Dermot returns with the results of tonight's public vote. Westlife perform live on stage. Once the votes have been counted and verified Dermot announces that Beverley and Hope are the two acts with the lowest amount of votes have to perform once again in the final showdown. The judges then cant decide who should be eliminated tonight so it goes back to the viewer vote. Beverley learns that she has the lowest amount of public votes and will be going home tonight.
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.