A Safe Safe Safe Safe 6th Eliminated (week 6)
Josh Levi Not saved2 N/A Safe Safe Safe 7th Eliminated (week 5)
Lillie McCloud Saved N/A Safe Safe Safe 8th Eliminated (week 5)
Tim Olstad Saved N/A Safe Safe Bottom three Eliminated (week 4)
Khaya Cohen Saved N/A Safe Bottom three 10th Eliminated (week 4)
Rachel Potter Saved N/A Safe Bottom three Eliminated (week 3)
Sweet Suspense Saved N/A Safe 12th Eliminated (week 3)
Carlos Guevara Saved N/A 13th Eliminated (week 3)
RoXxy Montana Not saved Eliminated (week 1)
James Kenney Not saved Eliminated (week 1)
Danie Geimer Not saved Eliminated (week 1)
Final showdown None1 None3 None3 Cohen,
Potter		 Olivero,
Olstad		 Levi,
Paige		 Olivero,
Paige		 No final showdown or judges' votes; results were based on public votes alone
Judges voted to Save Eliminate
Rowland's vote Potter,
Gutt,
McCloud 		Cohen Olstad Paige Paige
Lovato's vote Santiago,
Paige,
Cohen		 Potter Olstad Levi Olivero
Rubio's vote Olivero,
Guevara,
Olstad		 Potter Olstad Paige Paige
Cowell's vote Restless Road,
Alex & Sierra,
Sweet Suspense 		Potter N/A4 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
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		 Jeff Gutt
Public vote
to win
RoXxy Montana
by Cowell
Reference(s) [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40]

Live show details

Week 1 (October 29)

Contestants performances on the first live show
Act Order Song[43] Result[32]
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[32]

Week 2 (November 6/7)

November 6

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.[42]

Contestants performances on the second live show (Wednesday)
Act Order Song[42]
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

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.[33]

Selena Gomez was going to perform her single "Slow Down" but due to graphics issues, she performed on the second night in week 3.

Contestants performances on the second live show (Thursday)
Act Order Song[46]
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)

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.[34] He would have performed "Mad World".[34] Starting from week three, two acts will be eliminated from each results show until week five. 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.

Contestants performances on the third live show
Act Order Song[34] Result[35]
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" Itune
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" Itune
Alex & Sierra 12 "Addicted to Love" Safe
Final showdown details[35]
Khaya Cohen 1 "Call Me Maybe" Instant Save
Rachel Potter 2 "From This Moment On" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate[35]

Week 4 (November 20/21)

Contestants performances on the fourth live show
Act Order Song[49] Result[36]
Jeff Gutt 1 "Bohemian Rhapsody" Safe
Tim Olstad 2 "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" Bottom three
Khaya Cohen 3 "Let It Be" Eliminated
Josh Levi 4 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Safe
Alex & Sierra 5 "Best Song Ever" Safe
Rion Paige 6 "Your Song" Safe
Carlito Olivero 7 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" Bottom three
Lillie McCloud 8 "This Woman's Work" Safe
Ellona Santiago 9 "Burn" Safe
Restless Road 10 "Fix You" Safe
Final showdown details[36]
Tim Olstad 1 "You Raise Me Up" Eliminated
Carlito Olivero 2 "Beneath Your Beautiful" Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate[50]

Week 5 (November 27/28)

Contestants performances on the fifth live show
Act Order Song[53] Result[37]
Rion Paige 1 "Swingin'" Bottom three
Restless Road 2 "Life Is a Highway" Safe
Jeff Gutt 3 "Feeling Good" Safe
Josh Levi 4 "Treasure" Bottom three
Carlito Olivero 5 "La Copa de Vida" / "María" Safe
Alex & Sierra 6 "I Knew You Were Trouble" Safe
Lillie McCloud 7 "Summertime" Eliminated
Ellona Santiago 8 "Mamma Knows Best" Safe
Final showdown details[37]
Rion Paige 1 "Perfect" Safe
Josh Levi 2 "When I Was Your Man" Eliminated
Judges' votes to eliminate[54]

With the acts in the bottom two receiving two votes each, the result was deadlocked and reverted to the earlier public vote. Levi was eliminated as the act with the fewest public votes.[54]

Week 6 (December 4/5)

For the first time this season, each act performed two songs.

Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act Order First song[57] Order Second song[57] Result[38]
Restless Road 1 "Red" 7 "Wake Me Up" Safe
Rion Paige 2 "See You Again" 8 "Glass" Bottom three
Jeff Gutt 3 "Without You" 9 "Daniel" Safe
Ellona Santiago 4 "Applause" 10 "If I Were a Boy" Eliminated
Alex & Sierra 5 "Say My Name" 11 "Say Something" Safe
Carlito Olivero 6 "Let's Get Loud" 12 "Stand by Me" Bottom three
Final showdown details[38]
Rion Paige 1 "The House That Built Me" Eliminated
Carlito Olivero 2 "You Make Me Wanna..." Safe
Judges' votes to eliminate[58]

Week 7: Semi-final (December 11/12)

On December 4, the song choices for the public were revealed.[59]

Choices for viewers' choice week
Act Song choices[59] Result[61]
Alex & Sierra "Hold On, We're Going Home" Not chosen
"Little Talks" Chosen
"Troublemaker" Not chosen
Carlito Olivero "Boyfriend" Chosen
"Hasta Ayer" Not chosen
"Promise" Not chosen
Ellona Santiago "Love Me Again" N/A (already eliminated)
"Who You Are" N/A (already eliminated)
"You Got the Love" N/A (already eliminated)
Jeff Gutt "Creep" Not chosen
"Hallelujah" Chosen
"Wonderwall" Not chosen
Restless Road "Hey Brother" Not chosen
"It Goes Like This" Not chosen
"That's My Kind of Night" Chosen
Rion Paige "Girl on Fire" N/A (already eliminated)
"So Small" N/A (already eliminated)
"Umbrella" N/A (already eliminated)
Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Act Order First song[62] Order Second song[62] Result[39]
Carlito Olivero 1 "Boyfriend" 5 "I Need to Know" Safe
Restless Road 2 "That's My Kind of Night" 6 "Wanted" Eliminated
Alex & Sierra 3 "Little Talks" 7 "Gravity" Safe
Jeff Gutt 4 "Hallelujah" 8 "Demons" Safe

The semi-final did not feature a final showdown and instead the act with the fewest public votes, Restless Road, was automatically eliminated.[39] The top three acts each then performed a victory song of their choice after they were announced safe, with Olivero performing "Suavemente", Alex & Sierra performing "Let Her Go", and Gutt performing "Open Arms".[39]

Week 8: Final (December 18/19)

The final consisted of two two-hour episodes on December 18 and 19.

December 18
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show
Act Order First song[63] Order Second song (duet)[63][64] Order Third song[63]
Carlito Olivero 1 "Impossible" 4 "Stand by Me" (with Prince Royce) 7 "Maria Maria"
Alex & Sierra 2 "Give Me Love" 5 "Bleeding Love" (with Leona Lewis) 8 "Say Something"
Jeff Gutt 3 "Dream On" 6 "Iris" (with John Rzeznik) 9 "Creep"
December 19
Contestants' performances on the final live show
Act Order Song[65] Result[40]
Carlito Olivero 1 "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" Third Place
Jeff Gutt 2 "O Holy Night" Runner-up
Alex & Sierra 3 "All I Want for Christmas Is You" Winner

Reception

U.S. Nielsen ratings

Ep. # Episode Airdate Viewers
(millions) 		Rating/share
(18–49) 		Rank
(timeslot) 		Rank
(night) 		Source
1 Auditions 1 September 11 6.45 2.2/7 2 3 [66]
2 Auditions 2 September 12 6.87 2.2/7 2 2 [67]
3 Auditions 3 September 18 6.62 2.2/7 2 4 [68]
4 Auditions 4 September 19 6.43 2.0/7 2 4 [69]
5 Auditions 5 September 25 7.73 2.5/7 2 7 [70]
6 Auditions 6 September 26 6.47 2.1/6 2 8 [71]
7 Four-Chair challenge 1 October 2 7.80 2.4/7 3 7 [72]
8 Four-Chair challenge 2 October 3 7.13 2.0/6 2 8 [73]
9 Four-Chair challenge 3 October 9 7.25 2.2/6 3 6 [74]
10 Four-Chair challenge 4 October 10 6.49 2.0/6 2 3 [75]
11 Finalists chosen (Top 12) October 29note 1 4.90 1.5/4 3 5 [76]
12 Meet the Top 12 October 31 3.25 0.8/3 5 8 [77]
13 Top 13 perform November 6 4.54 1.5/4 2 (Tie) 4 (Tie) [78]
14 Top 13 Acts Get Another Chance November 7 3.67 1.2/4 4 9 [79]
15 Top 12 perform November 13 5.78 1.7/5 2 4 [80]
16 Live results 1 November 14 5.18 1.3/4 2 (Tie) 3 (Tie) [81]
17 Top 10 perform November 20 5.51 1.7/5 3 4 (Tie) [82]
18 Live results 2 November 21 5.88 1.6/5 2 2 [83]
19 Top 8 perform November 27 4.85 1.2/4 2 [84]
20 Live results 3 November 28 3.75 1.0/3 3 [85]
21 Top 6 perform December 4 5.41 1.4/4 4 [86]
22 Live results 4 December 5 4.93 1.4/4 3 [87]
23 Top 4 perform December 11 4.97 1.4/4
24 Live results 5 December 12 4.90 1.2/4
25 Top 3 perform December 18 5.04 1.3/4 [88]
26 Winner announced December 19 6.22 1.7/5
Notes

^1 Due to the 2013 MLB World Series running past October 28, the first live show of the season aired on October 29 to make room for Wednesday's potential deciding game.[89]

Controversy

Voting numbers graphic error

Due to graphic errors made in the top 13 round of the live shows regarding voting, all voting results posted in that episode were invalidated, and the contestants sang once more in the November 7 show, with the results revealed on November 13.[90]

Demi Lovato's tribute video

On December 19, 2013, during the finale a segment featuring judge Lovato had aired. The segment showed Lovato drinking a green-colored beverage called "Annoying Juice" throughout the duration of the season, poking fun at Lovato's "annoying" relationship with show creator Cowell.

The next day, Lovato expressed her frustration with The X Factor producers for mocking her drinking addiction that she openly struggled with.[91]

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