The second set of hopefuls audition in front of the judges in a closed room enviroment hoping to gain a place in the next phase of the competition where they will have to perform at Wembley Arena in front of a live audience. Chloe O'Gorman manages to impress the judges whilst Barclay Beales shocks them with his yodeling. Thomas Feeley fails to impress after he brings his laptop along. Relley Clark manages to impress as does Shelley Smith. Ryan Mathie, Stuart Manson and Abi Alton also hope to impress. Jade Richards, Amy Mottram, Dolly Rockers and Melanie McCabe return all hoping that this will be the year they finally make it through to the live finals.
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.