This week the auditions start in Cardiff. 51 year old Ceri auditions for the judges for the 3rd time but once again she fails to make it through and those that follow her see their hopes dashed as well. Girl duo Adante are more successful though and manage to make it through. The auditions move onto London where Ryan manages to impress all the judges except Simon. Simon finds himself clashing with Cheryl about some of the hopefuls. Others to impress in London include Mali, Annastasia and Stacey. The judges ears are subjected to more awful auditions before Hannah performs for the judges. Hannah manages to impress all the judges with her voice. The auditions move onto Birmingham girl group Bad Lashes manages to impress Cheryl and Simon. Anthony returns to audition three years after his last audition hoping to impress Simon this time. With a new image Anthony does much better this time but still fails to make it through.

The X Factor (UK) Season 5 Episodes...

• s05e01 - Auditions 1
• s05e02 - Auditions 2
• s05e03 - Auditions 3
• s05e04 - Auditions 4
• s05e05 - Auditions 5
• s05e06 - Auditions 6
• s05e07 - Boot Camp 1
• s05e08 - Boot Camp 2
• s05e09 - Boot Camp 3
• s05e10 - Boot Camp 4
• s05e11 - Elimination 1
• s05e12 - Elimination 1 (Result)
• s05e13 - Elimination 2
• s05e14 - Elimination 2 (Result)
• s05e15 - Elimination 3
• s05e16 - Elimination 3 (Result)
• s05e17 - Elimination 4
• s05e18 - Elimination 4 (Result)
• s05e19 - Elimination 5
• s05e20 - Elimination 5 (Result)
• s05e21 - Elimination 6
• s05e22 - Elimination 6 (Result)
• s05e23 - Elimination 7
• s05e24 - Elimination 7 (Result)
• s05e25 - Elimination 8
• s05e26 - Elimination 8 (Result)
• s05e27 - Elimination 9
• s05e28 - Elimination 9 (Result)
• s05e29 - The Live Show - The Grand Final!
• s05e30 - The Live Show (Result)

The X Factor (UK) Show Summary

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.