The finalists perform live for the fifth time hoping to impress both the judges and the viewers at home. This week's theme is Big Band. Abi, Sam Bailey and Nicholas manage to impress the judges but Luke fails to impress Gary and Nicole. Hannah, Rough Copy and Tamera also manage to impress. At the end of the show the phone lines are opened for this week's public vote.
Each X Factor judge is in charge of a different section of singers on the show. The judges do not know what section of the competition they will be in charge of until the audition process has finished. Each judge then has to pick four acts to take forward to the live section of the show. Each week the two acts with the lowest amount of public votes have to sing again in a final showdown after which the judges decide who should be eliminated. Once there are only five acts left remaining it becomes left to the public to decide who should go.