Kate returns with the results and announces that Shayne, Journey South, Brenda, Andy and Chico are all through to next week. Nicholas and The Conway Sisters have to sing again in the final showdown. When Louis and Simon pick their own acts to make it through it is left to Sharon to cast the deciding vote. Sharon decides to save The Conway Sisters leaving Nicholas eliminated from the competition.
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.