Simon Cowell takes his remaining hopefuls off to Miami and gives them one last chance to impress. Sharon's hopefuls have one last chance to impress at the Dorchester hotel in London whilst Louis takes his hopefuls to Ireland.
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.