The lucky competitors who made it through the auditions attend the boot camp where they learn for the first time who will be their mentor this year. Simon is not overly impressed with everybody in his section. The Brothers who just missed out on a place in the live finals last year split up and form two separate groups. A the end of the first day many are sent home leaving the lucky hopefuls to battle it out on day two.
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.