Boys II Men perform live on stage before Dermot announces which two acts have the lowest amount of viewer votes and have to perform again in the final showdown. Simon is shocked when two of his groups Futureproof and Hope are in the bottom two. After both groups have performed again he judges decide to save Hope leaving Futureproof out of 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.